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Trinity College Responds Tepidly to the Genocide of Palestinian People
News Team Over the past month, state violence directed at Palestinians in the Gaza Strip and increasingly in the West Bank at the hands of […]
Lewiston Community Responds to Horrific Mass Shooting and the Tragic Loss of 18
Caitlin Doherty ’26 News Editor A typical Wednesday night in Lewiston, Maine erupted into chaos and tragedy when a gunman armed with an assault weapon […]
Bombing of Gaza Hospital Leads to Major Discrepancies in Media and Perception
News Team In a conflict spanning 75 years, the recent bombing of a Christian hospital in Gaza has sparked international concern, underscoring the urgent need […]
World Turns Towards Israel, Palestine After Hamas Militant Group Launches Attack
Savannah Brooks ’26 Managing Editor On Oct. 7, Hamas, a militant group classified as an Islamic terrorist group by the U.S., executed a planned attack […]
Faculty Ombud Calls for Subcommittee to Consider Censuring Deans and Other Admin
Olivia Silvey ’25 & Sammi Bray ’25 Editors-in-Chief Faculty Ombud Shane Ewegen called for a subcommittee of the Academic Freedom Committee to consider censuring multiple […]
Deans Follow Retaliation Non-Discrimination Policy, Ombud Finds Other Retaliatory Behaviors
Olivia Silvey ’25 & Sammi Bray ’25 Editors-in-Chief In a July 2023 email to all Trinity faculty, President Joanne Berger-Sweeney stated that the external lawyer […]
Dean of the Faculty, Associate Dean Violate Faculty Manual and Other College Proceedings
Olivia Silvey ’25 & Sammi Bray ’25 Editors-in-Chief Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs Sonia Cardenas and Associate DeanTakunari Miyazaki have […]
Trinity’s Incoming Class Numbers 553, Applicant Pool Down From Past Years Amidst Pandemic; Acceptance Rate Up to 36%
Jack P. Carroll ‘24 Managing Editor Trinity College recently announced the enrollment of 553 students for the Class of 2025. This total includes 20 students […]
Davidson College Admin. Kristen Eshleman Named Vice President for Library and Information Technology Services
Jack P. Carroll ‘24 Managing Editor In an email addressed to members of the Trinity College community on Wednesday, May 26, President of the College […]
Archdiocese of Hartford Stops Funding Campus Ministries, Eliminates Trinity Assignment
Jack P. Carroll ‘24 Managing Editor In an email addressed to the Trinity College First-Year Catholic Group and Catholic Community on Sunday, June 6, Associate […]
Faculty Meet, Discuss Cybersecurity Issues, COVID Protocols, and Revisions to Pass/Fail System
Jack P. Carroll ‘24 Managing Editor The faculty convened via Zoom on Monday, May 24, to discuss Trinity’s cybersecurity developments, Covid-19 protocols for in-person learning […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 13: Ferocious Bantams
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor The Honor Roll published in the 1920 Ivy listed alumni who received significant awards for bravery—from the U.S., France […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 12: Final and Costly Meuse-Argonne Offensive
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor Almost all the American divisions that fought at St. Mihiel were promptly moved west to join the Meuse-Argonne Offensive […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 11: The St. Mihiel Offensive
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor The nation entered the war. A great mobilization began. The National Guard deployed. A new National Army trained. Carried […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 10: The Red Cross and the YMCA
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor In 1917, American war planners—viewing the vast gap between the nation’s latent industrial, economic and financial power and the […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 9: The Aviators
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor The Wright brothers made their first short flight from Kitty Hawk at the end of 1903. The Great War […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 8: Under Other Flags
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor During the First World War, some Trinity alumni were among the Americans who served in other Allied militaries. The […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 7: Docs and Padres
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor The vast mobilization of millions of American soldiers, sailors and Marines in World War I required a concurrent medical […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 6: At the Front
Donald M. Bishop ‘67 Alum Contributor In 1917, hundreds of Trinity alumni joined the armed forces to fight in the Great War, and many students […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 5: On the Waves
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor Early on April 28, 1918, the SS Oransa, a British cargo steamer carrying nitrates, sugar and 110 passengers, was […]
Trinity and World War I, Part 4: Mobilization!
Donald M. Bishop ’67 Alum Contributor Millions of combatants were locked in sanguinary combat on the Western Front when the U.S. entered World War I […]