Category: OPINION
Tripod Editorial: Returning to Campus with Caution and Care
Happy first issue! We at the Tripod are, once again, cautiously optimistic about this in-person semester. Walking around campus has felt shockingly normal to us, […]
Alumni Perspective: Trinity Does Not Need A “Deputy Chief of Staff”
Brendan W. Clark ’21 Alumnus Contributor Having graduated from Trinity this past year, I jumped at the opportunity to engage actively as an alumnus in the meaningful work […]
The Issue with Punishment in Primary Education
Skyler Simpkins ’23 Opinion Editor Let’s talk about punishment. No, not the kind that we might identify with physical exercise, nor the kind our inmates […]
Texas: The State of Contradiction
Katie Cerulle ’22 Features Editor As many of you have seen in the news over the past few days, Texas just instated one of the […]
[Kidding Not Kidding]: New Revolving Door Installed On The Long Walk
Hugh Jass ‘1823 College Jester The administrative offices in the Williams Memorial were recently updated with the addition of a gleaming new revolving door named […]
Is 24 Hours Too Much To Ask?
Taylor Shelden ’21 Contributing Writer The future for a fall 2020 semester looked grim for college students like myself. I was fully prepared to finish […]
[Kidding Not Kidding]: Trinity To Explore New and Controversial “True Diversity Initiative”: Project Unicorn
Hugh Jass ‘1823 College Jester In a climate of hyper-partisanship, skyrocketing costs, and mounting student debt, the trustees of Trinity College have announced an aggressive […]
Tripod Editorial: A Farewell from Brendan Clark Tripod Editor-in-Chief, ’20-’21
This is the last time I shall write to the Tripod as an undergraduate, and it would be a lie to suggest that there is […]
The Source of Your Motivation Matters: Why Intrinsic Motivation Beats Out Extrinsic Motivation Every Time
Skyler Simpkins ’23 Opinion Editor I think all of us can agree that working out is generally a good thing. Taking the opportunity to improve […]
On Microagressions, “Speaking Good English,” and Race
Elizabeth Zheng ’22 Contributing Writer Professor David Reuman Contributing Writer One evening recently, I was talking with several Mather staff members, and one of them […]