Category: OPINION
What You Always Wanted to Know about Box Braids
Cornelia Ehlebracht ’25 News Editor One of my first memories is sitting in a little pink chair squeezing the life out of my teddy bear […]
South Africa Charges Israel with Genocide at The ICJ: Centering Black Liberation for the Liberation of All
Sarah Dajani ’26 Opinion Editor For weeks, protesters have chanted “Yo Joe Biden you can’t hide, we charge you with genocide.” Mainstream Western media, institutions […]
Letter From the Editor: On Celebrating Blackness
Olivia Silvey ’25 Editor-in-Chief Happy Black History Month! We at the Tripod are continuing the tradition of our special February BHM edition. In the following […]
Trump’s Control of the Republican Party Has Created a Weaker but More Radical GOP
Kash Jain ’24 Opinion Editor Last week, the Chair of the Republican National Committee, Ronna McDaniel, told former President Donald Trump that she plans to […]
Analyzing the Dehumanizing Rhetoric in the NYT
Dylann Hanrahan ’25 Opinion Editor It is a bit disheartening to see past editorial staff of this paper praise the New York Times and the […]
Letter From the Editor: The Only Woman in my Life is the Tripod: Love in College
Olivia Silvey ’25 Editor-in-Chief When I first came to Trinity, I was so sure I was going to find my life partner here. I remember […]
Letter From the Editor: Student Activism: What’s the Point?
Olivia Silvey Editor-in-Chief Welcome back, Bantams. We are now almost two weeks into the spring semester, although I’m sure all of you — students, staff […]
Beyond the Catastrophizing: The Importance of Critically Engaging with AI in Modern Education
Keith Madison ’24 Contributing writer Nearly three in five college instructors report that they or their students are already using AI-powered technologies in their classrooms […]
Climbing Rates, Seller’s Inflation and the Post-Pandemic Economy

Tyler Griffin ‘24, Jan-Peter Kaufmann ‘24, Griffin Lewis ‘24 and Candida Ogu ‘24 Contributing writers In March 2022, two years after the eruption of the […]
Trinflation: How Has Inflation for Students Compared with the U.S. Inflation Since 2020?
Greg Linton ‘24, Jacob Deck ‘24 and Enzi Dabner ‘24 Contributing writers When asked to describe his impression of prices over the course of his […]