Category: EDITORIALS (PAGE TWO)
Considering Antonin Scalia’s legacy
ANNELISE GILBERT ’17 MANAGING EDITOR As a young American who tends to lean left on social issues, it was easy for me to dislike Justice Antonin […]
Commending Trinity’s response to Racism
by Peter Prendergast Editor in Chief Earlier this week, the Missouri state legislature House Committee on Higher Education Appropriations voted to penalize the University of […]
The Trinity Tripod: our obligation
by Pete Prendergast ’16 Editor in Chief Today there are several American college publications that claim to be “the nation’s oldest continuously published college weekly,” […]
The harsh reality of being Middle Eastern in an American airport
After cancelled and changed flights, chaotic sprints around my house, and an hour of standstill traffic, I arrived at the Pittsburgh International Airport this past […]
“Spotlight” explains the importance and power of journalism
In its finest hours, journalism has the power to inform, explain or examine any given event or topic. It also has the power to ruin […]
Birthdays are a time to truly appreciate those special to you
As I sit here in the Tripod office at 1 a.m. on my 21st birthday, all I can think about is wanting to be with […]
Trintoberfest: thank you to Barnyard
This past Friday, Oct. 16, Trinity College Barnyard Entertainment hosted their annual Trintoberfest on the Main Quad. Of the various events I have attended over […]
Pray for Paris, Beirut, Baghdad, and Kenya – pray for our entire world
There is nothing I can say that has not already been said in regards to the recent violence all over the world. However, I still […]
Responding to the newly recognized cost of college sports
In a recent article appearing in the Huffington Post titled “Sports at Any Cost,” authors Brad Wolverton, Ben Hallman, Shane Shifflett and Sandhya Kambhampati examine […]
Obama continues to speak out against mass incarceration
President Barack Obama has come forward with a proposed set of policies aimed at helping to reintegrate ex-convicts into society. Included in these plans, Obama […]