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Provide a Path to Citizenship for Immigrants

Nick Huls, Contributing Columnist March 19, 2020

We live in a time where immigration policy is dictated by sound bites. While towering walls and garrisons of troops provide tantalizing tag lines on campaign advertisements and in stump speeches, they...

Tax on Carbon Emissions Could Save the Future

Bryce Thompson, Contributing Columnist March 18, 2020

Humanity is at a crossroads, facing the gravest crisis in its history. Although the climate is constantly fluctuating due to natural factors such as solar variability, orbital position alterations and...

Scanning the heavens -- Trinity students gaze through a telescope during the Aug. 11, 2018, solar eclipse.

Many More Issues to Address Before Mars Blast-Off

Michael Chou, Contributing Columnist March 3, 2020

“Prepare for landing in T-minus 15 minutes.” The astronaut rouses himself from perhaps his last unpleasant nap. Pushing himself out of bed, he leaves his sleeping chamber and greets the other four...

Visitors from Argentina exchange ideas with students in one of Ms. Maria Martíns classes.

Kentucky Needs to Expand Language Requirement

Gus Boyer, Contributing Columnist January 24, 2020

“She was called Belisa Crepusculario, not by her baptism or on recommendation of her mother, but because she sought the name until she found it. Ever since, the name had adorned her. Her profession was...

Green Cross Club members took on a tough project and discovered sometimes a different perspective puts everything in focus. Columnist Jack Brown discovered a similar lesson while trying to repair a desk.

No Need for MacGyver — Just a Bit of Duct Tape

Jack Brown, Columnist October 23, 2019

Being a younger sibling makes you trained to see opportunity. Sustained by a constant stream of hand-me-down clothes, books, and even games, I learned from an early age you need to be resourceful. When...

The magnificence of nature can be found throughout Trinitys campus. You just have to look! Gus Boyer shares a lesson about the beauty and fragility of nature.

A Rose — or Watermelon — by Any Other Name

Gus Boyer, Columnist October 23, 2019

Crimson, luscious, and full, the tomato sat cradled in the knotted hands of the sunbaked old man. Towering over me with his beanstalk frame, the farmer gently placed the fruit in my uncalloused palms and...

Inchydoney is a small island off West Cork, Ireland. Trinity Principal Dr. Dan Zoeller and four students -- William Altsman, Bennett Carothers, Liam Kelly and Spencer Haydon --
recently traveled to Ireland to begin a new exchange program with Kinsale Community School. Though he did not travel on this trip, Trinity senior Nick Huls writes of finding common ground with a couple of teens from Northern Ireland.

A Little Help from Ronald McDonald to Patty Melt the Cultural Divide

Nick Huls, Columnist October 23, 2019

My heart was a drum roll in my throat and my stomach a leaden mess. I shifted my weight to my left leg, bit my lip and peered down the muted, gray terminal with its shiny linoleum floors. With my brow...

Shining Just the Right Light on Cell Phones

Tyler Eversole, Staff Columnist May 2, 2019

The cell phone descended to Earth in the late 20th century. At the time, its introduction to society was of outstanding insignificance; its light was far too modest. Yet, the young invention underwent...

Why Six NFL Teams Took the Wrong Guy

Will Blythe, Staff Columnist May 1, 2019

With the seventh pick, the Jacksonville Jaguars take Josh Allen from the University of Kentucky. The Jaguars got it right. Why did the first six teams get it wrong? Two quarterbacks were taken with...

Promotion-Relegation a Must for United States Soccer

Brandon McManus, Staff Columnist January 22, 2019

Soccer is the most popular sport in the world. Although the United States was a little late to the party, Americans are becoming more interested and passionate about the sport. The only thing lacking is...

Drowning in Plastic

Brendan Gallagher, Staff Columnist January 9, 2019

The debate about the effects of the plastic that human beings use on a daily basis is heating up. Plastic items are produced and used in tremendous amounts every day. There are tremendous downsides...

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