Blog Archive » 2010 » February

In my next life, I will be a snowboarder.

I will hurl myself down icy chutes, launching toward the heavens while doing a halfMcTwistlattecorkscrew900halfpipe.  Or something like that.  I will wear baggy clothes and a cool helmet and throw caution to the winds.  Shaun White will fear me. Full Article

Brenna Daugherty, Trinity 2013, grand niece of Sister Dorothy Stang, SND

at the February 13, 2010 symposium marking the 5th anniversary of Sister Dorothy's death

She knew she would be killed.   Listening to author Binka le Breton retell the story of Dorothy Stang's murder in the Brazilian rainforest in 2005, I was struck by this thought that stayed with me all night.  Dorothy knew she was going to be killed one day or the next, and yet, she did not relent in her quest for justice. Full Article

Five years!  Hard to believe that five years have come and gone since the terrible news of the murder of Sister Dorothy Stang, SND, emerged from the Amazon rainforest.    She was assassinated because of her courageous stance against the powerful logging interests in the Amazon.   The pursuit of justice for those responsible for her death continues to this day. Full Article

Trinity will resume classes on Saturday — HOORAY! — and even today, many offices are open as our administrative team gets back to business.

Among many important items on today's agenda — REFUND CHECKS!  These are disbursements that students need, the balance on their federal loans.  We'll be distributing checks from noon to 4 pm today at the Business Office.   Many staff worked hard all week though the blizzard to be sure that student checks are ready on time.  Thanks to this great team in the Business Office and Enrollment Services…. Full Article

Is this like going to college in New England?

5 pm:  Done.  Over.  We are all ready to say goodbye to this hyperactive winter.  We should all spend the weekend shopping (maybe online) for suntan lotion and flipflops.  Anything to send a signal that we will not be kept indoors much longer!  Here's a summer party spot just waiting for something to happen:

As if on cue, this cardinal started singing outside of the Trinity Center:

Here's  St. Joseph thinking he's been transported to the Alps:

Oh, my, this IS a lot of snow!

Shout out for Ebert still hard at work late in the day:

VANCOUVER, EAT YOUR HEART OUT!

(Try to guess the location of that shot above…)

And as the sun sets over Main Hall once more, we are all happy to say, "Spring is One Month Away!"

Remember these days when August heat is upon us….