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Junior Joseph Gould completed a 10-week internship with the U.S. Forest Service at the San Juan National Forest, located in Durango, Colorado. “(My internship) was an adventure that I will think about for the rest of my life,” Gould said. “It’s incredibly amazing being able to say, 'Yeah, I climbed up to 12,500 feet.' I got to bathe in a waterfall, even if it was freezing cold. I lived out in the wilderness for six days, saw moose. Just things I never really expected to do.”
Federal grants, experiential learning drive student success at St. Edward’s University
Dalia Zamora and Nicole Williams-Quezada • February 19, 2025

A brief federal funding freeze, issued by the Trump administration in late January, sent ripples through higher education institutions nationwide,...

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The Munday Library lounge hosted the Kozmetsky Center’s first of its kind “Civic Entrepreneurs in Austin” event. Students and guests also earned food truck vouchers for engaging with presenters.
Kozmetsky Center showcase highlights student-led community projects in Austin
Nicole Williams-Quezada, Intern • February 19, 2025
Satsuki Ina uses her memoir “The Poet and the Silk Girl: A Memoir of Love, Imprisonment and Protest” to connect her family’s story of unjust discrimination during World War II to present-day attacks on migrants and birthright citizenship.
Guest speaker connects family’s past injustice to present-day migrant incarcerations
Zemira Recio, Staff Writer • February 17, 2025
Community members gather outside St. Mary Magdalene Episcopal Church Northeast of Austin on a Thursday evening for CAMINA ATX's third “Conoce tus Derechos” forum.
Local immigrants rights group hosts forum amidst enhanced enforcement concerns
Nicole Williams-Quezada, Intern • February 13, 2025
Senators wait for the weekly senate meeting to begin. Catch a meeting in the St. Andre Multipurpose room on Wednesday’s at 7 p.m.
Weekly SGA senate brief: Feb. 6, 2025
Magnolia Westfall, Intern • February 12, 2025
“We have to keep living our lives,” A St. Edward’s student under a DACA visa said. “We can't be scared because we don't know what's going to happen. If we just hide, we’re going to let them win. But if we continue pushing forward thinking about the future, that's what is really the most important thing.”
President Trump in office, students react to first weeks of executive orders implemented
Gabrielle Caumon, Life & Arts Editor • February 4, 2025
Sports
Captain Vitores holds the oblong rugby ball in his last game of his senior year, Vitores has played rugby all of his life and plays professionally back home in Chile. With his graduation incoming, it is unclear who will become captain of the team next semester.
St. Edward’s rugby football club returns with their first game and loss of the semester against the University of Dallas (UD) “Hoggies” with a score of 35-26
Tate Burchfield, Viewpoints Editor • February 17, 2025
Lewis Rowe leads in points the first half, scoring the first of the Hilltoppers points to start the game, and being a key scorer going into halftime. After his performance at this game, Rowe was selected as Lone Star Conference Defensive Player of the Week.
St. Edward’s men’s basketball closes out senior day with a win over Oklahoma Christian University.
Michaela Fallon, Reporter • February 17, 2025
Isabel Langenberg and Ainsley Thunell pose with their parents and Senior Day memorabilia celebrating their career on the hilltop. Last season, Langenberg had a total of 45 rebounds, 10 steals, eight assists and 123 points. Her highest scoring game was last season's matchup against OCU, the same opponent the one from her Senior Day, with a total of 15 points. This season, Thunell has averaged 6.3 points, 1.7 assists, 5.2 rebounds and 1.3 steals. She had a season high performance on Dec. 19, scoring 18 points against Arlington Baptist University.
Women’s basketball closes Senior Day, 50th anniversary celebrations with 69-63 win over Oklahoma Christian University
Anna Pratts, Sports Editor • February 17, 2025
Bailey Featherstone pulls up for a mid range jump shot, one of her many of the night. She finished the game with a total of 15 points, but Janiah “J.P.” Perkins and Kiana Bennett were the scoring leaders, each putting up 16 points in the loss.
Second half scoring troubles cause women’s basketball to fall to Cameron University 79-65
Hailey Womack, News Editor • February 17, 2025
Jamison Kay had 17 points, six rebounds and four assists in St. Edward’s’ 101-99 win over Cameron. “It was a big win. We needed this one to climb up in the (LSC) standings,” Kay said. “It’s close between seeds six through eight for the playoffs. To get this one is a good win.”
Hilltoppers stun Cameron University in 101-99 thriller
Jack Connolly, Staff Writer • February 15, 2025
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Life And Arts
“What I always stress with my playwrights is that you have to give people an excuse to turn off Netflix or just turn off their video game system to come out and have a communal experience,” playwright and St. Edward’s University Assistant Professor of Practice in Creative Writing Timothy Braun said.
Visiting Writers Series, or The Conversation with the Award-Winning Playwright Who Might Be Your Professor
Gabrielle Caumon, Life & Arts Editor • February 17, 2025

Playwright and St. Edward’s University Assistant Professor of Practice in Creative Writing Timothy Braun presented his latest work at the Marcia...

Associate Vice President of Development Gregory Perrin recites “Lift Every Voice and Sing” to a 20-person crowd. Perrin was one of six people who read poems or excerpts from some of their favorite Black authors. The authors ranged in genre from science fiction in “The Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler to explorations of love from Bell Hooks’ “All About Love.”
Coalition for Black Faculty and Staff, Munday Library pay homage to Black laureates with Read-In celebration
Emma Sutton, Staff Writer • February 17, 2025
Local performers were invited to perform the lion dance, which is meant to bring forth good spirits to everyone in attendance going forward in the year.
Asian Student Association invites community to celebrate ‘Year of The Snake’
Zemira Recio, Staff Writer • February 10, 2025
Alongside the digital release, FKA twigs rolled out several vinyl pressings as well as CDs and cassettes. Vinyl pictured here was purchased at “End of an Ear” record store on Ben White Boulevard.
REVIEW: FKA Twigs’ new album defines new word, defies genre expectations
Tate Burchfield and Emma Sutton • February 3, 2025
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Viewpoints
The white cheddar and pecorino on my kitchen counter. My goal for this series of cheese reviews is to, eventually, review every piece of cheese that H-E-B offers.
OPINION: New H-E-B brings cheeses galore, does not disappoint
Max Hoelker, Copy Editor • February 19, 2025

The opening of the new H-E-B on South Congress brought with it a vast expansion of offered products. Of the expansions, my favorite has been...

Protestors gathered at the ICE facility built downtown and marched to the Texas State Capitol on Feb 8. Hundreds of people marched the streets of Congress as they showed their support towards undocumented immigrants and the fight towards a just immigration system.
OPINION: With ICE targeting campuses, we must ensure all students are informed and protected
Natalia Zavaleta, Reporter • February 18, 2025
Protestors gathered at the ICE facility built downtown and marched to the Texas State Capitol on Feb 8. Hundreds of people marched the streets of Congress as they showed their support towards undocumented immigrants and the fight towards a just immigration system.
OPINIÓN: ICE está enfocándose en los campus, es importante garantizar que todos los estudiantes estén informados y reciban la protección que necesitan y merecen
Natalia Zavaleta, Periodista • February 18, 2025
President Trump has routinely singled out DEI in the wake of the crash between an American Airlines Passenger Jet and the Army Black Hawk Helicopter. The collision between the two aircrafts occurred on Jan. 29 and claimed the lives of 67 individuals, just days after the President entered office and removed the heads of the FAA and TSA. Additionally, President Trump also enacted a hiring freeze on air traffic control.
Mayday-Mayday, Trump’s ‘War on DEI’ puts Americans at risk
Nik Machado, Reporter • February 13, 2025
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