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SOLE adapts to new normal, creates virtual events
26Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Entertainment, Features, On Campus

SOLE adapts to new normal, creates virtual events

SOLE adapts to new normal, creates virtual events By Gabriela ChapaBridge Staff InternPublished Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 While many things on campus can be accommodated in a virtual environment, not everything does so easily. For the Office of Student Orientation, Leadership and Engagement, COVID-19 made a major impact on its ability to bring students together. “As everyone else, it has significantly impacted the office operations,” Director of SOLE Nicholas Hudson said. “If you look at our office, we are really in many forms a majority of the co-curricular engagement the students would have outside the classroom, so everything from orientation to activities, to leadership programs, to campus traditions and things of that nature. We are really that office. “When we are not able to...
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TAMIU helps students cope with pandemic effects
26Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Health, On Campus

TAMIU helps students cope with pandemic effects

TAMIU helps students cope with pandemic effects By Azeneth CamposBridge contributing writerPublished Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 Although uncertainty affected the lives of students amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the spirit of the Dustdevils are aided through the guidance and outlook of a group of counselors. Daniel Alvarado, a licensed professional counselor from the Texas A&M International University Student Counseling Center, said the University offers a variety of services to students; one of which includes Telehealth during therapy sessions. Through the center, students access counseling and accommodation services without additional charge; student health fees pay for these services. Additionally, the center offers similar services to faculty, as well as staff, needing counselin...
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Dustdevils baseball rolls with changes
26Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Baseball, Sports

Dustdevils baseball rolls with changes

Dustdevils baseball rolls with changes By Nadia HerreraBridge contributing writerPublished Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 It's been a long and winding road for coach Kevin Griffin and the TAMIU baseball team. Due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, the Dustdevils veered in a different direction as they return and prepare for the upcoming season. Last season was cut short after playing only 22 of their 50 scheduled games. "It was frustrating,” Griffin recalls of the spring events. "It happened to everyone, not just us. Everybody got shut down.” He said many sophomores were big contributors to the team and needed the experience to "breakout" and develop but, "It slowed down for those guys.” In terms of eligibility, the NCAA granted players an extra year due to the pandemic and some w...
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OPINION: Masks not just for Halloween
26Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Illustrations

OPINION: Masks not just for Halloween

OPINION: Masks not just for Halloween Alejandro Carbajal | Bridge illustration By Alejandro CarbajalBridge IllustratorPublished Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 Stepping deep into the month of October during the pandemic, things are certainly different than they were last year. This family dressed for the occasion.
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OPINION: Keep recorded lectures
26Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Illustrations

OPINION: Keep recorded lectures

OPINION: Keep recorded lectures Alejandro Carbajal | Bridge Illustration By Alejandro CarbajalBridge IllustratorPublished Monday, Oct. 26, 2020 On Monday, Oct. 19, TAMIU Provost Thomas Mitchell sent an email to students and faculty saying, "Faculty will not make recordings of a class available for asynchronous viewing except to students who are officially excused from attendance on that day." This information is regarding TAMIU-Flex classes beginning in Spring 2021.
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COVID-19 testing continues on campus
12Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Health, News, On Campus

COVID-19 testing continues on campus

COVID-19 testing continues on campus By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 With a limited number of COVID-19 tests available, TAMIU students, faculty and staff might want to take advantage while the opportunity still exists. “I fear of testing numbers being so low that the A&M branches will stop testing and then have our numbers rise again,” Vice President for Student Success Minita Ramirez said. Her job includes advocating for Texas A&M International University students and faculty, as well as raising their concerns. “Everyone who shops for groceries or goes out to parks to take long walks, they should test,” Ramirez said. “Try to test regularly when you think you’ve been somewhere you might have been exposed and self-quarantine until you ...
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Student creates own small business during self-quarantine
12Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Features, Humans of TAMIU, Life & Arts

Student creates own small business during self-quarantine

Student creates own small business during self-quarantine By Gabriela ChapaBridge Staff InternPublished Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 [Editor’s note: The following is the third installment in a series of articles about different Texas A&M International University students, faculty and staff who are working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. We hope their stories can be as inspiring to you as we found them to be.] While some found time on their hands during the COVID-19 self-quarantine, one TAMIU student turned his hobby into a business. Psychology major Jesus Huerta, 24, also minoring in sociology, is close to graduating this December. Huerta always connected to art and music and this is how he found inspiration to create marble paintings in his spare time over the summer. How...
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University reorganizes science labs for student safety
12Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
Academia, Health, Science and Tech

University reorganizes science labs for student safety

University reorganizes science labs for student safety By Gabriela ChapaBridge Staff InternPublished Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 In an attempt to further prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, the University reorganized many of its science labs for Fall 2020. The new Texas A&M International University Flex courses and other virtual classroom options, such as the changes to science labs, make up part of a new University plan unveiled in August. “This TAMIU Back Together Plan is the product of five committees formed by President Arenaz that included faculty, staff, students and administrators,” according to the TAMIU student FAQs on the coronavirus webpage. “Their recommendations, along with guidance from The Texas A&M University System, guides our safe return to campus this...
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OPINION: Positivity can hurt too
12Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
In Our View, Opinion

OPINION: Positivity can hurt too

OPINION: Positivity can hurt too By Erick BarrientosManaging EditorPublished Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 Last semester, I was dealing with a pretty heavy break up and, well — we all know how that goes. The days that followed were not my best because there was a lot of frustration, confusion and pain but it is normal. If you know anything about me, if you don’t then you’re gonna learn something, I tend to dive into those kinds of emotions and let myself “feel them out.” Otherwise, I will never get better. Of course, my friends were aware of the situation, obviously because I told them. They were as supportive as they could have been, which was great. I loved that. However, I noticed something very interesting as the weeks progressed. The longer I was dealing with my feelings, expressing ...
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OPINION: Everyone needs a mask
12Oct By Staff/GuestNo Comments
In Our View, Opinion

OPINION: Everyone needs a mask

OPINION: Everyone needs a mask By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Monday, Oct. 12, 2020 TAMIU’s own “Forrest Gump” often sits outside alone, despite Laredo’s grueling summer heat. This particular summer, he wasn’t even protecting himself with a mask through the novel coronavirus pandemic. David Gomez Jr. Back on Aug. 3, 2017, no one would have guessed the statue of J. O. Walker, sitting on a bench on the northeast side of the Fine and Performing Arts Center at Texas A&M International University, would ever walk of his own free will to the bookstore, grab a mask, put it on and without any discomfort around his ears. The poor guy sits out in all weather conditions—the least TAMIU could do is supply him with a complementary mask, a cloth one at that. Were the st...
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