By Gloria Guajardo
It has been nearly two months since President Donald Trump took office. In these few weeks, his administration has placed immigrants all over the US on edge.
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By Soledad Olmeda
From January 27th to February 2nd, Project Pengyou hosted an event for chapters across the nation to celebrate Chinese New Year by paying it forward. This event was called Pay It Forward on Chinese New Year (PIFOCNY) and the purpose was for each respective chapter to “adopt” a school in their community and inspire children to learn about China. The ultimate goal of PIFOCNY is to teach kids to become aware of other cultures, and to teach empathy and respect to them at a young age.
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Texas A&M International University hosted its annual Mr. & Ms. TAMIU event on Saturday, February 11th. Since 2011, it has been hosted every spring semester.
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By Alejandra Hernandez
What is the “Freshman 15?” It is an expression that refers to an amount of weight often gained by students during their first year of college.
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By Alexis Garza
Today’s great breakthroughs in modern medicine have shocked the world on how we view traditional medicine.
Our idea of medicine is your basic tablets with some side effects, but as time goes on the norms of medicine are starting to shift and what was once illegal is now becoming a scientific breakthrough.
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By Ana C. Posada
Approximately 69% of Republicans and 63% of Democrats say that healthcare costs are too high and should be lowered. Trump and his fellow Republicans have long vowed to end Obama's legacy, and have taken the steps to do so.
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By Danny Zaragoza
The current political culture in the United States has caused Facebook feeds to fill with links to implicitly biased websites which echo the times of yellow journalism’s contribution to the Spanish-American War.
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The TAMIU Philosophy Society is continuing last semester’s theme of Philosophy of Art to encourage discourse among students who are interested in the nature of art, its origins, purpose, myriad forms, standards of assessment, effects on the individual and society at large, and ends.
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By Diana Gaytan
According to the National Human Trafficking Hotline, there were 7,527 reported cases in 2016. 5,551 of them were cases of human sex trafficking.
In the state of Texas, 670 cases of human trafficking were reported in 2016. 473 of those cases involved sex trafficking and 574 of those victims were females.
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