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NEWS: TAMIU students voice frustration over lack of cameras By Elis Reyes-SanchezBridge Staff InternPublished Friday, March 18, 2022 A handful of students found their vehicles vandalized, broken into or involved in a hit-and-run this semester. They went to the TAMIU Student Network’s Facebook page to express frustrations and concerns over a lack of parking-lot cameras. According to the UPD’s daily crime log, 32 incidents occurred in the parking lots from 2019 to 2021. Only eight qualified as hit-and-runs. Although 2022 is only a quarter of the way through, seven hit-and-runs already occurred this year. Courtesy Eva Christian SanchezTAMIU alumna Eva Cristian Sanchez, 2021 graduate, took this photo of someone else's damaged vehicle in the campus parking lot near the Student Cente...

Temperatures drop as cold front moves through Texas By David PeraltaBridge Staff InternPublished Friday, Feb. 4, 2022 As a winter storm surges across Texas, many students prepare to keep warm on campus. As it began to plunge into South Texas, TAMIU took precautions to avoid any damages such as a wintery mix. Since Laredo doesn’t get much inclement weather, it is uncommon to see students in long-sleeve clothes, knowing the city is typically arid.  A Universitywide email went out Friday to all students and faculty: “The University will continue to monitor weather and road conditions and announce any appropriate changes here and on the University’s website and social media.” According to the National Weather Service, weather predictions show forecasts in the low 20s to a h...