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CAMPUS: Human Library offers new perspectives

11Apr

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CAMPUS: Human Library offers new perspectives

CAMPUS: Human Library offers new perspectives By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-ChiefPublished Monday, April 11, 2022 The Human Library took place in the Great Room of the Sue & Radcliffe Killam Library to answer questions and break stigmas at the event. Texas A&M International University Associate Professor Hayley Kazen, organizer of the Human Library on campus, hosted the participatory event which represented marginalized communities, both those at TAMIU and in Laredo. “So I tried researching back in the Fall about things we could do and I came across this, which is the Human Library,” Kazen said. “So I contacted the people in Denmark and we talked about what to do and they said we had a big enough population [to host].” Samantha Gonzalez | BridgeAuthor Alejandra A...

3Apr

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Features, On Campus

CAMPUS: ‘Tree of Luck’ joins campus

CAMPUS: ‘Tree of Luck’ joins campus By Alexia RodriguezBridge contributing writerPublished Sunday, April 3, 2022 One of the newest campus features, a maple tree-shaped fountain, trickles water down its leaves onto the rock-covered ground. In late Fall 2021, students walking near the Western Hemisphere Trade Center saw the fountain just before winter break. Installation took nine months. Karla De Leon | BridgeStudents walk near the Tree of Luck, located near the Western Hemisphere Trade Center on April 4. Senior Director of Campus Safety and Planning Trevor C. Liddle, who helped choose the fountain’s design, shared the deeper meaning behind it. “[The] maple tree represents what we do,” Liddle said. “It’s a slow grower. It’s strong. It can resist a lot, and then it reveals...

SPORTS: Rec Sports Center offers new services

3Apr

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Health, Intramurals, Life & Arts, On Campus, Sports

SPORTS: Rec Sports Center offers new services

SPORTS: Rec Sports Center offers new services By Priscilla AbregoBridge contributing writerPublished Sunday, April 3, 2022 From teaching students fundamentals to outdoor adventures, Recreational Sports launches new services and machinery for students to reach their personal fitness goals. The Rec Sports Center recently relaunched personal training and set afloat their newest program Outdoor Adventures. Rec Sports Director Roberto Garza said interested students may look into the center’s many programs. He added that the main goal is “to ensure students create autonomy.” Aside from the new equipment, such as the deadlift platform, the outdoor area ladder, new dumbbell sets and hip-thrust machine, the center offers a popular body composition assessment. Due to its popularit...

3Apr

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Features, Humans of TAMIU, Life & Arts, On Campus

ARTS: Artists Guild makes comeback

ARTS: Artists Guild makes comeback By Viviana TellezBridge contributing writerPublished Sunday, April 2, 2022 What began as artistic friends doodling after class one day, hoping to find a hangout spot, became an organization for art lovers. The Texas A&M International University Artists Guild got re-established when this creative group of friends became the club’s officers, during Fall 2021. “We contacted SOLE, ‘Hey, we want to start an art group,’” guild Vice President Grace Alvarez said. “They [said], ‘We already have one on record … you can revamp it.” TAMIU Artists Guild logo The guild remains active ever since; it meets frequently throughout the semester to create art. “All TAMIU students of all kinds of majors and classifications are welcome to join, particip...

SCIENCE: Lecture examines asteroid impact on dinosaurs

29Mar

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Education, On Campus, Science and Tech

SCIENCE: Lecture examines asteroid impact on dinosaurs

SCIENCE: Lecture examines asteroid impact on dinosaurs From Staff ReportsPublished Tuesday, March 29, 2022Updated Monday, April 11, 2022, with photos from the event Tomorrow's special lecture proposes a look at the asteroid that scientists say ended the last era of dinosaurs about 65 million years ago. Image credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechThis NASA artist's concept shows a broken asteroid. Scientists believe a giant asteroid, which may have originated in the Main Asteroid Belt of the Sol System, made its way to Earth and possibly brought about the end of the dinosaurs. NASA's WISE mission ruled out the leading suspect, a member of the Baptistina family of asteroids. Scheduled for 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Texas A&M International University Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Reci...

NEWS: TAMIU crowns first all-female Royals

25Mar

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Features, Humans of TAMIU, On Campus

NEWS: TAMIU crowns first all-female Royals

NEWS: TAMIU crowns first all-female Royals By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-ChiefPublished Friday, March 25, 2022 The University selected its first all-female TAMIU Royals at the coronation following both Dustdevils home basketball games on Feb. 19. “We both decided to run together,” one half of Texas A&M International University’s Royals, Derly Rojo, said in an email to The Bridge. “We wanted to be the first [all-female] Royals and represent our lovely university. It felt like it was meant to be because we both wanted to run and everything played out well.” The other half of the TAMIU Royals, Alejandra Terrazas, gave further info into how the ball started rolling. “It was both of our ideas, but Derly wanted to do it before she graduated and I had wanted to do it later, but w...

CAMPUS: SOLE offers ‘Black Experiences’ event for Black History Month

25Mar

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Civil Affairs, Features, Humans of TAMIU, International Studies, On Campus

CAMPUS: SOLE offers ‘Black Experiences’ event for Black History Month

CAMPUS: SOLE offers ‘Black Experiences’ event for Black History Month By Mireilly GonzalezBridge Staff InternPublished Friday, March 25, 2022 In respect to Black History Month, SOLE offered a panel discussion on “Black Experiences at TAMIU.” As part of their Social Justice Leadership Series, the panel–which featured professors and a student–occurred on Feb. 23. Sitting in front as guests were Texas A&M International University Professor Peter Haruna, Assistant Professor Varaidzo Zvobgo and business major Simileoluwa Odunuga. Each offered a different campus perspective. Karla De Leon | BridgeGuest panelists TAMIU student Simileoluwa Odunuga, Assistant Professor of public administration Varaidzo Zvobgo and Professor of public administration Peter F. Haruna pose for a portr...

CAMPUS: Female leaders express importance of one’s own voice

25Mar

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CAMPUS: Female leaders express importance of one’s own voice

CAMPUS: Female leaders express importance of one’s own voice By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-ChiefPublished Thursday, March 24, 2022 The Social Justice Leadership Series offered an event titled “Believe in Your Voice” to promote more confident women. Held via livestream and physically, 40 guests attended in person at Texas A&M International University’s Student Center Room 230 for the March 9 event. “What is the one thing you and I have in our control that can make a difference in Austin or in Washington?” Webb County Chair for the Democratic Party Sylvia Bruni asked the room. She refers to voting. “If you’re concerned with some of the things developing right now–I don’t know about you–the only way you’re going to turn it around is going to be through your vote,” Bruni sa...

ARTS: TAMIU Strings take stage for recital

24Mar

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Entertainment, Life & Arts, On Campus

ARTS: TAMIU Strings take stage for recital

ARTS: TAMIU Strings take stage for recital By Samantha GonzalezBridge Staff InternPublished Thursday, March 24, 2022 Combining the musical talents of the University with three local high schools, a middle school and an elementary school, the TAMIU Strings offered its String Connection Recital. Held in the Center for the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall on Feb. 11, numerous students performed alongside Associate Professor of music Yu-Mei Huang with classical compositions open to the public. The concert was free of charge. Samantha Gonzalez | BridgeTAMIU presents the String Connection Recital at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall with Ruth Yang playing the violin on stage on Feb. 11. Performance groups included students from United Middle School as well ...

POLITICS: Congressional candidate speaks at TAMIU

24Mar

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News, On Campus, Politics

POLITICS: Congressional candidate speaks at TAMIU

POLITICS: Congressional candidate speaks at TAMIU By Mireilly GonzalezBridge Staff InternPublished Wednesday, March 23, 2022 One of two candidates to visit TAMIU prior to the primaries, a congressional candidate hopes to gain the support of young voters. On Feb. 21, Jessica Cisneros spoke to Texas A&M International University students who gathered to hear about her most important issues. The campus organization TAMIU Student Democrats organized the event; several members took the front row seats, excited to hear her speak. She and Beto O’Rourke were the only candidates running for the Texas primaries to visit TAMIU. The campus visit occurred just eight days before Texas primary day–which included voting for Texas governor and the 28th District for the House of Representativ...

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