Opinion – The Bridge News

24Oct

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SPORTS OPINION: Super Bowl predictions

SPORTS OPINION: Super Bowl predictions By Vicente MendozaSports EditorPublished Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 We are in Week 7 of the 2024 NFL season, and to be honest, it is definitely not what I expected. At the time of this writing, the NFL has had a shift in power rankings: the lower teams from years prior are currently leading and the power house teams of last year are struggling to pull off wins. Teams such as the Washington Commanders, Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings all had bad seasons, just a season prior; now they are leading their respective divisions. Teams such as the Dallas Cowboys, San Francisco 49ers and the Philadelphia Eagles, all had success in recent years including going to the playoffs since 2021; now they are all struggling to get wins. Vicente Mendozaspo...

OPINION: Brat summer prompts voter dissonance

24Oct

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OPINION: Brat summer prompts voter dissonance

OPINION: Brat summer prompts voter dissonance By Ana VaraAssistant EditorPublished Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024 As the Troye Sivan- and Charlotte “Charli xcx” Aitchison-led Sweat Tour comes to an end and the brat remix album continues to top the charts, we have only just left the peak of brat summer—a phenomenon I can’t quite fathom to have grown quite as big as it has. I should understand this. My second-ever college class taught us that the last sequence of the existence of social movements in contemporary American society is integration, a folding into the mainstream culture. My mind won’t budge. Ana Varaassistant editor Though I can see it. There we are, the American populace, barrelling down from the brat green hill that we decided to stake our Jonathan “Lil Jon” Smith-endor...

OPINION: Artificial turf takes out student on campus

8Oct

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OPINION: Artificial turf takes out student on campus

OPINION: Artificial turf takes out student on campus By Ana VaraAssistant EditorPublished Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 AstroTurf: 1. Me: 0. It was a relatively calm Tuesday morning when I fell, almost completely flat on my face, into and by consequence of the school’s new installation of green and shiny new AstroTurf. Now, turf enthusiasts would tell you this wasn’t the case, that it’s all my fault and that I must’ve done it to myself by having stepped on the grass and all but I’m here to tell you that they’re wrong. Ana VaraAssistant Editor They’re wrong because this isn’t even AstroTurf, it’s actually artificial turf. No name brand turf, no; Texas A&M International University does not invest their money in the real stuff—the stuff called AstroTurf because it was first install...

OPINION: MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Whale’: A story grounded in truth

8Oct

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OPINION: MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Whale’: A story grounded in truth

OPINION: MOVIE REVIEW: ‘The Whale’: A story grounded in truth By Andre SolisBridge Staff WriterPublished Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 The Whale follows the life of a college English teacher as he attempts to reconcile with his estranged daughter. Charlie, played by Brendan Fraser, abandoned his daughter, Ellie, played by Sadie Sink at a young age. Now, he’s trying to reconnect with his angsty and rebellious daughter. Andre SolisBridge Staff Writer This film comes from production company A24 and director Darren Aronofsky. Filmed in a clustered apartment, Aronofsky’s use of space is clever and intentful. The camera focuses on the couch where Charlie spends most of his time due to his atrophying physical state, mirroring his unwavering beliefs about the human condition and his struggl...

27Sep

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OPINION: In Satan can we trust?

OPINION: In Satan can we trust? By Dora GuerreroAssistant EditorPublished Friday, Sept. 27, 2024 Sometimes it’s so much easier to fear the things you don’t understand; sometimes people demonize them so they don’t have to look at them for too long. As children, they tell us to not misbehave or “el cucuy” is going to take us; the cucuy represents some evil that is out of this world, which goes against everything we have been taught. This ungodly presence steals misbehaving children and takes them away, but are all “ungodly” things really that bad? Dora GuerreroAssistant Editor The Satanic Panic from the 1990s created a false vision of the “occult” focused on a great conspiracy of Satanic cults that abduct children for human sacrifices. What many people failed to realize is that t...

SPORTS: OPINION: Can the Celtics repeat next year?

17Sep

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SPORTS: OPINION: Can the Celtics repeat next year?

SPORTS: OPINION: Can the Celtics repeat next year? By Vicente MendozaSports EditorPublished Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024 Before the playoffs started, I predicted in my last column that the Boston Celtics were going to win the 2024 NBA Finals. Five months later, I am now making an update to my original story because the Celtics went on a tear at the end of the season. They finished their last 20 games 16-4 and as the top seed in the Eastern Conference. They backed up their play going into the playoffs just losing two games in their first two rounds against Miami and Cleveland, and then finally sweeping Indiana in the Eastern Conference Finals. At this point, they were heavily favored to win the championship no matter what team came out of the West. Vicente Mendoza, Sports Editor F...

OPINION: Student newspaper finds new home

10Sep

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OPINION: Student newspaper finds new home

OPINION: Student newspaper finds new home Juan Carlos PuenteEditor-in-chiefPublished Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 Earlier this summer there was news that The Bridge Independent Student Newspaper was getting a new office, with a move to commence soon after. We can currently be found in Pellegrino Hall, Room 220. The office is far more spacious than our previous one, as the former was a study room in the library, and all of the staff members feel a bigger sense of pride in working for us at the new location. Juan Carlos Puente In our previous office, Sue & Radcliffe Killam Library, Room 315, we would have to squeeze in extra chairs and shuffle around with multiple fans running. While the room was tiny, and the airflow was bad, we still made it a home for the time we were there....

OPINION: Eros’s quiver holds piercing influence

10Sep

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OPINION: Eros’s quiver holds piercing influence

OPINION: Eros’s quiver holds piercing influence Marissa ContrerasManaging EditorPublished Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024 According to Greek mythology, it is said that the god Hephaestus allowed for two beings to become one after the god Zeus separated them. This became evident on the Friday of the first week of school. Where exactly? The Kinesiology Convocation Building Green Greek Showcase. He didn’t come right away, but when he did, I didn’t notice. I was talking to my friend, not caring about the crowd of smelly, sweaty college students. Marissa Contreras Then I felt the tug of my heart turn me around, and there he was. Talking among his bros. They looked dumb, but he didn’t. I wanted to go up to him, but the worst scenario played out immediately in my mind. What if I stut...

23Apr

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SPORTS: OPINION: Dallas Cowboys all in?

SPORTS: OPINION: Dallas Cowboys all in? By Vicente MendozaSports EditorPublished Tuesday, April 23, 2024 After a horrendous exit from the playoffs this past season, the Cowboys are once again back to square one. After the horrible loss, Cowboys owner and General Manager Jerry Jones said the team would be “all in” following this season. Since the start of the off-season, the Cowboys have not shown this “all in” mentality, but have shown they might be headed to a necessary rebuild next season. Vicente Mendoza, Sports Editor On the first day, they lost several key free agents to free agency. The first to go was running back Tony Pollard, who was the main Dallas back in 2023. Though his first year as a starter fell flat, he showed a lot of promise in his final games with the...

OPINION: Amazon house might be the next step for younger buyers

11Apr

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OPINION: Amazon house might be the next step for younger buyers

OPINION: Amazon house might be the next step for younger buyers By Juan Carlos PuenteEditor-in-chiefPublished Thursday, April 11, 2024 With the housing crisis at an all-time high, the majority of one-bedroom, one-bathroom houses are in excess of $100,000. And most apartments around the nation run $2,000 to $3,000 a month; it can be difficult for younger buyers to find a place to live after college. The houses themselves are akin to a gentrified mobile homes that fold outward into a studio apartment-type fitting. The catch is that they’re only $10,000 to $11,000, or roughly $300 a month for around three years. Juan Carlos Puente Amazon will ship the house to your plot of land or home and from there you can place them anywhere with 20 feet of space and unfold the walls and...

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