Editorial

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: 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...

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...

OPINION: Games bring joy through friendships By Neto GonzalezEditor-in-chiefPublished Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 Growing up, playing video games with friends is often among a gamer's fondest memories. These are the moments that etch themselves into our hearts, forging friendships that withstand the tests of time and distance. In those days, we counted down the minutes at school, eager to return home and immerse ourselves in the virtual worlds that awaited us. It was a time of boundless excitement, where the hardships of the day could be forgotten, even if for a short moment. Neto Gonzalez Editor-in-chief As we reminisce about the games of our childhood, it's easy to get lost in a wave of melancholic nostalgia. Games like "COD: Zombies," "GTA V" and "MW2" hold a special place in o...

OPINION: Fear will find you, so let it fuel you By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Friday, May 5, 2023 As I type away this opinion column between our staff’s managing editor and interns on the row of Macs in our office, I realize this is something I’ve always wanted. It’s a shame it comes at the end of my time at this university. The paragraph you just read was written two days ago. This opinion piece will be written with a new mindset and for the better—the theme is fear. David Gomez Jr. I must admit I am taking inspiration from Kendrick Lamar’s song “Fear” because it is a powerful song, and lately, that’s what I’ve been feeling while I type away on this laptop on my kitchen table. I fear earning my degree will be for nothing. I fear I gave up so much quality tim...

OPINION: TAMIU sucks, here is why By Mireilly GonzalezManaging EditorPublished on Friday, May 5, 2023 What is something that has defined your experience here at TAMIU and why? Now that my time is coming to an end, I have changed. I came here in 2019. In January 2020, my mental health, like everyone else’s, worsened as the coronavirus pandemic spread. Seeing the news from my dorm in an isolated campus, looking like a deserted town, was far from what other people’s first-year college experience was before. Mireilly Gonzalez I’ve been involved in several student organizations, among them SLIiC, the film club and then the Laredo Film Club TAMIU Chapter organization it became, and The Bridge. Being involved during the pandemic was strange, but it was my only sanity. For some, ...

OPINION: The Bridge wants you, so do I By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-ChiefPublished Tuesday, March 21, 2023 There is something I should have done a lot sooner, and it starts now. Is there a better way to say, “Hey? Join The Bridge?” Probably not. My opportunity to join the student paper came during Fall 2019 and under the leadership of Matthew Balderas—a legendary, almost mythical, editor-in-chief among veteran staff members. And ever since, I’ve always felt that loose in the shoes I’ve had to fill. David Gomez Jr. But I’m straying away from the point here, and the point I’m trying to make is that students should take advantage of participating in academic organizations. First off, from personal experience, anyone who’d like to be a reporter someday, should just join. Yo...

OPINION: Reflections on the knife Cinema’s slasher king ends By David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Friday, Oct. 28, 2022 [Editor’s Note: This piece contains spoilers for Halloween Ends. Readers are warned.] It is 1:45 a.m. at this moment so I must write this before the high, after watching Halloween Ends—uh, well, ends. I must say, this opinion piece will definitely be filled with spoilers of the film and place me in the minority of people who thoroughly enjoyed its conclusion. David Gomez Jr. Why can’t I be this enthusiastic about college? Oh my goodness. Haha. To understand where my cloud nine sensation is coming from, I must take you to the beginning when I was just a wee lad watching the original Halloween (1978) in the daytime of my parents bedroom through...