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20Apr

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Editorial, In Our View, Opinion

OPINION: Being essential these days

OPINION: Being essential these days EDITOR'S POINT of VIEWBy David Gomez Jr.Editor-in-chiefPublished Monday, April 20, 2020 The coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, causes the disease COVID-19. The ‘rona, as some people are calling it, came fast and deadly. It added pressure to an already fragile economy. At the front lines of keeping the economy afloat, other than the medical, grocery store clerks, farmers and janitorial staff who deserve so much praise, are also the other “essential” businesses. I am currently one of those essential workers. David Gomez Jr. I work in a hardware store, yet it doesn’t feel essential. I recently went from a part-time to a full-time employee. Nowadays, the type of customers who come into the store are those tired of being at home. It used to be just th...

20Apr

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Editorial, In Our View, Opinion

OPINION: Time on our hands

OPINION: Time on our hands Allison Villareal | Special to The Bridge ARTIST’S STATEMENTBy Allison VillarealBridge contributing illustratorPublished Monday, April 20, 2020 For this concept, I intended to use variety, contrast and movement to demonstrate the overwhelming and uneasy feelings that can be experienced when having too many things in our hands. I used variety by having hands of many sizes holding different objects that represent time, relationships, health, financial issues, chores, education, entertainment and self care. I used contrast to highlight the dark pressures and stress that can be behind each responsibility that is being held. I used movement to express the variety of weight each hand is carrying.

12Apr

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Editorial, Opinion

Climate Change: a Global Crisis

OPINION: Climate change a global crisis Jose L. Martinez | BRIDGE contributing illustratorThis illustration published March 30, 2020. ARTIST'S STATEMENTBy Jose L. MartinezBridge contributing illustratorPublished March 30, 2020 For this concept, my intention is to use line, shape, value, form and space to create proportions, variety, unity and emphasis. Using these art elements and design principles, I remind people how plastics are a contributing factor to climate change. To support this message, I creatively combine the unrelated ideas of bullying with climate change. After personifying all these different components, I use value and roughly the same scale to unify them; however, to create contrast and emphasis on the world globe, I arrange it at the center of the com...

15Sep

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Editorial

Ready for everything, master of none

Four years ago, I stepped onto the grounds of Texas A&M International University with a fresh set of notebooks in my backpack, a shiny new student ID card (complete with an awkward photo), and a brave little heart. (more…)

12May

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Editorial, On Campus

Living on campus vs. on campus living

By Lydia Dean Before anything, there is a difference between just “living on campus” and “on campus living”. “Living on Campus” is the physical act of actually staying—day in and day out—on campus. The university is your home for the semesters to come. “On Campus Living”, on the other hand, is creating a life for oneself when being on a college campus. Taking parts in campus wide events, working for the university, or even running an organization. (more…)

12May

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Editorial

This is the end

By Carlos Leon Many religions tend to break down into various smaller denominations, especially the Christian religion. There is one specific religion in particular based on Christian beliefs called the Church of the End of Times (Iglesia del Fin del Tiempo or IFT is the name and acronym in Spanish). This church has a unique prescience throughout most of Latin America (more…)

12May

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Editorial

The Underrated City

By Alexis Garza Laredo: the city is considered the least diverse to some, but is also considered as the city that grew from a villa to the largest inland port on the united States-Mexican border. (more…)

4May

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Editorial, Science and Tech

Smartphones: the weapons that damage our generation

By Alejandra Hernandez During the last three years, smartphones have become one of the most important tools in our daily lives. Most people spend endless hours on their mobile devices, computers, laptops, and tablets. Current generations find it hard to believe that there used to be a time where none of these electronic devices hardly ever existed. (more…)

10Feb

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Editorial, Health

Medical Miracles

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. (more…)

10Feb

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Civil Affairs, Editorial

Skewed News

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. (more…)

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