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15Sep

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In Our View

In Our View: Gambling with the Innocent

The thought that someone would stoop so low as to forbid the entrance of unfortunate children, just to gain a bargaining chip, is unacceptable. The worst part about President Donald Trump’s current “temper tantrum,” is that if the U.S. Congress does not come to terms with his proposal, current benefactors of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy are at risk of being deported. (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…)

4May

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Entertainment, Opinion

Politically Incorrect: Marvel’s Iron Fist is Fine

By Eddwin Cantu With the recent rise of progressive decisions in visual media, many film or televised companies are taking more cautious approaches towards their intellectual properties. (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…)

10Feb

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Entertainment, Opinion

Coppola Woes

By Kassandra de Hoyos For the most part, writers write what they know. The world of celebrity is all Sofia Coppola has ever known – thanks to her father being film legend Francis Ford Coppola. So, it’s not a surprise this transfers onto her films. (more…)

27Jan

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Editorial

Chasing Smoke

By Ricky Castillon December 9, 2016. After months of stalling and procrastination, winter has finally come to south Texas. On this particular morning I had already been out to drop off my youngest brother at his high school, picked up some breakfast and coffee for myself, come home, run around the backyard with my dog for as long as I could stand before the impending chill threatened my already-failing attempt to fight off a cold, begun work on some watercolor illustrations I hadn’t gotten the chance to work on. It was then I realized my mistake. The previous day I’d been working in the computer lab at the university and that I’d left my bag with brushes and ink pens that I was going to need. It was a rookie move, with the amount of traffic a lab can get this c...

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