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Campus SNAP Club develops from the shadows

11Apr

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Campus SNAP Club develops from the shadows

Campus SNAP Club develops from the shadows By Mia PerezBridge contributing writerPublished Monday, April 11, 2022 The idea happened in a snap, almost as fast as a print in the developer. A group of mostly arts and communication students decided to create a photography club this Spring 2022 semester to promote interest in the career and hobby. Formally called the Student Narrative & Artistic Photography Club, or simply SNAP Club, its members seek to get official SOLE approval. The idea began in the photography lab with students in the Intermediate and Advanced Photography courses, who then selected Alexa Villarreal as president as they started prepping the club. Leonard Gonzalez | BridgeOrganizers of the proposed photography club, called SNAP Club, work on designing the o...

CAMPUS: Aramark makes menu changes, new Mexican place in food court

11Apr

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CAMPUS: Aramark makes menu changes, new Mexican place in food court

CAMPUS: Aramark makes menu changes, new Mexican place in food court By Natxo FausBridge contributing writerPublished Monday, April 11, 2022 In order to change and improve its offerings, Aramark Food Service switches things up from time to time. This semester is no different. The food service contractor introduced a new Mexican place in the food court on Thursdays. The cultural cuisine of Mexico is featured in a place where students congregate on campus, said Aramark’s local Food Service Director Carlos J. Rodriguez. Aramark, a company based on providing food to schools, serves Texas A&M International University right on the border between the U.S. and Mexico; Laredo is about 95.4% Hispanic or Latino according to the U.S. Census Bureau numbers. “TAMIU is the border betwee...

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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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...

3Apr

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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...

NEWS: TAMIU crowns first all-female Royals

25Mar

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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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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: Classical musicians perform on campus

23Mar

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ARTS: Classical musicians perform on campus

ARTS: Classical musicians perform on campus By Mireilly GonzalezBridge Staff InternPublished Wednesday, March 23, 2022 In TAMIU’s softly lit Recital Hall, an applause welcomed Assistant Professor of music Yu-Mein Huang to the stage. She walked confidently to the center wearing a rose gold sequin dress, violin in hand and greeted the audience with a smile. Huang invited two other professional musicians, violinist Miroslav Hristov and pianist Chih-Long Hu, as guests for TAMIU’s Music and Friends event. Near the end of their master performance, Hristov expressed gratitude to Huang “for the invitation and for the amazing hospitality,” during the March 4 performance. Samantha Gonzalez | BridgeAssociate Professor Yu-Mei Huang, left, and University of Tennessee-Knoxville Professor Mir...

17Mar

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CAMPUS: SGA takes back Maroon Monday

CAMPUS: SGA takes back Maroon Monday By Gabrielle PratherAssistant EditorPublished Wednesday, March 16, 2022 TAMIU’s Student Government Association brought back Maroon Monday through its Traditions Committee. A big part of campus community interaction focuses around events that undergo and create an atmosphere for students to collide and gain school spirit. Outside of Maroon Madness, Maroon Monday spreads TAMIU traditions of school spirit, where anything maroon shows that spirit. David Peralta| BridgeSenior Elizabeth Morillo, center, takes a free cookie for singing up on @txamiu.sga.traditions on Instagram to celebrate Maroon Monday on Feb. 21 in the TAMIU breezeway. SGA celebrated Maroon Monday by notifying students to wear maroon and support TAMIU. They also offered cookie...

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