Features – Page 18 – The Bridge News

25Sep

By Rebekah Rodriguez2 Comments

Entertainment, Features

Bringing it back: Local band releases vinyl record

Like many yesteryear items, vinyl records are gradually making their comeback and gaining popularity with millennials. In many local record stores, such as 2nd & Charles, shoppers can find contemporary music in vinyl record form. (more…)

Pan American Courts: Laredo’s unique variety venue

20Sep

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Features, Life & Arts

Pan American Courts: Laredo’s unique variety venue

With local food trucks, the Musa art gallery and Cultura Beer Garden offering their clientel a unique Laredo experience, the Pan American Courts is known for its hotel and cafe built in 1964. (more…)

Student creates modern beauty with a vintage touch

17Sep

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Humans of TAMIU

Student creates modern beauty with a vintage touch

On a warm Saturday afternoon in Laredo, Ruth Castañeda sits at the desk in her dorm room surrounded by a variety of creams, extracts and powders. It is in this makeshift lab that Castañeda creates custom-made foundations, lipsticks, eye pigments, beauty oils and kajal (a type of charcoal-based eyeliner originating in South Asia) by hand. (more…)

12May

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Español, Features

Rompiendo barreras

Por Elizabeth Villarreal José L. Moreno III es actualmente El director del programa Title V Focus on Student Success (FOSS) en Texas A&M International University (TAMIU). (more…)

17Feb

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Features, Guest Article

‘No More’ – A Call To End Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence

Sexual Assault Awareness Week will take place from March 3rd through March 10th. Here is a schedule of events open to the public. (more…)

27Jan

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Academia, Features

A Texas-Sized Educational Leap

By Giovanni Salinas and Sergio Loera The Texas Academy of International & STEM studies is perhaps the newest high school in Laredo, it is located inside Cowart Hall at Texas A&M International University, TAMIU, and is part of TAMIU Independent School District, TISD. It was first formed through a legislation authored by Senator Judith Zaffirini around 10 years ago, but planning came to a halt due to a lack of funding. However, in 2014, the first cohort was inducted into the Academy featuring a total of 42 students. The Academy showed great results as the first graduate class in 2016 attempted 582 student credit hours and completed 567 for a mind-blowing passing percentage of 97.4. Ms. Cassandra Ramirez was part of the first graduating class. ...

27Jan

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Features, Health

How “Dr. Crazy” became Dr. Fuentes

By Anna Castilla To most people, he is known as Dr. Luis Fuentes; but to our family he is either known as Louie or as “The Doctor”. Luis Fuentes is 27 years old and resides in Corpus Christi, Texas where he works at a local hospital. He is currently doing his residency and is looking to graduate within the next two years. I decided to meet up with Fuentes because he has not only been such an inspiration for me, but for the rest of our family. (more…)

27Jan

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Professor Profile

Changing Perspectives

By Danny Zaragoza From South Korea to South Texas, former University of Texas instructor and now part of the TAMIU family, Dr. Ji Won Kim has brought with her a generous amount of personal and professional experience and a unique perspective of Laredo and TAMIU students. (more…)

27Jan

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Humans of TAMIU

Finding Freedom Through Art

“But I’m not an artist,” Gerardo Piña bashfully said when asked if he’d like to be interviewed. Yet there is plenty of evidence that proves otherwise. (more…)

27Jan

By Rebekah RodriguezNo Comments

Features, Professor Profile

Phenomenal Woman: Alicia Coronado

A season of giving has come and gone once again. For most of us, the spirit of giving manifested itself in the form of loose change dropped in Salvation Army buckets on our way out of the mall, or through old clothes dropped off at local clothing drives. Maybe some of us felt extra generous and lent a hand to someone in need. Still, in the hustle and bustle of this modern age, it’s easy to forget the importance of giving rather than receiving. Yet in the blur of life, there are individuals who devote themselves to giving selflessly to those around them. Alicia Coronado is one of those people. A resident of Laredo since 2001, Coronado has dedicated her life and career to serving some of the country’s most vulnerable populations, including recent immigrants and children in the fos...

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