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OPINION: MUSIC: Sade offers thoughtful music with life lessons By Kaily OlivoEditor-in-chiefPublished Friday, Oct. 3, 2025 The singer-songwriter Sade has completely changed my life. While listening to Sade’s discography, I’ve never been let down regarding my emotions at the highest level possible. Some of her songs trend on TikTok like “Be That Easy,” “Like a Tattoo,” “Kiss of LIfe,” etc., but some individuals may see them as just “TikTok songs.” Just because someone finds a song on TikTok doesn’t make it any less good, especially Sade’s songs. Kaily OlvioEditor-in-chief Despite the melodies and her soft voice, when it comes to diving into the stories that she portrays in her music, listeners are able to hear, feel and experience the complexities of love, the intricacy of...

OPINION: BOOK REVIEW: Gone Girl: What happens when one’s spouse doesn’t exist? By Chris AguilarBridge Staff WriterPublished Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 In the novel Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn portrays the chilling reality of a marriage built on deception, as they realize the person they married never truly existed. Nick Dunne was once the man of Amy’s dreams. But now he has become a lazy husband who only notices Amy whenever he wants something from her, whether it’s money, attention or sex. Chris AguilarBridge Staff Writer However, not once does Amy directly tell Nick she’s dissatisfied with how lazy of a husband he has become; instead, she has her own methods of indirectly implying her dissatisfaction in him as a husband. One of Amy’s notable strategies is the annual anniversa...

OPINION: Glam… Glitz… Gone By Janae NoriegaBridge Staff WriterPublished Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025 Dancing with the Stars has always been about watching celebrities with no dance experience learn something new. But this season, the fans are questioning if it's truly a fair race to the finals. Dancing with the Stars is a show where our favorite Hollywood faces, influencers and public figures take the stage. The twist? They have absolutely no dance experience. These stars are paired with professionals who turn those clueless feet into dancing machines. But this season? Some of these “stars” aren’t stumbling amateurs—they’re practically professionals in disguise. Janae NoriegaBridge Staff Writer Running strong for 20 years, Season 34 brings an eclectic lineup: Olympic gold medalis...

OPINION: Holding doors more than just common courtesy By Guillermo "Memo" MorenoBridge Staff WriterPublished Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 A building and its doors. Every hour, every day, there is a consecutive input and output of students. Yet, there is an underlying position for tension. These tensions are involuntary and spontaneous. Is it the attempt at chivalry that can make it awkward to walk through a door sometimes—or—Is it the fact that the majority of our social skills have dissolved? This chivalry is considered gender neutral, where many can view simply holding a door as something from muscle memory. Whereas others have assumed the doors will always be opened for them. Guillermo "Memo" Moreno This leaves oneself to ask, Do the hinges we pull hold the meaning behind every...

OPINION: Lively sets back feminism By Janae NoriegaBridge Staff WriterPublished Wednesday, April 9, 2025 Actress Blake Lively’s lawsuit sparks backlash, setting back the #MeToo movement and dealing a blow to feminism. On Dec. 31, 2024, only five months after the release of the movie adaptation, It Ends with Us, Lively filed a lawsuit against lead actor and executive producer Justin Baldoni. This lawsuit sent shockwaves through Hollywood and among fans of the film and book, due to its sensitive theme. The movie centers around the abusive relationship between the main characters, Lily Bloom and Ryle Kincaid. Janae NoriegaBridge Staff Writer The claims filed in the lawsuit against Baldoni included allegations of creating a hostile work environment and incidents of sexual harass...

Not-So-Golden Globes OPINION: Annual award show honors undeserving film in important category By Janae NoriegaBridge Staff WriterPublished Tuesday, April 8, 2025 The Golden Globes: a night where the stars of Hollywood come together to celebrate their achievements in the entertainment industry. The idea is that the most-deserving films and TV productions in their respective categories receive an award to acknowledge and demonstrate their impact. This is the expectation of the audience watching the awards show. But in 2025, the annual show fell short, leaving viewers disappointed. If you were to ask me, I strongly believe two specific categories show this to be especially true. Janae NoriegaBridge Staff Writer The winner of Best Motion Picture for Musical or Comedy this yea...

OPINION: Is this year's most-nominated film deserving of its accolades? By Chris AguilarBridge Staff WriterPublished Wednesday, March 26, 2025 Oscar nominee “Emilia Perez” faces a sea of controversy. On the morning of Jan. 23, comedians Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang announced the list of  nominees for the 97th Academy Awards. Among the nominees announced, “Emilia Perez” saw much acclaim during the nominations, garnering a total of 13 Oscar nominations, the most  nominations for a film this year. This makes “Emilia Perez” the most nominated non-English  language film in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences history, a title previously held by Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma” in 2018, which received a total of 10 nominations. Chris AguilarStaff Writer “Emilia P...

OPINION: Is pursuing music worth it? By Vicente MendozaManaging EditorPublished Tuesday, March 25, 2025 For many years, there has been one focal part of my life: music. I first began my musical journey when I was 8; my parents wanted me to pick up an instrument for fun. The instrument I chose was the piano, which was one of the many instruments my father could play. As a young child, this was a hobby I really enjoyed; while my friends were picking up hobbies in Boy Scouts, karate or even basketball, I was the odd one out—fingers stuck to the piano. Vicente MendozaSports Editor While I grew older, I started getting more invested in music, and that investment skyrocketed in sixth grade when I first joined the band program. This middle school activity was the perfect extracurri...

OPINION: MUSIC REVIEW: Chromakopia is great, everyone just loves to hate  By Juan Carlos PuenteEditor-in-ChiefPublished Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 Tyler Gregory Okonma, known professionally as Tyler, The Creator, recently released his new album Chromakopia to much critical acclaim. Despite its greatness, people all over social media are giving the album low ratings just because of a specific featured artist they don’t like or because the album is “not hype enough.” I felt the album was extremely good and holds a solid place right under Tyler’s 2019 album Igor, widely regarded to be his best album to date. What makes Chromakopia great is how it delves into the more personal aspects of Tyler’s current life, something fans haven’t really seen before. Juan Carlos Puente Tyler delve...

OPINION: Artificial turf takes out student on campus By Ana VaraAssistant EditorPublished Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2024 AstroTurf: 1. Me: 0. It was a relatively calm Tuesday morning when I fell, almost completely flat on my face, into and by consequence of the school’s new installation of green and shiny new AstroTurf. Now, turf enthusiasts would tell you this wasn’t the case, that it’s all my fault and that I must’ve done it to myself by having stepped on the grass and all but I’m here to tell you that they’re wrong. Ana VaraAssistant Editor They’re wrong because this isn’t even AstroTurf, it’s actually artificial turf. No name brand turf, no; Texas A&M International University does not invest their money in the real stuff—the stuff called AstroTurf because it was first install...