On October 28, 2011 the members of the Club Alma Gitana, Dance Club, young dance club, and the Roughneck Motorcycle club of the Texas A&M International University took some time off their busy schedule and congregated to once again share exceptional moments and celebrate Halloween with the children of […]

Greetings Dustdevilettes!  We previously discussed the fashion trends for the Fall 2011 season.  However, it occurred to me that I failed to mention the hair and beauty trends for fall! This means that there are now fashionably dressed students at TAMIU but are still wearing summer make-up and have no […]

For eighteen years the Laredo Center for the Arts has celebrated the “Día de los muertos” or “Day of the Dead” by offering the public an extended view of what is known to be a Mexican tradition.   This year on November 2, 2011, from 11am-4pm, the LISD’s Vidal M. […]

On Monday October 24th 2011, the first Indian Festival of Lights, Diwali, was celebrated at Texas A&M International University. The main event took place from 5:00 to 9:00p.m.at the Student Center patio. The festival was hosted by the Association of International Students (AIS) and the Indian Association of TAMIU, and […]

With Halloween just around the corner, a good scare is just what everyone needs to get into the spirit of Halloween.  There are several haunted houses around Laredo, but the most interesting one is on 6402 North Bartlett Av. in the Guerra Communications Plaza on Jacaman rd. Hector Benavides the […]

To promote Laredo’s local artist and sell their art, Students in Free Enterprise, a Texas A&M International University student organization, created a Bazaar on Saturday, September 3rd from 6:30 to 9pm at the Scholars Caffe Barista located in 1701 Peaceful Meadows. S.I.F.E. came up with this project to implement […]

When many people think of garage bands, they mostly think on loud noises and lyrics that are just too hard to understand. Yet, the stigma of being a garage band still stands as to just a bunch of kids, playing their instruments and never pursuing music as career. However, […]

To many people, urban legends are made up stories that have been told since the beginning of time.  As the years pass, those stories become more and more falsified with each version that is told.  However, Mexican urban legends are a bit different.  For some, these myths consist of […]

A bilingual poetry recital featuring Poet, Jose Kozer’s newest collection will take place on November 14, 2011 and will be open to the general public at the Texas A&M International University’s Killam Library. The event is to be hosted by Associate Professor of Spanish, Dr. Jose Cardona and […]

Blue Rondo a la Turk, is a jazz standard composition written by Dave Brubeck, and was performed beautifully by Joe Guerra on drums, Robert Lopez on trumpet, Ric Cortez on guitar, Ricardo Reyes on bass, and Jerry Quintero on piano, at the International Chamber Music Festival presented by Texas A&M […]