Thursday, February 12, 2009 1:50 p.m.Jonathan (Bridge copy editor) and I are driving back to campus to attend Dr. Olsen-Fazi’s memorial. We just turned in the latest issue of the Bridge for printing at the Laredo Morning Times. My computer was acting funky when I tried to save and reopen […]

Growing up in the nineties, back when Pogs and Power Rangers were in vogue, I only had the barest interest in the distinctions between various political ideologies and governments. The extent of my knowledge was some abstract idea that “freedom is good” and that people who didn’t like “freedom” were […]

When Associate Professor of English Dr. Kevin Lindberg walked into BH 207 on Thursday, Feb. 10, he was expecting to discuss sixteenth century drama; however, a group of drama students from the Tzu Chi College of Technology in Taiwan had something else in store for his class. Having performed their […]

On Feb. 13, Congress passed the stimulus bill known as the “American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.” Though this bill can be seen by some as a milestone for America, we have yet to see its effects on our country. Much is to be said about how the $787 […]

If the path to a man’s heart is through his stomach, as the old saying goes, then I’m willing to guess that a window into any given culture is its food. While our fast-food chains now have a stranglehold over the planet’s daily culinary landscape (there’s Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants […]

At the open senate meetings of Jan. 28 and Feb. 4, the TAMIU Student Government (SG) turned its attention to the importance of service and safety. At the Jan. 28 open senate meeting, SG members viewed two presentations concerning community service initiatives. First, a representative from Junior Achievement of Laredo […]

According to Dictionary.com, an underdog is 1., a person who is expected to lose in a contest or conflict; 2., a victim of social or political injustice. With that in mind, if there is a word to describe the hero of British director Danny Boyle’s “Slumdog Millionaire,” it is, without […]

As my girlfriend Karina and I made plans to go to the movies, I jumped on the computer to check show times. “The next movie starts in 20 minutes,” I told her over the phone. “Which movie is it?” she questioned. “It’s that movie with Liam Neeson called ‘Taken’.” We […]

Graduating high school and leaving for college was always a dream, so I went through the process of applying for universities, scholarships, and purchasing my own furniture. Never, however, did I consider my living situation, and I ended up with a four by four room at the Residential Learning Community […]

Early College High School Program is a collection of words familiar to the majority of students at TAMIU. After all, the customary high school uniform-polo shirts in a student’s school’s colors and either khaki or navy blue pants-can be seen on a wide variety of students roaming the campus. These […]