(Note: This is part one of a two-part interview) James Cortez takes his responsibility as TAMIU Student Body President very seriously, so much so in fact it keeps him up at night.”Well, and the studying,” he says.A biology major with a 4.0 GPA, James sees medical school and eventually politics […]

The string, brass, and percussion sounds of the Laredo Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO) soared throughout the Fine and Performing Arts Recital Hall on Sunday, Sept. 28.Under the direction of Maestro Brendan Townsend, Sunday’s event marked the beginning of the LPO’s 29th season, “Heroes and Heroines.”Including Sunday’s concert, the LPO 2008/2009 concert […]

Does growing up in a single-parent home create more problems for the parent and child–problems impossible to overcome?According to Thomas J. Sullivan, author of Social Problems, “32 percent of all families with children under 18 years of age are headed by only one parent, mostly by women” (71-72).What problems do […]

Samuel Johnson, in his essay “The Rambler, No.18 on marriage,” once said, “There is no observation more frequently made … than that marriage, though the dictate of Nature, and the institution of Providence, is yet very often the cause of misery, and that those who enter into that state can […]

By no conceivable measure can we say that Republican Sarah Palin won the Vice Presidential Debate against Democrat Joe Biden. Frankly, I disagree with the majority of pundits on the right who say she even survived. To say she survived implies she was involved, which she wasn’t. For the entire […]

Despite Oliver Stone’s attempts to delve into the disgraced president’s past and draw Oedipal connections to our country’s present, chances are viewers still won’t feel like they know George “Dubya” Bush after watching W., Stone’s latest political biopic. Though presenting a few examples of real character study, this film spends […]

Rock lyrics mixed with freestyle rap are the trademark of E!ite, a.k.a. Chris Davila, a university student majoring in Finance. While pursuing his passion, Davila, 22, not only creates a different style of rap but also inspires his listeners through his lyrics.”E!ite is the manifestation of the voice inside your […]

The men’s soccer team earned their first non-conference win at home by defeating Northeastern State University 6-3 on Friday, Sept. 26.”We played a very good first half; our execution offensively was much better than previous games,” said Claudio Arias, Head Coach for the men’s team.The first goal of the night […]

In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, which started on Sept 15 and continues through Oct 15, the university will be presenting a Hispanic Heritage Film Festival.The films being shown are Love in the Time of Cholera on Monday, Oct. 13 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center Theater (SC 236); […]

By Jonathan MartinezBridge Staff Writer On Oct. 16, the music of British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber came to Laredo, as the TAMIU and Laredo Community College Opera Workshops-their first ever collaboration-performed Webber’s and British lyricist Tim Rice’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor® Dreamcoat at LCC’s Guadalupe and Lilia Martinez Fine […]