(U-WIRE) – It’s an unsettling reality that every day people get behind the wheel tanked up on their favorite sense-impairing liquid. With a deep breath and countless claims of “I’m alright to drive, man,” they set out on the road unaware of how dangerous they really are. Sometimes they make […]
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No rest for the wordy
Fallout BoyInfinity on HighGrade: B Much has been made of bands like Panic! At the Disco and the soon-to-be-reviewed Fallout Boy and their penchant for, shall we say, over-elaboration. With lyrics that barely fit into the confines of the verses and choruses, many bands nowadays take a different route from […]
Dysfunctional family stars of book
The After Life is based around a guy named Will Shepherd who’s going through some tough things in his life. Will, a New York City 19-year-old living with his artsy mother, knows of his biological father but has never met him. His father left him and his mother when he […]
Abortion is not genocide
(U-WIRE) – Five years ago, I visited Auschwitz. I was struck by how normal the fields around it looked, how pretty the grass and the trees were. Take away the ruins of the crematoria, the reconstructed barracks and fences, and it could be an ordinary field in Poland. You would […]
Corpus’ The Booked display true punk form
American pride, soccer, and beer are just some of the ingredients that create the street punk that’s “in your face” or simply known as The Booked, out of Corpus Christi. For about nine years, these hooligans have been creating havoc and good tunes, while traveling all over the Lone Star […]
What would Jesus say?
(U-WIRE) BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – I’ve always thought that Jesus has bad spokespeople. When your best mouthpieces are President George W. Bush and Pat Robertson, you might want to reconsider the hires. It was apparently on God’s advice that Bush decided to strike Al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein. This actually helps explain […]
Writer found ‘Figaro’ a true work of art
Resounding applause and a lengthy standing ovation at the conclusion of Sunday’s encore presentation of Mozart’s operatic masterpiece, “The Marriage of Figaro,” signaled a triumphant conclusion to the opera workshop’s much anticipated spring presentation. If talent truly lies in the ability to distinguish between what to leave in and what […]
America’s national pastime hits TAMIU
The Dustdevil Baseball team, the first in the school’s history, had its home season opener on February 6 at the Student Activities Complex against Schreiner University. The Dustdevils won by 15-5 over the Schreiner Mountaineers. When asked if there was pressure facing the team, Ricky Hernandez, a sophomore on the […]
Athletics Fee passes in TAMIU student vote
A proposed Athletics Fee at Texas A&M International University has passed in an online student vote held March 6-8. Some 543 currently enrolled students cast votes for the new fee, which could not go forward without majority approval. Those in favor of the fee numbered 274, while those opposed numbered […]
A message from the first Student Regents
Last week, we completed our tenure as the very first Student Regents for the Texas A&M and the University of Texas Systems. In this role, we were humbled to learn from and meet with Texans of all walks of life while we traveled to the dozens of campuses these two […]