Christmas time is here! Black Friday is here! What does that mean? Long lines, back order items, people trying to cut their way through the masses. Ah, the most wonderful time of the year! It has been a year since the economic catastrophe hit Main Street causing President Obama to […]

The curtain opened on Thursday, Jan. 14 for Laredo International Theater Guild’s production of “Doubt: A Parable” by John Patrick Shanley. Texas A&M International University professor and veteran actor, Vernon Carroll, directed the play. The drama, set during the mid 1960’s, takes place within and around the walls of St. […]

Eric Sevareid once said, “Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves.” From the time I was a little girl, the Christmas season has always been filled with happiness and joy. Everyone […]

You’ve probably heard it around campus, people sitting on benches talking about reading people’s tweets on Twitter. You might be asking yourself what a Tweet is, and why does someone have a tweeter? Twitter is a micro-blogging site and a social networking site. Well Twitter was invented for a myriad […]

UPDATE: Auditions for the LTGI production of The Taming of the Shrew will be Friday, January 22 and Saturday, January 23 at 7 pm in the Sam Johnson (Black Box) Theater in the Fine and Performing Arts building at TAMIU. Coming Spring 2010 Laredo Theater Guild International will be following […]

The lights inside the Laredo Little Theater burned bright on opening night for the Karol Batey directed play, Some Girl(s). Five celebrated actors brought the Neil N. Labute play to life and left this reporter on the edge of his seat. The play focuses around a man known to the […]

The first week of June 2009 was definitely a memorable one for Police Officers Gilberto Trevino Jr. and Jesus Dominguez as they traveled to Arlington, Texas and represented Texas A&M International University at the 2009 Special Olympics Texas Summer Games at the University of Texas at Arlington. Celebrating 40 years, […]

For a whole semester, students have been working hard to graduate from Texas A&M International University in 2009, and on Saturday, Dec. 12, all their hard work paid off. Nearly 700 students received their diploma in two Commencement Exercises, one at 10 a.m., followed by a second at 2 p.m. […]

On Monday, December 7th, TAMIU presented the annual Communications Students’ Video Screening to a packed house showcasing students’ vision on film to the community, family and friends. “Oh boy” did we witness the beginning of the future of film. The students’ artistic visions where all over the place ranging from […]

Have you ever wondered how the magic of film-making is done? There is a certain art behind being able to glue someone’s attention completely to the screen. At times, Hollywood must relocate their set to cities in order to get adequate footage, causing disruption to the community. On Dec. 3, […]