Archive for 'Editorial'
Leaving home
I found my place in The Pan American newsroom. When I first started at Pan Am, I was a biology major. I took the classes, didn’t enjoy them and realized I wasn’t doing what I wanted [...]
18 Years old with $20,000 to my name
I didn’t know my parents were in debt when I filled out my Free Application for Federal Student Aid for the first time in 2009. I was right out of high school and planning to attend [...]
Letter To The Editor 4 – 04/11/2013
Dear Pan American, It is business and a reality. Stiletto’s Cabaret is an adult entertainment establishment that has survived through the recession and actually been operating since 2000, a decade and counting of success in their [...]
Letter To The Editor 3 – 04/11/2013
Dear Pan American, I am very disappointed with the add on the back page of the Pan-American advertising a strip club. I understand that your intentions were to gain profit from this and that you might [...]
Letter To The Editor 2 – 04/11/2013
The debate on ethnic studies has reached our doorsteps with a bill by Republican Texas Senator Dan Patrick of Houston. Patrick’s proposed Senate Bill 1128 seeks to prohibit special topics courses like Mexican-American or African-American History [...]
Letter To The Editor 1 – 04/11/2013
Dear UTPA, It has come to my attention that The Pan American has come under scrutiny over a series of ads placed on the back page of last week’s edition. The ads which promote an adult [...]
Free speech ain’t free
Last week, the owners of Stiletto’s, Adam & Eve and Jackie’s Bar agreed to pay The Pan American $3,250 to design and print five full-page, color ads in the newspaper. And we did. Some of our [...]
Letter to the editor 3/28/2013
Dear Pan American, I would like to express my concern over the rather provocative advertisement portayed in your latest issue. While I understand the need to obtain revenue from outside sources the image portrayed is unprofessional [...]
Why the BMI is harmful BS
Panic! Last March, the McAllen-Edinburg metro area was deemed the most obese, comprised of almost 40 percent fatties, apparently, according to the Gallup-Healthways poll. That same poll is referenced in Jose S. De Leon III’s article [...]
Standardized tests, standardized students
The class of 2015’s future will continue to rely on state exam results, their opportunities limited by the number they get. Test scores have little to do with an individual’s potential. Decision makers in Texas need [...]
Pope Benedict XVI resigns from papacy
I havent heard even one question raised. He resigned and now we move t
Locked or Loaded
I'd like to point out that an a proud gun owner and fully support the
Concerning catholicism
So just because this girl says the bible talks about homosexuality vag
UTPA should go clubbing
buck em http://bronccyclingteam.org/
Smoke at El Bosque
"Jumping out is not a plan...." that is a great quote.