By: Yngrid Fuentes

Love for technology. That’s what “technophilia” means. After a few scenes where men are aroused by televisions, computers, and electrical outlets to the point where they kiss them, and in some cases a little bit more, the audience had...

By: Victor Ituarte

Growing up as one of a handful of white kids in his high school, 24-year-old Eric Nally found one of the biggest influences and the name for his soulful rock band, Foxy Shazam, among his friends....

By: Victor Ituarte & Andrielle Figueroa

March 7 marked Oscars night, which was co-hosted by funny men Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin. The ceremony has always had a dreamy, whimsical touch. It is a night of beauty, talent, earned recognition, and respect. At the end of the evening it was surpr...

By: Pamela Morales

Finally, midterms are over and a relaxing weekend would do some good…or maybe a weeklong vacation would be better. Spring Break, perhaps? How about the Coca-Cola Beach on South Padre Island?...

By: Cecily Saldana

The Brownsville Historical Association, along with the Mexican Consulate in Brownsville and Rogelio Agrasanchez, Jr. will screen the 1933 film “Enemigos” on March 14 at 2 p.m. as a part of its Mexican Revolution film series....

By: Andrielle Figueroa

‘Last Comic Standing’ is NBC’s series that picks comedians from across the country and lets them duke it out to see who the funniest entertainer is. Season seven will premiere this summer with a whole new batch of comedians, one of whom ...

By: Marc Solis

Trends come and go in the fashion world, refelcting what’s cool and current. In the United States, mainstream society tends to follow examples set by famous faces in Hollywood and the music world....

By: Lupe Flores

Steve Schneider, director of new programs and special projects for the College of Arts and Humanities, once again secured a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to make 2009-2010 the second consecutive year that The University of Texas Pan Ameri...

By: Pamela Morales

On Monday, the final auditions for UTPA’s version of Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” were held at the Studio Theatre in the Communication Arts and Sciences Building....

By: Victor Ituarte

According to Jack Antonoff, a lot of bands often don’t get the chance to tour the country with ‘90s pop sensation Hanson (of “MMMBop” fame) and then open for Sire Records’ Tegan and Sara immediately after. But that is all a p...

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By: Cecily Saldana

UTPA’s University Theatre Productions will present its first play of the year, Michael Frayn’s “Noises Off” from March 3- 8....

By: Pamela Morales

The search for success in college and beyond starts with effort but extends to using all available resources to learn and improve. Saturday an English major at The University of Texas-Pan American got some insight on how to be active in the pursuit....

By: Victor Ituarte

It’s not tough to imagine what would motivate an 18-year-old American beat poet in the late 1950s to live abroad in Mexico City, but it may be hard to imagine what would keep him there for over 40 years....

By: Lupe Flores

It began in 2007 as a simple pachanga that allowed 17 students and professors from The University of Texas-Pan American to recite their works of poetry one evening....

By: Andrielle Figueroa

Going to high school, receiving a diploma, going to college and getting a job seems to be the monotonous norm for most young adults. Somewhere in the mix, amid the homework and partying, the love you once had for a favorite subject diminishes into thin ai...

By: Kristen Cabrera

With gloves on to protect his hands, Edinburg native Joey Cortez carried cinder blocks 50 feet, holding them over his head to help build a day care in a Yucatan village last spring. To this day though, he is still in awe of the 12-year-old local boys, who...

By: Victor Ituarte

Over 90 percent of The University of Texas-Pan American students are from the Valley, meaning that Laredo native John-Robert Iruegas didn’t know anyone when he began his college career here. One of the first things he did upon arriving in the Valley...

By: Rick Hinojosa

There are few university classes that can immediately help during the turbulence of a natural disaster. Beginning in the spring, however, a new class at The University of Texas-Pan American called Certified First Responder will be able to accomplish that....

By: Veronica Gonzalez

The University Theatre will be performing two staged readings of new works written by two TV/Theatre/Film professors from The University of Texas-Pan American. Dr. Jack Carroll from South Texas College (STC) and Dr. Marian Monta, UTPA professor emeritus, ...