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Festival of International Books and Arts promotes literacy and college readiness
A Texas Book Festival was held Tuesday and Wednesday to promote literacy to students. The festival brought The Jumping Tree author Rene Saldaña Jr., to six Valley elementary schools where authors presented their works to students. [...]
College Fashionistas at UTPA
Senior Tere Cortes said her style is edgy by day and sexy by night. The 22-year-old marketing major mixes jean vests with flowy dresses and has been a Style Guru with website College Fashionista since fall [...]
Digital attraction
Nursing major Sarah Christensen’s death brought her and boyfriend Luis Escalante together. Had he not resurrected her, they might have never met. Four years ago, while attempting to complete quests as a character for the Massively [...]
Galax Z Fair Alternative Music & Arts Festival 2013
For the second year, Tigers Blood will host Galax Z Fair Alternative Music & Arts Festival. The event will feature national, international and local artists March 11 starting at 5 p.m at The Historic Cine El [...]
Re-drafting the Drafthouse
After hearing the news about the planned Cinemark Movie Bistro in Edinburg, freshman Imalay Cuellar’s eyes widened in excitement. As an avid moviegoer, she already began making plans to attend the Valley’s first dinner theater scheduled [...]
‘Big Band Christmas’
Over 500 jazz music enthusiasts gathered in McAllen Thursday night to watch the Dean Canty Band perform. A relaxing mood was set at Quinta Mazatlan with light from only a few lamps as the crowd sat [...]
Local artist to showcase at McAllen Incubator’s last event
In one last hurrah, the McAllen Creative Incubator will host it’s final event today before moving to it’s new home on McAllen Main St. Mission artist Ilea O’Donnell is showcasing her work for her premiere solo [...]
Gearing up for Black Friday
For days people wait in lines outside of stores, malls and shops with pitched tents and foldout chairs, preparing for the clock to strike midnight on the Friday after Thanksgiving—Black Friday. Known as one of the [...]
‘America’s Pastime Just Got Bloody’
Blood squirted across the ground of the Edinburg Roadrunner Baseball Stadium’s field as a wild-haired slayer rampantly took the lives of two baseball teams. Players ran amuck on screen in desperate determination of escaping the murderous [...]
Marvelous microbes
Microbes: Invisible Invaders Amazing Aliens, a traveling exhibition about microbes, is at the University Visitors Center through Jan. 6. The aim is to help the public learn what the tiny particles are and do, all through [...]
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.