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Drug War

Drug War

Eduardo Guerra doesn’t feel safe in Reynosa, Mexico, anymore. Mexico’s drug war has turned the 17-year-old high school student’s home into a cartel battleground. And most recently, during Spring Break, there was a large shootout in [...]

A new company

A new company

The members of newly minted Encantado Theatre have big dreams that involve a Broadway-in-the-Valley venue, six shows a year and workshops for local kids. But that’s way down the line because for now, Encantado consists of [...]

Email from President’s Office about Amancio Jose Chapa

Email from President’s Office about Amancio Jose Chapa

The following is an email from University President Robert Nelsen to the University community about the Amancio Jose Chapa: — Many of you have expressed concern for the student who was injured in an off-campus gathering [...]

Women in combat

Women in combat

News straight out of the Pentagon Thursday brought the lifting of a 1994 ban on women in military combat positions. Close to home, the news caused a stir at the University. “I think the decision is [...]

Start-of-semester woes

Start-of-semester woes

Lohany Garcia can breathe now that she is finally registered in the Chemical Problems I course she needs for her degree plan. She wasn’t able to register for the class because of a hold on her [...]

Students get free phones, 3 months service

Students get free phones, 3 months service

UTPA international students gathered in the ITT building Tuesday morning to snap a picture with the TelCel Cowboy mascot and receive their free Samsung Galaxy phone and bag. The phones were given out by TelCel, a [...]

DegreeWorks works?

DegreeWorks works?

DegreeWorks hasn’t been around for too long, but students at UTPA are already familiar with the role it plays in advisement. However, there are still some issues that the registrar’s office is ironing out. The program [...]

LAW SCHOOL: Weighing the options

LAW SCHOOL: Weighing the options

The proposal to build a law school in the Rio Grande Valley was once again submitted to the state Legislature, Nov. 12 by State Rep. Eddie Lucio III, just months after the UT System announced plans [...]

Bike theft

Bike theft

The University of Texas Police Department are working on recovering bicycles from a string of thefts on campus. The UTPA Police Department emailed a crime alert Nov. 2 to the UTPA community in regards to nine [...]