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Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'politics''

Still DREAMing

Maria Ibarra, president of the Minority Affairs Council, stood before the attendees of the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Rally April 30 and nervously uttered the words some are afraid to speak: “I am one of 11 million [...]

Is this the year?

This might be the year the Supreme Court decides whether same-sex marriage is constitutional. There are currently nine states in the U.S. that allow same-sex unions, including Massachusetts, New York, Washington and Maine. However, the federal [...]

Politics in the quad

The University of Texas-Pan American event Voto Honesto became tense after Adryana Boyne, the speaker who claimed the event was non-partisan, shared her opinion on the Voter ID law. True the Vote, a national watchdog organization [...]

Apathetic, angry, abstaining

With the 57th U.S. presidential election just around the corner, I fail to ascribe that much importance to it. There are plenty of reasons for me to care but I just don’t really care what happens [...]

Has math gone political?

Political polls don’t just test the waters – often they can tip the scales. If a candidate is behind, they are likely to keep falling behind, since nobody wants to pick a loser. The most recent [...]

Youth in the booth

Eliazet Guerra already knows whom she plans to vote for, but the problem is she isn’t registered yet. Between working, classes and homework, the graduate student hasn’t had a chance to get registered. She spends her [...]

Republicans at UTPA question official’s motives

The Republicans at UTPA, a student organization, relayed a news release to most local media outlets on Sept. 13 denouncing Veronica Gonzales, the UTPA vice president for university advancement, claiming that she endorsed Robert “Bobby” Guerra [...]

Texas Primary Runoff results

Click image for enlarged version. A previous version of this graphic was incorrect. The current version reflects accurate percentages and winners via The Texas Tribune. Several politicians won their party’s candidacy in the primary runoff elections [...]

State Republican chair speaks at UTPA

Steve Munisteri, chair for the Texas branch of the GOP, spoke to members of the community about voting in the upcoming elections in an event hosted by the Republicans at UTPA Wednesday in the Library.Two candidates [...]