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Frontera Liquida

Frontera Liquida, a Spanish-language UTPA theatre group, emphasizes the importance of bringing the performing arts to the Spanish-speaking community in the Rio Grande Valley. Frontera Liquida, or Liquid Border, presented El andar del teatro en Español [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Rolleristas open 2013 season with exibition bout

The South Texas Rolleristas held a STR Mixed Exhibition Bout to kick off the 2013 roller derby season. The exhibition bout was used to test the fresh meat. The veteran players stayed on the bench until [...]

Tourney ahead,  winner  aboard

The Broncs (10-18), who have had the best record since the 2007 season, are gearing up for the Great West Conference Tournament Friday and Saturday in Utah. Head Coach Brian Yale used these last few home [...]

‘This is what a survivor looks like’

Clad in bright pink, Ninfa Ramirez sits behind her large desk at Lack’s Furniture in McAllen, where she is a store manager. Photographs of family and friends hang on the walls of her office, and awards [...]

Better than expected

The University’s men’s and women’s tennis teams competed and succeeded at Corpus Christi in the Marco & Catering Islanders Open last weekend. Junior Sebastien Job, from Belgium, won the men’s finals singles match against teammate Alejandro [...]

Library hosts exhibit on Iraqi women

The University is featuring an exhibit from Sept. 10 to Sept. 28 in the Library’s first floor art gallery to represent Iraqi women. The “Iraqi Women of Three Generations: Challenges, Education, and Hopes for Peace” is [...]

Defunding women

UTPA senior Julisa McCoy is one of the 130,000 Texas women who are at risk of losing their access to health care because of a showdown over funding for the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. As [...]