By Sam Perez What the HELL is Music Therapy? High levels of stress in college students is increasing, causing anxiety and sometimes psychological break downs. This problem is occurring in many universities for example, at our UTRGV campus in Edinburg, Tx. From my personal experience college is a different level of education, it is more challenging and makes the student study and be timely with their homework. Therefore, it is not uncommon for people to drop out because of

By Lauren Richardson Based on research conducted by Lufi, Okasha and Cohen, “it has been estimated that 30% of all students suffer from various levels of test anxiety” (Lufi, Okasha and Cohen 176). This mental health statistic combined with the percentage of students suffering from various learning disorders such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, and dyscalculia, creates a need for answers regarding the state of our current education system. Within every seemingly normal classroom t

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By Alondra Olvera Tranquility: JFK addresses crisis in Cuba Imagine hearing a televised presidential speech that essentially informs you of a possible Nuclear War. How would you react? Presidents are leaders that are often faced with the challenge of giving their audience the most crucial news. As a result, they must dominate the usage of language and words to prevent the country from panicking by assuring them that the decision taken is the best for the nation. Many people

By Leslie Hernandez Calladita Te Ves Más Bonita In a world where the word “feminist” is a bigger threat to the government than a gun, and the inclusion of every new gender to be a part of this society has started a evolution towards a greater equality ever imagined; we often times misinterpret these acts of “progression” as a new beginning. Believing that we are erasing the misogynist past of our ancestors and are rewriting an ideal concept of what “life” should be like. Par