Challenges Faced by First-Generation College Students   For many first-generation college students, stepping onto a college campus is more than just pursuing a degree; it is about breaking barriers, reshaping family narratives, and striving for a better future. These students want an educational journey filled with ambition and perseverance, yet they often encounter significant challenges that can make success seem like an uphill battle. Financial struggles, lack of guidance

This essay contains description and discussion of child abuse and sexual assault against minors. This content is included in order to provide evidence and challenge ideas that it is harmful to have children raised in a same-sex couple home. This content is not of a descriptive nature but that of a research and a statistical basis. It is to provide fact and clarity on the safety of children who are being adopted into same-sex couple homes. Adoption In The Homosexual Family by

By Greyz Gonzalez  Photo by: @aslclubatutrgv    Photo by: @aslclubatutrgv Why Join A Club?    For the most part, many of us can remember coming in as freshmen and being thrown into the college experience  without being mentally prepared. This can be accompanied with an overbearing feeling of loneliness and anxiety, which can cause doubts of continuing the journey for higher education. As a result, some UTRGV students decide to drop out of college altogether.     As of recentl

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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

With the recent presidential election, the country has flashed a light on the undocumented community. Our current president built his campaign around the promise of deporting all undocumented immigrants. With this platform many hoped to see his promise fulfilled, and others used it as a motivation to protect the undocumented community. The support that the undocumented community has received as an effect from his xenophobic campaign has been wonderful. However, how can you po

Growing up, I have always wanted to go to medical school and become a pediatrician. My family has always been supportive of that, so I have been able to continue on the path I want to be on. My sister-in-law, however, did not have the same experience. Her father has been working at a hospital for years now, and my sister-in-law wanted to become a doctor. At the mentions of wanting to go to medical school, her father just laughed and said she could not do it, which discouraged

Imagine arriving home. You received a letter. This letter has a letter grade in red ink. All this paper says is “F”. Your grade for your life up until now has just come in. You have no idea why this is your grade. You don’t know what mistakes you made or how to fix them. In school systems today, grades are handed out left and right without any students learning their mistakes or finding out ways to get back up from a mistake that was made. I believe intelligence can be measur

Being a student athlete since middle school, I became familiar with teamwork and in believing that there is no "I" in "TEAM". Meaning, you can't accomplish winning by yourself. When the work is split up amongst a team, it becomes easier to accomplish a win. Being a student athlete, and having interest in sports (specifically basketball). Group work in high school made classes and learning easier, and now in college I prefer it over working individually. In my rhetoric and com