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Vol. I, Issue 15 The student voice of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Monday, January 18, 2016 New year, new issues 2 courses with same number = no credit Oscar Castillo take care of this issue.” THE RIDER She said about 200 courses had the same course number T Rio Grande Valley’s as others in the UTRGV legacy first semester ended institutions, UT Brownsville Ulast month, but not and UT Pan American. without a few hiccups because Therefore, some students who once grades were posted, some took a UTRGV course that had students noticed that they didn’t the same course number in get credit for certain courses. either UTB or UTPA did not Communication senior Sylvia receive credit. Rendon said that although she “We kind of entered new received an A in a course, her territory with creating UTRGV,” academic record showed zero Gilchrist said. “It’s not that credit hours completed for that things were overlooked, it’s just class. that we didn’t know; and now “My credit hours did not show that we know that this caused up for one class because both an issue, we’re trying to find a that class, [Writing for Mass solution.” Media] and [Communication Rosa Peña, Office of the Law and Ethics], that I took Deputy Provost senior program in Spring 2014, had the same coordinator, said the course course number,” Rendon said. numbers were decided by “So, it was giving me credit for faculty members from both law and ethics, but not writing UTB and UTPA before the for mass media.” consolidation. Debbie Gilchrist, interim “Both campuses at that point, registrar and undergraduate both departments, they worked admissions director, said that together,” Peña said. “They fixing this issue has a lot of reviewed what was offered at ramifications. UTPA back then, they reviewed “We’re looking at a lot of what was offered at UTB, and scenarios, but we don’t have a Michelle Espinoza/The Rider then they worked together to solution to it yet,” Gilchrist said. have only one course inventory.” UTRGV Financial Aid Mentor Ana Estrada directs business sophomore David Gonzalez to assistance at the U Central office “But, it is high priority on our Jan. 7 in Brownsville. See CREDITS, Page 2 list to try and figure out how to Deadline nears The campus passage for voter registration Deputy registrar training on campus this week More shuttle trips available Ena Capucion NEWS EDITOR

Of the 25,000 students attending UTRGV, 15,000 use the shuttle system. This spring, Parking and Transportation Services is adding more Vaquero Express Campus Connector trips. At the end of the fall semester, a transportation survey was emailed to UTRGV affiliates and about 1,800 students and staff participated. Rodney Gomez, UTRGV director of Parking and Transportation, said the biggest Mario Gonzalez/The Rider Graphic issue among the student body Gabriel Mata/The Rider was the lack of transport across Cameron and Hidalgo counties One of the 11 UTRGV shuttles is parked outside the visitors center on the Edin- Trisha Maldonado campuses between 9 a.m. and THE RIDER to conduct deputy registrar burg campus, ready to transport students, faculty and staff. 3:30 p.m. due to a shortage training this week. Feb. 1 is the last day to register of staff. This would require Volunteer deputy registrars are in the process of getting their depart at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., to vote for the March 1 primary students and staff to take the may distribute and accept license. We’re training them 1:30 p.m. and 3 p.m. from each election, when Texas voters will early morning route between voter registration application [and] teaching them. Hopefully, campus. select their party’s nominees either of the two campuses and forms from any resident of their they should be good to go in the UTRGV student Luis Flores for the presidential and local return later in the afternoon. respective county. next couple of weeks to provide will commute twice a week county races. “Since then, we’ve been In Edinburg, the training additional support. So, now that from Brownsville to Edinburg The University of Texas Rio able to hire several part-time will take place from 12:30 to we have that, we can provide this semester. The Campus Grande Valley is partnering with drivers,” Gomez said. “We’ve 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Bronc [four services] during that gap.” Connector will be his only the Texas Freedom Network actually got two students who The four new shuttles will and the elections offices of See VOTING, Page 10 See SHUTTLE, Page 2 2 THE RIDER on campus Monday, January 18, 2016 ANNOUNCEMENTS Graduation application deadline organizations and businesses, is seeking an information session at 12:30 p.m. Students who are set to graduate this volunteers for the Point-in-Time count Jan. 26 in ARHU 185 on the Edinburg The Rider is the official student summer must submit their application on Thursday. The Point-in-Time count is campus. The session is open to all majors. a survey of homeless persons on a single Refreshments will be provided. For more newspaper of the University of Texas by Feb. 1. Students who will graduate in Fall 2016 must turn in their application night in January, conducted to identify information, email christine.severn01@ Rio Grande Valley. The newspaper is by May 1. For more information, contact the number of homeless individuals in utrgv.edu. widely distributed on and off cam- the Graduate College at 665-3661 or the community and provide resources to Blue ribbon 5k run/walk email [email protected]. assist them. For more information, call The American Marketing pus in Brownsville and Edinburg, the office of Grant Management and Association-Edinburg will host a Texas. Views presented are those Piano performance Community Development at 548- Blue Ribbon 5K run/walk at 8 a.m. Mark Fouxman, a concert pianist, 6167. Feb.20 at the Edinburg Municipal Park, of the writers and do not reflect teacher, inventor and owner/chief 714 S. Raul Longoria Rd. AMA-Edinburg designer of a microphone production Community health fair those of the newspaper or university. Doctors Hospital at Renaissance has teamed up with the RGV Diabetes company, will perform at 7:30 p.m. will host its 10th annual DHR Association to raise awareness of this EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Tuesday in the Performing Arts Complex Community Health Fair from 8 disease as it continues to grow in the on the Edinburg campus and Wednesday Jesus Sanchez a.m. to noon Saturday in the Edinburg lower region of South Texas. All proceeds in the Texas Southmost College Arts Conference Center at Renaissance, 118 will go to the RGV Diabetes Association. Center in Brownsville. Tickets are $15 NEWS EDITOR Paseo del Prado. The fair will provide free Early registration is $20 for adults, $25 for adults, $10 for senior citizens and health screenings for cholesterol, vision, for an adult with a child and $10 for Ena Capucion children, and $5 for students with a valid glucose and blood pressure, as well as children between the ages of 13 and 17. ID. For more information, call 882-7025 medical information and education. For For more information, contact Jolene SPORTS EDITOR or 665-3471. Arellano at (512) 785-0145 or email Nathaniel Mata Seeking volunteers more information, call 388-8204. Sigma Tau Delta info sessions [email protected]. The City of Brownsville, in --Compiled by Monica Gudiño PHOTO EDITOR collaboration with the Cameron County The Sigma Tau Delta-International English Honors Society will host Mario Gonzalez Homeless Coalition, local nonprofit SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Rick R. Ramirez POLICE REPORTS REPORTERS The following are among the incidents reported to University Police between Dec. 22 and Jan. 6. Jacqueline Arias December 22 December 29 fire alarm system and University Police 10:22 p.m.: A family member of a 10:41 p.m.: Three suspicious individuals assisted with the building evacuation. Andrea Torres student contacted University Police to were reported seen in the UTRGV Sports January 5 Monica Gudiño report her brother was having problems Complex. Two were issued a written 11:57 a.m.: An athletics staff member with alcohol. She wanted to refer her criminal trespass warning. One was reported $300 missing from his Trisha Maldonado brother to University Counseling Services issued a citation for minor in possession office desk in the Health and Physical Felipe Zamorano to receive assistance. of alcohol and the other for furnishing Education building. The cash stolen from December 24 alcohol to a minor. The remaining his desk was not secure and was reported PHOTOGRAPHERS 1:10 p.m.: University Police patrolling individual was a minor who was released to be stolen between Dec. 17 and 31. Michelle Espinoza the Edinburg Sports Complex reported to the custody of her mother. January 6 seeing several empty beer cans January 4 2:34 p.m.: A University bookstore Lesley Robles underneath the bleachers and two metal 9:01 a.m.: A staff member reported a staff member reported that video Ana Cahuiche trash cans that had been removed from broken window in a Mobile Science Lab, surveillance showed a student in a their base. Both trash cans were damaged. which had been parked for an extended wheelchair grabbing some headphones Gabriel Mata The Sports Complex supervisor was period of time in the Physical Plant and placing them between his back and Jesus Esparza notified. Compound. The estimated $150 damage the wheelchair. The student then left December 28 appeared to have been caused by rocks the premises. A detective recovered the COPY EDITORS 11:15 a.m.: University Police responded being thrown during lawn maintenance. headphones, valued at $64.64, after Oscar Castillo to an individual who reported the 9:52 a.m.: A a plant material being dried meeting with the suspect at his residence construction office trailer on 200 N. in an oven in the Brownsville Life and the next day. The report was forwarded to Jonathan Baldwin Jackson Rd. had been burglarized. Health Sciences building was reported to the Student Rights and Responsibilities Andy De Llano A desktop computer was taken. The have caused smoke in the building, which Office and charges will be filed with the burglary occurred between Dec. 22 and alerted University Police to investigate Edinburg Municipal Court for the Class WEBMASTER 28. the odor. Environmental Health and C misdemeanor theft charge. Safety personnel activated the building’s Sharath Aitha --Compiled by Andrea Torres CREDITS Cook said the issue is part of the “We’re trying to adapt to the changes CARTOONIST complex merger of the two universities. as best we can, but we keep running Clarissa Martinez CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 into little issues like these that keep Communication Department causing problems for students,” he It’s not that things were overlooked, said. “But, this course number issue ADVERTISING SALES Chair John Cook, who served on “ the committee, said they spent it’s just that we didn’t know; and now is an issue. It is a challenge.” MANAGER UTRGV officials said students a lot of time trying to “make it that we know that this caused an is- Maria Rincon work,” but it was ultimately a not receiving credit for a course system error. sue, we’re trying to find a solution.” they passed, should visit either the ADVERTISING SALES “So, we changed that number, Academic Advising Center at Main which should show up in the --Debbie Gilchrist 1.400, U Central in Main 1.100 or REPRESENTATIVES system and say, ‘it’s not 3303 the Office of the Deputy Provost in Marc Peña anymore it’s 4313,’ right?” Cook UTRGV Interim Registrar and Un- Life and Health Sciences Building Manoj Veluvolu said about the law and ethics dergraduate Admissions Director 2.402 in Brownsville. In Edinburg, course. “But, I don’t know what students may visit Southwick Hall the glitch is in the system to keep 101 A or U Central on the first floor of it from reading it right.” the Student Services Building. STUDENT MEDIA DIRECTOR SHUTTLE Express Campus Connector system-- to be available for every single time for Azenett Cornejo every single need. But we’re trying to be CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 the first being the time gap. Her second STUDENT PROGRAM point also had to do with the shuttle’s as convenient as possible. By the end of the semester, I think everybody pretty ADVISER means of transportation. lack of capacity and space for students “Now that they will be adding more to effectively and efficiently work during much knew how it worked.” Carina Alcantara shuttles between the … gap, it will the hour-and-a-half commute to the If a university shuttle is unavailable for allow [me] to be a little more flexible respective campuses. any reason, students have the option of ADMINISTRATIVE on my schedule,” the political science “My third point would have to be taking two public transportation services ASSISTANTS major said. “I believe this will benefit security,” Mukherjee said. “I as well as such as Valley Metro and Metro Connect. Valley Metro offers free transportation Anita Reyes all students, not only [for] those who other students and staff have noticed and will be commuting for class but also for some have sent complaints regarding the between campuses as well as through Ana Sanchez student organization business, meeting drivers. On occasion, some of the drivers the cities. The Metro Connect service with other faculty and staff and making would either be on their phone or driving charges a daily rate of $5 and $25 for a CONTACT [it] to special events that happen at only with one hand, or perhaps the music’s 30-day pass, which can be purchased at EDINBURG CAMPUS one campus.” too loud for the passengers to focus on the McAllen and Brownsville bus stations 1201 West University Dr. Another transportation issue during the other activities.” as well as the UTRGV Parking offices on ARHU 170 fall semester was capacity. Each shuttle About 6,000 students and staff use respective campuses. Phone: (956) 665-2541 holds only 22 people. In order to solve the campus connector service. There Fax: (956) 665-7122 the issue, Parking and Transportation was a lot of confusion at the beginning BROWNSVILLE CAMPUS added another bus to make the commute of the fall semester because in the Rio to and from the campuses. If capacity Grande Valley public transportation isn’t Visit us at 1 West University Blvd. continues to be an issue, more buses will normally an alternative, Gomez said. Student Union 1.16 be added as needed, Gomez said. “They’re used to getting in their car-- Phone: (956) 882-5143 Physics Department Chair Ad Interim they don’t see it as an alternative,” he said. utrgvrider.com Fax: (956) 882-5176 Soma Mukherjee had three main points “And it’s not going to work for everybody. Email: [email protected] to address regarding the Vaquero It’s not like a taxi service. It’s never going Monday, Jan. 18, 2016 on campus THE RIDER 3 UTRGV enrollment declines Officials say about 25,000 have registered for classes Jesus Sanchez EDITOR IN CHIEF

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will start the Spring 2016 semester with 25,400 students, an 11 percent decrease from its inaugural semester, preliminary figures show. Magdalena “Maggie” Hinojosa, UTRGV associate vice president for student enrollment, said the enrollment for spring will always be less than in the fall. “For the spring semester, there’s a couple of things that are important to know,” Hinojosa said. “Entering freshmen is a very small population. We don’t have a lot of students who graduate from high school. … In general, your spring semester is always smaller than your fall semester, at about 8 percent or so.” As of Thursday, the count was at 25,400, compared with 28,584 last fall, according to the enrollment reports posted on the my.utrgv.edu/student- enrollment/reports/ website. “Typically, there’s not a set enrollment Ana Cahuiche/The Rider goal for spring because you always know your enrollment is going to be a little Ana Cahuiche/The Rider different,” Hinojosa said. “What you’re UTRGV students form a line to pay tuition Jan. 11 at The Tower on Main in Brownsville while others are seated, waiting to speak with a representative wanting to look at is how many students for other services. Some had to wait more than an hour to get called to resolve their issues. do we retain and you want to look at that, specifically, in their different sets of categories.” be within 10 percent less than the fall start in August. … We graduated almost registering for a lab. As of Thursday, there were 22,072 semester. 10 percent of our student body.” “I got through getting rid of one,” undergraduate and 3,328 graduate “Spring is always smaller,” Bailey said. Among those who registered for classes he said. “We had to sign up for lab and students registered for the Spring 2016 “Every spring is usually somewhere this spring was occupational therapy lecture separately. That was trouble semester. between 5 or 10 percent smaller. … The junior Justin Regino, who signed up for because I had signed up for lab but not UTRGV President Guy Bailey said reason is we graduated 2,500 students 13 semester credit hours. the university’s enrollment goal is to in December. Remember, most students Regino said he had difficulties See ENROLL, Page 10 Now serving! MakeLargest scholarship gift itin university’s rain history Brownsville Student Union debuts two new restaurants

The Rider Gabriel Mata/ Michelle Espinoza/The Rider Janet Ogden Vackar, co-owner of Bert Ogden Auto Group, explains the history of Bert Ogden at the Subconnection and The Grille @UTRGV are new restaurants located on the UT Rio Grande Valley Performing Arts Complex on the Edinburg campus Jan. 12. Vackar and her husband, Robert, donated more than $2 million to UT Rio Grande Valley for scholarships. Brownsville campus. The Grille @ UTRGV will offer breakfast tacos and burgers, and Subconnection will sell sandwiches. Ena Capucion Arts, also referred to as the Janet Ogden pieces of equipment that we needed, so NEWS EDITOR Vackar Spirit of Philanthropy Endowed Felipe Zamorano THE RIDER those were not sent out in time.” Scholarship. During UTRGV’s initial semester, the Bert Ogden Auto Group has presented An additional $80,000 will go to the As the new semester begins, two UT Rio Grande Valley with more than Student Government Association asked already existing Susan Lewis Vackar new food concessions open Tuesday in $2 million to endow scholarships for students about campus concerns and Clark Memorial Scholarship. the Student Union on the Brownsville undergraduate and graduate students. received negative comments regarding “An endowed scholarship of this campus. UTRGV President Guy Bailey called magnitude means that students will food services on the Brownsville campus. “It’s actually two different concepts,” the donation a seminal event in the forever benefit from the generosity of “We had our Campus Life Committee said Roberto Cantu, the executive director university’s history during the ceremony the Vackar family,” Bailey said. “These chair and other students gather held Jan. 12 at the Performing Arts of Campus Auxiliary Services. “The first scholarships [will] remain at the information during our tablings and town Complex on the Edinburg Campus. one will be The Grille @ UTRGV and the university in perpetuity.” halls,” said Denisse Molina, SGA vice Bailey introduced the owners of Bert other one will be Subconnection.” Mark Kroll, dean of the College of president for the Brownsville campus. Ogden Auto Group, Robert “Bob” and Business and Entrepreneurship, believes The restaurants’ opening, scheduled “Students expressed their experience Janet Vackar, as the donors. the money will help keep the best last semester, was delayed for several with the current restaurant, The Grid, One million dollars will go to the College students in the Rio Grande Valley rather reasons, Cantu said. of Business and Entrepreneurship, and talked about prices, food availability than going elsewhere. “Constructionwise, it took a little bit also known as the Robert C. Vackar and options.” “This money will hopefully, to a certain longer, the projects were complex,” Endowed Scholarship for Aspiring The lack of warm food and food options extent, alleviate the need for [students] he said. “We [also] had some delays Entrepreneurs. Another $1 million will to work while they’re going to school,” were the main concerns in the negative go to students pursuing a degree in mass in the restaurant equipment. The communication in the College of Liberal See SCHOLARSHIP, Page 10 manufacturers didn’t have some of the See RESTAURANT, Page 6 4 THE RIDER OPINION Monday, January 18, 2016 Campus Q & A Do you have any advice for incoming Vaqueros?

Julie Madrigal, master of public policy and management graduate student

“Yes, I recommend for incoming Vaqueros to get to know their instructors, and go ahead and meet with them when they have a chance prior to class or during the semester because that’s really helpful for them. Getting on board and what not and also if there’s any orientations or tours for them to go ahead and go to those orientations and get to know the campuses.”

Raul Martinez, sociology senior Why we must die “Right now, my advice would be to truly focus on being a full-time student Science can show us the meaning of life and death instead of trying to get a full-time job. Really dedicate yourself to school at this The food chain cannot end with skin, is re-born into a new organism? The point.” humans. However long we live, whether snake is still a snake, but every time it it’s 30 times as long as an ant will live grows a new skin it is not the same snake or half as long as a Galapagos Tortoise, it once was. we all end and return to the food chain. In a similar form a human’s skin is Edward According to Scientific American, while renewed every month. Skin cells die we’re living we’re filled with “bacterial one by one, being replaced by new cells, Hodgson, colonies from our skin to the deepest until the newest cell that was “born” at rehabi- recesses of our guts” which continue living the beginning of a given month dies and litation after our death, eating the dying tissue falls off by the end of the month. The services and slowly breaking down our bodies. same process of cell death and renewal senior Andy de Llano We all know about decomposition, but happens throughout our entire bodies, COPY EDITOR how often have you thought of the small so that every living cell that is currently ecosystem of creatures that thrive on in your body will be long dead 10 years Concern for the afterlife is as old as your death? It may sound macabre, from now. civilization itself; what happens to us but one human being benefits from the Technically speaking, the you of 10 “My advice for them would be to when we die? Countless religions have deaths of hundreds of animals and plants years into the future will be a collection prioritize. That would be the best answered the question and many claim within just one year of a long lifetime. of cells that are all the grand and great advice I could give because if you allow that these answers are the only thing Most living organisms on earth live and grandchildren of your current system of too many things consume your time, lacking in modern day science. thrive in this way. We all have to eat, cells. All of these cells are fueled by the it’s going to make it that much more But science does explain what happens right? energy you consume every day. Through difficult to succeed in the classroom. to us after death and, moreover, it gives The law of conservation of energy the death of all that you eat, your cycle of Make sure you know what it is that’s us the reasoning behind why we must all states that energy in a closed system life is continuously born. most important to you; that way, you eventually perish. is constant. If we were to consider our What will be the point of all that work We’re all familiar with the food chain. entire planet a closed system, then we if you eventually die anyway? If you’re can focus on that. If getting a degree Grass absorbs energy from the sun, a cow could consider the consumption of living searching for meaning on the individual and being successful in your field is grazes on that grass, then humans use organisms a simple method for energy level, science may not have the answers what you want to do, then that is what the cow’s milk or kill it and ship its meat and matter to transform itself from one you want to hear, but as a collective every you need to focus most of your time on.” to the local McDonald’s or grocery store. form to another. Is a rabbit really gone single death has meaning. It contributes We eat, the cow eats, the grass grows and when it’s been eaten by a snake? Or has to the lives of all the creatures on Earth none of this would work if any one of us its energy been transformed into the fuel that continue after you’re gone and had everlasting life. that, as the snake grows and sheds its allows new life to continually be born.

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Lesley Robles utrgvrider.com Monday, January 18, 2016 On Campus THE RIDER 5 Charter class to be revealed soon UTRGV School of Medicine to present inaugural students in early February Andrea Torres students will start class in July at the THE RIDER Regional Academic Health Center in UT Rio Grande Valley’s School of Harlingen, the dean said. Medicine has until Thursday to review Officials say the curriculum has been and rank 250 interviewees and submit completed. It will consist of integrated the list to the Texas Medical and Dental basic and clinical sciences modules with Student Application Service, officials say. an interprofessional portion in which Applicants also rank their preferred students will work with professionals in schools and the service will then match other fields to help the community. the universities and students accordingly “We’re teaching it where we are by late January. integrating the basic science with the “Since we did not get accredited until clinical science,” said Jodi Huggenvick, Oct. 17, we are interviewing through assistant dean of medical education pre- [Jan. 16],” School of Medicine Dean clerkship and basic sciences associate Francisco Fernandez said in a phone professor. “Almost each week we open up interview Jan. 11. “Then our admissions a clinical case on the computer and this committee meets and does the ranking serves as the patients for the students to and we submit the ranking to the Texas focus in on their clinical problems, but Medical and Dental Student Application also on learning their basic sciences that Service and then we hear back from them would contribute to their understanding at the end of January. And we will make of that patient’s problem.” our announcement of who matched with Among those who assisted Fernandez us in the first week of February, when in creating the curriculum are Dr. Eron Manusov, a professor of clinical science, we’re allowed to announce.” Gabriel Mata/The Rider The list of the charter class will not and John Ronnau, senior associate dean be official until February but Fernandez The UT Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine is under construction on the Edinburg campus. Officials for Interprofessional Education. has called around 30 applicants who say the building is scheduled to be completed this semester. Huggenvick assisted in planning how have already been interviewed, telling the first two years, pre-clerkship, of them their ranking places them in from the Southern Association of Colleges classification. The total cost per year, the medical school will run. Manusov consideration for acceptance into the and Schools Commission on Colleges. with insurance, is $20,479 for Texas assisted in the last two years, which will school. “[SACSCOC has] to also approve the residents and $33,579 for non-Texas be of clerkship. “We have accepted some individuals medical school,” Fernandez said. “We residents. “We decided to teach it in modules,” and told them we would rank them and submitted the application last fall. … Students accepted into the charter Manusov said about the curriculum. so that process is ongoing,” Fernandez We have not been told yet when we are class will receive scholarships equivalent “You learn, for example, the heart and said. “It’s different every time the scheduled for a site visit. But to open a to 80 percent of their tuition regardless circulation, all at once and you put it admissions committee meets but it’s not medical school, you can start with LCME of residency classification, according to all together from the very beginning. formalized, you know, until the Texas [preliminary] accreditation and SACS the school’s website. Normal, abnormal, autonomy, accreditation eventually follows.” “We’ve been very blessed to have Medical and Dental Student Application physiology, all those things right in the Service matches them with us.” Tuition and fees for the academic year a community, the community has module. Then you also pair it from a The school started accepting will vary based on the student’s state really provided a tremendous amount applications in late November and residency and medical health insurance of support for the inaugural class,” very early stage, [with] clinical. You start received nearly 3,000 in just two and a coverage options, according to the Fernandez said. “The charter class on day one seeing patients. … In fact, in half weeks. UTRGV website. scholarship is one of the things that we several schools in Texas they don’t see a As previously reported by The “Tuition and fees, it’s $18,298 for are able to offer for their first year.” patient till their third year. Never.” Rider, the school received preliminary Texas residents and non-Texas residents, The charter class scholarship reduces Interprofessional education teaches accreditation last October from the it’s $31,398,” Fernandez said. “Now, tuition by $13,068 for Texas residents students in the classroom and in the Liaison Committee on Medical Education that’s without health insurance but Texas and by $23,548 for non-Texas residents. community how to communicate with and is pending provisional accreditation requires the students to have health A 15,000-square-foot Smart Hospital and understand the roles of other from the organization, which is expected insurance or proof of insurance, one of complex and a virtual anatomy professionals. in 2017. the two.” and histology laboratory are under “We’re making this investment The school has been approved by the If a student does not have insurance, construction in Edinburg. for several reasons,” Ronnau said of Texas Higher Education Coordinating they must purchase it for $2,181 from the The building is scheduled to be ready Board. It also needs to gain accreditation university, regardless of their residency by the end of spring and if it is not ready, See MEDICINE, Page 10 Springing back UTRGV kicks off semester with Week of Welcome Jacqueline Arias to 11:30 a.m. (outdoors) and from 7:30 THE RIDER a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (indoors) Tuesday and Wednesday. Dinora Cabadas, a social work junior, Student Union Director Edna is excited about the Week of Welcome Zambrano said the union will host and looks forward to the volunteering the Camp Fire Bash from 6 to 9 p.m. opportunities at the MLK Day of Service Wednesday in Edinburg and expects a today. few hundred people to attend. “I am going to go,” Cabadas said about “We wanted to have something ... attending events during the first week of that goes with our theme of Vaquero,” school. “I just need to make time, since I Zambrano said. “We thought a campfire Michelle Espinoza/The Rider work. I would like to see more [university would be fun and we’ll be having some of Pablo Aguilar, service center supervisor for Parking and Transportation Services, hands a UT Rio events] about social work programs that those small open fire pits that you would Grande Valley transportation guide to nursing freshman Italia Gonzalez during an orientation you can do volunteer hours and get have in your house, where the students session held Jan. 8 in front of the Student Union in Brownsville. experience.” will be able to make s’mores. We’ll have The Week of Welcome kicks off some other drinks, and we’re still trying with the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of to have a band for that. But, hopefully, Service, where there will be more than we’ll have some live music, but it will just 1,000 volunteers across the Rio Grande be a small event just to kinda kick off the Valley serving in the community. semester.” Patricia Montemayor, UTRGV’s For more information on Week Student Activities program coordinator, of Welcome events, visit utrgv.edu/ said although there is no class today, weekofwelcome. students on both campuses can volunteer at multiple agencies. Several events will take place throughout the week on the Edinburg and Brownsville campuses. They include Have a story idea? the Toss for Luck, scheduled at noon in the Chapel of the Lord’s Prayer Water Fountain in Edinburg and the Main Water Fountain in Brownsville, and an Call us at 882-5143 Involvement Fair that allows students to learn more about organizations on or 665-2541 Ena Capucion/The Rider campus. Mechanical engineering major Erick Martinez (from left), environmental sciences major Daniel Volunteers at Info Depot booths will Dirrigl and nursing major Alexis Tinajero listen to a presentation in the student union theater during help students find their classes from 7:30 spring orientation. 6 THE RIDER Monday, January 18, 2016 RESTAURANT Villarreal said that if their food is CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 priced reasonably, these restaurants will benefit the campus. comments received by the SGA, Molina “I don’t want to go all the way to said. Subway or Wingstop because it’s far Some students said prices are too high away,” she said. at The Grid, the Brownsville campus’ The Grille will serve breakfast current food concession, located across tacos, burgers and nutritious options. from the library. Subconnection will allow students to “I don’t agree with the prices,” select the type of bread and toppings they education sophomore Edna Villarreal want on their submarine sandwich. said. “I don’t like them. They are These two new food concessions are affordable [to some people], but not for part of Sodexo, UTRGV’s food services me. I don’t work, that’s the problem.” provider. The prices, however, are not expected “We really want them to have to change any time soon, said Marlen convenience,” Cantu said. “We don’t Benitez, Sodexo’s retail manager on the want them to leave campus to have to go Brownsville campus. grab a bite.” “[The prices] are all sent to us from corporate,” Benitez said. “They add what it takes to build a certain food and then Visit us at they add all the little things like paper goods, where I’m going to serve you utrgvrider.com [and] the labor cost.” Monday, January 18, 2016 THE RIDER 7 8 THE RIDER on campus Monday, January 18, 2016 Ahora sirviendo! La Unión Estudiantil en Brownsville debuta dos nuevos restaurantes Felipe Zamorano THE RIDER Al inicio de un nuevo semestre, dos nuevas concesionarias de alimentos abren el martes en la Unión Estudiantil en el campus de Brownsville. “De hecho son dos conceptos diferentes”, dijo Roberto Cantu, el director ejecutivo de servicios auxiliares del campus. “El primero será The Grille @ UTRGV y el otro será Subconnection”. La apertura de los restaurantes, programada para el semestre pasado, fue retrasada por varias razones, dijo Cantu. “En respecto a la construcción, tomó un poco más, los proyectos fueron complejos”, dijo él. “[También] tuvimos algunos retrasos con el equipo del restaurante. Los fabricantes no tenían algunas de las piezas de los equipos que necesitábamos, así que no fueron mandadas a tiempo”. Durante el semestre inicial de UT Rio Grande Valley, la Asociación de Gobierno Michelle Espinoza/The Rider Estudiantil (SGA, por sus siglas en UT Rio Grande Valley ahora tendrá un restaurante Subconnection operado por Sodexo en El Comedor de la Unión Estudiantil en Brownsville. inglés) preguntó a los estudiantes sobre Subconnection permitirá a los estudiantes seleccionar el tipo de pan e ingredientes que quieran en su sandwich estilo sub. preocupaciones en el campus y recibieron comentarios negativos acerca de los alimentarias fueron las principales Sin embargo, los precios no se espera o Wingstop porque están muy lejos,” dijo servicios alimentarios en el campus de preocupaciones en los comentarios que cambien en algún momento cercano, ella. Brownsville. negativos recibidos por el gobierno dijo Marlen Benitez, gerente de venta al The Grille servirá tacos de desayuno, “Tuvimos al presidente del comite estudiantil, dijo Molina. por menor de Sodexo en el campus de hamburguesas y opciones nutritivas. de vida estudiantil y otros estudiantes Algunos estudiantes dijeron que los Brownsville. Subconnection permitirá a los recolectando información durante precios están demasiado altos en The “[Los precios] son enviados a nosotros estudiantes seleccionar el tipo de pan e nuestras reuniones de ayuntamiento”, Grid, la concesionaria alimentaria actual desde el corporativo”, dijo Benitez. “Ellos ingredientes que quieran en su sandwich dijo Denisse Molina, vice presidenta del campus de Brownsville, localizada agregan lo que toma armar cierta comida submarino. del gobierno estudiantil (SGA) en el enfrente de la biblioteca. y después le agregan las cosas pequeñas Estas dos nuevas concesionarias son campus de Brownsville. “Los estudiantes “No estoy de acuerdo con los precios”, como artículos de papel, en los que te lo parte de Sodexo, el proveedor de servicios expresaron su experiencia con el actual dijo Edna Villarreal, una estudiante serviré [y] el costo laboral”. alimentarios de UTRGV. restaurante, The Grid, y hablaron sobre de segundo año en educación. “No me Villarreal dijo que si la comida tuviera “En realidad queremos que tengan los precios, disponibilidad de alimentos agradan. Son accesibles [para algunas un precio razonable, estos restaurantes conveniencia”, dijo Cantu. “No queremos y otras opciones.” personas], pero no para mi. No trabajo, beneficiarían al campus. que salgan del campus para ir por un La falta de comida caliente y opciones ese es el problema”. “No quiero tener que ir hasta Subway bocado”. Chess team places second in nation UTRGV hosts first tournament of the year

Lesley Robles/The Rider Members of the American Marketing Association-Edinburg include Saydahli Mejia (front row, from left), Marcela Flores, Jolene Arellano and Fabiola Cortes. Back row: Alex Silva, Fuad Chagollan and Albert Adame.

Name: The American Marketing Adviser: Reto Felix, assistant professor Association-Edinburg in the College of Business Purpose: The AMA-Edinburg strives Activities: The organization uses skill- to teach its members the importance sets learned in lectures and exercises of marketing knowledge and serves throughout the year. It hosts the fall Michelle Espinoza/The Rider as a highway of ideas for like-minded Fashion Shows, the Spring Heliks Fédération Internationale des Échecs Master Awonder Liang (right) concentrates during the UT Rio individuals. The collegiate chapter is Music Fest and Marketing Week. Its Grande Valley Chess International GM/IM tournament Jan. 5 in Brownsville. During the first round, determined to showcase value, which fundraisers help pay expenses for the trip Liang drew against Russian Grandmaster Andrey Stukopin (left). In the Dallas Fall FIDE International is engineered by proactive students to the National Collegiate Conference in tournament held last November, the 12-year-old from Madison, Wis., became the youngest within the College of Business. The New Orleans in the spring. Members American ever to qualify for the title of International Master. organization provides members with are encouraged to participate in the the developmental tools and resources competitions and workshops. Monica Gudiño The UTRGV Chess Team qualified for necessary to cultivate success when Meetings: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesdays THE RIDER the Final Four of Chess, formally known venturing into the universal realm of in BUSA 116 as the President’s Cup, at the Pan Am marketing. Therefore, its priority is Membership requirements: Fresh off its second-place showing at tournament, tying for first and placing to promote leadership and encourage Collegiate chapter dues, $30; national the 2015 Pan American Intercollegiate second after the consideration of judges diversity for the chapters to come. chapter dues, $47 (optional but required Chess Championship, the UTRGV of the tie-break points. The President’s President: Jolene Arellano for those attending the conference in chess program hosted a tournament for Cup determines the college chess team Public Relations Officer: Marcela New Orleans). grandmaster and international norms champion. Flores For more information, call: Jolene the week of Jan. 5. “I am really proud of my students and Vice President: Oscar Ramos Arellano at (512) 785-0145 “There are several goals,” Chess Coach we qualified to the final tournament, Event Coordinator: Saydahli Mejia Website: amautrgvedinburg.org Bartlomiej “Bartek” Macieja said. “One which is called Final Four, which will take Secretary: Albert Adame Facebook:www.facebook.com/ of them is to allow our players to meet place in April in New York City,” Macieja Historian: Alex Silva amautrgv.edinburg strong opponents and to train. Second, is said. “[The Pan Am] tournament also Treasurer: Fabiola Cortes --Compiled by Lesley Robles to gather here talented American players Graphic Designer: Fuad Chagollan so maybe they can join our program.” See CHESS, Page 10 Monday, January 18, 2016 SPORTS THE RIDER 9 Athlete Bon appétit of the Week Women’s basketball rolls up sleeves for WAC play Nathaniel Mata SPORTS EDITOR If a women’s college basketball season is a three- course meal, Head Coach Larry Tidwell’s group of women has moved past finger foods onto the main course. Nonconference has come and gone, with the Vaqueros completing the road-heavy stretch with mixed results. Jacqueline Arias/The Rider Even though it was just appetizers for conference, the Name: Hildur Kjartansdóttir schedule did include a few stiff Classification: Sophomore challenges. Tidwell’s team went Major: Kinesiology 8-7, while traveling to schools Sport: Basketball like Syracuse, Texas Christian Age: 21 and Kansas State and suffering Hometown: Stykkishólmur, defeats in most of those major Iceland conference games. They even Who is your favorite were able to leave Houston with athlete? “Elena Delle Donne.” a 55-45 road victory over U of Delle Donne is an American H, the first in program history. professional basketball player Nonconference conditions a for the Women’s National team for the different styles of Lesley Robles/The Rider Photos Basketball Association. play it may face during crucial Who is your role model? games. WAC play, however, is Vaqueros guard Bernesha Peters plays close defense against Utah Valley. The freshman scored a career-high 20 points in the win. “My sisters.” about results, plain and simple. What is the best advice Teams fight for higher seeding the gap has been closed. This guard, had breakout games Goff, get played tough you’ve been given and by in the end of season conference whom? “From my parents, to tournament that earns one season gives an opportunity for in the team’s first pair of defensively. the team to prove last year was nonconference games. She “We have set plays for her stay true to myself.” team a berth in the NCAA Where’s your favorite tournament. just the start. averaged 19.5 points in those and now [other teams] adjust This season depth has proved games and also earned herself to them; she’s getting doubled, hangout spot on campus? The Vaqueros are four games Why? “Probably be in the locker into conference and they are to be a key to success for WAC player-of-the-week she’s getting trapped,” he said. Tidwell’s group. honors. “So, naturally, we feed it to the room with my teammates. We chowing down. Their record hang out a lot--chill before and stands at 3-0 as of Jan. 14, With the team’s second Peters recognizes that the person who’s open and that leading scorer, Mary Savoy, road-heavy schedule is a reality person needs to hit that. We after practice.” outscoring their opponents 177- When did you begin playing 132 in these games. sidelined momentarily due to that they will have to cope with. have a plethora of options.” an injury, other players have “We do a lot of traveling, a lot One of those options is 5-foot- basketball and why did you A season ago, the team start? “I started playing when came out of the gates hot as stepped up. flying,” said Peters, the 5-foot- 9-inch freshman guard Idril In the conference opener 3-inch guard. “We have to rest Türk. She has appeared in 14 I was 8 years old. I started well, winning their first four because all my friends were conference games. Despite a 9-5 against Grand Canyon up and keep our momentum, of the team’s games, averaging University, Anushka Maldonado keep our head straight and just 8.4 minutes in those games. playing, and then I started liking WAC record last year, it was not it more and more. Eventually, I enough to win their league. The scored 14 points, tying the most keep our focus throughout the The native of Istanbul, Turkey, in her career. She also picked whole season.” is a role player who is gaining had to choose between sports team, then the Broncs, finished and I chose basketball.” third. up 11 rebounds for her second Of the 29 games on this year’s valuable experience in her first double-double. schedule, 18 take place away collegiate season. Did you compete in high This year, the squad feels like school and did you get any it is more complete and that Bernesha Peters, a freshman from the Fieldhouse. Half of “Even though we are a new the conference games will take team, I feel like we’ve known awards? “We don’t have high place on hostile courts. each other for a long time,” said school basketball where I’m After playing 11 of its first 15 Türk, who has competed with from, so I played for a club games away from UTRGV, the her country’s national team team. But I had got some awards team is well-versed in the art since age 12. “As a freshman, through the time I played there. of road performances. Larry if we can benefit from our For my junior team, I was MVP Tidwell, who put together the freshmen or from our bench for that team. For my senior schedule, says the approach they’ll help us win our games. team, I got best young player.” does not change much on the We focus on our defense more What are your academic road. However, the intensity he than our offense, and I think goals? “To always do my expects his women to play with that’s our key to success.” best. Go to class every day and does. To better last season and maintaining my GPA.” “We play and approach win the WAC, regular season What is your favorite everything just like we do home or tournament, the Vaqueros movie? “The Holiday.” games,” Tidwell said. “Except will need all hands on deck. Where’s your dream when you’re on the road, you There are dates on the schedule vacation? “Right now, it would need to play 15 points better that are circled, like the Jan. be to go home, my home in than your opponents. You’re in 30 clash between UTRGV and Iceland.” good arenas across the country WAC powerhouse New Mexico How do you feel about being and you got to play hard to keep State. part of the first UTRGV your head above the water.” A game-by-game approach Women’s Basketball Team? Tidwell praised his team’s is how Tidwell demands his “It feels good. We get to set the ability to find scoring options team looks at things. Asked how standard and make people see even at times when the typical he gets everyone in that same what we’re all about.” --Compiled by Jacqueline Arias Vaqueros Captain Rickell Preston attempts a floater against Utah Valley Jan. 9 point scorers, like Shawnte’ mindset, he was blunt. at the UTRGV Fieldhouse. UTRGV won the game 61-48. “They don’t have a choice.”

Mario Gonzalez/The Rider Graphic 10 THE RIDER Monday, January 18, 2016 Waiting for an opportunity Class preparation

Gabriel Mata/The Rider Torie Slagle, of Colorado, waits for her physician assistant program interview last Thursday, outside the Health Sciences and Human Services East building. Several students from across the country waited in the lobby for their interview.

Michelle Espinoza/The Rider Visit us at utrgvrider.com Norma Marquez, team leader for the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley bookstore, helps biology senior Rolando Martinez look for his textbooks last Thursday on the Brownsville campus. Students may rent or purchase their books during extended bookstore hours the first week of school, 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Regular bookstore hours are 7:30 p.m. competed in the tournament. CHESS to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Liang won the 2013 World Youth CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Chess Championship, becoming the The final tournament standings Gurevich, of Georgia. serves as the first training tournament youngest American to qualify for the title reported to the U.S. Chess Federation Liang placed ninth in the GM-norm preparation for the event. Apart from of International Master. are as follows: IM Zurab Javakhadze of table. that, we will have a normal schedule, Liang encourages students who are Texas won first place in the IM-norm “The organization here has done a which means trainings and training interested in chess to play as much as table; GM David Bercezes, also of Texas, phenomenal job of providing excellent tournaments as well.” possible. placed second; and IM Roberto Martin conditions for the players,” said Korey In the GM-norm International “Work on the game,” he del Campo, of Mexico City, finished third. Kormick, the tournament’s sanction Chess Tournament, hosted by UTRGV, said.“[Students] have to really kind of In first place for the GM-norm table arbiter. “It’s like any other qualified participants from Belarus, Canada, Cuba, have a lot of determination for the game was IM Andrey Gorovets, of Texas; discipline, lot of practice, lot of time Georgia, Hungary, Mexico, Poland, and they shouldn’t really give up.” second place, GM and UTRGV student going against stronger competition.” Russia and the United States competed. Liang’s father said the tournament was Andrey Stukopin; and third, IM Daniel Among them were four grandmasters well organized. studies is that, simply, people don’t and six international masters. “The university provided a great MEDICINE communicate with each other.” Grandmaster (GM) is the highest opportunity for kids, like my son, and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Students will learn to communicate title in chess, followed by International other norm seekers,” Will Liang said. interprofessional education. “Among with each other in small group activities Master (IM) and FIDE Master (FM). “It’s a beautiful thing to do.” them that we’ve learned in the literature, as well as through helping the local Women IM Akshita Gorti, 13, of Twenty players participated in the two the research confirms this, that one of community, using their skills and Virginia, and FM Awonder Liang, a tournaments. Nine rounds were played the major causes for errors that occur working side by side with individuals in 12-year-old prodigy from Wisconsin, during the week of Jan. 5. in hospitals or clinics or other medical other careers. all different times.” locations in cities such as Mission, ENROLL Casas said he will travel to Edinburg SCHOLARSHIP McAllen, Edinburg and Harlingen. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 during the spring semester to take his CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3 selling vehicles of all brands including for the lecture and I lost the class for that class. Kroll said. “Most of our students work--a Maserati, Kia, Chevrolet, Nissan, Infiniti, one. … [UTRGV] should put the lecture Bailey said the university will focus on vast majority have to work at least part Buick GMC, Subaru, Volvo and Dodge. and lab together instead of separating helping students more by helping them time. And if we can give people a little “I kind of hung out [at Ralph Balue the two courses. That was confusing.” get the right classes in the right places. scholarship money, they, in effect, can Motors], and so I knew that his passion Business sophomore Daniel Casas “Our faculty, staff and students all cut back on the hours they work. They can was the students over here,” Janet said he would like UTRGV to offer more worked very hard in a really complex put a little more effort in their schooling, Ogden Vackar said. “They were his classes on the Brownsville campus. environment [last fall],” he said. “We had they can take more hours, they can finish great customers. And the faculty would “I didn’t really have any trouble tiny little things that we need to do better quicker and so on and so forth.” come and buy from him. He probably registering for classes except for one and correct, no question about that. … Janet Vackar’s father, Bert Ogden, was supported more by them more than of my basics,” Casas said. “There were Our biggest focus [for the spring] needs opened his first car dealership, Ralph anyone in the Valley that came to him only two classes [in Brownsville] and to be our work with students and helping Balue Motors, along University Drive. when he first started.” there were only morning classes. And, in them to do what they need.” Since then, the auto group has expanded Edinburg they had like 10, and they were throughout the Valley with 13 dealership Early voting in the primary election elections GIS operations manager, said person wins, hopefully, that person will VOTING begins Feb. 16 and ends Feb. 26 statewide. the county has 315,463 registered voters. be realistic with the American people and CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Polling locations and times can be found However, the number of people who portray a good sense of direction for its Room. In Brownsville, the training in each county’s website. end up voting does not always match, people and overseas, the policy and public is scheduled from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Remi Garza, Cameron County elections Ramón said. Not all of the registered affairs with different presidents and Thursday in the Student Union’s Gran administrator, said there will be more voters cast a ballot during the primary governments,” Flores said. “Hopefully, Salón. polling sites this year than in previous election. they’ll get along with everyone.” In the presidential race, Democrats primary elections. “For some reason,” Ramón said. Mechanical engineering junior Daniel seeking the nomination are former “We will have more locations that are “People wait until General Elections.” Mejia is an international student from Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Sen. open for longer periods of time than the She said one of the benefits of early Venezuela who said it is important Bernie Sanders of Vermont and former last presidential election,” Garza said. voting during the primary election is that to vote. Mejia can’t vote; however, he Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. “Numerically, it seems like we reduced voters can cast a ballot at any poll site, encourages others to vote because they Vying for the Republican Party it but actually we’ve increased it because compared with Election Day, when they can. nomination are former Florida Gov. Jeb they’re open longer in the areas that must vote in the precinct where they are “Truthfully, it is very important for the Bush, Dr. Ben Carson of Florida, New they’re open. There are going to be more registered. citizens to vote,” Mejia said in Spanish. Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Texas Sen. opportunities to vote than the 2014 and Ramón encourages students to vote, “You can’t vote and the next day say that Ted Cruz, former HP CEO Carly Fiorina 2012 elections.” especially since there will be polls on the government is wrong or that it’s not of Virginia, former Virginia Gov. Jim As of last Wednesday, there were campus. functioning. It’s a way of expressing your Gilmore, former Arkansas Gov. Mike 184,378 registered voters in Cameron “It’s important that each voter selects opinion. For me, the elections are very Huckabee, Ohio Gov. John Kasich, County, Garza said. their party before voting,” Ramón said. important, especially because I’m from Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul, Florida Sen. Hidalgo County Elections “So, be prepared to choose a party.” Venezuela. Venezuela’s government Marco Rubio, former Pennsylvania Sen. Administrator Yvonne Ramón said there Aaron Flores, sports management right now is not the best for us.” Rick Santorum and businessman Donald more than 28 polling locations. The early graduate student, believes Trump and For more information on requirements J. Trump. voting polling sites are still pending and Clinton will win the nomination of their for registering to vote, visit the Texas Those who win their party’s nomination will be presented to the Commissioners party. Secretary of State website at www.sos. will be on the November General Election Court for consideration on Tuesday. “I believe it’ll be between Trump and state.tx.us. ballot. Brenda Renteria, Hidalgo County Hillary, and from those two, whichever Monday, January 18, 2016 ON CAMPUS THE RIDER 11 Setting goals for 2016 Tips for making attainable New Year’s resolutions Rick R. Ramirez SOCIAL MEDIA EDITOR Junior nursing major Alina Wadhwani kept her 2015 New Year’s resolution of improving her grade-point average through ambition and hard work. This year, she and many others hope to do the same. “I want to get back in shape. That’s my new goal,” Wadhwani said. “I’ve begun eating healthier and going to the gym.” Maureen Green, a family nurse practitioner at the UTRGV Health Services Clinic in Brownsville, said weight loss is a common goal many make as their New Year’s resolution. Green said she did not make any resolutions in 2015 because she usually breaks them in the first few weeks. This year, however, she has implemented a new plan of attack to keep her 2016 goals. “Weight loss and getting in shape [are my goals for this year],” Green said. “My personal idea was we set the goal, we start them on Jan. 1. Then, we fail somewhere between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, most of the time. So, what I did was I decided that I would have multiple reboots of my New Year’s resolution. Instead of saying it’s a failure, I would say, ‘OK, there’s a glitch in the matrix and I’m going to reboot.’ … That’s probably my best advice for people.” The UTRGV Counseling Center offers Jesus Sanchez/The Rider Photos services to students that can help improve Kinesiology sophomore Harry Chu deadlifts 295 pounds in the University Wellness and Recreation Sports Complex on the Edinburg campus. their mental and physical health. Maria Mazariegos, counseling open and proud about it.” “I want to run another marathon, but fitness can visit the UTRGV University specialist II, encourages the UTRGV Mazariegos’ strategy aims to keep I want to beat my time from last year,” Wellness and Recreational Sports community to seek help in improving goals small and attainable while also Castillo said. Complex in Edinburg or the Texas various life elements such as time and maintaining a comfortable pace. She She continues to train and is Southmost College Recreation Center in stress management, health and wellness, suggests writing down all progress and determined to achieve her goal for a Brownsville using a UTRGV ID. and better study habits. celebrating small achievements. consecutive year. For more information about the “My suggestion would be to visualize Senior Monique Castillo achieved Students, faculty and staff seeking UREC’s and TSC’s Recreation Center your goal,” Mazariegos said. “Write it her goal of running a 5k marathon in to exercise and work on their physical hours of operation, call 665-7808 in down. Share your goals with other people November 2015. The psychology major Edinburg and 882-7176 in Brownsville. so that they can hold you accountable. Be has set a similar resolution for this year. Afternoon rhythm

Criminal justice junior Fidel Garza completes his final set of tricep pulldowns last Thursday in the Gabriel Mata/The Rider UREC. Physics senior Arnold Fonseca plays his guitar outside the library last Thursday on the Edinburg campus. Valley Toons By Clarissa Martinez 12 THE RIDER Monday, January 18, 2016