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Bachel or of Fi ne Ar t s wi t h speci al i zat i on i n Gr aphi c Desi gn
Easy t o get al ong and wor k wel l wi t h ot her s. I m a f ast l ear ner and possess a wi de var i et y of
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Mar 2012 group compet i t i on ( I nvi t at i onal / Jur i ed)
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Best Desi gn Campai gn Di gi l ant e Mani f est o - I ssues Never Sl eep
Mar 2012 group exhi bi t i on ( I nvi t at i onal )
Two Ent r i es, Di gi t al Pr i nt s. Feb 2010, Museum of Sout h Texas Hi st or y
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Come and check out student organizations
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Come and check out student organizations
and find out which one is best for you!
Come and check out student organizations
and find out which one is best for you!
For event reservations or special accommodations please contact The Pan
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United We Stand
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Bittersweet Harvest
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SAVE THE DATE SEPTEMBER 22
FUN / FOOD / COMPETITIONS / WORKSHOPS / AWARDS
SPONSORED BY THE PAN AMERICAN STUDENT NEWSPAPER
WRITING/DESIGN/PHOTOGRAPHY
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Court
House
UTPA
Parking is available at
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corner of Sugar Rd. &
University Dr./107
The University of Texas-Pan American
Sixth Annual Communication Conference
1201 W. University Dr./107 COAS 170
Edinburg, TX 78539
For more information, please contact Student Publications at (956) 665-2541

Please RSVP names of participants by September 3rd, 2012
by phone, (956) 665-2541 or email spubs@utpa.edu
If lost please call: (956) 467-3816
S P O N S O R E D B Y T H E P A N A M E R I C A N S T U D E N T N E W S P A P E R
W R I T I N G / D E S I G N / P H O T O G R A P H Y
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SPONSORED BY THE PAN AMERICAN STUDENT NEWSPAPER
WRITING/DESIGN/PHOTOGRAPHY
UTPA COMMUNICATION
ARTS & SCIENCES BUILDING

Saturday, September 22, 2012
8:00 A.M. - 3:30 P.M.
All RGV high school journalism advisers and
students journalists are invited to UTPA for free
workshops and competitions.
Sessions will include:
PHOTOGRAPHY / WRITING / DESIGN

Workshops will be conducted by area
professionals, UTPA journalism faculty members
and UTPA Student Publications editorial staff.

ADVISER AND STUDENT
WORKSHOPS
ON-SITE COMPETITIONS
8:00
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Registration
and Check-In
On-Site
Competition
Lunch
CONFERENCE
SCHEDULE
Final Deadline
for Submissions:
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012
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Chicken Salad
Critique
Awards
Presentation
NEWS: Participants will cover an on-campus news
event.
FEATURE: Participants will attend and cover an
on-campus art event.
PAGE LAYOUT: Participants will have to design a front
page layout.
GRAPHIC DESIGN: Participants will design an
infographic with provided information.
NEWS: Participants will take a photo that captures the
essence of something newsworthy.
FEATURE: Participants are encouraged to capture a
photo that displays an exceptional moment.
Print Media
Invitation and brochure for
the 2012 communication
conference at UTPA.
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This whole issue was
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INTERNATIONAL BRONCS
Andersen is from Halta, Sweden, and is a senior for the Broncs. She has played all her four
seasons for Broncs, playing on the top positions in doubles and singles. She is also a mem-
ber of the Betta Gamma Sigma international honor society, majoring in fnance.
Singles record: 4 - 6
Doubles teammate: Suncica Strkic
Doubles record: 2 - 8
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: During Andersons four years at UTPA, she became a big fan of
spicy Mexican food and can eats as much salsa as humanly possible.
Malin Andersen
Hometown: Halta, Sweden
Prior to coming to UTPA, Niederstrasser played in different
junior tournaments. He fnished third in singles and second in
doubles in the National Cuban Championships in Pinar del Rio
in 2004 and was also a member of the Cuban Juniors National
Team. Niederstrasser studies political science and history.
Beguilin, a sophomore majoring in fnance, is playing in her second sea-
son for the UTPA Broncs womens tennis team. Beguilin is from Lyon,
France, and prior to UTPA she played in several junior tournaments.
Job is a sophomore from Walhain, Belgium, majoring in management. Be-
fore coming to UTPA, Job played several junior ITF tournaments and futures
in Belgium, Denmark and Turkey. He also has a ranking of B-2-6 in the
Belgian Open division.
Singles record: 5 - 5
Doubles teammate: Victor Alves
Doubles record: 4 - 4
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Niederstrasser left his home in
Cuba at age 18 and moved to the U.S. by himself.
Singles record: 5 - 5
Doubles teammate: Dana Nazarova
Doubles record: 4 - 4
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Beguilins younger sister, 17-year-old Victoria,
also wants to play tennis and study in U.S.
Singles record: 4 - 7
Doubles teammate: Ricardo Hopker
Doubles record: 4 - 6
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Job is very good at soccer and has been play-
ing for 10 years.
Rolf Niederstrasser
Wanda Beguilin
Sebastien Job
Hometown: Berlin, Germany
Hometown: Lyon, France
Hometown: Walhain, Belgium
Hopker is from Curitiba, which is the capital of the Brazilian state of Paran. He is
a sophomore majoring in mechanical engineering. He is playing in his second sea-
son for UTPA, and currently has a winning record (8-6) in singles playing mostly on
#2 position.
Singles record: 6 - 5
Doubles teammate: Rolf Niederstrasser
Doubles record: 4 - 5
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Hopker says that even though hes is from Brazil, he is
not a good dancer, as people usually think.
Hometown: Curtiba, Brazil
Garcia is in her second year play-
ing for the UTPA Broncs. Prior to the
Broncs, Garcia was playing junior
tournaments and practicing at tennis
academies in Argentina. Her home-
town is Victoria, Mexico, and one of
the reasons she came to U.S. is to be
closer to her family and friends.
Singles record: 1 - 10
Doubles teammate: Cindy Sands
Doubles record: 1 - 9
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Garcia really
enjoys art and loves painting.
Blanca Garcia
Hometown: CD. Victoria, Mexico
Ricardo Hopker
Suncica Strkic, whose nickname is Sunny, is in her second year playing for UTPA. Strkic
is from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is one of the three seniors playing for
the Broncs womens tennis team.
Singles record: 2 - 8
Doubles teammate: Malin Anderson
Doubles record: 2 - 8
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Strkic loves to watch soap operas and enjoys cooking her favor-
ite Bosnian meals during her free time.
Suncica Strkic
Hometown: Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Panditi is a transfer student from Hyderabad, India. Prior to
UTPA he was attending Bhavans Junior College in Hyder-
abad, Adhra Pradesh. He has played several junior ITF tour-
naments and earned a Top-10 ranking in the under-16 league.
Singles record: 6 - 7
Doubles teammate: Beau Bernstein
Doubles record: 6 - 5
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: One of the reasons Panditi trans-
ferred to UTPA is that he knew former player UTPA tennis
player, Aswin Vijayaragavan, who is now playing professionally.
Chetan Panditi
Hometown: Hyderabad, India
Alves is from the largest city in Brazil and in the southern hemisphere, Sao
Paolo. He came to U.S., specifcally to UTPA, to be able to play tennis and
study at the same time. It is his second season playing for the UTPA Broncs
tennis team. Alves is majoring in marketing with a minor in communication.
Singles record: 5 - 2
Doubles teammate: Rolf Niederstrasser
Doubles record: 4 - 4
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Alves plays guitar and loves to surf and play
soccer when hes not competing for the Broncs
Victor Alves
Hometown: Sao Paolo, Brazil
Nazarova is a transfer student from California State University, Sacramento and is majoring in
political science and history. She is also a Guerra Honors Program student. Nazarova is from
Nalchik, Russia, and is in her second season for the UTPA Broncs. During her sophomore year
she was named to the Great West Conference frst-team. Nazarova is also the captain of the
team and one of the three other seniors on the team.
Singles record: 2 - 9
Doubles teammate: Wanda Beguelin
Doubles record: 2 - 8
WHAT DO YOU KNOW: Nazarova is a big fan of yoga and is a certifed instructor in triyoga.
Dana Nazarova
Hometown: Nalchik, Russia
The UTPA Bronc tennis teams have not shied away from recruiting internationally; if anything they have em-
braced the challenge. The mens team has six out of eight active players who are originally from another coun-
try. The women, similarly, carry fve international players out of six active athletes. Combined, both teams have
players from 9 different countries - Sweden, France, Mexico, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Belgium,
Germany, and India.
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THE PAN AMERICAN THE PAN AMERICAN October 20, 2011 October 20, 2011 Page 7 Page 6
AJ Munguia is a condent and
outgoing UTPA student at the
University who, at a slender 6-foot-
4, stands out in a crowd. Sitting in
a coee bar in Mission, Munguia
describes his love for music and how
blessed he feels for the opportunity to
make his dreams come true.
Like nearly 4,000 other young
adults from around the world,
Munguia has submitted a video
application to e Glee Project, a
reality audition show, and he might
get a guest spot on the Fox musical
sitcom Glee. Munguias audition
ranks among the 20 top-rated
video submissions.
I told myself, If they ever do
another (season of e Glee Project),
I am going to go for it, Munguia
said as he grinned and took a sip of a
frozen latte. Here it is, and this is my
chance.
e videos on e Glee Project
audition page are liked by anyone
who wants to vote. e top videos
may have a higher chance of a
callback, Munguia said. According
to the shows o cial webpage, Glee
hopefuls must submit an online video
application, attend a live audition, or
both to be considered.
Munguia, a Palmview native and
business management major, has been
a fan of Glee since season one, and
was excited when e Glee Project
aired. He explained that the project is
a show on the Oxygen network where
contestants vie for the amazing
opportunity to guest star on
Glee. e sitcom is a
dramedy, a mix
of drama and comedy, about a high
school glee club and its members.
e show has become famous for its
musical numbers performed by cast
members in every episode.
I love musical theater, he said.
When I rst saw Glee, I thought,
is is the show for me, this is what
I want to do. e opportunity to
audition is just amazing.
In the video submission, Munguia
explained why he thinks he would be a
good choice, what the hardest obstacle
to overcome in his life has been, and
created a character he would like to
play. en he sang one of the songs
given on the projects list of choices,
Ordinary People by John Legend.
Munguia explained that not only
would he be a good addition to
Glee because its everything he ever
wanted, but doing so would make
positive changes in his life.
rough song, I hope to inspire
people to try and aim for happiness,
he said in the video.
Munguia created two characters he
would like to play, one named Jake, a
yell leader who would become part of
a love triangle, and the other named
Santiago, a ctional brother to an
established character on the show.
Munguia has always loved music
and has been involved in one way or
another for most of his life. When he
was 11, Munguia rst took the stage
by joining a choir group at his church.
Ive known him for ten
years. Hes a funny and
charismatic kid, said Nora
Villarreal, the choir director at the
Faith Fellowship Bible Church in
Penitas. He is very committed
when he sets his mind to something,
very dedicated.
In August, Munguia started a
band, Open Door, with close friend
and cousin Kassandra Flores.
He (Munguia) really gets into it,
Flores said. He picks the songs, and
we memorize them.
e songs they cover range from
e Jonas Brothers Love Bug to
Nicki Minajs Super Bass, but they
would like to start writing original
music.
We named the band Open Door
because God opens doors, said
Munguia of the band name. I just
feel Ive been really blessed, and I
want to give back.
Flores went on to say that she feels
her cousin has a good shot at making
it onto e Glee Project.
Hes really talented, she said. He
can be nervous at rst, but then he
gets over it.
Open Door entered the Valleys
Got Talent contest hosted by the
Border eater in Mission Aug.
16. Valleys Got Talent is an
organization that aims
to showcase local
mus i c i a ns .
T h e r e
a r e
multiple rounds in which contestants
are eliminated by audience vote,
and Open Door has advanced past
two round.
For now, Munguia will be lighting
up stages in the Valley. Open Door
will play at the Border eater Oct. 21
for the third round in e Valleys Got
Talent contest. He is also planning
on singing at the Universitys karaoke
competition in the Student Union
Oct. 27.
Munguia may be juggling a lot
with school, two jobs, and a band, but
he says it doesnt overwhelm him.
I feel like everything is where it
should be right now, very balanced,
he said.
He also has the chance to audition
for e Glee Project in person and
plans to be at the open casting call
in Nashville, Tenn., once the date
is announced.
Everyone is given an opportunity,
he said, repeating his personal motto.
Its up to you to take it.
By Sandy Davis
Tnv PaN Axvv:caN
Design & Photo by:
Erick Gonzalez
Reynaldo Leal
To view Munguias audition, visit:
www.thegleeprojectcasting.com
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THE PAN AMERICAN THE PAN AMERICAN April 26, 2012 April 26, 2012 Page 7 Page 6
Not many things can
get 1,200 people to at-
tend a fundraising event,
but beer has done the
trick for the International
Museum of Art and Sci-
ence in McAllen these
past four years.
As anyone who has
ever thrownapartyknows,
the simple promise of beer
can be the difference be-
tween sitting around star-
ing at the wall and having
a packed house. Accord-
ing to the Chairman of the
Brew, local weatherman
and beer connoisseur Tim
Smith, A Night at the Brew-
seum is fast becoming one of
the most successful fundrais-
ing events for IMAS.
Were raising money for the
museum, but we just tell people
its a beer party, the KRGV-TV
meteorologist said jokingly at the
April 21 fundraiser. Its a fun event
with great food, great music and
great beer.
For those lucky enough to get
their hands on the $60 ticket, the lat-
est alcohol-infused event offered pa-
trons the opportunity to sample from
50 domestic and imported beers and
dishes from 20 local restaurants.
After waiting in a line that stretched
out across the length of IMASs outer
edge and into the museums parking
lot, atendees were greeted by volun-
teers and event organizers. In exchange
for tickets purchased, patrons received
a bracelet and a card that allowed them
25 different brew samples.
Five feet from the entrance was the
frst sampling station, and people took
advantage of the proximity of the Shiner
Bock to quench the thirst acquired while
standing outside. The sampling stations
of brew from all over the world continued
throughout the museum grounds, some-
times even paired with a particular dish
from a local restaurant.
One German eatery, Schneiders Gas-
thaus and Beergarden, served bratwurst,
red cabbage and a sample of Warsteiner.
The little paper plates of sausage topped
with spicy mustard disappeared as fast
as the owners could set them out on their
table.
This is our frst year here, said chef
and part-owner Hartmut Schneider. We
were warned it would be busy.
Smith said much needed space was
added with two giant tents, which housed
the majority of the restaurants and sta-
tions, but the number of tickets available
did not increase from the previous years
number of 1,200.
The goal is to keep it here at the mu-
seum, said board member Arthur Hughes,
if we sell more tickets we might have to
take it off site.
How coveted are the tickets? Accord-
ing to Hughes, this years event sold out
in three days and some tickets had been
seen for sale on craigslist.com.
Were trying to add more events
around Brewseum, said Smith while
shaking hands with patrons. Its becom-
ing more of a weeklong celebration with a
beer dinner and other events leading up to
tonight.
One of the events added to this years
festivities was the Battle of the Brew,
where local home brewers put their spring
ale concoctions to the test.
I usually brew my own beer, said Bat-
tle frst-place winner Miguel Ortega, its
more intimate. I know what goes in it and
how it should taste.
Ortega, who won $275 for his beer At-
odds Honey Blonde, said more people
should try making their own beer. Accord-
ing to the 30-year-old, the process is a lot
easier than people think. He considers the
domestic beers that most college students
drink on the weekend to be inferior in taste
and quality to what can be made at home
with a brewing kit.
As the sun went down, and the amount
of empty beer bottles stacked at each
station climbed higher, the music from
local rock/country band Marshal Law be-
came louder. The mass of bodies weaved
through lines of food and beer as the band
belted out continuous Southern rock cover
songs. Two hours into A Night at the Brew-
seum and IMAS felt like a packed back-
yard party full of friends. Except the people
were more interesting and there was no-
body doing keg-stands or drinking from
beer bongs.
Lucy Ortiz has been to the fundraiser
before and considers it a yearly must. The
night has become an opportunity to relax
and catch up with friends for the 30-year-
old Edinburg native.
You have fun, meet people and listen
to good music, she said. I would prob-
ably come anyways because the money
goes to a good cause, but all the beer
doesnt hurt.
By Reynaldo Leal
The Pan American
Beer PArty rAises funds for iMAs
tyPes of Beer
Beer BAsics
IngredIents
Art of the Brew
Beer is made from 4
basic ingredients:
Barley water
hops yeast
Beer is created when
brewers yeast converts
malt sugar into alcohol
and carbon dioxide
Brewers
yeast
carbon
dioxide
Alcohol
Malt
sugar
+ =
co2
c h oh 2 5
sanitizing Boiling Bottling
Mashing fermenting drink up!
The most important
step. Nothing can spoil a
batch of beer faster than
stray bacteria.
Bring wort to a rolling boil
and add hops. The fower of
the hop plant is what gives
the beer favor. More hops,
more favor.
You now have a fat beer. To
carbonate it, prime with additional
fermentable sugars and bottle it.
Then wait at least two weeks.
You are now free to
enjoy your beer.
Steep grains in hot water
to make wort, a sweet
liquid that is basically
unfermented beer.
Chill wort and transfer to
fermenter. Pitch yeast. Store
beer away from sunlight for
one to several weeks.
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Beers made with a bottom-fermenting
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because of their long cold fermentation.
Beers made with a top-fermenting yeast,
generally strong and robust in taste due to
their fast and warm fermentation.
AMericAn
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stout
Pilsner
PAle Ale
BArley wine
Bock
Porter
dunkel
Pale lager that is gassy,
and watery, with a deli-
cate sweetness. Made to
be served cold.
Fruity beer with light malt
favors and a pleasantly dry
and often bitter aftertaste. It
is one of the worlds major
beer styles.
Aromatic, subtly malty and
crisp in favor. Generally
regarded as different from a
lager, but is actually a style
of lager.
Dark style of beer originat-
ing in London. Character-
ized by a malt sweetness
and dark grain favors.
Strong lager of German
origin. Several substyles
exist, including maibock or
helles bock, doppelbock
and eisbock.
Dark, sweet, full-bodied, roasty
ale. Made using roasting malt
or roasted barley. Closely re-
lated to Porter ales.
Lager ranging in color from
amber to dark reddish brown.
Aromatic and malty in favor.
Strong ale originating in Eng-
land.
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+ editors Beer Picks
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1. Samuel Adams Boston Lager
2. Bohemia (Mexico)
3. Guiness (Ireland)
1. Shiner Bohemian Black Lager
2. Lindemans Framboise (Belgium)
3. Flag Spciale (Morocco)
1. Quilmes (Argentina)
2. Dos Equis (Mexico)
3. Stella Artois (Belgium)
I would probably
come anyways
because the
money goes to a
good cause, but all
the beer
doesnt hurt.
- Lucy Ortiz
on attending A Night at the Brewseum sources:
nM3 (Mens magazine)
the drunk yinzer
the Barbarians Beverage
by Max nelson
for dummies
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Title IX
Hog Dash
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Cupcake Wars
Sex Myths
IMAS update
British artist donates two
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Garner Out
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January 26, 2012
INtO thE
Local legislators square off over 82nd session
Page 5
A culture of
Piracy
Internet
rallies against
proposed
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Womens basketball
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Video: New routes for
Valley Metro Buses
Page 8
Colin Christian opens
exhibit at IMAS
Fast Forward
Page 5
Dirty words, deportations
and destruction
Off to the Races
Page 4
Local womans suicide
unsettles UTPA
Campus Death
Police Beat
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Online
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Online
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Doppelgnger
New Honor Code
The Electronic Xperience
Volley Begins
Caravan travels through Valley, asks for
peace in Mexico
Continued on page 3
Broncs end tournament on
high note
Faces of lost people, those
missing or dead as a result of
the drug war, stared out from
posters laid on the grass at
Lincon Park in Brownsville
Tursday night.
REGRESENME A MI
FAMILIA, or return my
family to me - read the large
banner spanning the length of
the display.
Te surviving family
members and friends stood
around the makeshift memorial
holding candles as Mexican
poet Javier Sicilia spoke to the
members of Caravan for Peace.
Sicilia started the Movement
for Peace with Justice and
Dignity in Mexico after his
son was killed in March 2011.
Juan Francisco Sicilia was
found dead along with six other
people in a car by Mexican
authorities. Te 24-year-olds
body was accompanied by a
note that said they called in tips
about crime to the government,
according to a Los Angeles Times
article.
Te Caravan for Peace is
an extension of the MPJD
movement, or Hasta La Madre!
as its known more colloquially.
It started in San Diego and has
traveled south to Brownsville,
the route often following the
border. After Brownsville,
members plan to headnorth and
at the end of a 26-city journey,
conclude in Washington, D.C.
in September.
Te mission is to promote
dialogue between Mexico and
the United States, particularly
about the latters policy on
drugs and participation in arms
trafcking.
Te senior Sicilia read
his Open Letter to Mexicos
Politicians and Criminals, in
its original Spanish.
I (do not) wish to talk
about the pain of my family
and the families of each one of
the boys who were destroyed,
reads a translation of the letter,
in part. Tere are not words
for this pain. Only poetry can
come close to it, and you do
not know about poetry.
SIX YEARS LATER
Violence in Mexico has
escalated dramatically since
former President Felipe
Caldern took ofce in 2006
and deployed troops to fght
the drug cartels. Research by
Viridiana Rios, a doctoral
fellow at
Ha r v a r d
University,
s u g g e s t s
that this
type of
a g g r e s s i v e
strategy against
highly organized
crime could cause
more violence as lower ranking
members fght to replace
middlemen or bosses that have
been killed or arrested.
A CNN article estimates
that 5,300 people have gone
missing since Calderns
ofensive began andthe Mexican
Institute of National Statistics
and Geography released a
report Aug. 20 that stated there
were 27,199 homicides in the
country last year, a number that
has increased every year for the
last four years.
By Karen Antonacci
The Pan American
Valley flm examines
eating disorders
Honesty, integrity, respect
promoted on campus
Norma Villalobos holds a candle during a prayer at Lincoln
Park on Thursday. Both Villalobos boyfriend and uncle are
missing in Mexico.
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DegreeWorks
New online program to help
students and advisors
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Students play during
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Fun in the Sun
Online
Less contagious form of
disease detected on campus
Page 10
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Broncs sweep NYIT to move
4-0 in conference play
GWC Time
Meningitis
Spring
Cleaning
The Last Show
UTPA students, admins
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during Earth Week
Finishing Strong
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ROTC: The Bronc Battalion
A documentary
by The Pan American
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Mike McCarthys path to
UTPA and success
Second Home
Page 9
Famous Oscar Mayer vehicle
comes to UTPA
Page 8
Actors mold personas
for stage
Transforming
Weinermobile
Changes to student loans expected next fall
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Students can use smartphones and
tablets to keep up with all the latest
UTPA news, sports and entertainment.
Page 9
Funny man visits the
Rio Grande Valley
The Cosby Show
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How students can avoid
injuries at the WRSC
Play addresses tough issues
with humor
Page 4
Pages 6-7
Foundation leaders visit UTPA
to discuss Valley education
Big Picture
Wreck Center
Latina
Inside the Zone
Broncs head to Utah for
battle of the unbeatens
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Contenders
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Making sense of
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Finding Funds
Frequent Flyer Fun
Fan Frenzy
Last in Dark Knight trilogy
draws midnight crowd
Warped Tour 2012 Coverage
Jazz Festival at Jardin del Arte
Two RGV womens teams break
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A Bronc in Beijing
UTPA students blog
chronicles her year in China
Page 11
Broncs step up their game
after humiliating loss
Momentum
Page 9
Students take the road
less travelled
Page 5
Racers feel effects of Edinburg
tracks temporary closure
On Empty
Spring Break
Why this is the year the Broncs
become a baseball force page 10
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Not really in favor or against drug use.
Just a strong advocate of freedom and
the ability to put whatever substance in
your body that helps you get through the
day, as long as no one gets harmed in the
process.
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ARE we fighting
the right war?
The Offce of National Drug
Control Policy was created.
the director is known as the:
Drug Czar.
The government
commissions the frst-ever
full study of drug policy,
carried by the National
Research Council (NRC)
The NRC study reveals that the
government has not suffciently
studied its own drug policy, which
it calls unconscionable.

Nixon declares war on drugs.
He characterized the abuse of illicit
substances as public enemy number
one in the United States
Several reports state the benefts of
drug courts. Drug courts reduced
recidivism among program par-
ticipants in contrast to comparable
probationers between 12% to 40%.
California Proposition 19 (aka. the
Regulate, Control & Tax Cannabis
Act) was defeated, with 53.5% of
California voters voting No and
46.5% voting Yes.
19 19 19 20 20 20 88 98 01 10 08 71
NON-VIOLENT DRUG
OFFENDERS IN PRISION
Federal Drug War Spending (billions)
1,0
0
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,0
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0
Johnson Nixon Ford Carter Reagan Bush Clinton Bush
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0
Someone is arrested for
violating a drug law
Arrests are made
every year for
drug abuse violations
The United States has
spent worldwide for
the last 40 years
is spent by the US government
each second of every day
Every 19
seconds
1.6 million
$2.5 trillion
Federal Budget in 2011
$23.44 billions
Every second
$1,716.77
1980
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10
15
20
25
1990 2000 2010
LEGAL
What if drugs were
legal in the us?
Thats how you win a drug war
EVERYONE ELSE...
If at least marijuana is legalized
and regulated in the U.S. it would:
Save $7.7
Billion
Street Justice
Drug dealers
Including terrorists
Less available
for children
gives up all control
19 states
30 states
39 states
Gain $6.2
Billion
Gain $7
Billion
United States
number 1
crop is
Unregulated
& Untaxed
on prohibition costs
drug-related STREET violence AND
DRUG DISPUTES WOULD BE REDUCED
would lose most of their
buisness and revenue
if it were legal it wouldnt
be underground, thus
when drugs are illegal the government gives up
all control over them
the only ones in control are the drug dealers and
they want your children hooked
*you cant call the cops when
someone steal your drugs
On Marijuana
tax revenue
On cannabis shops,
natural medpot products,
industrial hemp products
IN TRYING TO ERADICATE
DRUGS AND ENFORCE
DRUG POLICIES
Police officers can
focus on more
important crimes
tax money will not be
spent on drug related
non-violent immates
Cannabis is the
TOP cash crop in
Cannabis is the
TOP 3 cash crop in
Cannabis is the
TOP 5 cash crop in
over 25,000 Products
can be made from marijuana crop
Major uses of
industrial hemp
(Cannabis)
c-class mercedez benz automobiles have more than 30 parts made of natural
fibers, including hemp (marijuana plant)
cannabis is used in the market right now
Body Care
Products
paper
products
food
medicines
livestock
Breeding
livestock
Feeding
Essential
oils
Nutritional
supplements
textiles
Moulded
Plastics
construction
supplies
55% of americans believe
Marijuana should be legal
JAIL
BANK
Winner of Best Design Campaign
at the Digilate Manifesto: Issues
Never Sleep senior exhibit.
Design campaign revolving around
the drug war and how it takes a
toll on society and economy.
Senior project.
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956.429.9423
erick.dgr@gmail.com