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Get vaccinated before vacationing As the spring semester comes to an end and summer approaches, a UTRGV official suggests for students to get vaccinated before traveling and to continue wearing their facial coverings. Roxanna Miranda/The Rider Photo Illustration

As the spring semester comes to an end and summer approaches, a UTRGV official suggests for students to get vaccinated before traveling and to continue wearing their facial coverings. Roxanna Miranda/The Rider Photo Illustration

Get vaccinated before vacationing

Jacqueline Peraza April 26, 2021

Jacqueline Peraza | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Less than a month before UTRGV goes on summer break, Scott Spear, medical...

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The Doodler

Elizabeth Mendoza April 26, 2021

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Editorial Cartoon

Elizabeth Mendoza April 26, 2021

New SGA members take oaths of office

Student Government Association Chief Justice Samantha Lara (left) administers the oath of office to newly elected executives Brownsville Vice President Yahia Al-Qudah (second from left), President José Pablo Rojas and Edinburg Vice President Anacette Cantu. The inauguration ceremony was held Thursday in person on the Edinburg campus and via livestream, with senators taking the oath of office online. Steven Hughes/For The Rider

New SGA members take oaths of office

Jamejdra Holverstott April 23, 2021

Jamejdra Holverstott | THE RIDER The Student Government Association held its 2021 inauguration ceremony Thursday on the...

UTRGV COVID testing moves to clinics On April 12, COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites were taken down due to a decline in demand. Testing is now conducted in the Health Services Clinics on the Edinburg, Brownsville and Harlingen campuses. Clinics will continue to offer these services to the community on an appointment basis. Roxanna Miranda/The Rider Photos

On April 12, COVID-19 drive-thru testing sites were taken down due to a decline in demand. Testing is now conducted in the Health Services Clinics on the Edinburg, Brownsville and Harlingen campuses. Clinics will continue to offer these services to the community on an appointment basis. Roxanna Miranda/The Rider Photos

UTRGV COVID testing moves to clinics

Omar E. Zapata April 21, 2021

Omar E. Zapata | THE RIDER A UTRGV official says the university’s COVID-19 testing has been moved...

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Earth Fest 2021

Valeria Henderson April 21, 2021

Creating a sustainable environment Valeria Henderson | THE RIDER Earth Fest at UTRGV continues via Zoom through...

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HB 695 advances to Senate

Jacqueline Peraza April 20, 2021

Jacqueline Peraza | EDITOR-IN-CHIEF House Bill 695, relating to the establishment of a law school in the...

Updated: SN11 debris spurs concerns for Boca Chica Debris from the SN11 launch failure sits outside the SpaceX South Texas launch site last Wednesday at Boca Chica. Luis Martinez Santillano/The Rider Photos

Debris from the SN11 launch failure sits outside the SpaceX South Texas launch site last Wednesday at Boca Chica. Luis Martinez Santillano/The Rider Photos

Updated: SN11 debris spurs concerns for Boca Chica

Alejandra Yañez April 19, 2021

Alejandra Yañez | THE RIDER Over two weeks after the failed launch of Starship SN11, debris from...

2 UTRGV athletes near end of collegiate careers Desirea Buerge competes March 27 in the shotput event in the Victor Lopez Classic at Rice University in Houston. Photo Courtesy Juan DeLeon

Desirea Buerge competes March 27 in the shotput event in the Victor Lopez Classic at Rice University in Houston. Photo Courtesy Juan DeLeon

2 UTRGV athletes near end of collegiate careers

Karina Rodriguez April 19, 2021

Karina Rodriguez| THE RIDER As the semester comes to an end, UTRGV Athletics is preparing to lose...

Graphic Thoughts The University Library provides many services, resources and presentations, such as “Graphic Thoughts,” a series of discussions on comic books. Jacqueline Wallace/The Rider Photo