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In-person and online tutoring amid pandemic The UTRGV Learning Center has experienced an estimated 25 percent decrease in student engagement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jacqueline Wallace/The Rider Photo

The UTRGV Learning Center has experienced an estimated 25 percent decrease in student engagement since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Jacqueline Wallace/The Rider Photo

In-person and online tutoring amid pandemic

Omar E. Zapata March 1, 2021

Omar E. Zapata | THE RIDER When the COVID-19 pandemic struck nearly a year ago, the UTRGV...

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Las tormentas en Texas y el medio ambiente

Sol Garcia March 1, 2021

Señales de cambio: Segunda de una serie Sol Garcia | THE RIDER Desde sus primeros días en...

Effects of Texas power outages

Due to February’s record-low temperatures, millions of people across Texas, including the Rio Grande Valley, were left without power for several days. From meals cooked on the grill to game nights lit by candles, people found ways to cope with the adverse weather. Many plants also froze during the storm. The images were provided by students Gabriel Treviño and Gerry Flores and Associate Professor Arlet Lomeli. Roxanna Miranda/The Rider Photo Illustration

Effects of Texas power outages

Alejandra Yañez March 1, 2021

Alejandra Yañez | THE RIDER From power outages to food shortages at grocery stores, February’s winter storm...

School of Music to develop digital magazine UTRGV School of Music is in the process of creating a digital magazine, SOUND, that will provide an opportunity to showcase faculty, students, and staff’s activities in different departments. Roxanna Miranda/The Rider Photo

UTRGV School of Music is in the process of creating a digital magazine, SOUND, that will provide an opportunity to showcase faculty, students, and staff’s activities in different departments. Roxanna Miranda/The Rider Photo

School of Music to develop digital magazine

Adalia Garza March 1, 2021

Adalia Garza | THE RIDER The School of Music is developing a digital magazine to highlight the...

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The Doodler

Elizabeth Mendoza March 1, 2021

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This Week in Athletics

Karina Rodriguez March 1, 2021

Volleyball 6 p.m. today and noon Tuesday vs. California Baptist University in Edinburg Women’s Soccer 6 p.m....

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UTRGV Athletics honors the life of Coach Hill

Karina Rodriguez March 1, 2021

Karina Rodriguez | THE RIDER UTRGV Athletics held a memorial for the late UTRGV Men’s Basketball coach,...

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A Texas-sized, human-made disaster

Omar E. Zapata March 1, 2021

Ignorance, unpreparedness and selfishness lead to some spending a week in the dark; cold, hungry and some...

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Editorial Cartoon

Elizabeth Mendoza March 1, 2021

Cómo funciona la Legislatura La Legislatura de Texas consiste en la Cámara de Representantes, la cual está compuesta por 150 miembros quienes sirven por un término de dos años, y en el Senado, el cual está compuesto por 31 miembros quienes sirven por un término de cuatro años. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS