UTRGV observes Dia de los Muertos

A new U.S. flag is shown last Friday on the Brownsville campus. University Police put up the new flag Thursday afternoon.

Psychology and philosophy senior Dominic Ortiz poses with a paper skull mask as a staff member from Special Collections and Archives takes a picture of him during the Dia de los Muertos celebration at the University Library last Tuesday. GABRIEL MATA/THE RIDER PHOTOS

U.S. and Texas flags, both torn, are shown outside the library last Thursday in front of the UTRGV library on the Brownsville campus.

Biology junior Ivonn Ruvalcava colors a sugar skull last Tuesday at the University Library in the Special Collections and Archives room during the Dia de los Muertos celebration. Gabriel Mata/The Rider

A wooden board spray-painted with the words “REPLACE THE FLAG” stands in front of the UTRGV flagpole last Thursday on the Brownsville campus. UTRGV freshman and U.S. Army veteran Russ Blaha put up the signs to bring attention to the torn and worn-out flags on campus. Blaha had been requesting for a month that they be replaced. After he posted the signs, University Police quickly replaced the U.S. flag.