The Bridge Newspaper July 19, 2010 issue

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Letter to the Editor

The red queenBy Mia Moran

The Bridge Newspaper

One hounded years ago,Wonderland was ruled by thered queen; also known as thequeen of hearts. She has sixhearts on her black and whitedress and a necklace of ablack heart. She becamequeen at the time when herparents passed away. Queen

of hearts have been rulingfor the past 100 years. Sheuses her army of cards toforce her will on her sub-jects. She became evilbecause “my parents love thewhite queen better than me”said the queen of hearts. Shewas defeated by the Whitequeen after her championkilled the red queen’s drag-on.

A new look at lifeBy Andrea Martinez

The Bridge Newspaper

On July 13, 2010,Bridgejournalists of A&MInternational Universityinterviewed Harmony, anearth-loving, tree hugger.Harmony lives in a tree torelieve the stresses of humansociety. Harmony becamean earth lover when she sawwhat materialism did to peo-ple.

Harmony was born in a treeand in a way wanted to be

normal and fit in like every-body else. However, onceshe saw how some peopleare and don’t care about eachother, she wanted to becomemore loving.

Harmony believes that “weneed to accept people theway they are and be moreopen to things.” She doesthis at home by meditating torelieve stress, relaxing by lis-tening to nature calls, andtrying to be at one with theworld.

Lady Gaga shares her fameBy Nisha Lakhiani

The Bridge Newspaper

In 2008, blonde haired hit sensation, LadyGaga, became a star. She started to sing anddance in small clubs around New York. “I loveto dance and sing, and I thought that clubsaround town was a great start to beingfamous,” she said. Now Gaga is one of themost influential people in the world.

On June 13, Gaga made a visit to TAMIU,where The Bridge had the chance to interviewher. “I had a lot of support when I first start-

ed recording my soon to be hit album,” saidGaga. Many fans started following LadyGaga after her first album, The Fame, landedinto stores. She had a hard time choosing thename Lady Gaga. There were a few other sug-gestions before that one. Lady Gaga admittedthat her name was too regular and needed anew original name.

With more that one million fans onFacebook, and ten million followers onTwitter, Lady Gaga is one of the most famouspeople in the world. Her music still inspiresher fans, and she continues to blow everyoneaway.

The balance keeperOlivia Gazlinzoga

The Bridge Newspaper

On July 13, 2010 reporters interviewedLady Medenagan. Lady Medenagan is madeof gold and is balance keeper. She is fromOmphalos, Greece which is considered thecenter of the world. She became LadyMedenagan in 320 B.C. Her name means“nothing in excess in Greek”.

She was once normal but after going bank-rupt because of her necessity to keep wantingmore and more she turned into Lady

Medenagan. She now follows the “GoldenRule”. The Golden Rule is to keep life in bal-ance and put everything in place. For exam-ple, to keep work at work not to bring homethe stresses that work might bring.

Lady Medenagan helps others by makingsure that people know how to keep balance inlife’s situations. She is the example to allpeople to keep neutral and serene. She is abig part of our daily life and she believes weshould all follow the Golden Rule and keepbalanced.

Photo by Olivia Gazlinzoga

Photo by Mia Moran

Photo by Andrea Martinez

Photo by Nisha Lakhiani