{"id":6329,"date":"2023-10-24T14:33:43","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=6329"},"modified":"2023-10-24T14:33:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T20:33:43","slug":"madness-in-brownsville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/","title":{"rendered":"Madness in Brownsville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1024x684.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6330\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1024x684.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM.png 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Courtesy Photo America Salazar \/ Pulse Magazine<br>The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Madness week organizes the \u201cCarnival of Madness\u201d&nbsp; in Brownsville\u2019s Duckhead as shown<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/85-Million-grant-complete-story_mixdown-1.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Hundreds of UTRGV students experienced scares, fun, costumes, games and excitement last Thursday at the first-ever Carnival of Madness event in the Duckhead Field in Brownsville.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon entering the event, on the left, attendees could find the haunted bus,which was provided by Transportation services. With screams and scares, students were frightened by images and shadows played by staff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An inflatable ax-throwing attraction was available for participants to demonstrate their skills trying to hit the target. Attendees also had the opportunity to fly for a few seconds in the \u201cTropical Wave\u201d slide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An obstacle course, stunt jump, basketball, large bounce houses with obstacles and other attractions were available to students at the event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event encouraged students to wear costumes, where some creatively showed their best ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Education junior Kayleen Sifuentes expressed the event exceeded her expectations, especially with its size.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI was expecting it to be smaller,\u201d Sifuentes said. \u201cI am actually surprised of what\u2019s here.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Criminal justice sophomore Laura Arteaga said even though she did not know what to expect, she just wanted it to be fun. Sifuentes and Arteaga showed up to the event&nbsp; with matching clown costumes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Art education junior Samantha Ramos also attended the event. Ramos said she felt excited for more events similar to the Carnival of Madness since most of the big events are located on the Edinburg campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cI can\u2019t get myself out there all the time, you know?\u201d she said. \u201cSo, it&#8217;s nice to having stuff here in Brownsville.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While some students roasted marshmallows at a campfire, others gathered to watch the movie of the night &#8220;Jeepers Creepers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Student Activities Assistant Director Cristina Rodriguez said the event was sponsored by the Campus Activities Board and campus partners, such as the Student Union, University Recreation and Transportation services. Student organizations were also present selling food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe wanted to start off this year with something very different,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cAnd so this being our big event for the fall, just one of many that\u2019s coming. This is what we are doing for our students and we wanted to try a new location as well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She expressed she wants students to embrace the event as a tradition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\u201cWe want this to be a tradition for our student population,\u201d Rodriguez said. \u201cWe really want them to be really excited and we want to hear their feedback.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more activities, visit utrgv.edu\/CAB.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is Fernanda Gonzalez for Vaquero Radio.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of UTRGV students experienced scares, fun, costumes, games and excitement last Thursday at the first-ever Carnival of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":6331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[27,44,42,26],"class_list":["post-6329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brownsville","tag-brownsville","tag-news","tag-students","tag-utrgv"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Madness in Brownsville - The Valley&#039;s Student Station<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Madness in Brownsville - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hundreds of UTRGV students experienced scares, fun, costumes, games and excitement last Thursday at the first-ever Carnival of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-10-24T20:33:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1108\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"740\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Fernanda Gonzalez\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Fernanda Gonzalez\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Fernanda Gonzalez\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eeeba97e49b5fa2b3d6127f98b696266\"},\"headline\":\"Madness in Brownsville\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-24T20:33:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/\"},\"wordCount\":440,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Brownsville\",\"NEWS\",\"Students\",\"UTRGV\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Brownsville\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/\",\"name\":\"Madness in Brownsville - The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-10-24T20:33:43+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png\",\"width\":1108,\"height\":740},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Madness in Brownsville\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":946,\"caption\":\"The Valley&#039;s Student Station\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eeeba97e49b5fa2b3d6127f98b696266\",\"name\":\"Fernanda Gonzalez\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b5a5a6e65d9b3cb20eeb1c8de834de9d1734e4142642f2556efc3df49103a36?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b5a5a6e65d9b3cb20eeb1c8de834de9d1734e4142642f2556efc3df49103a36?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Fernanda Gonzalez\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/fatima-gonzalez\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Madness in Brownsville - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Madness in Brownsville - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","og_description":"Hundreds of UTRGV students experienced scares, fun, costumes, games and excitement last Thursday at the first-ever Carnival of","og_url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/","og_site_name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","article_published_time":"2023-10-24T20:33:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1108,"height":740,"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Fernanda Gonzalez","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Fernanda Gonzalez","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/"},"author":{"name":"Fernanda Gonzalez","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eeeba97e49b5fa2b3d6127f98b696266"},"headline":"Madness in Brownsville","datePublished":"2023-10-24T20:33:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/"},"wordCount":440,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png","keywords":["Brownsville","NEWS","Students","UTRGV"],"articleSection":["Brownsville"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/","name":"Madness in Brownsville - The Valley&#039;s Student Station","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png","datePublished":"2023-10-24T20:33:43+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Screenshot-2023-10-24-at-2.19.42-PM-1.png","width":1108,"height":740},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/madness-in-brownsville\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Madness in Brownsville"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#organization","name":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/output-onlinepngtools-scaled.png","width":2560,"height":946,"caption":"The Valley&#039;s Student Station"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eeeba97e49b5fa2b3d6127f98b696266","name":"Fernanda Gonzalez","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b5a5a6e65d9b3cb20eeb1c8de834de9d1734e4142642f2556efc3df49103a36?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/3b5a5a6e65d9b3cb20eeb1c8de834de9d1734e4142642f2556efc3df49103a36?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Fernanda Gonzalez"},"url":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/author\/fatima-gonzalez\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6329"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6345,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6329\/revisions\/6345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6329"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6329"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6329"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}