{"id":725,"date":"2019-02-18T13:55:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-18T19:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=725"},"modified":"2019-02-20T14:49:45","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T20:49:45","slug":"utrgv-hosts-homecoming-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/18\/utrgv-hosts-homecoming-week\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV hosts Homecoming Week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/homecoming0218.wav\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">UTRGV hosted its annual Homecoming celebration last week. 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Biomedical sciences junior Cynthia Garza attended the Brownsville Tip-off and tells us her thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]&#8221;I think it\u2019s important because I love that there is free food and there\u2019s activities that we can participate in that allows us all to come together and be social.\u201d<br><br>-Cynthia Garza, Biomedical sciences junior[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mata-Vasquez tells us these kinds of events are a reminder of her days as a college student.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]\u201cI mean, those are some of my favorite memories are from events that were similar to homecoming or madness in a sense. 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