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November 10, 2011
Newest SGA committee battles hunger at UTPA By Catherine Ryan The Pan American
After recent administrative reports of students digging for food in the trash,the Student Government Association created a new provisional committee tentatively called the Food Ad Hoc Committee, to discuss ways to provide low-income students on campus with more food options. “After hours, there’s students who actually are picking through the trash because they are having that hard of a time finding food,” said Angelea Remorin, a 19-year-old junior majoring in nursing. Remorin is acting chair of the three-week-old ad hoc committee. The issue was brought to SGA’s attention a few weeks ago when Dr. Martha Cantu, UTPA Acting Vice President, mentioned she personally knew students suffering from hunger. “Dr. Cantu actually brought this to us when we had dinner at Dr. Nelsen’s house, and that it would be great if SGA could take this up,” Remorin said. SEE HUNGER || PAGE 3 Fran
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November 10, 2011
Opinion
Letter to the Editor
Political Confusion Democracy requires a consensus of what is best for every individual within the community. The United States does not practice democracy. In fact, the U.S. practices oligarchy, which the community votes for a representative to be a voice in a larger consensus. If we did practice democracy, the United States Congress would not exist. The Congress votes on bills that benefit the MAJORITY of the nation and not EVERY individual. Our voting system is based on democracy but we are, in fact, a republic because we entitle citizens to make decisions for us. Pamela Morales Multimedia Editor Like most people, I have a pet peeve: it’s people confusing political terms like socialism, communism and democracy. I yelled at my phone when I read a quote on The Pan American’s Twitter page during our Occupy McAllen coverage last month. “Capitalism is a just a fancier word for totalitarianism or communism,” a protester said. My head spun after I read more tweets of ignorant lies about capitalism, socialism, and communism. 1) The United States is NOT a democracy. A democracy is when the masses rule and vote to benefit their community only. Cities are democratic, depending, of course, on how a city acts upon the public’s opinions during city meetings.
2) Socialism is not communism. Both ideologies may share similar interests but they are not the same. Socialism is a government providing resources for its people through land or capital. Great Britain practices “socialized” medicine and no, the government does invade the doctor’s office. According to T.R. Reid’s “Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care”, Britons never see a medical bill, there is no co-pay and Britons are allowed to choose their doctor. Not only is this, but doctors are allowed to have a private practice or make extra profit with house calls. Yes, Britons pay higher taxes but they sure do live a lot longer than we do. Communism is different when it comes to power. The government takes control of resources and necessities to be allocated equally to all. They can even dictate what you can say and how much you can have in your possession.
3) Capitalism is not totalitarianism. Capitalism is an economic system of competing in a market where consumers can freely choose what to buy. Capitalism allows other markets and other companies to compete within the same area. In the U.S. capitalism allows different companies to advertise and sell their products. Sounds fair to me. I understand how some individuals would think capitalists are totalitarian because they “make” you buy their stuff, which can either be expensive or cheaply made. John D. Rockefeller was a dictator, not capitalist, in the oil industry. He made consumers buy his oil by ousting others’ companies. Totalitarianism is a centralized government or political party controlling every aspect of a nation, even the market. So, the question is how can capitalism be a fancier word for totalitarianism or communism if they all differ in ideologies. Socialism does not mean government takeover nor is it the same thing as communism. So, for the love of humanity, do not confuse these words! It’s like saying Coca-Cola and Pepsi taste the same. Correction: The byline was missing on last week’s cover story, “Are we in debt?” The story was written by Susan Gonzalez.
Football team not pratical Dear Pan American:
The idea of a football team at UTPA, as mentioned by Sports Editor Michael Saenz in the Nov. 3 issue of The Pan American makes me think. 1. A football team would be fun to have, causing lots of school spirit and giving us something fun to watch. 2. It would be very expensive and so it is not going to happen. In fact, Mr. Saenz thinks that football teams bring in money, but actually, for most colleges, they cost much more than they bring in. For example, when I was at Temple University, the team caused the university a $1 million a year LOSS! There are some exceptions, but even successful football teams typically lose money for their schools. You have to give scholarships, purchase equipment, feed players, fly them to games, pay coaches, etc. All very expensive. At a few schools, Texas and LSU come to mind, the athletic department makes money from football. At most colleges, football causes a financial loss. A good book to read about the effects of big-time sports on campuses is Murray Sperber, Beer and Circus: How Big-Time College Sports Is Crippling Undergraduate Education. Sincerely, Russell Eisenman, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Psychology
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UTPA to ENGAGE in new testing service
By Susan Gonzalez The Pan American The new initiative Graduation Texas: Engage, Advise, Retain, Graduate held a higher education success seminar on Tuesday. This organization is the result of the collaborative efforts of ACT, Inc. and Excelencia in Education to improve student readiness, retention and
advisement in college; specifically to increase college degree completion for all South Texas Latino schools. One of the new tools being proposed to improve graduation rates is ENGAGE: an ACT assessment that measures behaviors related to academic success. “If you view something like the regular SAT or ACT or even grades, those tests are kind of cognitive factors in predicting how a student is going to do,” Vice
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TEST TOOLBOX - The ENGAGE: ACT assessment could improve graduation rate for Latinos in high school.
HUNGER
continued from Page 1 Difficult Circumstances According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, Hidalgo county has 35% of its total population under the poverty level as compared to Texas and national average, which are 17% and 14% respectively. “The economic issues are affecting everyone within the Valley, and it’s not just the Valley, it’s all over the nation. So, I mean it’s bound to affect college students as well,” explained Matthew Garcia, a 20-year-old sergeant-at-arms for SGA and a member of the new provisional committee. As people cut costs wherever possible, Garcia said some college students are sacrificing food for lack of money. “You have people that end up sacrificing and saying ‘Hey maybe I don’t need to eat today’. It’s really sad, it’s depressing, but it’s the sacrifice a lot of people have to make,” the McAllen native said. How to Pay for It Of the 19,000 students on campus, Remorin was told by administration that approximately 500 students are facing this hunger issue. Serving such a large population has led members of the ad hoc committee to debate the various options. “We looked at the current options for meal plans and with the calculations, we saw that if you were to increase (tuition and) fees by eight dollars you could create a meal plan for five meals a week for about 500 students, which is the target we are going for,” Garcia said. The fee would be optional, and students would be given the option to opt out of paying the fee. Remorin, however, feels that this would tax student fees. “We are trying to stay away from student fees. The thing that we are really aiming for are donations,
sponsors, and stuff like that. We aren’t trying to mess with students. We know how hard it is to work with budget cuts,” she explained. “Our main mission for this, is to provide students an opportunity to have food because it’s a sad thing when this community has such an abundance of food, and many students, hundreds of students, are suffering because they can’t have food,” Remorin explained. She hopes to follow the example set by The University of Alberta in Canada, where there is an open food pantry that is available to all students in need. “If we go with a food bank it’ll be open not to just certain students who really need it, but to all students at PanAm,” she said. “It would be free for students. They would most likely have to apply for it but we are trying to get it so we don’t have to pay for anything. It will be through donations and scholarships.” The ad hoc committee still plans to hammer out details through the rest of this semester, and tentatively by Spring 2012, the outline of program will be set. “Trust me, we would love to get it in by fiscal year thirteen (Sept. 2012-Aug. 2013), but just the way the system works and the guidelines we have to follow, more than likely it wouldn’t be until fiscal year fourteen (Sept. 2013Aug. 2014). We are going to push as hard as we can to see if we can get it by next year though,” Garcia said. Remorin is also positive about the future of the program and what it will do for both students and community members. ”We want it to be a UTPA community involvement. Not just SGA. We are just starting it up,” she said. “I know everyone does their own thing in school, but you have to take care of the people in your community. It’s a great thing to get involved in.”
Provost for Undergraduate Education Kristin Croyle said. “But then there are other things that go into how well a student does in college as well besides their cognitive preparation. Like, their motivation, for example. And the ENGAGE test is designed to assess non-cognitive factors, like social and emotional and motivational factors.” Croyle, who attended the recent Graduation Texas seminar, explains how this can help students with specific issues. “If this test works, we could, for example, give it to our incoming freshmen and then use it to provide more individualized advisement for students and match them up to resources based on their strengths and weaknesses better,” Croyle said. “For a student who does not, for example, have a high ACT score but is very motivated, perhaps, they would benefit more from tutoring but not so much other student services because they are already so motivated. Then, whereas if you get a student who has a high ACT score and is cognitively prepared, but is really low in motivation, perhaps
tutoring is not the right intervention for them, perhaps they would need something that addresses their motivational issues.” Senior civil engineering major Kisai Salinas thinks a test like this could have helped her when she was a freshman. “I think it would have been beneficial to me as a freshmen because I’m pretty much not involved in anything and I just joined the civil engineering society pretty recently,” Salinas said. “I think it would have motivated me more to become more involved.” On the opposite end of the spectrum, junior electrical engineering major Jesus Valladares, had a lot of motivation, but lacked certain cognitive skills as a freshman. “When I came here, I had all the motivation in the world, but I lacked some skills,” Valladares said. “So that required extra effort. It’s probably a good idea to give students an idea of where they’re at before they go into the class and actually take the courses.” As helpful as it may be to students in the future, Valladares points out that
sometimes students are just reluctant to change, despite knowing their weaknesses. “I have a lot of friends who knew what they had to do, what to change in their personalities in order to do better (in school), but they didn’t change,” he said. “’It doesn’t work the same for everybody.” The first ENGAGE test was given to freshman this past summer at orientation. Currently in the research phase, the test is still in development but Croyle is optimistic about what it may be able to do for students in the future, despite certain doubts some students, like Valladares, may have. “In the office of student affairs and the office of academic affairs, we’re always working as hard as we can to make sure we are able to work with students the best way possible to help our students be successful,” Croyle said. “And we’re hoping that this will be a tool we can use to pull together our resources to make sure students are offered the services that would help them be successful. We hope this will be one more tool in our tool kit to help our students the best we can.”
Freshmen Freeze Missing Bronc Round-Up results in hold on account By Daniella Diaz The Pan American Incoming freshman who did not attend Bronc Round Up at the beginning of the semester now have a hold on their accounts. The hold prevents these students, some of which say they unaware of the importance of the event, from viewing their final grades, whether online or through an official transcript. Freshmen with the hold need to complete an online course on Blackboard, which involves watching two informational videos and passing a 10-question exam in order to get the hold removed from their account. Bronc Round Up, the mandatory three day orientation for incoming freshmen at the beginning of the fall semester, had 2,394 attendees. Since there are 3,145 total freshmen, 751 students had the hold placed on their account this semester. The conference was the first of a new two step process UTPA put in place to make it easier for incoming freshmen to transition from high school to college life. The first step was attending a summer orientation and the second was Bronc Round Up, which had many activities for incoming freshman, including socials for students to meet their fellow Broncs and sessions on financial aid and other topics. “This year we’re trying to improve our orientation campaigns. The University wants to get students more engaged in school,” said Marybel
Franco, a business analyst for the office of admissions and new student services. “Even though we are a community where many students are from the area, we want them to meet their classmates before classes start. That’s why we’re trying to change things; so that we can be on par with other universities,” Freshman attendance of Bronc Round-up
76% attended 14% didn’t attend, had hold removed 10% still have hold
she said. Many freshmen, however, said they were unaware that Bronc Round Up was a mandatory event. “I was confused because different people were telling me different things about (Bronc Round Up) it just so happened that I had to leave town that weekend. I thought that I wasn’t missing anything important,” said freshman Desiree Chavez. “They should have let students know how important it was to attend,” she said. Students with medical reasons or
who only attended part of Bronc Round Up for work had their holds waived. Other students say they don’t care about the hold. “Things came up with my family and I wasn’t able to go,” freshman Cyndi Alvizo, a student who commutes from McAllen. “I am indifferent about the hold. I didn’t know that it was mandatory to attend.” The first video that students with the hold have to watch is about Bronc Round Up. What specifically about it? Like yelling at them for missing, or more of a summary of what they missed? The second video informs students on how to handle the potential situation of a shooter on campus. “The active shooter (informational) was a mandatory session at Bronc Round Up. Every student should know how to handle this situation if it were to, hopefully never, come up,” Franco said. “That’s why we have it as a required video to watch so that students can remove the hold.” The admissions office removes the holds daily so they can clear a freshman account the day after the student views the videos. Students may take the course as many times as they need to without any penalties. “We’ve had probably about 400 students that have already cleared the hold,” Franco said. “We’ve had a good response so far. Hopefully more students continue to pass the online course.”
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El Incidente de Felix Longoria
Película independiente examina muerte de soldado latino Por Carlos Arteaga The Pan American
El 8 de noviembre se presentó un cortometraje de John J. Valadez, quien es un director reconocido por sus trabajos en el medio en STC. El cortometraje titulado “El Incidente de Felix Longoria” cuenta la historia de un militar de procedencia mexicana, quien participó en la segunda guerra mundial. Después de morir en manos de tropas japonesas, el cuerpo de Felix Longoria regresó a la ciudad de Three Rivers en el
estado de Texas, donde su familia fue rechazada por la única funeraria local, para realizar el festejo funerario necesario. Este incidente despertó una revolución por parte de todos los hispanos quienes residían en, ese entonces, el sur de Texas. La familia de Feliz Longoria comenzó a buscar ayuda desesperadamente llegando hasta el doctor Héctor García quien tomó las riendas de la situación al comenzar una revuelta, la cual llevaría eventualmente a la encomienda de un puesto en el gobierno y así mismo, a la redacción de muchas leyes
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VISITANTE IMPORTANTE - Emilio Zamora, profesor de historia en la Universidad de Texas en Austin, presentó el lunes en STC.
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para el apoyo de los hispanos. Durante este periodo corría la elección presidencial en la cual John F. Kennedy participaría y eventualmente terminaría ganando gracias a el apoyo de el Dr. Héctor García junto con muchos otros quienes formaron un grupo de apoyo al candidato llamado “Viva Kennedy” quien les prometió crearía leyes que abolieran el cobro de cuotas en la emisión de el voto para los hispanos. Después de este incidente, la familia Longoria logró recibir un cortejo fúnebre adecuado a su pérdida y con eso, una revolución comenzó en la cual los hispanos fueron adquiriendo poder gracias a enmiendas en las leyes que rigen los Estados Unidos. Este cortometraje fue presentado durante el Jose de la Luz Saenz Veterans Lecture Series, una serie de conferencias en las cuales exponentes latinos cuentan sus historias acerca de los inicios de la migración de Mexicanos a los Estados Unidos. Esta conferencia, así como todas las demás proporcionadas en esta serie, fue un evento organizado por el programa de estudios México Americanos de STC para promover el ingreso a esta carrera que se a vuelto uno de los temas de mas importancia dentro de la política de los Estados Unidos.
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DIRECTOR - John J. Valadez presentó un cortometraje sobre el soldado Felix Longoria el 8 de noviembre. Valadez fue parte de “Jose de la Luz Saenz Veterans Lecture Series” de STC.
Imágenes de Valor
Exhibición honra Latinos y Latinas en la segunda guerra mundial
Por Zaira Heredia The Pan American
El primero de noviembre el campus de STC en la calle Pecan recibió la exhibición llamada “Imágenes de Valor: Latinos y Latinas en los E.E.U.U. durante la segunda guerra mundial.” La exhibición está abierta al público en la galería Rainbow, en el segundo piso de la biblioteca de STC. Tal exhibición consiste de una recopilación de fotografías de gente latinoamericana que participó durante la segunda guerra mundial. Algunas de estas fotos fueron entregados por familiares de las personas participes y otras son fotos tomadas por el fotoperiodista Valentino Mauricio. La exhibición fue creada por la escuela de periodismo y el centro de estudios México-Americanos en UT Austin, y fue producida por el afiliado de dotación nacional de humanidades,
Humanidades de Texas. “Me gusta ver las fotos porque es como si uno estuviera ahí en medio de la pobreza y de la guerra,” dijo Pamela Gonzáles, estudiante de psicología en STC. La exhibición fue una propuesta de los profesores de historia, Laura Gómez y Víctor Gómez quienes informaron a la especialista de biblioteca, Esther García que la exhibición estaría disponible para estas fechas. La exhibición fue pedida para este mes en honor del mes de los hispanos y del día de veteranos. “El propósito de tener esta exhibición es enseñar a nuestra cultura como los hispanos y mexicanos ayudaron a este país,” dijo García. Esta exhibición representa una fracción de soldados que realmente no han sido muy reconocidos. Según García hace unos años hubo un documental donde
se decía que casi no hubo participación de latinos en la segunda guerra mundial, pero en realidad la cifra correcta es de 300,000 latinos fueron parte de esta guerra. “Es un orgullo saber que gente Latina también arriesgó su vida por la libertad de otros, y que lo hayan hecho representando a una porción tan pequeña de la población Americana en aquel tiempo,” dijo Francisco San Martín estudiante de administración de empresas en UTPA. Gente como San Martín y Gonzáles, que han tenido la oportunidad de ver la exhibición, pueden sentir ese tipo de orgullo hacia estas personas. Tal es el caso del coordinador de veteranos en STC, Javier Arredondo. Cuenta García que Arredondo, siendo veterano, dice haber sentido discriminación en el ejército pero que sentía orgullo de ver que había gente de sus raíces representadas en
la exhibición. La exhibición tiene información específica sobre latinos y latinas durante la segunda guerra mundial y también tiene fragmentos de las entrevistas hechas a hispanos que estuvieron en las fuerzas armadas durante esa guerra. En las historias representadas hay temas de ciudadanía y discriminación y claro el tema principal la guerra en sí. “No son historias muy conocidas pero hay que saber de dónde venimos y se siente bonito ver la participación que tomaron las personas de nuestra cultura,” dijo García. La exhibición permanecerá en la galería Rainbow de STC todo el mes de noviembre, clausurando el primero de diciembre. Las horas de visita son de 7 a.m. a 10 p.m. Para más información sobre la exhibición pueden llamar a la galería de la biblioteca de STC al (956) 872-3488.
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All it takes is for someone to aim, focus and click with a smart phone to take a picture. From there only an internet connection is required to upload then tag, and that Friday night of partying lives a second life on Facebook. A 2009 study published in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication found that Facebook has become as much of a rite of passage on college campuses as partying itself. One study participant reported checking Facebook extensively on Monday mornings to see what her friends did over the weekend and the study further found that Facebook users as a group tend to overlook their own perceived risks to privacy in favor of the benefit of social interaction. Further complicating the issue of online privacy for college students are universities, police departments, loved ones and potential employers that are starting to use public Facebook profiles more frequently to keep tabs on students or screen applicants. No one from UTPA goes through student profiles looking for underage drinking or other illegal activity,
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. - Oscar Anderson, Student but if they hear of it from the police department or other sources, they will investigate it as a violation of the student code of conduct, according to Assistant Dean of Students Christine Carruthers. The code of conduct prohibits students from breaking any federal, state or local law whether it is on or off campus. “We don’t have the time, to be quite honest,” she said. “Now if someone comes to us and says there were underage people drinking at this party, then it’s something we have to look into. But no, we’re not outwardly just searching out things.” That doesn’t mean Facebook party pictures aren’t scrutinized, though. Underage students tagged in public photos where alcohol is present are fair game for investigations, whether from the University or the police department. “Most of the local police departments have staff members that do nothing but investigate online sources for information,” Carruthers said. “If somebody
. - Christine Carruthers, Asst. Dean of Students comes (to the University) and says, ‘There was this party that happened. We believe there were underage people, and some might be students,’ if the page is open and it’s public, that’s public information. So we can go look. But it’s not practiced unless somebody brings it to our attention.” Carruthers said UTPA is trying to educate students through different trainings, such as the Certified Peer Educator training, but many are still surprised at the idea of people other than friends and acquaintances looking at their profiles. Lohany Garcia, a junior chemistry major from Alamo, said while the ubiquity of Facebook has its benefits, she found the idea of police involvement in her profile unfair and creepy. “It would be good for instance, if you got lost, (the police) would know the last place you were because you tagged yourself there or somebody else tagged you,” Garcia said. “But Facebook is not supposed to be for the police or for other people to check up on you. It’s supposed to be for your social life.” Garcia is an avid Facebook user and said she has had problems with privacy before, not from the police, but from an ex-boyfriend and other acquaintances that can see what she is up to through tags. “My first year of college I wanted to go out and hang out with friends, but I didn’t want (my boyfriend at the time) to know because it would create a fight between us,” she said. “Even though I wasn’t doing anything bad, I just didn’t want to say what I did all the time, but Facebook would get me in trouble with him for that.” Isabel Perez, a 20-year-old rehabilitation major from Los Fresnos, gave up her Facebook a year ago and said investigating through Facebook is fair because privacy should not be a concern if a student is posting on an open site. “If they’re willing to put it out in the public and people
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see it, then that’s their own fault,” the sophomore said. According to Garcia, whether or not her whereabouts are posted publicly is not always in her control. “Sometimes you don’t even know that someone posted a picture of you until someone else comes and tells you they saw you online, but it was a friend of a friend (that posted it.)” Garcia said. “It’s not in your hands. It’s in the hands of everyone you might hang out with. What do you have to do? Hide from cameras?” Laredo native and pre-med biology major Oscar Anderson said that while he has his profile tuned so that only friends of friends can see certain things, other elements like his wall are open to everyone. “If (your Facebook) is too private, then there is no real point of having an online social network,” the 20-year-old said. “The point is to be open to some people.” Further, Anderson worried that an investigation might misconstrue his presence at a party since he is under 21. “That’s kind of scary because I go to parties, but I don’t drink,” he said. “How would the police know that, though? There might be red cups and I’m not drinking but people like me may get in trouble.” As society as a whole reevaluates what it means to be “friends” or what is private or public in a digital age, Carruthers said the University is trying to drive the point home to students that their online profile is something they are responsible for and must maintain. “The bigger issue is people being aware of the image they’re putting out there or the image their friends are putting out there of them,” she said. “There are tags of people doing things that they wouldn’t want everyone to see, in attire…or consuming mass quantities of alcohol. It’s starting to build a database (online) of their image.”
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All it takes is for someone to aim, focus and click with a smart phone to take a picture. From there only an internet connection is required to upload then tag, and that Friday night of partying lives a second life on Facebook. A 2009 study published in The Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication found that Facebook has become as much of a rite of passage on college campuses as partying itself. One study participant reported checking Facebook extensively on Monday mornings to see what her friends did over the weekend and the study further found that Facebook users as a group tend to overlook their own perceived risks to privacy in favor of the benefit of social interaction. Further complicating the issue of online privacy for college students are universities, police departments, loved ones and potential employers that are starting to use public Facebook profiles more frequently to keep tabs on students or screen applicants. No one from UTPA goes through student profiles looking for underage drinking or other illegal activity,
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. - Oscar Anderson, Student but if they hear of it from the police department or other sources, they will investigate it as a violation of the student code of conduct, according to Assistant Dean of Students Christine Carruthers. The code of conduct prohibits students from breaking any federal, state or local law whether it is on or off campus. “We don’t have the time, to be quite honest,” she said. “Now if someone comes to us and says there were underage people drinking at this party, then it’s something we have to look into. But no, we’re not outwardly just searching out things.” That doesn’t mean Facebook party pictures aren’t scrutinized, though. Underage students tagged in public photos where alcohol is present are fair game for investigations, whether from the University or the police department. “Most of the local police departments have staff members that do nothing but investigate online sources for information,” Carruthers said. “If somebody
. - Christine Carruthers, Asst. Dean of Students comes (to the University) and says, ‘There was this party that happened. We believe there were underage people, and some might be students,’ if the page is open and it’s public, that’s public information. So we can go look. But it’s not practiced unless somebody brings it to our attention.” Carruthers said UTPA is trying to educate students through different trainings, such as the Certified Peer Educator training, but many are still surprised at the idea of people other than friends and acquaintances looking at their profiles. Lohany Garcia, a junior chemistry major from Alamo, said while the ubiquity of Facebook has its benefits, she found the idea of police involvement in her profile unfair and creepy. “It would be good for instance, if you got lost, (the police) would know the last place you were because you tagged yourself there or somebody else tagged you,” Garcia said. “But Facebook is not supposed to be for the police or for other people to check up on you. It’s supposed to be for your social life.” Garcia is an avid Facebook user and said she has had problems with privacy before, not from the police, but from an ex-boyfriend and other acquaintances that can see what she is up to through tags. “My first year of college I wanted to go out and hang out with friends, but I didn’t want (my boyfriend at the time) to know because it would create a fight between us,” she said. “Even though I wasn’t doing anything bad, I just didn’t want to say what I did all the time, but Facebook would get me in trouble with him for that.” Isabel Perez, a 20-year-old rehabilitation major from Los Fresnos, gave up her Facebook a year ago and said investigating through Facebook is fair because privacy should not be a concern if a student is posting on an open site. “If they’re willing to put it out in the public and people
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see it, then that’s their own fault,” the sophomore said. According to Garcia, whether or not her whereabouts are posted publicly is not always in her control. “Sometimes you don’t even know that someone posted a picture of you until someone else comes and tells you they saw you online, but it was a friend of a friend (that posted it.)” Garcia said. “It’s not in your hands. It’s in the hands of everyone you might hang out with. What do you have to do? Hide from cameras?” Laredo native and pre-med biology major Oscar Anderson said that while he has his profile tuned so that only friends of friends can see certain things, other elements like his wall are open to everyone. “If (your Facebook) is too private, then there is no real point of having an online social network,” the 20-year-old said. “The point is to be open to some people.” Further, Anderson worried that an investigation might misconstrue his presence at a party since he is under 21. “That’s kind of scary because I go to parties, but I don’t drink,” he said. “How would the police know that, though? There might be red cups and I’m not drinking but people like me may get in trouble.” As society as a whole reevaluates what it means to be “friends” or what is private or public in a digital age, Carruthers said the University is trying to drive the point home to students that their online profile is something they are responsible for and must maintain. “The bigger issue is people being aware of the image they’re putting out there or the image their friends are putting out there of them,” she said. “There are tags of people doing things that they wouldn’t want everyone to see, in attire…or consuming mass quantities of alcohol. It’s starting to build a database (online) of their image.”
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PICKS ICKS OF THE WEEK Theater
UTPA Theatre Productions will perform “The Birds” at the Albert L. Jeffers Theatre Nov. 16-19 at 7:30 p.m. and on Nov. 20 at 2:00 p.m. Admission is free for students and staff of UTPA.
Performance
Self-defense and discipline taught in
Way of the Tiger UTPA sibling-owned martial arts dojo
UTPA siblings master martial arts lifestyle
By Lea Juarez The Pan American
Audiences will have three chances to catch the Dance Ensemble performance of its fall concert Nov. 17 through Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium. Admission is free.
Music
UTPA’s Jazz Ensemble will host its fall concert Friday at the Fine Arts Auditorium at 7:30 p.m. Open to all ages, and admission is free.
Benefit
VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood will hold it’s second annual Rock for Choice concert at the Palmer Pavilion in McAllen. The event starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is $7 or $6 with two canned goods.
Students by day and martial arts masters by night. Brother and sister Marco and Clarissa Villanueva may look like ordinary students at UTPA, but when they change into their uniform and step into their studio, they are no longer students, but instructors and forces to be reckoned with. These siblings from Palmhurst, near Mission, have been practicing martial arts for 16 years. Clarissa Villanueva, 22, and Marco Villanueva, 19, began learning the Korean martial arts style International Taekwondo at the same time and are now fourth degree black belts. A black belt is the highest-ranking color among the 10 belts. Once a black belt, a tenth degree black belt is the highest possible ranking. After competing in tournaments throughout the years they were inspired to study the Japanese martial arts style Okinawan Shuri-Ryu and became first-degree black belts. “Basically when you say martial arts, you’re saying cars. There’s Ford, Dodge, Chevrolet and all those different companies. Same thing with the martial arts,” sophomore Marco Villanueva explained. “You have Japan, Korea, China and whatnot. For each they have their own sub-cars like Suburban or Camaro. The same thing with martial arts. They have their own styles.” Clarissa Villanueva began practicing martial arts because she wanted to learn self-defense. Marco Villanueva, on the other hand, was inspired by the Ninja Turtles. After they won National Blackbelt League world titles in 2004, kids from all over Texas began seeking out the pair for help with their Taekwondo skills and eventually convinced them to open up their own school. That same year they
launched their first martial arts school in McAllen, open to all ages. Clarissa and Marco named it Team Tiger Martial Arts in honor of the nicknames they earned while growing up —White Tiger and Little Tiger respectively. Along with the help of their parents and staff members, Clarissa Villanueva, a communication broadcast major, and Marco Villanueva, a mechanical engineering major, are able to run the McAllen school and their new school, which opened earlier this year
in Mission, while still attending their classes at UTPA. Although the days become taxing, Team Tiger is the light at the end of the tunnel. “I don’t know how I do it. I just manage to find some time in there to get everything done,” junior Clarissa Villanueva said. “It’s very hard to get through the day, but I do it mainly for the kids. That’s what gets me through the day, knowing I helped them. That’s my motivation. We want to teach them all that we know and
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YOUNG SENSEI - Clarissa Villanueva and brother Marco Villanueva opened their new martial arts studio in Mission this year. They also own Team Tiger Martial Arts in McAllen. The siblings have earned many accolades over their fifteen years of practicing martial arts: •
National Blackbelt League world title holders
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4th degree blackbelts
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1st degree in Okinawan Shuri-Ryu style
more. We want our students to be better than us.” The duo trains their students to perform at their utmost potential with the hopes that one day they will get their own world titles. One of the highestranking honors that can be achieved is a world title. World tournaments are held at the end of each year. A competitor in a world tournament must defeat each opponent in his or her division in order to come out on top with a world title. With five world titles between the two of them, both brother and sister are already moving on to their next goal. Clarissa Villanueva will be starting her training to eventually be on the USA Taekwondo Olympic team while Marco Villanueva is focused on earning more world titles. Besides their personal goals, they’re looking towards the future of their business. “It would be amazing to take our schools out of the Valley, but right now we’re thinking small. Marco Villanueva said. “We’re trying to make our two schools grow as much as we can. From there, we’ll see, but for how we’re just focused on right here.” Clarissa and Marco Villanueva explained that their lives were changed by martial arts and that it helped build their characters and mold them into the people they are today. With Team Tiger, they want to be able to change the lives of their students in a positive way and create successful individuals. “We teach you how to respect other people. There’s so much you can learn from the martial arts. Not just learning how to defend yourself. You get so much more out of it,” Clarissa Villanueva said. “You gain self confidence, discipline, determination, perseverance. You gain all these different aspects that you probably wouldn’t get from other sports because martial arts isn’t just a sport. It’s a way of life.”
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Pedaling for philanthropy WRSC and Team McAllen Cycling join to raise money for scholarship fund By Roxann Garcia The Pan American UTPA will have a new scholarship thanks to Team McAllen Cycling, the Wellness and Recreation Sports Complex and local athletes who will take part in a 17-mile race through Edinburg. The participants will begin at the WRSC with a two-mile run, transition into a 13-mile bike ride and finish with another two-mile run. With two marathons under his belt, Christopher Batey, a business major pursuing his graduate degree at UTPA, looks forward to his first duathlon. “Eventually, I want to do a triathlon,” the Waco native said. “I think this is a smooth transition to start with.” Training has not proven to be difficult for Batey after having been in the Air Force as an information systems flight commander for 11 years. “I’ve always been pretty athletic,” Batey said. “I try to run at least five days a week and then work out whenever I can.” Team McAllen Cycling, a 25-yearold non-profit organization, first held the duathlon at South Texas College last year and raised just over $2,000 for a
self-titled scholarship fund. “This isn’t the first time we’ve partnered up with TMC, so we were more than happy to team up for this event,” Travis Hughes, director of wellness and recreational sports at the WREC, said. “A lot of the members are UTPA alumni so it made sense to work with one another this year.” More than 100 people participated in last year’s event and this year looks just as promising, according to TMC’s website. The running route will begin behind the WRSC center, circle around UTPA and finish back at the center concluding the two miles. The biking route will go east on Schunior and head north on Highway 281 before returning back to the beginning point. Last year the organization spent close to $1,200 in water and food, according to Casey Swanson, UTPA business graduate and this year’s president for TMC, said. The organization will again cover cost for the event this year through registration fees, and profit made at the event will be donated to UTPA, Hughes said. “The amount all depends on how
Eventually, I want to do a triathlon. I think this is a smooth transition to start with.
The stories of refugee camps, violence and addiction will be featured at the Library Auditorium starting Thursday as the Global Lens Film Series premieres. This is the second year the Global Lens films series will be showcased on campus, students can get a global perspective through the scope of eight foreign films from countries across Latin America, Asia and the Middle East. The series will kick off with a special reception in the UTPA Library Auditorium Thursday at 6 p.m. honoring special guest Jeremy Quist, a Global Lens series manager from San Francisco, who will introduce the film and portions of the series. The screening of “The White Meadows,” a film from Iran, will begin at 7 p.m. following the reception. Another special guest will be Kyumars Ardalani, a math professor from Iran,
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MARATHON MAN - Graduate student Christopher Batey trains for his first duathlon at the UTPA track. The Duathlon for Education will take place Nov. 12 and starts at 7:30 a.m. at the WRSC. many people register,” he said. “Not only does the money benefit the University, but the event promotes health and wellness to our students and faculty and that’s something we here at the office try to do on a daily basis.” The event also improves in recruitment numbers for the WRSC.
“When you have a special event like this, it helps attract people we don’t normally see at our programs,” he said. “This definitely helps get more people involved with exercise.” Categories include individual and relay teams with age groups ranging from 19 and under to 50 and over.
Global Lens series returns to UTPA who will hold a panel discussion after the screening. The screenings of the foreign movies are part of the Global Film Initiative, an organization that promotes crosscultural understanding through cinema, according to Virginia Gause, a media and marketing librarian. Gause and Nadia Gallegos, a business analyst in Admissions and New Student Services, brought the film series to campus last year. “It involves a lot of awareness,” Gallegos said. “They (the students) will always leave the room with something new in mind.” The films, which will be shown with English subtitles, are free to students and the public. The screenings will be held monthly throughout the school year on Thursdays at 7 p.m. and again on Fridays at 3 p.m. “They (students) may get a flavor of the music of the country, of how they dress, they’ll see their homes,” Gause
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said. “They’ll learn about different cultures by seeing these films.” Last year, the film series brought in at least 1,000 people to 20 screenings all together, according to Gause. Each of
the films will be available for check out in the library after they are shown. They also contain information about the country they’re from, special scenes and educational activities and facts.
Global Lens Schedule
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“The White Meadows” (Iran) – Nov. 10-11
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“The Invisible Eye” (Argentina) – TBA
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“Dooman River” (Korean and Mandarin) – Jan. 19-20
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“Soul of Sand” (India) – Feb. 9-10
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“Belvedere” (Bosnia) – March 8-9
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“Opera Jawa” (Indonesia) – FESTIBA week
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“The Light Thief” (Kyrgyzstan) – April 12-13
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“Street Days” (Georgia, Caucasus) – June 14-15
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“The Tenants” (Brazil) – July 12-13
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“A Useful Life” (Uruguay) – TBA
Wednesday Hillbilly’s
9:30 p.m. - 1:30 a.m.
6000 North 10th St, McAllen (956) 687-8387
18+
Thursday London’ Bar & Grill 10:00 p.m. - 2:00 a.m. 129 East Nolana Ave. (956) 213–8387
18+
Friday
Doubleday Bar of Champions 8:00 p.m. – 2:00 a.m. 402 Texas 100, Port Isabel (956) 943-4992
All ages
Saturday Pirate’s Landing 7:30 p.m. -1:00 a.m.
110 South Garcia Street, Port Isabel (956) 943-3663
18+
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Sports Weekend Review Women’s Volleyball Cougars 3 Broncs 2
Women’s Basketball Broncs 71 Javelinas 52
Men’s Basketball Broncs 96 Tigres 52 UTPA (96) Points Cabrera 24, Delgado 10, Jefferson 10, Mason 9, Provost 8, Oyervides 7, Maree 7, Cleveland 6, Sanchez 6, Arkwright 5, Moten 4.
Rebounds Cabrera 12, Jefferson 8, Arkwright 3, Cleveland 3, Mason 3, Provost 3, Maree 2, Moten 2, Sanchez 2, Oyervides 1, Weiermiller 1.
UANL (52) Points Antonio 25, Guzman 12, Morales 4, Garza 4, Zuniga 4, Moran 3.
Rebounds Villa 5, Zuniga 5, Garza 4, Guzman 3, Valadez 3, Cisneros 2, Moran 1, Morales 1.
Weekend Schedule
Nov. 11 @ DePaul University at 8 p.m. Nov. 13 @ Northwestern at 6 p.m.
UTPA Scoring Leaders Opara 17 Torre 14 Goodson 9
Chicago State (3) Kills Mazieveyi 17, Mason 17, Levitt 13, Brewer 6, Van Munster 7
Digs My. Townsell 31, Brewer 14, Mi. Townsell 13, Mazieveyi 12, Kramolisch 9, Mason 7, Levitt 3.
UTPA (2)
Field Goal Percentage UTPA – 42% TAMUK – 27%
3-Point Goals Percentage UTPA – 33% TAMUK – 24%
Kills McNamee 12, Davis 11, Reynolds 11, Kliefoth 8, Singleton 5, Miller 2, Landry 2, Holman 1.
Digs Franzen 35, Singleton 11, Reynolds 10, Landry 8, Miller 7, McNamee 4, Davis 3, Garcia 2, Perez 2, Kliefoth 1.
Weekend Schedule
Weekend Schedule
Nov. 11 @ Miami at 12 p.m.
Nov. 11 @ Texas Southern at 7 p.m. Nov. 12 @ Houston Baptist at 2 p.m.
MARKS in ESPN By Michael Saenz The Pan American The latest edition of UTPA making headlines comes from Michelle Beadle of ESPN 2's SportsNation. On Monday's show, Beadle gave the Broncs some free publicity when she dropped a mention regarding their upcoming regular season opener against DePaul. For the record the men's basketball team is on a roll, first knocking off international foe UANL in grand fashion and now getting a mention on SportsNation. Coach Ryan Marks must be waving a magical wand somewhere that is bringing more national exposure, or it might be the fact that he
is being featured in ESPN The Magazine this year. Either way more exposure is never a bad thing. Marks' blog "A Broncs Tale" made its debut in ESPN The Magazine in the Oct. 31 issue. In his inaugural piece he gave a little background information on himself and his current team, gave Nick Weiermiller, Aaron Urbanus, Jared Maree, and Brandon Provost the nickname W.U.M.P., and introduced his new motivational theme for this year "Live Big, Act Small". The latest version of The Mag is set to hit newsstands on Nov. 14 along with Marks' new blog entry. Even though the magazine isn't available until next week, the new entry will be available to read online in the coming days.
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Broncs gear up for Regional meet at Baylor Reynaldo Leal/The Pan American By Alex E. Peña The Pan American Even before the Great West Conference Championship, the only thing coach Dave Hartman wanted was for his men and women’s teams to finish the year well. The freshman-laden Bronc squads did just that as the men finished second overall while the women came in fourth at the GWC championship hosted by the University of North Dakota at the Ray Richards Golf Course two weeks ago. Not only that, but UTPA had five top-20 finishers altogether.
As the team now preps for regional competition at Baylor University on Saturday, Hartman feels like his teams can still do a little bit more. “I think that’s the mentality all year long, the conference champ. The focus is the NCAA (tournament) now,” Hartman said. “We’re shooting for a top-10 finish (in men’s) at regionals. If we walk off with that, we will be satisfied, and it’ll be something for us to build on in the future for a higher finish and a shot at the NCAA tournament. On the women’s side, we were really strong this year, and two of our girls up front will try to qualify nationally.”
The runners Hartman alluded to were Kenyans Judith Chumba and Lillian Lagat, both of whom made a top-three finish for the women in the Great West Conference Championships. Chumba finished the 6K race in first place with a time of 17:46.26, 10 seconds in front of second-place Walker Shelise from Utah Valley. Lagat came in third with 18:08.76. Senior Mathew Kotut came in second with a time of 25:20.89 in the 8K race and was the mens’ top finisher. Sophomore Luis Serrano came in sixth with a time of 25:33.23.
Broncs taking talents to South Beach UTPA women’s basketball visits seventh-ranked Hurricanes If you’re wondering what’s the most difficult way to open a season, just ask the Broncs women’s basketball team and coach Denny Downing. After an exhibition victory from wire-to-wire
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little general - Junior guard Bianca Torre shoots a free throw during the first half of the Nov. 4 game against the TAMUK Javelinas.
Kotut and Serrano both received All-Great West Conference first-team recognition, while Chumba and Lagat’s All-conference first-team awards should also help their motivation in placing well at regionals, where the top four individual runners qualify for nationals. The top two teams automatically qualify for nationals. There are 18 teams that qualify, and then the NCAA takes another 18 at-large teams that made the most points throughout the season. “I have confidence our runners will put themselves in position,” Hartman said. “You’re going up against the best teams in
Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas.” What Hartman believes prepared his team for the GWC championship and regional meet was the 23rd Annual Chilli Pepper Cross Country Festival at Fayetteville, Ark. on Oct. 14, where the men placed 14th and women finished 22nd. “That’s why we ran the Chile Pepper race, to expose them to a big level of competition,” Hartman said about his teams which carry a combined 15 freshmen. “We got the intimidating factor out of the way early in that race, and from what we have seen, especially from our girls, is that now they are more prepared.”
Weekend double-dip By Michael Saenz The Pan American
aover Texas A&M University at Kingsville last Friday night, the Broncs now have the daunting task of facing the seventh-ranked Miami Hurricanes to open the regular season schedule Friday. “We are going to prepare as if it were any other game,” Downing said. “It’s kind of a good and a bad situation. The good is that they return all five starters from last year, so we have film. The bad is, well, they return all five starters.” Last year the Hurricanes went 28-5 and won the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Hurricanes are led by Shenise Johnson who is a preseason All-American and ACC Conference Player of the Year. If that’s not enough hype, seventh-year coach Katie Meier is the reigning 2010-2011 AP Coach of the Year and helped turn the program around, as they went from worst to first during last year’s campaign. A win would be great, and even historic, but at this point in the season, with as many new components that the women’s team has, there are many other issues that need to be patted down. “We want to get continuity and chemistry,” Downing said. “I estimate that around the six or seven game mark we will have a good sense of where we are as a team.” Something else to keep in mind is that this is the first time that Downing will use a true rotation. During the exhibition game against TAMUK he played every player that suited up, but now that the regular season is starting he will get his chance at getting a feel for a rotation he is comfortable with. “We had way too many turnovers (on Friday),” Downing stressed. “Part of that was because we were playing so many players. In the second half, when we shortened the lineup a little, we settled down.” The Broncs have the quick getaway game in Miami, then will return to the Field House for a two game home-stand against Paul Quinn College Monday and Texas State University on Nov. 18.
UTPA men’s basketball heads to Chicago to open season
While the women get the comforts of South Beach this weekend, the men will head to coach Ryan Marks’ old stomping grounds up north. Marks and the UTPA men’s basketball team are set to kick-off what is arguably the most difficult schedule in his three years with the team. Ready or not, the Broncs will head to Chicago, Ill. to face Big East opponent DePaul University Friday and Northwestern University of the Big Ten on Sunday. UTPA opened its season with an exhibition victory over international foes Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon last Saturday night. One of the key components from last year’s team, Aaron Urbanus, was unavailable in the exhibition, so expect a transition for Urbanus to slowly make his way back into the lineup as he is hopeful to return this weekend. One of the key returners that must step up due to the lack of depth up front is junior Ruben Cabrera. Cabrera notched his first double-double of the season against the Mexican team and expects his team to keep getting better each week. “I think we have what it takes to win those games, so we have to stay together and fix those little mistakes,” the forward said. “If we do that, we have a chance to win both of these games.” On the backend of the road trip, the Broncs will get another shot at Northwestern. During the last two years UTPA nearly pulled the upset on the Wildcats, losing by nine in the 2009-2010 season and by six points last year in the Field House. With good competition comes opportunity to improve, and in order for the Broncs to continue to take the next step, as Marks has been stressing, they will need to take advantage of every opportunity presented. “We want to go up there and play well. We want to see the learning curve. From our first scrimmage to now we definitely got better, and
that needs to continue the next couple of days,” Marks said. “We are playing two pretty powerful high major conference teams, so if we can go up there and play hard and well it should give us lots of confidence.” After facing the Blue Demons and Wildcats over the weekend, the Broncs will return home for a crucial four game home-stand beginning on Nov. 18 against University of South Carolina Upstate at 7 p.m.
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Slashing - Junior guard Jesus Delgado dribbles past a UANL defender during a Nov. 5 exhibition game. The Broncs came out on top 96-52.
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