Vol. 85 Issue 16
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March 7, 2011
THE RANGER A forum of free voices serving San Antonio College since 1926
Let it be OBSESSION LEADS TO CAREER
SEX OFFENDERS ON CAMPUS 6 TRANSFER HELP 8 LEGISLATION ON TAP 17
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A forum of free voices serving San Antonio College since 1926
Gretchen Steidle Wallace, founder of Global Glassroots, producer and co-author of “The Devil Came on Horseback,” speaks at St. Mary’s University about genocide in Dafur, Sudan. See Page 10. Megan Mares
This issue
3 News Students discuss voting importance, culture By Jennifer M. Ytuarte
4 Blotter 5 News Course alignment, textbooks and website go Alamo By Melody Mendoza Photo by Jason B. Hogan
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universities offered at center By Joshua Fechter
10 Developing ‘change
Photo by J. Almendarez
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17 State brewpubs rally
By Dana Lynn Traugott
for off-site sales
agents’ goal in Sudan, author says
By Jennifer M. Ytuarte Photos by Abiel Rodriguez
By Megan Mares
18 People
11 No time for clocks
19 Editorial
By J. Almendarez
By Riley Stephens Photos by Victor A. Garcia and Tyler K. Cleveland
By J. Almendarez
20 Viewpoint
Senators concerned about consolidation
Bingeing: Accident waiting to happen
By Melody Mendoza Photos by Tyler K. Cleveland
of a Beatles fan
By Roland Paquette
By Megan Mares
Story by J. Almendarez Photos by Tyler K. Cleveland
21 Officials & Policies
By Megan Mares
15 Calendar
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8 Website guides students
16 Artwork examines
through transfers
heroics of Victorian American feminists
By Jacob Beltran
9 Courses from five
does it take ...
District: Get out of the classroom
Strange habits not disorders, professor says
13 ‘A day in the life’
By Alma Linda Manzanares
24 How many teachers
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Enrolled sex offenders seek new beginning
7 Who is a sex offender?
Dental assisting majors present oral health projects
By Alma Linda Manzanares
SLAC lab offers new print system
Pomp to show circumstance of graduation By Krystal Barcenez
Online
District budget summit set for March 28 By Zahra Farah
Leaders collect advice, tips and encouragement By David Espinoza Photos by Victor A. Garcia
Women’s History
Cover: KSYM DJ Richard Turner, a Beatles fan, is reflected in a portrait of John Lennon in “The Beatles Cave.” Tyler K. Cleveland
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Students discuss importance, culture of voting District 1 candidate tells of meeting, receiving package from Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez. Story and Photo By Jennifer M. Ytuarte Students need to personalize government, City Council District 1 candidate Diego Bernal said Feb. 18 during an ENGL 1301 lecture. “We want students to become active participants in the political process,” Bernal, 34, said, during English Professor Stephen Badrich’s freshman composition classes. “I want to open their eyes,” Badrich said. “I have students who don’t know who the mayor is and don’t know when the Civil War happened.” For the record, it’s Julian Castro and 1860-1865. Badrich’s students are reading an excerpt from Niccolò Machiavelli’s “The Qualities of the Prince,” written in 1513. Machiavelli wrote the iconic manuscript while imprisoned by the Medici princes for crimes against the city-state of Florence, Italy. He wrote, “Know your own country to better understand how to defend it.” It details how to secure and maintain governmental power through alert participation. Bernal drew a diagram to demonstrate the staggering difference between registered voters and the voting population. He said in 2000, City Council District 1 had 144,000 citizens, 102,000 were older than the legal voting age of 18, but only 51,000 were registered voters. Of 51,000 only 4,500 people voted. District 1 includes 10 ZIP codes, including 78212 where this college is located. It sprawls from the King William historical neighborhood just south of downtown north to Loop 410. On the north, it stretches from I-10 to Wetmore Road, then narrows near downtown from Fredericksburg Road east to Olmos Park. Bernal said voting for a City Council representative directly affects voters and their neighborhoods and is the closest form of government to people. Bernal’s first political memory was as a child in the early 1980s. It included taking a VIA bus with his mother to attend a public birthday party at San Pedro Springs Park for a Democratic icon, U.S. Rep. Henry B. Gonzalez, then chairman of the Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs Committee. By then, Gonzalez had already served more than 20 years in the U.S. House of Representatives. Gonzalez served as a member of the Texas
Diego Bernal illustrates the gap between registered voters and actual voters. City Council from 1953-56, and the Texas State Senate 1956-61. In 1957, as a state senator, he filibustered for more than 22 hours to protest pending legislation that would limit the scope of desegregation. In Nov. 1961, Gonzalez was elected to a Texas seat in U.S. Congress, where he served 18 consecutive terms. Two weeks later, the neighborhood mailman delivered a package addressed to Bernal from Gonzalez. The mailman asked Bernal’s mother if he could stay to watch Bernal open the gift, because it was unusual for a child to receive a package from such an important person. “Everything I learned about Henry B. Gonzalez after that was seen through that lens,” he said. Bernal received a legislative calendar. He said it made an impression that a prominent government figure would take the time to acknowledge him. “I always like voting for people who are advocates,” Bernal said. “He rocked the boat.” Bernal graduated from Thomas Jefferson High School. He returned to San Antonio after earning his undergraduate, and graduate degrees in social work and law degree from the University of Michigan. Bernal is a six-year member of the MexicanAmerican Legal Defense and Educational Fund and legally advocates for working class and immigrant families. Bernal asked the classroom of 15 students why they thought voting didn’t matter. Computer programming sophomore Josh Selvidge said, “The day-to-day life doesn’t change by voting.”
Badrich’s students said if voting produced the promises each party member made, then there would be a reason to keep current with policy issues. Selvidge said voting doesn’t come across as important because the current generation feels powerless. Bernal asked for examples of immediate change. Students voiced concerns hindering their pursuit of a college education: costs for textbooks, lack of tutoring services, increase in tuition and the printing cost shift from college to student. Bernal sympathized, “It feels like the gears keep turning and the world keeps spinning no matter who ends up in office.” Selvidge said, “At first I didn’t care, but I learned about the voting process after taking government and political science courses,” he said. “This is my third year voting.” In 2009, Of the 773,680 registered voters in Bexar County, only 89,835, or 11.61 percent, cast ballots for the mayoral race. Bernal said voting citizens have the power to maintain accountability by re-electing an incumbent or electing someone new to office. He said if more people voted, politicians would be afraid of upsetting voters, therefore increasing accountability. Bernal handed out voter registration cards to students in Badrich’s 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. classes and left with 12 ready for submission. Voter registration cards are available at the public library, post office or any government office or call 210-335-VOTE to receive one by mail. For more information, visit www.votexas.org.
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Did You Know?
Harassment covers e-mail and texting
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW COLLEGE
the restroom trash.
Feb. 20 — Individual reported his vehicle had been damaged by another vehicle.
Feb. 21 — Individual reported found property. Item returned to the owner.
Individual reported children had been left unattended in the library. Parent was located.
Feb. 21 — Individual reported feeling ill. EMS was refused. Individual reported a lost parking permit. Individual reported a suspicious man asking for money. The man was not located.
A person commits an offense if they use someone else’s name to create a Web page or post one or more messages on a commercial social networking site without obtaining the other person’s consent and with the intent to harm, defraud, intimidate, or threaten any person. This includes e-mail, instant messages and text messsages. For more information on the law, visit www.legis.state.tx.us
Contact Info Emergency 210-222-0911 General DPS 210-485-0099 Weather Line 210-485-0189
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Feb. 22 — Individual reported her parking permit had been lost in a vehicle accident. Feb. 23 — Individual reported found property. Item was placed in the property locker. NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE
Individual reported a man and woman arguing in the parking lot. All was found to be OK.
Feb. 21 — Individual reported damage to her personal vehicle, which appeared to have occurred previously.
Individual reported a suspicious man in the parking garage. The man was not located.
Individual requested assistance in locating his daughter.
Feb. 22 — Individual reported found property. Item was placed in the property locker. Individual reported an unattended child in the hallway. The child was not located. Individual reported feeling ill. EMS treated the woman. Individual reported a suspicious man asking for money. The man was not located.
Individual reported a man had touched her without her consent. Criminal charges were refused. Individual reported falling and injuring her elbow. Feb. 22 — Individual reported her child had fallen and scraped his head. EMS treated the child. Individual reported his parking permit had been lost in a vehicle accident. Individual reported a suspicious male in the area.
Feb. 23 — Individual reported a man had entered the parking lot and left his vehicle to get gas.
Individual reported his wallet had been stolen. No suspects.
Individual reported a vehicle almost hitting him as he crossed the street.
Individual reported damage to his vehicle in a hit-and-run vehicle accident.
Individual reported a man in the area asking for money. The man was not located.
Feb. 23 — Individual reported her cell phone had been stolen. No suspects.
Individual reported a suspicious man hitting himself. The man was not located.
Individual was arrested for violating a previously issued criminal trespass warning. PALO ALTO COLLEGE
Individual reported their vehicle was being blocked by a Suburban. The Suburban was towed after failed attempts to contact the owner.
Feb. 21 — Individual reported an active alarm in a building. All found to be OK. Individual reported finding beer cans in
Individual reported a suspicious man in the library. Man was located and all was found to be OK. Feb. 22 — Individual reported damage to district property. Feb. 23 — Individual reported found property. Item was placed in the property locker. Officer assisted in locating a student for the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office. Individual reported her laptop had been stolen. No suspects. Individual reported a suspicious man asking questions. ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE Feb. 21 — Individual reported found property. Item was placed in the property locker. Individual reported a student becoming upset and yelling. Individual reported damage to his personal vehicle. Feb. 22 — Individual reported someone had activated the fire alarm. Individual reported grafitti in the men’s restroom. No suspects. Individual reported a man and woman arguing. An individual was found to have brass knuckles and drug paraphernalia in his vehicle. Individual reported being stuck in an elevator. Facilities division advised and assisted in opening the elevator. Individual reported his digital recorder was stolen from his backpack. No suspects.
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Bill Richardson, kinesiology and dance chair, provides Faculty Senate members with an update on aligning core curriculum during a meeting Wednesday in Moody. Jason B. Hogan
Course alignment, textbooks and website go Alamo Colleges District continues pushing colleges into one entity. By Melody Mendoza District continues making decisions that promote the Alamo Colleges as one institution instead of individual colleges that offer a diverse selection of programs. At the March 2 Faculty Senate meeting, senators lauded textbook rentals and resigned themselves to course alignment. Also, a new web content management system slated to go online in fall will change all district websites to a similar look and navigation in an effort to be student-friendly, the college’s director of information and communication technologies told senators. Senate Chair Dawn Elmore-McCrary said by aligning courses across the district, she hopes student learning outcomes also will be aligned. She said for example, SPCH 1311, Introduction to Speech Communication, would be the same across the district. English Chair Alex Bernal said he hopes department chairs will be more involved in determining the learning outcomes. In a phone interview March 3, President Robert Zeigler said core revisions are made in a “collaborative effort” made up of a districtwide team in which college administrators give college-based input. Kinesiology and dance Chair Bill Richardson said his department in recent discussion could be headed for the chopping block of core revisions. The state does not require kinesiology credits so if eliminated from the college core, students wouldn’t have to complete two kinesiology credits to complete an associate degree. He said if students aren’t required to take
a kinesiology class, the district is “closing the gap on student success” because students who don’t receive proper education about a healthy lifestyle are more likely to experience chronic disease. “When you’ve got your health, you’ve got everything,” he said. Senators joked that Richardson should be easier on students or offer “PE for couch potatoes.” District tech manager David Abdel and Elizabeth Grey, manager of the college’s bookstore, presented on textbook rentals and savings. This college saved students $342,817 by promoting and offering rentals. Grey said students save 55 percent by renting from this college’s bookstore; therefore, student success should increase because they can afford books and be prepared for class. She said the percentage of rentals is still under district’s desired target because textbooks for multi-semester use and professional courses are still being worked out. Grey said faculty should start placing book orders by April 15 but understands the faculty is “at the mercy of the system” in setting up schedules and assignments. To be considered for being a rental, a textbook should be a bound text, hard or soft cover; nonconsumable, meaning no passcodes or workbooks; not be part of a bundle; and on a national list or in an agreement for local rental addition. Grey said nine digital textbooks, or e-books, were used this semester and faculty and staff can go to Caféscribe to find a digital copy of a text. She said unlike buying it from other avenues and getting the text for a semester, the digital copy “is yours for life.” Usha Venkat, director of information and
communication technologies, said the templates for the web content management system are completed. The templates are similar for each college, but differ in color to represent each school as designated by the district’s logo protocol. Because the district is moving to a universal website design, individual faculty web pages will be wiped out “soon”; therefore, additional Blackboard Vista training is being offered. Faculty will be required to keep course content on Blackboard Vista or ACES. Elmore-McCrary said disciplinary action will be enforced if a faculty or staff member uses a separate website for district usage. Therefore, in addition to the five- to six-week Blackboard Vista training offered during the semester, Venkat noted four more opportunities. Faculty and staff can be certified by attending a one-day training Tuesday or March 29; a two-day training March 14-15 during spring break; or a four-day training March 21-24. For more information, visit www.alamo.edu/ sac/ots/itic.html. Although a web content management system ignites the need to move course materials to one of the district portals, Venkat said use of Blackboard Vista will end January 2013. Librarian Celita DeArmond said although the system looks great, faculty need time to learn the system. “We want it to look beautiful, but we also want it to work,” she said. In other news, Michael Alvarado, senior multimedia specialist, presented an online tour of Sharepoint, Microsoft software that allows departments and groups to share information or documents, which is available for employees to use for conferencing and committees.
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VP says sex offenders on campus seek new beginning as student There are 101 registered sex offenders in the area. By Megan Mares Dr. Robert Vela, vice president of student affairs, said there are seven convicted sex offenders enrolled at this college. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Service, there are 11 sex offenders on this campus and 30 sex offenders attending Alamo Colleges aside from Northeast Lakeview College, which is not listed in their records yet. Vela, a former probation officer in Houston, said two of the sex offenders attending this college were not listed in Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records services. Chief Don Adams said it’s the offender’s responsibility to report to the Texas Department of Public Safety and the college separately. According to Federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act Section 1601 of Public Law 106386, a sex offender attending a public institution of higher education is required to register with the school by the seventh day of attending the institution. The college district requires each sex offender who enrolls to meet with the police for a counseling session. After the seventh day, if the student has not registered, the student is subject to termination as a student in the institution. “If they fail to register, they are immediately suspended; it is a third-degree felony,” Vela said. During the session, Vela said they discuss the privilege of attending this college and the regulations they must follow to remain a student, such as registering and keeping a low profile and not drawing attention to themselves in lewd or suggestive ways. The Campus Sex Crimes Prevention act provides tracking of convicted, registered sex offenders as enrolled students within institutions of higher education, working or volunteering on campus. The law was sponsored by Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., and supported by Security On Campus, Inc., a national nonprofit specializing in crime victim assistance and the prevention of college and university crime. This law and Megan’s Law are both amendments to the 1994 Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act, which requires each state to
A map of sex offenders in the 78212 ZIP code. Courtesy of Texas Department of Public Safety
register individuals convicted of sex crimes. On May 17, 1996, President Bill Clinton signed Megan’s Law, named after a rape and murder victim, which allows the discretion of each state in establishing criteria for disclosing the personal information of sex offenders. The law also encourages the nation to make private and personal information on registered sex offenders available to the public. The Texas Department of Public Safety offers an online database of sex offenders that can be searched by ZIP code, college, name, birth date, sex, race and county. There is an option to search nationally. Within the 78212 ZIP code surrounding this college, there are 101 registered sex offenders listed. Sex offenders are classified by the nature of the crime. Offenders are classified from high, moderate, low, civil commitment and unknown according to their offense. Criminal justice Chair Marshall Lloyd said
that before inmates are released, they sit down with a psychiatrist and are assessed by how much time they served, what they served for, their behavior in the penitentiary. Based on these factors, a classification is determined. Lloyd said that over time a classification can be adjusted based on behavior, although he warned that all cases should be taken seriously. “Every inmate let out is a risk,” he said. Vela said this college is an open campus and there are people who walk on campus but do not follow proper protocol. If there is a suspicion that can be supported with adequate evidence that the person is up to no good, Vela said, they could be issued a criminal trespassing warning. If visits on campus continue, the suspect can be arrested, but in most cases, will have the opportunity to appeal. “Sex offenders are here and will continue to be here,” Vela said. “We just need to be proactive and make sure when they are here, they’re here to study and learn and then go home.”
The Ranger Vela said that student sex offenders can be involved in whatever school activities they desire as long as it does not violate probation, but the college doesn’t have the authority to make the decision. The judge does. Vela said on campus, students should take precautions and protect themselves against any type of potential danger. Vela, who does not have a concealed handgun license but owns guns for hunting, said he supports protecting oneself with a gun off campus in students’ vehicles. All weapon laws in the state of Texas are cited in Title 10 of Offenses against Public Health, Safety, and Morals, Chapter 46 called Weapons. In Sec. 46.02. of Weapons it states that if a person intentionally, knowingly or recklessly carries on his or her person a handgun, it is illegal if the weapon is not on the person’s own premises or premises under the person’s control; or inside of or directly en route to a motor vehicle that is owned by the person or under the person’s control. Vela also suggested when leaving campus late, students should leave in groups and if possible make plans to park in groups ahead of time. Adams said no weapons are allowed on campus, but pepper spray is allowed. “We are not a prison; we are a college,” he said. “We want to give everyone an opportunity for an education.” Psychology Chair Thomas E. Billimek, Ph.D., said, “As a society, we aren’t sure how to handle persons who have broken the law.” But he said that it’s not uncommon that sex offenders have been molested themselves. “We believe in second chances,” Vela said. For more information, the district police number is 210485-0099. For emergencies call 21-222-0911.
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Who is a sex offender? By Megan Mares What constitutes a sex offender in Texas, one of the toughest states on sex offenders, is a subject of great controversy and thin lines. According to the Texas Sexually Violent Predator’s Health and Safety Code, Chapter 841, Article 4, Title 11, the state has the burden of proving beyond reasonable doubt a person accused of a sexually violent crime is a dangerous predator with behavioral abnormalities. Section 841.002 of the code states that a behavior abnormality is a congenital or acquired condition that affects a person’s emotional or volitional capacity, which predisposes the person to commit a sexually violent offense, to the extent the person becomes a menace to the health and safety of another person. A thin line is drawn when it comes to sexting and charges of statutory rape against people four to five years older than the minor. Both have been the reason many young adults have been convicted of third-degree felonies, sent to state prisons from two to 20 years and forced to regis-
ter as sex offenders for the rest of their lives. The age of consent in Texas is 17 years old. Anyone more than three years older than the minor, unless they are legally married, who intentionally or knowingly participates in sexual activity with the minor is in direct violation of the law. Sexting, text messages containing sexually explicit messages and photographs, is a popular expression of lust within high school and traditional college-age groups. According to the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, 22 percent of teenage girls reported that they have sexted. In response, last year, Attorney General Greg Abbott and state Sen. Kirk Watson, D-Austin, were working together to allow the prosecution of minors, in sexting and statutory rape cases, without an existing record with a Class A misdemeanor charge instead of a third-degree felony. This would allow young offenders to have opportunity to create a different future for themselves and not bear the Scarlett letter “sex offender” for the rest of their days. For more information on sex offenders in Texas visit, https://records.txdps.state.tx.us/DPS_WEB/ SorNew/index.aspx.
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5 Alvarado said he gives access to an “owner” who facilitates the site for a particular group and can add members, who are the only ones who can access the site. He said Sharepoint use is similar to Facebook, and faculty and staff should get into the habit of checking it frequently. Alvarado said another feature of Sharepoint is managing alerts. For example, he said, a member can choose to receive an e-mail for every action made within a group’s site, or receive fewer alerts, unlike SAC-ALL which delivers multiple collegewide e-mails daily. Venkat added that this software was not intended to replace any other program, but said, “We have seen less e-mails because of it.” She said faculty and staff also can use the software to share documents that are on a department website that will disappear when the district transitions to the new web content management system. She said for large groups, the technology department can help automate. For more information about Sharepoint, visit http://www.alamo.edu/sac/ots/ and click on Sharepoint services.
Psychology Chair Thomas Billimek speaks about how department consolidations will hurt students in the long run during the Faculty Senate meeting. See story online at www.theranger.org. Tyler K. Cleveland
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Website guides students through transfers By Alma Linda Manzanares Transfer 101 is a four-step process for high school students or current college students to “make the jump” into a four-year university. The website is sponsored by the University of Texas System, Texas A&M University System and the Texas Association of Community Colleges. “The overall goal is to help students understand how to transfer and make the process easier with the eventual goal of helping more students transfer,” said Martha Ellis, UT System associate vice chancellor for community college partnerships. The UT System has worked with community colleges throughout the state to find out what keeps community college students from transferring to universities, Ellis said. “One of the things we found out when we talked to community college students, both prior to transferring and after they had transferred to a university, was that they needed some place to explain the
process of transfer,” she said. The first step on the website, Find the Right Texas University, helps students compare community colleges and universities. Common questions dealing with admissions, financial aid, advising, orientation and curriculum show the differences. A list of universities is also found in this section so students can easily click links to a university’s transfer page. Talking to an Adviser is the next step so students can ask important questions. Information about paying for college can be found in the third step, Financial Aid. This section talks about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, and takes the student through a another four-step process to filling out the application. The final step, Apply and Transfer, helps students review a transfer checklist, that briefly explains the Texas core curriculum, and gives students tips on how to stand out. “We set it up as a web portal to help students find information very quickly, particular-
ly about the universities that they were wanting to transfer to, knowing the process, and knowing the right questions to ask whether they were talking to the community college adviser or the university adviser, financial aid or whoever they wanted to talk to, to make best use of their time,” Ellis said. Special sections address concerns about the military and families and in Success By Degrees, students tell successful transfer stories. On the site, Debbie De La Cerda, a student here and formerly Palo Alto College, related how she forgot to tell her adviser she was in a two-plus-two program, needlessly lengthening her degree plan once she transferred to the University at Texas at San Antonio. Fortunately, she was able to get it straightened out before she wasted time. To prevent detours like hers, she urges transfer students to check and double-check with their advisers to make certain all their courses will transfer. For more information about transferring, visit www.transfer101.org.
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TAMU-SA offering courses at University Center By Joshua Fechter Starting this semester, Texas A&M University-San Antonio is offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs at the Alamo University Center at 8300 Pat Booker Road. The center is owned by the Alamo Community College District. Reynaldo Valdez, adviser for Texas A&M University-San Antonio at the center, said offering courses at the center is part of rolling out the main TAMU-SA campus and satisfying demand for the university’s programs. He said TAMU-SA is treating the center as a satellite campus until the new campus is ready. Valdez said some programs may stay at the center after the
main campus opens. The first building of the campus is scheduled to open in the fall. John Bazaldna, academic adviser for education at TAMUSA, said the university is looking to keep a permanent adviser at the center to work with students who are interested in the university. Currently, TAMU-SA offers education courses. Bazaldna said the university hopes to add science and business programs as well. Interim center Director Belkiss Rodriguez said the center is hoping to add courses from Sam Houston State University. She said National American University also approached the center about hosting classes there. The center, housed in the temporary Northeast Lakeview
campus, hosts 11 bachelor’s programs and 14 master’s programs from Texas State University-San Marcos, St. Mary’s University, Wayland Baptist University and University of the Incarnate Word. Rodriguez said the intent of the center is to bring access to universities to other parts of the city, specifically Randolph Air Force Base and the Interstate-35 corridor. “Students can complete their entire degree plan in one place,” she said. In the center’s inaugural semester in fall, there were 564 students enrolled, and this spring, there are 701 students enrolled. Rodriguez said the center receives its funding from revenue generated by each program.
Charles Whitehead, nursing professor at Wayland Baptist University, said Wayland liked the facilities at the center so much, it moved its entire nursing program. Wayland is at 11550 Interstate-35 North. Whitehead said students are made to feel the campus is their own. Ebonique Hogan, nursing junior at Wayland Baptist University, said the center is convenient for her because she lives five minutes away. She said she enjoys the small classes, but there is room for improvement. “We need a coffee machine,” Hogan said. For more information on when university advisers are available, call the center at 210-485-0804.
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Developing ‘change agents’ goal in Sudan, author says By Megan Mares Power is not given to people but rather comes from within, Gretchen Steidle Wallace, author and founder of Global Grassroots, said Tuesday during the Lin Speaker series at St. Mary’s University to an audience of about 200 people. The Lin Great Speakers Series is made possible by an endowment established by Vincent Lin Ph.D, a former faculty and alumnus of St. Mary’s, and his mother, Chang Le-Chiao Lin, in memory of their husband and father ShuChi Lin. St. Mary’s University students greeted guests at the door with a large rectangular postcard. To the right of the text on the card is a picture of Wallace on a rocky incline among three young,
barefoot African boys in tattered clothes. Wallace graduated as a Jefferson Scholar from University of Virginia with a Bachelor of Arts degree in foreign affairs in 1996. In 2001, she graduated from the Tuck School at Dartmouth College, where she earned a Master of Business Administration. Wallace produced and cowrote the book and documentary, “The Devil Came on Horse Back” chronicling the experiences of her brother, U.S. Marine Brian Steidle, while part of a three-man team monitoring a ceasefire in Darfur, Sudan, during the genocide caused by civil war in 2004. She spoke during the series not for her brother’s endeavors but for her own. Her father was a naval officer,
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and her interest in foreign affairs started when her family was stationed in the Philippines. This is where she realized how much excess Americans have available to them. Wallace said she believes all people have a particular gift to give. In 2004, Wallace found hers: Global Grassroots, an organization, whose goal is the development of “change agents.” People and communities who work independently and together to systematically spur social change for women and girls in detrimental circumstances. Wallace told stories of Zolecka Ntuli focusing on stopping child rape and Seraphine Hacimana bringing clean water to women who would otherwise be at risk of rape on the way to retrieve water. Wallace met Ntuli, 25, in a small shack outside Cape Town. By the time Wallace met her, Ntuli had 45 women and 15 men meeting three days a week to talk about sexual violence, a conversation Ntuli became interested in after hearing a disturbing story. The story that had upset Ntuli was of a 12-year-old girl’s rape by a 12-year-old boy who thought he had a right to rape her because she was his girlfriend. Wallace said females as young
as 7 years old, as old as 78, and as far along in pregnancies as sevenmonths are raped in South Africa. “Of the 33 million people with HIV, 68 percent live in sub-Saharan Africa,” Wallace said. “South Africa has the highest HIV rates in the world.” In Rwanda, Hacimana, 39, with only a first-grade education and a team of 19 women have a grant from Global Grassroots for $2,600, enough to provide the materials to collect and purify rain water. Before pure water, it was the women’s job to collect several gallons from the nearest well or dirty creek. At about 3 a.m., a 5-mile trek each way began, lasting sometimes eight hours. This is the time, Wallace said, that these women are most susceptible to rape. “They were forced to trade sex for water,” Wallace said. “It’s the only thing they had to give.” Wallace also is a trained practitioner of the alternative healing modality, integrative breathwork. She said that in Africa now she is focusing on training women in breathing techniques. If people in Africa could accomplish so much with so little, Wallace told the audience, then the possibilities for Americans must be endless.
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Salvador Dali’s “Persistence of Memory”
No time for clocks
Understaffing in facilities may be the reason clocks across campus are out of sync.
time used by the military, White House and NASA. The clocks are kept precise from a radio signal from the U.S. Atomic Clock in Boulder, Colo. By J. Almendarez David Mrizek, vice president of college services, was unable to say how much the change in clocks cost, but said, “It was very inexpensive in t precisely 2 a.m. March 13, daylight saving time will bounce comparison to Simplex.” clocks an hour ahead. He went on to say each clock is powered by one AA battery. However, the giant clock on McAllister Fine Arts Center will Mrizek explained the reason some of the clocks are inaccurate is still display 4:42 to everyone passing by the because of a large amount of metal surroundwest side of campus on San Pedro Avenue. And ing this campus. in Room 226 of Gonzales Hall, the clock will He said metal in the buildings and metal probably still read 6:07. from equipment across campus can interfere English Professor Carol Ann Britt said she’s with the signal from Atomic Clocks. U.S. law says daylight saving time seen clocks throughout Gonzales stay broken Shortly after installation, one professor begins at 2 a.m. on the second Sunday for an entire semester. finally gave up hope of accurate time and in March and ends at 2 a.m. on the first Sunday of November in areas that do not In September 1992, San Antonio College bought his own clock. exempt themselves. entered into a contract with Simplex Time He hung it next to the school’s clock and Recorder Co. It made almost every clock on taped a circle of black construction paper over this campus correlate to five master clocks to keep them all displaying the dud. It remains in Room 207 of Loftin Student Center today. the same time. However, the nursing and allied health complex, opened in 2008, has Five master clocks were needed so an electrical outage or flaw in one an antenna-like instrument that feeds the signal from Atomic Clocks in master clock would not disrupt services to the entire campus. Boulder to the clocks in the building despite an excess of metal. They were located in Nail Technical Center, Loftin Student Center, Mrizek said it is possible to install similar devices on all the buildings McAllister Fine Arts Center, Moody Learning Center and the multipur- on campus, but it’s not an option now because of budget cuts. pose building, which later was christened Chance Academic Center. He was unable to confirm if the large clock on McCreless is controlled The clocks, which cost the district $7,950 to install, were supposed to by Atomic Clocks. automatically reset at the two annual time changes. Maintenance is responsible for changing worn-out batteries in the However, in the mid ’90s, the district installed Atomic Clocks, which clocks. replaced sturdy old clocks that in hallways hung perpendicular to the wall Mary Abundis of district facilities couldn’t comment on the time so they could be seen for a long distance with thin, plastic models that lay pieces but said the department is understaffed. flat against hallway walls, severely reducing sight lines. “We’re running around like chickens with our heads cut off,” she said. According to the website, Atomic Clocks are “a type of clock that uses Work request forms for clock repair maintenance or any other issues an atomic resonance frequency standard to feed its counter.” can be found at the Alamo Colleges website at, www.alamo.edu/district/ They’re set to the official U.S. time and are, therefore, in synch with the facilities/WO/wok.aspx.
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Strange habits not disorders, professor says By J. Almendarez Psychology Professor Billy Rose said when traditional Catholics pass a church or graveyard, they engage in a healthy ritual by making the sign of the cross. It is not devious, dysfunctional or dangerous nor does it cause distress, so it is not a disorder but considered an obsessive-compulsive behavior, Rose said. Richard Turner, volunteer KSYM 90.1 FM disc jockey, collects a lot of Beatles memorabilia, which can be considered obsessive-compulsive behavior. However, it is not unhealthy because he has channeled his interests into a career, opening a music shop and hosting “The Best of the Beatles” radio show every Sunday. One percent to 3 percent of Americans who suffer from obsessive-compulsive disorders, however, have tendencies and rituals that have life-altering characteristics. Their continuum of habits meets standards set forth in the “Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV” and are considered disorders. For instance, Rose said mysophobia, fear of dirt and germs, is the most common kind of OCD. People who suffer from the disorder can wash their hands until they bleed, spend an entire day washing and re-washing dishes and can spend hours showering. Rose explained that OCDs are caused by two primary factors — life experiences and imbalance of serotonin. According to medicinenet.com, serotonin is a neurotransmitter that acts as a chemical messenger between nerve cells and cause blood vessels to narrow. The imbalance of serotonin takes place in the frontal cortex of the brain in the basal ganglia. That is the area of the brain that extends horizontally across the forehead. Life factors are experiences such as head injuries, strep throat during childhood and observational learning. Observational learning is when one learns primarily by watching others. So, if one’s caregivers have OCD, a young person can develop the same habits and not realize it is an abnormality.
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Richard Turner, owner of Redbone Guitar Boutique, poses in “The Beatles Cave,” a section named for a club the group performed in in their early days featuring memorabilia. From 9 a.m.-noon Sundays, Turner
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‘A Day in the Life’ of a Beatles fan KSYM DJ shares his Beatles obsession in Sunday radio show. By J. Almendarez In 1986, Richard Turner sat in a DJ booth at this campus thinking about The Beatles. He wanted to play music that would help him “carry that weight” of the semester and leave him feeling like he could manage working and studying what seemed like “eight days a week.” So, he began to integrate Beatles songs into his program. Soon, he was playing an entire set of Beatles tunes on KSYM. The rest is “rock’n’roll music” history. While “all thing’s must pass,” Turner’s show, “The Best of the Beatles,” remains the longest-running radio program at this college. It airs from 9 a.m. to noon Sundays featuring only music of the Beatles collectively and individually. “Let It Be” was the first Beatles song Turner connected to. He remembers hearing it played on the radio as a new release in May 1970. He was 8 years old, and the band broke up that year, leaving fans “crying, waiting, hoping” for a reunion that would never happen. Turner said
listening to music when he was younger was an active experience. He used to sit next to his turntable, gently place the needle on a record to hear his favorite songs, read the liner notes in record sleeves, and sometimes, tack posters of his favorite bands onto his bedroom wall. Listening to music, he said, was more labor intensive. “It took work to listen to records.” Since his childhood, he has built an impressive collection of Beatles memorabilia and has transitioned his love for music and the Beatles into his career. In addition to volunteering as a DJ at KSYM, he owns a music shop. Walking into Redbone Guitar Boutique, at 4343 McCullough Ave., is like walking into a “helter skelter” Beatles museum. At any moment, a customer can ask to plug a guitar into a speaker and jam out a few rifts. The Fab Four’s performances play on a small flat-screen monitor mounted on the wall. A deep red, left-handed sitar hangs from the ceiling. The Indian instrument has a long neck, rounded lower body and typically has 17 strings. It is comparable to the one George Harrison borrowed from Indian musi- c i a n Ravi Shankar to learn on.
Turner bought it when he lived in New York in the 1980s where he also met John Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono. In a picture of the two, Ono’s long, black tresses make her skin nearly glow a pearly white. A left-handed Cassandra Elk vootar, an eight-stringed instrument that incorporates four bass and four guitar strings, hangs upright along a pillar. Paul McCartney owns a replica of the same, rare vootar. While Turner bought most of the merchandise himself, friends, family and fans also give merchandise to him. He said people give him Beatles memorabilia they’ve had since they were children. People have told him they think his shop is the best place for their things to be displayed and appreciated by other fans. One piece particularly special to him is the “Help” album, signed by all four of the Beatles — John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison. He does not usually cherish autographed pieces because they were signed for other people, but his dad gave him the album. He said his dad used to give him multiple copies of albums he already had, but he received the autographed album as a Christmas gift two days early. His dad died the next morning. Turner also has new Beatles merchandise available to purchase, so his shop isn’t full of “old brown shoe” memorabilia.
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Rose said antidepressants are successfully used to treat 80 percent to 85 percent of people with OCD. “You don’t cure it, you control it,” he said. Behavioral modification is another option. Rose said hoarding, the most difficult kind of OCD to treat, is when a person creates a nest-like environment for themselves in their home with objects and trash. A&E’s show “Hoarders” is a documentation of the lifestyle of people who suffer from the disorder. He said an example of behavioral modification for this disease would involve weaning somebody away from their possessions, despite their opposition, until they can comfortably part will excesses. Or, they can see a therapist to discover the root cause of hoarding, which Rose said is generally caused by relating love to their objects. He also said OCD generally occurs during childhood or adolescence and almost never develops past the age of 40. Because serotonin decreases and becomes imbalanced with age, he said it is unknown why OCD doesn’t occur more in older people.
Redbone Guitar Boutique also offers lessons in bass, singing, guitar, piano and drums. Turner describes himself as “a guitar enthusiast” rather than a talented guitarist, so he relies on his seven employees to give lessons. In honor of the show’s 25th anniversary, Turner will be encouraging people to “come together” for KSYM’s annual pledge drive. During the drive, KSYM will be relying on a little help from their friends to give them “money” donations to replace and update their equipment and pay licensing fees. Donations can be made “anytime at all” from March 28 through April 3 by calling 210-486-5796. For more information about Turner’s shop, visit www.redboneguitar.com. For more on the KSYM and the pledge drive, go to www.alamo.edu/ sac/ksym/index.htm.
Richard Turner, owner of Redbone Guitar Boutique, gives a private lesson Tuesday to a student. Turner considers teaching the most important part of his job since opening the store two years ago. For a complete list of disorders as outlined by the American Psychological Association, visit the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders IV website www.psychiatryonline.com/ DSMPDF/dsm-i.pdf.
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Monday SAC Meeting: Catholic Social Teachings 12:15 p.m. Catholic Student Center. Call 210-736-3752. SAC Concert: Wind and Brass Ensemble 2 p.m. in auditorium of McAllister. Call 210-486-0255. SAC Meeting: Society of MexicanAmerican Engineers and Scientists 3 p.m. in the MESA Center in Room 204 of Chance. Call 210-486-1300. SAC Meeting: Society of Professional Journalists movie night “Almost Famous” 6:30 p.m. in Room 101 of Longwith. Call 210-486-1771.
SPC Event: President’s Lecture Series: “Building Gender Coalitions Across Racial Lines” by Nontombi Naomi Tutu 11 a.m.– 11:45 a.m. in Watson. Call 210-486-2704. SAC Event: Ash Wednesday Service at 11 a.m. in Fiesta Room in Loftin. Call 210-7363752 SAC Event: Pizza with the President and other administrators at noon in the mall. Call 210260-6348. SAC Sports: Baseball vs. University of Texas at San Antonio 7:30 p.m. at UTSA. Continues March 23, April 6, April 20 and May 4. Call 210-260-6348. SAC Meeting: Gay and Lesbian Association 3 p.m.-4 p.m. in Room 644 of Moody. Call 210-486-0673.
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Spring Break: Classes dismissed through March 20. Colleges closed March 17-20. March 22 SAC Hot Potato: “What is a Sanctuary City?” by Felipe Vargas 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. at Methodist Student Center, 102 Belknap. Call 210-733-1441. District Meeting: ACCD Board 6 p.m. in Room 101 of Killen Center, 201 W. Sheridan. Log on to www. alamo.edu and click on Board of Trustees and then Agendas.
SAC Lecture: “Is the Tea Party a Third Party?” by Professor Asslan Khaligh 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. at Methodist Student Center, 102 Belknap. Call 210-733-1441. SAC Meeting: “Breaking Open the World” at 12:15 p.m. at Catholic Student Center. Call 210-736-3752. SAC Meeting: Campus Crusade for Christ 1:30 p.m. in Room 113 of chemistry and geology. Call 210-486-1233.
SAC Concert: Orchestra 7:30 p.m. in auditorium of McAllister. Call 210-4860255. Thursday SAC Concert: Faculty recital 7:30 p.m. in auditorium of McAllister. Call 210-4860255.
SAC Meeting: Criminal Justice Society at noon in Room 144 of Chance. Continues first and third Wednesdays. Call 210-4860835. March 26 Event: McNay Print Fair 10 a.m.-5 p.m. in Leeper Auditorium, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave. Continues noon-5 p.m. March 27. Free with admission. Call 210-824-5368. March 26
Meeting: Board committees 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of Killen Center, 201 W. Sheridan. Log on to www.alamo.edu and click on Board of Trustees and then Agendas.
SAC Event: Mass and a Meal 12:15 p.m. Catholic Student Center. Call 210736-3752. SAC Exhibit: Second Friday Art Walk with Tobin Hill Art Alliance begins in visual arts 6 p.m.-10 p.m. Call 210-486-1046. March 12
Wednesday SAC Workshop: “Leadership Creativity: Thinking Outside the Box” 1 p.m. in the craft room of Loftin. Continues 2 p.m. Thursday. Call 210-486-0125.
SAC Sports: Baseball vs. Victoria College 1:30 p.m. at SAISD sports complex on field SC. Call 210-260-6348. March 14
April 3 SAC Sports: Baseball vs. HustonTillotson University 10:30 a.m. at HustonTillotson in Austin. Continues at 1:30 p.m. Call 210-260-6348. April 6 SAC Event: Wellness Festival 9 a.m.-6 p.m. in Candler. Call 210-588-8779.
Event: St. Mary’s University Fiesta Oyster Bake 5 p.m.–11 p.m. visit www.oysterbake. com.
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Friday SAC Meeting: College Council 2 p.m. in Room 120 of visual arts. Call 210486-0953.
Event: “A Call to Justice: the Three Theological Virtues” by the Rev. Norm Ermis and Will Rainford 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m. 2718 W. Woodlawn Ave. Continues March 31-April 1. Call 210-736-3752.
April 8 SAC Concert: Faculty recital 7:30 p.m. in auditorium of McAllister. Call 210-4860255.
Tuesday SAC Meeting: Psychology Club 2 p.m. in Room 642 of Moody. Call 210-486-2887.
218 of nursing complex. Call 486-0989.
SAC Sports: Baseball vs. University of Houston-Downtown 10:30 a.m. at SAISD sports complex on field SC. Continues 1:30 p.m. March 27. Call 210-260-6348. March 29 SAC Hot Potato: “Concealed Weapons on Campus: Will We Be More Safe?” with Marshall Lloyd and Wayne Eresman 12:15 p.m.-1:15 p.m. at Methodist Student Center, 102 Belknap. Call 210-733-1441. March 30 SAC Event: Criminal Justice Road to Success career fair 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in Room
Event: Fiesta Del Rey: Crown the King! at San Fernando Cathedral Main Plaza 6:30 p.m. Call 210-389-9765. April 9 SAC Sports: Baseball vs. Texas State University, San Marcos 10:30 a.m. at Texas State. Continues at 1:30 p.m. April 9 and 10:30 a.m. April 10. Call 210-260-6348. April 11 SAC Performance: Honors recital 7:30 p.m. in auditorium of McAllister. Call 210486-0255. April 12 District Meeting: Committee meetings, 5:30 p.m. in Room 101 of Killen Center, at 201 W. Sheridan. For more information, go to www.alamo.edu and click on Board of Trustees and then Agendas.
Calendar Legend SAC: San Antonio College NVC: Northwest Vista College SPC: St. Philip’s College SWC: Southwest Campus PAC: Palo Alto College NLC: Northeast Lakeview College
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Artwork examines heroics of Victorian American feminists A closing reception is scheduled Friday during Tobin Hill Art Walk. By Alma Linda Manzanares “Solar Powered Paper Dolls,” a showcase of Carol Flueckiger’s artwork that examines the evolution of Victorian American fashion and feminist reform, kicked off Women’s History Week Tuesday in the visual arts center. Flueckiger, professor of art at Texas Tech University, is an artist who combines painting and early photographic processes and is a scholar of women’s history, researching the letters and heroic deeds of Victorian women who fought against slavery and for women’s right to vote. President Robert Zeigler welcomed students and staff and said they have a rich opportunity to learn and support the role of women through the week’s events. “Women play a major role in the college in a variety of ways,” Zeigler said. “We’re very proud that San Antonio College takes the opportunity to talk about and learn about and celebrate women’s history.” Dr. Jessica Howard, vice president of academic affairs, added that women have made countless contributions in both recorded and unrecorded ways, so it’s important to remember that history and tell it. Flueckiger began her lecture by removing the artwork she was wearing — layers of shirts with her sketches. She introduced the various shirts by reading from Carol Flueckiger artist and lecturer notecards with words such as “Large Grande” and “Made in Pakistan.” In her work, images such as historic handwriting, clothing and personal objects collide to create overlapping narratives about geography, nature and history. Using the blistering West Texas sun, Flueckiger “burns” vintage paper doll graphics, historic handwriting and clothing tags into paintings and thrift store clothing. She said her work is inspired by daily weather patterns, early American feminist history and text found on her clothing tags.
“To work out composition for my paintings I think of the radical 19th feminist project, ‘The Women’s Bible,’ as it was written during the early American suffrage movement in an effort to retrofit the legacy of early American feminists,” she said. “The Women’s Bible” was a project in which Elizabeth Cady Stanton, a leading figure in the early women’s movement, and other scholars cut out pages from the Bible and reinterpreted their meaning. “She’s grabbing the Bible and inserting herself in it,” she said. “She’s claiming, ‘this is mine, too; I own this, too.’” Her project “Solar Powered Paper Dolls” operates as a sketchbook-collage in the same spirit as “The Women’s Bible.” More than 40 shirts are blueprinted with historic graphics, handwriting and text. For the past four years, Flueckiger collected vintage paper doll graphics and 19th century handwritten letters by historic civil rights leaders such as Abby Kelley Foster, Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison from archives at the American Antiquarian Society and Women’s Rights National Historical Park. She uses the documents as imagery in her work by inserting the historic graphics and scribble quality of handwriting into her paintings as a way of remembering and thinking about early American figures. “When I first saw Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s handwriting, I was struck by how expressive and unreadable it was,” she said. “It was loopy, artistic, unbound and expressive, much like many of her speeches.” She talks about how Stanton wrote the “Declaration of Sentiments,” a direct copy of the Declaration of Independence with the inclusion of the words “and women,” that she added to the phrase “All men are created equal.” “The cool thing about studying history is that it’s like taking a trip,” she said. “You sort of try on these characters and see if they fit or if they don’t fit. It’s fun to read about them and understand them and think about
“But really, when you get into the history of these women, they’re outrageous and hysterical.”
Criminal justice sophomore Carmen Class takes a photo at the art opening of Carol Flueckiger’s Solar Powered Paper Dolls exhibit. The lecture and art opening kicked off Women’s History Week. J. Almendarez the history and think about your own legacy.” In her work “Cash Paid for Rags,” Flueckiger cut shirts down to the seams and exposed them in rag-like form. “It’s a metaphor for trying on the words and trying to get under the skin of history,” she said. She added that the 19th century dress reform reminds her that during the early feminist movement, women debated how their clothes worked against their political views. “Corsets were thought to not only restrict their movements but their minds as well,” she said. For her painting, she clipped the phrase “Examine our Undergarments,” calling to debate female clothing and integrate it with other imagery. “I love that idea of thinking of these Victorian women,” Flueckiger said. “I had a stereotype of who these women were, and they weren’t very excited, they weren’t very sexy. But really, when you get into the history of these women, they’re outrageous and hysterical.” Students can view and purchase her artwork online at http://web.mac.com/carolflueckiger/Site/Home.html. There will be a closing reception from 5 p.m.-8 p.m. Friday during Tobin Hill’s Second Friday Art Walk in the visual arts gallery. For more information, go to www.alamo. edu/sac/vat/vatgallery.html.
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State brewpubs rally for off-site sales House Bill 660 promises dynamic growth in jobs, sales and taxes. By Jennifer M. Ytuarte Hundreds of beer-drinking enthusiasts gathered Feb. 25 in Main Plaza to rally for the passing of HB 660, a bill that will allow brewpubs to sell their Texas flavors to local grocers, hotels and bars. Attendees were greeted with free 2-ounce samples from San Antonio’s Freetail Brewing Co. and Blue Star Brewing Co. as well as from Austin’s Uncle Billy’s Brew-n-Que, and North By Northwest Restaurant and Brewery. People went through the sample lines multiple times, ending with stacks eight- to 12-cups tall before standing in line to pay for a $6 cup of Full Moon Pale Rye Ale. Under Texas law, brewpubs may only serve or sell beer on-site to the public for personal consumption. “I get calls every week from local hotels and restaurants, wanting to serve a taste of San Antonio through our local brews,” Freetail Brewing owner Scott Metzger said. “I have to say no, current state laws only allows us to sell on-site.” Brewpub coalition Texas Beer Freedom hosted the “Rally for Texas Beer Freedom” and partnered with local Freetail and Blue Star brewing companies for the petition and live music. Several attendees wore beer-themed shirts and sported T-shirts with the slogan, “You are what you drink, Texans for HB 660.” Attendees also bought shirts and pins sold by Texas Beer Freedom saying, “Drink beer, save Texas.” State Rep. Mike Villarreal, D-San Antonio, the bill’s author; Joey Villarreal, owner of Blue Star Brewing Co., and Metzger spoke to the crowd about potential job and economic growth. Mike Villarreal said, “At a time when the state is having a hard time finding funds for higher education, we need to let the local brewpubs flourish.” Metzger conducted an economic study for the Texas Craft Brewers Guild. If passed, he said HB 660 could bring the same growth the Texas wine industry saw after HB 1264 passed. In 2003, the wine industry went through a similar change, allowing vintners the option
Freetail Brewing owner Scott Metzger talks to the crowd Feb. 25 about profits the state would accrue by passing HB 660. Joey Villarreal of Blue Star Brewing Co. and state Rep. Mike Villarreal also spoke at the rally in Main Plaza. Photos by Abiel Rodriguez of selling to consumers on-site as well as their usual distribution methods. Texas is now the fifth largest producer of wine in the U.S. with $1.35 billion revenue in 2009. Wineries in Texas increased from 46 in 2001 to 181, with a job growth of 7,200 employees. Metzger said non-Texas small craft breweries brew 99.6 percent of brewcraft beer consumed in Texas. He said if brewpub growth follows a similar trend, in eight years, the industry will create 6,800 new jobs, $411 million in gross sales, $192 million in payroll and $57 million of annual tax revenue without any new taxes. “HB 660 would invite competition and give local brewpubs the opportunity to grow,” Metzger said. Chip McElroy, owner of Live Oak Brewing Co., said the bill does not affect his business because he owns a brewery, but he supports brewpubs efforts. McElroy said, “It will give everyone the opportunity to enjoy Texas brewcraft beer.” Curtis Carter, a home brewer, brews 30 gallons of beer at a time and cannot sell his bottled product to the public. State law allows a yearly production of 200 gallons of brewed beer per adult per household. Carter said HB 660 would give him the option of starting a small business.
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Lindsey Thomas, advertising design junior at International Academy of Design and Technology, said she would like the convenience of picking up a six-pack of Freetail at the grocery store instead of traveling to 4035 N. Loop 1604 W. to enjoy a taste of her favorite seasonal ale. Texas Beer Freedom organized a similar rally Feb. 12 at the Flying Saucer in Houston. The next event will be “Texas Beer Freedom Lobby Day” March 16 at the Capitol in Austin. For more information, visit www.texasbeerfreedom.org.
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Physical therapy sophomore Leslie Moore dressed as “The Cat in The Hat” visits Ramona Merriam’s fourth grade math class Wednesday at Jubilee Academy. Moore, along with two other members of the Lady
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Rangers and women’s basketball Coach Desiree Crawford visited the academy in honor of Dr. Suess’ birthday and Read Across America. For more information, visit www.theranger.org. Alison Wadley
Joel Posada, liberal arts freshman; Leroy Xammar, culinary arts freshman; and Kristin Rodgers, liberal arts freshman, show off their talents by performing an acoustic version of the song “Broken” by Seether during the SAC’s Got Talent competition Wednesday in the Fiesta Room of Loftin. See more at www.theranger.org. Victor A. Garcia Business freshman Tim Campbell break dances with music sophomore Joseph Ibarra and physics freshman Javier Salazar, during SAC’s Got Talent. They won second place, and each received an iPod Nano. Tyler K. Cleveland
Mover Ruben Casarez and Mark Magavern, photography lab tech, move film enlargers from Loftin to a visual arts darkroom Feb. 25. The photography program has replaced darkroom processing with digital technology. Megan Mares
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Alexandra Nelipa
District: Get out of the classroom In an Academic Accountability and Student Success Committee meeting Feb. 22, Dr. Jo-Carol Fabianke, associate vice chancellor for academic partnerships and initiatives, said district officials want academic departments to limit the number of titles required in courses. They also want faculty members to use the same text for all sections of a course rather than allowing each faculty member to choose their own titles and materials. And trustees want more e-books available for students to download onto e-readers to lower textbook costs. It’s true that more titles make it harder for students to sell books back when a title is not in demand. But that is far from the point. While district administrators have mastered the art of looking busy and handing down their busy work to people who really are busy, they are focused solely on what they can change at the colleges. District administrators have no business in the classroom. District personnel are support staff for the mission, which is educating the residents of Bexar County. That mission is carried out inside classrooms across the city in the district’s five colleges. And those classrooms fall squarely in the domain of academic freedom. The 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure states academic freedom is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the teacher in research and teaching and of the student to freedom in learning. The American Association of University Professors, which co-authored the statement with the Association of American Colleges and Universities and is the foremost defender of academic freedom in this country, didn’t
include administrators. In the 11-page document, there are a scant eight mentions of administrators. That’s because administrators, so far removed from the classroom, cannot possibly know or understand the needs in the classroom. No one wants students to miss discounts on textbooks; instructors, more than anyone, want students to have access to reasonably priced textbooks, because often without a text, much of the value of a course may be missing. The best support district personnel can provide is finding and eliminating wasteful practices at the district level so that the colleges can maintain funding levels. Does it really take $97 million for a thousand employees to run district offices when only $68.63 million is allotted to educate 22,441 students in the district’s largest college? District-level personnel suck up 34 percent of the district budget. If they performed 34 percent of the workload, it might be acceptable, but that will never happen. So instead, they need to be looking around the Killen Center and Houston Street for cuts. Put all those vice chancellors and associate vice chancellors to work at streamlining district operations. At the colleges, about the only things we really need are human resources and payroll, a bursar and accounts payable because so far anything else the district has taken away from the local control of the colleges has proved inefficient, complicated to the point of confusion, lengthy and expensive. Put the college presidents back to work actually running the colleges and strip away all the clutter, obstacles and headaches between the colleges and the board.
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Bingeing: Accident waiting to happen Time that isn’t scheduled with school or work is a rare commodity in college, and when it is available, we try to frantically pack in as much relaxation as possible. Attempts to accelerate the relaxation proGuest Viewpoint by Roland Paquette cess and cram fun into a small time frame can lead to mistakes that have consequences involving injuries, death or in the very least make our lives difficult. Commonly, the most detrimental mistakes are caused by alcohol and its misuse. Mistakes with alcohol can affect life and career choices. Binge drinking is defined as more than five drinks in a row. The U.S. Surgeon General states that 40 percent of college students engage in binge drinking and 20 percent binge drink three or more times within a two-week period. Binge drinking can cause alcohol poisoning
leading to permanent brain injury or death, not to mention injuries from poor judgment. Every year, at least one college student in San Antonio dies from alcohol poisoning, and many more die or are permanently injured from alcohol-related accidents. The U.S. Surgeon General’s Office estimates that every year 100,000 college students will be victims of alcohol-related rape, 600,000 will be severely injured while drinking alcohol, and an additional 170,000 will die from alcohol-related accidents. Alcohol is quickly absorbed and affects our brain within 30 minutes of consumption, and it only takes one drink. Alcohol’s effect on the brain makes binge drinking dangerous and possibly deadly. It can cause a person to act dangerously, resulting in injury or death, vomit while unconscious leading to suffocation, stop breathing or become comatose. An adult who consumes excessive alcohol becomes nauseous, dizzy and tired. These warning signs are unpleasant and stop a person from continued drinking. Young adults’
bodies don’t process alcohol the same way as an adult, nor do their brains react in the same manner. A person in their early 20s may have delayed or no warning signs of excessive alcohol consumption. They don’t feel nauseous or dizzy until consuming more alcohol. Rather than becoming tired like an adult might, young adults become more excited. Lack of early warning signs, excitation from alcohol and limited opportunities to unwind all increase the chance a young adult will misuse alcohol resulting in alcohol poisoning or injury. We are sacrificing our time, energy and money to be in school. We need to relax and have fun when we can because college is a marathon not a sprint. It takes strategy and pacing. Alcohol misuse can result in consequences that derail our best efforts. Enjoy spring break. Recharge for the last half of our spring term, but let’s avoid the unnecessary pitfalls. Roland Paquette, a former student, is studying to be a physician assistant at University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
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Officials Chancellor: Dr. Bruce H. Leslie 201 W. Sheridan, Bldg. B, San Antonio TX 78204-1429 Work: 210-485-0020 Fax: 210-485-0021 E-mail: bleslie@alamo.edu District 1: Joe Alderete Jr. 1602 Hillcrest Drive, San Antonio TX 78228 Cell: 210-863-9500 Home: 210-434-6967 E-mail: jvajr711@aol.com, jalderete21@alamo.edu District 2: Denver McClendon 3811 Willowwood Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78219 Work: 210-281-9141 E-mail: denvermcclendon@satx.rr.com, dmcclendon2@alamo.edu District 3: Anna U. Bustamante 511 Ware Blvd., San Antonio TX 78221 Work: 210-882-1609 Home: 210-921-2986 E-mail: abustamante20@alamo.edu District 4: Marcelo S. Casillas 115 Wainwright, San Antonio TX 78211 No telephone number provided Board of trustees liaison: 210-485-0030 E-mail: mcasillas19@alamo.edu District 5: Roberto Zárate 4103 Buffalo Bayou, San Antonio TX 78251 No telephone number provided E-mail: rzarate11@alamo.edu District 6: Dr. Gene Sprague 14722 Iron Horse Way, Helotes TX 78023 Work: 210-567-4865 Fax: 210-520-9185 E-mail: sprague1@alamo.edu District 7: Blakely Latham Fernandez 755 E. Mulberry, Suite 200, San Antonio TX 78212 Work: 210-244-8879 E-mail: bfernandez35@alamo.edu, bfernandez@trpsalaw.com District 8: Gary Beitzel 15403 Forest Mist, San Antonio TX 78232 Home: 210-496-5857 E-mail: gbeitzel@alamo.edu District 9: James A. Rindfuss 13315 Thessaly, Universal City TX 78148 Home: 210-9828-4630 Work: 210-375-2555 E-mail: jrindfuss@alamo.edu
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SLAC lab offers new print system Budget cuts force removal of summer tutoring. By Jacob Beltran Students who frequent the student learning assistance center in Room 726 of Moody Learning Center may have noticed a new machine to the left of the current Go-Print machine at the entrance. The machine is the pay center of a cardless printing option that SLAC Coordinator David Elder hopes to have working today. Elder said the system is a helpful addition because “a lot of people come here only,” making it quick for them to come in, sit down and print. “We’ll get more traffic in a month than most labs will get in a semester,” Elder said. The cardless system is as an option in addition to the Go-Print system. Students who opt for the cardless system can print straight from the computer they are sitting at in the lab without having to move to a print station. Students who wish to use the cardless system will still have to add money to it and cannot transfer funds already on a Go-Print card. Students must pay with cash at pay stations in the SLAC lab, but adding a credit or debit card payment option is a goal that Elder says he hopes will happen in five or six years. Elder said he hopes that if the cardless system is successful here, the system will be used throughout the Alamo Colleges, just as Go-Print is today.
Print cards cost $1 but come loaded with 5 cents worth of regular prints. Printing costs 10 cents per page and $1 for color copies; however, pay stations accept $1 bills as the lowest increment. Elder said that students go to the lab and realize they forgot the print card, or the black strip has been scratched, rendering it unusable, so students who have a credit or debit card and less than a dollar in change at the time are unable to purchase a new card. Because the cardless system is new, SLAC employees sit down with students to show them how to use the new print system because there is a chance students can forget their password. Students wanting to create an account are guided through a three-step process: setting up the account, learning how to add money to the account and learning how to make changes to their accounts. Elder says it takes five seconds to buy a print card, but two minutes to start a cardless account. Once students learn the process, they are given a form to write down their passwords and keep with them. Elder said that neither he nor his employees have the authority to access an account and fix the system should a student mess up an account. Students would then create a new account and lose any money left in the previous account. Students confused with the new system after learning the process are advised to “Simply ask, and don’t be embarrassed,” Elder said. Cardless printing marks the second change
to printing in the SLAC lab since Go-Print was first implemented in 2006. Today, Go-Print is available throughout all Alamo Colleges. Elder said Go-Print was implemented as a way to cut back on paper usage. Before the SLAC lab started charging with the Go-Print card, the lab required a case containing 10 reams of paper a week, each ream containing 500 sheets of paper. “Students would print out a 10-page paper, realize they made a mistake, fix it and then print out the entire 10-page paper all over,” Elder said. Elder said charging for pages taught students to use spell check and made them more conscious of their printing habits. Now a case lasts three weeks. Although the lab has been able to save paper, budget cuts still continue to strip the lab’s ability to serve students. The lab will not offer summer semester tutoring, and this semester, the lab is no longer open on Sundays. The lab employed eight tutors last year, but this year, only four tutors are employed but they are certified by Elder to tutor in two subjects. Lab hours are 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. Test proctoring services are 8 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday and Tuesday, 8 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday. For more information, call 486-0164.
Pomp to show circumstance of graduation By Krystal Barcenez The deadline to participate in commencement May 14 has been extended to April 2. “We are stressing the value of an associate degree, the importance of being on a plan and sticking to it, not only an academic plan but a life plan as well,” Dr. Jessica Howard, vice president of academic affairs, said during Push Week. The Graduation Team created Push Week to provide a visual to show they can graduate with an associate degree because it is the first step to success at a four-year college, Howard said. Completed applications have to be submitted with a degree audit, signed by a coun-
selor or faculty adviser. Applications can be obtained on the graduation page of the college website. Tuesday through Thursday, department chairs walked with Howard and President Robert Zeigler in regalia on campus, talking about graduation options, such as reverse transfer and the distinguished graduate plan. Reverse transfer allows students to transferring needed credits back to San Antonio College to be awarded the associate degree. Also, students can participate in graduation with up to six hours short of an associate degree and then complete those hours in the summer. The distinguished graduate plan selects one
outstanding student from each program this college offers to be recognized at graduation. A student must have a GPA of 3.2 or higher, and complete a service program promoting graduation. Counselors and administrators encourage students to declare a major early, Joe Jaques, assistant director of admissions, said. Howard said, “If I could get people to take ‘I’m just here getting my basics,’ and replace it with, ‘I’m following an A.A. in Liberal Arts plan,’ it would make my year. That’s what I want for Christmas.” For more information, e-mail questions to sac-graduate@alamo.edu.
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Dental assisting majors present oral health projects Food, marijuana, alcohol and tattoos can harm teeth. By Dana Traugott How do you brush your teeth? That’s how Chris Rocha and Peter Monsivais greeted visitors to Dental Fest Feb. 23 in the lobby of the nursing complex, where students presented the results of a week of research. At an oral tattoos station, dental assisting majors Jordan Brightman and Allison Silvas, greeted people as they entered. The partners shared information about oral tattooing, a tattoo inside the mouth, and the effects it can have on the mouth and body. The most interesting thing Brightman found was that people actually get oral tattoos. “I can see for cosmetic purposes,” she said. On the downside, it needs to be redone every year because saliva and scabbing naturally fade the tattoo. There are other dangers. Silvas said, “You’re not able to eat because of bacteria in your mouth.” When eating, bits lodge between teeth, and bacteria forms that can infect the tattooed area, causing swelling, scabbing and bleeding. Across the lobby, the real after party station based on research by Nichole Clementi and Stephanie Quiriño, focused on the effects alcohol, drugs and marijuana have on teeth. The dental assisting majors graduating in May, found a blunt filled with marijuana has more harmful effects than one cigarette because it isn’t filtered and can cause faster erosion and staining. Clementi said, “Yes, college is a party, but the real after party may not be as fun.” Alcohol is high in acidity making gum erosion likely. Quiriño said, “Saliva is a natural mouth cleanser; without that you’d be vulnerable to tooth decay.” Dental assisting is the only accredited dental program in a community college in San Antonio. Clementi said she has compared her experience here to that of friends attending area vocational schools and is glad she chose to enroll here. “Here, we’re not paying for it, we’re working for it. We learn from the bottom up with vocabulary and terminology,” she said. At the bleaching station, Amanda Foster and Kelsey Ehlinger dyed eggs to show toothstaining properties of various foods. Red wine turned the egg a green-blue color; green drinks such as Gatorade and Kool-Aid turned the egg a light green tint; coffee turned an egg a yellow-
brown; tea, a dark brown; and orange soda, a There is naturally 0.3 parts per million of fluyellow-brown. oride, but the San Antonio Water System added Can you clean your teeth without breaking 0.8 ppm, which experts say is the recommended the bank visiting a dental professional? level to protect teeth against decay. “Fluoride Ehlinger said, “I would suggest Crest helps strengthen enamel to help keep decay Whitestrips.” away,” Patzke said. However, fluorosis, the perFoster agreed, “They’re advertised a lot. manent decay of tooth enamel, is irreversible. People are drawn to them.” To hide it, dentists use a bur to sand the It takes an average of two to three weeks teeth down or cover the teeth with veneers. for an over-the-counThe United States ter product to show regulates the amount results if used daily. “It of fluoride put into depends on the thickpotable water supplies ness and color of your so diseases like fluorosis teeth for the process,” are prevented. Foster said. At eating disorders, Nearby, Ihsten Amanda Newton and Correa and Delma Stacy O’Quinn researched Gomez displayed the effects of anorexia and Nichole Clementi their thumb-suckbulimia. According to the dental assisting sophomore ing research. They National Eating Disorders described a “thumb Association’s website, glove,” a flexible device parents can secure to neda.com, sometimes interventions are necessary. a child’s hand that covers the thumb and foreAnorexia causes the teeth to break, and bulifinger to help stop the habit early. Correa said, mia causes tooth erosion. Bones can become “The younger you stop it, the easier it is. You very brittle, and osteoporosis can develop, causdon’t realize it’s wrong. Then you start asking, ing bones to appear 20 years older. “Both have a ‘Why are my teeth looking different than every- severe effect on teeth,” Newton said. one else’s?’” O’Quinn added, “Cheeks swell up from the Gomez found through research that it’s com- glands being inflamed from all of the (stomach) mon, and thumb-sucking can continue into acid and throwing up.” teens and sometimes, into the 20s. She said she Nails break easily and become brittle from has seen people become anxious if they can’t induced vomiting in the throat. Most people suck their thumb . who suffer from anorexia usually end up starvCorrea said it’s a calming, soothing thing, ing themselves to death and never try to cure but it can become a psychological crutch. themselves. “I had no idea it could affect your At the to-eat-or-not-to-eat station, Patricia teeth so bad,” O’Quinn said. Escandon and Leonard Solano shared informaNewton said eventually, it can even cause tion on ways diet can effect teeth. Escandon congestive heart failure. said, “If it can stain your shirt, it can stain your Amanda Zamora researched three stages of teeth.” periodontal disease, which can also affect the Solano said that after eating anything with heart: gingivitis, moderate perio and advanced a deep pigmentation, like soy sauce, be sure to perio. Gingivitis is a gum disease that causes drink water or chew gum. Gum creates more swelling and redness of the gums, and perisaliva so it can wash any unwanted residue off odontal disease is caused by improper oral of your teeth, he added. “You should always hygiene To prevent the disease, floss, brush brush your teeth when you go to sleep,” Solano teeth twice a day, replace toothbrushes every said. “Brush at night so you don’t go to bed with one to three months, maintain a healthy diet, all that gunk on your teeth.” limit snacks, and visit the dentist regularly. Escandon said, “I use 3D White by Crest.” In addition, the mouth has a blood-sharing Elizabeth Patzke shared information about flow with the heart, so any bacteria in the the effects of fluoride. It’s found in fruits, veg- mouth, can affect the heart. “It leads to a heart etables, tea, fish and put in mouthwash and attack,” Zamora said. “If they have a real bad toothpaste. Dentists give fluoride treatments to gum infection, it can lead them into something everyone, but it’s needed in younger children more serious. For more information, visit www. because their teeth aren’t as strong. alamo.edu/sac/nursing/.
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Mugwumps members laugh at another team during the “Big Brain On Campus: The Sequel” Feb. 24. Victor A. Garcia
Patricia Portales crosses out Sesos Pequeños after they were eliminated. Tyler K. Cleveland
How many teachers does it take ... Six teams vie for Big Brain on Campus title. By Riley Stephens
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wenty-two employees and two students tested their knowledge of trivia in a contest called “Big Brain On Campus: The Sequel” Thursday in the auditorium of McAllister Fine Arts Center. The winning team was the Know-Nothings, which consisted of Vernell Walker, dean of professional and technical education; Dr. Conrad Krueger, dean of arts and sciences; Tim Rockey, dean of continuing education training network; and Dr. John Visintainer, chair of philosophy. The other teams were the Mugwumps, Vandelay Industries, Sesos Pequeños, Abby Normals and TerrorBytes. The Mugwumps came in second, a repeat of their second-place victory in the first Big Brain On Campus Sept. 29 on Employee Development Day. The Mugwumps,
Team Abby Normals ponders a question during the intellectual challenge. Victor A. Garcia composed of Martha Buchanan, student success professional; Julie Cooper, public information officer; Nick Benedetto, PTE administrative secretary; and Robin Collett, project coordinator. “If you can’t have victory, at least you can have consistency,” Buchanan said. Questions concerned arts and entertainment, science, literature, sports, general history and history of this college. The questions were posed by Jeff Hunt, chair of theater and speech communication. Each team was given 30 seconds to discuss a question and then answer it.
Team spirit was expressed through cheers from the audience of 18 led by team Mugwumps. Buchanan led the crowd in a Mugwumps cheer every time her team answered a question correctly, a practice that proved popular in the original brain contest. “When I say mug, you say wumps,” Buchanan said. Team TerrorBytes was asked how many teeth does a mosquito have? They answered correctly, but were told they answered wrong. The teams’ answer was zero. However, Hunt said the correct answer was written down as 47.
Chris Sansone, professor and extension entomologist at Texas A&M University, said the mosquito does not have any teeth just a mouth with a long sucking appendage. The teams were given strikes for each question they answered wrong. Once the teams had three wrong answers, they were out of the game. Librarian Stephen Dingman struck a tamtam, a large gong, to let the teams know that they answered the question wrong, and the next team could answer their question or choose a new one from a category they hadn’t tackled. The first team eliminated was the Abby Normals, and the last team was the Mugwumps. “Mostly, I think that everybody had fun,” Krueger, said. Team Entourage won the event in September. Members were political science Chair Paul Wilson; economics Coordinator Bruce Norton; history, humanities and anthropology Chair Jon Lee; and Visintainer.
Winners: Know-Nothings
Teams Abby Normals John Deosdade Jane Focht-Hansen Robin McGilloway Celita DeArmond Sesos Pequeños Jorge Posadas Jeff Jackson Carrie Hernandez Angelia Hardaway Vandelay Industries Dawn Elmore-McCrary Richard Farias Sam Huckleberry Isabel Garcia Mugwumps Julie Cooper Martha Buchanan Robin Collett Nick Benedetto TerrorBytes Les Germer Terry Loomis Debbie Azzarello Mike Alvarado Know-Nothings Vernell Walker Conrad Krueger John Visintainer Tim Rockey