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Texas Lottery Commission agrees to fix website wording Lottery official says changes will be made “in the next couple of weeks.”
acronym because of the limited space available on the website. The lottery operations division received a letter sent to the Texas Lottery Commission and By Lionel Ramos state government officials April 4 and has been lramos174@student.alamo.edu working since then to make changes to the site in response. A request by students of this college to alter The letter, sent by Math Professor Gerald the wording on the Mega Millions website was Busald and his MATH 1442, Elementary Statistical fair and reasonable, Philip Methods, students requested Bates, acting director of media the commission change the relations for the Texas Lottery language to state the odds of Commission, said during an winning include break-even April 8 conference call interprizes, or winning the amount view. paid for a lottery ticket. With Bates on the call were Mindell said the changes Ryan Mindell, director of lotwould be made “in the next tery operations, and media couple of weeks.” relations specialist Steve Helm. Bates said it is important Philip Bates Another option was to to understand that they only acting director of media relations change the odds displayed on have the authority to change Texas Lottery Commission the site from one in 24 to one items relating to the Texas lotin 69.9. tery, and they are not responHowever, the wording will not be completely sible for other states operating the same way that revamped, nor will the odds displayed be changed. were mentioned in a Ranger article published Instead, the lottery operations division, which April 8. is in charge of the language on the site, plans to Gov. Greg Abbott has been contacted for include a phrase similar to the one on the back of a statement regarding the letter, but did not scratch-off tickets. respond by deadline. “We are looking to do something along the This is the fifth time Busald’s students lines of ‘including break-even prizes,’” Bates said. have brought errors or false advertising to the He said the addition might be in the form of an commission’s attention.
“We are looking to do something along the lines of ‘including breakeven prizes.’”
Curriculum analyst Joseph Duran, carrying sign, and Richard Farias, director of annual giving, march in Walk a Mile in Her Shoes April 10 west of Chance.
Duran was awarded the Most Glamorous Shoe award at the end of the march, which included mounted Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar. Amaru Ruiz
Résumés, job applications topics at spring career fair Company representatives said they appreciate this college’s diversity. By Isacc Tavares sac-ranger@alamo.edu Thirty-one company recruiters, administrators and managers came to a career fair March 27 in Loftin Student Center. Between 150-170 students attended the once-a-semester event sponsored by the transfer and career center. The career fair’s purpose is to connect students and employers seeking to fill parttime, full-time and seasonal jobs. Jennifer Vazquez, transfer and career center coordinator, said that even if students are not interested in a particular job, it was good to see what steps students would need to take to get hired. “It helps to create relationships and mentorships with those recruiters and to get more information on a company that students are interested in,” Vazquez said. Nonprofit educational companies were also present hoping to recruit education majors. “We love recruiting stu-
dents from SAC due to the fact that there are so many students and such a diverse student body as well,” said Chris Filer, a hiring facilitator at the Kids Involvement Network. “We are looking to hire students for the summer as fulltime employees, also as counselors and chaperones for field trips,” Filer said. “It would be a great opportunity for education majors to get some hands-on experience and build up skills with children before becoming teachers,” he said. Kids Involvement Network is an after-school program for the North East Independent School District. There were also jobs available in entertainment and performance art. Stephanie Peña, hiring manager for 5-Star Event Services, a security and event staffing company that serves San Antonio, Austin and Houston, said, “We recently did South By Southwest, events at the Aztec Theater and some concerts. “We’re looking for students
who are going to be permanent part-time employees, working on their selected hours and days for 15-20 hours on those selected days,” Pena said. Peña said to be hired, students need background checks, must not have felony convictions, and misdemeanors must be at least five years old. The San Antonio Police Department was on campus at the fair looking for new recruits. “I’ve been an SAPD officer for 11 glorious years,” SAPD officer Mike Garza said. “It was definitely a dream come true to be serving such a diverse and friendly community,” he said. “Once hired you have to understand that this is not a job, it’s a career and it’s not for everyone. Due to a rigorous and intense academy, not everyone will graduate.” Garza and SAPD came to the college and this district because of the number of students from different backgrounds that created diversity. Many students who went to
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Symposium showcases work of four Faculty selected outstanding work from thousands of student papers. By Sarah F. Morgan sac-ranger@alamo.edu Students drew inspiration from symbolic pots, Latin American pop art, a street artist and a minimalist museum April 4 at the 19th annual Student Art History Symposium. About 90 students attended the event in the visual arts center. Fine arts Professor Debra Schafter called the symposium “a real celebration of outstanding work” in an interview March 27. The symposium is a collection of slide presentations developed from instructornominated essays by students in survey arts courses, particularly ARTS 1303, Art History, and ARTS 1301, Art Appreciation, Schafter said. The four students chosen to present were selected from thousands of papers, Schafter said. Visual arts sophomore Amanda Graef presented “Vessels of Death: Spiritual Symbolism of Ancient Pottery.” Her work was based on a connection she made between two pieces of pottery on display in the San Antonio Museum of Art, Schafter said. Graef, an illustrator at The
Ranger, connected a jar from ancient Japan to a pot from predynastic Egypt. Their similarities lay in their symbolism of the afterlife, Graef said. The Japanese jar had traits resembling a snake, which were worshipped as deities. The Egyptian pot had zigzag symbolism representing the Nile River, which often was believed to be the bridge to the afterlife. Visual arts sophomore Jameson Reid presented “Voice of the People: Pop Art in Latin America.” His paper was developed during an internship with the exhibition “Art and Activism: Political Prints by Goya, Orozco and Shahn,” Schafter said. Despite the popularity of American pop art, Latin American pop art has often been overlooked, Reid said. Latin American pop art almost always has a political edge, he said. Reid gave the example of Nicolás García Uriburu, an Argentinian artist who addressed the dangers of consumerism and pollution with his screen-prints of famous rivers dyed green such as “Venice in the Key of Green.” Business sophomore
Mariana Wachter presented “Breaking Down Walls with Banksy.” Banksy is a world-renowned street artist known for his controversial statements and anonymity. Watcher displayed quotes by Banksy such as, “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable,” along with Banksy’s piece “Rage, the Flower Thrower.” His art, which usually makes a political statement, is graffitied on buildings throughout Europe. Wachter said it was fun to present in the symposium because it gave her the opportunity to inform people about the social and political issues Banksy represents in his art. Some issues Banksy addresses in his art are homophobia and police brutality. Computer science sophomore K. “Bear” Smith presented “To Marfa and Back: The Chinati Experience,” which tells the story of art he encountered while volunteering at the Chinati Foundation in Marfa. The Chinati Foundation is a contemporary art museum founded in 1986 by American artist Donald Judd.
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