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Meet your Homecoming Queen and King

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Football to Boxer

Travis Demas Sports Reporter

“In Texas theres two things, religion and football, and football is religion,” said Tyrell Herndon. Little did former Javelina football player know that football, would turn into boxing, for him.

Given Herndon’s unique combination of size and speed, he dominated at the high school level earning him all state, and all district honors while playing for Copperas Cove High School.

On the verge of becoming an Dividion I athlete, Herndon received some bad news involving his grades.

“My grades kind of threw me off; I was doing enough to pass, but not enough to go DI,” said Herndon.

With hopes to make it to play Division I football,

Herndon decided to go to Kilgore Junior College, so he could play another two years of football, and show that he could make the grades to transfer to a university. After having a fantastic first year at Kilgore Junior College, both academically and on he field, Herndon had a couple of offers from division one schools.

“I succeded there at football and athletics and football,”said Herndon However, things did not pan out as Herndon expected. With Division I schools such as Arkansas and Missouri heavily interested in him going into his second year at Kilgore, Herndon ended up hurting his wrist late in the fourth quarter of his third game that year.

“I missed a tackle on the

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The crowd was on their feet cheering and clapping, waiting for the crowning of Texas A&M University-Kingsville 2016 Homecoming Queen and King. As the Top 5 candidate pairs were on the field with the Javelina Marching Band playing Fanfare and Flourishes by James Curnow, the anticipation of the crowning was increasing.

Homecoming King is Ajinkya Pawar from Nashik, India and is a graduate studying for a Masters of Science.

Homecoming Queen is Nilofar Sayyad from India and is a graduate studying for a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering. Both candidates representing the Association of Indian Students.

“Being an Indian and a Photo by Crystal Zamarron Muslim Queen, that has made Left to Right: Nilofar Sayyad croned Homecoming Queen and some different record in itself Ajinkya Ramesh Pawar crowned Homecoming King than just an Indian Queen,” said Sayyad. “I wanted to crener-up for king is Kumaresh Babu Murugeate this small history and thought it would san and queen is Shelby Shaw. The Student really be a great honor to be representing as Regent Stephanie Martinez, Miss TAMUK Queen.”

Tessie Ledesma, Internal Affairs Chair Enzo “To be King give me pride for myself. It is Soza, and Dean of Students Kirsten Compaa once in a lifetime opportunity for me and ry helped crown the candidates.

I am glad that I took it,” said Pawar.

“I was too anxious while the final. . .

First runner-up for king is Ujjwal Brara and queen is Felicia Avila. Second runSee Homecoming on Page 7

There is no place like winning home versus the University of the Texas-Permian Basin Falcons (2-5, 0-5 LSC), 56-7.

The Hoggies hit the ground running from the start, moving efficiently down the field on an opening eight play, 80-yard touchdown drive, capped off with a 36-

Robert Breedlove Sports Reporter @BreedloveCam

The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Javelinas (4-3, 2-3 LSC) placed an exclamation point on Homecoming Week with a blowout win

Photo by Crystal Zamarron

Anthony Autry waves hands in celebration of touchdown

yard catch-and-run to Hogs receiver Jordan Thomas.

A&M-Kingsville played aggressively in the first half, allowing quarterback Myles Carr to air the ball all over the field as well as reaching deep into their playbook.

After a Javelina stop on defense, the ensuing drive would look to be stopped short for only three points by the Falcon defense.

The Hoggies lined up for a field goal attempt on a 4th and nine on the 17-yard line, but Carr quickly audibled out of it into the shotgun, and delivered a pass to Torrey Thomas for a first down.

The next play, Nick Pelrean cashed it in on a four-yard swing pass to give Kingsville the 14-0 lead.

The Javelina offense continued their ruthless aggression, kicking an onside-kick on the following kickoff and recovering it.

But the Hoggie drive would end on a jump ball interception thrown in the end zone

by Carr on the first play of the second quarter, only his

second on the season.

Luckily for Carr and company, the defense stepped up and shut down the young and inexperienced UTPB squad.

“We hadn’t seen a single one of their players in competition up until this point”, Coach Darren Wilkinson said after the game, “So there was a lot of unknown coming into this game.”

The Falcons only managed to eke out 40 yards of total offense in the first half, while coughing up the pigskin four times during the contest, the most takeaways forced by the Javelinas since their matchup against Simon Fraser.

Forrest Jones contributed to two of those turnovers, first with a clutch end zone interception and 32-yard return that prevented UTPB from getting on the board in the second quarter.

Later in the fourth quarter, Jones induced a fumble that killed a potential Falcon scoring drive.

By contrast the Javelina

INSIDE STORIES See Breast Cancer Awareness Walk/Run Event on Page 3!

100 organizations signed up for Fall Carnival Read more about it on Page 2

offense put on yet another fireworks show.

Five different players scored touchdowns, two of them scoring multiple times.

Pelrean, stepping in for the injured Greg Pitre, picked up three touchdowns, a swing pass in the first quarter and two short rushes in the third and fourth quarter.

Luis Lopez also picked up two rushing touchdowns as Coach Wilkinson’s go-to goalline back.

“The way I characterize [Luis],”Coach Wilkinson said of Lopez, “is that he runs angry. He just goes and beats people up as he runs the ball” Carr managed his offense efficiently, utilizing short out passes and occasionally taking deep shots downfield.

He went 19-28, picking up 271 yards passing, and rushing for 31 yards on five carries.

He threw two interceptions, both in the second quarter. . .

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John Picacio presenting his artwork during his workshop

A Sci-Fi Piccaso

Bobby Puentes #JAVLIFE Editor @paperboybob

Multi award winning artist John Picacio was on campus discussing and presenting different aspects of the art industry to anyone who is inspiring to make a career out of art. Specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, Picacio has won prestige awards in the art industry including a back-toback selection of the Hugo Award for best professional artist.

About 50 people were in attendance to listen and speak with Picacio who was part of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Presidential Performing &Visual Arts Series. The series focuses on bringing in performers and visual artist that are working as artist full time. “John Picacio is one of the best, he uses an array of processes to get to his final product.

That’s what we try an teach our students here, what he was talking about.” Jesus De La Rosa said about why Picacio was selected to speak.

Success is no stranger to Picacio with some of his most famous franchise works with Star Trek and X-Men. Hoping to shed light on an industry many people try and get into but not many succeed at, the series started off with Picacio giving an hour-long lecture going into details on any subject or question presented with a workshop being presented later on in the day. “Thumbnails, taking photographs taking reference shots and then creating the piece you want to do. That’s what we try and teach in the classes.

It’s real important to hear that from somebody who actually is working in the industry at the time.”. . .

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INDEX See Distinguished Alumni Banquet on Page 4!

Breast Cancer Awareness Column On Page 5

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A fun filled Fall Carnival

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS!

Halloween Block Party Tuesday, Oct. 25th 4:30 p.m.

1000 W. Santa Gertrudis St.

This years Fall Carnival brought out students and local community memebers to enjoy food,music and activities.

Xavier Aguilar Reporter @xavi_sotex The Fall Carnival is a night full of food, music and activities. The festivities were held at Texas A & M University – Kingsville down University Blvd. on October 12, 2016.

The Carnival had different organizations raising money, families from the community and music throughout the night.

Any normal college student has homework, test and projects to study and put together. The carnival

serves as a place to relax and have one night off.

“I had a great time enjoying the food, music and much needed fun time with friends and family,” said Ana Karen Villanueva, an Animal Science major.Many organizations use this event to raise funds for their organization. ”Everything is going pretty good, there is another organization selling [the same thing] but we have lots of girls out here and we love what we do and we are happy for what we are doing it for,” says Ashley Palacios,

Photo capturing part of the crowd from the Fall Carnival. the Fundraising Chairman for Alpha Sigma Alpha, “we will be using the funds from this event for scholarships and promoting education.”

The lady’s of Alpha Sigma Alpha were selling bacon wrapped hotdogs because, “everyone loves bacon.”

When you walk throughout

the fall carnival you not only see students, family and faculty but you also see cute dogs being walked around.

The Veterinary Technology club was out supporting man’s best friends by selling dog pup-cakes, treats and toys.

“It’s been going really well

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our stuff has been selling well,” says Heather Gleason, a Veterinary Technology Major, “we are the Veterinary technology club our lives are surrounded by animals and everyone loves to give their pets treats … and it seemed like a perfect match.”

THE

ROOT O F I T A L L Photo by Crystal Zamarron

Contemporary artist April Garcia has pieces from her exhibit The Root of It All displayed in the Ben Bailey Art Gallery until Nov. 19.

Art inspired by Mexican Folklore, memory, identity and natural elements found in nature can be seen

on display through Garcia’s works.

Her process of sewing, weaving and knotting has distinguished her art from others who make similar pieces. A closing reception will be held on Nov. 18 from 5 -7 p.m. to put a wrap on the exhibit.

Forum Day Oct. 26 11 A.M -1:30 P.M M SUB 2ND FLOOR RM 221 A,B

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BY APRIL GARCIA

EARTH SCIENCE WEEK CONTINUED America Quintero Reporter The week-long celebration of Earth Science Week has come to another yearly end at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. Held from Oct. 10-14 the geology department at TAMUK encouraged the community to take a moment to learn about planet Earth. The events of Earth Science Week differed each day, allowing the public to enjoy a variety of displays, activities, and geology concepts.

The first day of Earth Science Week was held at Hill hall from 6:30-8:30 p.m. With a joint collaboration from the physics and geology department at Texas A&M-Kingsville, the public en-

joyed a documentary on volcanoes, a display of mineral collections, and a viewing of planets from TAMUK’s telescope observatory.

Feature displays included demonstrations of electrical producing devices and university student research.

The celebration continued with Geosciences Open House, held on October 11 at Manning and Hill hall from 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Open House had a number of presentations from Texas A&M-Kingsville’s Geoscience staff members.

Professor Parker explained ocean circulation models; Dr. Su demonstrated a three-dimensional model of Texas A&M-Kingsville using Google Earth; Dr. Sanchez gave hands-on geology field demonstra-

tions; and Dr. McGehee lectured on sedimentary environments from the past. Dr. Ford gave a demonstration on a gem’s ability to split light into two different pathways, thus creating an astonishing optical illusion. Poster boards from previous geoscience majors were also presented at Open House, providing more information on geology subjects and an opportunity to demonstrate university level work.

October 12 brought great opportunities for home-schooled children and parents, as they were able to enjoy earth science activities from 5:00-9:00 p.m.

Host of the event, Dr. Sanchez, held presentations about void space in ground water systems and on the mineral composition of

wooden pencils. The next day, on October 13, the geosciences department gave a Campus Geology Tour. The tour allowed the community to learn about local geology and receive news on the updated campus weather station “WeatherBug”, which allows Kingsville residents to get the latest campus weather station information.

On the last day of Earth Science Week, the geosciences department held a beautification campus cleanup from 3:00-4:00 p.m..

This gave community members the opportunity to keep their environment and planet clean, bringing a conclusion to the week-long celebration.

Dr. Mark Ford, professor of physics and geosciences at Texas

A&M-Kingsville, coordinated Earth Science Week. When asked about promoting the event, Dr. Ford stated, “Come learn what Earth sciences is all about. See some of the great activities and events that are going on at the geology department at TAMUK.” Student, Felipe Alarcon, commented, “I came to see everything that was going on at Earth Science Week. It’s very important to understand the geology in the area. I personally liked a lot of the field work and geology optics at the event. I think the geosciences department is doing great things and hope that they keep doing these types of events to get more people in the community involved.”

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Walk the rest to end

affect any individual no matter how young or old they are or what race they belong to. Afterwards, the walk initiated and all who participated either walked or ran three “Sometimes you want to quit walking, miles. but you can’t quit cancer, so you have to The race was hosted by Alpha Sigma keep going. It’s called determination,” said Alpha as a way to reach out to the communiKathleen Alexander, a participant of The ty to promote health and wellness and Breast Cancer Awareness Walk, inform both males and females Oct. 15. about breast cancer. With the The walk/run initiated in help of sorority Delta Chi, The the Memorial Student Union American Chemical Society Building Courtyard at 9 a.m. and Health and Wellness this Alexander was one of the many event helped raise donations participants who was walkfor “The Susan G. Komen For ing in commemoration of her The Cure” foundation. The friends who have faced cancer. money collected will then go to The awareness walk started the affiliation in San Antonio. off sixteen years ago here at

The Student Health Texas A&M-Kingsville and has and wellness took over the been an annual event ever since. event back in 2004 and has been In 2008 it became part of the assisting Alpha Sigma Alpha ever homecoming festivities, attractsince.

The main purpose is not ing more and more individuonly to acknowledge all those inals each year. “Today we had dividuals who have faced breast a really good turnout, we cancer, but to bring awareness saw some family members, of the topic to others. we saw a lot of people we This event was open for weren’t expecting, we saw all members of the comdifferent organizations and munity who wished to I think that is the best part, participate.

“The event knowing that everyone is allows for our students to out here with the same goal of come together, they don’t bringing awareness” said Ashhave to pay a registration fee ley Palacios, a member of the Graphic by Crystal Zamarron if they just want to come and be Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority. part of this event they are more than welThe event started with a quick speech from Sylvia Ruiz, the mother of two individ- comed,” said Director of Student Health and Wellness, Jo Elda Castillo Alaniz. “It is open uals who attended Texas A&M Kingsville.

In her speech she talked about learning from to other communities, the Kingsville community or even university personnel” she her journey fighting cancer and stated that added. cancer doesn’t discriminate, meaning it can Camila Peña Reporter

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Alpha Sigma Alpha and the Student Health & Wellness collaborate the Breast Cancer Walk/Run to bring awareness and to help those that have or have someone that dealt with Breast Cancer

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Spotlight shines on Javelina Nation

Alex Guerra Reporter @alxgrr

Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Javelina Alumni Association honored seven individuals at the IBC Bank sponsored Distinguished Alumni Awards banquet, which was held in the Student Union Building ballrooms Friday evening.

The purpose of the awards is to recognize proud Javelinas who have created a difference through either their role in the community, as a humanitarian, political activism, or any other noteworthy attribution. Five of the seven honorees listed in the agenda were also featured in a complimentary program booklet, courtesy of the TAMUK Office of Marketing and Communications.

Embossed with a blue and

gold silhouette of College Hall, the program also contained short biographies and photos of the distinguished members.

President of the Javelina Alumni Association, Anissa Hernandez said, “We have a nomination committee that is very selective with the applications for [distinguished awards] and the faculty awards due to the amount of submissions…it’s a big night for everyone!”

Distinguished Alumni award recipients included: Larry R. Busby, Dr. Jose A. Gutierrez, Harold L. Hees, and Alvaro “Al” Hinojosa.

Justin Munoz, director of alumni affairs shared his thoughts on the evening.

“It’s an amazing night where we honor all those who have gone above and beyond after leaving TAMUK. It’s an honor to represent Javelina Nation as a distinguished

alum, as well as a ‘Rising Star’ which is an individual who is recognized early on 15 years past graduation.”

Dr. Veronica Ancona, assistant professor of Citrus Pathology at Texas A&M University-Kingsville Citrus Center in Weslaco, was awarded the Rising Star plaque for in depth research and its relationship to the South Texas region within a 15-year span of her graduation from Texas A&M University-Kingsville. For his research, Dr. John Da Graca, director of Citrus Center was given the Distinguished Research plaque. Dr. Greta Schuster, professor of Agronomy and Resource Sciences, also received a plaque for Distinguished Teaching.

Alvaro “Al” Hinojosa, distinguished guest, has served as president of the Javelina Alumni Association in the past for several years. He

logical Union for his work in research in wild quail management.

The honor came as a bit of a surprise when Dr. Lenny Brennan received it in the mail.

“I was really thrilled

when I got the letter,”Brennan said, “It was out of the blue, I didn’t expect it.”

The AOU’s mission is to promote the science of ornithology, recruiting future ornithologist, and to advance “the understanding,

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felt honored and humbled to be selected one of the five recipients. “There are many alumni who are deserving of this great honor. This is a humbling experience.”

A reception took place before the event allowed guests to mingle. Former recipients and newly titled distinguished alumni wore yellow rose boutonnières.

In addition to the social, a silent auction also took place.

Items such as jewelry, gift baskets, framed photos, and centerpieces were donated.

appreciation, and conservation of bird species and their populations.”

Specifically, Brennan’s work has focused on the population and ecology of bobwhite quail and what steps could be taken to reverse their longtime decline.

His work has been especially vital to local South Texas towns whose economies rely on quail hunters who come down during the winter months. “[Quail hunting] is huge down here”, Brennan said, “We estimated about 10 million acres of South Texas is

habitat that will grow wild quail when it rains.”

Dr. Brennan has worked with Texas Parks & Wildlife to help bring the bobwhite quail population back to normal levels. “[We’re] looking at habitat restoration, replacing coastal Bermuda grass pastures with native plants… [and] prescribing fire to a landscape to set succession back and stimulate grasses and forbs.”

Only four other people have been named an AOU fellow in the state of Texas.

Dr. Brennan has also

been with an award for Individual Achievement by the National Bobwhite Technical Committee.

Dr. Brennan began his research with mountain quails in California 1984, and came to A&M Kingsville 16 years ago where he has worked ever since.

His work has been published in more than 170 scientific publications in academic journals and as a member of the animal; rangeland and wildlife sciences department has contributed Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute.

Bird is word for TAMUK professor Robert Breedlove Reporter @Breedlovecam

A Texas A&M University-Kingsville professor was recently honored as a fellow of the American Ornitho-

‘Just one of those times’

Daokta Roberts Reporter

International press coverage of the 2016 presidential election was the main focus of the panel hosted by the school’s International Affairs Group (IAG). The panel was held in Room 201 on the second floor of the Javelina Dining Hall Friday, Oct. 14.

The IAG is a lecture series that has been operating on campus for about 20 years.

They have focused on topics like ISIS in the Middle East as well as discussing the international press coverage of the last three election cycles. The informative discussion was hosted by professors from various departments, all of whom had personal relations with the region they decided to focus on: Dr. Dean Ferguson, a medieval history professor, Dr. Richard Hartwig, a political science professor, and last minute replacement, Dr. Jieming Chen, a visiting sociology professor.

Dr. Chen began the lecture by evaluating the general reaction from the Chinese media. Chinese relations have been continually brought up during this election process, making it a pivotal topic for the candidates.

Dr. Chen mainly elaborated on the nonchalant attitude of the Chinese people towards our election, saying that not many media commenters have come forward in China.

Chen continued by focusing on the objective nature of Chinese reporters, “Observers tend to act more objectively. Another point, you may find quite interesting,

is that you don’t really see any opinionated comments from any one of the major news medias on what is happening in America… I have never come across any news agency that shows any kind of preference to any candidate.”

He did not say however that they have completely ignored the election, in fact there has been extensive coverage, its just that Chen described it as “detached coverage.” Chen cited a Global news article, a news agency that Dr.Chen has contributed to, that disproves Trump’s discussion that China is manipulating Chinese currency.

“In fact, the argument goes that China has increased, they did not really devaluate, actually Chinese prices have increased 30% or 40% over the last few years, so its simply false,” said Chen. He continued stating that often times the same products that you buy here will be more expensive in China.

Next up to discuss was Dr. Dean Ferguson, who decided to allot his time to analyze political cartoons illustrated in Francophone and Anglophone newspapers published in Africa.

Ferguson said, “There is kind of a general disappointment in the process, a disappointment in democracy in much of the African press that I have seen.” According to French papers issued in South Africa, the handling of the current presidential election, particularly in regards to Trump, is simply a symptom of decline and fear in American society. Ferguson presented many different po-

litical cartoons that illustrated that Trump merely has a caricature view of South African society and politics; with his general knowledge, Trump simply knows too little about African culture to be able to deliberate on it.

Ferguson concluded by explaining that politicians like Trump are being used to criticize other national leaders. “The other thing that is quite interesting is that Trump has become kind of a foil for criticizing their own leadership… they are using Trump as the vehicle with which they can critique their own,” said Ferguson.

The closing speaker came from Dr. Richard Hartwig.

Positive responses for Donald Trump have been known to come from areas of Russia, Nigel Farage, the UK Independence party leader, and a party in Germany often known for pushing anti-immigration policy. Not much was said about the reaction to the Clinton campaign. Dr. Ferguson related that to Donald Trump being the “lightning rod” of this election.

After about an hour long discussion, the lecture concluded. Adri Hinojosa, a biomedical science major that attended the lecture, said, “The reaction from other countries is a lot like how we handle foreign countries’ elections here. Often times, we are fairly uninterested or detached to it, but every once in awhile one arises that seems to attract the eyes of the world. I think this is just one of those times.”

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Get Your Pink On, Raise Awareness

Breast Cancer Awareness on College Campuses is Important Angel Castillo Editorial Editor As October comes on by so do the pink ribbons we see around the TAMUK campus. October is known to be Breast Cancer Awareness Month and for good reason too. Breast cancer is the most common cancer besides skin cancer among American Women. About 1 in 8 women in the US will develop invasive breast cancer during their lifetime.

The importance of bring awareness to breast cancer on college campuses is very high. It is important that even though breast cancer is more likely to be diagnosed once you’re older than 40, you should still be aware of how important it is to be screened for it. Although no effective breast-cancer screening tool yet exists for women ages 40 or younger, thousands of lives can be saved due to early diagnosis.

In a Twitter poll, held by

@TheSouthTexan, results show that on the TAMUK campus out 47 students 79% of students know of someone who has had breast cancer. These results go to show that out of 47 students who participated in this poll we know that 30 of those students know of someone who has had breast cancer.

breast cancer awareness in individuals under the age of 40. They believe that of the 70,000 people who are diagnosed breast cancer accounts for 15% diagnoses in that age group.

After doing my research, it’s crazy to know how many people are diagnosed with cancer. You may think that

most kinds of diseases that are diagnosed early and are caught on time can be treated properly. I want to encourage all students, both males and females to have checkups often with your family doctor. Even though we are young and aren’t in the age range where you would expect to be diag-

“Be strong if you are ever presented with a hurdle in your life. Things always get better and the best thing to do whenever something negative appears in your life is to be positive.”

Bringing awareness as soon as possible could save lives.

“Every year, about 70,000 people are diagnosed with cancer between the ages of 15 and 39, according to the Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology Progress review group.”

The Young Survival Coalition is an international organization that encourages

- Angel Castillo

70,000 would be small compared to how many people live in the United States. We should make it a goal and priority to find a cure for cancer Breast Cancer can seem like such a frightening thing to hear but the good thing about keeping up with your health is that with any

nosed with a disease, it is better to be sure of your health than to go on not knowing if you have something.

One thing that I’d like to say about cancer or any other disease is that don’t let a disease determine how to live your life or define who you are. Be strong if you are

ever presented with a hurdle in your life. Things always get better and the best thing to do whenever something negative appears in your life is to be positive. Any obstacles that are put in your life may be challenging but there is always a way around it.

Family and friends are going to be there to support you no matter what you are going through.

I think it is important for students to know how significant it is to keep track of your health not only for breast cancer but also for any type of disease. Together by bringing awareness, we can fight to find the cure to not only breast cancer but to all the types of cancers that exist in our world. We should all be active participants in our communities and bring awareness and be the support group for each other. To all my fellow Javelinas, let’s be the pushing force in the world and strive to find a cure for cancer.

Dropping a Class for the First Time Why Dropping a Class is better than Failing It

Sebastyon Spencer Advertising Manager Over this past week I came to the decision to drop my first class with a Q. Before I get into it I just want to say the last day to drop with a Q is October 27. I came to the decision only because I am failing this particular class. As of now I feel bad only because I felt like I could have passed this class but I was let down by the professor. I also have other classes to worry about and I also have work so trying to

sit down and read was really hard to do with everything else.

When it came time to take the test, which happens every other week, I had no time to study for it since I was already busy with other classes and projects to finish as well. When I finally had time to read for the midterm, I failed the midterm because the questions that I thought would be on the test were not on it, we also went over what would be on the test and the professor wouldn’t have questions that we

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“As of now I feel bad only because I felt like I could have passed this class but I was let down by the professor.”

-Sebastyon Spencer not the reason for taking the class in the first place. I

Another thing about the class is that about almost everyone is failing or just

getting by with a D. Now being told from the professor themselves is that the class is probably going to be the easiest class you can possibly take and pass with an A. Over the years of taking classes I have come to the fact of knowing; “Is this class going to be fun or is it going to be a class I need to put the much time in.” Now honestly I don’t freak out much on classes but to get a study guide the day before the test was unfair. We were told that the test would be a week away and yet a study guide

wouldn’t be handed till the day before the test. Normally in the past professors would give a study guide a week in advance to help you so I didn’t understand why it was a day before, for this professor.

Honestly after dropping this class I feel much better and I’m hoping to keep up my grades. For students that think they need to drop, if you really feel like you won’t be able to pass I say drop but only if you really have to.

Estudiantes deben de tener Cuidado Cruzando las Calles

Clarissa Madrigal Spanish Columnist En la Universidad como en la mayoría de los lugares existen los señalamientos para que haya orden y respeto. Los señalamientos también ayudan para prevenir accidentes viales. En la Universidad hay señales para que conduzcamos a una velocidad adecuada, también existen otros para darle paso a los peatones.

En ocasiones muchos estudiantes no obedecen las señales. Están los anuncios de los señalamientos que muestran que los carros de-

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Crystal Zamarron- Editor-in-Chief Raul Altamirano- Managing Editor/Campus News Editor Sebastyon Spencer- Advertising Manager

wanted to take the class due to the fact of hearing how fun it was and the professor being really nice and funny and man, it was a letdown.

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would go over the day of the exam.

I was told before signing up for the class that it was fairly easy class, this was

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ben de detenerse si alguien está a punto de cruzar de un extremo a otro ya sea en bicicleta o caminando.

En ocasiones me ha tocado que los automóviles no respetan dicha señal lo cual no está bien porque claro dice alto y debemos de respetar. También pueden ocasionar un accidente ya que las personas que cruzan por esas calles en ocasiones no voltean a los extremos porque piensas que las personas que van manejando van a respetar las señales viales.

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accidentes en nuestro plantel educativo al igual que afuera del plantel. Algunas personas que cruzan de un extremo a otro no verifican si un carro viene cerca y eso es muy peligroso.

Por seguridad debemos de cruzan en las esquinas que es donde hay más señalamientos, en dado caso de que queramos cruzar por en medio de las calles debemos de verificar que no venga ningún automóvil, es por nuestra seguridad. Las personas que manejan deben de verificar que no cruce nadie para poder evitar una tragedia. También es muy importante manejar precav-

idamente y a una velocidad adecuada que en dado caso que alguna persona vaya a cruzar sin fijarse podamos prevenir un accidente.

Debemos de tomar en cuenta que si nos llega a ver un policía podríamos ser multados por no obedecer algo que está más que claro.

No hacer caso de las indicasiones es violar reglas que ya están establecidas. Todos debemos de tener cuidado tanto al caminar como al manejar para evitar cualquier tipo de daño al prójimo.

No solo el que camina puede salir dañado sino también el que maneja.

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Volleyball team returns the favor to TexAnns, win five-set thriller in S.P.E.C. Frankie Cardenas Sports Editor @Frankiej_Suckaa The Gil E. Steinke Physical Education Center was running short on oxygen Tuesday night, as Texas A&M University-Kingsville Javelina volleyball team (18-5, 8-3 LSC) defeated the Tarleton State TexAnns (173, 9-2 LSC) 3 sets to 2, in a match that you certainly had to see to believe.

It was a neck-in-neck game throughout, as neither team would give any sort of wiggle room to each other, as none of the sets would finish with a scoring margin of more than four points (25-23, 21-25, 25-22, 22-25, 12-15).

The fire of the huge crowd of onlookers ignited the Hoggies to hit a dominant .315 over the second best defensive hitting team in the Lone Star Conference.

The defensive prowess of the best blocking team in the Lone Star Conference was also present as can be, as the Hoggies lived up to their reputation, accumulating 14 total blocks spread out across the net, currently sitting as the only team in the LSC with more than 200 blocks on the season; also, allowing the TexAnns to hit only .141 on the night.

Head Coach Tanya Allen felt the game was both a team effort, yet a crowd effort as well, noting that one of the biggest crowds she’s seen while serving her tenure at TAMUK, helped to lift the spirits of the Javelinas as the game went on.

“It’s phenomenal,” said Coach Allen. ”There was tons of energy in the gym, and it was so loud. Our [players] were competitive, and they

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The team shaking hands after the victory over the TexAnns. The Hoggies are 4-0 in LSC match-ups after suffering the loss to Angelo State University on Oct. 1st stepped up big. We are just on a high right now.”

The team has now extended its win streak to six matches, and in the process, ended TSU’s eight-match win streak dating back to Sep. 23rd.

Krystal Faison was a force to be reckoned with the whole night on the attack, racking up 23 total kills, and also included 15 digs and 2 service aces, allowing for her 13th double-double on the season.

“It’s a sweet victory,” said Faison on the win.

“This was a big one for us [because] Tarleton’s one of

the top teams in our conference. We gave them their second loss in [LSC play].

It was a great win and we needed it.”

In her wake, Ashley Bukowski and Madison Brabham penciled in 12 kills apiece.

Bukowski chipped in a team-high 18 digs, which allowed for her to have another double-double to add to her resume on the season.

And as always, Casey Klobedans extends her all-time career numbers by guiding the offense with 51 assists on the night.

On the front lines for the

defense, it seemed like the collectve works of Lexi Wick, Haley Hutchinson, and Madison Brabham refused to allow anything across the net.

Wick lead the way with eight total blocks and added 10 kills to boast, while Hutchinson and Brabham followed with six blocks to their credit.

The Javelinas game plan going into the contest was proving that they could not only control the net up front, but that they could win in a team effort. The team on the opposite side of the net was formidablle, with the

one player (Hailey Roberts) who plagued them the most in the previous outing in Stephenville.

“We just showed them that you can’t win just by using one person, which is what Tarleton does,” said Faison on how the game plan was executed.

“You have to beat our whole team, and I feel like we dominated on every end of our spectrum, and we just played a hell of a game.”

“I mean, we knew that Hailey Roberts was a really good player for Tarleton, so we tried to stress that we needed to win as a team,

and that everybody needed to contribute numbers, and everybody on the squad did that,” said Allen. “We’re one of the best blocking teams in the conference, and we definitely showed that tonight.”

Allen and company will hit the road this weekend lookinh to keep the streak alive, traveling to New Mexico to face both Western and Eastern New Mexico universities in back-to-back days this coming weekend.

The Hogs will not make a return to the SPEC until Friday. Oct. 28, when they face Texas A&M-Commerce.

LSC CX Championships

Hogs to travel to Commerce in pursuit of gold Adrian Silguero Sports Reporter

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Jordan Thomas avoiding a Falcon defender on his way to the endzone in the first quarter.

Football Continued - From Page 1 for a total of three on the year.

The 19 receptions were spread evenly among the receiving corps, with no one player getting more than five receptions and four players getting touchdown receptions: Jordan Thomas, Torrey Thomas, Nick Pelrean, and Anthony Autry. `“I challenged these guys all week long”, Coach Wilkinson said, “we wanted them to be able to come and play all four quarters, and we haven’t done that this year.”

This is the Javelina’s first homecoming win since 2012 when they beat Angelo State 34-21, on Oct. 27th, 2012.

This win also ended a 9-game losing streak in the Lone Star Conference while playing in Javelina Stadium for the Hogs.

Historic streaks are breaking as the season continues.

This Saturday the Javelinas will head up to Stephenville, Texas to take on the 4-3 Tarleton State Texans.

The Hoggies will enter into this week’s

match-up with a Lone Star Conference-leading average of 38.8 points per game versus conference opponents.

They will also head into the game witth the tied for first place rushing defense, only allowing 92 yards a game to opponents on the ground.

Tarleton State meanwhile, has held LSC opponents to 23.8 points per game and leads the conference with 27 sacks and is second with 10 interceptions.

However, a lack of offensive production on the ground, only averaging 97 yards a game on the ground collectively, could be a problem against the Hoggie defense.

The Javelinas will be shooting to extend it’s current two game win streak, and will continue to work it’s way into a top spot in the Lone Star Conference.

Game time will be at 6:00 P.M., this Saturday, October 22nd, inside Memorial Stadium.

The Javelinas will be heading to Commerce for the Lone Star Conference Cross County Championshps hosted by Texas A&M University- Commerce, Saturday, Oct. 22.

The cross country team concluded its regular season strong, finishing second in the UIW (University of the Incarnate Word) Invitational in San Antonio.

Since then, all eyes have been focused on this weekend’s conference meet.

“It was awesome finishing second in the last meet against some Division I schools.

It gave us more confidence going into the conference meet knowing we can compete at the highest level, what also helped us is the week off,” said Javelina women’s athlete Courtesy Photo: Javelina Athletics Chelsea Gonzalez.

Javelina men’s runners sprinting toward the The championships will consist of an finsih line. eight-kilometer race for the men starting at 9:30 a.m. and a six-kilometer race starting at Although these times are hard to compare 10:30 a.m. for the women. to the likes of the Javelinas on paper, the The week off for the Javelinas has given Hoggies feel like they can finish in the top them time to recuperate from the regular four. season. Some of the runners have been fa“When you wake up every morning at tigued and needed extra treatment for them 5:30 to run and workout we feel like we’re to get healthy. As far as the competition that the only team doing that and nobody in the the Hoggies will be facing at the LSC Chamconference is working as hard as us.’’ Said pionships, the competition will be tough all Shane Stehle on the preperation for this across the board. week.

West Texas A&M runner Geoffrey KipNames to watch in Javelina Nation for chumba is coming off of one of his best runs both teams include Jose Ventura IV for the this year as he beat a handful of All-Amerimen’s team, fresh off his best time in the cans during the FHSU Tiger open where he UIW invitational in the 8K (24:32) and Jade ran an 8,000-meter course in a school record Guerrero for the women’s team in the 6K time of 23:50.9.

(23:26).

Tarelton State University women’s runner The Hogs will look to bring home some Katelin Huckabee has the fastest time in the hardware, as well as make a mark in the Lone Star Conference in the six-kilometer LSC. races with a time of 23:16.6.

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Boxer - From Page 1 hit him wrong, and kind of twisted my arm up weird,” said Herndon Herndon decided to put ice on it and go to the hospital where they thought it was just a sprain, but due to the pain continuing, he decided

to get a second opinion. “[My wrist was dislocated because] I waited so long to get a second opinion,”said Herndon As a result of Herndon’s wrist being dislocated, his division one dreams were crushed. Contact between Arkansas and Missouri began to slow down, but a new found hope resurrected Herndon as another college started to show interest in him.“Thats when [Kingsville] popped up, and [Coach Atterberry] was like ‘ hey man, Ive seen your tape and I really like you. I know you got [the wrist injury] but we will bring you in, and rehab you” Herndon would accept Coach Atterberry’s offer in the spring of 2007 and ended up transferring that same year to Texas A&M-Kingsville where he spent the remainder of the semester rehabbing.

After a semester of rehabbing, Herndon was finally back on the field and played his first season as a Javelina in which he started in all the games that season. In His second season, Herndon faced a new challenge after his college sweetheart had their daughter Mia Herndon. Now having more motivation to make

it pro, Herndon once again started in all the games in which the Javelinas just barely missed out on winning the conference title by one game.

With the teams success, and Herndon’s play on the field, a couple of NFL(national football league) teams interested in him such as the Eagles, Giants, Packers, and Lions.

The only thing he needed to do was just run a 4.5 second forty yard dash time at his pro day combine. “I was clocking a 4.5, and thats what they liked, but when it came down to running for them i clocked a 4.7,” said Herndon Herndon would go on to graduate from A&M-Kingsville in 2009 as a criminal justice major, and pursue his football career playing arena football for the Billings Outlaws in which he won a championship in his first year there. Herndon would earn defensive player of the game and catch the eyes of a few NFL scouts.

Unfortunately, talks would slow down due to interest in another player that the Packers had already been in contact with. So Herndon decided to continue to play arena ball in hopes of gain-

ing more interest from NFL teams, but for the Richmond Revolution. After a season with the Revolution, Herndon began to question his football future, as the NFL lockout would take place that year 2011.

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Homecoming - From Page 1 from there,that soured my taste,” said Herndon Herndon would then begin working and with some encouragement from his roommate at the time he began boxing in his spare time.“I went in and day by day kept getting at it. The sport was good to me and I actually started off being good at it,” said Herndon Other than watching a few Mike Tyson fights Herndon

had no previous training, and began his amateur career by winning two LBC(local boxing committee) tournament, and a golden glove tournament as he earned a amateur record of 21-4. Feeling good about his success so far as an amateur.

Herndon decided to link up with trainer Rick Morones, a twelve year professional trainer that had never worked with a heavyweight fighter before in hopes to turn pro.

Morones, Reluctant to agree to take on a heavyweight fighter changed his mind after seeing Herndon. “He’s naturally athletic, has quick feet, and hands, so it’s always exciting to have a heavyweight like that.” Morones said.

Herndon would go on to earn a record of 4-0 as a pro with Morones in his corner as his trainer, and see’s a lot of similarities and differences between boxing and football.

“It’s not a team sport, its an individual sport, besides the trainer you’re the only one out there,” said Herndon.

announcement at the games,” said Pawar. “When my name was announced as the homecoming king I was feeling blessed and excited as I had all friends cheering for me. Even after two days, I still have the band playing the tune I my head.” The homecoming queen had a similar response; “I literally had goose bumps when my name was announced. I cannot express my happiness,” said Sayyad. “My mom in India called me a day before and said that I will be the queen. [The Homecoming ceremony] was the most memorable day of my life.”

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Committee sponsored the Homecoming process. “The complete campaigning process was really systematic but Enzo Soza and the whole team of SGA worked real hard to make sure it was fair for each of the candidate,” said Pawar.

“Campaigning! This was the best part of this Homecoming journey. I really did not know that my relations with students in the campus are so strong until I saw their support in campaigning. I got many new friends in this journey,” said Sayyad.

When asked what the Queen and King will like for the student-body to

Picacio - From Page 1 De La Rosa said of the importance for young artist to hear information from successful artist in the industry.

Picacio presented pieces of his artwork while going into detail on the process of creating the art and personal stories that were relevant with each piece. At any time if audience members had a question they were encouraged to ask it on the spot instead of waiting for a Q&A portion like usual presentations. “I learned that we have a different process in creating our art. He does the opposite of me, so it was cool to see his process of how he works.” Rubie Contreras said about what she learned from the lecture.

Picacio also gave a couple looks and information on his upcoming work. The work will be a combination of stories and pictures based on “Loteria” or Mexican bingo but with a Picacio twist to them. The South Texan was able to sit and interview Picacio after his first lecture.

Bobby: What does it mean for you to be able to come and speak with young artist interested in the art industry?

John Picacio: “People gave to me very generously when I was starting out and the only thing to do is to make

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sure I’m giving it back. A lot of people reached out that didn’t have to reach out to me like Michael Moorcock people like Joe Lansdale who are some very high powered authors that had no business trusting a green rookie like me and they did. The only way I can truly say thank you for the kindnesses people did for me when I was starting is to try and somehow give some of it back to people who are in the same position as I was. Paying it forward. Trying to pay it forward.”

B: What is one of the main messages you try and get across to audiences interested in art?

JP: “Create a situation, know who you are, always remember it’s not just what’s coming out of your hand, it’s whats coming out of your head. It’s both of those things together.”

Even though this free lance artworld is an amazing place and it’s a risky place and it’s a tumultuous place, it’s a place to be able to hold and maintain a niche to be someone who visualize ideas and trust in their own ideas and doesn’t just come in and say I’ll draw whatever you want.

You have to bring the ideas to the table and have a point of view and take confidence in how you see the world

know, Sayyad said, “The student-body has handled every situation in a way that is very appreciating. I feel proud to be part of such a wonderful university with such active and smart students. Everyone is fantastic.

Special thanks to Ms. Elizabeth Lawrence, she was the first person who encouraged me to run for Homecoming Queen.”

“I would like to thank each student who voted for me.

It’s their support and love that Nilofar Sayyad and I are Queen and King. I would also like to thank every member of AIS for helping and I invite everyone to join AIS and our events. Lastly, thank you to everyone for making us feel at home at TAMUK,” said Pawar. and hold your ground, defend that and build it and evolve it.”

B: How do you think the first event went?

JP: “I was happy. Everybody was terrific, cool crowd. You know things are good when nobody walks out of the room and says I’m tired of this. I’m happy and looking forward to spending the rest of the time hanging out with the students the rest of the day.”

B: What will you be going over today during the workshop?

JP: “It’s supposedly like a drawing demo. But I always know with these kinds of things especially when it’s mostly students trying to develop a path and find their way. I can show them all sorts of stuff with drawing but they get that already from a good school like this one. A lot of the times what is taken away the most from workshops is career advice and talking about things I’ve been through. Take this and go forward and learn from it. Things that I could show or teach you that maybe you wouldn’t know until you’re out there in the working world, maybe I can shortcut for you. “Less about drawing and more about quest making and information and things that could help people build a career. “

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