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Volume 91, Issue 7

Texas A&M University - Kingsville

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System error causes panic

Kingsville Record, Press Club host local debates Staff Reports @thesouthtexan The Javelina Press Club and Kingsville Record and Bishop News hosted District 43 State Representative candidates J.M. Lozano and Marisa Yvette Garcia-Utley, as well as Kleberg County Sheriff candidates Juan Gonzalez and Richard Kirkpatrick, as they debated issues of local concern at an open forum held in Jones Auditorium Oct. 5.

Moderated by Tim Acosta, managing editor for the Record, the participants were asked questions about a variety of topics, including property taxes, economic growth, revenue bonds, and open carry.

In regards to producing economic growth influenced by the Eagle Ford Shale (oil and gas development), Republican candidate Lozano said, “Fewer than 20 percent of the state’s economy is from oil and gas revenue. We aren’t as reliant as it seems… when there was a recession nationwide, our real estate prices stayed constant. Here in Kleberg County, they have done an incredible job to

bring a shortfall to almost

nothing, and you are talking about millions of dollars of shortfall.”

Democratic candidate Garcia-Utley responded with, “Jim Wells County has been hit very hard with the fall of Eagle Ford Shale. Being engaged to the county judge, I know that he had a very tough budget this last month.

He had to cut a little over $3 million off his budget. It’s getting these communities to open up to a different mindset of bringing in different manufacturers.”

The candidates were asked how they would ease the burden of the county’s financial woes.

Lozano acknowledged the neglected school districts that were advised to cut property tax rates. “[Schools] would make up the difference trough a franchise tax and the cigarette tax. Of course, smoking is down every year and the franchise tax and the business tax did not bring in revenue.”

Garcia-Utley responded to the funding question, “As we have progressed, we have continued to fall short in funding our public

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From Left to Right: JM Lozano (R), Tim Acosta from Kingsville Record and Bishop News, and Marisa Yvette Garcia-Utley (D) schools, especially our rural schools here in our district.

Bills are being voted on that do nothing but cut…voting for franchise taxes to be reduced 25 percent, that’s $2.6 billion lost in revenue.”

The third topic introduced was tuition revenue bonds and how Texas A&M University-Kingsville and other universities in Texas will potentially fund infrastructure expansion in the near future.

Lozano proposed a tuition revenue bond in 2012 that flopped, but through alterations, added $23 million to have more classroom space in addition to a music building.

Garcia-Utley stressed the need to keep tuition rates at a low cost to encourage enrollment of students. She felt that more action needed to be done in order to actually have an influence on the financial rates. She insisted

that increasing the salary of educators is an issue that is always brought up, but never acted upon.

A 10-minute intermission was held after the first half of the forum to get the candidates for Kleberg County Sheriff ready to discuss different topics involving law enforcement in and around the community. Juan Gonzalez and Richard Kirkpatrick both took the stage to begin the 50-minute discussion starting off as a friendly conversation soon turning into a debate with both candidates sharing heated rebuttals for each other’s answers on certain issues. A few issues the candidates butted heads on were officers wearing body cameras, funding for said body cameras, dispatch training and overall unity of local law enforcement.

A quote Gonzalez had for

Kirkpatrick after hearing an answer from Kirkpatrick was, “My opponent is not doing his homework. He’s not paying attention.” Gonzalez then went on to give information that differed from his opponent’s. Kirkpatrick later had a statement addressing Gonzalez and his employees, saying “ I can tell you currently sir, you don’t have anyone in your office right now that can do the job that we have done consistently over, over and over again.” Two periods of early voting for both District 43 State Representative and Kleberg County Sheriff start from Oct. 24, –Oct. 29 and Oct. 31-Nov.4. The official day polls will be open to vote is Nov. 8 with different locations around Kleberg giving the opportunity to vote for candidates.

SGA voices pedestrian safety concerns Crystal Zamarron Editor-in-Chief @CrystalSoTex

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Stop sign placed after accident

After a car struck a student walking across Santa Gertrudis Ave. last week, the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Student Government Association took action.

An unnamed 19-year-old female Kappa Delta Chi sister was walking across Santa Gertrudis from the Legends apartment complex Wednesday, Oct. 5, around 9 a.m. A 2016 Ford Mustang, according to the Kingsville Record and Bishop News, struck her.

The driver told police that the sun was in her eyes and she did not see the student walking. The student was transported to Christus Spohn Hospital

Kleberg and then sent to a Houston hospital. She was paralyzed briefly and suffered from broken ribs. She will be in therapy for the remainder of the semester, it was reported.

Immediately after the accident, the city took action in placing flashing digital signs by the sidewalks to warn drivers to be careful for pedestrians.

Two signs were placed on both sides on the street making it a three-way stop.

Now drivers will be forced to stop.

On Monday, Oct. 10, David Barrera, SGA president, went to City Hall and talked to the city council about students’ concerns for safety on streets around A&M-Kingsville. Barrera spoke to the commission during Public Comment on Agenda Items. Circulating around the question, “Whose fault is

it?” Barrera said, “Perhaps the commissioners are seeking a way to fix this; maybe include (the issue) in next meeting’s agenda, but I am here to express the concerns of the student body and how the city will help to prevent this happening again.” The commissioners have included this on next meeting’s agenda for Oct. 24.

After the meeting, Jesus A. Garza, Kingsville city manager, showed Barrera a rough draft of improvements, including a crosswalk and ADA sidewalks to be constructed between Legends apartment complex and the campus. A stop sign has already been placed near the accident site. “The city will be making changes to accommodate the students and citizens in Kingsville in street safety,” said Garza.

Hogs conquer losing streak at away game Staff Reports @thesouthtexan

The Lone Star Conference losing streak of 22-games finally came to an abrupt end this past Saturday, as the Texas A&M Universi-

ty-Kingsville Javelinas (3-3, 1-2 LSC) topped the West Texas A&M University Buffaloes (3-3, 2-2 LSC), 51-34, in Canyon.

The victory was the first regular-season win for the Javelinas in a Lone Star Con-

ference match-up, since they last defeated Eastern New Mexico, 33-13, on Nov. 10, 2012. It also marked the first win against the Buffs in six consecutive outings.

The contest started well for the Hogs, but a late push

from the Buffalo offense would nearly spoil what seemed to be an open-andshut game from the get-go.

The Javelina run game had a stellar performance rushing for 267 yards, led by the split backfield attack of Nick

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Texas A&M University-Kingsville students received emergency text messages, which ordered the student body to migrate off campus until further instruction, Oct. 5.

Initially geared toward Lone Star College, located six hours away in University Park, a glitch in the notification system managed to send the emergency information to TAMUK students who have subscribed to Blackboard Connect. Felipe Garza, chief of police, noted that the university did not provide the flawed circuit of messages, but it provided insight as to how many students actually have signed up for these urgent memos.

According to Garza, a gas leak took place at Lone Star College and sent out a mass notice, emphasizing the need to evacuate the premises.

All individuals with either a 214, 469, or a 972 area code were sent a text message alert by the alert system.

Thus, TAMUK students with those area codes received the message intended for Lone Star College, in error.

“Students who are signed up through Blackboard Connect will receive these messages. Blackboard Connect keeps students updated with the latest campus news as it’s reported,” Garza verified.

Students at random were asked if they were signed up to obtain campus notifications, or had the JavGuard app. Out of the 20 students asked, not one person had any idea the university provided these services.

Valentin “Val” Ramirez, business analyst II ITech presented step-by-step instruction in regard to registering for both the text messages, as well as JavGuard (Rave Guardian). “Students need to log into their Jnet accounts and click on the ‘Campus Resource’ tab.

Down at the bottom center, there will be a link named ‘Blackboard Connect’, which will direct the student to the subscription page,” said Ramirez. University Police Department and Dr. Terisa Riley, senior vice president for fiscal and student affairs, sent out a mass email confirming the system error. The email was issued the same day of the event and encouraged students to update contact information.

INDEX Earth and Science Week begins!

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Breast Cancer Awareness Month is upon us!

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N E I C C E S W H T R

The community will celebrated the natural wonders of Earth at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Oct. 10-14, The Physics and Geosciences programs collaborated for their second annual event. With a variety of activities and displays, the event attracted over fifty people, including Kingsville community families and Texas A&M-Kingsville students. The week-long event opened with An Earth & Space Evening, in which community members were treated to a movie night, a gem and mineral display, and a view of the planets through the Texas A&M-Kingsville telescope observatory.

The first day of the event was held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at Hill Hall. As the audience walked into the movie showing room, they were asked to vote on a geology subject. Volcanoes were the highlight of the night, as the audience voted on a documentary following the events of the Krakatoa volcano eruption. As the night continued, the public viewed a variety of displays, including a collection on meteorites, shark teeth, tektite stones, and Russian gems. The Russian Gem collection featured a number of stones, including quartz, magnetite, and amethyst. The event ended with a view of the surrounding planets in our solar system, primarily Saturn and Mars.

Texas A&M-Kingsville students were able to demonstrate electrical producing devices and investigative research.

Student Andrew Duncan presented his engineering team’s idea for a tool and method for an in-the-field installation of electrical bulkheads on an orbiting spacecraft. His team will be working closely with NASA engineering mentors and university engineering teaching professionals.

Most of the students who participated at the first day of the event were university students majoring in either physics or geology. Mark Ford, assistant professor of geosciences, and co-coordinated the even explains, “If you’re interested in geology, it will be an especially great event because you get

to meet others who also share the same interest.” For her first time coming to the event, university student Rachael commented, “I liked the event a lot and am very glad that I came.”

Although the collaboration event of the physics and geosciences departments is barely going into its second year, both departments have been hosting earth science events for years. Movie nights have been hosted by the geosciences department for seven years, while the physics department has been promoting science awareness events for thirty years. It wasn’t until recently that both departments came together to make the event a week-long celebration.

The event is expected to be held again later in the fall or spring, giving the community a second chance of learning about the planet earth and space. As Ford states, “Geology is all around us and natural events are always occurring. It helps to learn about them because these events shape our world” Earth Week will continue until Friday Oct. 14.

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THIS WEEK’S EVENTS!

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

1000 W. Santa Gertrudis St.

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Bobby Puentes

Earth and Science Week continues...

Thursday, October 13th Manning Hall 140/142 2:30 p.m.

Campus Geology Tour

Homecoming Parade Thursday, Oct. 13th

Friday October 14th Manning Hall 140 3-4 p.m.

Campus Clean-up Activity

Bonfire Thursday, Oct. 13th 7:30 p.m.

Across the Mesquite Grove

Lights! Cameras! Javelinas!

Comedian K-Von hosts Talent Show with Alpha Sigma Alpha

Bobby Puentes #JAVLIFE Editor @paperboybob Different acts performed in front of five judges and a nearly packed Jones Auditorium audience, all with the single intention of winning the $300 first place prize for the Fall Talent Show made for an exciting college evening, Oct. 11.

The performances consisted of 10 different acts ranging from singing, dancing, juggling and stand-up comedy.

The event put together by Alpha Sigma Alpha started off by introducing the host of the night, famous stand-up comedian K-Von. Having appeared on NBC Last Comic Standing and MTV Disaster Date, comedian K-Von was introducing the talent while performing bits of comedy during act intermissions.

“Our host had a personality that really opened up the spirits of everyone in the audience,” Virginia Cervantes one of the main coordinators for the talent show from Alpha Sigma Alpha said about the host K-Von. Talents from all sides of the spectrum were shown with experience of performers ranging between from a couple of years to those who were having their inaugural presentation of their talent being the night of the talent show. The

crowd filling up more than half of Jones Auditorium was kept entertained through the entire show with raffles and bits of comedy from K-Von in-between acts.

A person who attended and won one of the raffle prizes was freshman Haleigh Saenz who said, “The show was cool, wish it had more bands playing. Seeing this inspired me to get up there next time and perform.”

To add incentive on top of performing in front of a well-sized crowd, the top three acts determined by judges were given cash prize money for competing. $100 to the third place act, $200 for second place and finally $300 was given to the winners of the show.

The three winners were all musical acts. Third place was Nisa Gonzalez, second place was Victoria Castro, and the winners of the Fall Talent Show went to the band called “Wings Over Society,” who performed an original song they had written and performed. The band formed by Jacob Mirabal, Ernest Garza, Joseph Misohal and Joseph Martinez.

Lead vocals Martinez said, “It feels great. It’s an honor, We usually perform in Corpus Christi, so to be able to perform in Kingsville in front of the crowd was really cool.”

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Top: From Left to Right: Bailey Killian, David Flores, Jo Elda Castillo-Alaniz, David Barrera, and Tessie Ledesma, all judges at the Talent Show Bottom: Alpha Sigma Alpha with the winners, performers, and hosts

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Homecoming Week: A tradition for all students

Camila Peña Reporter

Homecoming week is here at Texas A&M University and with it lots of entertainment, food and activities for all of its former and current students This event has taken place here for many years now and is a traditional celebration for the return of sports such as football and basketball. Throughout the week, students have welcomed this season by holding lots of activies, such as a homecoming recycling competition, homecoming startoff, talent show and many more.

“Homecoming means a lot to me because it is an opportunity for our college community to get together to show off our pride as a university. It brings together different cultures to combine a family like no other” said Senior Student Jake Gonzalez, who is currently running for Homecoming King along with nine other students.

Homecoming kicked off this Monday Oct. 10 at the Student Pavilion from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Candidates who were running for Homecoming Queen and King were trying to get students’ votes by giving away food and prices and by promoting themselves. “Homecoming is a tra-

dition that brings students together by having different social events, it’s a really cool tradition” said Freshman student Alexia Lucero who attended the event. “There were plenty of people, candidates, and foods of all kinds. This is a great way of attracting students to coexist in a great environment like Kingsville” she added.

Another event that took place during homecoming week was the talent show. The talent show was held at the Jones Auditorium at 7 p.m. this Oct.11. Students of different races and customs came together to celebrate homecoming by showing off their skills and talents.

From dancing to singing, students entertained the audience and those who came to watch the talent show were given a raffle ticket for the opportunity to win goody bags. Freshman student Generoso Lopez said “The talent show went great, I really enjoyed the diversity among the talents we were shown, from singers, comedians, dancers to even jugglers, which made the show even better”.

Coming up this week, a basketball game will be held at 10 p.m. this Oct. 11 at the Steinke Physical Education Center as a welcome to the sport. The annual Homecoming Recycling Competition will be held

Javelina Midnight Madness Jesse Ochoa Contributor

The music blasted through DJ Daxter’s bombastic sound system as the bleachers of the Gil H. Steinke Physical Education Center filled up with pizza devouring Javelinas, all awaiting the Midnight Madness showdown of a lifetime.

Energy soared as the fight song sounded off to the entrance of the girls basketball team. The men came out with an equally impressive warm-up session.

TAMUK Cheerleaders lined up in a makeshift walkway as a spotlight illuminated

the players’ introductions.

One by one the stars of both teams came out and demonstrated various arrays of dances. Coaches and staff were introduced shortly after with a roar of applause.

To kick off the night, the women’s basketball team pitted their best girls against each other and set up for a 10-minute scrimmage. Only here in Javelina Nation could we be blessed with ladies of such style.The final score of the over-all impressive women’s scrimmage was Home (13) Guest (19).

The men’s scrimmage match kicked off with an explosion of athleticism

displayed by #13, Mr. Duan Wright, landing an effortless nothing-but-net 3 pointer. Directly after Wright’s showcase came a spectacular

round of shots by #3, Mr. Trey Sumpter. With a 3-point shot and a ferocious dunk. When the match was over, Wright had thrown down two more dunks and Sumpter topped the game off with an epic dunk that was heard round the campus. The final score was Home (32) Guest (33).

The night closed with a competitive 3-point contest that featured a representative from each of the teams going head to head against each other in what seemed to be the match-up of the se-

mester. Ms. Kaylin Roher, #5 for the Women’s Basketball team faced off against #32, Mr. Kyre Edwards of Men’s Basketball to see who could knock back as many 3’s as possible. Effortlessly winning the contest, Roher dominated the floor making her the 2016 3-point contest champ.

The 3-point contest, as well as the scrimmages were certainly an exciting look into what we should be expecting from the Javelina Basketball this season. Only time will tell just what these prodigious athletes are capable of, but until then, we wish them nothing but the best!

Go Hogs!

throughout the week and the cans will be collected on Oct. 15 during tailgate, for those who wish to participate.

The top three individuals who collect the most cans will receive a price. After that, the welcome to homecoming football game will be held and the winners of the King and Queen titles will be announced. This is a great opportunity for all students at Texas A&M Kingsville to get that college experience and be part of the Javelina Nation.

Homecoming ceremony will be held this Friday, October 15th at the Javelina Stadium at 7 p.m.

Photo by Juan Turrubiates

Top: Students receive Javelina Madness T-Shirts at Midnight Madness Bottom: SGA members throwing up their J’s

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D.A. candidates square off Crystal Zamarron Editor-in-Chief @CrystalSoTex With debates and forums in the air, Texas A&M University Kingsville is opening their doors to all candidates this semester. Recently Peacock Auditorium opened their doors for the District Attorney race to John Hubert, local district attorney and Nathan Fugate, criminal defense attorney, on October 6 at 7 p.m.

The debate consisted of two Student Government Association members and students, Ebenezer “Tosin” Oloba majoring in Chemical Engineering and Ethen Peña, majoring in History and Political Science, as mediators.

Along with Crime-stoppers member and student, Christopher Martinez, mediator

for debate.

Discussions about law-enforcement, cameras, safety, drugs, and sexual assault we made throughout the debate.

When asked, “How will you work with local law-enforcement to insure the citizens safety? By Oloba and Peña. “Basically I’ve been working with law-enforcement for an entire time.

We provide equipment, cars, cameras, and tracking—all these equipment for our law-enforcement and work with our law-enforcement and I have never refused to help a law-enforcement officer. We are always accessible,” said Hubert.

On Hubert’s left, his debate opponent Fugate said “I’ve talked to every law-enforcement agencies in these two counties. I hear

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what they say and they are busting their tails and doing great police work but talk to anyone you know, there is no communication between the D.A’s office and theirs. We’re going to do intake with all offices and go directly to them. We need to communicate better with law-enforcement. I agree with body cams and they can break or make every case and every cop should have one on. We need to make that happen.”

Back and forth questions and answers were made between both candidates about cameras in their office.

Where Fugate stated that Hubert had taken his cameras down after cases and didn’t ask for permission to record for years.

In an auditorium full of approximately 30 audience

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From Left to Right: John Hubert and Nathan Fugate in Peacock Auditorium members, Peña asked, “How will you be able to deal with clients and/or families hating you?” Fugate said “I’ve had had some of the worse clients that didn’t like me. I’ve dealt with hatred towards me. I should mention this but I’m a little angry right now. Only my family can make me leave this practice that I love.”

Fugate went on to say that his son became a victim of

a violent crime at the age of 14 in 2014 in Willacy County.

His son asked him how he was mentally capable to defend people who are accused of doing horrible things.

“I want to seek justice for victims because my son was a victim.”

Hubert racing to maintain his position said, “I’ve had death threats, stares, and many more. I go after criminals and I’m not going to be

Photo by Crystal Zamarron

intimidated. People will hate you and go after you. Why. Because you have to do the right thing every time. So yes, I will be making enemies. You can’t be afraid to make enemies.”

At the end, both candidates thanked the audience and the Student Government Association for having them at Peacock Auditorium and talk about their race.

Construction in near future for music needs Building for music structure raises questions on parking spots for students

Samuel Galindo Chief Reporter @samgalindo37 It’s been a long journey for those hoping to see a new facility built for the music department. Starting

in the late 1990s, the Texas A&M University – Kingsville music department has been striving to acquire the approval and funding for a brand new music building on campus.

However, 2016 is the

year the wait may finally be over – well, at least for the construction to commence, anyway.

Dr. Paul Hageman, Chair of the music department and professor of Jazz studies here at TAMUK, spoke

about the up-and-coming project, saying, “The goal is to have a music building that is adequate for the needs of our current student population and that will also allow for the future growth of our music programs.”

With over thirty years of experience teaching here at TAMUK, Dr. Hageman understands that enough is enough – that change is needed: “Our current facilities are not conducive to a learning environment, so this project is to build a new music building that will meet our needs,” said Dr. Hageman.

With the TRB request finally approved during the last legislative session, TAMUK faculty have begun to meet with architects and construction companies since August and are still doing so to this day. TAMUK will partner with the BRW architectural firm and the Spaw/Glass construction firm to construct the building, and the projected finish date is late spring/early summer of 2019.

Though this project has garnered much excitement around campus; the announcement has also caused many to become uneasy about a very common problem: parking. For years, TAMUK students have complained about the difficulty they face in trying to find available parking – especially around Man-

New Music Building layout ning Hall. And with the new music building construction team already closing off many Manning Hall parking spots, many students cannot help but worry if there will be any places to park their vehicle.

However, Dr. Terisa Riley, Senior Vice President of Student Affairs, assures us that, “…we are going to be working directly with the City of Kingsville regarding student safety during and following the construction of this building.” Some ways in which TAMUK will be overseeing this parking issue during the duration of the

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project will include: “Paving a current area owned by the university which is located on the east side of Armstrong (currently a large, grassy lot) to provide parking spaces,” and “Paving the parking lots directly behind Cousins Hall which are currently just caliche to improve and line the surface so that individuals will want to park there.”

Though the project is still years away from completion, students and faculty alike will be anxiously spectating as this monumental change comes to our music department.

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Quit Clowning Around Clown Hoaxes are Seriously Not Funny

Angel Castillo Editorial Editor Great amounts of people have a fear of clowns. Other people find clowns to be funny. I just want to say one thing, these clown hoaxes aren’t funny at all! These clown hoaxes have spiraled out of control and have been appearing across the United States because of social media. These hoaxes have been creating false alarms and have been a waste of time to school officials and local law enforcement.

Personally, I am not afraid of clowns. Do I think they are funny? Sometimes.

Do I think they should be appearing at any given moment? No. Clowns are usually seen in movies, at a kid’s party or when it’s time to dress up for Halloween. But just thinking that a clown could appear on the TAMUK campus brings a chill down my spine. In fact,

recently there was a clown on our campus, but he seems to have disappeared, which is a good thing. I never saw the clown but just knowing that a college student would partake in these clown hoaxes is disappointing.

These clown hoaxes that have been happening all over the United States have all been a joke. Most if not all reports of these clowns are all a joke. Only one or two cases have been connected to a clown actually causing harm to someone.

If anything, most of these clown sightings and reports of clowns are just kids, using social media to either get out of school or to mess with their friends. However, local authorities have to take every precautionary measure and investigate each clown sighting that is reported to ensure there is no danger present. Authorities have to waste valuable time and resources to investigate all of

these reports. Instead these clowns should just stop, so that police could focus on catching real criminals, and not these clowns.

All hoaxes, in general, are just something that

shouldn’t be played around with. For all the people who were involved in any way with any clown hoax, just know that you are creating a false sense of danger. For the TAMUK clown, I’m glad that

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you are gone, and I’m glad that no harm came to you or to others. Students shouldn’t have to be worrying about these clowns on campuses and instead have more important things to worry about.

El Acoso ‘bullying’ entre los Jóvenes Come El Acoso Puede llevar una Persona a Cometer Suicidio

Clarissa Madrigal Spanish Columnist Hoy en día el acoso es muy común entre los jóvenes, lo hacen sin pensar en las consecuencias. En ocasiones el “Bullying” puede ser superado con el tiempo y ayuda psicológica. La familia juega un papel muy importante en estos casos. No deben de dejar solos a sus hijos para que no cometan una tragedia como el suicidio.

Resiente mente no se ha hablado mucho de este tema, ya que se habla de política, ataques terroristas, huracanes entre otros asuntos,

pero eso no significa que el acoso no esté pasando.

El acoso mejor conocido como “Bullying” es tema de importancia ya que la integridad de las personas está siendo dañada. El acosa consiste en maltratos, golpes, o simplemente con palabras de ofensa.

El “Bullying” no conoce edad, sexo, raza, puede sucederle a cualquier persona. En las escuelas segundarias es donde se desarrolla mas este problema ya que es cuando los padres y los profesores dejan que los estudiantes hagan las cosas por si solos para que emp-

pecial que se creen que ellos son lo que manda y quieren que todo se haga justamente

Debemos de pensar más en lo que decimo o hacemos antes de actuar y pensar que estamos lastimando a otra persona.

-Clarissa Madrigal pre hay un estudiante o un grupo de estudiantes en es-

como ellos dicen y si no pues ellos cobran venganza.

También siempre hay un estudiante que sea más noble o tímido y todos toman ventaja sobre él, le dicen o le hacen cosas indebidas. Todas las personas son diferentes hay quienes son más fuertes, pero hay quienes son más débiles y no soportan mucho el daño causado y optan por encontrar una salida fácil.

Una salida fácil es el suicidio, que es la peor de las salidas, aunque para ellos es la mejor. Por más que tratan de poner lo sucedido tanto en la televisión como en las redes sociales para tratar de controlar un poco más este tema sobre el acoso la ver-

dad es que sigue pasando.

Debemos de pensar más en lo que decimo o hacemos antes de actuar y pensar que estamos lastimando a otra persona. Que no se nos olvide que todos los seres humanos somos iguales y valemos lo mismo.

Simplemente debemos de ponernos en el lugar del agredido, por unos instantes pensemos que es a nosotros al que nos están diciendo cosas, no nos gustaría verdad. Es allí cuando podemos darnos cuenta del mal que hacen los insultos y burlas de personas asía otra persona.

A weekend for new games

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This weekend was honestly a better weekend for me. Mafia III and Gears of War 4 came out this week.

I got my hands on both of them, and they are really good. I will start off with Mafia III, the title says it all, yes you are in the mafia and yes you are disposing other characters in the game.

You play as Lincoln, an African-American marine who served in Vietnam, the game is taking place around the 1960s. There is some racism and sexism in the game,

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iecen a madurar y aprendan a valerse por si mismos.

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due to the time period, but I like the fact that the creators of the game were able to go there and say “Hey! We have this game and we are taking a chance on it.” I’m fine with that and so far, I’m nowhere near the middle of the game, as I just started not too long ago. The graphics are very beautiful; I feel like the graphics are very similar to Grand Theft Auto V. The game I have been able to play a lot is Gears of War 4. Gears takes place 25 years after the war with the locus.

It has amazing graphics and the story is to bring up

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the new members of the game, which are J.D Fenix, Del Walker, and Kait Diaz.

I feel like throughout the game they are all fighting for the same thing. Their mission is saving Marcus (J. D’s father) and also saving Reyna (Kait’s mother). The game is told beautifully with music and graphics; it is also a great way to bring the series back up from their previous game (Gears of War Judgement), which was really terrible depending on the person you talk to.

You start off the game with a prologue of remembering all the events that took place for E-day. You

go into Chapter 1 learning about the main characters and how they are outsiders to the COG. Now at this point you are being attacked by the COG for trying to help out any outsiders and you eventually get to meet up with Marcus.

The crew then meets the Swarm which is the 2nd generation of locus but are not locus. Marcus ends up getting taken away from the Swarm and your main mission is to get him back. Finally, you do get Marcus back and at a point you think he died when finally, you get to the end and I will not spoil the ending for anyone.

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Hogs win two straight in return home

Volleyball back on win column, remains undefeated in the S.P.E.C. Adrian Silguero Andre Alfaro Sports Reporters Texas A&M UniversityKingsville (14-5, 4-3 LSC) picked up a huge come from behind win against the previously No. 1 team in the LSC, West Texas A&M-University (10-6, 6-2 LSC) Friday night to remain perfect at home.

The Lady Buffs came into the game with one of the longest winning streaks in the conference, while the Hogs were coming into the match with two conference losses in a row.

The win against the Lady Buffs marks the first win at home over West Texas since the 2004 season. The Hogs battled back by winning the last two sets.

Ashley Bukowski, Javelina senior, said, “It was a great team win, beating a ranked team.”

During the first set the Javelinas jumped out to an early 8-5 lead but West Texas was quick to answer back with four points in a row to take the lead, 9-8.

Both clubs were competing the entire match with 11 ties in the opening frame, but at 18-18 the Buffs went on a 7-0 run to close out the first match.

In the second match the Hogs were in control coming out to a quick 6-2 lead behind the play of Krystal Faison and Lexi Wick, who were unstoppable. Faison had six kills during the match and Wick had five kills.

“We were confidant

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Ashley Bukowski laying down the hammer on a stellar kill. Bukowski lead the Hogs attack on Saturday with 13 kills. coming into this game. We worked hard all week and were prepared for a tough game,” Wick said, The Lady Buffs came out hot in the third set controlling it and led 21-18 until the Hogs made a 4-0 run making it 22-21. The Lady Buffs fought back and won the set 25-23, taking the lead 2-1.

Deep into the fourth set, it was 15-11 after two big kills coming from the Hogs late in the game creating some momentum.

Madison Brabham led the team during the set with five kills to force a fifth set after winning, 25-17.

Casey Klobedans had 12 assists during this set.

“It was a good team win we were controlling the ball very well and were able to find some weaknesses in their play,” Klobedans said.

The last set was all blueand-gold as the Javelinas came out to a hot 12-6 lead due to a 7-0 run.

But the Lady Buffs didn’t go down without a fight, coming back making it 12-11.

Two costly errors by the Buffs and two kills from Faison sealed the deal for the Hogs, who hit their best of the night in the last set with .333.

Faison finished with her

10th double-double of the season, recording 19 kills, 25 digs and two service aces.

Wick had her season-high with 19 kills and three blocks.

Bukowski also had a double-double with 12 kills and 11 digs. Klobedans finished with 59 assists and 15 digs.

Madison Brabham was huge this match finishing with 11 kills and three blocks; Haley Hutchinson was a problem for the Buffs finishing with seven blocks and four kills.

The Hoggies would continue rolling the next day, defeating the University of

Texas of Permian Basin (5-13, 1-7 LSC) Saturday, resulting in them sweeping two victories on the weekend.

The game ended in a 3-1 final, with the Javelinas completely dominating UTPB hitting-wise finishing with a .278 hitting percentage and keeping their opponents to a measly .015 hitting percentage.

Wick led her team to victory with a total of 19 match points, which consisted of 11 kills and two service aces. Wick also led her team with a career-high 10 blocks, allowing for her first career double-double.

“It feels amazing. I’ve

been trying to get a double-double all season so I’m pretty excited,” said Wick on her performance.

“I was just working really hard, trying to do all the fundamental things and keep pressing on blocks. It’s very difficult to get one as a middle, but I was focusing so hard on dominating the middle, and cover as much ground as I could.”

Bukowski led the team with a total of 13 kills, and also adding 3 blocks to her match resume.

Klobedans was reliable and consistent for her team again, ending the match with 39 assists and 13 digs while also getting some offensive work in with one service ace and kill each.

UTPB wasn’t one of the toughest opponents the Javelinas have faced this year, and the team faces an opponent with a lesser record next when they travel to face Cameron University (2-15, 0-9 LSC) in Oklahoma.

Head Coach Tanya Allen felt that this weekend’s wins, will add confidence and install a winning attitude going forward, as conference play continues.

“We have caught a little bit of momentum [this weekend], and these are conference wins, which makes it even better for us. The energy in the gym was phenomenal on our side of the court, and the girls are really competitive and showing a lot of drive, and we’re not giving up when things get difficult and that’s a really good thing to have [moving forward] in conference play.”

From Page 1: Javelinas get win ahead of Homecoming ... three of the total six offensive touchdowns scored on the night.

Kuziah Ferebee blocked a punt to put the Hoggies at the West Texas 26-yard line on the opening drive for the Buffaloes, and four plays later, Pitre would walk into the endzone on a 13-yard score, putting the Hogs up 7-0.

The Hogs stout defense, would later force a West Texas turnover, as opposing quarterback Ethan Brinkley would be hurried and throw the football into the hands of Demarcus Spurlock.

That would eventually set up a 27-yard catch-and-throw from Myles Carr to Jacob Armstrong for Carr’s first score on the night.

Six minutes would escape the clock, and the Javelinas would eventually reach pay dirt once again, as Carr would throw a pass to number one receiver Anthony Autry for 32-yards, concluding Carr’s touchdown total on the night.

He would finish going 10-for-19, for 155 yards and the two first quarter touchdowns.

The Hogs would blank the Buffaloes 20-0 upon the open of the second quarter.

Julio De La Garza would get in on the scoring the first half, splitting the uprights on a 34-yard field goal, around the nine-minute mark in the second.

West Texas would finally wake-up in the later part of the second quarter, putting points on the board off a 13-yard throw from Brinkley to Chris Gilchrist.

Down the line, Brinkley would be banged up and leave the game, allowing for back-up quarterback Ben Arbuckle to step in; however, upon making his first throw, he would be intercepted by Jarrod Sanders.

On the ensuing drive, Coach Daren Wilkinson would get tricky, and on a play identical to the Music City Miracle, Ty Chisum would garner the football behind the line of scrimmage, and heave the football 23 yards into the endzone to Stehly Reden, allowing the Javelinas to run into the locker room at the half, with a score of 30-7.

Ferebee would continue playing great defense, as he would pick-off Arbuckle for a 70-yard pick six in the early part of the third quarter.

As time continued to whine down, the

Javelinas would eventually punch the ball in for a seven yard score behind Pelrean, giving the Javelinas a 44-7 lead.

However, things would get a bit worrisome for the Javelinas, as the West Texas offense would strike on their next 4 drives thanks to big plays allowed from the Hoggie defense, and the Hogs would go scoreless for a majority of the fourth quarter, allowing a comeback effort from the Buffaloes, drawing within 10, 44-34.

Thanks to the Hoggie defense, that was no longer going to be the case in the closing minutes of the fourth, as the Javelinas would force a West Texas turnover on downs, and score on the ensuing drive, off of Pelrean’s second score on the night from 25 yards out.

That would all but seal the deal, as the Hogs would take the win.

Lots of the credit for the win would fall into the arms of the defense, who had 14 tackles for loss, 9 sacks, force two fumbles, and pick off the opposing quarterbacks 3 times.

Leading the defensive charge in total would be Zemarcus Green with seven tackles, however, four sacks from Brandon Jones would be the highlight man of the night.

Jones is currently tied for third in Division-II in total sacks on the year in the nation.

The Hoggies look confident and ready returning to Javelina Stadium, fresh off of their first win in Lone Star Conference play in the last four years.

They will be facing off with LSC newcomers and first-year program University of Texas Permian-Basin, who have yet to win a game against an opponent in the LSC. The Javelina LSC leading total-offense may have a field day against the worst total-defense in the Lone star conference, as well as the best defense in the conference, facing off against the worst scoring offense in the LSC. It seems to be fitting game to squeeze into the Homecoming weekend, this Saturday at 7 p.m.

The Hogs will be fighting for their first LSC win in Javelina Stadium since the same Nov. 10, 2012, when they beat Eastern New Mexico.

Courtesy Photo: Javelina Athletics

The Javelina offense lined up for a play. The Hogs currently sit as the number one scoring offense in the Lone Star Conference.

Javlinas place in final meet

Men’s, women’s cross-country take second in Live Oak contest Staff Reports Both the men’s and women’s cross country team placed second for the Javelinas at the 11th annual UIW invitational in Live Oak, Texas, as four Javelinas finished in the top ten in their categories amidst Division-I and Division-II competitors.

The men’s team finished second in the 8k run racking up a total of 31 points with a time of 25:51, while the women finished second in the 6k with a time of 24:29 earning them 54 points.

Javelina standouts included Jose Ventura IV, who dropped his time in the 8k once

again to 24:32.

That would be Ventura’s personal record, which earned him a third place finish.

Freshman standout Jasiah Patterson earned eighth place with a time of 25:39.

For the women’s team, Jade Guerrero earned seventh place in the 6k with a time of 23:26, while Kaitlyn Tharp finished with a time of 23:41 earning her ninth place.

The UIW invitational is the last meet in the Javelinas’ regular season.

The Hoggies have one week to prepare, as the Lone Star Conference Championships approach in Commerce, Texas on Oct. 22.

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The breast are yet to come

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The Student Government Association Hosts Breast Cancer Awareness Booth Alex Guerra Reporter @alexgrr The Student Government Association had a Breast Cancer Awareness stationed in front of the university bookstore Tuesday afternoon.

The Social Injustice and Advocacy committee, lead

by Ebenezer “Tosin” Oloba, Chemical Engineering student, ran the informational

table. Diagrams pertaining to breast cancer warning signs, possible treatments and evolving research programs were mentioned.

The group will be located in the same area for the remainder of the week. The Trifolds used are reader friendly and the students manning the table have examined the topic enough to accurately answer and questions.

Oloba stated, “It’s all about how to give back and what it

can do for someone else.”

Donations were accepted and at the latter part of the week will be donated to help further developmental research. Students who stop by will be given a card and bracelet. The bracelet, solid pink and adorned with a ribbon symbol and the words “Hope, Courage, and Remembrance” are printed all round the band. On the card, the student’s name will be written and put on

display in the bookstore window for the entire month.

All students are encouraged to stop by and become well versed.

“It’s sad to see friends and family go through these hard times. We’re here to bring awareness to a worthy cause,” said Oloba.

On Wednesday students can expect the group to have Breast Cancer Awareness cupcakes, as well as supporter cards to write on. The

following day, the committee will have pink colored ribbons. These are to be worn to show support for those who have been affected, or in remembrance of those who fought the illness.

“We encourage students to come by and learn what’s impacting people. One needs to know and how to be prepared,” Oloba noted.

Courtesy Photo by SGA

Dealing with the truth Columns About Breast Cancer Alex Guerra Reporter @alxgrr

Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Each year, more than 246,000 women are given the dreadful news. Genetics, family history, and age are just a few of the contributing factors that could potentially develop into breast cancer.

Knowing that family history is listed as a genetic factor, I feel obligated to get examined regularly and actually have those gut wrenching conversations. Personally,

I try to avoid the subject altogether. Just the idea of ever being diagnosed shakes me to my core. I’d rather not deal with the issue. Truth is, I’m actually terrified of what could happen. On the maternal side of my family, several women have battled with breast cancer. I have learned snippets of their battles through the years, but have never sat down and talked about it. The ladies dealt with their battles years before I was around. Of the women in my family, one chose to refuse mentioning her symptoms to her doctor.

She felt too embarrassed and

in my opinion, was terrified to deal with the truth. I can identify with her. If I was in her position, I think I would rather live in denial than face the harsh reality. I can’t even imagine how scared and isolated she felt. I always wonder if she could have been saved. To those who may suspect an abnormality or are genuinely concerned with their wellbeing, I advise you to ask questions and take action before it is too late. I am willing to put my pride aside and become more active when it comes to my health and I advise you all to do the same.

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Get yourself checked Bobby Puentes #JAVELIFE Editor @paperboybob

My grandma had her life taken away because of Breast Cancer. The subject to this day is extremely touchy and gets me in my feelings, which I am not used to. Now my grandma was able to live and experience a full life before breast cancer took her away from this earth and onto her next experience.

Just because she lived a good well length life doesn’t justify that she was still taken from my life to soon from an illness. The reason that this issue is still heavy on my mind when I allow it to be is my mother. My grandma’s daughter. Meaning my mom has an increased chance of getting breast cancer due to her mom having it during her lifetime. This is where

all the feels start to come pouring back into my head about all the memories spent at the hospital worried and wanting to see my grandma.

I hope my mom has been on top of her medical information because I am not her doctor. I’m not a doctor period. I do know that breast cancer is dangerous and takes peoples lives away daily. Due to this article I will be having a conversation with my mom about this subject and all that she has done to make sure she is healthy as can be. The thing that sucks with cancer is that it has the chance of coming back. My grandma fought breast cancer three times before finally giving in to the rest that she deserved for fighting so hard, for so long. To this day I am still coping with the loss of my grandma that was about a year ago. I can’t

imagine how I would feel losing my mother to breast cancer. With the percentages of getting breast cancer rising each day that you live, please be responsible and get yourself checked out by your doctor. I am not the person to be talking about what you should and shouldn’t do but this suggestion could be beneficial to you and your family. I wish I knew more info to give about how dangerous breast cancer is but I don’t.

Sadly I am a guy who is not informed on the subject, just one that was effected by the loss of a grandparent. I am only speaking from experience and that is all that I can give at this time. Take care of yourself. Be sure to be healthy. You never know until it’s to late and you’re starting your battle with breast cancer.

cause or not) are solely about saving a females body part, than saving the actual female herself.

We buy the bracelets that say “Save the Boobies” and the shirts that say “Your hooters need help,” without actually spreading awareness for prevention which is the entire reason for the month of pink to begin with.

And the amount of money being raised and spent elsewhere other than the cause itself, both upsets and alarms me in that same sense.

I’ve seen persons sell shirts, caps and all sorts of pink merchandise, and seen that money kept within the business instead of going to the research the cause it’s “claiming” to support.

In my opinion, it’s both immorally irresponsible, and quite despicable for any person to try and make a quick buck, during a time for some people to cope with lost loved ones and those same people trying prevent losing others.

It seems everything is pink, but not everything is for the cause.

I have an aunt who I am close to, and upon hearing the news of her possibly having it, I felt so uneasy, and I felt so bummed out.

I knew I wanted to find a way to donate money and time to spreading awareness, but how Could I do so, knowing so many other persons were in the thick of things for their own selfish reasons?

I just find it hard to see that some people are overlooking so much about the “Spreading awareness” side of things, and paying attention to making funny phrases and raising money for themselves.

In my eyes it’s a giant slap in the face to those fighting the good fight.

But, no matter.

Everything will continue to fall into a business category, and although I’ll be appalled for a majority of my life, sometimes you need to bite a few bullets in order to continue living.

I just hope sometime in the future, certain persons have the decency to realize that a woman’s life is far more important than their own selfish reasons for buying, selling, or creating things that have no relation to the cause whatsoever.

This is for my Aunt Beatrice.

I love you, Bea. Hope to see you when I’m back home soon.

Spreading awareness the right way

Frankie Cardenas Sports Editor @FrankieJ_Suckaa

October is known to be the beginning of the season of scares. The season of change.

I mean, down in South Texas, October is the month where the weather actually drops a whole five degrees.

You piece the two together and you have yourself one of the most celebrated months of the year.

Funny thing is, it’s also the month of spreading awareness over a type of cancer that continues to inconvenience the world and continues to take away our mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, and even fathers and sons (a small rate of 1000:1, however still devastating).

The nation is lit up in pink, and everyone in some form or fashion knows someone’s has come across a person who has battled with Breast Cancer in their lifetime.

But if I may be honest, I am not a fan of the movement with which it’s ties are mostly about “saving the breasts” than saving the women.

Allow me to explain.

It seems most advertisements for merchandise (whether the the proceeds for the products go to the

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