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TAMUK faces $26 million funding cut State Senate proposes slashing spending for A&M campuses across Texas Crystal Zamarron Editor-in-Chief @CrystalSoTex AUSTIN–Texas A&M University-Kingsville and its sister campuses in Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Antonio, Killeen and Texarkana are facing double-digit percentage cuts in state funding this legislative session, potentially causing faculty and staff layoffs, the wholesale erasure of academic programs, loss of research dollars and much more system-wide. Senate Bill 1, the state’s 1,000-page General Appropriations Bill, was introduced on Jan. 17; it details spending plans in the State of Texas for all public agencies and higher education institutions for fiscal years 2018 and 2019. The legislation proposes cutting $26 million in funding from TAMUK, or 37 percent of the university’s current operating funds. On the same day the bill was introduced in the Texas Senate, TAMUK President Steven

Tallant told a gathering of faculty that he anticipated some cuts this year–about 4 percent to 10 percent–and that he was already prepared for it. This was before he was made aware of how deep SB1’s proposals would cut. A week later, after testifying before the Senate finance Committee, he announced a strict hiring freeze. If adopted as proposed, SB1 would likely result in the loss of 63 full-time TAMUK faculty and staff positions, 14 graduate student assistantships and put $10 million of research funds at risk, Tallant told state senators on Wednesday. He also told the Senate Finance Committee the cuts would result in a loss of more than 26,000 semester credit hour offerings. “We understand and anticipated the formula funding cut. However, the complete dissolution of special items was unexpected

Transgender actress talks trials and tribulations Imagine being sent to a men’s prison, but you identify as a woman. Imagine being born a girl, but growing into a man in a family, or community, even a society that doesn’t understand you. Imagine simply being treated differently—by coworkers, people on the street, even politicians who pass laws targeting people like you. It’s issues like these that actress and activist Laverne Cox knows all too well. She is a transgender person. A star of the hit Netflix series Orange is the New Black, Cox visits Texas A&M University-Kingsville next week to share tales of taboo and struggle. Routinely lecturing

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Alumnus and former Javelina track standout Andre Fuqua is seen here with friend and frequent running partner Dr Lorraine Killion. Fuqua was killed in a still-unsolved shooting in Corpus Christi on Jan. 17.

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around the country to young audiences, Cox will present Ain’t I a Woman: My Journey into Womanhood to a local audience. Cox plans to get candid about conquering obstacles on her way to self-discovery and how those experiences shaped her into the woman she is today. Erin McClure, chair of the university lectureship series, says Cox was invited to lead the discussion because fundamental to a broad educational experience is exposure to a diversity of topics, even those often misunderstood or considered taboo in some circles. “Each year, we bring one speaker each semester with a topic worth discussing. We expect 800-900 people in attendance and will even host a sit down discussion the following day in the Student Activities Building to allow

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ndre Fuqua was a man always on the move. When he wasn’t working on his kinesiology degree, he was either running in various cross country events, bicycling between Kingsville and Bishop or hiking the Chisos Mountains at Big Bend National Park. His life was cut tragically short Jan. 17 when he was shot and killed while on his way back from a cross-country competition near Galveston. His loss is being felt by many people touched by his boundless energy, generosity, and work ethic. Fuqua was born in 1992 and from a young age developed an affinity for running, bicycling and swimming. He first cut his teeth in competitive racing at Flour Bluff, first in junior high, then in high school. His was the team’s top runner his senior year, taking an individual title in the 2009 Malaquite Beach Run, earning a trip to the UIL regional meet. Even in those formative years Fuqua had a positive effect on everyone around him, including those whom he competed against.

“In high school, especially in my freshman year, I was one of those turtle shell kids, and I didn’t have a lot of people to hang around with,” recalls former Javelina and H.M. King runner Emmanuel Ibanez. “Meeting him, he was just a very energetic, super-happy, super-hyper kid like all the time. He had one of the most uplifting personalities... Honestly, if it wasn’t for him I don’t think I would’ve kept with running, because I just felt like I didn’t have a lot of friends.” It took some adjustment for Fuqua when he arrived at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. At TAMUK he was on a team of elite runners, competing with runners from all over the country. Chris Garza, a teammate and close friend, says Fuqua was initially a little out of his element in Kingsville, but he eventually came around. “What I really enjoyed about Andre was the evolution of him becoming a team guy. He not only had personal success but team success and it can be attributed to someone like Andre buying in.” By the time Ibanez joined the cross country team in 2011, the Javelinas had risen to respectability in the tough Lone Star Conference, finishing seventh at

the conference meet. “Honestly when I got on the cross country team it was like joining the Avengers,” Ibanez said. “Most of the Avengers didn’t know each other, but once they got to know each other they were on the same page.” Fuqua also shined on the track, perhaps even more so than in cross country. He took the 3,000-meter championship at the 2011-12 LSC Indoor Invitational, putting in the third-best time in school history. He recorded his eighthbest time a couple of weeks earlier. Fuqua also earned a spot in the school record books recording a 9:45.56 time in the steeplechase at the 2012 Rice Twilight Invitational for 10th all-time, and fastest time in seven years. “I’ve never met someone so coachable,” former Javelina cross country and track & field coach Lige Stewardson said. “He led by example and He taught the team how to live 120 seconds in every minute.” Fuqua left the team the following season seeking greater challenges in ultra-long distance events and trail running. He first approached Dr. Lorraine Killion, his former kinesiology

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TAMUK Trombones slide into Tech

Crystal Zamarron Editor-in-Chief @CrystalSOTX

The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Trombone Choir had the honor of opening for one of the leading trombonists in the world - Joseph Alessi - at the Big 12 Trombone Conference at Texas Tech University, last month. Alessi, from California, is an active soloist, recitalist, and chamber music performer. Alessi was chosen to be Principal Trombone for the New York Philharmonic in the spring of 1995. Prior to the Philharmonic, he was second trombone of The Philadelphia Orchestra for four seasons, principal trombone of LÃOrchestre symphonique de Montreal for one season, as well as guest principal trombonist with the London Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall led Pierre Boulez. Texas A&M University-Kingsville Trombone Choir of 36 students were invited to attend and perform at Texas Tech. The TAMUK Trombone Choir had a special prelude performance live-streamed to Youtube before Alessi’s recital. “It meant huge exposure to [TAMUK] because every-

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The TAMUK Trombone Choir performs at Texas Tech one was there to see Joseph Alessi so everyone was there for our concert” said Dr. Oscar Diaz, assistant professor, trombonist. The 36 trombone students fundraised for approximately 5 months since September.

From bake sales to chicken plates at the annual Fall Carnival, said Colleen Solis, music education major. From Jan. 20 – 22 the conference was filled with performances from the trombone choirs from the

University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley, Texas Tech, Round Rock, Texas State, Baylor University, and Truman State University,as well as the American Trombone Quartet. Throughout the days, the

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Snowball fights, winter delight mark spring return

Bobby Puentes Reporter @paperboybob Snowballs are flying from every direction leaving no one safe from experiencing the fun yet awakening shock of being hit with the condensed ball of ice. A slide of snow is being used to full advantage as tube after tube is filled with a rider and is let to slide down as freely and as fast as one would only be able to do on hills pilled with mounds of the white powder. Take a step back and see that the snowball wars are taking place in a small corner of field filled with green grass, and the slide yes filled with snow is inside of an uplifted trailer with bales of hay along the side to guide and stop the tubes from sliding off into the grass. Yet nobody is complaining and not a frown is seen amongst the crowd as they participate and enjoy this truly Texas snow scene. “Fun in the snow” was

a collaboration between the Transfer program and Campus Activity Board of Texas A&M University- Kingsville. The event lived up to the name and provided fun in the snow. The students and people from the community were enjoying the pleasures of something not to typical to see in Kingsville, Texas. Cookies, brownies and punch were provided while a DJ played music and a photo booth was being used from the ones taking a break from the snowy action. “This is fun, it’s different. I’m having fun even though I got hit in the glasses” Christopher Brown a freshman jokingly says as he’s on the concrete wiping himself clean of any lingering ice. Two snow squares are available to go and do as you please whether it be to lay down and make a snow angel or grab a fist full of snow to cup in your hands and fling across to the opposite side. One square was designated for the young and the

other for the young at heart. “Since this is mainly for transfer students a lot of times they are older students that have families and so that’s the reason we have two squares set up for the kids,” Martie De La Paz a coordinator of the event said about the two spaces filled with snow for people to enjoy. The transfer program puts on multiple events such as “Fun in the snow” throughout the year for transfer students to come out and enjoy what the school and community can offer.

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conference featured special clinics and sessions by Dr. Aric Schneller, Dr. Chris Buckholz, Dr. Donny Pinson, and more including a Joseph Alessi Master Class. “I definitely learned a lot. Alessi gave a lot of informa-

tion and tips that will help improve my playing in the long run,” said Solis. For more information on the TAMUK Trombone studio check out www.tamuktrombones.com.

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students to have in-depth conversations about what Cox addresses in her lecture,” McClure said. Camila Salcedo, biomedical and psychology major, is a public relations officer with Unity, the LGBTQIA+ organization on campus. She said Cox’s visit will be a success if it allows those in attendance to gain a better understanding of the trials and tribulations often confronted by members of the transgender community. “It is a privilege to have someone represent an underrepresented minority and speak to young minds… some people who don’t know much and can gain some knowledge about what being transgender means. I’m really excited,” Salcedo said. Cox has built an impressive platform from which to speak. She grew up in Mobile, Ala. where she attended Indiana University-Bloomington and Marymount Manhattan College, where she studied classical ballet and acting. She rose to fame on the hit Netflix series with her groundbreaking character and continued to push the

envelope. In 2014, Cox narrated and executive-produced Laverne Cox Presents: The T Word, a televised special on MTV documenting the lives of several transgender youth. The show received a nomination for a GLAAD Award for Outstanding Documentary and a Daytime Emmy in 2015. She has become the first trans woman of color to produce and star in her own show, TRANSform Me in 2010. In addition to her efforts to educate the public, Cox created a documentary titled, FREE CeCe!, featuring CeCe McDonald, a transgender woman who survived a violent attack, and in the process of defending herself, was forced to serve time in a men’s prison. Cox has made several cameos in Law and Order, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Lip Sync Battle, along with countless films. Jesse Cadena, a fashion merchandising major, said he was looking forward to a stimulating discussion from Cox. “I feel like it will be an educational experience for those who don’t know about the LGBT community. It will

broaden their interpretation on what really is transgender. It’s a good experience for those who may have at one point been more closed off to the subject,” he said. Nickolas Villarreal, a marketing and theatre major, said he believes speakers like Cox provide positive messages about subjects that can seem taboo but shouldn’t. “I think it’ll be positive to bring someone who is so outside of the bubble that is South Texas…it will definitely be something new for people to take in. Sometimes it takes a person of prominence to use their platform to expand the understanding in places where it’s not necessarily an open topic,” he said Cox will take the stage Feb. 7 at Jones Auditorium. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Salcedo said students who can’t attend should be aware that Unity meets every Wednesday a 6 p.m. on the second floor study room of the Mesquite Village West residence hall. The group encourages students to open up a dialogue and talk about taboo subjects and representation, providing a safe space where everyone will feel included.

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Quilt art has it covered at 13th exhibit

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Art comes in different shapes and sizes, but few art forms trigger childhood memories across various cultures. Quilts are given to people as early as their first birthday, providing warmth and comfort. However, there is another side to quilting that can sometimes be overlooked. The John E. Conner Museum at Texas A&M University–Kingsville highlighted the artistic value of quilts with its 13th Annual Quilt Exhibit. Quilting is an art that dates back centuries. Throughout history, quilts have been used as elaborate room décor and center pieces. Avid quilters use complex embroidery techniques that give each quilt its unique design. Nevertheless, quilts had their beginning as household necessities.

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Jonathan Plant, museum director of the Conner Museum states, “It’s very interesting that in the course of our lifetime, quilting was a thing of practicality. It was really an early from of recycling. If you had fabric and didn’t wear it, or do anything with it, you could always sow it into blankets and quilts.” This year, the exhibit’s theme was “scrappy quilts”, meaning that quilts were constructed from leftover or unused fabric pieces. All the quilts on exhibit were created by members of the Kingsville Saturday Quilters or their relatives. Members of the organization state that quilting is a common interest that brings people together. They enjoy the ability of transforming a piece of fabric into a work of art. Suzan Smith, one of the makers of the quilts on dis-

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and we can not absorb that level of loss,” Tallant said. Tallant said the university’s Citrus Center, Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute and King Ranch Institute for Ranch Management would be particularly heavy hit by the proposed cuts. “I believe eliminating state funding to these programs would damage our reputation and the public

trust we have developed over many years,” he told senators. While 37 percent is a drastic reduction in state funding for TAMUK, other campuses are facing even more dire cuts. SB1 proposes a 61.9 percent reduction in funding for Texas A&M University-Texarkana, for example. Texas A&M University-San Antonio, the fastest growing

play states, “The most exciting part about quilting is getting to see the final product. Making them is just a very wonderful experience.” Another member, Nancy Gilliam said, “Quilting ties people to the past.” Students at TAMUK agree that quilting is a valuable art form not lost to time. Megan Eborn, a freshman double majoring in Education and Music Performance enjoys the culture quilts represent. Orlando Cortez, majoring in Agriculture says he connects quilting with his grandmother, who was a quilter throughout her life. Jessenia Perez, a student majoring in Chemical Engineering comments, “Quilts describe things that occurred at the time that they were made. I do consider it a living art.”

school in the system, faces a 56.6 percent cut in funding, amounting to about $25 million. Texas A&M University-Central Texas could see its state funding slashed by 47.9 percent. Texas A&M International University in Laredo could lose 40.2 percent, or about $20 million, of its current level of funding. Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi faces cuts as well, amounting to 34.8 percent, or about $28 million. A&M System Chancellor

A few of the decorative pieces on display at the Conner Museum.

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At first, quilting may seem like a daunting task, such was the case with, Joan Nuesch, a member of the Kingsville Saturday Quilters. She confesses that she would go to the organizations meetings, but wasn’t very interested in taking up quilting

lessons. “When I first heard about the quilting organization, I said I would go, but they would never see me quilt. It wasn’t until I took up actual quilting lessons that I began to have a great interest. Since then, I have made several

quilts that I can’t part ways with.” The Conner Museum will have its quilting exhibit on display from Jan. 18-March 1. Members of the community are welcomed to visit the museum and see the art of quilting firsthand.

John Sharp testified Wednesday as well. He served as a state senator in the 1980s, including on the powerful finance committee. He testified that SB1’s proposed cuts would dramatically impact the quality of education provided by the A&M System. “I hate to say this, but I remember when I was on this committee,” he said. “I used to listen to all these people talking about, ‘oh, the sky is falling’.” “The sky is really gonna fall if you pass this bill,” the chancellor told committee members, who chuckled. Sharp joined more than 50 other high-ranking executives from universities all over the state to submit testimony on the impact of SB1. Tallant said the bill would reduce TAMUK’s portion of state formula funding by $11 million and slash an additional $15 million in special item funding. Tallant outlined eight specific programs that would be negatively impacted by SB1’s spending objectives, including the loss of $11 million in Institutional Enhance-

ment funding, 83 percent of which pays faculty salaries. “This equals a loss of 20 faculty, three advisers and more than 22,000 semester credit hours,” he testified. Asked to provide a priority list of special item programs the school would require funding for in 2018 and 2019, Tallant told the committee his first priority was to keep in place Institutional Enhancement funding, followed by funds for the Citrus Center, Caesar Kleberg, the King Ranch Institute, Vet Tech, the university’s engineering program, South Texas Archives and finally the Conner Museum. Sen. Jane Nelson (R–District 12), who serves as the committee chairperson, made clear throughout Wednesday’s appropriations hearing that the proposed budget cuts were not yet written in stone and that testimony was held to help the committee decide how to proceed. “It’s a starting point,” she said. After testifying, Tallant answered senators’ questions, including about news

that jolted this campus last semester when students and faculty learned of a proposal to merge TAMUK with TAMUCC. Sen. Kel Seliger (R-District 31) said he thought the idea was brilliant. He asked Tallant “how it’s going?” Tallant called the merger a good idea but said the timing and process have derailed it. “I will go on the record saying I think it is a wonderful idea for the State of Texas. However, it is my understanding that at this point in time it is dead on arrival,” he said. Sen. Juan Hinojosa (D-District 20) commented that the merger plans were hurt after a “press leak.” Interestingly, Hinojosa was directly quoted in the earliest news reports about the supposedly defunct merger plans. Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-District 7) told the committee he supported the merger idea and looked forward to one great university instead of two–some day.

Wifi gets the need for speed

Dakota Roberts Editorial Editor Good news Javelinas, Wi-Fi has been given a major upgrade with the new JAVNET 3 installation. With new dual radio capabilities brought to you by Cisco Systems and our hard-working IT department, any device, regardless of how old, will be able to access simultaneously 2.4 ghz and 5.2 ghz. Most student know about Javnet, an old legacy system that was implemented in 2008 and spanned nearly the entire campus. During this time, smart phones were just starting to come about and the internet was mostly implemented for the few students who carried around laptops. Eventually with new devices coming out, and the system not being compatible with the latest Apple iOS, an update was needed. By 2011, Texas A&M University- Kingsville had equipped Javnet2, a significant upgrade from the previous version as it became compatible with both legacy devices and the new mobile phones that had just come out. However, it did have drawbacks as it was single radio capability, meaning it could only provide signal at either 2.4 ghz or 5.2 ghz, but not at the same time. Meaning some people could access Wi-Fi while others remained with a blank connection page. For years, this Motorola sponsored platform worked in many buildings across campus and the dorms. Finally, we have reached new heights in the age of the internet with the implementation of the new and exciting JAVNET 3. For the past two years, the IT department has been installing the new network all over the dorms and plan to continue to administer it to buildings all around the university. In fact, roaming should now become seamless as long as you’ve logged into the

Wi-Fi networks before. Going from Manning to the engineering, or Mesquite to the SUB, students should have no problem roaming around while enjoying the free internet. Logging onto the network is the same as connecting to JAVNET and JAVNET2, if you have any trouble look around the campus for signs announcing the new wireless platform, instructions will be provided. Students should know however that to use the campus’ internet they must go through SafeConnect, a filter system that makes sure devices aren’t transferring viruses to the network. It is a very important concern for the IT department and will not let you access the internet unless you follow the instructions the page provides. If you are having trouble using your device because of this system; one you should know that it is chiefly essential that you go through the steps and download the free antivirus, and two, if you continue to have trouble you should go to Jernigan Hall where a help desk is available to provide assistance and get you through the process. The IT department has also held convenient tech talks with RAs located in the dorms and in the case, that you are continuing to have trouble after library hours, your RA should be able to provide assistance. Now of course this is internet for a university, so during school hours the priority for bandwidth is on educational purposes. Try to download a video or connect to Netflix and you may have some trouble; you may have to wait past 5 p.m. when the priority switches to relaxation. A video takes a lot to download and the right of way goes to people working on assignments and trying to learn; so please be patient.

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Trump vs Media: A battle royale

Dakota Roberts Opinion Editor

“I want you to quote this: ‘The media here is the opposition party.’” Most people would consider this brazenly blatant; not elegantly designed, simply vocalized to “draw a line in the sand.” Even the added prelude, “I want you to quote this” adds a sense of urgency. Yet, Stephen Bannon stated this with a calm inflection during a phone call with the NY Times, seemingly making the statement seem offhand; automatically relevant. However, his tone matched the candid manner of President Trump during his speech at the CIA headquarters in Langley, “ as you know I have a running war with the media. They are among the most dishonest human beings on Earth.” In a neurotic, obsessive manner, the Trump administration and the media are “at war.” The media willing and able to portray Trump as a maladroit, inept buffoon. Trump cheerfully painting the media as cynical, incurable puritans that give false, nit-picked counterfactuals. A cycle that I could only really describe as a rat race; an ongoing, eroding fight between the people that create images and the man who desperately needs to keep a good one. Now I understand that this is all fairly abstract thinking, so let’s get concrete. To start, let’s talk about the recent controversy concerning the size of Trump’s inauguration crowd. What seemed more like a meaningless opinion poll now became a national headline when Trump addressed the CIA, “I turn on one of the networks, and they show an empty field. I say, wait a minute, I made a speech. I looked out, the field was -- it looked like a million, million and a half people. They showed a field where there were practically nobody standing there.” What is peculiar about this situation is that this war is being waged over an issue that solves nothing; for this

isn’t about policy, nor is it about legislation or programs or helping people, but instead is about a reaction. After Trump announced these comments, people went to social media with two separate pictures, one coming from Trump’s inauguration livestream and the other from a Reuter’s photographer. Both pictures displayed a fairly sparse National Mall during Trump’s inauguration. Not to long after that people created other posts, as well as unsourced stories, that compared the size of Trump’s crowd to Obama’s 2009 inauguration. As if the size of the crowd directly correlates to what kind of president Donald Trump is going to be; in essence an online graphic reached the president’s own mouth. He believed it undermined his new presidency, an attack by the media to downplay the significance of what he believed to be a historical moment. Soon after, Sean Spicer, the new press secretary for the White House, took the podium and addressed the photos; going so far as to provide his own, “This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period; both in person and around the globe.” The argument in the media then became holding him accountable to those numbers, no matter how literally Spicer’s words must be taken. The Trump strategy seems to be a twist-and-turn scenario; don’t just deny that the media is lying, but that they are lying about something so imperial, an entity “too big to fail.” Now that’s not say that the media shouldn’t hold Spicer accountable for saying these falsehoods, especially after Counselor to the President Kellyanne Conway went on Meet the Press and decided these aren’t “falsehoods” but that Spicer gave “alternative facts.” The question is, at what point is Trump trying to bypass traditional media. Media is this obscure, recondite word that encap-

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sulates all communication. In our times, communication presents itself in many forms: speech, text, visuals, even the more nontraditional social media and television. Traditional media, news coming from reporters and being reported through newspapers has been suffering long before this “war” with Trump. Journalism in general has spread so thin on the internet it can be hard to find this abstruse sense of truth. Opinions can be diluted through something as simple as a graphic posted on someone’s Facebook page; graphics similar to the photo comparison of the two inaugurations. Traditional media, in Trump’s eyes has lost credibility due to the fact it did not predict his coming, and that it must fix itself by remaining quiet. A better way to define media is the bodies that frame the public discourse, and that Trump’s administration wants to usurp that ability for itself and be able to set its own rules. The war is over the ability to set the parameters of public dis-

course, in a sense to define what is to be considered true. That things like Twitter and Facebook allow people with immense power and influence to overcome barriers that were set up for accountability alone, and that without these barriers noone can be “found out.” That if enough people get behind something or if enough ridicule it, whether it be Trump’s supporters or fans, public discourse can be changed through something as simple as knowing how to design a picture. The fault does not escape the media though, for they jumped on this story just as easily as Trump, because it’s easy views. Now I don’t believe every media outlet is at fault for this because there still rests that need for accountability. What I do believe though is that these stories metastasize, self-replicate. That sooner or later the story becomes a study of a reaction of a reaction of a reaction ad infinitum; neither side waning, instead only seeking blame. This isn’t what journalism is, it

was never supposed to be this constantly hungry entity having to hold its reputation so closely to its chest. A solution to a problem like this escapes me, because it systemic; so remarkably ingrained in how we interpret reactions and how we decide to react ourselves. To bring the complication down to its basic form it is the instantaneous, automatic reaction we have when we see something like the inauguration pictures. It is the feeling we get when we see someone undermine or humiliate our ideologies. When people do this, we think that they are against us personally; against the things that I hold dear and true to my heart. That these people aren’t just mistaken, but they are malicious; standing head strong against ideas of decency themselves. This is how Trump and Bannon react to things like this, and there is hypocrisy in that. The same hypocrisy that lies in the dialectic of politics. The one that says every Republican must be a bigoted, sexist, immi-

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grant-hating mongrel who would kill to keep his gun, when the nature of it might just be people afraid their taxes are getting away from them, or that they worry that unemployment in their town is beginning to corrode its foundations. Or that all Democrats are these cry baby, borderline one-world communists that don’t understand the value of commerce or hard work, when the reality is they are people worried about the glibness of a society that is willing to give a fetus a chance but not refugees on the other side of the gates. The capital T truth remains that to fix something like this takes will; it takes time and effort. It takes Trump supporters to hold Trump account-

able and for his opponents to do the same for the media. The solution is to defeat our assumptions; decouple them and I swear you will be doing more for the sake of truth then you ever have.

SGA: ‘Welcome back Javelinas’

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David R. Barrera SGA President The Student Government Association welcomes you back to another exciting semester here at Texas A & M University – Kingsville! We hope you had a restful break full of friends, family and, of course, food. As we return to AMK, there are a couple of things our Student Government would like for the student body to consider. The first is to get involved in some organization on campus. The university experience extends beyond the classroom! Greek life, the Student Government Association, Pep Talk, and the Campus Activity Board (just to name a few) are some of the more broad organizations you can join. Be sure to use “collegiate link” on the tamuk.edu website to find out what other organizations are available that may better suit your interests. Be sure to see what

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organizations tie in to your degree. You’d be surprised what you’d find! The second is to understand that your voice matters. If you see an issue on campus that isn’t getting the attention it deserves, speak out. While I wholeheartedly believe that our university administration genuinely cares about the voice of the students, I also understand that it can be a little intimidating to contact them directly. Please know that you have student senators that the student body has elected to represent you. If you have an idea, but don’t know how to develop it or where to start, email us at tamukstudentgovernment@gmail.com. With joyful hearts, we are glad to serve you! Finally, I want the student body to not forget that, despite the current political climate, we are all Javelinas at the end of the day. Regardless of your political affiliation, one of the great hallmarks of our democracy is the

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seemingly peaceful transfer of power between political parties. But democracy is a fragile institution, whose life is dependent on the character of its citizens. I am not asking you to remain neutral. In fact, I ask of the very oppose. Argue joyously, but civilly. Seek to understand each other, but try to reconcile what you’re learning with what you’ve been taught. You may find yourself adopting new ideals or returning to old ones. Regardless, please never allow compassion and understanding to leave your hearts. Argue with your fellow Javelina, but never turn your back on them. We stick together here at Javelina Nation. I wish you all peace, joy, and a wonderful semester. My office is located right above the postal office in the MSUB, room 201. If you have any ideas or suggestions, please do not hesitate to stop by for a chat.

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Hurt no more: Duan Wright Senior speaks on road to recovery, what he learned with his time off the court, and goals as the season comes to a close Bobby Puentes Reporter @paperboybob Being injured for an entire season is something all athletes have nightmares about. Working hard every day putting in the time and effort to be successful, just to be told now you must sit out and watch, hurts more than the injury itself. Some would soak in self-indulgence and feel sorry for themselves. Others would relax and enjoy the down time of an injured athlete. A very few actually take the time while being injured to use it for improvement in different aspects of the game, becoming better on the court while being off of it. Duan Wright falls into the last category of people who take being sidelined from a different perspective of bettering themselves while being injured to come back better than before. Wright, a senior from Alexandria, Louisiana for the men’s basketball team missed the 2015-2016 basketball season due to a torn labrum and a chipped bone on his rotator cuff that required season-ending surgery. Though out, Write never let his teammates forget that he was there supporting them while being observant to different aspects of the game. “It’s easier for me to understand what’s going on in the game because I got to watch it from a different point of view, now I feel like a coach on the court.” Wright said about having to watch his teammates practice and play while he was not cleared to do the same. An injury to an athlete as strange as it may seem might have a greater effect on their mental health rather than the physical. The body will heal over time but the mentality of going all out every play is something that can be lost in the rehab process and replaced with fear of injuring themselves

again. This was not the case for Wright saying “ I already came back from this injury so I know I can do it again, this is my last go around for the basketball season so mentally I don’t care, I’m going to attack everything hard.” Wright hopes to end his collegiate career winning a numerous championships, first being the Lone Star Conference Championship, and the other being a vDivision II National Championship. No stranger to success Wright won two state high school basketball championships in Louisiana while only losing one game during the two seasons. Shooting for success, it is the passion that Wright feels for the game that he has loved and played that gets him going every day to go and get better. With ties of relatives and friends in different professional basketball leagues Wright has been shaped by the sport of basketball his whole life. “The best way I can put it is a lion chasing after a gazelle, you like the chase, the hunt, the fight. I love all the parts of the game from the physical, the shooting, rebounding, diving on the floor, playing hard, the screaming, all of that I love it.” Wright said about how it feels being out on the court. The mentality of a champion is something that is learned from the day of birth, with every experience after either pushing forward or retracting the strong mental state so many people desire. Everyone likes to believe they have the capability to reach this limit, but yet so little people do. You don’t have to help lead a team to winning two state championships or come back from a season long injury to lead the team in scoring averaging 11.9 points per game to reach a championship mentality. Those are just a couple things that helped Wright to get there.

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Javelina Tennis team taking team photos: Lisa Carvajal, Erika Larrea, Martina Urrutia, Julia Rauer, Stephanie Baerman, Coach Autumn Williams, Viviana Ortiz, Madi Gomez, and Tabata Lua.

Tennis team set to start season New season, new recruits brings positive thoughts Travis Demas Sports Editor @travisdemas After a season of growing pains, the Javelina Tennis team is ready to start the 2017 season. With some new additions to the team roster the javelinas have hope that this season will be better than the last. “I’ve seen them go through a fall season in which we didn’t even know what our starting lineup would be to now having a full team,” said Head Coach Autumn Williams.The team added two transfers: Viviana Ortiz from Southeast Missouri State, and

Lisa Carvajal from Laredo Community College, and four freshman: Stephanie Baerman from Antonian College Preparatory HS, Julia Rauer from Gymnasium Kenzingen, Victoria Romanovskaia from Simperopol, and Valerie Ruiz from Ronald Reagan HS. The team began practicing January 16, and have been scrimmaging every Friday since then according to fifth year senior Tabata Lua. The Javelina tennis team starts its season on the road against Howard Payne University this Saturday morning at 10, and make sure to come show support at their first home game next Friday afternoon against Dallas Baptist at 2.

Erika Larrea and Viviana Ortiz running their laps before practice

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Wright proudly throwing up his “J” for the Javelinas before the home opener.

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professor, mentor, and seasoned long distance runner, about running ultra marathons. Killion recalls the day, “I laughed him out of here. I said ‘Let me tell you something: running as fast as you can for three miles is nothing like running 50 miles’.” A few weeks later Fuqua went out to compete in his first ultra marathon, but he paced himself too hard, burning out before he could finish. He returned to Killion a few days later with a slightly bruised ego and admitted his defeat. Killion endowed Fuqua with 30 plus years of ultra-long distance running and they started training together and running ultra marathons and trail races all across the state. Within a year, Fuqua went from an eight-kilometer runner struggling to finish a race to one of the top trail runners in Texas. But even as he became one of the elite runners in the state, Fuqua kept his humility. “He was a humble person, there wasn’t a braggadocios bone in his body, and he helped everybody,” Killion said. When he wasn’t in class or running, Fuqua involved himself in various volunteer work, including AAU, Special Olympics, and even as a teaching assistant at Presbyterian Pan-American. “He was very involved and his passion was special needs,” former Javelina cross country athlete Chris Garza said. “I think Andre brings out the best in people. He has this persona and he’s like the greatest of all of us.” Fuqua’s untimely passing caught everyone off guard. Ibanez bumped into him in Corpus Christi a week before he died. They caught up with each other, and Ibanez expressed how nervous he was working simultaneously as a full-time student at TAMUK and a full-time teacher at Benavides.

Fuqua reassured him, telling Ibanez how proud he and everyone else was of him and that he needs to keep doing what he was doing—pushing forward. “All the news happened and it felt so odd to me that it seemed like one of those conversations where in hindsight you look back and think that was an appropriate goodbye,” Ibanez said. “Like the little moments in life that people look over in constantly and I feel like Courtesy photo Andre was one of Andre Fuqua and Briana V representthose people that ing Javelina Strenght at TAMUK he always brought “God had bigger plans for a little moment to him. Unfortunately for us, everybody’s life and that’s we don’t want to accept why so many people know that, that’s probably is the him and so many people case. We’ll always hold that were happy to be around dear spot in our hearts.” him.” Funeral services for Killion ran alongside Fuqua were held last SaturFuqua in his final race. day at First Baptist Churc in He had dropped out Corpus Christi. of the race after his glassPolice continue to inveses broke, but instead of tigate Fuqua’s slaying. waiting for Killion to reach Lt. Chris Hooper of the finish line, he went back the Corpus Christi Police into the course to find his Department says, “Leads mentor and help her run to are trickling in, but noththe finish line. ing substantial yet. We are “It didn’t make any reaching out for community difference to him. He was support.” gonna come out and make Fuqua was found in his sure I was okay, that was vehicle, which was crashed Andre,” Killion recalled. near the 11300 block of “It didn’t make a difference Interstate 37 around 11:32 who you are what level p.m, with the shooting you were, anything, Andre believed to have occurred would run and get you.” shortly before. Killion took one final Fuqua drove a black 2016 photo with Fuqua before Subaru Crosstek and likely he drove back to Corpus took a route that took him Christi. through Bayside, Gregory, She cherishes this photo Taft and Odem. and will carry it with her The police are urging on her next race in loving anybody that has any informemory of her dear friend. mation about the shooting Garza remembers a quote or the vehicle leading up to from when his mother died, the crash to call CCPD at “When God picks flowers, 361-886-2840 or call Crimeshe’s not picking the ones toppers at 888-TIPS. that still need to grow, Friends and family of he’s looking for the ones Fuqua hope that informathat blossom, the ones that tion can arise that will lead continue to shine above the to the arrest of the perperest.” trator and bring justice for Garza further explained, Andre.

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No Cowboys, no Super Bowl? Cowboys haven’t played at Super Bowl since 1995

Atlanta Falcons Jared Wyatt Contributor After finishing the 2015 football season with a 7-9 record, the Atlanta Falcons seemed quite far away from being in the championship spotlight. But, with a young, hungry defense returning with a full season of experience under their belt, that all changed in 2016. Add a couple of free agent acquisitions and a determined veteran quarterback to the mix and you have the Falcons walking with a different swagger. They have taken that swagger all the way to the Super Bowl. One of the reasons for the success has been the play of former Cleveland Browns undrafted wide receiver Taylor Gabriel and former Cincinnati Bengals wide out Mohammed Sanu. These two solidified the Falcons vaunted air attack and has made Julio Jones, the Falcons No. 1 receiver, even more dangerous. Gabriel, a native of Mesquite, Texas, and a former standout at Abilene Christian University, has been a welcomed addition. At 5-feet, 8-inches tall, Gabriel was undersized for a wide out, but his other attributes outweighed the variable of height. He is fast and strong. His nickname is “Turbo” and you’ll see why in Super Bowl LI. Gabriel worked hard to get to Atlanta and now the Super Bowl. After being picked up as an undrafted rooking in 2014, Gabriel clawed his way into the starting lineup after standout Atlanta receiver Josh Gordon was suspended for the 2014 season. That opportunity provided Gabriel with the platform to showcase his talent at the next level and it ultimately won his a starting role as Atlanta’s No. 3 receiver. In2016 Gabriel recorded his best season as a pro and has been a good addition to the passing game that usually features Jones. When Jones went down with an injury, Gabriel stepped right-in to Kyle Shanahan’s system, recording 35 catches for six touchdowns. Gabriel is a key part of the Falcons’ offense, which averages 37 points per game. Quarterback Matt Ryan is having his best season ever and has thrown for nearly 5,000 yards to go along with his 39 touchdowns while being intercepted only seven times. He is making a strong argument for MVP honors this year. Now, Ryan, in his 8th season as a pro, is going to tangle with New England’s Tom Brady, arguably the best quarterback to play the game. Who will win? Perhaps if Brady looks off Jones once or twice he’ll spot Turbo Gabriel and make the Falcons fly Sunday night.

Kevin Hooks Contributor South Texas football fans imagine this scenario . . . Imagine that on Super Sunday, Feb. 5, 2017, the Dallas Cowboys take on the Houston Texans in NRG Stadium in Houston. Imagine the two Texas teams on the biggest stage, in a Texas stadium, in front of tens of thousands of Texas fans meeting head-on for the ultimate prize in professional football – the Lombardi Trophy. Ok, stop dreaming. Not gonna happen this year. It was close, though. We could almost taste it, couldn’t we? Both of the professional Texas football teams made it to the second round of the NFL playoffs. The Texans by winning the AFC South and then besting the Oakland Raiders during Wild Card weekend, eventually suffered a loss to the New England Patriots in the Divisional round. The

Cowboys by earned a firstround bye, only to be taken out by the Packers of Green Bay in a glorious 2nd half comeback try. It was close, too close for comfort and the game could have gone either way. Super Bowl LI will still be held in Texas, in Houston to be exact – when the Atlanta Falcons and the New England Patriots collide. With all the hubbub this year concerning our two Texas teams, all is just a memory. Now, the question is, will South Texas football fans watch the game. Houston had the #1 ranked defense in pro football. The Dallas Cowboys had one of the most explosive offenses we seen in recent years. Yes, South Texas football fans had our hearts set for a long awaited friendly Texas shootout. Now that it has been established our dreams have been deferred, will Texas football fans still participate in viewing this

year’s big game? I asked a couple of area residents about their feelings on the subject. “Yeah, I’m still gonna watch it,” Matthew Brackeen, a Cowboys fan and old Navy buddy of mine, mumbled. I interviewed him at The American Legion Post 99 Kingsville, where he plans to watch the big event Sunday. Of course he expressed his disappointment about Dallas being eliminated, but says he will simply root for the Falcons because they are in the same conference as tbe Cowboys. He said he is showing a bit of indirect loyalty to the Cowboys. “I ain’t never watching football again,” Joe Nunez, a blue collar mechanical contractor from Ricardo told me in disgust. Now this is a true Cowboys fan. His blood bleeds Cowboy blue. I watched the devastating Divisional loss of the ‘Boys at Joe’s house a couple of weeks ago. He is

one of those insane fans who literally wears Cowboys gear down to the socks. He and his houseguests were actually on their knees in mock prayer to the football gods imploring the football gods to help Dallas make or Green Bay miss field goals. The gods did not rule in their favor. I received two opposite perspectives on how the loss of the Cowboys/Texans this year will affect viewership of this year’s Super Bowl. Some South Texas residents may sit this one out, but I have the feeling that most will still watch whether it’s for the ads, the companionship, or simply an unquenchable love for the game. No worries, South Texas. With two awesome Texas NFL teams, two state-ofthe-art Texas stadiums, and a whole lot of luck, one day there may be an all Texas Super Bowl. For now, we should keep praying to the football gods.

Prep, party, win!

Need ideas to prepare your Super Bowl party? Richard Treviño Contributor Football is one the most iconic sports in the United States. It has been with us since the early 1900s and has only gained more popularity since. Football is so important to our nation that the Super Bowl, a game that occurs at the end of the professional football season, has become a holiday for American people. As such, we go to great lengths to prepare ourselves for the annual television event by planning a party to celebrate the game. However, the question that remains in our minds is how we prepare for the Super Bowl anyway? As mentioned earlier, the Super Bowl is like a holiday for the American people, so the most common thing people do for the Super Bowl is to throw a party for the event. But, if you’re going to throw a party, do a little

planning. Basically prepare to go out and buy a lot of food like chips and pizza, some soda, or alcohol for the older viewers. You’re going to need it…’cause it’s a long game. You should also decorate your house with football themed décor or just with material from the teams’ playing. Some people will buy or bake a cake with a football theme to make the event sweeter. One thing people make for the Super Bowl is dip like guacamole and salsa, both of which you can be made at home. Either way, you have plenty to do in preparation for this yearly sports event and so you can make sure you will enjoy the game. It’s not just regular people preparing for the Super Bowl, restaurants and even some corporations have their own little way of celebrating the event. Some companies, like Pepsi,

sponsor the event and, as such, advertise it through their products. Restaurants, especially sports bars, will have the Super Bowl on all their television screens throughout the event with fans going to the restaurants to see the event happen live. Some companies will even spend millions of dollars just to have a 30-second commercial of their product appear during the event. Is it really necessary to pay that much for thirty seconds? No, but it is great for business to get your product noticed during an event as big as the Super Bowl. This is just me, but when preparing for the Super Bowl, I would get my barbeque pit running and cook up some beef, chicken, sausage and ribs for the occasion. I’d also get loads of chips and soda, some beer, and plenty of sweets as well as some people to hang out with. I also would make some guacamole since it’s pretty easy

to make you just need some avocados, a knife, some salt, and some salsa if you want. My family loves football, this is just from what I experienced the Super Bowl in my time. If you don’t want to have to cook, then go to a sports bar and watch the game from there. Places like Big House Burgers and Pizza Hut will definitely have the game on all of their TVs and you can bet there will at least be one group of people there for the Super Bowl regardless of how long it will be. I kind of don’t care of the two teams that have managed to get to the Super Bowl, but it should be enjoyable for anyone who is a fan of the Patriots or the Falcons. If you enjoy the Super Bowl, then you will definitely, need to prepare to celebrate the festivities. It may be about sports, but there are a lot of things people will celebrate and a lot of partying to do when Super Bowl Sunday comes.

Super Bowl family

Behind the scenes with a Super Bowl tradition A’Miracle Hall Contributor Super Bowl has become a family tradition for my family and this year “Brady Babbby” is in town – Houston that is. Every year, especially when the New England Patriots are playing, it is special. This year is no different. My mother celebrates her birthday Super Bowl Sunday. So, it’s a dual celebration – her birthday party and Super Bowl LI will be celebrated in our Houston household. My mom is also a big Tom Brady fan and she can’t wait to see what he does this year as he works for a record win for him and the Patriots. We expect a host of family members to gather and discuss everything from the plays on the field to the halftime shoe. Already, they’re on the phone and texting what they’re going to bring and where everyone is going to celebrate. This year we are really pumped for Super Bowl, because Houston will be hosting. We’re from Houston and the city is going to be lit up. My mother is planning a Super

Bowl/ Roaring 20s party, for her birthday. I know my mom is beyond excited for her birthday since it’s her day and she’s that much closer to Tom Brady. The day starts with every television in the house on and watch-

Editor’s Note: COMM 3302 Sports Reporting students wrote columns on their opinions and thoughts on Super Bowl LI. Next week they have an assignment to cover The Super Bowl.

ing ESPN highlights and commercials leading up to the final countdown. My mom usually screams “Brady Babbbby. . . ” every time she sees Brady and we expect her to do the same when the game is about to start or when he makes a big play. “Brady Babbbby. . . ” My family and I turn up the music and start the party. The Super Bowl really should be a holiday. Everyone tends to get pretty settled in when they celebrate football with my mom. Toward the start of the game we all place a collective bets. Once all bets are placed and money is secured, those who won the bet divide up the funds amongst each other. As for my mom, she is usually on another level when she is celebrating. This year is special – Brady Babby is in town for her birthday. My mother will make sure she has an epic time. I can feel it already that she’s going to make everyone go against her beloved Rom Brady. Over all I want my mom too have a great time and to enjoy herself for her birthday with her dream guy just down the freeway at NRG Stadium for Super Bowl LI.

New England Patriots Charles Jefferson Contributor We can say that the New England Patriots were the last team we all were expecting to go to the Super Bowl. Many people picked them not to even go to the playoffs, because all of the off field issues and players set to miss games. They lost four statues on defense in free agency, and lost impact players on offense. The future for the Patriots didn’t look good and definitely didn’t look like a Super Bowl roster. It wouldn’t be a big deal on most teams but we’re talking about Tom Brady. He is one the greatest quarterbacks to ever play the game. For them to go 3-1 without him shows a lot about the front office and the coaching staff. Once Tom Brady started back playing, their team went from good to great. Later on in their season they traded their best player on the defense to the Cleveland Browns. Jamie Collins was the playmaker on the defense and was the most dependable player on the defense as well. Once they traded him, it looked like the defense wasn’t the same and they didn’t have their swagger like always. Also they lost their second best player on the offense and the best and the best tight end in the NFL, Rob Gronkowski. The people looked at that and took them from being Super Bowl favorites. That didn’t stop them though, somehow they got it together and became that great defense again. I also feel the patriots got help on the way with Derek Carr of the Raiders getting hurt because they were Super Bowl favorites. Houston was their first game and it wasn’t going to be an easy one. Houston had the best defense in the NFL, and they offense can put up points on any play. That still didn’t slow down the Patriots, they put up 34 points on them as the defense stepped up to the challenge and only allowed 16 points. The test got even harder the next week when they had Big Ben and the Steelers coming to town. The Steelers was on the best offensive teams in the NFL and was averaging about thirty something points a game. On January 22, 2017, that wasn’t the case as the red hot Patriots held them to 17 points. The defense came up big. Lastly, the offense put up 36 points on a healthy Steelers defense. The new England Patriots are Super Bowl favorites and if they win, it will be the first franchise with nine Super Bowl appearances. Tom Brady will go down as the greatest quarterback to ever play the game.

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