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Robert Breedlove Sports Reporter @Breedlovecam The Javelinas entered into the very hot Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium in San Antonio last Saturday, seeking revenge for a narrow loss to the University of the Incarnate Word last year. And vengeance was served, as the Hoggies bested the Division
I FCS Cardinals in nearly every facet of the game in a 31-22 victory in the opening salvo of the 2016 season. Kingsville struck first at the 5:42 mark in the first quarter on a 57-yard Myles Carr pass to Jordan Thomas for a touchdown. The Cardinals would march their way down the field (with a little help from some Javelina penalties) and Trent Birttain would
dart a two-yard pass to John Oglesby to even the score at seven. The Javelinas wasted no time in the second quarter to take back the lead. Luis Lopez kicked up dust and brawled his way to the end zone on a three-yard rush to put Kingsville up, 14-7 That would be their sole rushing touchdown of the game as the Javelina rushing corps combined for 124
yards on 42 attempts. Greg Pitre spearheaded the rushing attack, going 86 yards on 20 attempts. About midway through the 2nd quarter Kody Edwards broke through the Javelinas’ secondary, receiving a short pass from Brittain and taking it to the house for 83 yards. The Javelinas managed to tag a 23-yard field goal off the foot of Julio De La Garza
Financial aid woes lead to petition
before the half ended, taking a 17-14 lead at halftime. The Hoggies had a bit of a scare on the first drive of the second half. Carr tossed a pass to Anthony Autry in Cardinal, but Autry then coughed up the ball on the hit. UIW then picked it up and ran with it all the way to the end zone. However, Kingsville caught a break when the referees called roughing the
Alex Guerra Reporter @alxgrr
Colin Kaepernick is not the only individual making waves demonstrating their First Amendment right. On Friday, The South Texan Twitter exploded when individuals began responding to a picture of a student who garnered nearly 200 signatures for a petition she and four others started after many TAMUK students were experiencing problems with their financial aid packages. The petition serves to voice the frustration many
No one ever imagines that they will fall victim to sexual assault. Unfortunately, too many individuals have experienced this heinous crime. Aspen Matis, author of Girl in the Woods, tells her courageous tale at Girls Night Out held at the ballrooms in the Memoriall Student Union Building.
Texas A&M University-Kingsville students share due to the apparent lack of communication from the financial aid office. Crystal King, a senior studying criminology, spent several hours Friday afternoon gathering signatures for her petition. She and four other students, unaffiliated to any university organization, agreed to start getting signatures together in order to voice their frustration. King initially began hearing of the issues developing within the financial
aid department when she would talk to classmates and residents while serving as a resident advisor. “It started off with some problems
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with my financial aid…only because things were either not told to me or processed late,” King said. The issues King and many other students faced came only weeks before the start of the fall semester. Emails from the university’s financial aid office informing students that additional documentation was required to complete their FAFSA verification process did nothing to relief the financial ailments felt by King and other students. The one point Lisa L. Seals, financial aid interim executive director, wants to get across to students is that communication is always key. In regard to students receiving notifications about missing documentation needed by the United States Department of Education, Seals said, “Anything we had
to (do), we did. We sent and emailed, and we explained why we had to do it.”While the financial aid office was not willing to disperse funds to students without properly determining the correct amount to be allotted, Seals said it is TAMUK’s obligation to make sure the proper amount is given to students. She said, if any funds were to be put into a students account in excess, there is a possibility the federal government may ask for the funds to be returned, in which the university would be forced to pay those funds, thus forcing an unexpected fee onto the student. “I do understand that they were not happy initially… if someone [tells you] they have everything, [but then] they now have to redo something, and now you need [to send in additional informa-
tion], I get it. But at the end of the day, it’s better that I found that out now.” Seals message to students who feel like their voices are not being heard is to realize the answers to their questions are only a phone
call, email, or one visit to the financial aid office away. “We are not trying to leave anybody high and dry. There is
no conspiracy. I don’t know what this petition is going to do or what they wanted it to do, but they could have just asked me. We’re not trying to hide anything.” King hopes to let campus officials know the students who are signing the petition are not looking for more money, only understanding. “We want the administration to hear us and help us understand why there is such a big mess,” King said.
During her freshman year at Colorado College, Matis was raped by a new acquaintance after he pressures her into smoking marijuana. Hours pass by before she wakes up and realizes she is now a victim of rape. Distraught and unsure, Matis waits two weeks before coming forth and reporting the incident. She states that after 72 hours, there is no longer viable, biological evidence. Meeting with counselors and reliving the ordeal is painful, yet the advisors in not so many words imply that her rape is a hallucination due to side effects of marijuana. Matis leaves the college after not being protected and taken seriously. Seeking a new perspective and sense of empowerment, she hikes the Pacific Coast Trail, which begins in Mexico and concludes in Canada. Her inspirational journey rebuilt not only her character, but is influencing hundreds of young women to find their inner voice.
“[The hiking expedition] taught me that I’m strong enough…that I could survive this… and if I could survive this, I can survive anything. It taught me that I’m safe in the world, and in my body. My no was audible, my words are audible, my voice was audible and rape is not normal. It’s horrifically common—it’s one if four women on college campuses.” Ironically, news of a sexual assault on campus surfaced Monday, Sept. 5. According to the report, a young woman was confronted by a medium built, bearded male with glasses. As of now, there are no further indepth details. The young woman’s initiative to vocalize what took
place is commendable and should encourage others to
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Aspen Matis with copy of her book.
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Student signs petition inquiring about the delay in financial aid awards to students.
passer on UIW, and gave the ball back to the Javelinas who then failed to capitalize on the play. In the waning minutes of the third quarter, Carr and Jordan Thomas made yet another touchdown connection to extend the Kingsville lead to 24-14. The pair put together two touchdowns and 79 of...
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Jenni Vinson, a professor at Texas A&M-Kingsville, was contacted by a company based in San Francisco to feature her artwork on its clothing. The company, Vida, sells clothes from designers and artists from around the world online. Vida reads to be a “Global partnership of co-creators” on their website. Vinson has created and continues to work on her own personal clothing line that is featured on Vida. Normally creating artwork for fundraisers, cancer survivors or people who are need of help, Vinson sees passion over profit. She was not trying to be discovered and become the next dominating name in the fashion industry. Instead it was the routine of Vinson posting her artwork to social media for friends and loved ones to enjoy, that caught the attention of the company in San Francisco. Vida inquired if Vinson had any more artwork for her to showcase after seeing a few paintings Vinson posted. “I do have my own website that
collects my artwork, poetry and has everything there. When I shared that with them they asked me to be a contributing artist to their clothing line.” Vinson said of the process of getting her clothing line on Vida. Although a great opportunity, Vinson would not be satisfied with just giving her artwork to someone to do whatever they wanted with it. Not only does she create the art but also Vinson has artistic retention of the image and determines the placement of her art on the products. Meaning that Vinson still owns the actual images of her artworks being used, along with the opportunity to lay the exact placement of her image wherever she pleases on the clothing. “As an artist I like keeping control over what I do. So they gave me access to their program and let me set up.” Vinson said about having artistic control on her clothing line. Pleased about her new clothing line Jenni Vinson might be more excited about the platform that is being created for other Mexican American Artist. Being from Alice Texas, Vinson knows the difficulties that Mexican American artist from small towns struggle with
to get their artwork out into the public eye. “I immediately let them know that I was South Texan Mexican American. There are not that many venues for Mexican American artist to present their works. This is an opportunity for one more Mexican American artist voice to be amplified by the community. A new opportunity to show the world her art on something other than a canvas motivates Vinson. A nontraditional way for artist to be newly discovered has been found by Vinson and she hopes to not be the only artist to take advantage of this opportunity. “I want to encourage more students to use their artwork for this medium. Having a new facet of taking our art and putting it onto fabric is an opportunity that is groundbreaking for TAMUK and other artist,” Vinson says of this new opportunity for artists. There are 84 products ready for purchase on Vinson’s Vida page. The personal clothing line of Jenni Vinson can be seen and purchased from http:// shopvida.com/collections/jenni-vinson.
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Vinson has her own personal clothing line displayed on shopvida.com/collections/ jenni-vinson. The artwork on the clothing is Vnson’s actual art works.
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‘Same as Sarah’ to be staged Sept. 17 for A&MCC’s “A Night of Hope” Ramon Rodriguez Contributing Reporter
The TAMUK theater department is off to a great start this year. Besides hosting auditions for their new show, “References to Salvador Dali Make me Hot”, the department is also going to perform at Texas A&M University—Corpus Christi for A Night of Hope: From Prevention to Prosecution. There TAMUK will perform the play “Same as Sarah” which premiered at TAMUK originally in 2012. A Night of Hope is described as a way to show “human trafficking through the arts” by Director Co-
rey Ranson. The play follows Irma and Rey Jimenez, played by Vanessa Valdez and Nickolas Villarreal, as they struggle to cope with the kidnapping of their daughter. They soon realize however that their daughter is just one of the many taken by the human trafficking industry. The play “revolves around the overlapping connections that we have with people who kidnap children vs the people who are going after and trying their to find kidnapped children,” said Director Ranson. “It’s a very hopeful play, it’s not a very big downer except for what’s going on, but it does bring hope and it’s a lot of fun.”
continued Ranson. The play’s leads also have been closely tied to their characters struggles in the story. As Vanessa explained that “working on a show like this it makes you more aware of trafficking.” Nickolas also said that the play helped him to “open my eyes that the world isn’t as innocent as I might as once have thought, but the world in general maybe has a better heart than people give it credit for” Both are excited to perform at the Night of Hope, saying that it’s a good way to get information out. Vanessa explained that she’s “very excited that I’m able to participate in something that’s rais-
ing that awareness and I feel like it’s for a great cause.” “There are things that we know that happens in the world that we don’t say out loud. “Nickolas says “The Night of Hope address this elephant in the room for the costal bend area. A Night of Hope: From Prevention to Prosecution happens September 17th at Texas A & M University’s Performing Arts Center in Corpus Christi. This charity event will be open to the public but requires a purchase of a $35-dollar ticket. For more information, please visit stopmoderndayslavery.com.
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Art gallery embraces the contemporary Bobby Puentes #Javlife Editor @paperboybob The Ben Bailey Art Gallery set up an exhibit that focuses on contemporary art. The exhibit titled “One K Space Summer” was set up Aug 9. Artists from Corpus Christi’s K Space Art Studio are featured in the exhibit. Different displays of art varying in size, shape and materials fill the art gallery. “Students are happy of having K Space art work in the gallery which is always a good response” said Associate Professor of Art Todd Lucas. “The artwork represents the constant change of different genres, ages, times and it gives a positive effect,” he added. The exhibit not only highlights contemporary art but
also provides a unique learning experience for students to be exposed to its history. The nonprofit organization K Space Contemporary has been functioning for over 20 years. The organization has been an important part to the art community of South Texas. “K Space shows a great variety of three and two dimensional works like paintings, collages and models made from different mediums that represent the art work we do here as well” quoted Senior Kim Caughman who was working on a ceramic sculpture. The artwork will continue to be displayed from Mondays to Fridays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. until One of the scupltures in the “One K Space Summer” art ex- Sep. 22 when a closing recephibit. Go check out the exhibit in the Ben Bailey Art Gallery tion will be taking place from until Sep.22. 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
A painting from the ‘One K Space Summer” art exhibit.
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Kicking off the school year Andre Alfaro Contributing Writer
A brand new school year is here, and with the first tournament of the year being held this past Wednesday, the excitement for the intramural sports season to start is the latest buzz around campus. The Cool Arrows defeated Slap That Pass in the 7 on 7 flag football “Overtime Challenge” tournament, which comprised of teams playing a game of sudden death football against each other. The rules were: if the first team with possession scores, the opposing team must match or beat that score in order to continue the game. If they did not score they would lose, and if they matched their score they would start all over again and play until a winner arose. This year’s Overtime Challenge tournament had its largest turnout since being implemented into the intramural sports season, with 8 teams playing and a total of 82 participants. These 8 teams got the new school year’s intramural sports season underway, and all of them were equally matched. Many teams were neck and neck through-
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out their games, and the fans were given plenty of entertainment throughout the night because of these teams. With the tournament being the first event of intramurals this year, there were many familiar faces among the crowd as well as a substantial amount of new ones. When asked on how participating in intramurals could help improve the college experience for the new freshman students that came in this fall semester, Cool Arrows team captain Ruben Mendiola said, “you can make several friends while participating either by playing against them or by recruiting players for your own team”. “[Participating in intramurals] it’s something to look forward to during the week instead of always being in your dorm. It’s a great way to get out and keep busy, as well as a way to relieve some stress.” One notable person ready to start the season is Lead Supervisor Alan Alvarado, who managed the tournament from the sidelines and kept all the team’s together ready to play. Alvarado is anticipating a max amount of teams within the leagues next semester. “Our football leagues usually fill up to capacity, and our soccer leagues usually have a
waiting list of teams hoping a spot will open up. We take pride in organizing leagues that will catch the eyes of all the students.” Regarding keeping control of the games and the staff on board, Director of Campus Recreation Anthony Kreitzer strongly believes that the season will run smoothly for all sports this year. “I have high expectations this year. We
have six returning football officials and six returning soccer officials as well; this should bring a more consistent and enjoyable game because of our staff’s experience.” With the conclusion of the OT challenge tournament and the end of the Labor Day weekend, the first week of the intramural season is ready to get underway.
“Since we have been growing within the past two or three years, we are starting to see a large increase in usages for teaching labs and classroom space,” said Nereo Lopez, the Laboratory Manager for the Department of Chemistry. With 8 teaching labs and 2 instrumental rooms, there is not enough room according to Lopez. “Going forward, we are going to need more teaching lab space and research space and the building doesn’t have the space for it along with needs for preparation rooms, which we lost overtime because of different
reasons … almost all the rooms that we have are all demarcated as teaching or laboratory space or office space and that’s all that we have,” said Lopez. When it comes to labs, the maximum capacity for each lab according to Environmental Health and Safety is at about 24 students per teaching assistant. Due to the intensity of some labs, which include Organic Chemistry 1 and 2, the chemistry department chose to reduce the maximum capacity to 20 students because they may be using hazardous material and that there is only one teaching assistance
available at that time. Monique Duran, a Veterinary Technician major who took General Inorganic Chemistry 1, feels that the labs are becoming more and more claustrophobic. “There isn’t really enough materials in the class [and] you have to sometimes wait for people to finish using theirs [and] that takes up time” Due to the tight scheduling, the next idea tossed around was to open up more labs and even begin offering evening classes according to Michael Houf, Interim Chair for the Chemistry Department and Assistant Dean to the College of Arts and Sciences.
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7 on 7 Overtime Challenge champions The Cool Arrows
Combustable elements: expansion needed for Nierman Xavier Aguilar Reporter @xavi_sotex
Nierman Hall is home to the Chemistry Department, the building where you learn about chemical reactions, compositions of objects, as well as the fear of accidently blowing up the classroom lives if you are not extremely careful. Serving as Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s second oldest building, there is one problem proposing itself: the lack of space the chemistry department has.
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do the same. The Javelina Girls Night Out offers the opportunity to receive small trinkets such as whistles and small flashlights, along with instilling newfound confidence. Javelina Girls Night Out successfully fills the entire Student Union Building ballroom. Young women gather to gain knowledge pertaining to valuable resources such as JavGuard, self-defense classes, and phone numbers to the university and local police departments, a women’s shelter, and a local hospital. Other organizations include: Student Health and Wellness, TAMUK Title IX Coordinator, and the Office of Student
Affairs. Representatives from each of the groups speak out against sexual misconduct, including Karen Royal, director of compliance. In a nurturing tone, Matis powerfully declares, “Calling a rape a rape, is like calling a spade a spade, it feels good. It makes the rape something outside of you. You are not the terrible disgusting, horrible thing, the rape is…and calling it what is shrinks it. So I would say, be honest, tell your story, and tell people who you love and trust”. The audience, moved by the strength she projects, is left utterly silent.
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motivated and positive throughout… even when we were knocked down and hit by the powerhouse schools. As far as expectations Lue has for himself, I would like to think my objective is to just help the new members out with whatever they need. Since, I do have high school and college experience with speech and debate, my objective is to offer my help and input.” It’s great to see that Lue is being positive about this year. He is not the only one thinking that way. Others seem to be on the same page. Coach McDonnell says, “We need to get well established, and have a strong foundation. We need to make finals regularly, and from the beginning. Also, we need to qualify for nationals sooner than later. Every time we go out that’s what we are going to try for!” TAMUK’s speech and debate team have positive mindsets for this year. Their first tournament will be September 16, 2016 at San Marcus State against the University of Austin. Keep an eye out for them as they approach the platform with confidence.
New debate coach leads charge This fall semester, Texas A&M University-Kingsville welcomes its new debate team coach, Lana McDonnell from San Antonio, Texas. The debate team is taking on quite a bit of competition this year within their tournament schedule. TAMUK is considered to be the underdog in majority of their tournaments. They compete against some of the state’s biggest schools, such as the University of Texas in Austin and Texas A&M University-College Station. Terrence Dewitt, one of the team’s returning members, is coming back strong and ready to hit the ground running this season. He will be one of the team’s leaders and is planning to do more than exceptional. Lue, team captain of this year as well as last years debate team says, “My expectations for her [McDonnel] is to keep us motivated. Last year, we did a pretty good job with the speech and debate coach by staying
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The Cost of Free Speech in the U.S The South Texan Staff @thesouthtexan
Granted under the First Amendment, the right to freedom of speech is the right to express any opinions without censorship or constraint. To have the freedom of speech, you have to understand that there is a lot of responsibility that comes with it. It has allowed people to create hate speech, voice their concerns on subjects they care deeply about, and, most importantly, spread positive words that can create a difference. The freedom of speech, grants us the right to free speech and to demonstrate it publicly. Colin Kaepernick, of the San Francisco 49ers, refused to “stand for the playing of the national anthem in protest of what he deems are wrongdoings against African Americans and minorities in the United States”. He is bringing awareness for the minorities in the U.S. by taking a stand
for what he believes in. The South Texan is in agreement with using our right to freedom of speech to express ourselves as we see fit. Kaepernick was simply using his ‘voice’ by not standing during the national anthem. Is it disrespectful? Some may say yes, but we believe that Kaepernick did what he had to do in order to bring attention to the issues African Americans and minorities are facing. “I am not going to stand up to show pride in a flag for a country that oppresses black people and people of color,” Kaepernick told NFL Media in an exclusive interview after the game. Kaepernick did something that most, if not all people would ever think to do, he stood up by sitting down during the national anthem. The South Texan applauds him for bringing more awareness to issues affecting minorities in the U.S. If Kaepernick wouldn’t have done what he did, nobody would really focus on the issues that he wants people
to know about. Kaepernick not only raised awareness but he is the first domino to fall in the domino effect. Others will follow what he has done and will want to use their own voices as well to bring important issues to light. On The
Cartoonist: Siddarth R. Tuplondhe South Texan twitter, we ran problems and bring knowla poll to see how students edge to issues that we feel saw Kaepernick’s decision, strongly about. Our words the majority, 45%, saw his are our tools, with words actions as disrespectful. The we can conquer the war South Texan wants students field that is life, and defeat to know that their voices are the enemy, which are our more powerful than they problems. seem. Together we can solve
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Sebastyon Spencer Advertising Manager The new semester has started and that means we are back on the radio! So this semester we kept some of the original shows that were here last semester. We have “Breaking the Barricade” which is held normally on Wednesday’s at 5-6 pm and 7-8pm and Monday’s only after pay-per-view’s at 5:30-7 pm. It’s an all out wrestling show that keeps you up to date with pro wrestling. As
of right now we are talking about the WWE since they are the biggest wrestling company in the world, but hopefully within the semester we can talk more about New Japan Pro Wrestling, Lucha Underground, and Ring of Honor. The show has a three-man team with Frankie Cardenas, Raul Altamirano and myself, and when we get into that studio it goes down. We all have great chemistry together and we can go off one another’s topic in pro wrestling.
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The other show that I’m happy to announce is “The Cup Shower Volume 3” which takes place on Thursday’s at 5-6pm. The show has changed over the year, as it consists of pop cultural news going on in daily life. So far we have had 2 shows and the reviews have been
really good so far. The topics have been more about Batman and Suicide Squad, but we will have more topics to discuss within the semester
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with all the new movies, Netflix series, new seasons or shows and much more happening through the year. As of right now we have two new members who are Raul Altamirano and Sierra Zavala and we all have adapted to the show this semester. Since being the new host I did decide to change the show a bit since I didn’t like how the show was ran last semester. Normally we have a ton of topics but we try to keep it to at least 5 per show, due to time. This semester I want to get
more people into pro wrestling to listen in on “Breaking the Barricade” and also “The Cup Shower Vol. 3” so we can hopefully do a Q and A during the shows and expand on what the audience wants to hear or know about that topic we’re discussing and just interact with the people listening to us. There are also many other shows to listen to as well, to name a few “The Rock Show” with Jesse Ochoa, “The Country Show”, and a show run by The South Texan.
La Experiencia en la Universidad Con El Objetivo de Graduarme
Clarissa Madrigal Spanish Columnist Como todos sabemos a ir a la Universidad es obtener experiencias nuevas en nuestras vidas y que mejor que estén acompañadas de un Diploma Universitario. Cada logro que obtenemos es un triunfo más para nuestras vidas y nuestras carreras. Siempre es importante conocer a nuevas personas y nuevas experiencias ya que por medio de dichas cosas es como cresemos en la vida y como seres humanos. Cuando desdí entrar al Colegió Comunitario de mi ciudad jamás me imaginé que, en cada clase, con cada maestro
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y con cada uno de mis compañeros iba a aprender cosas nuevas. Me eso sentirme más segura de terminar el Colegio y seguir mis estudios en la Universidad. Cuando entré a esta escuela en otoño del 2015, fue totalmente diferente conocí a personas de diferentes partes de Estados Unidos y del Mundo. Me gusta conocer a personas de otros lugares platicar con ellos sobre su cultura, creencias, comida y de su país; al que extraña ya que viven muy lejos de sus familiares y no pueden ir seguido ya que no tenemos tantas vacaciones. Para mi es fascinante como a dos horas aproximadamente de mi Advertising For advertising inquiries, e-mail the South Texan at thesouthtexan@yahoo.com, OR call (361) 593-4371 and ask for Sebastyon Spencer.
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casa hay personas de tantas culturas diferentes. En mis clases he tenido compañeros de Ecuador, Panamá, España, Colombia, México, Puerto Rico y Dinamarca. Primero que nada, me gusta su asentó, la forma en la que hablan. También me gustan algunas de las palabras que utilizan para referirse a alguien o a alguna cosa en común; cuando escuche uno de esas palabras me quede pensativa ya que no sabía que me querían decir. Ese día estaba en la librería con una compañera de Colombia y me dijo “No quieres algo para mecatear”, yo solo me le quedé viendo y me dijo “un snack, algo para comer”
entre risas le dije no gracias. Al conocer un poco más de otras culturas me ha ayudado a expresarme mejor, educativamente hablando. Recuerda que lo que nos hace mejores seres humanos son las experiencias por los que pasmos durante nuestras vida y claro por nuestro paso por la Universidad que eso nadie nunca no lo va a quitar. Aquellos que tuvimos la oportunidad de asistir a la Universidad nos llevamos una experiencia única. No solo aprendemos de nuestros maestros y de nuestras clases sino también de los seres humanos que están a nuestro rededor.
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Javelinas on best start in four years
Robert Breedlove Sports Reporter @BreedloveCam
The Javelinas volleyball team (5-0) stepped onto Hampton Inn Court inside the Steinke Physical Education Center for their home opener, to face the St. Mary’s Rattlers (1-4), riding a fourgame winning streak to start the season. The Hoggies breezed through the Rattlers in straight sets (23-25, 17-25, 1525) to improve to their best start since 2012. The Rattlers played the Javelinas blow-for-blow for the first half of the first set. However, the Hoggies would eventually pull away, leading by as much as six points. St Mary’s put up a minirun, and nearly caught the Hogs within one, but Kingsville took the set, 23-25. The Javelinas were firmly in the driver’s seat in the second set, courtesy of a sixpoint run that featured kills by Casey Klobedans and Krystal Faison. St. Mary’s could only cut
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#7 Casey Klobedans sets up #8 Haley Hutchinson for one of her six kills. the lead down to as little as five, before dropping the set, 25-17. That domination continued in the form of a 13-2 run to start the third set
that featured six kills and two service aces. The Rattlers were unable to close the lead down to less than eight points as the Javelinas finish
the set sweep, 25-15. This is the second time a Tanya Allen team has won five straight, and the first time it has happened in four years.
“We made some changes to our offense,” Coach Allen said, “We sped up the tempo a little bit and we’ve been changing our sets around
and it has been successful for us so far. We have the personnel to make it work” Haley Hutchinson has been playing consistently as of late, picking up two blocks and six kills for her fourth straight game. “She’s been working hard to speed up her feet a bit so that her arm can be faster and it shows”, said Coach Allen. Ashley Bukowski led the team with 13 kills while picking up 11 digs and a service ace, accounting for her third double-double thus far in the season. Klobedans was another key factor for the Hogs, picking up a double-double of her own, with 34 assists and 12 digs. Also in the mix, was Faison, adding in 12 kills, and 9 digs. This weekend the Javelinas will head up to Pueblo Colorado to play in the Steel and Silver Classic. Game one against Adams State, will be at 9:00 A.M. For updates on the tournament, follow @JavelinaVB on Twitter.
Football to battle new foe from up North
Frankie Cardenas Sports Editor @frankiej_suckaa
After defeating the University of the Incarnate Word, 31-22, the Texas A&M University-Kingsville Javelinas (1-0) will do battle with a not so familiar foe in the Simon Fraser University Clan from Canada (0-1). Game time for the season’s home opener is Saturday September 10th, game time at 7:30 p.m. in Kingsville, at Javelina Stadium. The Clan did not have such a strong showcase in their season opener against Division-I Idaho State University, losing 47-3. The Javelinas, after an already
strong campaign in week one on defense forcing fumbles and negative yardage, could have an advantage against a Simon Fraser team that struggled offensively in its first week of play. Simon Fraser had a tough time gaining any traction on the ground, losing more yards than can be added into the box score, finishing with minus 22 yards for their first game.. In the season opener, the Javelinas limited UIW to -26. Also, the Javelinas can take comfort in seeing that after forcing 4 loose balls last week; they face a Clan team that coughed up the pigskin 3 times in week one, and also suffered a safety in its own
end zone. “Money time,” will be early and often as well for this defense, as a team that only allowed 25 percent of third down conversions to UIW has to deal with an offense that only converted on 22 percent of third downs in its first matchup. Things are looking extremely bright for the moneymakers on the defensive side of the ball. And on the Opposite side of the ball, Myles Carr and company, fresh off earning 437 total yards of offense against the Cardinals, will face a seemingly weak defense from
Hogs Win Game One - From Page 1 Carr’s 313 yards. Again, the Cardinals were threatening, pushing into A&M Kingsville territory. Brittain connected with Kody Edwards for six yards, but Edwards was then lit up by Forrest Jones who forced a fumble that was then picked up by Devonte Williams. A&M Kingsvile’s defense looked sharp and in mid-season form. The Javelinas stifled the Cardinals’ rushing attack, holding Incarnate Word to -26 yards on the ground. They also stepped up in clutch situations, limiting them to three third-down conversions in 13 attempts. Myles Carr moved his team down the field with mechanical efficiency, capping the drive off with a 2-yard pass to Chris Cooper in the back
of the endzone for his third touchdown throw of the game, extending the Kingsville lead 31-14 On the ensuing drive Brittain’s pass was intercepted by TAMU-Kingsville’s Justin Guillory, setting up the Hoggie offense on the UIW 27-yard line. However, the drive stalled out after a costly unsportsmanlike conduct penalty set them back. UIW quickly struck back with a 77-yard Brittain-Jordan Hicks connection, that along with a successful twopoint conversion put the Cardinals within nine, 31-22. On the very next drive, Carr was strip sacked and Incarnate Word picked up the ball and took over at midfield, But Javelina defense held firm in a clutch situa-
tion turning the ball over on downs back to Kingsville, who would end the game in victory formation. Carr was money and never looked sharper on the field finishing the game completing 23 of his 28 passes after an 8-for-8 start. His chief targets were Jordan Thomas (who averaged nearly 20 yards a reception, Anthony Autry (six receptions, 76 yards) and Torrey Thomas (four receptions for 57 yards.) This is the first time the Javelinas beat a Division-I opponent since 2003. “Offense made a couple of mistakes, but in the next series the defense was after the ball, and vice versa,” said QB Myles Carr about the game. “It just feels good when you make mistakes, [and] you got a team that’s going
to pick you up[...] Last year we kind of dropped the ball a little bit, so it feels good to come [to Incarnate Word] and show them what we really [have].” And even in all the spotlight with the win, Head Coach Darren Wilkinson saw some facets of the game that still needed improving. “It’s one of those things where you get fired up that you got to win”, Wilkinson said after the game, “but now we have a lot to chew them out over next week so we can keep the edge on them[...] I’m [still] really happy, we got a good football team.” The Javelina open their home season versus Simon Fraser. Game time is 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Javelina Stadium.
Fraser, that allowed 33 unanswered points, and 543 total yards to the Idaho State Bengals. And Carr has a bright outlook, considering nearly 400 yards of that total offense allowed was through the air. The rushing attack of the Javelinas may also find comfort, as Greg Pitre and the rest of the rushing committee will be running against a Clan defense that allowed 10
rushes for first downs, and over 100 yards on the ground. Week two may look as an overpowered match-up on paper. However, in the world of college football, anything can happen at any moment. The Javelinas will need to come out firing on all cylinders in order to continue earning the momentum as they head into Lone Star Conference play later this season.
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