INDEX:
2|ENTERTAINMENT
3|CAMPUS
4|OPINION
5|SPORTS
6|JUMPS
GROUNDBREAKING SOUND Thursday September 21, 2017 Volume 92 Issue 03
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Dr. Paul Hageman, Edward Moncada, Dr. Dolores Guerrerro, Tio Kleberg, J.M Lozano, President Steven Tallant, Robert Underbrink, Heidi Anderson, Mayor Sam Fugate, and Ralph Stephens
Celebration for new music building is held
new music building, Tuesday, Sept. 19. Terisa Riley, senior Even though ground vice president for Fiswas broken four months cal and Student Affairs, ago, an official ground- began the ceremony breaking ceremony was speech and introduced held for Texas A&M the speakers. “Dr. Steven Tallant University-Kingsville’s Crystal Zamarron Editor-in-Chief
The few speak Alumna voices her DACA experience
Crystal Zamarron Editor-in-Chief
On average, 1,960 DACA forms were accepted out of 266,377 in 2017, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services website. DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, a policy created under the Obama administration back in 2012. Allowed individuals who entered the country illegally to receive a renewable twoyear period of deferred action from deportation and to be eligible for a work permit. At Texas A&M University–Kingsville, approximately 25 people were present in the Mes-
quite Room in the second floor of Memorial Student Union Building where they spoke out on their opinions and stories regarding DACA. “When I was approached about having a small rally I immediately felt moved to do something because I feel like having people show their beliefs are important especially to show that people here care,” said Tiffany Treviño, TAMUK Alumna. Going around the room, students, faculty, and Kingsville citizens shared their personal stories. “I remember seeing two little girls crying afraid to go to school, they were Hispanics, and a reporter asked them why they’re afraid
led this program and led us to victory,” Riley said. Since President Tallant began working at Texas A&M University-Kingsville nine years ago, he wanted the new music building. At the time, he got a notice t the current music building may result in the music program losing its accreditation. “We had to get accredited and so we moved forward,” President Tallant said. After trying for six
years, on June 2015 the funding for the new music building was approved. “We are going to have the best place to teach music, practice music, and perform music in South Texas. We will continue to bring in topnotch faculty, top-notch students and I guarantee you we already have the best undergraduate program of music in the state,” President Tallant said. Guest speakers present were Heidi Ander-
son, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs; Edward Moncada, current student; Kingsville Mayor Sam Fugate; Craig Reynolds, planning and construction; Dolores Guerrero, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences; and Dr. Paul Hageman, department chair of the Department of Music. “This entire building and this entire event is the beginning of a new chapter, but also the continuation of a tradition here, which is this
school is a safe haven for music in South Texas,” Moncada said. After the ceremony speeches, the crowd moved outside to the side of the auditorium next to the construction site where the guest speakers along with Ralph Stephens, associate vice president for Support Services, posed and broke ground. Immediately after, the Javelina Marching Band played Jalisco to end the celebration of the official ceremony.
Emergency Aid Program Soon to establish Staff Reports Texas A&M University-Kingsville is starting an Emergency Aid Program. Split into two parts—a food pantry and an Emergency Financial Assistance Grant—the program offers students day-to-day necessities and the funding to continue pursuing academic goals. In August, President Steven Tallant hosted Photo by Crystal Zamarron a back-to-school meetMaria Hernandez ing, requesting donations for the food pansaid. try from faculty and to go to school and they Commissioner, responded that they are He then described the staff. The food pantry’s being bullied. Kids tell- incident that occurred shelves are stocked with ing them to go back to in one of the residence food, toiletries and other basic necessities. It is Mexico. That [President] bathroom on TAMUK. Trump is going to build See DACA continued available to all students without a stable income the wall,” Joe G. Hinoon Page 6 to purchase these items. josa, Precinct 2 Kleberg
The Office of Student Activities encourages TAMUK students to donate anything including travel-size items, unused food, sample boxes, canned food, diapers, feminine hygiene products and toiletries. To help everyone equally, there will be a limit to the number of times students can use the food pantry. The food pantry’s permanent location is still being finalized. However, any donations can be dropped off at Dr. Terisa Riley’s office in College Hall, or at the office of Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs Kirsten Compary in the Student Union
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Entertainment
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Breaking the Transfer Student Cycle Bingo night encourages transfer students to branch out America Quintero Reporter
Vicky Thompson only had two destinations in mind when she first arrived at Texas A&M University-Kingsville as a transfer student. She would attend her classes, go back to her dorm, and repeat the process the next day. Now a graduate student working on her criminology degree, Thompson and members of the Javelina Student Engagement Center are working to break the transfer student cycle. All students were invited to attend a Bingo game event from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 14, at the JSEC. Leadership & Special Projects Coordinator of Student Activities Martie DeLaPaz explains the event has become a tradition over the last 10 years. The event serves as a platform for transfer students to get comfortable around other students. These transfer students come from a variety of community colleges, and some even
come from outside the country. “These events help transfer students see new places and meet new people. It gets them involved,” DeLaPaz said.
ties, Thompson explains that going from class to dorm was a lonely experience. “It began to get boring,” Thompson said. “Then I started to get more involved, met
ed with the company of other students, a free buffet, and had the opportunities to win prizes. Hardik Lukhi, a student majoring in Mechanical Engineering, was one of the many
Ramiro Gonzalez is a junior student majoring in Science. As a worker of the Office of Student Activities, Gonzalez understands the importance of hosting such events.
said. Arif Karovalia, a graduate student in Electrical Engineering, also attended the Bingo Game event. He transferred from Austin Community College and said he had minor problems in adjusting to TAMUK, but admires the diversity it offers. “Kingsville is a small community in comparison to Austin. Before coming to TAMUK, I wish I had contacted the faculty,” Karovalia said. “The best part is that when I stay in my dorms, I am surrounded by different people and I like to learn new culture.” The JSEC will continue to host events throughout campus to help transfer students adjust to TAMUK. Earlier in the Fall semester, on Aug. 31, transfer students were given a Meet and Greet Presentation. Photo by America Quintero Photo by America Quintero They received a pamStudents at the JSEC playing bingo. Some prizes won by students during Bingo night. phlet that contained details about activates and Thompson said the new people, and made bingo prize winners. “You promote the opportunities available transfer student cycle friends.” “It’s a very good community into the col- to them. As the semesis not fun. Before beWord spread fast event. My friends lege and students…it’s ter progresses, transfer coming the Marketing amongst students about brought me here, and I about giving the stu- students can expect supStudent Assistant at the the Bingo Game event. would definitely love to dents the entire college plies of goodie bags and Office of Student Activi- Attendees were reward- come back,” he said. experience,” Gonzalez luncheon events.
Hispanic Heritage Kicks off at TAMUK A celebration to honor Hispanic culture
Camila Peña Reporter
The Kingsville community gathered outside the Javelina Student Engagement Center to celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, Monday, Sept. 18.
Organizations like the Javelina Mariachi, Cisneros Child & Youth Center, Sigma Lambda Beta, Office of International Student & Scholar Services and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers cooperated to make this event possible. The celebration took
place at 6 p.m. Students were able to enjoy musical pieces played by a trio of Mariachi Javelina while also sampling fajita tacos and raspas. The trio performed songs like Las Mañanitas, la Ley del Monte and Porqué me Haces Llorar. Mariachi member Roel Salinas said mari-
Cisneros Child & Youth Center members making fajita tacos.
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Mariachi trio with vocalist. achi music has a lot of history “I love making someone’s night just because they hear the song they wanted to hear. I love singing and performing, it’s awesome,” he said. International & Multicultural Event Coordinator Elizabeth Laurence gave the welcoming speech for the event. “Having cultural events here on campus awakens the spirit of students to make them feel and embrace their roots,” she said Laurence was one the hosts of the Hispanic Heritage Kickoff. Miss TAMUK Elys-
sa Benavides gave her autobiography and thanked everyone for attending the event. “[We] Hispanics got to share our culture and our Heritage with everybody else that’s not Hispanic, and they got to celebrate with us,” she said. “We all support each other, we all love each other, and people that are coming into the school see and think ‘at Kingsville, it’s different’ and that’s what we want people to see.” Students from other nationalities were also welcomed to participate in the Hispanic Heritage Kickoff. “It’s nice to get to
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know about other cultures, their food habits and backgrounds,” said graduate student Indraneel Goldhi said. This was the first year the Hispanic Heritage Kickoff was held at the Javelina Student Engagement Center. Those who attended the event were also able to learn about the Hispanic Culture and see the 21 flags representing the Spanish-speaking countries of the world. These flags are now going to be transferred to the Student Union Building, in which they will be displayed for all of the TAMUK community to see.
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Prepare For A Day Full Of Peace
Students can celebrate International Day of Peace
pavilion by the Student Union Building. International Day of Peace was established in Texas A&M Univer- 1981 by the United Nasity-Kingsville will cele- tions. The UN believed brate International Peace this day would encourage the world to work Day, Sept. 21. TAMUK has not cel- together towards worldebrated this day in pre- wide peace and helps vious years, but leaders cease violence. The word from the International Peace symbolizes the acStudent Organization tions that International wanted to raise aware- Peace Day hopes to acness to fellow students. complish, PEACE: PracTAMUK students are tice generosity, Express invited to celebrate the truth, Act with kindness, event at 11 a.m, at the Co-create balance, ExpeDarcy Ramirez Managing Editor
rience joy. “Offering a cessation of violence and conflict throughout the world and realizing the importance of achieving the broadest possible awareness and observance of International Day of Peace among the global community are goals we hope to achieve,” said Elizabeth Laurence, the International & Multicultural Event Coordinator. In many countries, International Peace Day is celebrated in various
ways including a moment of silence, prayers, thoughtful reflections or through other services. The International Student Organization hopes that TAMUK will start the tradition of celebrating International Peace Day. “TAMUK is a huge melting pot of people from different backgrounds and races, getting along with each other will have a significant impact on the academic performances, and social
life of each other,” said Ju Long Zhao, a current member and historian of the International Student Organization. “The United States is an immigration country, nowhere is better than here to celebrate this event. Instilling this knowledge to students when they are still young could result in a more positive behavior after they step into their careers.” It seems appropriate for TAMUK to start celebrating International
Peace Day in 2017 when angry protests, violent activities, natural disasters, and massive chaos has happened across the world. “Life becomes a masterpiece when you learn to master peace,” said Tanishka Guduru, Secretary of the International Student Organization “Breathe and release anything that does not serve you peace. Create peace within yourself, which will help bring peace to others.”
TAMUK Remembers the Constitution Students Celebrate Constitution Day 225 years later
America Quintero Reporter
On Sept. 17, 1787, thirty-nine delegates signed the document that is known today as United States Constitution. Each year, on Sept.
17, Americans celebrate Constitution Day in reembrace of its signers and its citizens. Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Kylie A. Hulbert gave a special presentation on Sept. 18 at Texas A&M University-Kingsville about the people
who wrote the Federalist Papers and supported the Constitution. Hulbert’s presentation focused on Federalists such as Alexander Hamilton, discussing about the events that made him into the public figure that he is
known for today. Hulbert’s inspiration for her presentation was the Tony-Award winning Broadway musical Hamilton. She finds that students have a better grasp on history when they can relate to the material. “I think historians and teachers need to find alternative ways of teaching and popular musicals are one tool we can utilize,” Hulbert said. Many students find it hard to learn about the Constitution through traditional means. Animal Science Major, Molly Smith, admits that she knows the constitution is a very important aspect of the U.S. government, but has little knowledge about its founders. “I think I should probably learn more about it. I’ve always been a fan of history, I just haven’t had the time to do my research,” Smith said. Tiffany Garcia, a Range and Wildlife Major, is happy that the university is hosting events that acknowledge the constitution and teaches students about their rights. Garcia explains that the founders of the con-
stitution stepped in and put laws for wild life and conservation. For Garcia, the Constitution also plays an important role for her family. “When I look back at the constitution, I remember of all the things they fought for and that reminds me of why my cousin is a marine. Why he was crazy enough to replace all the ripped flags after Hurricane Harvey. “I look back and think of the constitution and everything that it meant and everything it’s supposed to mean,” Garcia said. Professor of History, Dr. Dean Ferguson, wants students to acknowledge both the good and bad that went into writing the Constitution. He usually sees students confuse the Constitution with the Bill of Rights. He wants students to recognize that it was made by people from another time where different things were accepted by society. “I think they should read it critically and see it as a product of its time, but also as a product of people who had political and economic interests at stake and who
set out to protect those interests. I also don’t think that it’s something that we should enshrine as a sacred document. I think that it’s something that we should willing be able to change and adapt to meet the needs of a nation and a world that has made significant changes,” Ferguson said. Hulbert hopes that students who come to her presentation walk away with a better understanding of the Foundation era. She wants people to know that a lot of compromising and understanding went into writing the Constitution. Hulbert hopes to embed a deeper understanding about Constitution, its founders, and its role in the U.S. government. “…. I hope students will see that the Constitution – a document written over 225 years ago – is just as important as ever. This is the document which is supposed to govern our nation, help us stay the course, and steer us through uncertain times and turbulent waters.”
Boots to Books
Veterans Affairs creates a new program to help students
supplies free of charge. The program is designed to be self-sustaining: as The Texas A&M Uni- one student checks out a versity - Kingsville’s book, or piece of equipVeterans A f - ment, another student fairs Office has created a donates needed supplies. This process gives book loan program, commonly referred to as the students a reason to donate their unused the Boots to Books. The program helps school supplies to help a veterans and veteran fellow classmate. “It helps me out not dependents by loaning having to stress about textbooks, lab equipment and other school spending over $300 on Darcy Ramirez Managing Editor
books. Feels nice having them there to help me out,” said Andrew Flores, who is a veteran dependent as his dad served in the Army for 30 years. The idea for the program was inspired by a conversation at a veteran’s
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Opinion
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Cell Phones in the Classroom A Simple Distraction or a Cause for Outrage
Darcy Ramirez Columnist
“Put your phone away!” my professor exclaimed, as a fellow student texted during the lecture. The professor claimed that the texting was “distracting to other students.” Cellphones in the classroom has been a prominent issue in high schools, and higher educatonal institutions for many years. Each professor or teacher has their own rules, and policies regarding cellphones in the classroom. While some ignore the distracted students, or give firm warnings, others get visibly angry and make a spectcle of the issue. At Harvard University a student survey was conducted to see how many college students text during
lectures. The experiement showed that 92% of students use their cell phones during class and 80% of those students agreed that using their mobile devices decreased their abaility to pay attention in class. The survey also revealed that those who use their cellphones in class take lower quality notes, do worse on tests, and possibly distract neigboring students. Based on this evidence and other experiements being on your cellphone during a lecture makes it almost impossible to understand the lesson, but still some students find their cellphones more interesting than their education. And, unfortunately professors cannot force these students to listen and learn, so I understand why the professors get angy and frustrated with students on their mo-
bile devices. Simply putting phones away for class should be common etiquette in the classroom, and shows that the student respects their professor. But this generation grew up during a time where technology skyrocketed, so it’s only natural that students seem incredibly attached to their mobile devices. Cellphones started making their first appearance almost two decades ago, and today you see every teenager and adolescent with a phone in their hands. There is always the argument that students use these devices as a classroom tool. A scenario does exist, and has probably occurred on many occassions, where a student is checking sources. Phones allow for the disccussin to continue; a way for the student to reach out to sources
Net Neutrality Pablo Villanueva Tech Manager
Having access to the internet is practically a necessity for anyone functioning in today’s world. When you open up Facebook, Twitter or Youtube, the page loads relatively quickly dependent on your internet connection. It has been this way for as far as the internet has been widely used. With the election of President Donald Trump, however, this could potentially be just a story you tell your grandchildren. In January 2017, Trump appointed Ajit Varadaraj Pai as the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). This should matter to you because Ajit Pai wants to terminate the current state of the free internet known as Net Neutrality. To simplify a convoluted subject, imagine you’re a Comcast internet user and you hop on Netflix, a competing content provider, as usual
to watch the new season of Stranger Things. Currently, you can watch the show no problem because Net Neutrality prevents Comcast from slowing down your speed to near unwatchable levels. Net Neutrality was approved in February 2015 when the FCC classified broadband internet as a Common Carrier. Simply meaning companies could not interfere with what’s not theirs. Ajit Pai wants to create a free market of the current state of the internet. He thinks competition between Internet Service Providers (ISP) can only benefit the consumers. Competition is great, I’m not arguing that. But ISPs in the past have been caught throttling speeds of competing websites (namely Verizon slowing down access to Netflix). Pai would give large companies, whose end goal is to make the most money, freedom to control internet speeds.
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immediately. With that in mind we cannot deny the fact that these devices are a distraction, if not to the professor, perhaps to your fellow students. Keep in mind of these things as you pull out that device in class. Make sure it is for the right reasons. If a text can wait it can wait, if a phone call comes, head to the hall. Use the phone in a way that properly reflects the classroom situation you find yourself in. From there we can begin to make progress. However, I don’t see the need for professors to publicly reprimand the student. If I were put in the professors shoes and I saw a student on their phone, I would honestly ignore them. This distracted student paid money to be in this class, and if they want
to waste their money by not paying attention, then that’s their choice. This issue is usually blown out of porprotion when professors yell, or dramatically confiscate the phones. Other students are in the class paying attention and following along with the lesson plan, so professors should focus on those students and ignore the few who would rather stare at their phone screens. As long as the negilent student is not distracting fellow classmates I do not see the need for professors to yell, stop the lecture, or confiscate the phone. One day the students who didn’t pay attention in class might regret their inattivevness, but today we should just let them be, and hope one day they might actually look up and listen.
TWITTER POLL THIS WEEK:
Do you believe the removal of Confederate flags, monuments, and statues have a positive or negative impact on the public?
NEXT WEEK:
Do you think the proposition to remove the DACA program is constitutional?
History Before Pride Josue Villarreal Reporter Across the country, a movement is underway to remove Confederate monuments, statues and flags from the public eye, but many people take issue with this. Among the many arguments that do not hold up is the concept of Southern pride and admiring ancestors, who tried desperately to keep slavery legal by killing their fellow Americans. One of the better solutions to this movement is the preservation of history. Good or bad, these events are part of our history and it should be learned and remembered, lest we repeat the same mistakes. Some communities have reached a compromise by putting these
removed monuments in museums. I believe this is a good solution; however, the preservation of history should be seen as the recordings in textbooks and the stautes kept in museums. We should not preserve and remember our history by naming schools after a Confederate soldier or having a statue placed in a public park. The difference is simply in context. When in a museum or textbook, these monuments are just facts. They exist to educate and inform society about our history. When a school is named after these confederate soldiers or a staute resides in a park it symbolizes pride. A pride that, to put bluntly, these people do not deserve.
Many people when walking through a park will look at the staue and believe it is there to be admired and respected, not to educate or bestow knowledge upon the admirer. You learn nothing from history through the context in which the monument is presented. There are no Adolf Hitler statues in Germany parks because Nazi memorabilia is illegal, but they have museums, textbooks and memorials of Nazi Germany. They do this because they show a degree of shame in their evil past of denying people basic human rights, and the U.S. needs to do the same with these monuments.
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Volleyball returns home for four LSC home games Javelinas ready to compete for title Kevin Hooks Sports Reporter
The Texas A&M University-Kingsville volleyball team returns home this Friday through Sept. 30 after successful tournament play last week in Silver City, N.M. The Javelinas host Texas Woman’s University at 4 p.m. Friday at the Steinke Physical Education Center, then play Texas A&M-Commerce at 2 p.m. Saturday in two crucial conference contests. Angelo State University will visit at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 29, and Tarleton State will visit at 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 30. The Javelinas concluded a weekend tournament with a sweeping victory over Western New Mexico University last Saturday in Silver City, N.M. TAMUK defeated Western New Mexico 25-18, 25-17 and 25-18. The Javelinas improved to 8-5 overall and are 1-1 in Lone Star Conference play.
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Head coach Tanya Allen has high expectations for the team this season and felt the performance in Silver City showed progress. “We have a lot of talent and athleticism. They are capable of good things,” she said. Coach Allen said the Javelinas are contenders for the Senior, Casey Klobedans, getting ready to serve. Lone Star Conference title. “We have a very good chance of winning the LSC, as the conference is wide open… every night will be a battle,” she said. “The competition in the league is fierce. Conference play just started, but I have no doubts that it will come down to the very last conference games to decide who wins it all.” Lexi Wick is leading the team in hitting percentage. “It’s not about me, it’s all about the team. This is a team effort and we wouldn’t be anywhere without everyone playing their part,” said the 6-foot-2 Wick. Casey Klobedans leads in assists, Krystal Faison in kills, and Jasmine Jacinto in digs.
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The season is still young and fresh for opportunity Football team looks to get back on their feet against Texas A&M Commerce after suffering a 35-13 loss to the Midwestern State Mustangs Travis Demas Sports Reporter The Javelinas are hoping to rebound Saturday after a rocky 1-2 start to the season. Texas A&M University-Kingsville lost its conference opener, 35-13, to Midwestern State University last Saturday. The team hosts Texas A&M-Commerce at 7 p.m. Saturday in Javelina Stadium. The Texas A&M-Commerce Lions come into the game undefeated (3-0) after thrashing Eastern New Mexico, 51-22, last week, and are ranked No. 3 in the region. The Javelinas will continue to experiment with their offensive lineup this week as freshman quarterback Cade Dyal will be the starter after replacing Conner Smith as No. 1 quarterback last week in Wichita Falls. In addition, star running back Nick Pelrean sat out the game due to an injury, leaving freshman Marcus Younger to get the start. Younger rushed for 117 yards on 17 carries against Midwestern. “I had to step up, and make plays for the team. That’s what I was willing to do,” Younger said about his 100yard performance. Dyal threw for 236 yards
and a touchdown in his first start for the Javelinas. “It felt really good. We had a great week of practice. I’m just glad coach [Darren] Wilkinson gave me the opportunity to play. There were definitely things I could have done better, but overall I felt pretty strong about it,” Dyal said. In the game against the Mustangs, the Javelinas dominated offensively and had more total yards (420-387) and first downs (22-18) than Midwestern while dominating time of possession with more than 38 minutes to Midwestern’s 22 The Hogs hindered their own chances by being penalized 10 times for 105 yards. In addition, TAMUK only scored on two of four redzone possessions. “We did the same thing last year,” replied head coach Darren Wilkinson when asked how the team would bounce back from losing their first conference game. “The score was 35-13, when you look up at the scoreboard, but it was a closer game than that showed. We won in statistics. We had more yards than they did. We held the ball for 38 minutes to their 22 minutes; a lot of positive things that we need to take out of that game. The biggest negative is, we’ve got to learn to be disciplined and stop committing penal-
ties. It’s been our Achilles’ heel all three games so far. We can’t get out of our own way,” Wilkinson said. Last season against the Lions, the Hogs lost a nail bitter 38-36, in a game in which they put up 564 yards of offense, but could not slow the Lions’ rushing attack, giving up 217 yards on the ground. This year the Lions’ offense has not slowed down. Last year’s leading passer and preseason All-American quarterback Luis Perez returns. Perez has not faltered, and threw for four touchdowns against William Jewel in the team’s opener and threw five more last week against Eastern New Mexico. “We have a great defense. I think our skill set matches up well to [stop what they want to do],” Wilkinson said. “We had a good game plan against them last year, I think they are a much better team than they were last year, and they won the conference [that year]. This is as good a team as I’ve seen in this conference since I’ve been here, so we’ve got our work cut out for us, but I know our scheme on defense matches up well with them.” The game is part of IBC Hispanic Heritage and Hall of Fame weekend.
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DACA continued from Page 1 On Nov. 14, 2016 a custodian found racist graffiti written on the stalls after the presidential elections. Guest speaker Maria Hernandez, a 2014 TAMUK graduate, is a Dreamer, originally from Reynosa, Mexico. She shared her story about her abusive father, said she and she left to the U.S. to escape him. Her grandmother, who raised her, didn’t encourage her going to college. Still she persisted to attend TAMUK, as she intended to get her bachelor’s in Music Education. But she had to working two jobs to pay off her tuition; she had to switch her major to Psychology.
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“I share my story to help those like me, that they are not alone,” Hernandez said. “I just want to help. I work with unaccompanied minors that have extraordinary heartbreaking stories… we can make a difference and it won’t just be a dream.” After Hernandez spoke every one shared their supporting words to help those with DACA related issues. “It’s so important to gather people together because here in the Kingsville community we witnessed it. We had another small event, the South Texas Festival of Peace and Unity and we got together as humans to celebrate the
fact to make known that Kingsville is a sanctuary city,” Treviño said. “The citizens of Kingsville make Kingsville a sanctuary city. This is the essence of what brings us together here.” Kingsville is not an official sanctuary city, but the citizens can act as such. If you wish to get in contact with your representative, search for 5calls.org. A website that helps you make your voice be heard and gets your location in order to direct you to your representatives and their numbers with a pre-made script to help you out as you call your representatives.
Boots to Books continued from Page 3 conference in Anaheim, Calif., a conference that was partially funded by Dr. Terisa Riley, Senior Vice President for Student Affairs at TAMUK. A similar idea was discussed amongst the conference members, which sparked the concept behind Boots to Books. After the conference, TAMUK’s veteran coordinator, Eloy Gamez, gave the program its start on campus— by bringing an Arctic
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ice chest to school and handing out raffle tickets to each student who donated books. Currently, the program is being spread by word-of-mouth, but the office believes they could have every textbook the TAMUK bookstore offers available by next year. “Collectively we’ve had a lot of help from different offices. It’s a team effort,” Gamez said of faculty and staff
members who have given the program a helping hand. Admissions Specialist Coordinator Emily Morin informed Gamez the office held a “fundraising event,” during which workers in the front offices collected donations for Boots to Books and dropped them off at the Veterans Affairs Office. The Veterans Affairs Office hopes that eventually the program will
Building. As the program’s second part, the Emergency Financial Assistance Grant will allow students to apply for financial assistance for an emergency purpose. “[The emergency grant] can be used in times of disaster, but it can be used also when there are students who are experiencing an emergency that just a little bit of financial help can really help them,” Compary said. Riley is currently formalizing a way for the students to apply for the grant, and the total amount of money the grant can provide a student has not yet been decided. There will be criteria set for the students in order to apply for the grant. The student may also only receive financial assistance from this grant once in the academic school year, and the emergencies must be genuine. The grant and the
food pantry will be funded by donors, outside companies, fundraisers and through a donation initiative called Javelinas Helping Javelinas. Donations towards the Javelinas Helping Javelinas were made at the first football game of the season, at which fans donated the combined score of the game, but a new chance to donate is online now. Currently, any student can donate on the website give.evertrue. com/tamuk. A contributor can donate amounts of $10, $100 or $1,000. The Emergency Aid Program will be dedicated to helping any student in need. “If we can do something small like a small grant, a bag of food, and it is going to keep a student in school pursuing their dreams, it’s the right thing for us to do,” Compary said. “We had a student several years ago [have a] family emergency, I
believe it was his mother was dying. He had no money to get home. So, we were able to find her a plane ticket but there was not an institution-developed way to do that,” Compary said. The idea of the Emergency Aid Program originated from a conference in June. At the conference, 10 public four-year universities and community colleges gathered together to discuss emergency programs and food insecurity programs. Afterward, representatives from TAMUK discussed the ideas with other university members and decided to approve it. The members helping set up the Emergency Aid Program include Dr. Riley’s office, the Dean of Students Office, University Residence Life, the Business Office, Javelina Enrollment Services and Office of Alumni & Giving.
be big enough to serve the general student population. Currently, books and supplies available to check out are limited, but Gamez foresees growth in the program’s future. “One of the biggest
struggles that students face is our financial problems,” she said. “So, if we could give help just by even providing one or two books they need for classes, then it just makes it that much easier on them,”
Gamez said. The program is striving for success and urges the student body to help those in need by donating books to the Veteran Affairs Office located in the Student Union Building.
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