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Welcome back, welcome home, we’ve missed you Dear Javelinas, I am pleased to welcome you back to campus for the start of a new academic year. To our new students, thank you for choosing to become part of the Javelina family, and we look forward to seeing you on campus. To our returning students, we are honored that you will continue your educational journey here. Your presence is what makes this such a vibrant campus.
Like you, we are eager to return to a more normal campus life this fall so that ever yone might participate in the traditions that make our !"#$%&"'$$()**+, campus so !"#$% special— &'()*+(,family weekend, h o m e coming, fall festival, and
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Javelina athletics, just to name a few. We also encourage you to consider joining one of our more than 100 student organizations. Whatever you chose to do, our campus has something exciting for you to enjoy. I believe you na Nation becomes your home away from home. While the campus community faced several challenges last year, I am proud of the way that we navigated those challengEnriquez moves to Marketing Manager. “I look forward to working with our new editors. I’m excited to have new members and reporters on the team and can’t wait to see the talent and skills they bring,” Reyna said. Reyna has been with the paper since the fall of 2019 as a reporter and was hired in the spring of 2020 as the campus editor; she has also held the position of News Editor. “I’m excited to see how the students will react to the new improvements of 91.1,” Radio Station Manager Etta Enow said. “We got a bunch of new shows and music lineups for Javelina Nation. We’ve made sure that we have nothing but the best from equipment to the new music.” Enow has been with the radio station since the Fall 2019 and will be graduating soon. “I am excited for the students to witness a new era of our universitie’s radio station. Our mission is to bring our students a
As the fall semester arrives, the student media wing of Texas A&M University-Kingsville takes on new changes and welcomes students. The South Texan, which took on a new printing schedule last semester, welcomes new editors, and KTAI, the student-led radio station, moves to a new platform and also welcomes a new student manager. “KTAI-FM is moving to enhance its availability by moving to a streaming service along with the FM signal,” The South Texan and KTAI Adviser Nicole Perez Morris said. “This will help showcase the university and its talent across the country. The South Texan is producing year-round now, with bi-weekly publications and continues to provide award-winning coverage of the university, its students and faculty and
content on a multi-media level. We can expect to see more video packages as students continue to tell the stories that matter on campus,” Morris said. KTAI adds junior Luis Briseno as Assistant Station Manager. “Students will hear much more variety on KTAI-FM 91.1 moving forward. We felt a more diverse song mix better serves our diverse population. So, expect to see Top 40 hits along with Country, Tejano, ’80s and unique shows by faculty and students,” Morris said. The South Texan, while welcoming its new editors, had a change in inpaper welcomes its new Editor-in-Chief Ronni Reyna, Managing Editor Gabriella Mastroianni and Campus Editor Jacqueline Barrera while outgoing Editor-in-Chief Aryssa
of new editors in the Fall, who are all so talented and will bring new ideas to the fold.” The South Texan welcomes Opinion Editor Makaylah Chavez, Entertainment Editor Annalisa Perales, Digital Editors Rae Martinez and Susan Cortez and Senior Reporter Sarah Reyna. “As for The South Texan, student-journalists will continue to provide
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es while keeping our community safe. Please know been working diligently to ready the campus for the fall semester with your health and wellness in mind. With the increase in COVID-19 cases in South Texas during the past week, I would like to reassure you that our adminare doing everything possible to keep our campus safe. To help us continue
more diverse and inclusive radio station that they not only can listen to but also help in molding it into a station that they would love to listen to on a daily basis. Music is a love language, for many people it’s a place of comfort reminding them of family, friends and even old memories. I hope I am able to keep that with them as they tune in,” Briseno said. Briseno started working with the station over the summer and plans to keep improving and welcoming new people to the KTAI family. To stay updated on all things The South Texan and KTAI follow us @thesouthtexan or visit thesouthtexan. com. KTAI is preparing to launch a new website as well as phone apps.
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Annalisa Perales
Makaylah Chavez
Luis Briseño
Entertainment Editor
Opinion Editor
Assistant Radio Station Manager
Editor-in-Chief
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opinion.editor@thesouthtexan.com
Aryssa Enriquez
chief.editor@thesouthtexan.com
Gabriella Mastroianni
Sarah Reyna
Sports Editor
Senior Reporter
sports.editor@thesouthtexan.com
Managing Editor managing.editor@thesouthtexan.com
Reporters
Susan Cortez
Jakki Barrera
Rae Martinez
Campus Editor
Co-Digital Editors
campus.editor@thesouthtexan.com
digital.editor@thesouthtexan.com
Nathan Soord
Etta Enow Radio Station Manager
nouncing several new programs for students that will help alleviate some
hardships which impacted you last year. Again, welcome to campus and I hope that you all have a rewarding campus experience this fall. Best regards,
Mark A. Hussey President of Texas A&M University Kingsville
We’re back fellow Hogs
Ronni Reyna
Dylan Sanchez
to do this we recommend that you get vaccinated and encourage everyone to follow the latest Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommendations, which includes wearing face coverings when inside public indoor spaces. We will continue to provide the campus community with weekly COVID-19 updates, which may be found at https://www.tamuk.edu/coronavirus. During the coming weeks, we will be an-
Marketing Manager For sponsorship inquiries, e-mail The South Texan at advertising.manager @thesouthtexan.com or call (361) 593-4370.
Nicole Perez Morris Adviser nicole.morris@thesouthtexan.com
Hello Fellow Javelinas! I’d like to introduce myself. My name is Micayla Grossman, and I currently serve as your Student Body President. Thanks to COVID-19, this past year was anything but normal; from cancelling all in-person events, fully online classes for a semester, hybrid, and few %-.&,/&$ in-person 0"1**2&3 classes, be!"#$% coming ex.-/+(,-012+3 perts at us&'()*+(,ing Zoom, to wearing masks everywhere we go, we have had quite the year! Though we have all had our fair share of challenges, we have persevered and that is something each of us should be extremely proud of. How many people can say they’ve gone to college during a pandemic? Whether you’re vaccinated or not, I am hopeful
we will all do our part in keeping our campus safe from COVID-19 so we can all have a safe, and enjoyable school year. I am so excited to see all of my constituents back on campus. I think I speak for everyone when I say I cannot wait to attend games, Hog Calls, tailgates, and events on campus again! If you have any ideas on how to improve the campus experience or any concerns you’d like to address, Student Government would be happy to hear from you. You can contact us via email at SGA@tamuk.edu or stop by
in MSUB 201, right above
any interest in joining the Student Government Association, stay posted for an email that will be going out with more details on how to apply! On behalf of myself and the rest of the Student Government Association, welcome (or welcome back) to Javelina Nation! We hope everyone has a great year, and as always, go Hogs!
Online Beat In case you missed it The South Texan put out several summer issues this year. To catch up on what you missed visit our website now!
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Meet the Greeks of TAMUK
“Welcome to Fraternity and Sorority Life at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. We are excited to have you learn what our social Fraternities and Sororities have -
Theta Phi Alpha Clarissa Benavides said.
Delta Chi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
The House that Theta Phi Built
Delta Chi
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Alpha Sigma Phi Breast Cancer Awareness
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Secretary Sydney Castaneda
Performance Chair
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Your goals are OUR goals! Let us help you succeed!
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RESOURCES:
PAAC Tutoring Center
361-593-5223 Jernigan Library, Room 220 361-593-5800 Jernigan Library, Room 210 361-593-3290 Jernigan Library, Room 210 361-593-2744 Jernigan Library, Room 217
Peer Mentors Center for Student Success Writing Center
Student Activities Student Health and Wellness Center University Police Department Military & Veteran Resource Center Admissions ITS Support Services Javelina Enrollment Services Center
361-593-2760 361-593-3991 361-593-2611 361-593-4421 361-593-5372 361-593-4357 361-593-5372
FINANCIAL AID ADVISORS BY STUDENT LAST NAME: A-B C-F G-K L-Q R-Z
Angelica Elizondo Sulema R. Martinez Keelen McClure Janice M. Garza Carol L. Exum
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361-593-5014 361-593-3030 361-593-3023 361-593-2883 361-593-3982
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Important Departments for Students to Know Registrar is to assist students with registration, adding and/or dropping classes, enrollment versonal data information, the withdrawal process, forms and requests, the
Business Services The Business Services, located at College Hall Room 102, is the department in charge of bills, account holds, parking permits and student re-
more information about
Hours of operation are
scholarships, the appeal form, the Online Distance Fee Waiver and more through the TAMUK website under the Business Services page.
8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Students can contact the department through the phone at 361-593-2616, or email to moneyconnect@tamuk. edu.
Parking Permits Fees Full Year
$150
Spring/Summer
$100
Students living on campus have to purchase the blue parking Disabled veteran students are eligible for a free parking permit. All permits must be requested online through Parking Spot un-
scripts. All requests can be more information, students can refer to the TAMUK website under trar page.
The Registrar is locatMemorial Student Union Building in Room 132. Hours of operation are can be contacted at 361593-2811.
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