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YOUR PRESIDENTS 5 MEET - Dr. Cesar Maldonado - Veronica Sanchez

10 MOVIE REVIEWS

- Terminator Salvation - Henry Toole Is Here

10 UPCOMING FILM RELEASES

- Check out this month’s releases!

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ADAPTATION 8 SPIRITUAL - Student converts a classic into Christian play

12 NEW RELEASES AT LRC - Enemies & Allies - Death Wore White - I’m Down

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CAMPUS EVENTS Mid-Term Grades Due Cardiovascular Fitness: Having a Healthy Heart*

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SGA Leadership Banquet

Work Study Workshop Graduation Orientation

Work Study Workshop

Last Day to Drop a Class with a “W”

THEA Testing

COMMUNITY & LOCAL Rio Grande Valley Dorados vs. Tri-Cities Fever Tuesday, July 2 @ 7:00pm Dodge Arena, 2600 N Tenth St, Hidalgo, TX Drawing Workshop Tuesday, July 21 @ 7pm Creative Incubator, 1001 S 16th, McAllen, TX “Migracion — Migrante” Exhibit Through July 18 @ 10am - 5pm Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood St, Harlingen, TX Portraying the Great Depression in the Valley Through August 2 @ 10am - 5pm Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood St, Harlingen, TX

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Jason Boland & The Stragglers Friday, July 10 @ 8pm Wild Bills, 3811 W Business 83, Harlingen, TX Lon C. Hill Blueseum Friday, July 17 @ 7pm - 11pm Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, 2425 Boxwood St, Harlingen, TX Rock for Austism Sunday, July 19 @ 12pm - 8pm Cactus Jacks, 1105 South Tamm Lane, Harlingen, TX Emery with Maylene and the Sons of Disaster Thursday, July 30 @ 6:30pm Las Palmas Race Park, 6 1/2 Mile N Taylor Rd, Mission, TX Stimulate This! Tour with Staind, Shinedown, and Chevelle Monday, August 17 @ 7pm Dodge Arena, 2600 N Tenth St, Hidalgo, TX

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Dr. Cesar Maldonado - TSTC President thics is a characteristic that affects not only our personal lives but also our professional relationships.

Since humans are creatures of habit, it is impossible to have a standard which governs our personal life and another standard for our work environment. So the choices we make when no one is watching also govern how we behave around others. Ethics is the basis of trust and trust is just as important at work as it is at home. It is so important that the ancient Greek culture used one word, arête, to embody the entire ethical being which included courage, honesty, temperance, morals, and virtue.

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By now you are wondering what this has to do with cause and effect; it means everything. As a student you are a colleague, a stakeholder and an employeeinvestor. You are a colleague to your classmates. You are a stakeholder in the college and an employeeinvestor in your education. Simple rules can protect the trust you place in others and that which others place in you.

Don’t cause pain: We each have an instrument which is as sharp as a sword, our tongue. We can use our words to build trust or to destroy communication.

Don’t deceive: Deception is the unjustified creation of misunderstanding in order to achieve a skewed result. Don’t cheat: Cheating is a twin to stealing.

Cheating can take the form of stealing time, energy, information or physical things. Obey the rules: We live under systems of rules and procedures. These

Veronica Sanchez - SGA President ello, fellow Mustangs!

This semester has been all about change. Sad but positive changes have occurred in the SGA Office and I’m sure you can share in the excitement of congratulating two of SGA’s outgoing officers!

Former SGA President Georgeann Calzada has been hired into the TSTC team as the new Pre-Tech Advisor for the Student Success Office. She will be greatly missed but not far from home! Former SGA Secretary Alison Parra has achieved her goal and graduated from the Dental Hygiene program earning her associate degree. We wish both of you the best in all your future endeavors!

Since both Alison and Georgeann stepped down from office, SGA had to restructure the officer

From left to right: Sandie Vela, Hilda Prieto, Eli Torres, Shannon Williams, Veronica Sanchez, Shannon Padilla

positions and I am once again your SGA President and we had to find two other people to fill the vacant positions! Upon Alison’s departure Sandie Vela, former Dental Explorer, has been appointed into the SGA secretary office and has been doing a great job since!

As president for the remainder of the semester my first duty in office was to appoint a new vice president to serve the student body. As a first year Dental Hygiene student and outstanding student representative, Shannon Williams was a great choice to help strengthen and complete the missing piece of SGA! Welcome, Shannon and Sandie, to the SGA team. We know you will make the student body proud and provide outstanding voices!

guide our education and our lives outside of college.

The were created only after great thought by our leaders. Carefully think through your plans.

If you want to show your integrity, you have to live it every day, all day long. The way to lead is to continually bring enthusiasm and energy into your environment. TSTC is your college. The education you are capturing is an investment that will have a return that will last a lifetime. Combined with ethical leadership skills, your education will take you places you can’t imagine. Leadership starts within. The cause is your behavior, the effect is your integrity and livelihood.

ears perked on Wednesdays and Thursdays for the fresh new sounds of SGA’s play list.

In other news, keep your eyes peeled for our “TSTC Minute” news programs being aired on YouTube.com; it’s the best way to find out what’s going on here at TSTC. So check it out! It will be updated weekly with useful information about upcoming workshops and events.

If you have any questions or comments feel free to contact the Student Government at 956.364.4343 or at tstc_sga@yahoo.com. Don’t be afraid to contact us with comments and/or suggestions. That is what we are here for.

This month will be a continuation of fun and excitement we seek in a college life. To make sure we are keeping the fun going SGA will be spicing up your lunch with TSTC Music Days! Keep your

Historian Shannon Padilla

Secretary Sandie Vela

Veronica Sanchez

Vice President Shannon Williams

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TSTC Intramurals

Wellness Walk

Thirty students and employees braved heat and wind June 16 at TSTC’s first ever “Wellness Walk” on the track around the Athletic Field. Participants set their own pace for three laps – a total of one mile – and earned free water, snacks and T-shirts.

The next Wellness Walk is scheduled for September 15.

Ten Reasons To Walk

Prevention of Type 2 diabetes. One study showed that walking 150 minutes per week and losing 7 percent of body weight reduced the risk of diabetes by 58 percent.

Increases heart strength for men. In a study of retired men, the mortality rates for those who walked less than one mile per day were double the mortality rates of those who walked more than two miles per day.

Increases heart strength for women. A study of 72,488 female nurses found that those who walked three hours or more per week reduced their risk of heart attack by 35 percent compared to female nurses who did not walk.

Benefits for your brain. Research showed that women who walked an easy pace at least 90 minutes per week had significantly better cognitive function than women who walked less than 40 minutes per week.

Good for your bones. Walking slows the rate of bone loss in legs.

Alleviate symptoms of depression. Results from a questionnaire showed that walking 30 minutes, three to five times per week for 12 weeks reduced symptoms of depression by 47 percent.

Reduce risks of breast and colon cancer. Women who walked 75 minutes to 150 minutes per week at a brisk pace decreased their risk of breast cancer by 18 percent compared to inactive women.

Walking hel ps prevent colon cancer, according to some studies.

Improves fitness. Walking just three times per week for 30 minutes per walk can significantly increase cardiorespiratory fitness.

Short walks help. A study of sedentary women showed that short bouts of brisk walking (three, 10-minute walks per day) decrease body fat at a rate similar to one, 30-minute walk per day.

Better physical function. Besides improving physical fitness, walking helps prevent injuries due to benefits from flexible functions.

(Compiled by College Nurse Emily Gonzales from online sources.)

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Did you

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As women continue to make inroads into

nontraditional occupations many jobs that were nontraditional for women in the 1986 were no longer nontraditional for women in 2006.

These occupations include physicians and

surgeons, chemists, judges and magistrates,

announcers, lawyers, athletes, coaches, umpires, and postal service mail carriers.

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SGA Historian Salutes Nation’s Military Heroes

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mall U.S. flags that represent each U.S. soldier killed during the military actions in Iraq and Afghanistan dot the ground on a section of the mall at TSTC. The 5,320 flags provide a somber reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by military personnel (4,630 fatalities in Iraq and 690 in Afghanistan since 2001) to pedestrians and a group of Texas State Technical College Harlingen students and employees at the Memorial Day Tribute held May 26. The brief ceremony fit between dark clouds that brought intermittent showers.

Officer 2nd Class in the Navy Reserve, read the poem “When I’m Gone” by Lyman Hancock.

After the event, she said that her training with computer networks and satellite communications means there’s a possibility she could be called to duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom or Operation Enduring Freedom.

“If I got the call to go to war, I imagine that my first reaction would be fear,” Padilla said. “But, at the same time I know that’s why I joined the military – to fight for and defend our freedom.”

Shannon Padilla, historian for the TSTC Student Government Association who serves as Petty

When I'm Gone

By Lyman Hancock

When I come to the end of my journey And I travel my last weary mile, Just forget if you can, that I ever frowned and remember only the smile.

Forget unkind words I have spoken; Remember some good I have done.

Forget that I ever had heartache and remember I've had loads of fun.

Forget that I've stumbled and blundered And sometimes fell by the way.

Remember I have fought some hard battles and won, ere the close of the day.

Then forget to grieve for my going, I would not have you sad for a day.

But in summer just gather some flowers And remember the place where I lay.

And come in the shad of evening When the sun paints the sky in the west Stand for a few moments beside me And remember only my best.

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Phi Theta Kappa Inducts New Members

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wenty-eight students became members of the Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society at the Beta Iota Phi Chapter induction ceremony June 19.

“It’s an honor and a reward for all the hours of studying that we do to make something of ourselves.

We know that the academic work pays off,” Beta Iota Phi Chapter President Jessica Banda said after explaining the historical significance of PTK. The Greek letters “phronimon,” “thumos” and “katharotes” – or PTK – symbolize “wisdom,” “aspiration” and “purity.” Presidents of two-year colleges in Missouri established the honor society in 1918. The organization is the largest honor society in U.S. higher education with more than 1.3 million members and 1,300 chapters.

Eligibility requirements for induction include enrollment in a regionally accredited institution offering an associate degree program, completion of

at least 12 hours of coursework applicable to an associate degree (Part-time students are eligible at TSTC.), a grade point average of 3.5 or higher, receive an invitation to membership from the college, and adherence to the moral standards of society. Members must maintain a GPA of at least 3.0.

New PTK members inductees include President Jessica Banda, Vice President Imelda G. Rodriguez, Secretary Victoria Ambriz, Joseph Robert Breuer, Joshua James Blanton, Dulce Carolina Castano, Bonfrancis Real Flordeliz, Emma J. Gingerich, Xavier Gonzalez, Marissa Jo Guerra, Wendy Kaye Howell, Gloria Elizabeth Leyva, Rolando Longoria, Michael Anthony McKnight, Espereanza G. Moreno, Becki Lee Prado, Patricia Ann Quiroga-Trott, Christina Nicole Salazar, Fidencio Saul Salinas, Juan Miguel Sanchez, Hilario Serna Jr., Nanette Dawn Spear, Benjamin Scott Spradlin, Jona Beth Vinson, Wando Whitworth, Clark Alan Williams, Heather Ashley Williams and Gabriel Adrian Zorilla.

Teacher Assistants Aid Abused Children

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he Teachers Assistant Club and Teacher Assistant depar tment organized an educational program and accepted donations for children’s care agencies during Child Abuse Awareness Month.

teachers’ assistants – we realized that many of the children we will work with in the near future will have these types of issues. We wanted to give a helping hand to those who are experiencing hardships now,” Dymond said.

TA Club President Pauline Dymond said that students and employees donated nine boxes of clothes, toys, books and supplies for distribution to the Rainbow Room, Blue Sunday and Buckner’s Home for Children. The non-profit organizations offer counseling, housing, clothing, and numerous services to abused or neglected children. Officials from the three groups made presentations describing their missions to about 75 college students in the auditorium of the state Rep. Irma Rangel Science & Technology Building on April 7.

“We worked together as a team and this project inspired us to do more for the less fortunate. We now feel that we can actually make a difference in our community by acting as a family among ourselves and by spreading that message to others.”

“One of the main reasons that we got involved with this project was because – as future teachers and

Janet Magee, founder of the faith-based Blue Sunday Child Abuse Prevention Initiative with headquarters in Port Isabel, reminded the audience that there’s an endless effort – not just a special month – to assist abused and neglected children.

For More Information Blue Sunday www.bluesunday.org 956.761.3357

Buckner International www.buckner.org 214.758.8000 Rainbow Room Tangie Benson, Region 11 Coordinator Send e-mail to tangie.benson@dfps.state.tx.us or phone 361.877.8768

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entertainment for your

Terminator: Salvation

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he Terminator franchise is one of much expectation, so this goes without saying that die-hard fans set a high bar.

The film takes place in the time of the future war where the inevitable Judgment Day has occurred leaving the rural areas of the world in ruins. Humans are pushed to sublevel dwellings and hidden safe houses scoured throughout the now barren nation. Skynet’s Terminators rule any open plains and stop at nothing until they, well, terminate any sighted humans.

We drop in on the famous John Connor, played by Christian Bale, who has yet to drop his infamous Batman disgruntled voice, and follow him through an alternate timeline that differs from his mother’s accounts. The time has come for him to send a young low-key resistance member named Kyle Reese, who in turn becomes his father, to the past and complete the time paradox that has enveloped this entire series. Though this franchise is one of the more famous ones known for time travel, if one pays close attention to the series, there is not much to bank on as far as the theorized Rated PG-13 1 hr 55 min Action / Sci-Fi

results. Poor time paradox is only one of the flaws in this film. Before the nitpicking begins, I will say that “Terminator: Salvation” is a really good action and fun film. Though the entertainment value is high, the veil can quickly drop in the light of “Terminator Logic.”

The expected spotlight upon John Connor to reveal his entire persona and his role in the resistance as the prophesized “Savior” and one to bring destruction to Skynet was sadly unfulfilled. Instead, the limelight fixates on a near-nobody named Marcus Wright who is a hybrid terminator model but thinks he is human.

The story continues quite scattered trying desperately to link the three heroes and dismisses several real world impossibilities. I found myself saying “What!? No way…” to several of the problem solving scenes in the movie.

In lieu of the many far fetched ideas, “Terminator: Salvation” can be very entertaining, but one must deny themselves any thought processes and accept the science of the film to blissfully enjoy such a world.

Henry Poole Is Here

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enry Poole is a character that can take most people to a point in their life where hope seemed beyond reach. Everyone knows how movies about hope and bright lights at the end of tunnels are more difficult to execute as believable, but director Mark Pellington brought a good script to life.

The story revolves around Henry Poole who is clearly going through some life disturbances and seeking solace in a quiet neighborhood. Hope, it would seem, has other plans for Henry as an extroverted religious neighbor, Esperanza, claims that a water stain on the side of his stucco wall is the “face of Christ.” Soon thereafter, hordes of believers swarm in to Henry’s last attempt at solitude and smother him with thoughts of miraculous ideas and, worst of all, hope.

Rated PG 1 hr 40 min Comedy / Drama

by Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT

by Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT

I really liked how Henry Poole refused to be taken by any mere occurrence of positive energy. At every turn where the movie seemed to try to corner the audience, Henry was there to shoot it down in a very meta way. Though this would seem to go against the story’s intentions, it in fact digs deeper and brings a truly intense version of real life hope that seems more plausible than the early attempts in the film. The film also has other aspects like relationships, family and community, but I enjoyed how each one was deeply impacted by the main plot at hand.

Though “Henry Poole is Here” did not make too much hype in the box office, it is a very well constructed film and goes deeper than entertainment. I give it a very high recommendation for viewers of all sorts.

Upcoming Film Features

July 10 Bruno I Love You, Beth Cooper

July 15 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

July 24 G-Force Orphan The Ugly Truth

July 31 Funny People

August 7 Cold Souls G.I. Joe: Rise of Cobra Julie & Julia Shorts

August 14 District 9 The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard A Perfect Getaway The Post Grad Survival Guide The Time Traveler's Wife

August 28 Final Destination: Death Tri p 3D Taking Woodstock

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New Young Pony Club “Ice Cream”

from the album Fantastic Playroom www.myspace.com/newyoungponyclub Muse “Time Is Running Out”

from the album Absolution www.myspace.com/muse The Vandals “My Girlfriend’s Dead”

from the album Hitler Bad, Vandals Good www.myspace.com/thevandals Prince “Chocolate Box”

from the album MPLSoUND www.lotusflow3r.com Nerf Herder “Pantera Fans In Love”

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The Ro ad That Le ads to King Je sus A Spiritual Adaptation of The Wizard of Oz

by Duke Escamilla, DMDT SCENE 1: Dorothy meets angels. Lights down for stage set up. Dorothy stands in place. Lights up.

Dorothy walks up to center stage. She is carrying (or walking) Toto.

Dorothy: Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore! We must be over the rainbow!

Angel: Dorothy!

Dorothy (scared and taking steps back): Who are you?

Angel: I am your guardian angel.

Dorothy: Are you evil or are you good?

Angel: Fear not, Dorothy. God is good, and He has sent me to care for you.

Dorothy: Maybe you can help me. I need to find my way home. I don’t know how to get there.

Angel: The Lord will guide you. You may not see Him, but he will guide your every step home. He will never leave you nor forsake you.

Dorothy (panicking): But I don’t know how to find my way home!

Angel: Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow is the road that leads to life, and only a few find it. Just follow the narrow path, Dorothy, and you will find life in King Jesus.

Dorothy (confused look): Follow the what?

Angel 2: Follow the narrow brick road.

Angel 3: Follow the narrow brick road.

Angels all together sing Follow the Narrow Brick Road. As the song is sung, angels guide Dorothy. After the song, angels leave Dorothy.

Dorothy: Where’d you go? Where are you guys?

Lights down.

SCENE 2: Dorothy meets Scarecrow. Scarecrow & Dorothy in place. Place trees on both sides of Scarecrow. Lights up.

Dorothy: Follow the Narrow Brick Road? Follow the Narrow Brick…? Well, now which way do we go?

Scarecrow: Pardon me. That way is a very nice way.

Dorothy: Who said that? Don’t be silly, Toto. Scarecrows don’t talk.

Scarecrow: It’s pleasant down that way, too.

Dorothy: That’s funny. Wasn’t he pointing the other way?

Scarecrow: Of course, people do go both ways!

Dorothy: Why – you did say something. Didn’t you? Are you doing that on purpose, or can’t you make up your mind?

Scarecrow: That’s the trouble. I can’t make up my mind. I haven’t got a brain, only straw.

Dorothy: Well, how can you talk if you haven’t got a brain? Are you dumb or something?

Scarecrow: Well excuse me, Missy Poo. If you are so smart, you should know where to go.

Dorothy: I am sorry, Scarecrow. I just haven’t been myself since I left Jesus.

Scarecrow: Who is this Jesus?

Dorothy: He is the Prince of Peace. He is the Wonderful Counselor. I used to believe in King Jesus, but then I quit and started doing my own thing. Now I am miserable. That’s why I’m going to see Him again.

Scarecrow: Can He give me brain? I don’t wisdom, and sometimes me make real bad mistakes.

Dorothy: He is God of miracles and wonders! I am sure He can give you a brain!

Scarecrow: I think me go see King Jesus. I go too.

Lights down. To be Continued...

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Register today.

What’s your

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Whatever your dream is, we can help you achieve it.

Fall classes begin August 31.

Register through August 29.

Apply online for admission at www.harlingen.tstc.edu Apply online for financial aid at www.fafsa.ed.gov (Use TSTC FAFSA school code: 009225)

Be sure to complete your admission requirements and apply for financial aid as soon as possible. Contact Admissions at 364.4320, Testing at 364.4310, and Financial Aid at 364.4330. For more information, call 364.4117 or 800.852.8784, or stop by the College Information Office or the Admissions Office located in the Student Services Building.

New students need to attend a New Student Orientation. Sign up with your advisor.

Equal opportunity shall be afforded within the Texas State Technical College System to all employees and applicants for admission or employment regardless of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age or disability. TSTC will make reasonable accommodations for students with disabilities.

View our fall course listings online at www.harlingen.tstc.edu/courses

Cashiers will be located in the LRC Orientation Room the following dates.

Aug 24-26 Aug 27 Aug 28 Aug 29 Aug 31

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New Releases at the LRC

Student Success Office

Service Learning: Some Common Questions

What is Service Learning?

Enemies & Allies

Death Wore White

I’m Down

by Kevin J. Anderson

by Jim Kelly

by Mishna Wolff

As America and the Soviet Union race to build their nuclear stockpiles, two extraordinary heroes must form an uneasy alliance.

These studies in opposites —shadow and light— must overcome their distrust of each other to battle evil and injustice.

Rookie detective Peter Shaw, along with his chainsmoking, hard-as-nails, veteran par tner, is confronted with a baffling crime that stretches him to the breaking point.

Mishna Wolff grew up in a poor black neighborhood with her single father, a white man who truly believed he was black. This hip, funny memoir will have readers questioning what it means to be black or white in America.

All you need at the LRC to borrow a book is a valid TSTC student ID. For more information, visit www.harlingen.tstc.edu/library.

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When you get right down to the nuts and bolts there are many different definitions of service learning, but in its simplest and truest form Service Learning can be summed up as combining education, a civic engagement/service activity and critical reflective thinking. For example, a chemistry instructor may have his/her students test the water quality in a poor underserviced neighborhood. The students get to apply the lessons they learned in the classroom performing the service. Then at the end of the project the instructor asks them critical thinking questions about the tasks they have preformed and how it relates to the community. That is how Service Learning works; however, it does not necessarily need to take place as part of a class.

Research shows that Service Learning significantly enhances satisfaction and meaning of those performing the service. So many organizations can and do use Service Learning as part of their volunteer programs.

It may be something that may benefit a student club or a TSTC department.

How is Service Learning Involved at TSTC? Over the past year there have been many service learning projects and events on campus. Here is an example: for the 2008 elections there was a voter registration drive and a debate watch. In the Voter registration drive, volunteer registrars where asked to reflect on their experience registering young voters. During the Debate Watch students attending the event took part in a civic activity and they also reflected on the debate.

Other examples include the Pre-Surgical Technology program using Service Learning in its observations. The Learning to Lead Workshops feature critical thinking activities, encourage students to get involved and give them real world skills. Dr. Merrill used service learning in her Ethics and Religion classes this past spring semester. Service Learning can also be found in PYST classes.

What is in the Future for TSTC and Service Learning?

Within the next month look for TSTC’s very own Volunteer Resource Guide. This guide will feature different organizations in need of volunteers and descriptions of activities needing to be performed. The guide will serve as a resource for TSTC students and faculty who want to be involved with both service and Service Learning. Also, in the near future look for a Service Learning Reference page as part of TSTC’s Web site. This page will have information for faculty and students who want to put together Service Learning programs. There are, of course, several more Service Learning projects being developed for the fall and spring semesters.

Intramurals Department Personnel: Armando “Brany” Dominguez, Supervisor Room 101 Phone: 956.364.4341 Email: brany.dominguez@harlingen.tstc.edu Jose Garza, Assistant Supervisor Room 104 Phone: 956.364.4340 Email: jose.garza@harlingen.tstc.edu

horoscopes FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT ONLY!

by Madame Brown

Aries 3/21–4/19 Problems that surface at the beginning of the month seem to require your immediate attention, yet it may take several attempts to find your way through the maze of social issues. Your dreams loom large enough to distract you from the real work at hand. Nevertheless, don’t suppress your imagination even as you work to fulfill your current obligations.

Learn to become steel. Trust in orange and other fall colors.

Libra 9/23–10/22 This month offers you a chance to re-evaluate how you express yourself. Expansive Jupiter retrogrades over Neptune the Dreamer and Chiron the Wounded Healer, activating your 5th House of Romance, Children and Creativity. Exploring ways to enjoy yourself is a smart idea, for you’ll be most productive when you’re having fun. Relax and hug your loved ones for they need to know you care.

Taurus 4/20–5/20 Intellectual Mercury’s shift into watery Cancer on July 3 adds feeling to every thought and conversation, yet Venus and Mars move into airy Gemini on July 5 and July 11 to favor playfulness and flexibility.

Putting pleasure first is not self-indulgent now. It’s the best way to nourish yourself and raise your abilities to their highest potential. Experimenting with different ways to work, play and love is not a sign of uncertainty but one of self-confidence and trust. Enjoy dim light and warm cups of tea for meditation.

Scorpio 10/23–11/21 A Solar Eclipse in supersensitive Cancer on July 21, occurring in your 9th House of Higher Thought and Faraway Places, may alter your big-picture view of reality. You’ll be compensated for any losses by a sudden and surprising gain when inventive Uranus makes a creative trine to this New Moon Eclipse that shakes open unexpected windows of awareness.

Acknowledging your uncertainty and opening your mind to alternative views can teach you more than fixing on a single perspective and clinging to it relentlessly. Chill out!

Gemini 5/21–6/21 Your mental hyperactivity is amplified when attractive Venus enters restless Gemini on July 5, followed by go-getter Mars on July 11.

Many things pique your interest now. Your curiosity is heightened and you’re ready to head into another direction with the slightest provocation. Your dreams loom so large that you want to share them with everyone, but it’s smarter to limit who you include in your closest circle of confidants.

Sagittarius 11/22–12/21 The role of your partners in both material and personal matters may be altered with a Solar Eclipse in self-protective Cancer that falls in your 8th House of Shared Resources on July 21. Fortunately, if you experience a loss, you’re likely to make a rapid recovery — inventive Uranus’ creative trine to this receptive Cancer New Moon quickly unveils unexpected ways to reach your goals. A slow and sure-footed approach up the mountain of success is much more likely to take you to the top than an impatient one.

Cancer 6/22–7/22 Conversations tend to be intimate, and Pluto’s presence can reveal delicate issues. Hiding and blaming are two tactics that won’t advance your interests, yet sharing a secret with someone you trust can lift a burden. When in doubt, throw it out. Instead of preserving what was, it’s time to become a creator of what will be. Responsible Saturn’s harmonious trine to the Moon helps you put your thoughts in order, enabling you to recognize when an outmoded alliance has reached its limits. Attachment is suffering— let go; you were on the right track.

Capricorn 12/22–1/19 Judging yourself less harshly or forgiving someone else’s hurtful behavior on July 22 can clear the air of negativity and allow you to move forward. The highly sensitized Cancer New Moon on July 21 is a Solar Eclipse that can bring your unexpressed needs out into the open. Even if a lucky break doesn’t turn out to be all you want, pursuing it with gusto could teach you what you need to know for the next opportunity.

Leo 7/23–8/22 Disillusionment can be discouraging, yet seeing things the way they truly are can open the way for a more realistic partnership over the days ahead. Although you may receive support from others this month, it’s tricky to separate the generous promises from what will actually be delivered.

The ambitious Capricorn Full Moon Eclipse on July 7 trines karmic Saturn in your 2nd House of Self-Worth. Calm down— people are thinking that what you offer is all you can offer. Put pride on the side for a try.

Aquarius 1/20–2/18 The retrograde turn of your ruling planet, Uranus, on July 1 shifts the field of significant change from your outer environment to your inner thoughts and feelings. You are reminded that freedom comes from within. Altering your beliefs and attitudes is liberating. Additionally, this actionpacked month features two eclipses and the second magical conjunction of Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune. Don’t let the drudgery and drama of daily life diminish the spiritual growth in store for you now.

Virgo 8/23–9/22 When you face a potential loss with a creative and confident spirit, you can transform a threatening situation into a golden opportunity. The New Moon in cautious Cancer on July 21 is a Solar Eclipse in your 11th House of Groups that reflects changing patterns in teamwork.

Unique Uranus’ trine to this Sun-Moon conjunction represents the stimulation that can come from new people. Exploring fresh areas of interest within the team should put some excitement back into your life. This month will be fun even if you feel like you are always behind the desk. Stock up on the sweets— it will bring you colorful company.

Pisces 2/19–3/20 You’re tempted to wander off into dreamland this month, but there’s too much to do to take any long breaks from reality.

Sociable Venus in Gemini waltzes into your 4th House of Roots on July 5, followed by animated Mars on July 11, increasing playful activities at home.

Visitors are likely to interrupt your tranquility, so make it a party and just invite them in. Joyous times with lively individuals will lift the spirits of your entire household. Maintaining a playful spirit isn’t immature or irresponsible. It’s a healthy release from the daily pressures of dealing with reality.

Mustang Messenger | July 2009

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