Mustang Messenger Vol 4 Issue 4

volume four | issue four | june 2009

• EVENTS • STUDENT FEATURES • ENTERTAINMENT •

SGA OLYMPICS Student Clubs in a battle of brains and brawn.

TECHSAN DAY See how Techsans get rowdy.

INSIGHT POETRY Read students’ winning entries.

THE SUPER HUERTA BROS. GASP students get featured on Xbox Live.

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YOUR PRESIDENTS 5 MEET - Dr. Cesar Maldonado - Georgeann Calzada

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8 STUDENT FEATURES

- The Super Huerta Bros.

MOVIE REVIEWS - Star Trek - The Soloist

13 INSIGHT POETRY CONTEST - Read the winning entries!

14 NEW RELEASES AT LRC - Pygmy - Hello Goodbye - The Hunted

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CAMPUS EVENTS 9th Class Day

OFFICIAL RECORD DATE 12-WEEK SEMESTER

19th Class Day

15-WEEK SEMESTER

Scholarship Workshop

Hurricane Preparedness*

Financial Aid Pre-Loan Session

SUMMER MINI SESSION I

Maintaining Eligibility for Financial Aid*

SGA Luau

Last Day to Apply for Graduation

Registration

Scholarship Workshop 9th Class Day

OFFICIAL RECORD DATE 12-WEEK SEMESTER

First Class Day

Welcome Week

SUMMER MINI SESSION I-

JUNE 9-11

Deadline to submit to Mustang Messenger Last Day to drop with a Refund

Scholarship Deadline

12-WEEK SEMESTER

FALL 2009

HIV Awareness*

Financial Aid Pre-Loan Session

Second Installment Payment Due

Father’s Day

14th Class Day 12-WEEK SEMESTER

Emergency Tuition Loan Due

3 on 3 Basketball Tourney Roster Deadline

THEA Testing

Narciso Martinez Writers Forum Tuesday, June 2 @ 7:00pm Narciso Martinez Cultural Arts Center, San Benito, TX Jackson Street Market Days Saturday, June 6 @ 9am - 4pm Downtown Jackson Street, Harlingen, TX “Migracion — Migrante” Exhibit Through July 18 @ 10am, Harlingen, TX Harlingen Arts & Heritage Museum, Harlingen, TX Giving Back to Our Troops: Operation Interdependence All month long @ 10am - 5pm 2910 Grimes, Harlingen, TX

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COMMUNITY & LOCAL Spineshank with Fedofme and Methmare Motorcade Monday, June 1 @ 7pm Smokin’ Aces, Mission, TX Girl in a Coma with Incohero and Jonestown Tragedy Wednesday, June 3 @ 8pm Smokin’ Aces, Mission, TX Cosmogirl with White Zebra and Post-Modern Age Thursday, June 4 @ 8pm Valentino’s, Brownsville, TX TX Takeover Tour with Kid Liberty, The Hit, and many more Tuesday, June 9 @ 5pm Creative Incubator, McAllen, TX Animal Cruelty Awareness Show with Skare Tactic Saturday, June 13 @ 8pm Nikki Rowe VFW, McAllen, TX

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Dr. Cesar Maldonado - TSTC President am often asked by students about career choices and job opportunities in emerging technologies. My response is invariably that this is a great time to be in college.

As students in an era of accelerating technological innovation, you will see the creation of many new disciplines that will result in exciting new career choices. You will have many selections to make regarding technical programs, academic courses and degree plans. But no matter which program you choose, your long term success will be based on life-long learning. What TSTC offers you is an environment to form a solid foundation for that life-long challenge. This comes not only in the form of quality education by dedicated faculty and staff but also from your participation in student and community activities.

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At TSTC you can volunteer your time and talent to school and community service organizations that will bring you personal and professional growth. You can develop and strengthen skills that will be assets you can keep no matter what your career. Participating in student and other service organizations allows you to apply your classroom knowledge in a pubic setting; practicing your problem solving skills. Your involvement will not only enhance your team building experience but will benefit your fellow students and the community. Volunteering for student and community service will strengthen your connection to academics by illustrating how classroom lessons play out in a work environment.

Student Government will be hosting a luau on Thursday, June 11 to give the student body an opportunity to meet their Student Government officers. Everyone that stops by for some free cake and punch will be given a goodie bag. Also, come out and join one of the campus clubs on Wednesday, June 10.

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For those of you that are new to our campus, I’d like to encourage you to participate in Student Government or join your program club. If there isn’t a club that catches your eye, feel free to start your own club on campus. Getting involved on campus is a great way to meet new people as well as fulfill your civic duty.

Interested in becoming part of Student Government? Do you think you have what it takes to become an SGA officer? Elections take place at the beginning of the fall semester, so start participating in student events around campus, and the SGA meetings in order to ensure those votes.

There has been a change in the location of the SGA meeting. For the this summer semester, SGA will be

ONLINE

myspace.com/tstcsga

Your suppor t for the TSTC community will be the cause. The effect will be improvement of the TSTC community’s environment, success for other students, and improved living conditions for community members. Most impor tantly the effect will be the growth of your personal por tfolio, including communication, integrity, compassion, and decision making — in shor t, growth in your leadership.

This spring two of your fellow students testified at a hearing of the Texas Legislature in support of a law to allow TSTC to add new degrees. They received no class credit and had to give of their own time for the benefit of future students at TSTC. They wrote their own testimonies and practiced time after time to be sure that they performed well when the time

Georgeann Calzada - SGA President elcome back to another great semester here at TSTC. I hope everyone had a relaxing semester break.

Make to sure to mark your calendars with our Welcome Week and come out to join in on the fun.

came. The dividends they received for the investment are earning how laws are born, argued, and approved or denied, public communication, and the satisfaction of making a difference.

hosting their bi-weekly meetings in W-107 starting June 3 at noon. Please stop by to get information for the upcoming events and enjoy a free lunch.

Don’t forget to check out the latestTSTC minute on YouTube and if you haven’t already added SGA as a friend on your MySpace or Facebook, please do.We post all our events and some other great information on there. If you have any questions, concerns, or announcements you’d like to voice to SGA please stop the office in the Student Center Rm-122 or call at 364-4343. We will be happy to help you out.

Georgeanne Calzada

Visit TSTC SGA on the following networks!

facebook.com/people/Tstc-Sga/623652169

youtube.com/tstcharlingen

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ez Mr. TSTC Carlos Martin

rating the booth deco The winners of C Club contest, the TA

Guest band Th e Jericho Machi ne

in the Giant Trike race.

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Free mechanical bu ll rides

Free photo bo oth sessions provided by SG A Art Wall by HAS Club

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Free bouncy horse races

competition, the battle ended with the combined Intramural/Machining Technology team as the ultimate gladiators.

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by Hilda Prieto he Student Government Association hosted its first day of Club Olympics (50’s theme), which consisted of a few hours of fun and teamwork, April 14.

Day one of SGA Olympics began with a bubble gum blowing contest.The other two events were the hula-hoop competition and an exciting tug-of-war strength test. First place for blowing the largest bubble went to Sandie Vela of the Dental Explorers Club, which teamed up with the Teacher Assistant Club.

What was her winning secret? She replied,“I’ve been practicing for this day since I was 5 years old.”

Sarah Merrill from the CSMT Club became the hula-hoop champion. The adrenaline reached peak production for the tug-of-war struggle. After grueling

TSTC Headlines

EMT Graduate

Super Mom

The Club Olympics continued April 15 by requiring team members to put on their thinking caps to advance and win the Brain Bowl. The team that correctly answered the most trivia questions moved on to another round. Three teams survived the initial rounds, but the Intramural/MGT Club prevailed with the top IQ or they were the luckiest guessers.

Day three on April 16 brought the Root Beer Float Social as students sipped and chugged delicious root beer floats while socializing with other club members and listening to tunes from the 1950s. Late in the afternoon, clubs showed off their talents at the Club Olympics Talent Show at the Cultural Arts Center.

Clubs were encouraged to dress for the occasion in ‘50s attire throughout the Olympics. SGA officers agreed that the events created a great opportunity for clubs to build leadership/communication skills by pairing them with other clubs.

The activities brought people together with teamwork and generated new connections and friendships.

“The Olympics was a great way for the clubs to rap up the spring semester and become more familiar with each other. It was great to see how much everyone knew about TSTC in the Brain Bowl,” SGA President Georgeann Calzada said.

To view the complete stories, visit www.harlingen.tstc.edu/mustang.

EMT Pinning Ceremony

Disaster Relief Grant

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The Super Huerta Bros.

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wo of TSTC’s leading students designed a video game that grew in popularity to cause a major corporation like Microsoft to lift its eyebrows. Mario and Alberto Huerta are brothers in the Gaming & Simulation Program who created “Micro Invasion,” a game available via the Xbox Live Marketplace for the world to see.

I recently visited the Huerta brothers’ forums on RascalHaven.com and asked them about the experience. Both brothers do not precisely recall the very beginnings of this adventure, but they admit that it started as more of an innocent paint program where a gamer would simply paint lines with a

mouse pointer. The foundation was a product from a class assignment. Soon after it grew into a pointand-click shooting game, which then changed to include the use of an Xbox 360 controller.They later added the finishing touches of menus, high scores, music and sounds.

The duo said that their first quarterly expected payout did not reach a fixed minimum. They see a contributing flaw from Microsoft’s lack of advertising, specifically toward the Xbox Live Community Games section. Mario remains optimistic. He said, “We’re just happy that the service is available for us to be able to make games available worldwide.”

by Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT

The brothers agreed that their main goal in completing the game was to gain experience and knowledge. What better way to learn than by doing, right?

If you’re interested in finding more information about Micro Invasion or other works done by Mario and Alberto Huerta, visit their Web site at RascalHaven.com.

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ational Make a Difference Day is a time for leaders to step up and give back to their communities. It star ted out as a neighborhood cleanup project, but after many discussions and meetings, Student Government officers knew that our amazing student leaders would be able to complete something more than just a cleanup. A decision was made to create a place for low-income housing residents to be proud of. It would be a place to jumpstar t their neighborhood beautification process as well as a place they could help us create. We decided to build them a community garden, not knowing it would turn into a city park!

The leaders that are outstanding in their very own clubs didn’t stop short of anything less than

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excellence on this project.“Lead, follow or get out of the way” was the mentality for this creation. Our Building Construction Club stepped up and custommade 13 planter boxes that could fit at least eight plants each.The club, along with many other campus leaders, contributed over 500 volunteer hours to this project.

The project started at dawn — a totally empty lot ready to be created into a garden. Over 100 club and community leaders showed up to volunteer their services in planting, digging, and executing this huge project. As Student Government officers, we weren’t exactly sure what to expect throughout the day, but we were positive it would take a lot of communication, delegation, and leadership between everyone involved in a project of this magnitude.

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by Georgeann Calzada, EA

For a first-time project, who knew it would be recognized by the City of Harlingen, the local newspaper and by prestigious donors such as Home Depot, Lowes and Wal-Mart? Looking back, our students reflected that a day out of our lives truly “made a difference” in the rest of the residents’ lives.

TSTC Marketing Department in conjunction with Photojournalism & Design Club present

Digital Photography Workshop 5 0 mm

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Intro to Basic Digital Photography Wednesday, June 24 2009 11AM - 1PM LRC Orientation Room

Intro to Advanced Digital Photography Wednesday, July 8, 2009 11AM - 1PM LRC Orientation Room

This Intro to Basic Digital Photography workshop will cover topics needed to help students take a great digital photo.The basic session will inform students on how to choose a digital camera, photo composition, color correcting in PhotoShop, setting the photo up for print, and more. The first hour will cover camera functions and PhotoShop tips will be discussed in the second. Please attend as your schedule allows.

This Intro to Advanced Digital Photography workshop will cover topics needed to help students take an even greater digital photo.

The advanced session will inform students on how to choose a DSLR camera, taking photos in manual mode, choosing lenses, advanced PhotoShop techniques and more. The first hour will cover camera functions and PhotoShop tips will be discussed in the second. Please attend as your schedule allows.

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entertainment for your

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hough not an exact aficionado of the series, I do greatly appreciate the genre of sci-fi. To clear up a question many have had: no, you do not need to be familiar with the series to appreciate the movie. I was not, and I for one immensely enjoyed this movie.

This latest Star trek was directed by J.J. Abrams, who is most widely known for his series “Lost” as well as other projects like “Alias” and even the film “Cloverfield.” The movie takes place in Rated PG-13 2 hr 7 min an alternate time universe parallel to the series and other Star Sci-Fi / Action Trek feature films. There is a fun amount of time paradox with plenty of action on a grand scale, from fistfights to intergalactic space ship quarrels. The story is solid with little to no plot holes and very engaging. It’s a

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am going to be a strait shooter here and say that this movie did not live up to my expectations, though I have heard mixed buzz about “The Soloist.” Joe Wright, director of “Pride and Prejudice”, seemed to not have been on the same page as his director of photography. There seemed to be general feel that this artistic movie was trying to be made even more artistic. I will admit that the first 30 minute pull of the movie was riveting and left me with a frog in my throat, but story-wise, it seemed to plateau after that.

The movie premise involves a writer who stumbles upon a music prodigy vagabond and what he learns as he tries to help

by Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT

witter is the recent social media phenomenon that transcends the computer screen. In short, Twitter is an outlet which functions can be described with one question, “What are you doing?”

Yes, much like a status update on famous networks like Facebook and Myspace, Twitter capitalizes on the sole topic of what you are currently doing. This has been taken to the next level in that one could interact with Twitter through the use of a mobile device. Simply text in your current status to a short code Twitter provides and your time line is updated.

As with other electronic social networks, the system of other users “friend you” or you “friend others” has been implemented in the manner of “following.” This means that you care enough about a user's daily activities, thoughts and moments to receive their updates whenever they should transmit the latest information.Twitter allows someone to receive a specific user's updates, from the pool that you follow, to be sent directly to your mobile device.

Twitter is a rapidly growing community with appearances on many national news stories within the political realm, corporate businesses and - of course - among an array of Internet connections.

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by Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT

little difficult to explain how truly saturated the movie was with content, but I can remember thinking as I left the theater that it had been some time since I had seen a solid action movie that was this good. In case that I have not yet made it inexcusably blatant, the new Star Trek movie was amazing. The photography in the movie was really well done as well, with shots that opened upside down and slowly panned upright and noticeable aesthetics such as lens flares and glares of light throughout the film.

A lot of risky elements were thrown into this movie, but it seemed to all work.

Though I was not in a position to catch all the memorable moments recreated, having not been familiar with the series, I heard from fans that it was done well and didn’t come off as too cheesy.

by Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT

him back into the music scene. It’s based on a true story with good character development, especially in Robert Downy Jr.’s character, Steven Lopez. Jaime Foxx also played the part to his potential as a tormented soul, as we’ve seen before in “Ray.” The story does carry the frustrating moments about friendship and how the real world is, with hints of current crisis such as the recession and poverty. Honestly, I think that a movie like “Reign Over Me” did a much better job of portraying this sort of concept with film, but that’s my opinion.

Overall, the film was based on a very deep concept with much to teach as well as inspire. It would have been completely successful in doing so, had it kept the rhythm, if you will.

Here are some are some examples of tweets:

Just met a guy who said, "Life is good when you're in the groove and you're in the groove!" I really, really like that. A night-maker. @JohncMayer

Dropped my iPhone last night. Shattered.

@JimmyFallon

Jam session was dyno-mite! Picked up some Subway and gonna get on some retro action with Mario Kart 64;) @zMorris

Just finished mid-terms last week... this week, I start my finals. I'm gonna go catch up on sleep while I can... @Laura_Amaro

C rossword Pu zzle Comic Book Heroes

...guess the comic book hero from quotes they may say to describe themselves.

check out what the Photojournalism and Design Club is currently listening to!

Sigur Rós “Hoppípolla”

from the album Takk . . . www.myspace.com/sigurros Stateless “Bloodstream”

from the album Stateless www.myspace.com/statelessonline Bayside “Winter”

from the album Acoustic www.myspace.com/bayside Remedy Drive “Daylight”

from the album Daylight is Coming www.myspace.com/remedydrive Gary Jules “Mad World”

ANSWER KEY ON PAGE 15

from the album Trading Snakeoil for Wolftickets www.myspace.com/garyjules

How to Waste 10 Minutes of Your Day (and other Internet phenomena)

Sébastien Tellier “La Ritournelle”

We asked some students to tell us how they like to spend their free time.

Surprisingly, it was the Internet. These were their suggested sites.

www.AsleepOnTheSubway.tumblr.com www.VeryFunnyAds.com

from the album Politics www.myspace.com/sebastientellier

www.ICanHasCheezburger.com www.FailBlog.org

by Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT THIS IS YOUR LAST WARNING, SQUIRREL! THE TSTC MASCOT IS A MUSTANG...LIKE ME. SO STOP INFESTIN MY SCHOOL, OR ELSE I’LL....

IIIII.....THINK WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT...

Girl in a Coma “Their Cell”

from the album Both Before I’m Gone www.myspace.com/girlsincoma

Queen “Don’t Stop Me Now”

from the album Jazz www.myspace.com/queen

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Insight

Poetry WINNERS Anger Scarlet O’Rourke

1st Place: Scarlet O’Rourke 2nd Place: Anna Hawkins 3rd Place: Bruce Manning

Words for You Bruce Manning

Inevitability Anna Hawkins

She lies there silent Staring into the night waiting praying Tension at a height

Her lips tremble mumbling Drowsiness overtakes blinking thinking Forcing herself, she wakes

There’s something about the way

When you came to town, there was a stir.

a flower opens its petals

People talked, they put you way up there.

Fear cripples hope loneliness Gripping bitter hands hurting pleading to God she demands

She closes her eyes frowns Realizing her helplessness needing falling She asks for forgiveness

always rises

Shaking her fist rising Anger takes control crying yelling Faith running low She falls back down cursing Weakness transcends shaking breaking Another battle begins Refocusing her thoughts choking Tears fall full force blaming hating Dwelling upon her past course Putting her face to her pillow screaming Taking out her frustration gasping hurting flowing like an inundation

Giving up to God quaking All her strength gone resting thanking Finally someone to lean upon Comfort relaxes her trusting No more selfish doubt smiling drifting Dreams soon come about

to greet the Morning,

But I paid you no mind, just not impressed, Cause talk was talk, why get stressed?

and how the sun You drove a fine car, it had it all.

You played the music, and made ‘em crawl. with the dawn,

Yeah, you caught my eye, I wasn’t blind,

that reminds us

But what I saw didn’t change my mind.

of life’s inevitability.

Not your cool, or cash, or car,

There is nothing we can do

Was what I wanted, or needed, by far.

to stop the flower

A heart of gold, lips without lies,

from greeting the sun’s rays,

Someone so rare, I could really prize.

or make the sun

When you went to Iraq, I thought about that.

rise at night.

You didn’t have to go, you were where it’s at.

A hero you were, so the newsman said,

A flower will always

Saved that young kid, he would’ve been dead.

greet the dawn with open arms,

Now you’re coming home, at terminal three.

The crowd is pressing, to see, just like me.

and the sun

There’s a glimpse of color from the honor guard,

will always wake us

They’re sharp and precise, I swallow hard.

with golden rays.

The ramp is lowered, and your casket appears.

These things

The silence is roaring, but I only taste tears.

will never change.

Why am I here; really, what do I feel?

You never knew my name, so what’s the deal?

Somewhere within, I hear your voice say, You’re finding something to take away.

Reading the cover is just not enough, Dig inside, for that diamond, in the rough.

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New Releases at the LRC

Student Success Office Academic Achievement Center

Students are welcome to knock on a new door of opportunity at TSTC since the Academic Achievement Center opened February 1.

Pygmy

Hello Goodbye

The Hunted

by Chuck Palahniuk

by Emily Chenoweth

by Wayne Barcomb

Pygmy, one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the United States, disguised as exchange students, to live with typical American families and blend in, all the while planning acts of massive terrorism. Palahniuk depicts Midwestern life through the eyes of this thoroughly indoctrinated little killer, who hates us with a passion, in this cunning double-edged satire of an American xenophobia that might, in fact, be completely justified.

The summer after Abby Hansen’s first year of college, several months after doctors find a malignant tumor in her mother Helen’s brain, she and her parents drive to northern New Hampshire to say goodbye to a lifetime of friends.

During a single week at a historic resort, the family welcomes a small procession of visitors, and shares with them the pathos and heartache of Helen’s imminent passing.

The Hunted begins with a little girl witnessing a horrible crime. Due to the child's testimony, the murderer is convicted.

Eighteen years later the killer is released on parole, and his mission is to track down the now grown woman he feels betrayed him.

A deranged dance of masked identities ensues, and it is up to newly single homicide detective Frank Russo to unravel the case.

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.

Intramural Sports

The office brings together learning resources for students in a onestop facility that promotes active engagement through tutoring, peer mentors, advisement sessions, computer access and assistance for students seeking transfer credits to other colleges or universities. We are committed to assisting students in developing and maintaining individualized success plans that are linked TSTC academic and technical programs. The AAC personnel include pre-tech advisors, an administrative assistant and a coordinator of academic advisement for five mentors.

The center at TSTC is located in Biomedical-Dental Lab Building “D,” Room 138. Office hours are 8 AM to 5 PM Mondays through Fridays.

The AAC is a year-round program supported by a Title V grant through the U.S. Department of Education. The center provides services that contribute to students’ academic success, retention and timely graduation.

The AAC services are available to students interested in transferring to a bachelor’s degree, those who plan on entering programs in Allied Health Pre-tech Surgical Technology and Pre-tech Dental Hygiene, students who are not officially in a technology program due to a lack of competing pre-requisite courses or beginning the semester outside of the program cohort start date, and students entering college with a General Equivalency Diploma.

The AAC offers access to university advisors on the TSTC campus. We invite all students who plan to transfer to other colleges and universities to join us at the AAC information table. A representative will answer students’ questions and provide details. We have advisors from UTB/TSC, UTPA, TAMUK and UTSA, and more university advisors will arrive soon.

The 48 credit hour package of Academic Core classes at TSTC will transfer to any four year public college or university in Texas. Tuition costs at TSTC are lower than many other colleges and universities, which makes the Academic Core financially attractive.

TSTC Fieldhouse

Intramurals Department Personnel: Armando “Brany” Dominguez, Supervisor Room 101 Phone: 956.364.4341 Email: brany.dominguez@harlingen.tstc.edu

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Indoor Sports

Outdoor Sports

Fitness

Basketball Volleyball Soccer Dodgeball Raquetball Kickball

Flag Football Softball Soccer Kickball

Cardio Room Weight Room Walking Trail Aerobic Classes Muscle Toning Classes

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Jose Garza, Assistant Supervisor Room 104 Phone: 956.364.4340 Email: jose.garza@harlingen.tstc.edu FIELDHOUSE HOURS Monday - Thursday 10AM - 9PM Friday 10AM - 2 PM Saturday 1PM - 5PM

View your grades through WebAdvisor* To access your grades, you must log in successfully to WebAdvisor (WA).

1. Open Internet Explorer. Go to https://my.tstc.edu.

2. Click on the WebAdvisor tab.

3. Click the "Click here to enter WebAdvisor" link.

4. Click the blue "Login" button in the top right corner.

5. Log in to WA. 6. Click on the Grades tab.

Note: Your WebAdvisor ID (WAID) is printed at the bottom of your TSTC invoice. Your default password is the last six (6) digits of your student ID. If you don't know your WAID, select "What's my User ID?" If you are unable to log in with your WAID and default password, please call the TSTC Help Desk at 956.364.5000 to have your password reset.

7. To change the default password, log in to Self Service Password Utility (SSPU) to set up your hint and challenge questions. Go to http://sspu.tstc.edu.

8. Log in to the myTSTC Portal. Go to http://my.tstc.edu. The username and the password are the same as your WAID and password.

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Write a story. Write a poem. Take a picture. State your opinions. Cover an event. Review a restaurant. Take more pictures. Show off your digital or traditional art. Review a movie.

Promote your club. Review a game. Be creative!

Send your submissions to phdclub@gmail.com, or call 956.364.4116 for more information.

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Student Art Gallery ART AND PHOTOGRAPHY

BY TSTC

STUDENTS

Dark Tree

Golden Rain

Pensive

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DIGITAL PHOTO MANIPULATION

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Where the Music Leads You Untitled DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY

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Clockwise from top left:

Trey Dixon, DMDT

Lorenzo Garcia, DMDT

Shannon Williams, DEH

Patti Quiroga, CSMT

Duke Escamilla, DMDT