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3 News District spends thousands to brand colleges By Melody Mendoza
4 Blotter
5 News Board OKs talks for public/private partnership By Zahra Farah Photo by Julysa Sosa
7 Board agenda targets gun bills By Zahra Farah
8 18-year-old chooses adoption By Melody Mendoza
Photo by Alison Wadley
10 Wallace recalled as
leader in library science By Megan Mares
11 Auditor suggests better management ideas By Zahra Farah
13 Dan Rather Thursday By Laura Garcia
Tutoring, books, DVDs available in math labs By David Espinoza
14 Heavy metal band desires eco-friendly future By Megan Mares
15 Black History Month Imagine just future, but recall injustices, author says By Jennifer M. Ytuarte
16 MLK march Sharing inspiration
By Zahra Farah and Megan Mares Photos by Tyler K. Cleveland
19 Black History Month College events focus on figures from Civil War to Jazz Age By Valdemar Tejada
St. Mary’s celebrates black art By Dana Lynn Traugott
20 BHM Calendar
22 New sign may lead to identity crisis By James Anthony Salamé
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23 Calendar
24 Editorials College points Ranger toward sunset
25 Make cuts in black and white
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26 Officials & Policies
28 Pulse Training for 10-mile run starts By J. Almendarez
30 Book Review ‘Room’ author writes from 5-year-old’s view By Megan Mares
32 Erasing history during 85th anniversary By Melody Mendoza
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The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 3News
By Melody Mendoza
The district has spent almost $16,000 to
“brand” four of the Alamo Colleges with the
district logo.
Meanwhile a “breakdown in communica-
tion” left administrators at this college sur-
prised by the recently installed logo.
John Strybos, associate vice chancellor of
facilities operation and construction manage-
ment, said this is part of an effort to brand the
district with a universal logo.
The brand at this college cost $730 and
covers the college seal on both sides of the
double-sided monument west of Gonzales and
McCreless Halls on San Pedro Avenue.
The sign bears the name of the college
and was officially dedicated at an unveiling
ceremony April 16, 2004, President Robert
Zeigler said.
The college’s official seal was adopted in the
mid-1950s. The circular, bronze seal has a star
in the center with five symbols that represent
characteristics of the college.
Winged feet symbolize swiftness, athleti-
cism and protection, things typified
by the Greek messenger god
Hermes.
An open book symbol-
izes the learning process,
literacy, teaching, quest
for knowledge and
understanding.
A harp represents
joy, praise, poetry and
music.
At the base is a lamp
of learning symbolizing
truth, intelligence, life, wis-
dom, knowledge, guidance and
enlightenment.
Finally, a scale represents justice, just
proportion, impartiality and balance.
Strybos said Anderson Marketing Group,
the advertising firm that came up with the new
district logo for Alamo Colleges, has given pre-
sentations to show the image at regular board
meetings for more than two years.
Zeigler and David Mrizek, vice president of
college services, said they were unaware of the
alteration of the signs.
Zeigler said, “There was a communication
breakdown.”
Strybos said the district works collectively
on a large number of projects and sometimes
communication is better than at other times.
Although Zeigler said he understands this
is the direction the district is going,
he said, “I wish the informa-
tion was shared with the
colleges before.”
He added that he
would have liked to
give input and see
a preview of the
change.
Zeigler said
he called facili-
ties Superintendent
David Ortega when
someone told him it was
there at the end of last week.
Ortega said he got a purchase
order over the holidays and that the five
colleges will have the new brand.
Mrizek said he didn’t know it was happen-
ing.
“It doesn’t go with the rest of the monument.
It covers up our college’s seal; that does bother
me,” he said.
Districtwide, 19 signs and monuments were
branded with one of the Alamo Colleges’ logos.
Strybos said, “Some have letters, some have
logos, some have both.”
At St. Philip’s College, he said, two double-
sided signs and one wall-mounted sign were
marked, which cost about $7,322.
Northeast Lakeview College has one single-
sided sign and one curved, single-sided sign
costing $4,675.
Although Palo Alto College’s signs have not
been completed, Strybos said that college has
one single-sided sign and four single-sided
monuments, which are priced at $3,235.
Northwest Vista College has not been com-
pleted but has one double-sided sign, one cor-
ner, double-sided sign and one single-sided
entry sign. Strybos said the cost has not been
determined yet because the designs are not
finalized.
For more information about the brands,
visit http://www.alamo.edu/district/comm/
standards.htm.
Zahra Farah contributed to this story.
District spends thousands to brand collegesCollege president regrets not being consulted and desires
better communication.
The Alamo Colleges logo covers the college seal adopted in the 1950s. Melody Mendoza
“It covers up our college’s seal; that does bother me.”David Mrizekvice president of college services
4 • Jan. 31, 2011 The Ranger
Drivers pulled over for texting
could receive a fine of up
to $200.
The 90-day grace period for the texting ban ended Jan. 15. The ordinance
includes a ban on any sort of texting or communicating
such as Facebook or e-mail, except for dialing numbers or
talking on the phone.
For more information about
the ordinance, visit www.sanantonio.
gov/sapd/.
Blotter
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE
Nov. 23 — Individual reported burglary
of vehicle on campus.
Nov. 24 — Individual reported a suspi-
cious male in the bookstore. The suspi-
cious male began to run, was caught
and arrested by SAPD for an off-campus
theft.
Nov. 28 — Individual reported a per-
sonal vehicle being burglarized and an
item stolen. No suspects.
Nov. 30 — Male was issued a criminal
trespass warning.
Dec. 1 — Individual became upset
after being advised he could not smoke
on campus. Citation issued for smoking
on campus.
Individual reported her personal
property stolen from a gym locker. No
suspects.
Individual reported someone had used
her Banner ID number to check out a
book from the library.
Dec. 7 — Two students were robbed
in Loftin. One of the victims was struck
in the face receiving minor injuries. No
shots were fired. Personal property was
taken.
Faculty member reported someone broke
into his vehicle and stole a few items.
Dec. 9 — Employee engaged in acts of
misconduct against another employee.
Dec. 10 — Staff member reported
missing district property and requested
an officer to make a report.
Jan. 1 — Individual reported criminal
mischief in Lot 26. Suspect was located
and issued a notice of intent.
Jan. 13 — Individual reported theft of
a vehicle.
Jan. 18 — Individual was issued a
citation for possession of drug para-
phernalia. No further incident.
Jan. 20 — Individual reported being
assaulted. Everything found to be OK.
No further incident.
Jan. 21 — Individual reported theft of
personal property. No further incident.
NORTHEAST LAKEVIEW
COLLEGE
Nov. 20 — Individual reported suspi-
cious activity. Officer gave the individual
information regarding library hours.
Dec. 17 — Individual reported theft of
district property.
Jan. 3 — Individual reported a suspi-
cious male on campus. Male left before
officer arrived. No further information.
Jan. 17 — Staff member requested an
officer to take a report for some miss-
ing items.
Jan. 13 —Individual reported a win-
dow shattered in the rear of a vehicle in
parking lot. Damage occurred prior. No
further information.
Jan. 17 — Individual reported damage
to district property. No further informa-
tion.
NORTHWEST VISTA COLLEGE
Nov. 22 — Individual reported theft of
his personal property.
Nov. 29 — Individual reported his
personal vehicle being burglarized and
personal property stolen. No suspects.
Dec. 1 — Individual reported a cat
locked in a vehicle. Owner of the vehicle
was located and cat was removed.
Individual reported a female yelling at
him in the parking lot over traffic issues.
Jan. 4 — Individual reported theft of
district property.
Jan. 18 — Individual reported a suspi-
cious person. No one located.
Jan. 19— Individual reported a trash
can on fire. Fire was put out with fire
extinguisher. No further incident.
Jan 20 —Individual reported a minor
vehicle accident. No further incident.
PALO ALTO COLLEGE
Nov. 20 — Individual reported a suspi-
cious person on campus. Officer made
contact with the individual and told the
person to leave the campus.
Nov. 22 — Individual reported money
had been stolen from the cash box.
Nov. 24 — Individual reported a sus-
picious student who would not leave the
classroom. No further information.
Dec. 1 — Individual reported two
males looking into vehicles. Males were
not located.
Jan. 19 — Officer assisted SAPD with
an off-campus vehicle accident.
Jan. 20 — Individual reported two
subjects involved in a verbal altercation.
Everything found to be OK. No further
incident.
ST. PHILIP’S COLLEGE
Nov. 22 — Individual reported bur-
glary of vehicle. Suspects unknown at
this time.
Nov. 24 — Individual reported an
unattended child in the library. Parent
was located.
Dec. 28 — Individual reported criminal
mischief on campus.
Jan. 19 — Individual reported theft of
personal property. No further incident.
SOUTHWEST CAMPUS
Nov. 24 — An active fire alarm was
called in by the alarm monitoring com-
pany. Alarm was found to have been
accidentally activated.
Dec. 7 — Individual reported a suspi-
cious person in the library. Officer made
contact, and the subject left the library.
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The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 5News
By Zahra Farah
The board of trustees unani-
mously approved the developing
firm Balfour Beatty Capital to lead
the public/private partnership
agreement between this college
and Tobin Hill at Tuesday’s regular
board meeting.
This allows the district to start
negotiations.
The vote was 8-0 because dis-
trict 7 trustee Blakely Fernandez
was absent to attend an emergency
business meeting.
A public and private partner-
ship is the involvement of private
enterprise in the form of manage-
ment expertise or monetary con-
tributions or both in government
projects aimed at public benefit.
Of the three firms who sub-
mitted proposals, Balfour Beatty
Capital of Newtown Square, Penn.,
sent in the best proposal. They
offered a 1,000 space-parking
garage; four-story, 150-unit resi-
dential development at the north-
west corner of North Main Avenue
and East Laurel Street; and 63 units
in a third residential building at
Evergreen Street and Main.
They also offered a
100,000-square foot academic
facility at West Park Avenue and
Main, for classrooms or offices.
Though the firm’s website
claims extensive public education
projects, there was no indication of
public/private projects.
The land is 2.608 acres on
the north side of Evergreen and
1.963 acres on the south side of
Evergreen.
In other news, the board delib-
erated for two hours about a griev-
ance filed Nov. 3 by St. Philip’s
College faculty members con-
cerning an appeal to a change in
the formula to determine faculty
teaching loads.
The board voted 8-0 to maintain
district policy of weighting lab hours
as two-thirds of one lecture hour.
St. Philip’s faculty loads were
weighted on a 1-1 scale although
the two-thirds rate was used at
other district colleges.
More than 70 faculty members
were affected by an abrupt sched-
ule change mandated Sept. 17 by
Chancellor Bruce Leslie.
In the past four months, SPC
Faculty Senate exchanged a series
of memos with Leslie about keep-
ing workloads across the district
to a 1-to-1 ratio rather than labs
counting for two-thirds the rate of
lectures, which would increase the
number of hours a faculty member
was required to teach.
The only exception to the two-
thirds rate is for nursing and allied
health faculty at this college and
St. Philip’s, who are accorded the
1-1 rate.
Dr. Jo-Carol Fabianke, associ-
ate vice chancellor for academic
partnerships and initiatives, said
Tuesday nursing and allied health
labs equate to a lecture hour
because they are clinical labs.
College Board, the educa-
tional resource organization that
administers college entrance and
advanced placement exams, states
on its website that in clinical labs,
students examine body fluids, such
as blood, for clues in the diagnosis
of diseases and are trained to con-
duct and supervise medical tests
and manage clinical labs.
Vernell E. Walker, dean for pro-
fessional and technical education,
said the reason clinical labs count
as a lecture is because faculty have
to be at hospitals for six to eight
hours observing students.
“In a hospital setting, it’s a life
and death situation,” she said.
“There is more pressure and more
responsibilities.”
St. Philip’s President Adena
Williams Loston said Tuesday she
has worked at institutions where
labs were recognized at the 1-to-1
ratio and where labs were counted
as two-thirds of a lecture hour.
Loston said in an ideal situa-
tion, they have qualified faculty to
be recognized according to 1-to-1
ratios, but she would respect and
abide by Alamo Colleges’ policy.
Loston said some faculty have
been paid according to the 1-to-1
ratio for about 10 years, but when
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Trustees back chancellor on the disputed faculty
loading formula.
Dr. Bruce Leslie and board Chair Gary Beitzel Tuesday Julysa Sosa
6 • Jan. 31, 2011 The RangerNews
the Banner system was imple-
mented, it showed the inconsis-
tency in work loads.
Leslie cited the board’s charge
for making thing’s equal “across
the district” as his basis for direct-
ing all colleges Aug. 25 to adhere
to a 2005 policy until the district is
able to carry out an analysis.
At Tuesday’s meeting, Leslie
said the college presidents were
supposed to enforce this policy.
Loston; Leslie; President Robert
Zeigler; Linda Bower-Owens, asso-
ciate vice chancellor of human
resources; and Dr. Federico
Zaragoza, vice chancellor of eco-
nomic and workforce develop-
ment; were asked to come into
executive session.
After the vote, James Rindfuss,
vice chairman and District 9 trust-
ee, said the trustees would uphold
the chancellor’s decision and count
labs two-thirds a lecture hour.
Faculty Senate President
George Johnson III could not
be reached for comment on the
board’s decision.
In other news, the board con-
gratulated Dr. Thomas Cleary, vice
chancellor for planning, perfor-
mance and information systems,
faculty and staff for enrolling
67,621 students this spring.
Cleary said Passport, the regis-
tration system used before Banner,
was labor and time intensive. He
said technology didn’t make a suc-
cessful spring registration, but fac-
ulty and staff made it successful.
Gary Beitzel, District 8 trustee
and chairman, said when they
approved purchasing Banner for $6
million in 2003, it took several years,
new staff at district and assistance
from faculty and staff to make this
successful.
District 1 trustee Joe Alderete
and Beitzel agreed that with Banner,
they could easily collect new data
and provide it to the state Legislature
and show how important commu-
nity colleges are to the country.
The board also approved Retha
Karnes, former associate general
counsel, to head district’s general
counsel. The board approved this
transition because Erik Dahler, for-
mer district director of legal affairs,
put in his formal resignation on
Jan. 18 to return to private practice.
The next regular board meeting
is scheduled for 6 p.m. Feb. 22 in
Room 101 of Killen Center at 201
W. Sheridan. For more information,
go to www.alamo.edu and click on
Board of Trustees and then Agendas.
Dr. Thomas Cleary presents on registration Tuesday. Julysa Sosa
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 5
The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 7News
By Zahra Farah
Trustees agreed Tuesday to consider a reso-
lution at their next meeting to oppose state
cuts in higher education and bills in the Texas
Legislature to allow handguns on campus.
These were among issues to be considered
by the 82nd Texas Legislature that concern
trustees.
The decision came after a presentation by
Leo Zuniga, associate vice chancellor of com-
munication, who reported that he and the dis-
trict’s legislative team met with three senators,
five representative and Speaker of the House Joe
Straus to discuss the district’s legislative agenda.
The committee consists of Chancellor
Bruce Leslie; Chair Gary Beitzel, District 8;
District 1 trustee Joe Alderete; District 5 trustee
Robert Zárate; and District 2 trustee Denver
McClendon.
The board expressed opposition to three pro-
posed bills related to licensed concealed hand-
guns on campuses, HB 86, SB 354 and HB 750.
The board also favored House Joint Resolution
56, a proposed constitutional amendment to
restrict the power of the Legislature to mandate
requirements on certain local governments,
which includes community colleges.
Also on the district’s agenda is to maintain
the current level of state and enrollment growth
funding. The team is also asking the Legislature
to use momentum points as incentives instead
of including them as part of formula funding.
The state keeps 10 percent of its formula
funding and disburses it based on increases in
graduation, student retention and transfer.
The legislative team is also advocating leg-
islation to guarantee access to universities for
community college graduates. They also want
a bill, which establishes a 50-cent matching
program for every dollar a community college
foundation raises. This encourages donations
to go toward community colleges, Zuniga said.
They are pushing for the six-course drop, the
“three-peat rule,” and unfunded mandates to be
eliminated.
The six-course drop rule means a first-time
college student cannot drop more than six
courses. The “three-peat rule” requires a stu-
dent who takes a course for the third time to
pay the out-of-state tuition rate for that course.
District 6 trustee Gene Sprague said to sup-
port these ideas, they need to present data
provided by Banner that shows the number
of students who graduate that stimulate the
economy.
“I want to send a message to the governor,”
Sprague said. “It’s raining outside; it’s time to
use the rainy day fund.”
There is $9 billion in Texas’ rainy day fund.
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By Melody Mendoza
Gateway to College student Lucy de
la Cruz, 18, has faced many hardships
growing up in a family of eight children.
The man she grew up calling father
turned out to be her stepfather. Her
biological father died two months before
she was born.
Then, she turned up pregnant, and,
like many young women in her position,
faced the gamut of family reactions.
Now, she is planning to place her first
baby with a local adoptive family.
“It really makes me smile knowing
I’m making the right decision,” de la
Cruz said. “I feel blessed being able to
have kids.”
De la Cruz said she knows it will be
hard, but she is happy.
“I talk to him,” she said as she looked
down at her belly and started tearing up.
“I tell him, ‘Mommy loves you and she’s
doing this for you.’”
She said her decision isn’t selfish; she
wants to keep the baby, but knows she
wouldn’t be able to provide.
“I need to look at the baby’s future,”
she said.
Although de la Cruz has a lot to look
forward to with delivery in March and
the subsequent adoption, she said she
will be graduating in May from this col-
lege’s program for at-risk high school
students and wants to enlist in the Army
and become a medic.
“I want to travel. I want to date. I
want to go out and come back when I
want,” de la Cruz said.
Gateway Instructor Tom Porter, one
of de la Cruz’s teachers, describes her as
responsible, engaging and wise.
“I teach authors like Viktor Frankl,
Anne Frank, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B.
DuBois,” Porter said. “I teach great figures
like them. Look at who’s making sacrifices
around us — that’s Lucy.”
Porter said de la Cruz took a leap of
faith by making this “incredible decision.”
Gateway to College student Lucy de la Cruz poses for a photo holding photos of Sherri and Chad Koppold and a sonogram of her unborn son, Ethan, whom the Koppolds will adopt. Alison Wadley
18-year-old chooses adoption
The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011• 9News
“I don’t know if you can teach that,” he said.
“To me, that’s what I learn from them (stu-
dents).”
Although de la Cruz believes she is making
the right decision, she struggles to get the sup-
port she needs from her family.
Her older brother and his wife, Luis and
Abby de la Cruz, have been more supportive of
her decision than others.
“I was so scared to tell Luis
… I look up to him the most,
even as a father,” she said. “He
was upset and stayed quiet.”
She said her brother called
her two days later and told her
she had options.
“Abortion wasn’t one of my
options,” she said.
She said she waited until
school started in the fall to
research adoption because she
didn’t want her mother to see what she was
doing.
Her brother also offered to get her informa-
tion about adoption.
“If you decide to keep this baby, you better
be a damn good mom,” de la Cruz repeated her
brother’s advice.
When de la Cruz thought about keeping the
baby, she said she was not happy.
She said as she weighed the possibilities, she
thought about her older sisters.
Since she came to San Antonio five years ago
from El Paso, de la Cruz said one of her sisters
got pregnant at the age of 19 and another at the
age of 16.
The minor’s child died at 4 months old.
Her 19-year-old sister lives with the child’s
father and is in an unhappy relationship.
De la Cruz said up until about a month ago,
she hadn’t talked to her mom, Imelda de la
Cruz, who doesn’t support her decision to place
the child up for adoption.
After three home pregnancy
tests last summer that read negative,
de la Cruz made a bewildering visit
to the hospital with her mom in tow.
“It was a big shock,” de la Cruz
said of learning of her pregnancy.
Her mom was happy to find out
her youngest daughter was preg-
nant and welcomed the idea of a
new grandchild.
The expectant mother said
she assumed her mom was happy
because of her affection for Logan
Fletcher, the baby’s father and de la Cruz’s then-
boyfriend of three years.
“It wasn’t the reaction I wanted,” she said.
She said although her stepfather was disap-
pointed, he offered his support.
After hiding the idea of adoption from her
parents for two weeks and avoiding her mom
for a few days, de la Cruz said she finally told
her mom.
“My mom kicked me out,” she said. “I cried
almost every other day.” She said she wishes her
mom had been stricter and easier to talk to. “I’m
scared to tell her things.”
De la Cruz said Fletcher wants to keep the
baby and stay together, but she said, “I don’t
want to use the baby as an excuse to stay
together.”
She said although Fletcher wanted to work
things out, he agreed to the adoption and signed
adoption papers.
After much thought, de la Cruz said she
decided adoption was best for her child and
met with Jennifer Simmons, a counselor from
Adoption Angels Inc., 115 Fredericksburg Road,
where she quickly became comfortable.
Simmons said she relates with young girls
because “I placed my daughter for adoption
when I was 17. I was not ready to be a full-
fledged mother.”
Simmons said she wanted to work in this
field to share her story and let women know
they have options.
She said the agency is for anyone who needs
help or has questions, and that they assist with
other options besides adoption.
After three visits with an adoption counselor,
filling out paperwork and searching through
books of families, de la Cruz found Sherri and
Chad Koppold, the adoptive parents.
“They are everything I want,” de la Cruz said.
“They live around family and friends, they have
a lot of land. That’s how I lived — on a rancho.”
Sherri Koppold said, “We’d always thought of
adopting when we got married. When we found
out there were fertility issues, we knew it was
meant to be.”
Koppold said she and her husband met in
a biology class of 300 students at Texas State
University-San Marcos.
“Our professor put us in alphabetical order
and we just happened to sit next to each other,”
she said.
After almost eight years of marriage, Koppold
said she and her husband started seriously
looking at adoption agencies in January 2010.
“We fell in love with Adoption Angels,” she
said.
Come October, the couple met the expectant
mother for the first time.
“It was a relief. She is so adorable and such a
sweet person,” Koppold said of de la Cruz.
Koppold said she and her husband chose
Ethan as the baby’s name and asked de la Cruz
to choose the baby’s middle name.
Koppold said de la Cruz chose Fernando,
after de la Cruz’s biological father who died two
months before she was born.
The Texas adoption law states that open
adoptions should be decided between the birth
mother and adoptive parents.
Koppold said she wants de la Cruz to be in
the picture. “This is a bond for life.”
Lucy De la Cruz in her college transitions class Tuesday. Melody Mendoza
“This is a bond for life.”Sherri Koppoldadoptive mother
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BY MEGAN MARES
James Oldham Wallace, fondly
known as J.O., professor emeritus
and past director of learning resourc-
es, died Jan. 16 at the age of 93.
He was well-known and respect-
ed in the library community locally
and nationally, Dr. Alice Johnson,
dean of learning resources, said.
Friends and family gathered Jan.
20 for a memorial at Porter Loring
Mortuary. The funeral service was
Jan. 21 at First Baptist Church.
Wallace graduated from
Brackenridge High School and
attended San Antonio College.
He graduated from St. Mary’s
University summa cum laude with
a Bachelor of Arts and Master of
Arts. He earned a Master of Library
Science from Our Lady of the Lake
University.
Wallace taught in three public
schools and spent 35 years at this
college before retiring in 1984.
A life member of the Bexar
Library Association, Texas Library
Association and American Library
Association, Wallace served as
president of the Bexar Library
Association from 1951-52 and
president of the Texas Library
Association in 1983.
He received awards from state
and national library organizations
for his work and, in 2002, as a Texas
Library champion. He supervised
a library technology program that
included two workshops for Air
Force library technical employees.
Library Chair Candace Peterson
said, “I was most impressed by J.O.
because he was such a leader in
the field.”
Lupe Serna, a learning resource
specialist, said Wallace encouraged
her to continue library technology
classes here. “Personally, I recall the
time I had my daughter. He was
carrying her around. That’s the kind
of man he was. He took the time to
carry around my daughter when
she was born. He will be missed.”
An 80-year member of First
Baptist Church, he was the church
historian and parliamentarian. Its
library, with which he worked for
70 years, was named in his honor.
The oldest child of James
Vance Wallace Sr. and Violet Edyth
Oldham, he was born Sept. 22,
1917, on Goliad Street, on what is
now the Institute of Texan Cultures.
At the age of 30, Wallace mar-
ried Lillie Ruth Franklin, who
preceded him in death in June.
They had three daughters: Carolyn
Denning, Frances Peterson and
Thelma Pittman.
“I grew up at SAC,” Denning
said. “I remember I would always
go to basketball games with him.
Oh, and the library. It was built
when I was in middle school, but
I remember always going to the
library with him.”
Librarian Tina Petimezas recalled
a small group of faculty sent flowers
to a hospitalized Wallace last year.
“He called me to say thank you,” she
said. “He was 92 years old, and he
said that was the first time in his life
that he received flowers.”
Wallace recalled as leader in library science
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By Zahra Farah
The outside auditing firm Ernst & Young,
which audited Alamo Colleges for 2009-10, pro-
duced recommendations to tighten processes.
At the Jan. 18 Audit, Budget and Finance
Committee, Diane Snyder, vice chancellor for
finance and administration, said she and the
vice chancellors have created an action plan to
counteract problems noted by Ernst & Young.
The auditors wrote there was “no tracking or
monitoring of changes to the Banner system”
and too many individuals had access to the
system. They recommended only one person
should have internal controls over Banner.
There was also no tracking or monitoring
of changes to the Banner system and the pass-
word to the IT account had not been changed
for several years, so IT professionals no longer
employed potentially still had access.
Dr. Thomas Cleary, vice chancellor for plan-
ning, performance and information systems,
said he agrees with most of the firm’s findings
but didn’t agree that only one person should
have access to Banner’s entire system.
Four individuals had unlimited access to
the entire system, but because of the audit on
security, it was limited to two people.
Cleary said, “They don’t understand our
environment and staffing level.” He said four
people were needed because of the high volume
of students using Banner. When control was
reduced to two, and those people were out of
the office, delays occurred.
Cleary also disagreed with the auditors when
they said Banner had no way of tracking chang-
es made to the system. Cleary said Banner could
track itself, but the department has to improve
recording it. He said duties and passwords have
been changed to increase security.
Snyder said the district needs to tighten
controls and work together for more efficiency
rather than waiting for something to go wrong.
The auditors had a list of recommenda-
tions for the center for student information,
which reports to the vice chancellor for student
success. The report said student drops were
not being reported to the U.S. Department
of Education within a required 45-day win-
dow. Students who are no longer full-time are
required to repay federal financial aid.
Dr. Adelina Silva said, in the past, when stu-
dents dropped, it was reported at the college;
this year, it’s being accumulated at CSI.
She said she plans to run reports daily
instead of at the end of the semester. Late
reporting drops was a second offense.
The auditors also randomly verified 25 stu-
dents’ financial aid applications and found
errors in four: incomplete, missing or incongru-
ent tax documents.
This year, the state randomly selected 19,118
students for review, and Silva said each is now
being double-checked. Disbursements includ-
ed $97 million in Pell Grants and $137 million
in student aid.
Auditor suggests better management ideasEducation Department wants
change in drop reporting.
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By DaviD Espinoza
For those who get cold sweats at the slightest
mention of math, fear not.
Labs in the department of mathematics and
computer science are open for this semester.
The developmental lab in Room 121 of
McCreless Hall offers tutoring for MATH 0300,
Basic Mathematics, through MATH 1314,
College Algebra.
The lab, open 9 a.m.-7:30 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, offers overnight textbook and tuto-
rial DVD checkouts, as well as worksheets with
optional answer keys.
Up to three tutors are available at any given
time, lab educational skills specialist Steve
Ochoa said.
Group tutoring is also available to students
who sign up in advance.
Additionally, students can take advantage of
the calculus lab in Room 124 of McCreless for
tutoring in classes from MATH 1314, College
Algebra, to MATH 2415, Calculus 3.
The calculus lab is open 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m.-1 p.m.
Friday and Saturday.
Individual as well as group tutoring is
offered without prior arrangement, Chair Said
Fariabi said.
Up to two tutors will be available at any
given time in the calculus lab.
Textbooks are available for in-room use only;
DVD and textbook checkouts are not available
in the calculus lab.
For more information, call the mathematics
and computer science department at 210-486-
0270.
Tutoring, books, DVDs available in math labsIndividual and group tutoring offered six days each week
in two labs.
Dan Rather on campus ThursdayBy Laura Garcia
Dan Rather was a household
name to many in his heyday. After
the legendary Walter Cronkite
stepped down in 1981, CBS Evening
News gave Rather the chief anchor
position. For 24 years, he reported
on the world from that chair.
The college nabbed one of the
biggest names in journalism for a
speech and Q-and-A session at 7
p.m. Thursday in the auditorium
of McAllister Fine Arts Center. The
doors open at 6 p.m. for the free
event open to the public.
Organizers expect the Texas
native to draw a crowd of 1,200
and plan for overflow in the Fiesta
Room of Loftin Student Center. The
speech will be shown on monitors
for viewers not lucky enough to
find a seat in the nearly 1,000-seat
auditorium.
This event is sponsored by
the Fine Arts and Cultural Events
Series, or FACES, which brought
Olympic medalist and San Antonio
native Josh Davis to kick off this
college’s 85th anniversary celebra-
tion in September.
Dr. Alice Johnson, dean of learn-
ing resources and chair of FACES,
said the committee and President
Robert Zeigler also selected Rather
for the college’s anniversary.
The committee also brought
former San Antonio College stu-
dent and ABC news anchor John
Quiñones and Animal Planet’s Jeff
Corwin in 2009; documentarian
Morgan Spurlock of “Super Size
Me” in 2008; actor and community
activist Edward James Olmos in
2007; feminist Gloria Steinem and
environmental advocate Robert F.
Kennedy Jr. in 2006.
The Ranger reported Feb. 19,
2009, that the committee receives a
$25,000 allocation annually from the
president’s office to produce colleg-
ewide events throughout the year.
No money was allocated in
the last fiscal year, said Martha
Castro, administrative secretary in
Johnson’s office.
This event will cost the college
$40,000, which includes a one-
hour speech, 15-minute Q-and-A
and a VIP reception following the
event.
The reception is limited to
those who received an invitation
and is closed to the general public.
Zeigler said during a College
Council meeting that the funds to
pay for the speaker came from the
85th anniversary fund.
Rather is also recording a voice
drop for the college radio sta-
tion KSYM 90.1, something that
Quiñones did when he visited.
“I’m very excited,” Castro said.
“I think it’s a wonderful opportu-
nity for the community to see him
and hear him.”
She said she has fielded several
calls every day about the journal-
ist’s appearance and if that’s any
indication, they expect a full house.
Johnson said they expect an
older crowd will attend the speech.
But most students should at
least recognize the name of the
former TV anchor and CBS man-
aging editor from his 40 years in
network news.
He is known for his quirky style
and “Ratherisms,” used mostly
during election coverage, such as
“hotter than a Laredo parking lot,”
“shakier than cafeteria Jell-O,” and
“don’t bet the trailer money on it
yet.”
Rather was born Oct. 31, 1931,
in Wharton. While in college, he
started his journalism career as an
Associated Press reporter in 1950.
In 1953, Rather earned a bachelor’s
degree in journalism from Sam
Houston State Teachers College,
now Sam Houston State University
in Huntsville.
He gained experience in radio,
TV and newspaper in Houston
until he landed a job with CBS
in Dallas and the chief postion in
New Orleans.
Rather covered every presiden-
tial campaign since 1960 and inter-
viewed every U.S. president from
Dwight D. Eisenhower to George
W. Bush.
He also interviewed inter-
national leaders including for-
mer Soviet statesman Mikhail
Gorbachev in Moscow’s Red
Square and Fidel Castro in Havana.
Many remember where they were
on Sept. 11, 2001, when the World
Trade Center and the Pentagon were
attacked by terrorists.
Rather stayed on the air for 18
hours bringing news of the begin-
ning of a war on terror to millions.
Two months before the 2004
presidential election, Rather faced
controversy when he narrated a
report that Bush may have received
special treatment while serving in
the Texas Air National Guard dur-
ing the Vietnam War.
The CBS network later said they
couldn’t authenticate the docu-
ments used in the report, and six
months later, Rather retired from
CBS Evening News.
He later told CNN’s Larry King
that he was forced to step down
from his position and defends his
right to investigative reporting and
the integrity in news.
Currently, Rather appears in
“Dan Rather Reports” on HDNet.
14 • Jan. 31, 2011 The RangerPremiere
BY MEGAN MARES
The bands Disturbed and Korn are headlin-
ing the “Monster Energy Music as a Weapon”
tour coming to town Feb. 9 at Illusions Theatre
in the Alamodome.
In a phone interview Tuesday, Disturbed
drummer Mike Wengren said the song “Another
Way to Die” is about global warming.
With a recurring theme of what has been
and what will be both politically and ecologi-
cally, Disturbed’s latest album “Asylum” is not
meant to make activists out of the four band
members.
“It’s more about awareness,” he said. “We
are getting older, we have kids and we want the
world to be a great place for them.”
Wengren said to be environmentally sensi-
tive, cutbacks and changes have been made on
tour, such as recycling, cutting back from six to
four touring trucks to save on emissions and
selling T-shirts made from recycled materials.
The song “Never Again,” also on “Asylum”
was inspired by Jewish lead singer David
Draiman’s family, who were victims of the
Holocaust in Nazi Germany in World War II.
“I believe David’s grandmother is still living,”
Wengren said. “But the survivors (of the holo-
caust) are dying of old age.”
When asked about his concern for younger
generations and what their future might be,
Wengren said it is important to look back at his-
tory and learn from it.
“Another Way to Die” says “our future is fad-
ing” and is left on the shoulders of leaders in
years to come.
“I think it is human to make mistakes,” he
said. “But we should learn from them and make
a change.”
To make changes, awareness is vital,
Wengren said. “If you’re not watching the
news, there is something wrong.”
For more information about the upcoming
show and tickets, log on to www.disturbed1.
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The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 15Black History Month
By Jennifer M. ytuarte
Society tends to sanitize his-
torical events, but for change
to occur the focus must remain
on injustice, Trinity University’s
speaker for its Martin Luther King
Jr. Commemorative Lecture said
Jan. 19.
Parents omit rebellious or irre-
sponsible actions from tales of their
youth, painting instead a standard
of perfection their children then
use to measure self-worth.
“We as a society must be mature
enough to acknowledge the past
without being prisoner to it,” Marc
Lamont Hill of Teachers College at
Columbia University said.
Hill is a founding board mem-
ber of My5th, a nonprofit orga-
nization educating youth about
legal rights, and works with the
American Civil Liberties Union
Drug Reform Project.
In 2001, he started a literacy
project that uses hip-hop culture
to increase school engagement and
reading skills among high school
students. In 2005, Ebony magazine
named Hill one of America’s top 30
black leaders under 30 years old.
“We all come together today for
the purpose of change,” he said.
His audience defined diversity.
Students and teachers, young and
old sat side by side captivated by
Hill’s message. “To see the commu-
nity engaged is a great way to move
the social justice ball forward,” he
said.
“To honor the legacy of Martin
Luther King Jr., we have to admire
progress, growth and maturation
of the American democratic sys-
tem,” Hill said. “But at the same
time, we have to keep the limelight
on injustice.”
In line with King’s legacy, Hill
said three ideas could bring a
revolution: careful remembrance,
brave action and relentless hope.
The current generation views
the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. as the grand patriarch of the
Civil Rights struggle — the corner-
stone, he said. “Our children don’t
understand the injustice he fought
against.”
Young people assume King
was loved by all, respected by his
elders and loved by both blacks
and whites alike, he said. “After all,
he has his own holiday. He must
have been like today’s movie stars,”
Hill joked.
In reality, after speaking out
against the Vietnam War in 1967,
King lost popularity.
Exactly one year later, he died
an enemy of the state, as an out-
cast.
Hill said the current generation
forgets the brutality Americans
faced during the struggle for equal-
ity.
This generation doesn’t live in
segregation or with a fear of per-
secution.
He said people erase memo-
ries of tear gas, attack dogs, picket
lines and the use of force against
unarmed protesters.
“We mute our own voice!” Hill
said, pounding the podium with
his fist. “It is our job to reclaim it.”
Hill said people talk about the
Taliban and shun foreign terrorists,
yet the United States has the Ku
Klux Klan and neo-Nazis, who use
violence to terrorize and spread
their hate-filled messages. “We
have to own our story.”
Hill said the seedbed for change
begins on college campuses, not-
ing there has never been a revo-
lutionary movement that did not
have the strength and unity of
young people. He continued, the
youth of America are screaming
out for change.
Hill is the author with Gloria
Ladson-Billings of “Beats, Rhymes,
and Classroom Life: Hip-Hop
Pedagogy and the Politics of
Identity,” and he is co-editor of
“Media, Learning, and Sites of
Possibility” and “The Anthropology
of Education Reader.”
He is completing manuscripts
titled “Knowledge of Self: Race,
Masculinity and the Politics of
Reading” and “You Ain’t Heard It
From Me: Snitching, Rumors and
Other People’s Business in Hip-
Hop America.”
Hill told his Trinity audience
that students need to ask critical
questions of like-minded individu-
als, not just their enemies.
“We are writing a check to
uphold our constitutional rights.
It cannot be returned with nonsuf-
ficient funds,” he said.
“Democracy is not a noun; it is
a verb. We need to force America to
live up to its promise.”
Hill said society must play an
active part in children’s future. The
community must mentor, guide,
teach and love.
He said for the population to
do the footwork and take the lead
requires nothing of Congress.
Communities must ignore race
and work together to mold future
generations.
Never scale down a dream with
disappointments, he said. Instead,
have the courage to say, “I do not
want to be what I once was.”
Hill said, “Freedom is only co-
signed in ink; it is signed by the
blood of those who died before
it.”
Society needs to imagine a bet-
ter future and believe in it enough
to fight for it, he said.
After Hill’s remarks, fifth-grader
Omari Matthews sitting next to the
Rev. Otis Mitchell, whispered into
his pastor’s ear, “I can.”
Imagine socially just future, but recall injustices, author saysAnthropology professor uses hip-hop to increase
reading skills.
Marc Lamont Hill says to stop sanitizing history. Jennifer Ytuarte
16 • The Ranger Martin Luther King Jr. March
The St. Philip’s College step team, Jungle Boogie, and cheer team during the 24th Martin Luther King Jr. March Jan. 17 on Martin Luther King Drive. Tyler K. Cleveland
Sharing King’s inspirationBy Zahra Farah and Megan Mares
During the civil rights movement when people marched for equality
they often faced tear gas, water hoses and beatings.
Today, this generation honors those people.
More than 400 people from seven religions gathered Jan. 16, the eve
of the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at First Presbyterian
Church for the 24th annual Citywide Interfaith Worship Service to com-
memorate King’s ideals.
Dr. Adena Williams Loston, president of St. Philip’s College, was the fea-
tured speaker of the night. She was introduced by Dr. Rajam Ramamurthy
from the Hindu Temple of San Antonio, as someone who has lived a life
modeled on the values set by King more than 40 years ago.
The following day, about 100 SPC faculty, students and friends came
together dressed in blue caps and black St. Philip’s shirts at the Martin
Luther King Drive campus to celebrate San Antonio’s 24th Annual MLK
March and Commemorative Program, the largest march in the country.
Like Mahatma Ghandi, King worked for peace and equality for all using
techniques such as nonviolent resistance, which was remembered at the
service and continued as the message of the march.
At last year’s Martin Luther King Jr. March, an individual was shot; this
year, King’s message meant even more.
“Men often hate each other because they fear each other; they fear each
other because they don’t know each other,” King said in “Stride Toward
Freedom,” his 1958 memoir of the Montgomery bus boycott. “They don’t
know each other because they cannot communicate; they cannot commu-
nicate because they are separated.”
At Sunday’s service, Loston said when society looks back at King, no one
Jan. 31, 2011 • 17Martin Luther King Jr. March
The St. Philip’s College step team, Jungle Boogie, and cheer team during the 24th Martin Luther King Jr. March Jan. 17 on Martin Luther King Drive. Tyler K. Cleveland
Sharing King’s inspirationthinks about his weight, size, home, how much money he had in his wallet
or how much money he made. They talk about his dream and his journey.
Speaking of her own journey through life, Loston recalled the way
things were when she was a child.
She asked the crowd to notice if the person they were sitting next to was
of a different race.
The service included Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindu, Buddhists,
Baha’i and Sikhs who assembled and worshiped as one.
“It wasn’t permitted when I was in school,” she said. “We had water
fountains that said ‘For White Only’ or ‘For Colored Only.’ I was colored,
still am.”
She paused than laughed with the rest of the crowd but continued, “Dr.
King wanted change; change meant opportunity.”
Loston is a graduate of Alcorn State University, a historically black col-
lege, where she received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1973.
The following year she received a master’s degree and in 1979 a doctor-
ate from Bowling Green State University.
Loston also attended the Institute for Educational Management at
Harvard University in 1996, Oxford Roundtable at Oxford University in
2001 and the Wharton School of Business in 2005.
When she worked for NASA as chief education officer, Loston was the
highest ranked African-American woman.
Loston served as the second president of San Jacinto College in
Pasadena and was the first African-American president there.
“Dr. King inspired me,” Loston said. “I encourage you to have Martin’s
journey continue now through your footsteps.”
CONTINUED ON PAGE 18
18 • Jan. 31, 2011 The Ranger
Auxilary Bishop Oscar Cantu of the
Archdiocese of San Antonio said it’s important
for people to come to the service because of the
history of the country, and the division of races
coming together in the name of King shows that
his intentions did not go without merit.
“Today we honored him as a man of God and
justice,” he said.
Loston marched with her students, as they
continued to honor King at the three-mile trek,
which started at MLK Freedom Bridge at 3500
MKL Drive and ended at Pittman-Sullivan Park
at 1101 Iowa St.
This year, roughly 100,000 participated,
march organizers said.
The theme of the 2011 march was “Dr. King’s
Dream: For One, For All.”
Loston remembered growing up in
Mississippi where water fountains and rest-
rooms were segregated.
Her high school graduating class of 1970 was
the last segregated class there.
Loston said she didn’t attend classes with
white students until she attended graduate
school in 1974.
Today is “a true coming together of diversi-
ties and strengthening of talents,” she said.
John Martin, associate student life director
at St. Philip’s College, said unlike people march-
ing in the 1950s and 1960s, “we don’t have to
face dogs and rocks.”
Some of the students who participated
in the march were from St. Philip’s Phi Theta
Kappa, African-American Men on the Move,
Jungle Boogie step team and cheer.
“It’s a way to connect with our ancestral
roots,” Martin said. Students are marching as
a college for the rights given to them by those
who fought for their civil liberties, he said.
On the morning of the march, King’s “I Have
a Dream” speech played in the background
while students ate breakfast and made posters.
Jungle Boogie captain Sherman and Latasha
Walker, psychology sophomore and co-captain,
led the step team into breakout performances
during the march.
St. Philip’s cheerleaders were dressed in blue
and silver and performed basket tosses.
Julius Green, business administration soph-
omore and member of African-American Men
on the Move, participated to show a positive
outlook on young African-American men.
The goal of the organization is to empower
African-American men academically and push
them to stay in school.
Green said a lot of young African-American
men come from single parent homes and don’t
have the home support they need.
District 7 trustee Blakely Fernandez with her
husband and two children joined the St. Philip’s
group. “It’s an honor to be with St. Philip’s,
which is the heart of the East Side,” she said.
Throughout the march, signs blocked the
view of the sky with motivational messages like
“My future is unlimited. Thank you, Dr. King.”
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 17
Dr. Adena Williams Loston, president of St. Philip’s College, walks Jan. 17 with Aliya Marta, 6, during the 24th Martin Luther King Jr. March. Photos by Tyler K. Cleveland
Alvaro Aquilar and Andrea Nicholas join in prayer Jan. 17 at Pittman-Sullivan Park after the three-mile march.
Go online for a slideshow of the event
The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 19Black History Month
By Dana Lynn TraugoTT
St. Mary’s University observes Black History
Month with an exhibition of two local African-
American artists’ work.
John Coleman, a 70-year-old artist, will be
displaying 20 paintings ranging from portraits
to social and political issues and some exper-
iments with modernism and cubism.
Doc Spellmon’s work, vivid and rich in
color, focuses on African-American daily
life. For example, one piece displayed a
field scene in which some are washing clothes
in a river and others are cultivating the land;
another focused on a slave ship.
The exhibition hangs through Feb. 17
in the Louis J. Blume Library in the cen-
ter of the university campus.
A reception 4 p.m.-5:30 p.m. Feb.
17 closes the exhibit. Guests will be
able to meet the artists.
“It’s going to be a fine experi-
ence,” said fine arts Chair Brian St.
John, a 21-year veteran of St. Mary’s and
a San Antonio College alumnus.
There is no admission for either event and they are
open to the public. For information, call 210-436-3011
or log on to www.stmarytx.edu/humanities.
By VaLDemar TejaDa
Kicking off the Black History Month Celebration
will be Dr. Tani Sanchez, an Africana studies
professor at the University of Arizona,
addressing “Civil War to Now” 10:50
a.m.–noon Thursday in the Fiesta
Room of Loftin Student Center.
Sanchez will discuss perceptions and visual and theatri-
cal imagery of African-Americans and relate them to racism
and how African-Americans were treated and the signifi-
cance of what happened back then. “This is to increase
the opportunity for people to know how our society is
a mosaic and how African Americans are a significant
portion in the mosaic,” Sanchez said.
“African-Americans and the Civil War” is the
theme for this year’s Black History Month cel-
ebration. For a full listing of events on this cam-
pus and elsewhere, see Page 20.
For more information, contact Wanda Lee
Smith, co-chair of the Black History Month
Committee, at 210-486-1006 or e-mail wsmith@
alamo.edu.
Among other events, “Black Photographers” doc-
uments African-American lives between the Civil War
in the 1860s to the Jazz Age in the 1920s.
Art Professor Marleen Hoover will present at 9:25 a.m. Feb. 9 in
the visual arts gallery at 950 Lewis St. Hoover said many people
are not familiar with any black artists of the early 1900s. “When
people think of artists back then, how many people think of a
black artist first?” she said.
“‘Black Photographers’ will educate students on who
the famous African-American photographers are and what
they did in life,” she said. For more information, call Hoover
at 486-1035 or e-mail mhoover@alamo.edu.
The 22nd annual African-American Read-In Celebration
of “The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass” pro-
motes literacy and knowledge of African-American
writers.
English Professor Janice Clayton said she believes
students at this college are very sincere people who
are interested in the history and culture of American
life. “Of course, some students are going to say, ‘Oh, I
hate reading’ but deep down inside, they are inspired
by literature,” Clayton said.
Students in Clayton’s English classes will read autobiogra-
phies followed by a Q-&-A and reception.
The read-in is 10:50 a.m.-12:05 p.m. Feb. 22 in the craft room of Loftin Student Center.
For more information, call Clayton at 486-0661 or e-mail jclayton@alamo.edu.
College events focus on figures from Civil War to Jazz Age
Black History Month kicks off at 10:50 a.m. Thursday in Loftin.
Meet artist at St. Mary’s reception.
Juan Carlos Campos
20 • Jan. 31, 2011 The RangerBlack History Month
Tuesday
SPC Event: Opening ceremony with
Dr. Morris Stribling, at 9:15 a.m. in the
Heritage Room. Call 210 486-2887.
SPC Event: Meet-the-artist reception
with John A. Coleman’s art exhibition at
3 p.m. in the Morgan Gallery. Call 210
486-2887.
Thursday
SAC Lecture: “Civil War to Now” with Dr.
Tani Sanchez from the University of Arizona
from 10:50 a.m.-noon in the Fiesta Room
of Loftin. Call 210-486-1006.
Event: Dreaming with the Ancestors:
Black Seminole Women in Texas and
Mexico 6:00 p.m. at Witte Museum. $5
for members and students; $10 for non-
members. Call 210-357-1910
February 9
SPC Event: Main
campus blood drive
from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.
Call 210-486-2887.
SAC Lecture:
“Black Photographers: Documenting
African-American Lives form the Civil War
to the Jazz Age” at 9:25 a.m.-9:50 a.m.
in the visual arts center gallery. Call 210-
486-1035.
SPC Event: Soul Food Luncheon 11
a.m.-1 p.m. at Southwest Campus. Call
210 486-2887.
February 5
UTSA Event: “Teach Me Tuesday: Tales
of the Soul” a UTSA student will talk about
his life in Africa and in the United States.
At noon in Durango Building student activi-
ties center at the downtown campus. Call
210- 458-4770.
Feb. 6
UTSA Event: Movie Night: “Amistad.” at
7 p.m. in University Center Denman Room,
1604 Campus. Call 210- 458-4770.
Feb. 10
SPC Lecture: Relevance of African-
American history in the 21st century with
speaker Lasana Hotep at 6 p.m. in the
Heritage Room. Call 210-486-2887.
SAC Event: Buffalo
Soldiers from 10 a.m.-
noon. Outside courtyard.
Call Dr. Erik Anderson,
210-486-1104.
Feb. 11
SAC Event: “Storyteller in the African
Tradition: Toni Simmons” from 10:50 a.m.-
noon. For location call 210- 486-0589.
Feb. 13
SPC Concert: 2011 San Antonio
Symphony-in-Residence with Damon
Gupton, guest conductor. Continues
through Feb. 19 in Watson Fine Arts
Center. Call 210 486-2887.
Feb. 14
SAC Event: HIV testing 9 a.m.-1 p.m. in
Room 119 of Chance. Call
210 486-1460.
SPC Event:
Southwest Campus
Blood Drive from 3
p.m.-7 p.m. Call
210 486-2887.
Feb. 15
SAC Event: A Taste of Soul, 11 a.m.-1
p.m. in Loftin. Call 210-486-0589.
NLC Event: Painted Plate Party to create
an African Vase from 11:30 a.m.—1 p.m.
in Room 136 of STCM Commons. Call
210-486-5000.
Feb. 20
SPC Concert: San Antonio Youth Wind
Ensemble with Albert Aguilar, resident
conductor and Damon Gupton, guest con-
ductor at 2:30 p.m. in Watson Fine Arts
Center. Call 210 486-2887.
Feb. 21
SAC Concert: Regency Jazz Band, 11
a.m.-1 p.m. in Loftin. Call 210-486-1035.
UTSA Concert: “Soulful Showcase,” a
gospel concert sponsored by the UTSA
office of student activities. Call Buena
Vista Theatre, Downtown Campus for time,
210- 458-4770.
NLC Concert: African drum & dance pre-
sentation 11a.m.-12:30 p.m. Commons in
the cafeteria. Call 210-486-5000.
Feb. 22
SPC Disscussion: Military Perspective
“The Civil War to Present Day” panel dis-
cussion 10:45 a.m.-noon in the Heritage
Room. Call 210 486-2887.
SAC Event: African-American Read-in
Celebration of “The Narrative of the
Life of Frederick Douglass” 10:50 a.m.-
12:05 p.m. in the craft room of Loftin. Call
210-486-0661.
Feb. 23
UTSA Event: Fourth Annual
Black Heritage Ball at 6 p.m.
“Stand Up and Be Counted.”
Tickets are required. University
Center Denman Room at
1604 Campus. Call 210- 458-
4770.
Feb. 25
SPC Event: 70s Soul Train
Alumni Scholarship Dance from 7 p.m.-
2 a.m. at Old San Juan Restaurant &
Discotek. Call 210 486-2887.
Feb. 28
SPC Event: The Woolworth Experience
from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Tiger Café. Call
210 486-2887.
Calendar Legend
SAC: San Antonio CollegeNVC: Northwest Vista CollegeSPC: St. Philip’s CollegeSWC: Southwest CampusPAC: Palo Alto CollegeNLC: Northeast Lakeview College
Singer Harry Belfonte leads a 1960 Harvard student protest against lunch counter segre-gation outside a Woolworth in Cambridge, Mass. AccuNet/AP Images
The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 21
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The Ranger 22 • Jan. 31, 2011 Premiere
By James anthony salamé
Although most people don’t like
to admit it, and some may not
believe in them, many find them-
selves checking the horoscope sec-
tion of newspapers or magazines.
Some are curious about influ-
ences on a career path, love life, or
risks that should be taken.
A “new” 13th zodiac sign,
Ophiuchus, that the general public
wasn’t aware of, means not only
some signs, but the advice that
comes with it, have changed.
Professor Parke Kunkle,
an astronomy professor at
Minneapolis Community and
Technical College, piqued a report-
er’s interest in Ophiuchus, pro-
nounced Ooh-FEE-yew-kus.
Kunkle didn’t discover anything
new, but the reporter focused on
it, creating a buzz all over newspa-
pers and the Internet.
Ophiuchus is a constellation of
a man holding a serpent, repre-
sentative of a healer with a knowl-
edge of medicine. Ophiuchus is
the only sign associated with a real
person, known to the Greeks as
Serpentarius, the god Asclepius,
son of Apollo.
Although many think
Ophiuchus is a new sign, it has
always been a part of the zodiac.
“It’s always been there, and
I don’t know why they are just
bringing this up now,” Astronomy
Professor Alfred Alaniz said.
The moon’s gravitational pull
has caused the Earth and the Sun’s
alignment to change and will con-
tinue to do so for the approxi-
mately 26,000 years it takes the sun
to transit the entire zodiac, he said.
Kunkle described the result-
ing misalignment as the Earth’s
“wobble” to the Minneapolis Star
Tribune.
Alaniz said he has always taught
the 13th constellation of the zodiac
to his classes.
“I’ve been waiting for this
semester to teach this due to the
growing interest of the students,”
he said. “They asked about it on
the very first day of class.”
Alaniz showed a star map that
showed the short transit the sun
makes across the “foot” of the con-
stellation.
The Babylonians discarded
Ophiuchus from the zodiac to keep
it to 12 signs. The transit across
the constellations Scorpio and Leo
are also short, but they made the
Babylonians’ cut.
Psychology Professor James
Cook said there is no scientific evi-
dence to support astrology.
This is all a form of “confirmation
bias,” a term that explains “when we
only want to remember the evidence
that supports our beliefs.”
He said a gambler might believe
that a specific routine will help him
win big money.
So, does this mean your zodiac
tattoo is wrong, and you have been
following the wrong sign?
It depends on individual’s spe-
cific beliefs. While those who have
always been Leos, may want to stay
a Leo, they may read that they have
characteristics of a Cancer.
Some zodiac dates overlap.
For example, someone born Dec.
17 falls under Ophiuchus and
Sagittarius. This overlap, a cusp, is
when the Sun’s path is exiting from
one sign, but entering another.
In astrology terms, it means you
share the characteristics of both
signs, maybe one sign more than
the other.
Better check both.
New sign may lead to identity crisisConstellation Ophiuchus makes a comeback after
two millennia.
Zodiac signsSigns Original dates New datesAries March 19- April 19 April 18- May 23Taurus April 20- May 20 May 13- June 21Gemini May 21- June 20 June 21- July 20Cancer June 21- July 22 July 20- Aug. 10Leo July 23- Aug. 22 Aug. 10- Sept. 16Virgo Aug. 23- Sept. 22 Sept. 16- Oct. 30Libra Sept. 23- Oct. 22 Oct. 30- Nov. 23Scorpio Oct. 23- Nov. 21 Nov. 23- Nov. 29Ophiuchus None Nov. 29- Dec. 17Sagittarius Nov. 22- Dec. 21 Dec. 17- Jan. 20Capricorn Dec. 22- Jan. 19 Jan. 20- Feb. 16 Aquarius Jan. 20- Feb. 18 Feb. 16- March 11Pisces Feb. 19- March 20 March 11- April 18Source: Minnesota Planetarium Society
Alexandra Nelipa
The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 23Calendar
Today
SAC Sports: Women’s volleyball try-
outs from 4:30 p.m.-6 p.m. in Gym 1 of
Candler. Call 210-486-0125.
Wednesday
SAC Concert: Faculty Potpourri “New
Beginnings” at noon in auditorium of
McAllister. Call 210-486-0255.
SAC Exhibit: San Antonio Visual Artists
Gallery at Rivercenter mall exhibits student
photos 6 p.m.-8 p.m. Continues until the
middle of February Fridays and Saturdays
noon-6 p.m.
SAC Event: Wild West Rodeo Roundup 9
a.m.-2 p.m. in the mall. Call 210-486-0125.
Thursday
Event: “Year of the Rabbit Asian New
Year” Institute of World Culture in Marian
Ballroom from 11:20 a.m.-2 p.m. Call
210-832-2174.
Saturday
SAC Concert: Sean Forbes of D-PAN/
Deaf Professional Arts Network at 7 p.m.
in McAllister auditorium. Free with SAC ID,
$5 general admission. Call 210-486-1111.
Feb. 9.
SAC Lecture: “Sexual Health and
Condom Awareness” by William Sandburg
from University Health from 11 a.m.- noon
in the craft room in Loftin. Call 210-486-
0125.
Feb. 10
Event: Jennifer Pozner, author of “Reality
Bites Back: The Troubling Truth About
Guilty-Pleasure TV,” 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at Twig
Bookstore, 200 E. Grayson. Call 210-
826-6411.
SAC Play: “Chemical Imbalance: A Jekyll
& Hyde Play” 7:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. in
McCreless theater. $2 with SAC ID, staff
and faculty. General admission $10. Call
210-486-0487.
Feb. 11
SAC Concert: Acoustic, folk and indie
artist J. Meridian 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the
Fiesta Room of Loftin. Call 210-486-0125.
SAC Event: Second Friday Artwalk with
Tobin Hill Art Alliance begins in visual arts
6 p.m.-10 p.m.
Feb. 14
SAC Dance: Chinese dance group 1
p.m.-2 p.m. in the Fiesta Room of Loftin.
Call 210-486-0125.
SAC Event: HIV testing 9 a.m.-2 p.m.
in Room 119 of Chance. Continues
Wednesday. Call 210-486-0222.
Feb. 15
SAC Event: A Taste of Soul, 11 a.m.- 1
p.m. in Loftin. Call 210-486-0589.
Feb. 17
SAC Event: Martial arts performance 11
a.m.-noon in Loftin. Call 210-486-0125.
SAC Event: Chinese class in celebra-
tion of Chinese New Year noon- 1 p.m. in
Loftin. Call 210-486-0125.
SAC Lecture:“Media Art Politics” with
Dr. Christiane Paul, adjunct curator of
New Media Arts at the Whitney Museum
of American Art in New York, at 7 p.m. in
McAllister. Call 210-486-0142.
Feb. 18
SAC Event: Coffee and Open Mic Night
sponsored by Cheshyre Cheese Club 6:30
p.m.-9:30 p.m. in Loftin.
SAC Concert: Bobby Black performing
Dixieland 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in the Fiesta
Room of Loftin.
Feb. 22
SAC Audition: “SAC’s Got Talent” audi-
tion 2 p.m.-4 p.m. in the craft room of
Loftin. Call 210-486-0125.
Feb. 23
SAC Event: Dental Fest 9:30 a.m.-
11:30 a.m. in the first floor foyer of nurs-
ing complex. Call 210-486-1036.
SAC Lecture: “Smoking Cessation” with
Nicole Townsley from the American Cancer
Society 11 a.m.-noon in craft room of
Loftin. Call 210-486-0125.
Feb. 24SAC Event: “Big Brain on Campus 2:
The Sequel” a trivia competition 2 p.m.-
3:30 p.m. in the auditorium of McAllister.
Call 210-486-0681.
Feb. 28
SAC Event: Guitar Hero from 11 a.m.- 1
p.m. in the Fiesta Room of Loftin. Call
210-486-0125.
For coverage in Calendar, call 210-486-1773 or e-mail
sac-ranger@alamo.edu two weeks in advance.
Calendar Legend
SAC: San Antonio CollegeNVC: Northwest Vista CollegeSPC: St. Philip’s CollegeSWC: Southwest CampusPAC: Palo Alto CollegeNLC: Northeast Lakeview College
Cast of “Jersey Shore” AccuNet/AP Images
24 • Jan. 31, 2011 The RangerEditorial
Alexandra Nelipa
The college is “moving away”
from its Ranger mascot of more
than 80 years, college administra-
tors say, because Rangers, as in
Texas Rangers, have a bad historical
reputation among minorities who
suffered brutality at their hands.
Maybe, but no survey results
were compiled or student com-
plaints submitted.
In fact, a survey of tradition-
ally college-age students, black or
Hispanic, is likely to show they have
little to no knowledge about actions
deemed offensive by their grand-
parents’ generation.
And it’s not like anyone has
launched a serious campaign for a
replacement.
(Our students have a lot more
concern about being able to afford
college than worrying about a silly
mascot.)
So why did the president’s coun-
cil — vice presidents and deans —
opt to remove the image without so
much as a survey or a hint? Where
is the transparency everyone is so
quick to tout?
To add insult to injury, it hap-
pened during the 85th anniversary.
Four score and three years ago,
our founders adopted the Ranger
when we were a branch of the
University of Texas system.
It made sense as a mascot.
Today, more than 700 public
schools across the nation bear the
name George Washington. He was
a slaveholder, but we continue to
honor him for other contributions.
We trust he would not warrant
honors with such actions today, but
he was a man of his time.
The world changes and we
with it, but our history should not
change or be forgotten.
It’s bad enough the district is
trying to blot out the individual
identities of the colleges.
The permanent image of the
Ranger was removed from the gym
floor, but a much-more temporary
version hangs from the gym wall —
an easy step to oblivion.
If we are ignoring a dark part
of our history simply because it’s
unpleasant, then we are fooling
ourselves.
We should use those episodes
in our history, government, sociol-
ogy and criminal justice classes for
learning.
The district cheers the Palo
Alto Palominos, Northwest Vista
Wildcats and St. Philip’s Tigers.
Soon, we may be the San Antonio
College Blanks.
College points Ranger toward sunset
Gov. Rick Perry addresses Texas Rangers Oct. 29, 2009, in Austin. AccuNet/AP Images
The Ranger Jan. 31, 2011 • 25Editorial
Reiterated time and time
again that the state is in
shortfall freefall, it is natu-
ral to take a look around
for suggestions for the
next round of cuts.
The colleges have
endeavored to — and
been mostly successful
at — cutting printing in
the classroom.
Many departments
have taken the lead
in printing less, but
there are instructors
who believe it’s important to put
paper in students’ hands.
Some disregard the directive to stop print-
ing while some take the initiative to print at
home or pay for copies themselves, and we
applaud the effort.
But district officials and some college offi-
cials seem to believe it’s their God-given right
to print color pages every day and distribute
full-color newsletters.
Meanwhile, students have had to absorb addi-
tional printing costs. On-campus, they pay 10 cents
per page to print for class.
That’s not even a break in price; Fedex Office
charges the same.
District and college officials should face the
same printing limitations as faculty, staff and stu-
dents.
As students are transitioning to e-syllabuses,
officials should transition to online document
viewing as well. Or run to the library with a Go
Print card.
If we’re not all in this together, goodwill and
efforts will break down and factionalism will per-
sist.
And if you see abuses in printing or any other
kind of waste, let The Ranger know. We’ll check into
it; there are necessities, but we’ll find out for you.
Cuts all seem to be handed down from the top,
so changes in culture should start there also.
Last semester, we asked about cuts in district
office budgets and were given vague assurances
they were doing their share, but very little in the
way of hard numbers or percentages were available.
We’re still waiting, and we’ll go on watching.
Make cuts in black and white
As a new year starts and individually we make resolu-tions we hope to maintain, our district still faces a grim reality: Resources are shrinking at an alarming rate.
The Texas Legislature is in session for the next 140 days trying to figure out where to save to meet its $28 billion deficit.
To reach the constitutionally mandated balanced bud-get, higher education is going to go through another round of cuts.
The Legislature has proposed an additional 2.5 percent cut in state appropriations on top of a 7 percent cut for this year. This means Alamo Colleges lost $15 million in state appropriations this year out of a $284.6 million operating budget.
Higher education institutions have to find a way to pro-vide a decent education while planning for an additional 10 percent cutback in the next two years.
We have become too familiar with the words axed, cut, slashed, reduced and limited over the past year: library hours, math labs, English labs.
The only things being increased are class sizes, work loads and the gap between the colleges and the district in facing budget cuts.
The bad news is we can’t close our eyes and hope for the lean times to go away; instead, we can prepare ourselves to
work through these difficult challenges.The library still offers vital research materials, which
students can use to excel in classes; an Oxford collection of databases for English, literature, music, religions and Western civilization; and other databases, including archi-tecture, nursing, world news and a government periodic index.
Students can access these databases by visiting http://www.alamo.edu/sac/library/ or get assistance in the library in Moody Learning Center.
Library hours are now 7:30 a.m.-9 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday; and 1 p.m.–6 p.m. Sunday.
The college-level and developmental math labs con-tinue to offer free tutoring from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Monday through Thursday in Rooms 121 and 124 of McCreless Hall.
Even though this college closed its job placement cen-ter, students and graduates seeking jobs and internships can visit a website Librarian John Deosdade created for students to navigate career opportunities at http://www.alamo.edu/sac/library/faculty/deosdade/career.htm.
Resources will continue to be cut.Our challenge will be to make the most of what we still
have. If we don’t show a need for them, expect to lose what little remains.
Use resources while they are available
26 • Jan. 31, 2011 The Ranger
Chancellor: Dr. Bruce H. Leslie201 W. Sheridan, Bldg. B, San Antonio TX 78204-1429Work: 485-0020 Fax: 208-8149E-mail: bleslie@alamo.edu
District 1: Joe Alderete Jr.1602 Hillcrest Drive,San Antonio TX 78228 Cell: 863-9500 E-mail: jvajr711@aol.com
District 2: Denver McClendon3811 Willowwood Blvd., San Antonio, TX 78219 Work: 281-9141 E-mail: denvermcclendon@satx.rr.com
District 3: Anna U. Bustamante511 Ware Blvd., San Antonio TX 78221Work: 882-1603 Fax: 927-4557E-mail: abustamante20@alamo.edu
District 4: Marcelo S. Casillas115 Wainwright, San Antonio TX 78211Home: 922-6815 Fax: 923-3167 E-mail: mcasillas19@alamo.edu
District 5: Roberto Zárate4103 Buffalo Bayou, San Antonio TX 78251E-mail: rzarate11@alamo.edu
District 6: Dr. Gene Sprague14722 Iron Horse Way,Helotes TX 78023Work: 567-5544 Fax: 520-9185E-mail: sprague@uthscsa.edu
District 7: Blakely Latham Fernandez755 E. Mulberry, Suite 200,San Antonio TX 78212Work: 244-8879E-mail: bfernandez35@alamo.edu
District 8: Gary Beitzel15403 Forest Mist, San Antonio TX 78232Home: 496-5857 E-mail: gbeitzel@alamo.edu
District 9: James A. Rindfuss109 Laburnum, San Antonio TX 78209Home: 828-4630 Work: 375-2555 Home Fax: 832-8292 Office Fax: 375-0301 E-mail: jrindfuss@alamo.edu
Officials
San Antonio College, Dr. Robert E. Zeigler486-0959, rzeigler@alamo.edu
Northeast Lakeview College, Dr. Eric Reno486-5484, ereno@alamo.edu
Northwest Vista College, Dr. Jacqueline Claunch486-4900, jclaunch@alamo.edu
Palo Alto College, Dr. Ana M. “Cha” Guzman486-3960, aguzman@alamo.edu
St. Philip’s College, Dr. Adena W. Loston486-2900, aloston@alamo.edu
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Where available, additional
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Those who violate the single-
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28 • Jan. 31, 2011 The RangerPulse
By J. AlmendArez
At 7 a.m. May 7, shoelaces will be tied snugly
and MP3 players will be set on a favorite playl-
ist. By this time, runners will have mentally
prepared to run a maze of neighborhood streets
surrounding this college, snaking their way to
Trinity University and resolving to not quit dur-
ing the brutal last miles back to campus.
This is what kinesiology Instructor Dawn
Brooks wants for people participating in this
year’s 10-Mile Boot Camp Run.
The run began three years ago as a require-
ment in KINE 1176, Cardio Boot Camp 1. Boot
Camp 1 implements military-style training
techniques to improve endurance, respiratory
fitness, flexibility and body composition.
Today, the run has grown to include the par-
ticipation of the faculty, staff and other classes
in the kinesiology and dance department. “It’s
become a kind of in-house project,” she said.
Brooks recommended that students follow
Hal Higdon’s 12-week, half-marathon running
guidelines at www.halhigdon.com. Higdon is
a distinguished runner, journalist and author
who posts healthy running advice online.
Training facilites on campus are available to
participants and other students.
Brooks said there will be water stations;
course marshals tailing students on bicycles;
and students from KINE 1306, First Aid, on
hand to provide immediate help for people who
may need medical attention.
Brooks said students who have run in the
past are amazed at their ability to complete the
course. “They say, ‘It’s incredibly satisfying to
finish’ … They didn’t realize they could do that
much,” she said.
Brooks said one of her students wrote, “Pain
is temporary, but finishing is forever,” in an end-
of-the-year evaluation.
This year, the run will be expanded. The
department is extending an invitation to all stu-
dents, faculty and staff in the Alamo Colleges.
There is also a new $15 registration fee that
will go to the Kinesiology Club. Members are
helping Brooks coordinate the run.
Club adviser Brad Dudney said funds will
pay for a trip to the 27th annual summer con-
ference of the Texas Association for Health,
Physical Education, Recreation and Dance.
Dudney said the club has unofficially helped
with the run in the past, but this will be the first
year the club will experience organizing an ath-
letic event. Volunteers are also needed to staff
water and registration stations at the race.
People interested in running or volunteer-
ing should sign up with Brooks in Room 131L
of Candler Physical Education Center. Runners
and volunteers will receive an event T-shirt from
L&M Bookstore, which has donated T-shirts for
the race since 2009.
E-mail questions to dbrooks@alamo.edu.
Instructor hopes annual run grows into a citywide event.
Training for 10-mile run starts
Candler
Conditioning Room3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday/Wednesday3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday
Swimming PoolLifeguard on duty these hours.1 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Monday/Wednesday3 p.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday
Gym 22:15 p.m.-4 p.m. Monday/Wednesday3 p.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday/Thursday1:30 p.m.-3 p.m. Friday
Loftin
Fitness Center8 a.m.-6:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday
Student ID required to use all facilities.
Juan Miguel of Travis Early College High School works out. Photos by J. Almendarez
Lilian Galindo of Travis Early College High School listens to her iPod during an evening workout Monday in Loftin.
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The narrator of Irish novelist Emma
Donoghue’s “Room” is the voice of 5-year-
old Jack, who, according to a radio interview
with National Public Radio, was inspired by
Donoghue’s own son Finn of the same age.
Ma, Jack’s mother, was kidnapped
at the age of 19, raped and
held captive for seven years by
the time Jack was 5 years old.
Trapped in an 11-feet-by-
11-feet soundproof, lead-lined
backyard shed, Jack is an intel-
ligent, imaginative child with
unlimited energy.
Ma and Jack’s captor, who
unbeknownst to Jack is Jack’s father,
is referred to as “Old Nick.” At first,
Jack isn’t quite sure what to make
of him; he isn’t even sure is he’s real. Jack has
never had a good look at Old Nick because he
only comes during the night when Jack is asleep
behind closed doors in a wardrobe because of
the nature of Old Nick’s visits.
Jack’s voice is very important.
Throughout the novel, everything Jack says
is all the reader will know about his circum-
stances.
Where the reader lucks out in
this aspect is that children seem to
absorb and repeat things without a
full understanding.
So when Old Nick “makes the
bed creak” the reader knows what
Jack does not.
Jack personifies everything
that surrounds him.
Donoghue highlights this by
capitalizing common nouns,
making them proper. Room,
Wardrobe and Rug are Jack’s
friends.
Beyond Room, Jack thinks is only outer
space, an abyss filled with planets and stars.
Donoghue does plan a successful escape
for her characters, but the questions left unan-
swered are sociological, psychological and
immeasurably unending.
At around 300 pages, “Room” is a quick
read, but for days afterward, Jack’s perspective
lingered. I found myself thinking, ‘Wow! Jack
would be surprised by that,” or “how would he
react to that?”
This novel made me think of Jaycee Dugard
who was kidnapped in 1991 at the age of 11
in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Dugard bore two
daughters to Philip Garrido, the man accused
of abducting, imprisoning and raping her for
almost two decades.
Dugard, like Donoghue’s character Ma, was
kept in her captor’s backyard beneath tarps
hidden in sheds and tents. Now, 30 years old,
she lives a private life and is working toward
recovery with her two daughters.
Reading “Room” allowed me to have an
inside look at the possibilities of how Dugard’s
18-year captivity might have taken a toll on her
and her daughters mentally and physically now
that they are in the real world again.
Megan Mares
‘Room’ author writes from 5-year-old’s view
Ma, Jack’s mother, was kidnapped
Ma and Jack’s captor, who
unbeknownst to Jack is Jack’s father,
is referred to as “Old Nick.” At first,
Jack isn’t quite sure what to make
of him; he isn’t even sure is he’s real. Jack has
this aspect is that children seem to
absorb and repeat things without a
full understanding.
So when Old Nick “makes the
bed creak” the reader knows what
Jack does not.
that surrounds him.
capitalizing common nouns,
making them proper. Room,
Wardrobe and Rug are Jack’s
friends.
Beyond Room, Jack thinks is only outer
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FOR THE
careers of tomorrowNational Open House – February 12, 2011
32 • Jan. 31, 2011 The RangerNews
By Melody Mendoza
During a $12,000 refurbishing over the holi-
day break, the image of a Ranger, the college’s
mascot since 1927, was removed from the floor
in Gym 1 of Candler Physical Education Center.
“We are moving away from that,” President
Robert Zeigler said of the Ranger mascot.
Zeigler, who has a Ph.D. in history, said the
historical reputation of the Texas Rangers and
their interaction with blacks and Hispanics is
not positive.
The executive team, made up of Zeigler, vice
presidents and college deans, made the deci-
sion in the fall. Zeigler said, “Since the image
was already going to be taken off, we decided we
wouldn’t put it back.”
A picture of the Ranger on the gym floor will
be hung in the gym because it is a historic part
of the college, Zeigler said.
Kinesiology and dance Chair Bill Richardson
said he heard the reason the image was removed
was because Hispanics were opposed to this
college being affiliated with the Ranger.
Zeigler said about half of the college’s popu-
lation is Hispanic and Texas Rangers have a
negative historic reputation.
The Texas Department of Public Safety web-
site dates the formation of The Texas Rangers
law enforcement organization to 1835 when
they were charged with protecting the frontier
against marauding Indians. They are the old-
est law enforcement organization on the North
American continent with statewide jurisdiction,
according to the website.
DPS history states that the darkest period
was during Reconstruction between 1865-73
when Texas Rangers functioned as state police
enforcing unpopular carpetbagger laws.
Also, many, have criticized the Rangers’
actions toward Hispanics on the border during
the Mexican Revolution period in 1910.
Zeigler said he has never gotten a student
complaint or conducted a survey of students,
but said he’s gotten anecdotal comments. The
mascot controversy dates to the 1990s, but it has
never been changed, he said.
This newspaper reported the Student
Government Association president and student
life director approached Zeigler in April 2007
with the idea of changing the college mascot,
but nothing came of it.
In response, The Ranger reported April 13,
2007, Zeigler said the college’s mascot would
remain the Ranger.
Zeigler said Thursday, “I don’t know if I
would see it as our mascot.”
He said even when he attended school here
in 1960 and taught here in 1971, the Ranger was
not on anything but the gym floor. “The Ranger
was probably the mascot at some point,” Zeigler
said. “I don’t know if it was officially adopted —
not that I’m aware of.”
The Ranger reported April 13, 2007, that the
mascot started in 1927, two years after the col-
lege opened. Candler was built in 1951.
Neither Zeigler nor Richardson knew when
the Ranger image was put on the gym floor.
Richardson said the floor hadn’t been refur-
bished for about 10 to 12 years, but at that time,
the Ranger mascot was kept. In light of the
change, he said a men’s 3-point shooting line
was added to the refurbished floor.
Zeigler said, “Things change and we need to
change with it.”
Erasing history during 85th anniversaryKinesiology Adjunct Stephen Reyna’s fencing class meets in Gym 1 in Candler Jan. 20 after the Ranger mascot was removed. Alison Wadley
The Ranger mascot prior to refubishing. File photo
“Things change and we need to change with it.”Dr. Robert Zeiglercollege president