The Ranger Online

Thursday, May 18, 2006

News

• District hires former city internal auditor
• New Mexico dean recommended for executive vice president
• Board approves criteria for chancellor search
• Divisions trim budget by $2.2 million
• District police chief discusses campus safety
• Professor gives boycott credit
• Northwest Vista College loses three members of community
• Speech team brings home stack of awards
• Low-tech solution fixes high-tech door locks on Longwith
• Former President Bush responds to supporters, dissenters
• Political science students can earn credit from campaigning, volunteering
• Internet course assessment online
• New garage in the early stage of planning
• Car burglary frustrates 'Knight Rider' fan
• Board approves process to oversee construction
• Parking garage could be east of Fletcher
• Annexation report outlines revenue boost
• Accuplacer scores change over 3 years
• Fondling case closed
• Erosion threatening Texas coast, research specialist says
• Anthropology classes offer field trips, hands-on training
• Caregivers must adapt when parents age, change, coordinator says
• Faculty, staff push for raise at board meeting
• Derrico doubts 6 percent raise realistic
• Women's Center to give 10 $2,500 scholarships
• Board approves raise in $220 million budget
• 6 percent raise 'not realistic,' chancellor says
• Chinese course offering
  on tap for fall semester
• Two faculty receive Fulbright awards
• College receives grant for service learning
• Service learning leader to present workshop
• Students, staff combine
  to collect school stuff
• Ranger photojournalist eyes Mexican elections
• Chinese course offering
  on tap for fall semester
• Play Soduko online
• Music business students will simulate record company
• Board hires firms for
  Phase 1 construction
• Divisions trim budget by $2.2 million
• Naming contests nets Northeast Lakeview College

Features

• Professor credits achievements to using both sides of her brain
• A silent Miss Congeniality with a big voice
• People for spring 2006
• Photos demonstrate program's excellence
• Students practice shooting with their Canon cameras
• A night at Cool Crest miniature golf
• Workshoppers shadow reporters at the Express-News
• Play Sudoku online
• Play Crossword online

Premiere

• Latest gadgets enhance expo
• Symphony plays final note at SPC
• Music business students will simulate record company
• Students celebrate poetry
• 'Pain of the Macho' plays through July 2

Pulse

• Sunscreen lawsuit renews warnings
• Youth does not mean invincibility, counselor says
• San Antonio Missions to celebrate SAC Night

Back Page

• Loud music, cold beer,
  fast women roll out

Opinion

• Road to annexation will be bumpy
• Apply same hiring policies to everyone
• Public service leads to journalism career
• Safety on campus everyone's job
• Apply same hiring policies to everyone

Blotter

• Blotter will return Sept. 15

Faces

• Faces will return Sept. 15
• Campus postcards from a journalism workshop

Verbatim

• Verbatim will return Sept. 15

J School Travels

• Students tour Gulf Coast for signs of recovery
• Recovery spirit pervades Gulf Coast
• Principal leads aid efforts for town
• Couple fortunate to live in cohesive community, they say
• Principal wears out shoes running town's errands
• Ghost forced out of diner by Hurricane Rita
• Beaumont Enterprise still coping with damage to newsroom
• Lone radio voices keep residents informed
• From Green Day to D-Day
• Call him 'Superman'
• Counselors teach disaster coping skills
• Company offers 'worst-catastrophe' tour
• ReNew Orleans
• Bone-chilling, blood-draining fun in vampire tour
• Storm destroys infrastructure of 'Sportsman Paradise'
• Wildlife reserves shrinking, supervisor says
• Parents struggle to keep children enrolled in school
• Louisiana amusement parlor off track
• Southern hospitality goes beyond wealth
• Street musicians reflect social struggle in New Orleans
• Hurricane damage introduces South to 'new' tourism
• City officials give tips on disaster preparation
• Education key to survival, independence
• Mississippi resident grasps for survival; plans to rebuild

Survivor

• Selling back books

Urban Journalism Workshop

• MySpace not yours while on campus
• 'Study drug' Adderall creating a buzz in schools
• Workshop celebrates UJW legend
• Keep them caffeinated?
• Web puts family relationships on highwire
• 'Helicopter parents' lead to spoiled, unhappy children
• Family's fencing tradition keeps sisters sharp, teaches them dedication, values
• Club sports help sharpen athletic skills for volleyball players
• Teen Jehovah's Witnesses share beliefs
• Hookah
• All about activism
• Community service may be ticket to college
• The long road home
• Summer journalism workshop ends with tabloid publication

The Fourth Write

• Childhood memories
• Which laws are myth or reality?
• Scoring points hikes penalty
• Obsolete laws lead to laughter
• Restoring friendship
• Protest 2006: Different cause, same passion
• War on civil liberties?
• You are what you eat
• Genetically altered food has longer shelf life
• Lost in the flood
• Fighting misconceptions
• Songs for the deaf
• The Fourth Write 2006
• Almost famous

More Issues

Issue Summary

News

• District granted summary judgment against student who threatened professor
• New agreement reached with fired professor
• Send a news tip
• Midday computer snatch at Travis
• Panel members say Miller case stresses importance of following policy
• President plans to announce choice for dean this week
• Ranger staff nominates sources for awards
• Vice presidential search conclusion in sight
• 11 students vie for 7 SGA spots; electronic voting begins Monday
• Immigrants deserve all U.S. rights, government professor says
• Math course for engineering majors to be offered in spring
• NISD counseling director addresses challenges of students
• College fails to equip smart classrooms
• Budget woes impact student services
• Godin expected to go before grand jury soon, DA's office says
• Imagination nurtured for engineering project
• Report confirmed of security efforts for chancellor's office
• Students gain further speaking skills in SpeakOut competition
• Disabled student denied Moody elevator access
• Timing key to selling books for best price
• NE Lakeview dedicated
• Advertising students raise funds for two-room school renovation
• Policy may force French lecturer to bid 'adieu'
• Possible rodent droppings found in food
• Mi Casa fair features financial aid assistance
• Equity sought in employees' pay grades
• Kane searching for a place to stand
• Microwave burns sandwich; forces Moody evacuation
• Dean candidate believes one-on-one contact will get it done
• Houston Street headquarters cramped
• Leave bank collects donated time for employees in need
• VIA raises fares
• Dean candidate aims to provide administrative support
• Interim dean says 'I will be here forever'

Calendar

• Out with the old

Features

• Miraculous vision celebrated by Catholic Center Thursday
• Photography freshman's photo of dog wins contest
• Turkey Taste-off takes time, talent

Premiere

• Oaxacan artist's work on display
• Take a front row seat
• Media event opens Scobee Planetarium
• Toy drive benefits Family Service
• Halloween house party cheers sick children
• Call for backpacks, toys
• Former student lectures Tuesday in visual arts
• No back to school blues, it's all about going green
• Fundraiser benefits clubs, AIDS awareness

Pulse

• Deaf soccer league fun, not combative
• Fat count knockout
• Peer Educators learn in workshop about preventing STDs
• Health center gives tips on living with epilepsy
• Rangers improve shooting, but lose to Lackland AFB 86-66
• Student Life Spa Day estimated to cost $6,000

Opinion

• Editorial cartoon
• Express your opinion
• Nov. 21 editorials
• FROM OUR READERS
• Viewpoint - Urges, too, go up in smoke

Blotter

• Blotter for Nov. 21

People

• Photographers record the week's images around campus

Back Page

• Holiday blues pose problem for some
• USA Today: Half of America's college students abuse drugs, drink alcohol