Fundraising event by drama club and student life draws 400.
By Sami Parman in News
The coordinator of the photography program complained that the On Stage Drama Club's Haunted Asylum was insensitive to people with mental illness.
The club presented the Haunted Asylum, an event co-sponsored by the office of student life Oct. 26-28 in Loftin Student Center.
Carbon monoxide poisoning could have caused employees to become ill.
By Selina Affram and Sonya Harvey in News
It may be safe to donate blood, but employees who work for the South Texas Blood and Tissue Center put their health in jeopardy whenever they board a blood bank bus.
About 6 p.m. Monday evening, during a blood drive on campus, a female employee passed out after spending the day taking blood donations from students, faculty and staff on a generator-powered bus.
Conrad Krueger focuses on improving communication
By Jonathan Munson in News
Math Professor Conrad Krueger interviewed Thursday as a candidate to fill the position of dean of arts and sciences at this college, making Krueger one of only two candidates who are already employed by this college.
The pool contains four candidates interviewed last spring and three being interviewed this fall.
Preparations are being made for the switch at the end of the semester as the old e-mail server is taken down.
By William Underhill in News
With a new e-mail server coming online, the college district's old e-mail server is marked for decommission Dec. 15.
All employees using e-mail addresses ending in accd.edu will be switched to mail.accd.edu.
The decommission date for accd.edu was originally scheduled for Dec.
By Joyce Flores in News
Since September, Dr. Richard Drum has taken over as Interim Associate Vice Chancellor of Employee Services, formerly known as district director of human resources.
The former director, Celso Guzman, retired in September because of health reasons, said Dr.
By Jonathan Munson in News
The Oct. 26 President's Forum wasn't so much a forum as it was a stroll through the mall outside Loftin Student Center with President Robert Zeigler.
The forum was originally scheduled to be in the Fiesta Room of Loftin, but signs directed students to the faculty and staff lounge behind the cafeteria.
By J.A. Garcia in News
The days of mass production of fliers and messy bulletin boards at this campus are over, if the director of student life has his way.
Oftentimes in the past, clubs and organizations would get one of their fliers stamped and approved by the office of student life, make several copies of the fliers, then post them on the bulletin boards around campus themselves.
Student designer and makeup artist get verbal and receive disorderly conduct citations.
By Monte Ashqar in News
A student designer said she was assaulted physically and verbally by a makeup artist for the Oct. 10 fashion show sponsored by student life in the Fiesta Room in Loftin Student Center.
By Regis L. Roberts in News
Coin trays in Texas cars may actually get to see the faces of dead presidents.
The much-discussed and controversial Trans-Texas Corridor, or TTC, has breathed life into the debate of toll roads in Texas.
Plans for the Trans-Texas Corridor include TTC-Instate 35, which starts in Laredo and extends north to Gainesville, running along the eastern part of Texas; and Interstate 69/TCC, which has three openings in Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville and follows the coast to Texarkana.
By Regis L. Roberts in News
In 2003, the villagers of Tawila in Darfur were awakened at 7 a.m. by an attack from the Janjaweed, a militia serving the Sudanese government, aimed at wiping the people of Darfur off the face of the Earth.
The militia rushed into a girls' school, raping the students inside; some girls were raped multiple times.
By Jon Coker in News
The interpreting for the deaf department has the only trilingual certification program in the United States.
"There are deaf people of all shapes, colors and sizes, and it's nice to have interpreters of various demographics who they can relate with. It makes them feel more comfortable," Julie A.
By Joyce Flores in News
First anniversary gifts are traditionally paper. Common gifts include artwork, love letters, books, cards, stationary and life insurance policies.
So if you haven't already sent a remembrance of Chancellor Bruce Leslie's one-year anniversary in the Alamo Community College District, start wrapping.
Committee tries to require geography as part of an associate degree plan.
By Regis L. Roberts in News
If a country is to be successful, it must know more than just the political, economic and military issues of the world.
This is why a committee has been established, chaired by political science Professor Asslan Khaligh, to consider making geography courses required for an associate degree in political science.
Mortuary science instructor volunteers at grief center to learn about helping children.
By Sonya Harvey in News
Losing a loved one can be very hard on a child.
Since 1997, the Children's Bereavement Center of South Texas has helped grieving children from Bexar, Comal, Kerr and Kendall counties, who have to deal with the death of a family member at an early age.
With the help of grief therapists, trained volunteers and experienced staff, the center provides a place of healing and hope for children, teens and young adults ages 3-24.
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