On March 30, the Society of Mexican-American Engineers and Scientists conducted a live-version of the popular smartphone app, “Angry Birds.” Students used a 5-foot slingshot to fling kickballs and tennis balls into a wall of cardboard boxes, knocking them down.
The district withheld ballot applications for candidates for the board of trustees in the May 12 election until after the filing period ended and board liaison Sandra Mora would not release the applications without an Open Records request. The board liaison is acting as election administrator until the board hires a new general counsel.
Every hour, high schools across the state lose 13 students as dropouts, according to the Intercultural Development Research assessment. At-risk high school students from Alamo Heights, North East, Northside and San Antonio districts have been bailed on by this college because of confusion about attendance and because it’s “difficult” to run the program.
Alamo Colleges opened the position of vice chancellor of academic success on Nov. 18, before Dr. Robert Aguero retired in December. The position closed Jan. 27. Thirty-seven people applied. In “Chancellor considers transferring faculty,” English Chair Mike Burton said there seems to be differences in the standards officials use in the hiring “chill.
Vincent Perales, a former student at this college, is an example of the benefits that can be reaped by imagining a dream can become reality. In “Alumnus self-publishes his first novel” March 26, Perales recounts writing his first story as a third grader in detention.
San Antonio Living History Association and Communicate SA recreated the siege of the Alamo several times in the 13 days leading up to the anniversary of the fall of the Alamo in 1836. Communications and radio-television-film students from this college provided technical support for the re-enactment.
When the state cuts education funding, students not only pay more but face shrinking resources. In “Library loses databases” published March 2, The Ranger reported the library has discontinued 25 databases that cost a combined $79,153.34 in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 because of budget cuts.
Faculty, staff and students should attend committee meetings before attending regular Alamo Colleges board meetings to stay informed on action items that may be approved without discussion. In Jan. 25's "Board approves talent management software, energy loan," the Alamo Colleges board of trustees unanimously approved a string of minute orders with no discussion, despite...
On Feb. 14, eleven same-sex couples participated in an equal rights protest organized by the Direct Action Network of San Antonio before a midnight mass wedding at the Bexar County Courthouse. The Rev. Joe Sullivan, psychology professor who began the mass wedding tradition, asked for same-sex couples to...
In our technology-driven world, it has been said the newspaper is dying. Its demise has been predicted repeatedly for decades with the introduction of radio, TV, videotape and high-speed streaming Internet. The future of journalism may lie in the hands of Facebook and Twitter rather than in print.
Many college issues concern students and faculty alike. For many years, students have complained about a poorly lit campus. Crimes, including assaults, occur on and around the campus, and the inadequate lighting has not been improved beyond replacing a few broken bulbs.
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