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El Paso Community College Career Services Department now has representatives from nearby universities coming to visit EPCC campuses for Transfer Fairs.

Universities such as Howard Payne, New Mexico State, Texas Tech, UTEP and Wayland Baptist will be meeting with students at various campus locations and times.

“This Transfer Services Center is part of Career Services,” said Erick Morales, UTEP Representative Admission Counselor for EPCC. “We are the only one at EPCC and we’re here for students who are ready to transfer or move on to the next college.”

These available transfer services are for the students who are interested in furthering their education after their graduation from EPCC.

If unable to attend the Transfer Fair, students can also speak to someone on their own time by visiting EPCC Transfer Services Center located on the Valle Verde campus in Room A-1427.

“UTEP is here every week to talk with students, and other colleges come whenever they are in town,” Morales said.

At the Transfer Services Center, students are allowed to come and talk with various

university representatives one-on-one or even find the information to contact their university of choice.

Morales said having the center at EPCC is a good thing

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EPCC students Roan Ramirez (Left) and Juan Melero check out the Career Services Transfer Office at the Valle Verde campus in Room A-1427.

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Tuition & Fees Committee to meet at ASC

The Tuition and Fees Committee will hold

a meeting at the Administrative Service

Center B Building, room B-445. The meeting

will be held on Tuesday, March 17, 2015 @ 3:00

PM – 5:00 PM. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss tuition and fees for the 2015/16 academic year. For more information call Josette

Shaughnessy at 831-6401.

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Correction from Feb. 18

The word ARTISM was used by mistake in the SoL VOICES story from the Feb.

18 issue. The correct word is ARTIVISM. We apologize for

any confusion.

As a featured guest at New Mexico State University’s La Sociedad par las Artes Reading Series, author and El Paso Community College english professor Lawrence Welsh, will read on Friday, March 6, at the NMSU campus in Las Cruces, New Mexico.

Welsh, recipient of four literary awards for his latest collection of poetry, Begging for Vultures: New and Selected Poems, 1994-2009, will read his work from 7:30 to 9 p.m. It will be his first time featured at the NMSU campus.

“I’m excited about it,” Welsh said. “I’ve been in town for 20 years and have not done a gig at NMSU.”

Welsh grew up in south-central Los Angeles, where he held a couple of jobs, including a publications editor position.

But at 30 years old, he said he was trying to find a new direction in his life.

“I hitchhiked from LA to Miami, and [while passing through] fell in love with the Southwest,” Welsh said.

“My family all thought I was crazy. I had some good jobs, but I wanted to

explore and open up some new avenues for my writing.”

After returning to Los Angeles, Welsh said he would give himself five years to

pack his things and move to El Paso, where he still resides.

He has read his work around the country and was a featured author at the University of Texas at El Paso last year.

Begging for Vultures is Welsh’s eighth book of poetry, published by the University of New Mexico Press.

Now in it’s second printing, the collection has won the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award, named a Notable Book by Southwest Books of the Year and was a finalist for the PEN Southwest Book Award and the Writers’ League of Texas Book Award. His work has appeared in more than 200 publications.

Being trained as a journalist, Welsh said he kept up writing everyday.

He will be joined at the free event by fiction writer Kathleen Lee.

Open to the public, the reading will be held at the NMSU Health and Social Services Auditorium, Room 101-A.

“I’ve just been writing every day for the last 30 years,” Welsh said.

“I think inspiration [for the poems] comes from reading, writing and living every day. I don’t wait to be inspired, I just write.”

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EPCC English professor and author Larry Welsh's work has appeared in more than 200 publications.

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Lincoln Lawyer Symposium coming to EPCC in March

Those interested in pursuing a career in criminal justice are invited to the Lincoln Lawyer Symposium on Tuesday, March 3, at the EPCC Rio Grande campus in A119. The event starts at 1 p.m.

Event coordinators Jeffrey Brockhoff, Michelle Conklin and Alvino Hernandez are encouraging EPCC students, faculty and community members to join the event to discuss how Michael Connolly’s novel explores law and justice in the Criminal Justice system.

“We thought we could do a conjunction with the Spring Arts Festival to get students motivated to come to a symposium because a lot of students don’t realize what a Symposium is,” said Event Coordinator Michelle Conklin.

Conklin wants people to come in and talk about the criminal justice system in hopes of maybe students or members of the community have already read or watched the movie to discuss the similarities and differences toward fact and fiction.

“The idea of the symposium is to promote reading, learning and that there is a fine line between fiction and reality,” Conklin said.

“The book touches on issues that can make readers reflect upon their own life circumstances.

We want to convey that reading literature is a gateway to learning.

“We chose the book because we have a lot of Criminal Justice majors and there is nothing that really gears towards that.”

Alvino Hernandez, a former sheriff, and Jeffrey Brockhoff, a former member of the El Paso Police Department, will be participating as first-year coordinators for the literary symposium.

The two will be standing alongside Conklin in hopes of encouraging students who have not only watched the film, but to pick up the book and really get “something” out of it.

“I am really looking forward to discussing the book and showing the fine line between fiction and reality,” said Jeffrey Brockhoff.

Now a criminal justice professor at the EPCC Rio Grande campus, Brockhoff is encouraging his students to attend.

He said he will be looking forward to motivating audiences to become avid readers and feel encouraged to pursue a future in criminal justice.

“We’re going to show clips of the film, discuss the book and then we really want to open this up for our students to ask questions from whatever aspect,” said Conklin.

Admission to the event is free and open to the public. It is being presented as part of the 38th annual EPCC Spring Arts Festival.

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After several attempts to find a permanent name for the El Paso Community College radio station, students have finally de-cided and Pulse Radio is now on the air.

Back in the fall semester of 2014, Pulse Radio was better known as Alt Radio. Like its name entailed, it was exclusive to alternative music. Students majoring in Communication de-cided to take the matter into their own hands to expand the from genre played.

“We wanted to make it [radio station] our own and have more community outreach,” Pulse Ra-dio Vice-President Cierra Busta-mante said.

By letting students decide on a name, Bustamante said the radio has expanded into differ-ent stations to “reflect students’ diversity.”

“It’s not just about what we want to listen to, it’s about what everyone wants to listen to,” she said.

Although Alt Radio appealed to several audiences, opportu-nities to DJ were only open to communication majors. Now, Pulse Radio welcomes every-

one with an opportunity to play on the air, no matter what major they choose.

Those interested in being a part of Pulse Radio can audition for a spot but must learn how to run the radio control board be-fore they are allowed on the air. DJs are monitored after they join the staff for continued improve-ment.

Overseeing “on air talent,” Mass Communication Lab Man-ager Steve Escajeda said there are radio station student officers

who conduct the auditions.“All any student has to do to

be a part of Pulse Radio is have a passion and desire for wanting to be on the radio,” he said. “Obvi-ously, a clear voice is necessary. Every DJ is required to follow certain rules and regulations that they’ll need to know out in the real world.”

There is no limit to how many students can DJ, but the station’s goal is to have Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. slots filled.

There are several DJs playing on the weekend.

“It’s so much fun to see stu-dents grow and build friendships with people who share the same interests as them,” station man-ager Vladimir Avina said. “But overall it’s the passion for music that keeps people here [at the ra-dio station].”

DJs in session have the free-dom to play the music they want; everything from oldies and punk rock to Spanish music and reg-gae is acceptable.

There are no exceptions for phone requests and everyone is encouraged to call.

“There are more slots [for DJs] available, all the way to Sunday, and it’s way more fun than before,” marketing director Luisa Morado said.

Despite the many benefits students can get from becoming a member of Pulse Radio, like future job experience and service hours for communication major students, Music Director Kyle Patrick, also known as DJ Pat, said there are plenty more things that are more rewarding.

“It gives me confidence and I always have a good time by sharing my music with people,” he said. “It will definitely break you out of your shell.”

Pulse Radio live on air with new nameCynthia BelloTejano Tribune

Morning DJ Gilbert Silva invites students to make phone requests.

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because students who are transferring to UTEP would not have to travel to the university to turn in transfer forms.

“Students who are wanting to transfer to UTEP can turn in applications and documents here, if they can’t do it online or make it to UTEP,” he said.

Students who have questions on transferring or would like to talk to a university representative can check out full details for each Transfer Fair on the online schedule at epcc.edu/careerservices for exact dates and times.

“I’ve been an EPCC student for four years, so I’ve heard about the transfer services EPCC offers,” said EPCC student Debora Pracht. “It’s a good thing our college has these transfer fairs for interested students.

“Students need to make sure their classes transfer safely to universities. If they don’t pay attention their first semester it’s okay, but they should when they are about to graduate and transfer services really helps.”

There are Career Services Departments at every EPCC campus for students to visit anytime Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

For more information contact Career Services Department at 831-2636 or online at calendar@epcc.edu.

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February 25, 2015 Tejano Tribune OPINION

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Voices around campusCompiled by Victoria AcostaTejano Tribune

What are your plans for Spring Break?

I am going to Puerto Penasco with a couple of friends from school. We’re going to spend a lot of time at the beach and party a little bit here and there. I definitely want to check out the shows and the clubs.

I’m going to go to Boston, Massachusetts with some friends of mine from church. We’re going sight-seeing and hopefully end with a baseball game at Fenway Park.”

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This spring break I will be going to Jackson, Miss. I will be taking along my two children. I’ll be visiting my father and catch up with him. Turns out my father is having a baby, so that should be exciting.

“I am planning on visiting my brother in Albuquerque, I’m most likely going by myself. Haven’t seen him in such a long time. This spring break will be a bonding time for him and I so I’m excited to visit him.

Working retail at Cielo Vista Mall for almost two years, I have learned that I am in the sparse group that don’t speak Spanish.

I have also observed that more than half of the mall’s business are shoppers from Mexico.

I am not about to go on one of those infamous “this is America, speak English” rants.

I have no problem with what language you speak or where you hail from.

The thing that bothers me though, is how some

shoppers will go out of their way to pester me with questions and make me feel wrong because I can’t communicate with them in a language they want to speak in.

One man in particular hit a nerve while I was working at my mall job last Sunday.

I offered him help as he entered the store and after explaining to me what he needed,

I apologized and said I didn’t speak Spanish so I couldn’t fully understand what he was saying.

He stepped back and his face contorted into something between disbelief and disgust.

He scanned me from head to toe and then said, “Oh, I’m sorry, I didn’t see your blue eyes and blonde hair.”

He then proceeded to

question me on where I grew up, why my parents never taught me and then asked my manager, whom I was working with at the time, why she hired me.

Wait...what? Now, how my parents

raised me was none of his business, so I won’t even get into that matter here, but asking my boss why I was hired for a job that never stated being bilingual was necessary?

That’s blowing this small matter way out of proportion.

Maybe it was the fact that he was purchasing $500 worth of jewelry at our store that he thought he had the right to deride me.

I tried laughing the matter off as a joke, but this man was in all seriousness scolding my boss about how this language barrier

was an inconvenience...in perfect English.

I don’t know what bothered me more, the fact that this man racially profiled me for not fitting the Hispanic image or the fact that he went out of his way to put my employment in question.

Heck, he could have just told me he wanted someone who spoke Spanish to help him.

I understand that I live in a border city and that more than 80 percent of the population is Hispanic and all the other El Paso demographic facts that are now just broken records. I get it.

But, sir, assuming my language of choice based on the color of my skin, eyes and hair, no es correcto.

As some say here in Texas, bless your heart.

My apologies if my English is your problem

That’s a joke, they’re not really a lie, but it’s worth reconsidering our image of them. There are some very heavy factors in the equation of love that equal in a relation-ship. For example, there are the pressures from re-ligions and then there are the pressures from media.

Media bombards us with a very specific idea of what love should look like. For instance, watch-ing romantic movies mean

watching the same love story with different peo-ple.

At what point do we need to step back and question if what we do is genuine and out of raw emotion? How can we tell if what we do is not out of years of guidelines?

In contrast, queer re-lationships don’t have these kinds of guidelines. There is very little me-dia representation, so for queer people, everything is questioned and given a thought. When everyone tells you that what you have is not natural, you look at your actions care-fully to establish to your-self that it’s true.

Historically, America was born out of a desire to

be different. While trying to be different, they ended up doing the same stuff, and worse, to minorities that they were trying to es-cape in the first place.

At one point, we de-cided that the image of the American man should be a certain thing and thus the image of what an Ameri-can woman should be like was established as well. The American household, and love, was meant to be a certain way and it’s changed a lot throughout our history.

There was a time when same gender friendships reached homoerotic lev-els of intensity, which was normal. Although our modern definition of queer shouldn’t be applied to a

different time in history, it’s important to note that there were a lot of people who had same gender rela-tionships that were “more than friendship.”

Even George Washing-ton had one.

These kinds of rela-tionships were so desired and important to individu-als that they reconstructed the image of love altogeth-er, which we are warping again.

What new idea will heterosexual relationships latch onto this time?

What I’m trying to say is, next time you hashtag “RelationshipGoals” on Instagram or Twitter, it doesn’t hurt to take a sec-ond to think about where we stand.

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Heterosexual relationships are a lie

Elizabeth Vega

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February 25, 2015 Tejano Tribune SPORTSThe EPCC Tejanas lost four out of

five games last weekend at the Cowtown Tournament in Fort Worth.

The disappointing tourney dropped the Tejanas’ record to 11-7 on the season.

The Tejanas opened the tournament with their first loss against Seminole State College, going down 4-1.

EPCC won its one and only game against Allen County Community College with a 7-4 route.

The Tejanas ended the tourney with three consecutive losses starting with Northern Oklahoma College (9-8), Cloud County Community College (15-7) and North Central Texas College (8-7).

“They weren’t our best games,” pitcher Ramie Barajas said. “It [the tournament] could have been better. It just wasn’t our weekend, every team has their off days.”

Barajas said she her pitching was a lot better than last weekend.

“I was more relaxed,” she said. “I just went in there and told myself what I needed to do.”

Head Coach Katie Gutierrez agreed with Barajas about her team’s off weekend.

“I think we were supposed to be in those tough situations so we can overcome obstacles and later on when we are facing those challenges again we can overcome them,” Gutierrez said.

“This weekend did not play in our favor,” she added. “The team was doing their job, it just did not work out for us.

I think our pitchers did great on the mound, we couldn’t just put everything together this weekend.”

Again, the Tejanas have been working on their base running so far throughout the 2015 season and it has been improving.

“Our base running was better than our last tournament,” Gutierrez said. “The girls are improving and everything they set out to do, they put their heart into it.”

The Tejanas will face a total of three

schools this upcoming weekend: Pima Community College, Pratt Community College and Dodge City Community College.

“You have your good days and your bad days, but we will keep improving as time goes on,” said Gutierrez.

The Tejanas will play their five-game homestand starting Saturday with games against Pima CC (8 a.m.), Pratt CC (10 a.m.) and Dodge City CC (4 p.m.).

On Sunday, the Tejanas will take on Pratt CC (8 a.m.) and Dodge City CC (noon).

Tejanas drop four games in Cowtown TourneyOscar PerezTejano Tribune

Tejana Taylor Putnam sprints to first base against McCook Community College. osCar perez / tejano tribune

The Tejanos swept the University of the Southwest JV last weekend, stretch-ing the winning streak to five games.

For the second straight week, the bats were swinging and hitting the ball hard as the Tejanos crusted USW 13-5, 10-0, 14-3 and 8-2.

The pitching staff, however, would not be outshined.

They too were on display, show-ing what kind of skills they had up their pitching sleeves, holding the Mustangs to 10 runs total in the four-game series.

“I quickly realized their strengths and weaknesses and used it as a clue of how to pitch to each batter,” said EPCC pitch-er Jose González. “Coaches always say to trust your defense, so I did.”

Despite the Tejanos taking care of business out on the field, another battle was brewing with the Mustangs leading the charge of smack-talking.

EPCC would have the last laugh af-ter shortstop Rigo Aguilar smashed a ball over the right field fence for a home run in game four to seal the deal.

“The best thing to do when they start talking like that is to just stay quiet and

beat them on the field,” said centerfielder Greg Popylisen. “Coach Bouvier told us to handle our business on the field and not worry about what they were saying.”

With the series sweep, EPCC will have until Friday to get things tightened

up and ready to roll for the beginning of a tough conference schedule.

Some experts have rated the WJCAC as the country’s top conference.

Odessa College will be in town this weekend holding a 6-6 record.

The Tejanos will meet with the Wran-glers on Feb. 27 and 28 at noon for two double headers on each date. Though there is little time for preparation, Tejano players are ready for the challenge.

“Odessa is a good team,” said Popyl-isen. “They have strong hitters and de-fense. I try to let freshmen know that this is a competitive conference and that we are going to need to fight for wins.”

With the players knowing every game will be a dogfight, they seem to be ready for the challenge.

“Each game is a championship to me,” González said. “So if the ball was to get into my hands, I would pitch as if there was no tomorrow.

No matter what team we play, I pitch to them as if it were the last game of the championship series.”

Baseball heads into conference play after winsAbel CarrilloTejano Tribune

Tejano player Beau Barnes up to bat against University of the Southwest JV on Feb. 23.

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Black History Month Performing Arts NightPhotos by Deb Pacheco/Tejano Tribune

Top Right: Special guest representing President Obama by giving his

speech about Black History Month Proclamation on Feb. 16.

Left: Inspirational dramatic interpretation of the song "I Can Only Imagine" by Mercy Me at the Black History Month Event.

Right: A guest to the Black History Month event,

representing Rosa Parks during Montgomery Bus Boycott.

Bottom: A dramatic Civil Rights Movement demonstration at the Black History Month event held in EPCC ASC Auditorium.

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Student Gov't Association travels to Austin

EPCC Student Government Association meets with state representatives in Austin for College Day which happens once every two years. CourTesy of DarCy TraffansTeD

Traveling to the state capitol for the biennial College Day, members of the El Paso Community College Student Government Association met with state representatives and gave a voice for EPCC while advocating on several House and Senate bills. Six SGA members, along with EPCC President Dr. William Serrata and several board representatives, attended the event on Feb. 2 and 3 in Austin.

With each SGA member having the opportunity to speak out in front of state representatives, SGA President Rocio Fierro said all opinions were heard and most of SGA was on the same page.

“We all said what we wanted to say, but we did have certain people speak for different bills,” Fierro said. “We would take turns and go around the room stating our opinion and why we think that it [bill] should or shouldn’t be passed. Depending on how the bills go, we hope to bring information more than anything [to EPCC].”

One bill being advocated against was the open-carry guns on campuses. SGA Historian Kharisma Jones said most people would not feel comfortable if the bill

were to pass. “We [SGA] feel like schools should be safe havens,”

Jones said. “They shouldn’t be considered any different from a hospital or a government entity or a sports place because those are all places where open-carry went into effect.”

Jones said that in a situation where the bill is passed, SGA spoke to Senator Jose Rodriguez and asked about proposing amendments to allow a city or school decide for themselves if they want to participate in open-carry.

“Texas is so big, there are so many different demographics,” she said. “Obviously, in El Paso, we’re a blue area down here and that would be a cultural shock to not just the student body, but everyone involved.”

Other bills being advocated included tax-free exempt textbooks, a tuition cap across the state, and discussing appropriations and budget cuts for the college.

Jones said a big bill was enforcing a common-course numbering system throughout the state.

“You encourage students to start at a community college level because its more affordable, but then when they go to transfer to the universities, they end up having to pay more money and retake classes,” she said. “Because the common-numbering system is not

in effect, the classes don’t match up, even though its the same class. Universities are just calling it something else.

All across the board throughout Texas, there should be a common-numbering system that all the colleges use. That way English 1301 at EPCC is English 1301 at UTEP.”

SGA members said representatives were interested in the thoughts of students and encouraged more involvement and participation in local and state government.

They said the 18-25 year-old demographic has the lowest voting numbers, so college student voices are not being heard.

“We asked them what we could do for our community and for the student body and we got a pretty general response,” Fierro said.

“It was mainly about getting students involved. Especially with voting because a lot of students have complaints about things not going their way with certain laws, and one of the things that they [representatives] told us is that we need to inform the students about their votes and how important it is.

They told us to push a lot of things, especially voting. We just hope to get students involved.”

Elizabeth VegaTejano Tribune

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February 25, 2015 Tejano Tribune ENTERTAINmENTWalking Dead crawls through premiere

The long-awaited second half of AMC’S The Walking Dead season five premiered Feb. 8. Along with the premier came some surprising moments. The first episode brought foreshad-owed images and an anti-climatic death.

Warning: Spoilers from the comic ahead. The episode opens with hazy images of Noah

and Maggie crying and the group burying some-one, presumably Beth (who was killed in the mid-season finale). It then jumps to Rick, Michonne, Noah, Glenn and Tyreese finding the colony where Noah’s family was staying. However, in-stead of finding a safe haven they find it overrun by Walkers.

After a confrontation with the Walkers, the group splits up to salvage supplies. As Rick, Mi-chonne and Glenn search a house they find sou-venir New York Yankee gear.

(Warning major spoiler!)As they rummage through the house Glenn

picks up the souvenir bat and holds it. Which foreshadows how Glenn will ultimately be killed. Not only does the bat symbolize Glenn’s upcom-ing death but also throughout the episode there are signs of the next big villain. They are known in the comics as the Whisperers. This new villain will be the absolute worse villain the group has dealt with.

While Rick’s group looks for supplies Noah and Tyreese are left behind. Noah then goes look-ing for his family only to find his mother dead in their home. Tyreese then searches the rooms and finds one of Noah’s brothers dead. As he search-es he doesn’t notice the other brother coming be-hind him until he is bit. Then the episode turns into a frenzied mess filled with hallucinations of every major character that died. What was intend-ed to be an emotion driven scene ended up being a confusion filled sequence.

During the last moments of the episode Rick and Co. show up and amputate Tyreese’s arm. They then drive back to the rest of the group. However, along the way, with another halluci-nation, Tyreese dies. Which brings us back to the opening scene where the group is burying Tyreese.

With all the anticipation of the second half of The Walking Dead’s most well-written season, the premier fell short. With the audience still getting over Beth dying, it was still too soon for another character death. It seemed forced and extremely rushed and lacked the emotional bomb the writ-ers were going for.

The cinematography of the episode, howev-er, was extremely well done. The Walking Dead is no stranger to flashbacks but, the flashbacks in this episode were done so well. They relayed the delusional feeling that Tyreese must have felt as he fought to stay human. The fevered shots of certain scenes gave the episode an extremely artistic feel.

Overall though, the episode fell short for what was expected. It was weak compared to the mid-season finale. The redeeming quality of the epi-sode was the foreshadowed elements. The show has been following the comics closely the past two seasons and if this new second half contin-ues, Rick and the group are in for some rough times ahead.

I have mixed emotions about my recent visit to Nona’s Pizza, located on the westside of town.

I live in central El Paso, so this already was inconvenient, but I was willing to make the drive for a good slice of pizza.The atmosphere was welcoming and fun. The restaurant is large with high ceilings, which is great for accommodating big egos.

The bar was large and rounded the cashier. There were large neon letters spelling out El Paso, in case you are so drunk you need a remind-er of what city you’re in.

I thought it was a nice touch due to my pride in my hometown. Arcade games, including air hockey and the Batman Batmobile game, contributed to the fun atmosphere.

I went for a late lunch, which I have come to think was serendipi-tous, that is a happy coincidence, because my friend also had not eat-en so we decided to go together.

Now, I would like to tell you about the menu but I did not get a look at it. Our server brought my friend a menu and not me.

I knew what I wanted so it didn’t bother me. What did bother me was that he would not stop looking at her, even when he was talking to

me. He did have a smile on his face. I had a slice of supposed New

York style pizza. It was thin, expect-ed, and small for the five dollars I paid for it.

Yes, five dollars for a slice of pizza. I could have grabbed a “Hot-and-Ready” at Little Caesar’s for that price. It was good though, even when I managed to pour out most of a full shaker of crushed red pepper. The server did nothing about this. He did manage to get many good looks at my friend that accompanied me.

She had the grilled chicken sal-ad. The bowl of greens of and veg-gies was a fair size, on the larger side. It was large enough that even

after sharing some of her salad with me, she still had some left over to take home.

Now, the amount of chicken on the other hand was not much. She ordered another portion of cubed grilled chicken when it got to our table.

It arrived before my pizza. It took what seemed an eternity to get my food.

In conclusion, Nona’s Pizza should be called No-no’s pizza due to its overpriced pizza and bad ser-vice. The atmosphere is great. It is spacious.

But Nona’s is like a Lamborghi-ni with a Volkswagen engine, it’s all show.

Nona's Pizza fails to deliver

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Rent opens at Forum Theatre

The cast of Rent, after their Sunday performance, takes time to meet their audience. sTaCi gass / tejano tribune

El Paso Community College Theater Group opened Rent this past week. They had performances beginning Thursday evening through Sunday afternoon. Their last show will be on March 1.

The show takes place in New York City beginning on Christmas Eve. It follows a group of friends that are infected with HIV/AIDS. It follows a year in their lives. This musical has been produced all across the nation, from its debut in New York City to even a major motion picture.

“Working with the cast of Rent has opened my eyes to how beautiful theatre can be,” Rebecca Shaw, who is an extra in the production, said. “The energy of the cast as a whole developed and made this experience more than worthwhile.”

Stating that his father was a “triple-threat” during his younger days, sound board operator Joseph Yanez said he was proud to be part of the

theater experience and contribute in his own way. “It was like a generational, coming of age type

of thing for me,” Yanez said. “I wanted to bring Roger’s and Mimi’s characters to life in my own way as my contribution to the show.”

A self-titled dramatic actress, Eurydice Saucedo, who plays the character of Joanne Jefferson, said she enjoys the “dramatic” parts of the play more.

“The story is based on love and breaking the traditional boundaries,” she said. “In the end it is all about love.”

Rent is a Broadway play written by the late Jonathon Larson. It was originally produced by the New York Theater Workshop in New York City and on Broadway by Jeffery Seller, Kevin McCollum, and Allan S. Gordon.

EPCC’s production was directed and designed by Keith Townsend.

The last performance is on March 1 at 2:30 p.m. at the Transmountain Forum Theatre. Price is $7 for students and $15 standard admission.

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