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District celebrates international students

International Education

Awareness Week will be today

through Friday sponsored by the

district to spread awareness of the

benefits of learning abroad.

A reception kicks off the week

at 4:30 p.m. today in Killen Center,

201 W. Sheridan St.

A study abroad reception for

students and faculty will be at 3:30

p.m. Wednesday in the same loca-

tion.

A luncheon for international

students will be at noon Thursday

at Koehler Cultural Center, 310 W.

Ashby Place. Carol Fimmen, direc-

tor of international programs, said

the luncheon is to celebrate the 400

international students who attend

Alamo Colleges, Fimmen said.

For information, call 210-485-

0076.

Jennifer Luna

International Education Week boasts 20 events

Twenty events sponsored by

the foreign languages and ESL

programs and the international

student services office are sched-

uled to celebrate International

Education Week today through

Friday.

Confucius Instructor Yaping

Zhang will host a Chinese cook-

ing demonstration 8 a.m.–11 a.m.

today in the lobby of Oppenheimer

Academic Center and a presen-

tation on Chinese pressure point

massage at 11 a.m. Wednesday in

Room 220C.

At noon today, Dr. Ryan

Lozano will have a discussion on

“Yogasutra Patanjali” followed by a

short yoga lesson in Room 220C in

Oppenheimer..

A Japanese study abroad infor-

mation session will be 9:30 a.m.-11

a.m. Wednesday in Room 128 of

Oppenheimer.

An open mic poetry session

themed “Mother Tongue” will be

7 p.m.-9 p.m. Wednesday in Room

220 of Oppenheimer.

Students will provide booths

and activities showcasing their

home countries for “Travel Around

the World!” at noon Thursday in

the lobby of Oppenheimer.

For the full schedule, visit

http://alamo.edu/sac/news/inter-

national-education-week.

Nicole A. West

By FAITH DUARTEfduarte3@student.alamo.edu

The verbal altercation in Oppenheimer Academic

Center Sept. 26, which led to the suspension of one

student and the probation of another, began when

a student threatened two students Sept. 24 because

of their Iranian descent.

This information was provided in highly redact-

ed incident reports released by the Alamo Colleges

department of public safety Nov. 2 and Nov. 5.

College officials had provided no details of the

incident, which attracted 10 police officers, includ-

ing the police chief, and three student affairs admin-

istrators, while an investigation was conducted.

According to a Sept. 26 police report, a student

threatened two students at about 11:15 a.m. Sept.

24 at the entrance to the first floor of the building.

One of the victims, a female, told police that she

and the other student, her father, were leaving the

building when they heard two female students and

one male student taunting them about their Iranian

descent.

One of the three students then threatened in

Arabic to run over the two students, according to

the report. The two students reported the incident

later that afternoon.

The reporting officer informed the two students

who reported the threat that a campus police officer

could escort them between classes and asked them

to notify campus police if the victims saw any of the

three students.

According to a Sept. 28 redacted police report,

four students harassed the two victims Sept. 26 in

Oppenheimer while the father was calling campus

police to identify the student who threatened them

two days earlier.

At about 11:30 a.m., the reporting officer noticed

a crowd gathering in the lobby was yelling at the

group “in a foreign language.”

The father identified a male student as the

aggressor, and the reporting officer then asked the

male student to step outside to discuss the Sept. 24

incident.

While the male student refused to cooperate, the

reporting officer said several individuals told him

that the male student did not need to go outside.

The reporting officer then asked the male stu-

dent and another male who accompanied the

aggressor to go outside.

As the two students walked outside, two female

students shouted at the reporting officer and told

the two male students not to cooperate with police.

The female victim identified the two female stu-

dents as the other students who accompanied the

male student in the Sept. 24 incident.

The reporting officer told the two female stu-

dents to go outside and accompany the male stu-

dents and the police when a crowd walked toward

the group while shouting. The reporting officer

asked the crowd to stay inside the building and

requested additional police units.

One of the female students said she could not

talk to police “because of her culture” and two stu-

dents attempted to leave the scene before an officer

could get their information.

The reporting officer witnessed the growing

crowd and requested backup units a second time.

About 10 officers responded to the scene, includ-

ing Chief Don Adams.

Once all of the individuals were separated, the

reporting officer wrote that the male aggressor said

he did not threaten anybody and called the female

victim a liar.

Once additional officers arrived at Oppenheimer,

campus police and staff cleared the first floor and

blocked entrances to everyone but students who

had classes in the building.

Dr. Robert Vela, vice president of academic

and student success; Manuel Flores, student con-

duct officer; and Emma Mendiola, dean of student

affairs, also responded to the scene.

Participants were separated into three groups as

officials attempted to determine what happened.

All names, including the names of the reporting

officer or officers, were redacted from the reports.

Vela confirmed Oct. 25 that one student was

ultimately suspended while another faced proba-

tion. The student who was suspended was already

on probation from the Sept. 24 incident.

No criminal charges were filed.

Ethnic taunts, threat sparked altercation

District police and college officials gather information on an incident in Oppenheimer Sept. 26. Riley Stephens

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By FAITH DUARTEfduarte3@student.alamo.edu

The role of the office of student life will

need to increase to provide more activities

after the completion of the public-private

partnership Tobin Lofts, Dr. Robert Vela, vice

president of academic and student success,

said Oct. 29.

To increase stu-

dent engagement

upon completion

in fall 2013, stu-

dent life Director

Jorge Posadas will

be responsible for

building a relation-

ship with Campus

Advantage, a stu-

dent housing man-

agement company,

in addition to his regular job duties.

Vela said Thursday that he has established

a committee of faculty and staff to collaborate

with Campus Advantage.

Student activities specialist Carrie

Hernandez represents student life on the com-

mittee.

“We will need to do more evening- and

weekend-type programming in collaboration

with Campus Advantage, who will oversee the

day-to-day operations of Tobin Lofts,” Vela

said.

Tobin Lofts will be open to students from

any college and include a 225-unit residential

space, a 961-space parking garage and 12,000

square feet of commercial space, with Luther’s

Café as anchor tenant.

“We anticipate that most of those students

are going to be from SAC, and they’re going

to want programming, they’re going to want

activities, and Campus Advantage wants to

partner with us to continue to develop this, so

that role will get bigger and bigger,” Vela said.

Posadas declined to be interviewed con-

cerning exactly how student activities will

expand and how the office of student life is

affected by the director ending involvement

with the Student Activity Fee Committee,

which oversees about $400,000 in funds desig-

nated for student activities.

Posadas resigned from the committee dur-

ing the summer.

Because Posadas is no longer part of the

committee, Vela said Posadas would have to

ask for student activity funds “in the same

proposal format that anybody else will have

to do it.”

Posadas had been in charge of the com-

mittee of five students and four faculty and

staff since the implementation of the student

activity fee in fall 2006, which is generated

through the collection of $1 per credit hour

per student.

Emma Mendiola, dean of student affairs,

was appointed chair of the committee in

September. A district procedure allows the

college president to appoint someone other

than the student activity director to fill that

role.

According to district Procedure F.2.3.1,

“The Director of Student Activities or com-

parable assignee appointed by the President

shall serve as a nonvoting member and chair

the committee.”

Student activities to expandfor Tobin LoftsDirector is expected to engage more student participation.

See STUDENT, Page 4

Jorge Posadas

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For coverage in Calendar, call 210-486-1773 or e-mail sac-ranger@alamo.edu two weeks in advance.

TodayACCD Event: Veterans Day federal

holiday with classes in session and offices

open.

ACCD Deadline: 2012 animated holi-

day e-card contest submission to dmelgo-

za@alamo.edu. Continues through Friday.

Call 210-485-0020.

SAC Deadline: Foundations of

Excellence survey available in ACES.

Continues through Friday. Call 210-

486-0063 or visit www.alamo.edu/sac/

fromthegroundup.

SAC Workshop: PowerPoint sponsored

by the student technology center 11 a.m.-

noon in Room 542 of Moody. Continues

2 p.m.-3 p.m. Tuesday and 8 a.m.-9 a.m

Friday. Call 210-486-0160.

SAC Meeting: Student Government

noon-1 p.m. in the craft room of Loftin.

Continues Mondays. Call 210-486-0133.

SAC Meeting: Men’s Bible study 1

p.m.-2 p.m. at the Church of Christ

Student Center, 301 W. Dewey. Continues

Mondays. Call 210-736-6750.

SAC Workshop: ACES/Blackboard

Essentials sponsored by the student tech-

nology center 3 p.m.-4 p.m. in Room

542 of Moody. Continues 3 p.m.-4 p.m.

Wednesday and 2 p.m.-3 p.m. Thursday.

Call 210-486-0160.

Event: Exhibit of new ceramic works

by Veronica Castillo 10 a.m.-7 p.m. at

Esperanza Peace and Justice Center, 922

San Pedro. Continues through Friday. Call

210-288-0201 or visit www.esperan-

zacenter.org.

Tuesday

SAC Workshop: Adobe Acrobat X

Professional sponsored by the student

technology center 8 a.m.-9 a.m. in Room

542 of Moody. Continues 11 a.m.-noon

Wednesday and 9 a.m.-10 a.m. Thursday.

Call 210-486-0160.

SAC Event: Angel Tree Project spon-

sored by Staff Council 9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.

in the staff and faculty lounge of Loftin.

Call 210-486-0255.

SAC Workshop: Prezi sponsored by

the student technology center 10 a.m.-11

a.m. in Room 542 of Moody. Call 210-

486-0160.

SAC Event: Hot Potato lecture: “The

Dragon and the Eagle” by Dr. J. Philip

Rogers at 12:15 p.m. at Methodist

Student Center, 102 Belknap. Call 210-

733-1441 or visit http://www.saumcm.

org/San_Antonio_UMCM/Calendar.html.

SAC Meeting: Campus Crusade for

Christ now called “Cru” 1:30 p.m. in Room

004 of Chance. Continues Tuesdays.

SAC Meeting: College Council at 2

p.m. in Room 120 of visual arts. Call

210-486-0956.

Wednesday

SAC Workshop: Word (Microsoft) spon-

sored by the student technology center 11

a.m.-noon in Room 542 of Moody. Call

210-486-0160.

SAC Event: Fashion Show sponsored

by student life noon-1 p.m. preceded by

a reception at 11 a.m. in the Fiesta Room

of Loftin. Call 210-486-0128.

SAC Meeting: Teaching Academy

Program Peers 1 p.m.-2 p.m. in Room

129 in Gonzales Hall. Call 210-486-

0658.

SAC Meeting: Gay Ally & Lesbian

Association 3 p.m. in the faculty and staff

lounge of Loftin. Continues Wednesdays.

Call 210-201-4252.

Trinity Lecture: “Probing Mid-ocean

Ridge Processes Through Deep Crustal

Drilling” by Dr. Doug Wilson 4:45 p.m.-

5:45 p.m. in Room 437 of the center for

sciences and innovation. Email lynda.

ibarra@trinity.edu.

PAC Event: Jazz Ensemble Concert

sponsored by the music department 6:30

p.m.-7:30 p.m. in performing arts. Call

210-486-3227.

Thursday

SAC Event: Open forum with Dr. Robert

Vela, vice president of academic and stu-

dent affairs, 3 p.m.-4 p.m. in Room 120

of visual arts center.

SAC Event: Reception for the opening

of the communication design student

exhibition 4 p.m.-6 p.m. on second floor

lobby of Longwith. Call 210-486-1361.

SAC Performance: “The Last Days of

Judas Iscariot” sponsored by fine arts

department at 7:30 p.m. in McCreless

theater. $2 with SAC ID, $8 with other col-

lege IDs, $5 for high school students with

ID, $10 general admission. Continues at

7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2:30

p.m. Sunday. Call 210-486-0255.

Friday

SAC Event: International Survivors of

Suicide Day sponsored by the health pro-

motions office 9 a.m.-10:30 a.m. in Room

150 of Loftin. Call 210-486-0158.

SAC Workshop: Windows 7 sponsored

by the student technology center 1 p.m.-2

p.m. in Room 542 of Moody. Call 210-

486-0160.

SAC Meeting: Mathematics, Engineering

and Science Achievement at 1:30 p.m. in

Room 204 of Chance. Call 210-486-0060.

SAC Event: 5K Run sponsored by stu-

dent life 5 p.m.-6 p.m in the mall. $5 for

nonstudents. Register at the info desk

in Loftin or online at https://orgsync.

com/25432/forms/58907.

SAC Event: Open Mic Coffee Night

sponsored by Cheshyre Cheese Club and

student life 6:30 p.m.-9:30 p.m. in the

cafeteria of Loftin for 18 and older. Call

210-486-0128.

Saturday

SAC Event: Racquetball tournament

sponsored by kinesiology department at 9

a.m. at racquetball courts in Candler. $5

donation. Call 210-486-1029.

Emily Kahanek, assistant coordina-tor of special proj-ects, gives criminal justice sophomore Alicia Pacheco a voucher for a free meal in the cafeteria Monday after drawing a high income card during the OxFam hunger banquet in Loftin. Students were asked to draw cards of high-middle and low income class-es, and were then served rice or beans, or both, depend-ing on their class. English Professor Patricia Portales drew a low income card and received a small amount of rice. Portales said the ban-quet has taught her to be thankful for having three meals a day. Riley Stephens

Kinesiology Instructor Medin Barreira teaches cardiovascular exercises to a spin bike class to prepare them for a two-hour final exam Tuesday in Candler. Monica Correa

EMS freshman Chris Shatlain and business administration sophomore Hannah Dunn perform Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” in the 28th talent show Wednesday in Loftin. Music business sophomore Robert Fly won first place and an 8 GB Nook tablet for singing his original song “The Sand In My Boots.” Riley Stephens

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By CARLOS FERRANDsac-ranger@alamo.edu

This college played host to

the Texas Junior College Student

Government Association Region 6

Conference on Nov. 2-3.

During their weekly meeting Nov.

5, members of SGA congratulated

each other the success of their first

Region 6 conference.

“There was no hiccups,” Secretary

Justin Wideman said.

On Nov. 2, 30 members from this

college, Del Mar College and Victoria

College met at Koehler Cultural

Center, and U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett,

D-Texas, addressed the conference.

Doggett served as the president

of the student government at the

University of Texas at Austin and

credits the association with launch-

ing his future in public service,

President Jacob Wong said.

A team-building exercise at the

conference was “toxic spill” in which

participants moved a bucket filled

with water from the Catholic Student

Center to Loftin Student Center. If

any water spilled, a judge would

remove a member, and the team had

to continue minus one.

The exercise was designed to

help break the ice between students

and demonstrate the importance of

working as a team, Wong said.

Following the exercises, the

conference moved downtown, and

attendees cruised the San Antonio

River on a tour barge. The visiting

students loved it, Wong said.

On Saturday, the conference

turned its attention to SGA business,

Wong said. They discussed expec-

tations of advisers and contests to

enter at the state conference April

11-14 in Houston.

This college’s SGA will compete in

poetry, song, essay, event of the year,

chapter of the year and project of

the year. Winning at state is not only

winning for SGA, it is for this college,

Wong said. “The trophy that comes

back is to the college,” he said.

The cost for the conference was

$3,837 paid from college President

Robert Zeigler’s discretionary budget.

Dues collected totaled $625.

In other news, SGA announced

that Chat with the Chancellor will take

place at 10:30 a.m. Thursday in the

faculty and staff lounge of Loftin. The

open forum with Chancellor Bruce

Leslie will be open to faculty and staff,

but only students can ask questions.

SGA members also voted unani-

mously to add the positions of histo-

rian and parliamentarian to be better

prepared for the state conference.

The historian will be responsible

for keeping a scrapbook of SGA’s activ-

ities and events for an academic year.

The parliamentarian will be

responsible for making sure that

every meeting is following parlia-

mentary procedure.

“We absolutely have to strictly

follow it once we get to state,” Wong

said.

To fill the positions, SGA could

hold a special election that could take

weeks or Wong could appoint stu-

dents. “I do not prefer to do appoint-

ment ... but it could take two weeks

or more just to get everything set and

then another week for end results.

We’re already half way through our

semester,” Wong said.

No final decision on holding elec-

tions or appointments was made.

Since officer positions travel to all

events and conferences, SGA will ask

for a budget increase.

In other news, SGA is partnering

with the office of student life and

the Catholic Student Association to

hold a nonperishable campuswide

food drive 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Monday and

Tuesday in the mall.

Anyone who donates at least eight

cans will receive a voucher worth

10 percent off items at the college

bookstore, excluding textbooks or

food. If anybody donates 12 cans,

they will receive a voucher for Clay

Casa, a pottery painting studio,

and the 10 percent voucher for the

bookstore. The first five people each

day to donate at least 16 cans also

will receive a discount voucher for

Julian’s Italian Pizzeria.

SGA will also be giving away one

16GB Mimobot flash drive each day.

Only students can sign up to win

the Mimobots.

By INGRID WILGENicobham@student.alamo.edu

It is hard to make a difference

when standing alone, U.S. Rep.

Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, said Nov. 2

at the Texas Junior College Student

Government Association Region

6 Conference in Koehler Cultural

Center.

He told delegates to network and

learn to work together because a

unified voice is a strong voice.

Doggett was elected Tuesday to

represent the new District 35, which

goes from San Antonio to Austin.

The former justice on the Texas

Supreme Court has served in

Congress since 1994.

Attending the conference host-

ed by the Student Government

Association were representatives of

two-year colleges including Del Mar

College in Corpus Christi and Victoria

College in Victoria along with repre-

sentatives of campus clubs.

Jacob Wong, psychology sopho-

more and SGA president, President

Robert Zeigler and Alamo Colleges

District 1 trustee Joe Alderete

introduced the congressman and

explained the importance of student

government. A common thread was

the need to advocate for education.

Doggett said had it not been for

his 1967 term as student govern-

ment president at the University of

Texas in Austin, he would not be in

Congress today.

Pointing out the importance of

unity he said, “ I know that if you

go to Austin alone, or to the trust-

ees meeting here alone, or to the

city council or other level of govern-

ment, you speak only for yourself.

“But in building support with all

the students and reflecting that in the

work of your student government,

then networking with similar student

governments across the region, you

can have a more effective voice.”

Doggett said he is fighting for the

future of higher education by trying

to find ways to prevent the increas-

ing costs of education from shifting

onto students.

He said not everyone will go on to

serve an elected office, but they can

be informed, active citizens making

a difference in the community.

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‘No hiccups’ during Region 6 meetingU.S. representative says unified voice effective Chat with the Chancellor set

for 10 a.m. Thursday in Loftin.

U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, encourages involvement during a speech Nov. 2 in Koehler. Sergio Ramirez

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500 graduate this semester

By NICOLE A. WESTsac-ranger@alamo.edu

About 500 students applied for graduation

by the Oct. 31 deadline, but the admissions and

records office is still receiving applications from

the department advisers, Joe Jacques, assistant

director of admissions,

said Wednesday.

After a student sub-

mits an application to

graduate in ACES, the

admissions office sends

the student an email

indicating the applica-

tion was received.

The second step for

the student is to go to

a faculty adviser in the

department of the major or field of study for

advising. The student and adviser go over

the degree checklist. The adviser puts in the

student’s grades for courses required for the

degree.

The departments usually turn in all appli-

cations within a week.

“So I’ll get most all of them by the end of

this week,” Jacques said.

At the end of the semester, admissions and

records checks the packets for accuracy before

issuing degrees.

The college will have its annual com-

mencement May 11, and December graduates

may participate.

“An associate degree is worth money,”

Jacques said. “Many of

our students will go out

and pursue employ-

ment while they’re

going to school.”

According to the

Alamo College website,

students with an asso-

ciate degree can earn

at least $7,000 or high-

er income than high

school graduates.

“Having an associates degree on a résumé

can transfer into dollars,” Jacques said.

An associate degree includes the core cur-

riculum that must be accepted by all Texas

public colleges and universities.

For more information, call 210-486-0200 or

visit www.alamo.edu/sac/graduation/

Graduation applications are still filtering in from advisers.

“An associate degree is worth money. Many of our students will go out and pursue employment while they’re going to school.”

Joe Jacques,assistant director

of admissions

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“It’s a little different from the other colleges

… But after he stepped down, we needed to

figure out who would be the best person to

serve in that role,” Vela said.

“We’re fortunate and very happy to have

Ms. Mendiola say yes to this role because

it’s a very difficult role,” he said. “There’s a

lot of organization, a lot of oversight, a lot of

accountability of the money that needs to be

transparent and it needs to be well-document-

ed. It’s not an easy job.”

Vela said when Posadas asked to resign

from the committee, “he basically said he

could no longer fill in the role, and he wanted

to focus on his office and his team, and we

respected that.”

Vela said Thursday that Posadas’ role as

nonvoting chair of the Student Activity Fee

Committee was an added duty to his role as

student life director.

“His role, really, is to provide leadership

opportunities and programs to students,

oversee the clubs and

organizations, oversee

our recreational sports

programs, coordinate

and put together dif-

ferent student activi-

ties … to facilitate this

experiential learning

piece,” he said.

“He’s still respon-

sible for the student

life office, which deals

heavily with clubs

and organizations, Student Government

Association, leadership programs and oppor-

tunities, programming, the whole club sports,”

he said Oct. 29. “That is still a very vital piece of

our student affairs operation.”

Vela said this fiscal year is a transition-

al period for the committee because of the

change in committee chairs.

He said he expects Posadas to continue his

role as student life director and continue being

available for students.

“I expect him to do all of the activities that

he’s been doing in the past, and engaging

more and more participation from students,”

Vela said.

“And to his credit, we have a wonderful

student life program, and we see a lot more

students here than we’ve done in the past.”

According to a district job description

for director of student activities, job duties

include supervising events in the student cen-

ter and organizing performances, seminars

and lectures.

The job also calls for an “ability to commu-

nicate well with all levels of people and work

effectively with community organizations.”

Posadas declined to talk to The Ranger for

this story Wednesday “because we’ve already

had this interview,” he said in reference to The

Ranger story “Posadas steps down as activity

fee committee chair,” which was uploaded to

The Ranger Online Aug. 30.

The Ranger scheduled an appointment Oct.

30 with student life secretary Mary Schlabig to

conduct a face-to-face interview at 2 p.m. Oct.

31 with Posadas.

About an hour before the interview was

to take place, Schlabig called The Ranger to

reschedule the interview with Posadas because

she said he was ill.

On Nov. 5, The Ranger visited the office of

student life and rescheduled with Schlabig the

interview with Posadas for 3 p.m. Wednesday.

She asked if the reporter wanted to do the

story or was assigned the story.

At about 2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, Posadas

called to reschedule

the interview and

requested a Ranger

reporter accompany

him while attending

meetings, instead of

conducting an inter-

view.

“It’s going to take a

little more time from

you, but it’s going to

take a lot of time from me, and my time, I need

to give to my primary duties,” Posadas said

Wednesday.

It would make for a more interesting story

than a sit-down interview, he said.

“If they (Ranger advisers) don’t like the

idea … send me your questions in an email,”

he said.

The Ranger does not conduct email inter-

views except in unusual circumstances, such

as with sources out of the area.

After Posadas told The Ranger he expected

to be paid for interviews Oct. 17, 2011, inter-

views in January and February with Posadas

were supposed to be in the presence of Vela.

At least one took place under those conditions.

Vela said Feb. 9 he wanted “to ensure a

good interview process” and that everyone

was “playing by what we agreed on.”

“He must provide — and his staff — inter-

views, just like we all do to The Ranger,” Vela

said Thursday. “He’s not excluded from provid-

ing interviews … that is part of our job.”

Vela could not comment on Posadas’ job

performance because “that’s more of a confi-

dential evaluation process.”

“I think I need to see how this rolls out

within the next year and see how much that

chair activity took out of his time,” he said.

“Now that he’s no longer chair, I want to

see within the next six months or year what

that means.”

From STUDENT, Page 1

Dr. Robert Vela

“We anticipate that most of those students are going to be from SAC, and they’re going to want programming; they’re going to want activities ...”

Dr. Robert Vela,vice president of academic

and student success

For more information,call Vela at 210-486-0931.

For more informationon the office of student life,

call 210-486-0125.

By AMANDA RIOSsac-ranger@alamo.edu

Thirty students celebrated Dia de los Santos and Dia de los

Muertos Nov. 1 in the Fiesta Room of Loftin Student Center.

These are Mexican observations in which people honor lives

of loved ones who have died. Dia de los Santos is celebrated Nov.

1 to remember children, and Dia de los Muertos is observed Nov.

2 to remember adults.

This Mexican holiday tradition has been going on for 500

years.

The mortuary science department decided to celebrate this

event because they wanted to give students the experience, mor-

tuary science Professor Francisco E. Solis said.

Mortuary science students work in funeral homes, and most

funeral homes will have a celebration or place an altar for fami-

lies to celebrate the dead, he said.

“It’s a way to get the community back into the funeral home,

but not because of a religious service,” Solis said.

He said that mortuary science students who work in San

Antonio will be servicing Hispanic families because Hispanics

make up the majority of the population.

“So we are just giving you awareness of the culture,” he said.

“In our (Hispanic) culture, we expose children to death early in

age because we do not want them to fear death.”

Solis explained that in Mexican culture, people die three

times. “We die when we are born, we die when we are dead and

we die when we are forgotten,” he said.

The event in Loftin included three workshops. The first work-

shop included the explanation of the holiday.

“The difference between Halloween and Dia de los Muertos

and Dia de los Santos is that it started out as a thing about death.

It didn’t start off as a pagan holiday like Halloween,” Solis said.

The skeletons placed for decoration are mocking death

because this holiday is a celebration of life, not death, he said.

“For the next two days, families are going to be revisited by

their loved ones, so we prepared an altar for the dead because

they have been traveling, they are hungry, and they need to

replenish,” he said.

The workshop included making “alfeñiques,” which means

sugar skull in Spanish. Alfeñiques are made of sugar and egg

whites and are a traditional part of the culture. The department

decided to buy chocolate in the shapes of skulls to decorate.

Alfeñiques are being used less often and are being replaced

by chocolate because children will eat them after they decorate

them, he said.

The students decorated the skulls with frosting in bright col-

ors, such as blue, orange, green and red.

“The skulls are painted in bright colors because we want the

spirits to see where they are landing,” Solis said.

The students also decorated sugar skull drawings that were

later hung in the Fiesta Room.

The second workshop demonstrated to students how to

make papel picado or punch paper by mortuary science Chair

Felix Gonzales. Papel picado was founded in Asia.

“It was believed that the paper decorations were the windows

to the world, that they were filled with magic,” Gonzales said.

Papel picado is used to decorate the altars that are set up for

the dead. “Papel picado is used to attract the attention of the

souls traveling,” he said.

The third workshop was a PowerPoint slide about the sym-

bolisms of the holiday presented by Professor Jose Luis Moreno.

“Death is not something that the majority of the Mexican-

Americans fear. In fact, it is even embraced,” he said.

“It is not the Mexican version of Halloween. It is not scary, not

sacrilegious, or a sad ritual,” he said.

“We honor those gone but not forgotten. You can compare it

to other cultures like the Aztecs or the Spaniards and see how our

culture is not similar,” he said.

Moreno said marigold flowers are the most commonly used

flower when decorating an altar. He explains that when decorat-

ing, bright flowers should be used. Moreno presented colors

used in altars and their meanings. Purple represents pain, white

represents hope, bright pink represents celebration, and orange

and yellow represent light.

“Hispanic culture includes everybody, not just immediate

family, so it includes cousins and family friends,” he said.

Moreno then explained elements and colors that are needed

to be present on an altar.

To represent Earth, people will put out flowers, usually

marigolds. To represent wind, papel picado is used to decorate

the altar so that it flows in the wind to direct the souls. Water is

represented on the altar by bringing drinks for the dead. Fire is

represented by candles to direct the dead to the light.

Altars are set up at graveyards but are not seen as being dis-

respectful in the Mexican culture because they are honoring the

souls that have passed. At the end of the workshop, students

brought pictures of the deceased to the altar made by the depart-

ment and decorated the Fiesta Room with papel picado made

during the workshop.

By IVIE OKUNGBOWAsac-ranger@alamo.edu

Staff Council distributed 97

turkey raffle tickets to staff dur-

ing the Halloween candy give-

away Oct. 31 in the visual arts

center.

Rosie Carreon, fine arts aca-

demic unit assistant, said 18

winners will be awarded a din-

ner provided by Bill Miller Bar-

B-Q for a family of four includ-

ing turkey, dressing and gravy

or a frozen turkey during the

raffle at 2 p.m. Friday in the

faculty and staff lounge in Loftin

Student Center.

Ten winners will receive a gift

certificate to Bill Miller Bar-B-Q,

and eight winners will receive a

frozen turkey during the draw-

ing, she said.

Jenney Vargas, student ser-

vice clerk at the empowerment

center, said the Halloween

candy giveaway is a good way to

bring employees together.

Ten members of Staff

Council volunteered in the

candy giveaway.

Vargas said since many staff

are at the lower end of the pay

scale, they should have oppor-

tunities like the turkey raffle to

get something for free.

Susana Herrera, admissions

and records clerk, received a bag

of candy for her daughter but she

said she thinks the sugar-filled

treats cause health problems.

“I want to live long,” she said.

She said her daughter gets

candy only once a year.

Herrera advised people to

eat in moderation.

She lost 25 pounds in spring

by participating in the “Biggest

Loser” sponsored by the

Wellness Committee.

Housekeeper Chevela Man

said if she won a turkey, she

would donate the turkey to her

brother, whose leg was ampu-

tated six years ago because of a

diabetic injury.

For more information, call

210-486-0413.

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Mortuary science celebrates Dia de Los Muertos

Alternative to Hunger FridayBy ADAM MEZAsac-ranger@alamo.edu

Six bands will be playing live Friday to

support campus radio station KSYM-FM

90.1 in a fundraiser for

Boysville home for boys

and girls.

KSYM’s 15th annual

Alternative to Hunger,

or Alt2Hunger, fund-

raiser takes place at 6:30

p.m. at the VFW Post 76

at 10 10th street.

The bands and

playing times are Los

Nahalutos 6:30 p.m.-7

p.m., The Sky Divided 7:15 p.m.-8 p.m.,

Saturday Night Satellites 8:15 p.m.-9 p.m.,

Deep in the Heart 9:15 p.m.-9:45 p.m.,

Broken Buffalo 10 p.m.-10:45 p.m. and Los

#3 Dinners 11 p.m.-11:45 p.m.

Entry fee is a $5 donation, five canned

goods per person or one frozen turkey

for five people. The proceeds will go to

Boysville, a South Texas

facility for homeless

youth, for the third con-

secutive year.

“We had such prob-

lems with the other

charitable organiza-

tions. We noticed

Boysville was struggling

to raise money, and it

is a worthy cause,” said

KSYM staff member

Victoria Acevedo.

For more information, contact program

Director Charlie Castleman at 210-486-

1371 or KSYM@alamo.edu.

Mortuary science freshman Michael Hall and Professor Francisco E. Solis carry a decorated altar to the middle of the stage during the Day of the Dead workshop Nov. 1 in Loftin. It has been a tradition in the department to bring awareness to the way death is viewed in the Mexican culture. Carolina Vela

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Nov. 12, 20126 • The Ranger Editorial

Adjuncts who feared they would not be able to teach more than 7.4 semester hours in the spring semester have been given a reprieve — at least for now.

President Robert Zeigler said Oct. 31 that the district will make a 6.4 percent contri-bution to the Teacher Retirement System for adjunct faculty teaching more than 7.4 semester hours in the spring.

The adjuncts will have to match that con-tribution as well.

On Sept. 26, Chancellor Bruce Leslie announced to all faculty members that the TRS rule required retirement contributions for adjuncts who teach half of a full-time load.

On Sept. 27, Zeigler sent an email propos-ing three options for this college: Hire more adjuncts, keep faculty teaching 7.5 hours or more with justification or cut classes.

Many feared the college could not afford to pitch in its share and that adjuncts teach-ing multiple classes would have to settle for a reduced course load. Some would not be able to afford the cut in pay and would seek posi-tions elsewhere.

Jerry Townsend, Adjunct Faculty Council chair, voiced concerns about the rule at the

Oct. 3 Faculty Senate meeting and Oct. 9 Adjunct Faculty Council meeting and was planning to speak during the citizens-to-be heard section of the Alamo Colleges regular board meeting Oct. 30.

Townsend said he was informed of the decision at the regular board of trustees meeting; however, Zeigler said the decision for the district to pay the 6.4 percent contri-bution was made around a month ago.

While it’s great that the problem was resolved temporarily, an apparent miscom-munication kept that information from get-ting to the people it affects the most.

The Adjunct Faculty Council and Faculty Senate should have been kept up to date on the issue so they could allay the concerns of faculty.

No one wants to sacrifice loyal adjuncts whose classroom performance merits their being assigned multiple classes.

And certainly, students don’t want classes cut.

So let’s hope the administration realizes the value of ponying up the extra money for adjuncts’ retirement in the spring — and continues to do so.

That would send a clear message.

Keep adjuncts informed

Use MyAlamo appA new mobile app MyAlamo allows employ-

ees and students to access a directory, news feed, course information and emergency contact information for iOS and Android operating systems.

Students should download this free app for easy access to district information.

The district spent $66,000 for a company to create the app. So far, it looks like money well-spent.

If students need to contact professors or classmates, the app allows them to find contact infor-mation in a matter of seconds.

Class catalogs are available on the app now to help with the reg-istration process.

Phase 2 of MyAlamo, which should be implemented by the end of spring, would allow students to view their grades, class schedules and financial aid information.

Dr. Thomas Cleary, vice chancellor for planning, performance and information sys-tems, said students will be able to register for

summer classes from their smart phone because of Phase 2.

A possible Phase 3 of the app may even tell student or employ-ees the location of an available parking space. How cool is that?

Well, it may not be as trendy as Facebook or Twitter, but it keeps students and employees up to date with what is happening at district colleges.

The app can even direct you to the district’s Facebook and Twitter account as well the web-sites for the district and each col-lege.

Smart phones are popular among students, so students

should download — and use — the app that will help them access information that can help them succeed in college.

Juan Carlos Campos

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By FELIPE PEREZ JR.sac-ranger@alamo.edu

The San Antonio College Kinesiology

Majors club is sponsoring the fifth annual SAC

10- and 5-Miler Boot Camp Run 8 a.m. Nov. 17.

The run will be at the Leon Creek

Greenway Trailhead behind the Drury Inn at

15806 Interstate 10 West.

The run is open to the public.

The 10 miler is $35 and 5 miler is $25.

Alamo College students get a discount

rate of $25 for the 10-miler and $20 for the

5-miler.

On average, depending on physical activ-

ity, a student can finish a 5-mile run in one

hour and 10 minutes and a 10-mile run in two

hours and 30 minutes, kinesiology Instructor

Chris Dillon said.

Proceeds from this event go to funding

the Jean Dudney and Nelda Drury kinesiology

scholarships named for two former profes-

sors.

Each scholarship is $500.

The Dudney scholarship is for a kinesiol-

ogy student, and the Drury scholarship is for

a dance student.

Kinesiology majors also help with the

event by securing sponsors and taking dona-

tions in the form of gift cards from Academy

Sports & Outdoors.

Money raised goes to students of the

K-Club to attend the Texas Association of

Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and

Dance from Nov. 28-Dec. 1 in Galveston.

This conference is important to kinesiol-

ogy majors.

“This is where my students began to net-

work and establish their contacts for the field

they will go into,” Dillon said.

Last year the boot camp run drew 250 par-

ticipants and raised $2,500.

Visit http://www.active.com keyword SAC

to register, the registration deadline is 11:59

p.m. Nov. 15.

Participants also can sign up and pay at

The Athlete’s Foot at 923 N. Loop 1604 E.

By OSITA OMESIETEsac-ranger@alamo.edu

The rock-climbing wall located in the

lobby of the Wellness Center at Northeast

Lakeview College is now open to Alamo

College students and faculty.

The purpose of the rock-climbing wall is a

wellness approach, kinesiology Professor Wes

Adams said.

He said this style of exercising steps out-

side the realm of how people are used to

working out.

Also, the wall can be used in other courses

to teach kickboxing and self-defense, he said.

To climb the wall, participants need a cur-

rent Alamo Colleges ID and must reserve a

slot with Adams via email at wadams@alamo.

edu.

Adams is a trained instructor who teaches

students techniques and safety before partici-

pants are allowed on the wall.

Rock-climbing sessions are an hour, and

Adams teaches basic instructions, such as

how to adjust harnesses and belay properly,

securing the rope so the climber does not

fall.

The instructional period takes about 15

minutes, Adam said.

Adams said after he finishes teaching, the

participants then take turns climbing the wall

while another person belays.

A grigri, locking mechanism that prevents

excessive amount of slack, is used so climbers

do not have to worry about slipping off the

wall and falling.

Since there is limited staffing, only six stu-

dents are allowed at a time, Adams said.

Adams said students have the opportunity

to stay on the wall longer if there is not a full

class in the following time slot.

Currently, the rock-climbing wall is open

6 p.m.-8 p.m. Thursday and 9 a.m.-11 a.m

Friday.

Adams said times will be rescheduled in

the spring because he is looking for part-time

employees.

For more information, call Adams at 210-

486-5306 or email at wadams@alamo.edu.

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Kinesiology Majors Club hosts fifth annual boot camp run

Rock wall at NLC now openBasic instruction is required before students begin climbing.

Funds raised from the run will go to scholarships and travel for members to a state convention in Galveston.

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Fire science freshman Eddie Bautista break-dances in front of his friends in between classes Monday in Loftin. Bautista said he and his friends, dance freshman Ferno Guerrero, liberal arts freshman Fidel Melchor and communications freshman Nathan Wieters, share a love for break dancing. Monica Correa

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105% increase in male clients from 2000 to 2010.

34%of all health services are contraceptive.

3/4 of clients receive services

to prevent unintended pregnancies.

6 million+activists, supporters, and donors.

76%of clients at or below 150% of the federal poverty level.

900,000 clients served by Planned Parenthood-supported partners in 10 developing countries.

96 years providing women, men,and young people

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By OSITA OMESIETEsac-ranger@alamo.edu

A $500,000 donation has been received from

Valero Energy Foundation toward the $7 million

the college is trying to raise for construction of the

Challenger Center. The college has raised $850,000

so far, public relations Director Vanessa Torres said

Nov. 2.

Groundbreaking for the Challenger Center at

this college was May 2, and the center is expected

to open in the fall.

The center will wrap around

Scobee Planetarium increasing

its square footage from 3,950

to 21,519.

With multiple items such

as a space station simulator, a

gift shop and a mission control

room, the Challenger Center

and planetarium will entertain

as well as educate, David Mrizek, vice president of

college services, said.

Challenger Learning Centers are programs to

equip students with knowledge, confidence, and

skills to better themselves and the nation, reports

the official website for the Challenger Center.

The first learning center was opened in Houston

in August 1988 by families of the crew that were lost

from Space Shuttle Challenger/STS-51L, which

exploded 73 seconds after liftoff Jan. 28, 1986.

Of the 45 learning centers, three are in Texas.

One is in San Benito, one is in an observatory at

Brazos Bend State Park in Needville, and one is in

the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

Mrizek is confident the college will raise enough

funds to fund the center.

“We are working to bring in $5 million for con-

struction and $2 million to set up an endowment,”

Mrizek said.

Mrizek said the principle of the endow-

ment would be invested in the Alamo Colleges

Foundation.

Mrizek said this is the first time the college has

raised funds for a building of this scale.

The capital campaign is led by a committee of

22 volunteers, who have agreed to help raise funds.

“Basically you go out and

ask people to give you money,”

Mrizek said in defining a capital

campaign.

Professional fundraiser

Bonnie Gittinger is train-

ing this committee to raise

funds, Mrizek said. Charles E.

Cheever Jr., chairman emeritus

of Broadway Bancshares Inc.,

chairs the committee.

The campaign is currently in the quiet phase,

Mrizek said, where the committee speaks with

contributors who have the capacity to give and are

interested in supporting the project.

Mrizek said he has hopes that it will not have

to reach the public phase, where the college hosts

bake sales and events of that nature.

He said he’s calling the Challenger Center a

“pipeline” to help get people interested in science,

technology, engineering and mathematics, known

as STEM.

The center is a comprehensive attempt to

attract people to STEM education, Mrizek said.

For more information, contact Mrizek at 210-

486-0937.

By ALMA LINDA MANZANARESamanzanares6@student.alamo.edu

Incoming students for the spring will have

to complete mandatory modules online before

they are officially admitted in the district.

This is part of MyMap, or My Monitoring

Academic Progress, an initiative that strives to

improve student success.

JoCarol Fabianke, interim vice chancellor

for academic success, said after incoming stu-

dents have completed the ApplyTexas applica-

tion and submitted a high school transcript,

they will have to complete required modules.

She said students should receive an email

or a phone call notifying them to complete the

modules. Modules include “Paying for College,”

“I-CARE,” “Assessment Information” and “Test

Preparation.”

At the end of each module, students will be

required to take a quiz based on the module.

Students have three attempts to get a 60 for the

module to be marked as complete.

“All of this is really just to better prepare a

student to be successful,” Fabianke said.

After students complete the modules, they

will have to go through HOLA, or hands online

advising. The online advising is similar to the

group advising students were required to take

before, Fabianke said.

“It is to hopefully, for some students, make it

easier to get through that so they don’t have to

actually sit through a group advising,” she said.

Fabianke said there is a concern that enroll-

ment will decrease; however, she said this is not

the first time the district has been concerned.

She said the district was concerned when

the Alamo Colleges board of trustees passed a

policy July 26, 2011, ending registration early

for spring 2012.

Board Policy F.6.1.1 states, “The last day for

students to submit an application to enroll for

classes starting at the beginning of all other

parts of term will be two weeks prior to the first

day of the part of term.”

Fabianke said concerns also arose this

semester when Smart Start was enforced. Smart

Start instructed faculty to drop students who do

not attend a class at least once during the first

week of the semester.

District Procedure F.6.1.5 states that if a

student misses at least one session during the

first week of class, the student will be dropped

from that class. The procedure was approved

July 26, 2011.

“There’s a balance of trying to keep enroll-

ment up and do what we know is right for

students,” Fabianke said. “So we feel like this

is really important, and we’re trying to make

sure students understand it and are going to do

these things.”

She compared the modules to student devel-

opment courses, which “nobody wants to take.”

“The results show us that that’s really valu-

able for students and that students have a

higher GPA and persistence is greatly increased

if they go through that class,” she said. “We’re

trying to weigh what we need to do for students

to get them ready.”

Time-ticketing registration for spring begins

Monday-Tuesday for students who have com-

pleted 46 or more hours, Wednesday for stu-

dents with more than 31 hours, Thursday for

students with more than 16 hours and Friday

for students with more than one credit hour.

Registration opens to all students Nov. 19.

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Challenger Center fundraising gets $500,000 donation

Registration requires online modules, advising

“Basically you go out and ask people to give you money.”

David Mrizek,vice president of college services

Above: Vaughn Construction works on the renovations of Scobee Planetarium with the addition of the Challenger Learning Center Wednesday. Renovations are estimated to finish October 2013 at a total cost of $10 million, David Mrizek, vice president of college services, said. Riley Stephens

Left: Vaughn Construction performs asbestos abate-ment Aug. 8, on Scobee. Riley Stephens

Below: Renovations to the outer shell of Scobee Aug. 1 Ingrid Wilgen

Planetarium Coordinator Bob Kelley looks as a crane removes roof debris July 10 on the west side of Scobee. Ingrid Wilgen

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