Yvette Garcia KTSW News While many college students will be soaking up the sun this week, there will be a group of Bobcats preparing for a big event that takes place after spring break. Bobcat Build is a student run organization; it’s run for students by students. Their mission is to give back to the community of San Marcos for all of their support given towards Texas State University. Bobcat […]
Elise Laird KTSW News Spring break is a time for leisure fun in the sun for some of the college students at Texas State, but what about the professors? What do they do during their week off? Assistant professor of trombone and jazz studies, Doctor Martin McCain, has anything but a break. He and his nine students, The Hill Country Jazz Bones, have won the national, jazz, trombone ensemble competition […]
Texas State University is waiting for a decision by the Texas Legislature concerning funding for the proposed Engineering and Science Building. The University has submitted a funding request for $83 million dollars and expects a decision sometime in May. The building is being planned in response to the overwhelming number of applications to the new Engineering Program, which is already outgrowing its space in the Mitte Building. University Vice President, […]
Monica Solis KTSW News While the struggle of self-identity is not uncommon amongst individuals, many struggle with a different sense of identity – the label of disability. Office of Disability Service director, Clint-Michael Reneau, said students are often nervous about approaching ODS simply because of the self-consciousness often attached to that label. “There’s some issues or stigmatization that go with that and that ends up hindering students because they don’t […]
Colin Ashby KTSW News Texas State’s Office of Disability Services is a known aid in giving a various degree of resources like sign language interpreters, audio formatted textbooks, and note-taking paper. Another resource, less known, that is available to students with disabilities are university professors. Professors at Texas State go about teaching in different ways. English Department Senior Lecturer, Sue Beebe, thinks having not only ODS students, but a diverse […]
Andrea Rodriguez KTSW News The Office of Disability Service serves students with a number of disabilities including: learning disabilities, all types of physical disabilities, chronic health issues, students who are deaf and hard of hearing, visual impairment, attention deficit disorder, and that’s not exhausted list by any means. According to Texas State University’s Office of Disability Services mission, their goal is to “ensure that students with disabilities have equal access […]
Aaron Lugo KTSW News According to Art Junior Cat Cassidy, this semester, there have been some changes in the leadership of the Office of Disability Services, particularly in the way the interpreter services are run for deaf students like Cassidy. Up until this semester, the sign language interpreters have been coordinated by Linda Lovelace. This semester, the university has hired Dawne McDougall as the assistant director of disability services. For […]
Glen Purvis KTSW News The announcement last Monday that Pope Benedict XVI will step down shocked many in the catholic community. Pastor Brian Eilers of Our Lady of Wisdom University Parish said the announcement was completely unexpected after only eight years with the current Pope. Many have begun to wonder who will be selected to lead the Church next. There has been speculation that the next pope may come from […]
Isamar Terrazas KTSW News Earlier this month, the San Marcos Polar Plunge event took place. Polar Plunge is an event through Special Olympics that is done all throughout Texas. The event allows individuals or groups to sign up and raise money prior to the Polar Plunge event and then on the day of the event those same individuals jump into the cold waters to show their support. The event takes […]
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