By Calvin Miller Podcast Manager The avocado, or more famously known as the "Green Gold" down in Mexico, is one of their most lucrative exports to the United States. However, there is a large cost in both violence (think of cartels) as well as the cost to the environment to get these fruits to us so we can enjoy them on Super Bowl Sunday. Check out this episode for some […]
By Arlett RamirezAssistant Web Content Manager AUSTIN – A group of 70 students from the University of Texas at Austin traveled to Mexico for spring break and now 44 of those have tested positive for coronavirus. The students, all in their 20s, chartered a plane from Austin to Cabo San Lucas two weeks ago. They went against the advice of White House officials who warned people to avoid large gatherings […]
By Caden ZieglerWeb Content Contributor In 1886, Atlanta pharmacist Dr. John Pemberton created a flavored syrup that could be mixed with carbonated water to create a soft drink that could be sold at a soda fountain. Each glass cost about five cents. We know this particular soft-drink as Coca-Cola, which is now worth $230.2 billion, according to Macrotrends.net. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PD-UFKY9MP8 Along the way to get to a multibillion dollar company, the […]
By Kimberly Garcia Blog Content Contributor Last spring, my writing class invited Krista Schlyer to come and speak to us about her work on the border wall. The class mainly focused on her book “Continental Divide: Wildlife, People, and the Border Wall” and the work she did while in the south western part of the United States. I always knew that many people have a high risk being deported, losing […]
By Jimmy Preston KTSW Web Content Contributor *KTSW consists of and respects varying opinions within its staff. Opinion articles do not reflect the opinion of KTSW as a whole. In the lead up to the first Republican presidential debates, tonight on Fox News, many will be listening closely to the messages from the candidates. One particular candidate, Donald Trump, has specifically ruffled the feathers of many Mexican-Americans. His comments during […]
Compiled by Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager Five people were killed in a plane crash early this morning while returning from the NCAA basketball championship in Indianapolis. The Federal Aviation Administration says the Cessna 414 took off from Indianapolis and crashed just short of the Bloomington airport after midnight. Authorities have yet to say what caused the crash. Illinois State assistant basketball coach Torrey Ward was one of the […]
Compiled by Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager A 36-year-old gunman killed seven people and injured another in the small community of Tyrone in Texas County, Missouri before fatally shooting himself. According to CNN, a girl in one of the homes heard gunshots and fled to a neighbor's residence, where she called the police. After police found two bodies in the first residence, investigators found five more bodies and an […]
By Holly Henrichsen Assistant Web Content Manager After a Texas Judge refused to repeal 2 indictments against former governor Rick Perry, Perry announced that he will possibly be running in a presidential campaign for 2016. Perry has a felony case against him for abuse-of-power when he carried out a veto against state funding for public corruption in 2013 but says his plans for a presidential campaign are moving along. Mexican […]
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