Experiencing college as a nontraditional student can range from being five years out of the normal age group, a veteran or simply: motherhood. Undergoing the nine-month journey as a pregnant student could only be explained by someone who has lived to tell their story. As for this Texas State student, becoming pregnant at a young age is repeating her family’s cycle. Shallah Johnson, is a 20 year-old student attending Texas […]
Last Thursday, many students woke up to emergency alerts about flash flood warnings in San Marcos. Over night, the city of San Marcos received over nine inches of rain leaving Sewell Park and Aquarena Springs flooded. Although Texas State classes weren't cancelled, some professors cancelled class on their own and all of San Marcos Consolidated ISD campuses were closed. Jason Gossett, assistant superintendent of business and support services for San […]
Texas State WaterAid Chapter was recognized for Stewardship. They adopted Wilderness Park and they cleaned the park four times in the past year, qualifying it for recognition. "We have more than just Texas State WaterAid. We’ve got multiple Texas State organizations that have adopted areas. They help maintain the integrity of the community and beautification and cleanliness. It’s not just for the residences here, it also helps with the development […]
The San Marcos utility office has been receiving complaints of scam in which an individual claiming to work for the city calls residents and threatens them that if they don't pay their bill immediately their services will be disconnected. Utility billing manager Ernest Cavazos says that people should be aware of the situation and that they work in a different way before disconnecting anyone's services. "We will place a courtesy […]
Matt Alvarez got the oppurtunity to talk to Political Science professor, Dr. Jayce Farmer, about the shutdown. “What really impacts us are things that we basically entail as consumers, that we engage as consumers. For example, the parks; there are no federal parks open today. If you were looking to go spend time with your family out at a national park, it is not gonna happen.” -Dr. Jayce Farmer
The first person to receive the death sentence in Hays County in almost 20 years is awaiting execution. Former Southwest Texas State football player, Willie Roy Jenkins, was convicted of capital murder this June for the 1975 death of then 20 year old Sheryl Ann Norris. Norris was a secretary at the Texas Crime Prevention Institute at the University. San Marcos Police Chief, Howard Williams, says DNA from a semen […]
According to Austin’s KVUE meteorologist Albert Ramon, we are in a three-year drought that started in 2010 and as a result the City of San Marcos has initiated stage three water restrictions. The stage three water restrictions regulation states, using indoor and outdoor decorative water features is prohibited. This regulation has caused the water feature around the theater building to dry up and students like senior Ashley Randall to dwell […]
Generation Texas is a state wide grass-roots movement designed to inspire and inform families throughout Texas about secondary education. This fall, the Center for P-16 Initiatives at Texas State University and Generation Texas launched the ‘Rock Your Future’ Promotion. The ‘Rock Your Future’ promotion is focused on getting incoming high school freshmen students to think about their future and the next steps towards college. Isaac Torres, the Grant Specialist of […]
The Texas School Safety Center at Texas State University has been awarded with the 2013 Federal Emergency Management Agency Individual and community preparedness awards presented by FEMA. The awards were dedicated to individuals who took action to prepare their communities and The Texas School Safety Center was recognized for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Preparedness. Victoria Calder, Texas School Safety Center Director, talks about why it is an honor for herself […]
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