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Volume 63 OLLEGIANwww.utbcollegian.com Monday CIssue 27 April 25, 2011 Profs, students voice transition worries Faculty to trustees: Talk to us TSC tuition ‘will decrease’ By Daniel Beltrán the two institutions in their new capacities By Cleiri Quezada institutions. The schools had a partnership and missions,” Furgason said, adding that agreement for 20 years, but are scheduled to THE COLLEGIAN THE COLLEGIAN both institutions are working for the same offi cially separate by 2015. In a meeting with Texas Southmost objective. “It isn’t an us vs. them. If it gets Texas Southmost College Transition Muñoz was also concerned with students College’s transition consultants, UTB/TSC into an us vs. them in there, it’s going to be Team leader Robert Furgason discussed not being informed about decisions being faculty expressed their concern about job a mess.” transition plans for TSC with the Student made by the TSC board of trustees. security and accreditation, as well as their He said another issue is when the Government Association April 15 in the “Sir, many of the people that have been frustration with the lack of information on separation between TSC and UT- Gorgas Hall board room. hired by the TSC board, there’s a lot of the separation of Texas Southmost College Brownsville is formal, UT-Brownsville SGA President Jorge Muñoz asked how times that they say, ‘Oh, we care about what and the University of Texas at Brownsville. won’t need as many faculty members TSC would provide a better education with the students think, students are our No. 1 Consultants Robert Furgason and John “because they have fewer students.” fewer funds than the University of Texas customer because that’s our product.’ What Anthony met with about 20 members and “That transition is going to be one that has System can provide for UT-Brownsville. are you going to do personally to keep us part offi cers of the Academic Senate April 15 to to be dealt with as far as the administrative “Well, I think it’s very possible,” Furgason of the transition because you were brought discuss the separation, which is scheduled to group is concerned,” Furgason said. “And responded. “I have looked at the resources on the board without any of the students take place no later than August 2015. that’s going to depend a considerable that are available to an independent Texas being asked. The lawyers were brought on “Our job is to assist the community amount on how many students are enrolled Southmost and between the property taxes, board without the students being asked. … college in this transition,” Furgason said. in each one of the institutions.” the state appropriations that comes through I’m not saying that we want to be the only “… One of the very fi rst things in here is to Once the consultants let the audience ask the state legislature, student aid that comes say-so, but it would be nice for them to show get some permanent administrators for the questions, Faculty Associate Betsy Price from federal grants, as well as student some sort of respect that they do believe that community college.” asked who will be on the team to hire the tuitions. I don’t see that TSC is going to the students are the No. 1 priority, that they The TSC consultants have met with the new president of Texas Southmost College. be a fi nancial disaster; it is not. There are take our voices into consideration,” he said. UT-Brownsville transition team once. Anthony replied: “That will be discussed, resources available. The question then is on “I know that you guys are ready to hire a Furgason said over the last 20 years, the probably, at the next [TSC] board [of the tuition business.” president. How are we gonna be involved in community college and UTB have been trustees] meeting. That decision will rest Furgason is one of two consultants hired that?” woven together. It’s not something you can with the board. … Our recommendation by the Texas Southmost College board Furgason replied: “We are consultants take scissors and cut right through, he added. of trustees to assist with the transition as “What we have to do is unweave it, almost • See ‘Faculty,’ Page 13 the college and the University of Texas • See ‘Tuition,’ Page 9 a thread at a time, and then re-weave into at Brownsville become autonomous

‘FREE SNIFFING’ Helping the planet and saving some green

By Rene Cardona Jr. THE COLLEGIAN Who would have thought that going green doesn’t always mean wind farms, solar panels or reusable Walmart bags- -things that cost you extra bucks--when being environmentally friendly can help save cash while cutting carbon dioxide emissions. Jennifer Morales Muñoz, a graduate public policy student, will help UTB/TSC this summer by conducting an energy audit as part of a paid fellowship with the Climate Corps, a subproject of the Environmental Defense Fund, a U.S.-based nonprofi t environmental organization dealing with

BERNARDO RODRIGUEZ/COLLEGIAN issues ranging from global warming to Debbie Cox, of Perennial Favorites, sells a potted herb during Thursday’s Earth Day celebration on the Student Union lawn. Cox also sells herbs, • See ‘Audit,’ Page 7 vegetables and butterfl y plants at the Brownsville Farmers’ Market. Page 2 • April 25, 2011 On Campus The Collegian Collegian B r i e f s Bougainvillea elections Career exploration workshop May 7 in the Recreation, Education and The Collegian is the mul- Elections for the Bougainvillea Ball The Student Success Center will Kinesiology Center. This class will help timedia student newspaper royal court will take place on Blackboard conduct a workshop titled “Career students identify and eliminate potentially serving the University of from 8 a.m. today to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Searching in a Chaotic World” at noon hazardous conditions in their environment, Texas at Brownsville and The ball will take place at 6 p.m. Saturday Wednesday in Cardenas Hall North 113. recognize emergencies and make Texas Southmost College. in the Student Union’s Gran Salon. Attire For more information, call 882-8292. appropriate decisions for first-aid care. The newspaper is widely is semiformal. Admission is free with a Medical Lab Technology open house The cost of the course is $25. For more distributed on campus and is UTB/TSC Sting Card ID. Guests will be UTB/TSC will conduct a Medical information, call 882-5976. ‘Rock ‘n’ Beats’ fest an award-winning member charged $5. For more information, call Laboratory Technology Program Student Development Specialist Stephen Open House from 10 a.m. to noon and The Student Radio Club will sponsor of the Texas Intercollegiate Cisneros at 882-5139 or send him an 3-5 p.m. Wednesday in Life and Health a “Rock ‘n’ Beats” fest starting at 4 p.m. Press Association. e-mail at [email protected]. Sciences Building room 1.208. For May 7 on the Student Union’s lawn and La Collegian Editor Learning Enrichment workshops more information, call Assistant Master Sala. This event will include hip-hop and Christine Cavazos The Learning Enrichment Department Technical Instructor Consuelo Villalon at acoustic artists, DJ’s and bands. Student will conduct the “Preparing for Final 882-5047. organizations interested in fundraising Collegian Online Editor Exams Workshop II” at 2 p.m. today Silent film festival at the event may send an e-mail to the Jonathon de los Santos and will conduct the “Preparing for Your The Mexican Ministry of Foreign club at [email protected]. For more Math Final” workshop at 1 p.m. Tuesday Affairs, the Universidad Nacional information, call 882-5843. Collegian Webcast Editor in Cardenas Hall North 116. For more Autónoma de México Filmoteca, the Mount Calvary services Michael Peña information, call 882-8208. Brownsville Historical Association, Mount Calvary Christian Church ‘Dress for Success’ fashion show Historian Rogelio Agrasánchez and the conducts services from 11 a.m. to noon Spanish Editor The Title V S.T.E.M. Learning Consulate of Mexico in Brownsville every Sunday at 712 N. 77 Sunshine Strip, Héctor Aguilar Communities program is collecting will screen the silent films “La Banda Suite 11, in Harlingen. The church holds clothing donations from faculty and staff del Automóvil Gris” Thursday and a support group meeting for the GLBT Sports Editor for its “Dress for Success Fashion Show,” “Tepeyac” May 12 in the Alonso Building, community, family and friends from 7 to Louie Vera which will take place at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday located at 510 E. St. Charles St. The films 8 p.m. Mondays and Bible study from 7 to on the Student Union’s lawn. For more will be shown at 6:30 p.m. and will be 8 p.m. Wednesdays. For more information, Advertising Manager information, call Title V Career Counselor accompanied by UTB/TSC pianist Jesus call 551-6275 or visit www.mtcalvarycc. Jimena Evia Amira Maya at 882-5792. Guillermo Morales Campos. Admission org. ‘Day of the Children’ is free. For more information, call 554- Conversation groups Advertising Representatives United Way of Southern Cameron 4965. The Learning Enrichment Department Melissa Ramirez County’s Success by 6 program and Midnight bowling offers Spanish Conversation at 1 p.m. Lucia Regalado Workforce Solutions Cameron will The After Hours Club will conduct every Wednesday in Cardenas Hall North sponsor Day of the Children/Day of the Midnight Bowling starting at 11 p.m. 102 and French Conversation at 4:30 p.m. Staff Writers Books from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday in the Friday at the Galaxy Bowling Center every Monday in Cardenas Hall North 107. Daniel Beltrán Ethel Whipple Memorial Library in Los located at 3451 Pablo Kisel Blvd. These group conversations are enjoyable Rene Cardona Jr. Fresnos, from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday Admission is $12 per person. For more ways to learn and practice with classmates. Francisco Garza in Brownsville’s Dean Porter Park large information, call Assistant Professor Leslie For more information, call 882-8208. Alejandra González pavilion and from 4:30-6:30 p.m. Thursday Meyer at 882-7384 or send an e-mail to Peace rally Cleiri Quezada in the Port Isabel Public Library. The [email protected]. UTB/TSC’s Campus Outreach will Irma Mora event will feature games, activities, rides, Zumba class host a Peace Rally from 6 to 7 p.m. shows, early literacy screenings, book The Health and Human Performance Wednesday outside Tandy Hall (across Copy Editor readings, giveaways, food and resources. Department will conduct a Zumba from McDonald’s). For more information, Rene Cardona Jr. For more information, call 548-6880. class from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the send an e-mail to tepeyacwalkco@aol. Cultural Mosaic Auction Brownsville Sports Park located at 1000 com. Photographers The International Student Sports Park Blvd. For more information, Job opportunity Leslie Barrientos Organization will have an artwork sale call Associate Professor Zelma Mata at Pronto Insurance has positions Christopher Peña from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through 882-8291or send her an e-mail at zelma. available in marketing, human resources, Sergio Salazar Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and [email protected]. accounting, training, IT, underwriting 6-8 p.m. Friday in the Arnulfo L. Oliveira UTB/TSC Outdoor Expo and claims. The company also hires Cartoonist Memorial Library. For more information, The South Texas Engineering, Math administrative assistants and in most cases Michelle Serrano call International Student Organization and Science program will host its first can work with students’ school schedules. President Constanza Burciaga at 203- UTB/TSC Outdoor Expo from 8 a.m. to 3 To apply, send your résumé to careers@ prontoinsurance.com. Pronto Insurance is Secretary II 4141 or send her an e-mail at iso.utb@ p.m. Saturday on the Cardenas Hall South located at 805 Media Luna, Ste. 100, in Ana Sanchez gmail.com. Lawn. Activities will include kayaking, Denim Day biking, birding and plant identification. Brownsville. For more information, call Friendship of Women Inc. is asking Admission is free. For more information, Recruitment Manager Mary Gonzalez at Student Media Coordinator UTB/TSC students, faculty and staff call 882-5855. 574-9787, Ext. 8009. Susie Cantu to make a social statement by wearing Family campout basics jeans on Wednesday to protest against Resaca de La Palma State Park invites --Compiled by Daniel Beltrán misconceptions that surround sexual the public to camp with experienced park Student Media Director assault. The community is also invited to rangers and learn the basics starting at 3 If you would like your organization Azenett Cornejo attend an information session on sexual p.m. Saturday and May 28 at the Resaca or department news published in The assault awareness and prevention from 9 de la Palma State Park, located at 1000 Collegian’s Briefs section, call Daniel a.m. to 1 p.m. the same day outside Cortez New Carmen Rd. Spaces are limited. For Beltrán at 882-5143 or send him an e-mail Address: Hall. Refreshments will be served. The registration information, call 350-2920. at [email protected]. The Collegian event is sponsored by the UTB/TSC Dean First-aid course Student Union 1.28 of Students Office. For more information, Campus Recreation will offer a 80 Fort Brown call 544-7412. First-Aid course from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Brownsville, TX 78520 Phone: (956) 882-5143 Fax: (956) 882-5176 P o l i c e R e p o r t s e-mail: [email protected] www.utbcollegian.com Following are among hanger. The man matching the description caught fire. The student was referred to the the incidents reported by said he was searching for his brother. Dean of Students Office. Campus Police between At 4:21 p.m. the same day, an officer At 1:47 p.m. the same day, a Campus © 2011 The Collegian March 28 and April 1. on patrol observed two students involved Police officer was dispatched to Student At 12:41 p.m. March in a verbal altercation. One of the students Health Services in reference to an injured The University of Texas at 28, a student reported reported that the other student was in student. The student said she was injured Brownsville and that he had an altercation possession of her cell phone and would the day before, when the Scorpion Metro Texas Southmost College involving verbal not return it. The student then returned the made a sudden stop and she struck the arguments he had with cell phone and the reporting student did adjacent seat with the left side of her head. another student while in the International not wish to press charges or get the other The student was transported to Valley Technology Education Commerce Center student “in trouble.” Baptist Medical Center-Brownsville. parking lot. At 11:32 a.m. April 1, a Campus Police At 12:09 a.m. March 30, a Campus officer was dispatched to the Endowment --Compiled by Alejandra González Police officer was dispatched to Lot AB Courtyard when a student started a fire. The regarding a suspicious man looking into student said he threw a lighted cigarette vehicles and possibly carrying a cloth wire butt inside a puddle of nail polish, which The Collegian On Campus April 25, 2011 • Page 3 Doing it all to make a difference Three student leaders recognized for achievement in leadership and engagement By Héctor Aguilar said. “When I read through these Spanish Editor applications, I say, ‘Wow, how do they find the time?’ They truly are leaders of Every semester, the Dean of the future, the movers and shakers of Students Office recognizes meritorious the community. They find a way to do graduating UTB/TSC student leaders by it all and that’s why they so deserve the awarding a class ring to acknowledge acknowledgment.” their efforts in making a difference. The recognition is not unique to This semester’s three Scorpion UTB/TSC. Leadership Ring recipients are senior “It is a practice in a lot of schools. music education major Olga de León, … It is a competition, a contest, to senior education major Michael Padrón Jorge Muñoz Olga de León Michael Padròn recognize students who have been and senior psychology major Jorge leaders on campus through various Muñoz. events throughout her college career. De León, said she will keep fighting venues,” said Mari Fuentes-Martin, Muñoz, who is president of the The organizations she has been part for string orchestra programs in middle associate vice president for Student Student Government Association, will of include Future Aspiring Music and high schools after graduating in Affairs and dean of students. “One is of graduate this semester. He is being Educators, (FAME), and the Collegiate December and will either complete a course academics. … The other one is recognized for his volunteer work on Texas Music Educators (CTME), where master’s degree at UTB/TSC or work involvement on campus, leadership, as and off campus and his involvement she became the director of internal in Harlingen. well as service.” in the One World Club, a sociology operations and finance. With the help Also graduating in December, When considering a leader student organization in which students of the UTB/TSC Music Department Michael Padrón has been part of the holistically, there are three aspects: are able to discuss topics that may be and its chair, Sue Zanne Urbis, and the Alpha Chi National Honor Society, engagement in school, leadership and taboo and exchange feedback. Brownsville Society for the Performing Kappa Delta Pi Honor Society for giving back to others, Fuentes-Martin He said volunteering allows one to Arts, they founded the Brownsville Education, Scorpion Scholars, the said. “get past the red tape” and “go directly String Musician Artist Retention Center for Civic Engagement Scholars, A committee comprised of about eight to the source.” It also allows one to and Training Orchestra (SMART Who’s Who Among American faculty and staff evaluate application get a feel of the opportunities that are Orchestra). Universities and Colleges and president packages that candidates submit. available. De León has provided free string- of C.H.A.N.G.E. He has also been on Applicants must have completed at “When you’re in the classroom, based lessons to students at Castañeda the President’s List, Dean’s List and least 75 credit hours or be graduating they teach you theory,” Muñoz said. and Skinner elementary schools as well. received the Scholastic Excellence the semester in which they apply or “All they really do is they tell you ‘if After realizing that students Award for bilingual education. the following one, have a grade-point this happens, this is what you should completing elementary education Padrón believes that being involved average of at least 2.75 and submit two do.’ However, sometimes that doesn’t in Brownsville did not have any on campus allows one to gain knowledge letters of recommendation from faculty always happen. ... Sometimes we get opportunities to join an orchestra, de about what organizations are available and/or staff. hit with the reality and the reality isn’t León decided to do something about it. to students and he receives a sense of Muñoz, de León and Padrón always the Cinderella story we see in “That’s why I created the Brownsville fulfillment from the assistance. will receive their rings along with the cartoons. Sometimes you get some SMART Orchestra, to have those kids “It’s very fulfilling to go out and help graduating students during the Ring things that are unexpected. ... It gives have an outlet because in elementary at places like the Buena Vida Learning Ceremony, scheduled to take place at you some of that life-sense that you they’ll have strings and then they go Center, which is for disadvantaged 5 p.m. May 6 in the Student Union’s won’t ever get in a book.” nowhere,” she said. “They either go families,” he said. “So, it’s really Gran Salon. UTB/TSC President Juliet His postgraduation plans include to another program or drop music as a rewarding to see that those kids have V. García will be the keynote speaker. pursuing a master’s degree in whole.” a good time with you and they know During the ceremony, the Scorpion community counseling and being The Brownsville SMART Orchestra that somebody is there for them. … It’s Leadership Ring recipients are employed full time. One of his biggest is comprised of 25 students, including been inspirational and I’ve matured a presented by the dean of their college accomplishments, he said, is getting elementary students in third to seventh lot through my being involved here at and then they proceed to “the dipping people to believe in SGA once more. grades, and UTB/TSC students who UTB.” of the ring hand.” During this tradition, Also recognized for her leadership play as well as teach the younger After graduation, Padrón plans to the recipient dips his or her hand into skills is Olga de León, who attended members. attend graduate school at the University a special orange, rectangular pedestal schools in Laredo and San Antonio “Extracurricular activities set you of Texas at Austin and is looking at law fountain containing blue-dyed water, and found herself in Brownsville in apart from everybody else,” de León school as well. which stains the person’s hand. what she referred to as “by far the best said. “I mean, why waste your time in The Student Leadership Ring “We dye the water blue and we ask decision ever [because of UTB/TSC’s] college and be playing videogames like tradition began about five years ago, students to put their hand in it. … It music program.” you did in high school ... [when] you said David Márquez, a judicial affairs stains your hand so that way, I joke The Laredo native transferred to can be making a difference. Believe it coordinator for the Dean of Students with them, that when people say, ‘What UTB/TSC in 2008 and has been or not, you can make a difference as a Office. happened to your hand?’ you can say, actively involved in music-related college student.” “It is very competitive,” Márquez ‘I got my ring,’” Fuentes-Martin said.

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LD100 Page 4 • April 25, 2011 pOn The Collegian What’s Your Beef? The sense behind cents “My beef is when people say their opinions about the government, or the president, or Congress and they don’t even know, they have no education on it, they don’t even know what they are talking about. … And it upsets me even more … how they show on the news people’s opinions [that have] nothing to do with what the confl ict is, and it just shows their ignorance … [because] what they are saying has nothing to do with the problem that’s going on. I think people could avoid that if people look up the problem. … I don’t think you should put in your 2 cents if you don’t have something to back it up.” loria origu ooor gort aor reing te ronille eeme Oh Advising By racico ara transparency. We want our elected offi cials Whether you agree with its ideology “I think that some of the students here thE oEian to serve the community not themselves,” or methods, Cheezmeh believes it is at UTB are not getting the best advice he said. providing a forum for the community to from their advisers. I’ve seen a lot of In this country, The group has been criticized for its exercise its First Amendment right. students who are we love our methods by local city offi cials. “Brownsville Cheezmeh is not one taking more credit freedom of hours than they speech provided should be, so by the First “On Facebook, there have been exchanges they’re doomed Amendment. to fail. And in I know I love Summer [I and it I express my between members of the group and elected offi cials II], I’ve seen a ideas weekly to problem where you, as long as that have been less than friendly, even insulting.” students that are only you are willing going to be taking classes for fi ve to read them. weeks instead of 5--and advisers are ou are also in your First Amendment --Francisco Garza recommending that students--take six, right to express yourself if you disagree seven, or even eight credit hours … and with me, by sending a letter to the editor. On Facebook, there have been person it’s about people coming together. that’s too much. Advisers need to take I read every letter sent regarding my exchanges between members of the group Among the group we will have different into consideration if the student is going columns and I take every advice or and elected offi cials that have been less opinions, but that is not the point, the to be working or if the student doesn’t criticism respectfully. than friendly, even insulting. point is voicing those opinions,” he said. speak English so well.” ou may have heard of the online group Cheezmeh believes elected offi cials are If you disagree with Brownsville icll rigt known as Brownsville Cheezmeh. scared of them. Cheezmeh, you must always remember ra iology aor Despite being only four months old, the “They are afraid because the group is that you also possess freedom of speech. group has gained tremendous popularity gaining ground on them,” he said. Little library for its hard stances on such issues as the “My beef would be [that] I’m not UTB/TSC partnership agreement, the too pleased with the design of the And, will you continue the plastic bag ban? City of Brownsville’s plastic bag ban and etter to te ditor [University Boulevard] Library. Even And, will you work for curbside recycling? the upcoming city elections. though it’s three fl oors, And, will you direct the PUB to seek Although it operates mainly from its the actual square Pop quiz alternative (green) energy sources? Facebook page, the group has expressed footage is smaller Here are some questions I would like And, will you declare Brownsville a its opinions in city meetings and other “sanctuary city”? than the old answered by the Brownsville city election public events. library. There’s candidates, mayoral and commission: Now, you may disagree with them, or ug oogroy less books, less Are you opposed to the Cameron Country you may not. Broill reference material Regional Mobility Authority’s plan to build You may agree on some stances, but available, and the the West Loop Parkway/Toll Road? disagree completely on others. fact that we have to If you are, are you prepared to use all the But, you cannot deny this group is using Clarifi cation check out books that city’s legal and persuasive powers to stop the its First Amendment right, freedom of In the April 8 issue of The ollegian are not available and they have to go back road? speech. it was reported that a bachelor’s degree all the way to the old library to get the And once it is stopped, are you prepared I contacted the operator of the website in education or social work is required material. It’s kind of a hassle, especially to work for the eight-mile railroad bed to for this column. He asked to remain of applicants for UTB/TSC advisers. In when doing research papers. … They put become a bike, hike, nature and walking trail? anonymous. fact, it is only preferred. more emphasis on offi ce space rather And, would you work for the construction “The only thing that the group has tried Correction than reference material. There’s a lot of a seven-acre park just to the east of Russell to do is to express their opinions,” he In the same issue, an article about more offi ces in all the three fl oors. … Elementary School? said to me via telephone. “… The group the Student Government Association They have a little caf area … but I really And, would you begin to extricate the city started with the only purpose [of giving meeting quoted UTB/TSC President would have been much more pleased if from the 2 million of special tax funds that the] people [a] voice. … A lot of us feel Juliet V. García as saying, “They’re they would have used it for reference go annually to the Sports Park? we have no control,” he said, referring to TSC auditors, talk to your own mother material instead of just students to hang And, will you stop the city’s participation how the city is being handled. because it’s good data,” in reference to out.” and funding in the “shadow government” “Cheezmeh” said he believes citizens Ar ocaa known as Imagine Brownsville? the events leading up to the UTB and need to be aware of what happens in the uior art aor And, will you order the police to strictly TSC split. García said “auditor,” not city. enforce speeding, stop sign and vehicle “mother.” ompiled ene ardona r “We want accountability, we want hotos eslie arrientos registration and inspection laws? The Collegian Politics April 25, 2011 • Page 5

Editor’s Note: The City of Brownsville will conduct elections May 14 for mayor, commissioner at Large A, and District 1, 2 and 4 commissioners. Staff Writers Rene Cardona Jr., Héctor Aguilar, Francisco Garza, Alejandra González and Christine Cavazos interviewed those running for commissioner at Large A and District 4. The rest of the candidates will be presented next week.

Name: Leticia Perez Garzoria Name: Robert L. Lopez Name: Martin Sarkis Name: Estela Chavez Vasquez Hometown: Brownsville Hometown: “I’m a product of Brownsville. Hometown: Born in Tampico, Tamaulipas, Hometown: Brownsville Age: 60 I was born and raised here in Brownsville, Mexico. Moved to Brownsville when he was Education: Bachelor’s degree in Education: Received a nursing certificate graduated from Hanna [High School], so 10 years old. government from UTB/TSC, juris from Texas Southmost College in 1970. I’m a product … from BISD as well. This is Age: 47 doctorate from the Thurgood Marshall Received a theology degree from El Seminario where my roots are.” Education: Studied civil engineering in School of Law Biblico Bautista de Brownsville. Attended El Age: 37 Tecnológico de Matamoros Family: Married for 14 years to Antonio Colegio de Teología de El Salvador Education: “I did a freshman year in Lubbock Family: Married; one daughter (age 22) and Vasquez; three children ages 12, 5, 3 Family: Widowed; two children [at Texas Tech University] and then ended one son (age 20) Age: 32 Occupation: Vocational nurse up coming back and finishing my degree--I Occupation: Owner of SAGA Motor Occupation: Attorney; scope of practice Position you are seeking: Commissioner At got a bachelor’s in psychology, here, from Vehicle Inspection includes family and criminal law. Large “A” UTB/TSC. After I graduated here in ’97 … Position you are seeking: Commissioner at Position you are seeking: City Experience: Sold for Amway, Mary Kay, I left to Michigan [and] I ended up working Large “A” Commissioner at Large “A” Avon, Mason Shoes, DME Medical Supply with General Motors. I ended working on Experience: “I have experience in my Experience: “I am currently an attorney Contractor, Home Interiors, Sarah Coventry the management team for General Motors. business, I have experience in the community. and have to address various types Jewelry and was a private real estate I was there for 10 years. While I lived in I am a regular citizen, I am a new face in of difficult issues on a daily basis, investor. Has volunteered at Ebony Lake and Michigan, I went back to school. I went to politics.” whether it’s a family law or a criminal Brownsville Good Samaritan nursing homes. Michigan State University … and pursued What are your accomplishments and law matter. My career has prepared Also volunteered in the music and gospel a second bachelor’s … in political science- how do you think they have prepared you me to analyze situations and resolve ministry at Mother of Perpetual Help. pre law, and I also did graduate work there in for being commissioner? “As a business conflict in a professional manner. As What are your accomplishments and how organizational behavior.” owner, I feel the city has to be handled like a a former teacher, I know the value of do you think they have prepared you for Family: Married. He and his wife are business, with transparency.” education and the importance of creating being commissioner? “I am a single parent. expecting a baby boy in May. What challenges face the city and the educational opportunities to promote a I have raised my children on my own since Occupation: Lopez was hired by Cameron district and how will you address them? strong, educated community.” [they were] 7 and 9 years old. I have had to County in 2007. “I’m … director of “Brownsville has not grown. If we think we What are your accomplishments and make ends meet with several jobs. Not only administrative services. … The way I have grown, we are wrong, Brownsville has how do you think they have prepared one job, but I believe in taking two and three look at the county, being that it’s a public only moved north. If you go down Boca Chica you for being commissioner? “Coming jobs. If we are going to give our children organization, I had to work at it and handle [Boulevard], you are going to see they closed from a family of 13, I always had to the kinds of things we would like for them it as if it were a business, as if it were a Target to open Target more to the north. They be cognizant about the finances of my to have, we need to do a little bit more in privately-owned company because we closed Michael’s to open a Michael’s more to family. I learned early on to manage our part. … Being able to bring up my two are dealing with schedules … different the north. Those parts of town are now dead. what little we had and learned the value children and being able to do it well. … I personalities, and I think my experience at They lack life, and they lack business. It’s of working hard to achieve financial take my career in nursing very seriously. I’ve General Motors was kind of a very smooth like if you moved from one house to another. stability. My experience as a former done very good work. I believe that nursing transition, as far as getting to know the You keep your family and your problems; migrant worker has helped me to set my experience teaches you everything about life. processes, the internal workload, the internal it’s just a new house. Brownsville has not priorities in order. I knew the only way to You see people at their worst, in the worst part people. It was pretty easy to kind of adapt to grown economically; it has not grown, end the cycle of poverty was to obtain an of their life between life and death. … That the governmental part of things. … I handle businesswise. We have to bring people that education. Although I married at the age prepares you for challenges. The challenges building maintenance, the IT department, I want to use those abandoned buildings. of 17, I never gave up on pursuing my in life are not always sweet. I believe my handle HR, I look over the mail services. We Mexican investors are very excited to come education. Even after my husband and I nursing career has given me a great deal of have a copy center I also look over. Those are and invest in the United States, but they have started our family, we moved to Houston empathy, not sympathy but empathy, for the the departments I directly [oversee]. As an millions of doors open to them; they have to pursue our professional dreams. I human race and my town.” administrator, I make sure those departments McAllen, Mission, Weslaco, Mercedes. We attended law school, while my husband What challenges face the city and how are up and running safe.” need to convince them to come here. That attended optometry school. Currently, will you address them? “Mainly monetary, Position you are seeking: Commissioner at will bring jobs, it will bring tax revenue. If the I am an attorney and my husband is an economical, cultural as well as environmental. Large “A” city does not have money coming in, then it optometrist.” … We need an education reform package and Experience: “As far as leadership, what can’t spend money. If you do, it’s like writing What challenges face the city and we need to be able to sit down and say what I studied as far as organizational behavior hot checks, and that’s what is happening to the district and how will you address things did work and what things did not work. went hand in hand with my work there the city. The city has $10 million in debt. We them? “Our city is full of possibilities. How do we improve them? And not get so set in General Motors and understanding the can’t spend more money than what we have, We have to capitalize on our resources in our ways. We are a little set in our ways people’s behavior within an organization, so and for that we need investors. We have the in order to attract new industry to our and that makes us go backwards instead of not necessarily being in an organization in a Port of Brownsville that is not used at its city. We must focus on creating a strong, forwards. I think the reason that we have these private setting … but also in a public setting limit. The Port of Brownsville is the closest skilled, educated community in order problems in the community is that we don’t I’m currently in now. … It gave me the American port to any Mexican city.” to make our city more attractive to communicate. We talk at people, we don’t ability to really work a little bit better with What are your goals if elected? “I want the investors.” talk with people or we talk down to people. people and understand people. Working in a city to come back to what it was 35 years What are your goals if elected? This is the greatest problem. If we sat here big corporation like General Motors … gave ago. I want to bring investors. There are “Once elected, I intend to work towards and communicated some kind of agreement, me the opportunity to work a little better with many investors that want to invest but we promoting education and educational but that’s not the way it happens. This is what people … but the main thing that I would think have closed the door on them. If you go to the initiatives to assist our students, I stress on the commission: unity, unity, unity. that it taught me …. as well as … listening to city to get a permit to start a business, they strengthen city finances by identifying We must unite in order to be able to have the the concerns of the people working for you make you jump through hoops to get it, and necessities and exercising fiscal judgment same picture, the same vision. … We have to because they’re the ones that are making a business owners don’t want it to be difficult. by effectively investing city resources, reform the education, we have to reform our difference, that are working, so if it wasn’t That’s why they leave to McAllen and other take an active role in supporting tax policy, we have to reform our police; we for them and listening to their ideas on how parts of the [Rio Grande] Valley that are educational opportunities to develop a have to do it. … We don’t [reform] and this is to make things better and how to improve the not Brownsville. I lived that myself. It took highly educated and skilled workforce. where we get stuck and as long as we don’t system, we really wouldn’t have that insight. me a thousand years to get a permit to get a [I] want to open up the process to restore get unstuck, we are going to have the same What I did was gathering their ideas, taking business. When I went to McAllen, they give the public’s trust in city government, problems. We need leaders that understand their ideas into consideration as well with it to you the next day. We need to clean the [I] want to bridge the gap between that the politics of yesterday are not working. mine and then creating one big general idea entrance of our city, downtown Brownsville. the public and the city government to Many, many, problems and what happens? and trying to make the whole spectrum a lot We need to bring outlets to downtown. If help make changes that will benefit our Who pays for these things? In education, the better.” people drive all the way to Mercedes, they community and build consensus among students. In taxes, the taxpayers.” What are your accomplishments and how will drive to Brownsville, and we also need the city commission, community leaders, What are your goals if elected? “One of do you think they have prepared you for to emulate Austin’s Sixth Street--create bars business community and city entities.” and restaurants in downtown.” • See ‘Perez Garzoria,’ Page 6 • See ‘Lopez,’ Page 6 Page 6 • April 25, 2011 Politics The Collegian

External Affairs and held the position for 10 years. “I’ve served before. I have eight years of experience at the city, and I have 20 years of the highest level of administration at UTB. … I was first elected to the Brownsville City Commission in 1983 and I was re-elected in 1987. In 1991, I ran for mayor and I was defeated by fewer than 200 votes. … I served with commissioners. We literally changed Brownsville from a horse-and-buggy town to a modern city. For example, we upgraded police, fire and EMS to modern-city standards. We Name: Pankaj Patel Name: John Villarreal Name: Antonio “Tony” N. Zavaleta established single-member districts for Age: 43 Hometown: Brownsville. “I was born in Hometown: Born in Santa Monica, Calif. the city so that the entire city would have Hometown: His family came from India Houston but shortly after I was born, my Grew up in Brownsville. representation. We established a modern when he was 14. Patel has previously family moved down and we’ve been here Education: Saint Joseph Academy city planning department, which we didn’t lived in Illinois and Virginia. ever since.” graduate. Attended Texas Southmost have. I can take direct credit; I introduced Education: Associate’s degree in Age: 28 College. Received a bachelor’s, master’s, the P.C. to the City of Brownsville. We had electronics technology from Heald Education: Graduate of James Pace High and doctorate in anthropology from the a mainframe [computer] and [the director] College in San Jose, Calif. School. Received bachelor’s and master’s University of Texas at Austin. fought us and fought us and fought us. He Family: Wife and three children degrees in business administration from Age: 63 thought P.C.s were toys and it would never Occupation: Owner of La Copa Inn UTB/TSC. Family: Married; has four sons work. And I said, ‘You’re wrong, P.C.s are Office you are seeking: District 4 Family: Parents, Johnny and Magdalena Occupation: UTB/TSC anthropology and the future.’ So, I introduced the desktop Commissioner Villarreal; sister, Joanna Villarreal sociology professor computer to the City of Brownsville.” Experience: Business owner Occupation: Owner of La Milpa Place you are seeking: District 4 What are your accomplishments and What are your accomplishments and tortilleria, 239 W. St. Charles St. Commissioner how do you think they have prepared how do you think they have prepared Place you are seeking: District 4 Experience: At UTB/TSC, Zavaleta was you for being commissioner? “I served you for being commissioner? “As a Commissioner the first dean of the College of Liberal as our governmental relations guy for business owner I have brought over 200 Experience: “I’ve been working at our Arts, a position he served in for seven almost 10 years. I was weaned on the jobs to Brownsville.” family business ever since I was a child, years. He also has served as interim dean Texas Legislature. I became a consummate What challenges face the city and so that’s over 20 years there of hands-on for the College of Science, Mathematics expert on the Texas Legislature and how to the district and how will you address experience. [Also,] internships, work- and Technology, interim vice president get bills passed. The bill that was necessary for Partnership Affairs and interim vice • See ‘Patel,’ Page 15 • See ‘Villarreal,’ Page 15 president for Institutional Advancement. • See ‘Zavaleta,’ Page 15 He became the first vice president for

Perez Garzoria diminish it, and if we are going to televise and not themselves. Not special agendas like accordingly to the data and not on the desires Continued from Page 5 the commission meetings then we must the Sports Park or the Brownsville Farmers’ on the people that proposed the ban. We need televise complete commission meetings, Market. We need to reform city management to stop playing politics, we need to eliminate my main goals is to re-establish the public whether you like what was said or not. We to make it work more efficiently in the limited waste of hard-earned, taxpayers’ dollars. With comment [portion of the Brownsville City will disagree, we are not always going to budget that we have. We need to increase our all of this we can forge Brownsville ahead to Commission meetings]. This commission agree but that’s because we live in America. security, our police force, our firefighters and make it a leader again, but we need to work shut down public comment because they We are allowed to do that, we are not going to our Border Patrol to secure our borders. We as a community. Our goals are many, our thought it was going to be a liability for the jail because we disagree. I [also] want unity need to repair, recondition our streets and ambitions are many but we need the help of commission. … I think that’s against the First within the commission. I want a balanced doing it efficiently and expeditiously, not the community.” Amendment. You cannot abridge the First budget. I want a united commission that’s to take two years to fix one street. We need Amendment or change it or do anything to representing the public, not special agendas to revisit the plastic bag ordinance and act

Lopez we can develop … and create a better manufacturers, injection molding … any type say, a downtown project or help revitalize Continued from Page 5 industry here in Brownsville. In consequence of factory. … You know, as a matter of fact, it. Shift it, that 30 percent, to drive, to give of driving more industry … create more jobs I’ve been talking to several people that are an incentive to some industrial corporations being commissioner at Large “A”? “I’ve because I think, economically, Brownsville interested in bringing manufacturing facilities to come down here and give them maybe been able to help keep a balanced budget needs that opportunity. A lot of times people down this way, down into Brownsville. The a tax rebate or a tax break or some sort of and been able to promote cost savings within will pick McAllen. … What makes McAllen thing is there is no incentive for them to do startup cost. … If we look at it long term, … the entire county. In 2009, I applied for a so different from Brownsville? We’re both such. … The City of Pharr will give them if these companies come here to make the grant, a green energy [grant], through SECO, border towns, other than McAllen [having] [a] $100,000 incentive for them to build in investment and stay, it’s going to create more State Energy Conservation Office. I applied a bigger mall, better restaurants, McAllen their city. I don’t know how true that is. … jobs. There are a lot of college graduates for a $2 million grant and it was awarded revitalized their downtown. The way I look What can we do as a city, what can we do [and] it’s very tough for them, very, very to the county. … In 2010, it was actually at it, if McAllen can do it, we can too, and as a commission to make it more enticing, tough for these individuals not being able awarded to the county--that was something I think it takes our leaders working together what incentives can we offer to big business to find work. … People aren’t crossing [the I worked on for about 60 days. … It was in having the same focus, the same goal to to drive economy down here versus having border] as much anymore, so the revenue something I take a lot of pride in because that making this a better Brownsville. If we can to go across the border or having it to go to generated from the bridge crossings is not as was something that I started from scratch. make this a more attractive place, I think McAllen or Pharr or Edinburg? What about lucrative as it used to be. … Also, if hopefully … We purchased solar panels, so we have we can create and have more industry come Brownsville? That’s what we need to focus elected, working with our local and state two county buildings, one is in San Benito down and make it more appetizing for people on. And I think it’s going to take not just me representatives, Eddie Lucio Jr., Eddie Lucio and one is in Harlingen, and we’ve actually to say, ‘I want to go to Brownsville.’ … I but, you know, everybody to really kind of III, Rene Oliveira. I know them personally; installed solar panels. The one in Harlingen, used to come down to the Majestic [theater]- put in their efforts in hopes that we can create I have a good relationship with them. So … we are expecting 30 percent energy reduction -I’m 36 years old, but I remember my and drive more industry.” by working with them we can maybe reach and the one in [San Benito] we are expecting parents would go there and downtown was What are your goals if elected? “I’d out to our federal counterparts here at the a [50] percent energy reduction. … I got the place to go and I understand that a lot of like for the city to take advantage of this border and see what we can do because if another [grant] for $175,000 and we’re times the city develops and everything goes federal funding that’s out there, [such as] you have a tougher crossing, people aren’t installing wind turbines at three of our county north, just like a lot of the other cities. I think the [American Recovery and Reinvestment going to cross. … Mexican nationals that parks. … One’s in Brownsville--it’s actually what we need to start is probably working Act]. … A lot of these funds are being are coming over here, in my opinion, kind of [Pedro “Pete” Benavides] Park … the other and developing a closer relationship with a filtered down and I would really like to see help stabilize our economy a little bit. … I park is Cameron Park … and the other one lot of the business owners downtown and the city take advantage of these funds and all think [in] Brownsville there needs to be some is La Paloma Park, which is in San Benito.” trying to work with them to get their input, they really got to do is sit down and apply change, hopefully, for the better, but I don’t What challenges face the city and how will having city workshops, public sessions on for them because these are funds, if I can say, want to sit here and give anybody any empty you address them? “One of the things that this topic. I know the big topic right now that it’s free money. … But that right there to promises and I’m not here to give anybody I see now that Brownsville needs is a, and has recently surfaced is Frontera Airline, and me is an opportunity to make some of these any false hopes. I’m hoping that I have the no offense to anybody, stronger and more I’ve heard a lot of discussions on it. There concepts, some of these ideas … make them opportunity to show what I can do, not just united leadership … in hopes that working is a good opportunity to drive more industry into a reality. … The light bill eats up, or tell them through interviews I want to do this together with the current commissioners and, down here to Brownsville. There’s several could eat up, as much as 30 percent of your and I want to do that.” hopefully, the new elected commissioners manufacturers, you know, automotive budget so shifting 30 percent down to, I’d

Early voting May 2-10. Election Day May 14. The Collegian o cPs April 25, 2011 • Page 7 inking green ndred take art in art Da y Francisco ara new eco-friendly product, the bobble bottle. thE oEian “You put regular tap water in it and it will fi lter your water. … You will never have to Dogs barked, the smell of herbs and grilled buy another bottle of water,” said Bookstore hot dogs fi lled the air and music blasted from Manager Carmen Rodriguez. speakers during UTB/TSC’s celebration of The bottles are $10.75 each and their Earth Day. replacement fi lters are $7.50. Each fi lter can More than 1,000 people showed up last be used about 300 times. Thursday for the campus celebration, which Also present was Alex Lorio, the was sponsored by the Offi ce of Student Life. Brownsville Urban System’s grant and public The event took place on the Student outreach manager. Union lawn, where several organizations “We are showing off our BUS system … and merchants set up their booths to greet the Route 15, which goes around the campus … incoming attendees. and then Route 14 goes from ITECC to the “[We] gathered different organizations that main campus,” Lorio said. are related in the theme of sustainability and Together these routes are called the recycling,” said Student Life Director Sergio Scorpion Metro; they, along with all the other Martinez. BUS routes are free with a valid Sting Card. One of the organizations present was Keep Ryan Johnson, a member of the IDEA Ernardo rodriEoEian photoS Brownsville Beautiful. Public Schools farm program, presented Campus Police Offi cer Pedro Vasquez discusses bicycle safety tips with Angelica Fuentes, a master technical “We try to educate and provide enough some of the plants that “we are growing for instructor in the College of Education. outreach to encourage people to adopt healthy our farm.” habits,” said Eli DeLeon, the organization’s Johnson said the IDEA schools are growing vines. I have some moonfl owers and some Others included the Gladys Porter Zoo, coordinator. produce so that it can be used in the cafeteria. morning glory.” Brownsville Farmers’ Market vendors and The organization was there to create “I have some herbs, some basil and some IDEA is a public charter school offering the Rio Bravo Film Festival, which screened awareness and look for volunteers. tomatoes growing here,” Johnson said, instruction in grades K through 12. eco-themed movies in the Student Union. The campus’ Barnes & Noble Bookstore pointing at small potted plants. “We are Angels Pet Rescue brought fi ve dogs, The Campus Activities Board and CAB gave away recyclable bags containing gum building a fence of recyclable wooden pallets some with amputated legs, to the event. member Erika Amador won the group and and razors. The bookstore also promoted its and we’re going to cover the pallets with “We are raising awareness for the dogs, individual categories of the Gorgas Science to get them a good home and, hopefully, get Society’s recycling contest by collecting the them adopted. … We rescue them from the most paper. The organization collected 157 street and the shelters so they won’t be put pounds of paper while Amador collected 68 down. We are a no-kill organization,” said pounds. Teresa Loza, a sophomore management “I didn’t expect to see as many people major who serves as director and treasurer of here,” said junior mathematics major Jesus the organization. Calvillo. Some of the other organizations present: Andrew Moncada, a junior studio art --the Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife major, was there since the beginning of the Refuge, which promoted its Ocelot event at 10 a.m. Conservation Festival, scheduled from 10:30 “I am really happy the way in which the a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday in Brownsville’s Dean students came,” Moncada said. Porter Park; Friday Avenue and Sting Radio provided --“La Senda Verde, a new student music. Attendees received free soft drinks organization whose goal is to make UTB/ and hot dogs. TSC a greener university; and “This is our big event for the year,” said --the Campus Police Department, which Martinez, adding that Student Life’s last two Students Jessica Ruiz (seated at left) and Joshuah Law play with a dog rescued by Angels Pet Rescue, which provided bicycle safety, registration and events of the semester will be will be the works to have stray dogs and cats adopted. Also shown is student Christine Nunn. maintenance tips. Bougainvillea Ball and Food for Thought. ndofcore ealation are a oice for tdent y rma ora Last semester was the fi rst attempt by them but it could be a class of maybe 30 and responses from students that enjoyed the thE oEian the institution to administer the evaluations one or two completed the evaluation.” class or hated it. They also would like to hear online. The evaluations went directly to the Professors do not see the actual evaluations; from the middle group. Today, UTB/TSC’s Institutional Research, students via Blackboard and e-mail. they see summary responses, with no way of “If you don’t get a certain amount of Planning and Effectiveness Department will The response from students was so low tracing an evaluation to a student. students to fi ll those things out, then they make end-of-course instructor evaluations that the data was not used for administrative Ana Linville, an assistant master technical have no value at all because how do you available for students to fi ll out via decisions. In previous years, about 80 percent instructor in the Allied Health Department, measure?” Falk said. “One of the problems Blackboard. of students responded but last semester’s and Louis Falk, an associate professor of with [evaluations] in years past, either good The evaluations will be available until May turnout was between 35 percent and 40 communication, said comments left on or bad, has been if they have to make an effort 9. percent. the evaluations are taken seriously when it outside of class, a student, usually students Blanca Bauer, interim executive director “The problem that we had was that the comes to suggestions on how to better help that are just happy … normal, won’t make an of Institutional Research, Planning and response rate of students who actually the student in a course. effort. It’s the ones that really like you or the Effectiveness, said the evaluations are the completed the evaluation--the instruments- “If [the feedback] is positive, great, but ones that really hate you.” voice of the students. -was so low that we couldn’t use them in if it’s negative, I turn it around and make For more information on the evaluations, The university and faculty use the the fall,” Bauer said. “All the effort and all it positive,” Linville said. “I start thinking students may contact Lourdes Lopez, information not only to measure the quality of the time and all of the anticipation from the about what they’re saying and I try to make coordinator of research for Institutional the instruction but also for faculty promotion faculty and the chairs and the deans waiting some changes in … my teaching techniques.” Research, Planning and Effectiveness, at and tenure decisions. for that information, we got it right back to The faculty is not only looking for 882-7794. udit head to North Carolina in May for training. for Facilities and Planning, who will assist we have to help get the message out about Continued from Page 1 “I will learn to perform the energy audit during the audit with access to buildings these things.” and, basically, what to look for to help and data. UTB/TSC has not had an energy The news media tend to paint a picture of human health. save energy here at UTB and what changes audit, so Morales Muñoz’s summer job will environmental issues like global warming

“It’s a national project we piloted in can be made here to help produce less CO2 establish a baseline so a comparison in energy with polar bears and melting ice caps, 2009 among black colleges but it’s part of emissions,” she said. “For 10 to 12 weeks I consumption can be made, Mendez said. Henry said, but they also affect people and a minority-serving institution initiative, so will work on performing the audit. … [Then] Besides paying Morales Muñoz a stipend, communities, which the Climate Corps helps a part of it is introducing energy effi ciency I will produce a report and present it to the EDF will provide the tools needed for the to ameliorate. and also, hopefully, introducing sustainability certain key UTB administrators so that they audit as well as its expertise and ways to seek “Part of this project what I personally curricula and engaging the community,” said can see the information and then they can funding. The graduate student’s passion lies really like is that there’s a direct impact, Chaprece Henry, a staff expert at the EDF make decisions as to whether or not to adopt in environmental policy and she hopes UTB/ which is you save energy, you save money and coordinator for kicking off the Climate these changes.” TSC will try to be more sustainable in its and you are helping the environment and this Corps program in Texas. “So we are planning Being a liberal arts major in her future efforts. is something that is directly affecting you,” to work with historically black colleges, undergraduate and graduate studies, Morales “I’d really like to see multiple buildings she said. “Using this project is the fi rst step Hispanic-serving institutions and even tribal Muñoz thinks Mary Rose Cardenas North generating power--instead of just using to environmental consciousness. … Our goal colleges as well in the future.” and South Halls need some attention. power--through solar energy,” Morales is to make environmentalism seem more Morales Muñoz, along with another fellow Another one, Tandy Hall, was brought up by Muñoz said. “When it comes to energy reachable or something that everyone can from the University of Texas at El Paso, will Veronica Mendez, associate vice president consumption, it’s defi nitely awareness that connect to.” Page 8 • April 25, 2011 The Collegian The Collegian o cPs April 25, 2011 • Page 9 aoral candidate o infratrctre are rioritie y rma ora where all their revenue goes back to corporate thE oEian offi ce.” Cardenas said Brownsville businesses About 400 people listened as Brownsville’s must be held accountable. fi ve mayoral candidates answered questions “We need to hold everyone accountable about city issues during a forum last Tuesday that does business in Brownsville,” he said, in the Student Union’s ran Salon. “no longer, just because you’re my friend. If The forum was hosted by the Center for you aren’t doing the correct job, we need to Civic Engagement’s roject 100, whose fi nd someone that can.” goal is to secure a 100 percent voter turnout Asked how they would implement the from the campus community. United Brownsville Strategic lanning Incumbent Mayor atricio “at” Ahumada Vision, ara, a general contractor and owner Jr. and his challengersEdward C. Camarillo, SErio SaaaroEian of Michael Custom Homes LLC, replied: “To Evaristo Viro Cardenas, Michael Anthony Maoral candidae Pa huada ro le dard aarillo ario ardena Mie arza and on me, it’s not about creating another committee, ara and Antonio “Tony” Martineeach Marinez ariciae in he ronille Maor andidae oru held la ueda in he uden nion ran it’s not in the wanting to do. It’s in the doing. took turns answering questions, which Project Salon. The candidates answered questions about their qualifi cations and city issues. About 400 people attended It’s in the action. A million dollars have been 100 solicited from the community. the event sponsored by the Center for Civic Engagement’s Project 100%. spent, there’s nothing we can do about it. We Each candidate was given two minutes to costs. reuirement, and how do you go about that?” have to see what is out there, what they’ve introduce themselves to the audience. After Ahumada said the other pressing issues are Martine said the answer is education, done and what we’re going to do with what the opening statement, the candidates were water and public safety. which will result in betterpaying jobs. they’ve done to bring it to heart. … United given two minutes for each of fi ve questions “ublic safety for a healthy growth, and Streets and downtown also need attention. Brownsville is a great committee and I on important issues concerning Brownsville, water to meet the growth and infrastructure … “If you … look at your city, there are many, believe in it but we need to focus on what ranging from green initiatives to the economic a good roadway system,” he said. “Without many roads that need to be taken care of, has been done and move forward and bring development of the city. those three things, we cannot have the job and that’s what we call the infrastructure,” whatever ideas they have and let’s get things Asked what the two most pressing issues creation for a healthy city. My priorities are Martine said. “You have the downtown happening because nothing is happening. I Brownsville faces in the next four years, many but those are main issues that I think … and it’s gorgeous and we’re not doing don’t see any action.” Ahumada replied they are the budget and we are facing.” anything with it. We have the most beautiful The fi nal question was why the UTB/TSC public safety. To Martine, an attorney, the most pressing town in the [Rio rande] Valley with all the community should vote for them and what is “The city has been operating in a defi cit issues are transparency as well as job creation reaa and we’re not taking advantage of in it for the students. since before I got into offi ce and it has and revitaliation of the city. that.” “I am committed to working as hard as I balanced the budget by getting grants [from] “Quite frankly, the budget is a major The candidates also were asked how their can each and every day if you select me as UB,” Ahumada said. “We need to cut costs concern but even more so than the budget, agendas differ from their rivals. your mayor,” Camarillo said. “Committed to and I have introduced a plan already that I think that the fi rst thing you’re going to Cardenas, owner of MB Auto Service, being open, to being honest and to listening to will retireit’s a buyout planthat will retire have to do is pass an ethics code,” he said. said he stands out because he will make you and each and every one of your concerns the senior offi cers or directors that have 25 “If you all look on the website Texas Budget priorities where they belong. that you bring forth at any point in time.” years or more [of service], that cost perhaps Source, you fi nd out that Brownsville is “I have been in the workforce since the age Camarillo, a UTB/TSC graduate who $115,000 and reduce those salaries by fi lling the least transparent budget in the state of of 9, assembling bicycles at Western Auto currently serves as the city commissioner for them with people from the second tier at a Texas. I think we have to, fi rst of all, have downtown, so I saw the fl ourishment of when District 4 and is a marketing consultant for lower cost.” accountability and fi nd out where this money downtown was in its heydays, when shop Border Home Health Inc., said he understands He said the buyout plan would save the is coming in and how it’s coming out.” owners were out cleaning their stoops to open students’ struggles. City of Brownsville and the ublic Utilities Martine said the No. 2 issue is job creation. for business and, sadly, it’s deteriorating,” he “Some of you are working two, three jobs,” Board about $5 million. “If some of you looked at e oitor said. “My agenda is to put priorities where he said. “Many of you are parents struggling, “That would allow us to do the projects and e roille eral on April 15, they belong: revitaliing the downtown area, but know that you’re going to do well and we need to do for infrastructure or fund … you would realie that Cameron County creating economic structure to make sure that you are going to be successful because I was programs that you would like to see done,” had Texas’ worst unemployment in March,” there is money coming into Brownsville and the mayor said about the savings in personnel he said. “[Job creation is] a necessity, it’s a not have so many Fortune 500 companies, • See ‘or,’ Page 12

community college in the state of Texas is Tuition that way. I mean, you are uniue.” Master’s Programs Continued from Page 1 Furgason said the high tuition at TSC was Business Administration Catholic School Leadership and we are hired by the board to help one of the driving factors for the separation Clinical Mental Health them with this transition here. The board from the University of Texas at Brownsville. Counseling Communication Studies of trustees of the community college has “I guess what really is a motivating Computer Engineering a very, very different set of circumstances factor in here is that setting up a community FIRST Computer Information college here, you provide a mechanism for Systems than [UTBrownsville.] UT has an entire Computer Science administration in place, they have resident students to get higher education and a lesser i n t h e Education [Juliet V.] arca, they have the System cost to them.” he said. “You may not see lots Educational Leadership Electrical Engineering offi ce that are taking a lot of this activitiy of relief immediately but as far as costing Engineering Systems in there. They’ve got a man by the name of more, I don’t think so.” Management English Literature and Randy Wallace that is their data guru. There Furgason detailed his background for NATION Language is none of it in the community college.” the SA. He received a doctoral degree Industrial Engineering from Illinois’ Northwestern University, is a Industrial/Organizational Muo maintained, however, that Among Master’s Universities Psychology information is being kept from students. former president of Texas AM University for Commitment to Service, International Relations “It’s nice that you tell me, sir, but I know Corpus Christi and served as vice chancellor Marriage and Family Therapy Research and Social Mobility Political Science this, and they know this and I don’t think at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Public Administration - Washington Monthly magazine’s 2010 that’s the reason why we are not being At Corpus Christi, he was faced with Reading “College Rankings—What Can Colleges Do for the Country?” Software Engineering informed,” he said. the challenge of implementing a fouryear Theology Joshua Law, an environmental science university in 1994. Ph.D. Programs major who sits on the TSC board’s Business “Ours was a little different situation,” Furgason said. “At that time, Corpus Christi Counselor Education and Affairs Committee, asked Furgason for a Supervision plan of where money for TSC would come State University was an upper level [school, Marriage and Family Therapy from. with] juniors, seniors and graduates Graduate School Admissions Office Online Master’s Furgason provided a chart that shows no freshmen or sophomores. Everybody One Camino Santa Maria Programs TSC students are paying three times more transferred in, but … when they put the San Antonio, Texas 78228 Clinical Mental Health in tuition than any other community college AM System in here, they authoried the Counseling student in Texas. university to become a fouryear institution (210) 436-3101 • [email protected] International Relations (Security Policy Asked if he would be able to reduce tuition in 1994 … to offer a complete array of Apply online at www.stmarytx.edu/grad concentration only) after the separation, Furgason answered that courses, including up to a doctoral program.” there may not be immediate relief; however, He said there was a lot of resistance from tuition would not increase. the community in allowing Corpus Christi “I will never stand up here and say State University to become a fouryear tomorrow you’re going to get your tuition institution. cut in third because there is transition costs “rimarily for the local community and there’s things that you have to develop college, they thought it was going to be a that are not there yet,” he said. “But I would competition and ‘we’re gonna fi ght over say in a period of time, and again, I don’t freshman students,’ and so on, and the know whether that is fi ve years or what, campus in Kingsville wasn’t too happy A Catholic and Marianist but you will see the tuition here change Liberal Arts institution pretty dramatically because every other • See ‘ition,’ Page 13 Page 10 • April 25, 2011 o cPs The Collegian

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at 956-882-7794 or [email protected]. ™ The Collegian April 25, 2011 • Page 11 Page 12 • April 25, 2011 Community/On Campus The Collegian Road to get 3 names By Christine Cavazos District 2 Commissioner Charlie Collegian Editor Atkinson said he spoke with the Zapata family and they do not want their son’s Part of a road recently renamed name to be brought up in a discussion for a slain Immigration and Customs where it causes discomfort. Enforcement agent is about to regain its “[The Zapata family] are so humbled original name. that the city thought of them,” Atkinson On March 15, the commission approved said. “They have no problem keeping a resolution that honored U.S. Special that section of Coffee Port Road because Agent Jaime Jorge Zapata and changed it could cause a lot of problems for [the the name of Coffee Port Road to Jaime J. Coffee family], and that’s not what they Zapata Avenue. want.” In February, Zapata, a Brownsville In an interview with The Collegian on native, and Special Agent Victor Avila Thursday, Ahumada said: “Coffee Road were shot in an SUV while returning will be from FM 802 to Paredes Line to Mexico City from a meeting in the Road, then it will be Jaime J. Zapata Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. [Avenue] from Paredes Line Road to During Tuesday’s city commission Highway 48 and then it will go back to meeting, Mayor Pat Ahumada told the Coffee Port Road from Highway 48 to audience the commission got ahead of FM 802.” itself when renaming the road immediately In other business, the commission after the agent’s death but did it in good awarded a contract to Knapp Chevrolet faith. of Houston in the amount of $232,600 The commission then approved the for the purchase of two ambulances for first reading of an ordinance that gives the Brownsville Fire and Emergency the road three names: Coffee Port Road, Medical Services Department. The Coffee Road and Jaime J. Zapata Avenue. commission also awarded a contract to The Coffee family has lived in Professional Turf Products L.P. of San Brownsville since the early 20th century, Antonio in the amount of $89,982.50 according to city documents. for the purchase of grounds maintenance About 20 residents showed up in equipment for the Brownsville Golf support of the ordinance renaming the Center. road Coffee Port. Academic Advising Alert Get ready for finals now By Academic Advising Team the task at hand and interest in the particular subject. If the project or paper is on a topic Have you finished the “big” project of the that you find unpleasant, the first initial semester? Are you dreading the upcoming response will be to avoid it completely. final exams of the semester? If you’ve found The best way to deal with those issues is to yourself putting off working on a paper, get it over and done with quickly, allowing project or getting ready for finals, you are not time to focus on primary subjects you truly alone. In fact, many students procrastinate enjoy. Disorganization may be another cause to some degree--but some are so affected by of procrastination. Creating to-do lists and procrastination that it hinders them greatly schedules can help with time management and ultimately impacts their final grades. and prioritization of tasks and deadlines. So, what can be done to control 3.Implement good habits! Yes, procrastination and overcome it? Here are procrastination is a habit--a deeply-rooted some steps to help conquer procrastination pattern of behavior. The key to breaking the st and help put you on the path to success in pattern is motivation. Give yourself rewards. e mo ke th the classroom: For example, reward yourself with a night er. Ma fun. umm ve 1. Recognize when you procrastinate: Do at the movies if you complete a certain task. his s e you ha a self-evaluation and be honest with yourself. Also, recruit your friends or family to help ste t urse to wa s whil er-co Take a look at how you prioritize your day the fight against procrastination. Have them time go few credit d summ in the order of how things get done. Do you check up on you to see if you’re completing your k out a broa w! ’t let oc and t no fill your day with low-priority tasks? Do you certain tasks. As you well know, peer Don d kn rams time. Ac leave items on your to-do list for a long time pressure works! ur prog ead of of your break any of o ah even though you know it’s important? Do Overcoming procrastination will not occur om an ur spot rve yo you wait until you are in the “right mood” or overnight, but by recognizing when you Choose fr d rese . the “right time” to tackle important tasks? If procrastinate and explore why you’re doing le an schedu nd out more you answered yes to any of these questions, it, you can implement new ways of defeating .EDU to you are probably a procrastinator. procrastination, putting you on the right path 2. Explore why you procrastinate: The to success! Visit UTB reason students procrastinate may depend on Open Registration for May: April 30 to May 22 Forum of Education and chair of the Project Open Registration for Summer I: April 30 to June 5 Continued from Page 9 100% Committee, said students, as well as community members, should be informed Open Registration for Summer II: April 30 to July 12 successful, too.” before voting because of the impact that the He said UTB/TSC students are important decisions of the elected officials have. Open Registration for Fall 2011: Begins April 30 to the city. “You may not hear it from anyone “I think a lot of times not just students but else but I’m going to tell you, you are people in general don’t realize the impact extremely important. We need you. We need that these officials, these elected officials KNOWLEDGE KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES. to grow the percentage of the individuals that have on us,” Fuentes said. “I think it is our have degrees. I’m here to work, I’m here to responsibility as a university and a community help. That’s all I want to do. There’s nothing college to inform the students and to inform else in it for me other than being your next anyone who is on our campus community.” mayor and improving this city.” Early voting for the municipal elections The forum was an attempt by Project 100% starts May 2 and ends May 10. Election Day to inform the students about the candidates is May 14. Besides the mayor’s race, voters The University of Texas at Brownsville and to accomplish their goal. Communication will choose commissioners for Districts 1, 2 Associate Professor John Cook served as the and 4, plus the commissioner at large “A.” and Texas Southmost College moderator. Visit utb.edu or call (956) UTB-4YOU for more information. Angelica M. Fuentes, an assistant Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn. master technical instructor in the College The Collegian On Campus April 25, 2011 • Page 13 Faculty technical instructor in the Communication unresolved--and that’s looking forward, best to convey those on to the board that Continued from Page 1 Department, asked if TSC will conduct not looking back.” hired us. I think, realistically, some will national searches for faculty as it will in its Furgason and Anthony said they listen to us and some will not and we’ll would be to encourage the involvement search for a new president. would take the faculty’s concerns under just have to deal with it. … To me the of faculty, staff, students and members of “We would need to make sure that we advisement. most important issue [is the] people that the community. That call, however, will be would advertise those positions and that “We are listening to you, we really are, you have involved in your organization,” the board’s.” individuals at UTB may be applicants, and we’re trying to absorb the issues that Furgason said. Karen Fuss-Sommer, director of the if they so wish, or we could go outside you’re sensitive to … and we will try our licensed vocational nursing program, for specific needs that we might have,” said transferring accreditation and Anthony said. administrative control to another entity is However, Price said if it is done that “So, I’m a firm believer that a community complicated and time consuming, which way, “that breaks tenure.” Tuition college has a real important role in the could mean a reduction in professionals the Anthony and Furgason said issues with Continued from Page 9 community as well as a four-year institution. institution would produce. tenure would have to be dealt with by the either, but, again, a policy decision was We got both; I think we got the best of both “I’m completely sure that [the TSC board of trustees because it is a policy made and I was there to implement it,” worlds.” trustees] are not aware of those problems issue. Furgason said. As vice chancellor in Nebraska, he put related to specifically the nursing Fuss-Sommer told the consultants there He believes that having a university and together an articulation program that helped profession in a climate where there’s a is fear among faculty about the TSC board’s a community college would be having the community college students transfer into the nursing shortage, in a climate where there’s decisions. Despite the Academic Senate’s best of both worlds. University of Nebraska-Lincoln. a statewide and national nursing shortage,” resolution on continuing the partnership One of the first things he did at Corpus “This says that if you take this course, she said. “For that decision to impact what and support from a majority of faculty, Christi State University was to put in an this course, this course and this course, it we put out as a product during this time the TSC board voted 4 to 3 on Feb. 17 to admission requirement. automatically moves over into the four- period is highly, highly … a bad idea.” have UTB/TSC become two autonomous “Community colleges traditionally, year institution. In other words, it isn’t a Furgason said he didn’t have a response institutions with separate governance and that’s one of their major roles, is an open question about whether it is transferrable. It because “it’s another of the issues that has contracts for facilities and certain staff admission institution,” Furgason said. “It is because we have set that out in the front to be dealt with as you work your way services. should be open to anybody that wants to end,” Furgason said. “… So I have quite through this particular system.” “We have a lot of skepticism for the go on to a higher education. [Community a bit of experience in these crosscurrents, Bill Davis, an associate master technical choices made by the board, so when you’re college students] may have not done real even though I’ve never been a community instructor in the Behavioral Sciences talking about tenure and those kinds of well in this or that, but it gives them this so- college president.” Department, asked the consultants about questions, we are not fully convinced that called second chance. I think that’s really In Ecuador, Furgason gave seminars to timetables for the separation. they will do the right thing by us because important and also a role as a transition into universities on accreditation as well. Anthony said no one has put a specific when we asked them to do the right thing a four-year institution for those people that He believes the present relationship with date to it. by us and the students, they chose not to,” want that.” UTB and TSC will need careful weaving “Our position is that we will take as long Fuss-Sommer said. “… The board has been He believes that a community college for both institutions to become successful as it needs,” he said. “We need to make very non-visible to the faculty and to the is part of an important spectrum of higher separate entities in the future. a smooth transition to what the board of students. They haven’t met with us at all to education. “Let’s not tear it apart, that doesn’t work trustees has asked us to do.” … allay any of our fears. … So, we have “Whether they are younger students, well,” Furgason said. “That leaves a lot of David Fisher, an assistant professor in the a great sense of fear, mistrust, or whatever or older students or whatever, it’s an debris on the floor, so let’s go in an orderly History Department, asked the consultants vocabulary you want to use, related to the opportunity that sometimes the four-year process in unweaving and reweaving. That’s to elaborate on their confidence that two decisions that they will make based on institution doesn’t provide,” Furgason said. what we’re trying to do at this point.” viable institutions will emerge from the their historical treatment of this body.” separation. Davis told the consultants they are the “I think it will be easier for Texas “first representatives of the TSC board that Scholarships Southmost College to begin a process than have come to us.” it will be for UTB to continue doing what Beatriz Castillo, chair of Applied The Department of Homeland tobacco use through community service it’s been doing because Texas Southmost, Business Technology, said the department Security has awarded UTB/TSC for an underserved community. The for the most part, will be starting with a sent an e-mail to the board members in $250,000 for scholarships to recruit deadline to apply is Saturday. For blank tablet again,” Anthony replied. “They early March, but only received a response high-achieving Hispanic students into more information, visit http://www. have local property tax resources that UTB from the three board members who were forensics and science, technology, legacyforhealth.org/adams-scholarship. will not have. As you know, the state is in favor of “unification” and have not engineering and mathematics programs. aspx or call (202) 454-5920. facing all kinds of financial difficulties, and heard anything from the four who are for Applicants must be U.S. citizens or The Healthy Lifestyles Scholarship that’s going to impact state aid. So the only “separation.” resident aliens and full-time UTB/TSC is available to high school senior or variable they’re left is tuition and fees, and Furgason responded, “Well, I guess the students starting in Fall 2011 and must first-year college students who are that depends on enrollment.” advice I would give is … that decision has complete a 10-week Homeland Security U.S. citizens under 25 years of age and A challenge is to project the enrollment been made and you have to look forward. If research traineeship at UT-El Paso in who answer the following: “Why is a UT-Brownsville and TSC will have once you’re going to spend all your time looking Summer 2012. The deadline to apply healthy lifestyle important in school?” the transition is completed, but enrollment in the rearview mirror, it’s not going to is Friday. For more information, send (under 1,000 words). Applicants must would be the key to the vitality of both serve the purposes of the community very an e-mail to Forensic Investigation also describe their career plans, goals institutions, according to Anthony. well.” Program Coordinator Michael A. Lytle and personal ambitions (under 500 Laredo is being used as a guide because There have been visits from University at [email protected]. words). The deadline to apply is of the community college’s size of about of Texas System officials, including The Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship Saturday. For more information, visit 10,000 students and a property tax base of the chancellor and other regents, added offers a $5,000 award to two http://www.studentscholarships.org/ about $10.7 million, figures that are similar Bobbette Morgan, president of the undergraduate or graduate students who scholarship/8809/healthy_lifestyles_ to Texas Southmost College, Furgason Academic Senate. She also brought up are attending an accredited institution scholarship_scholarship.php. said, adding that both Laredo Community concerns with TSC’s tax base. of higher education in the U.S. and who College and Texas A&M International “We understand in our community [that] have shown a commitment to reducing --Compiled by Daniel Beltran University are doing well. raising taxes isn’t really an easy option. … “I’m confident that it will work out,” he We’re the poorest community in the United said. States and so how much more can they ask, Elizabeth Heise, vice president of the I don’t know.” Academic Senate, said the faculty foresees Furgason said: “From a cursory that some of them “may be transitioned to standpoint … and using things like Laredo Texas Southmost College.” and Pan Am and other communities in “Everybody is a UTB employee, so the here, there doesn’t seem to be something administration of UTB, plus the UT System, lurking out there that says, ‘Hey, there’s a is going to have to take the initiative to start financial disaster in the making.’” saying this is what is going to be shifted Jude Benavides, an assistant professor in immediately to the community college,” the Chemistry and Environmental Sciences Furgason said, adding that it could get Department, emphasized that the faculty “sticky” when factoring in freshmen and are looking to the future. the determination of a tuition rate. “It’s a very important point to Anthony said: “Right now, it’s probably a distinguish between not liking the decision little premature for us to lay out a blueprint that was made and setting the framework of how curricula are going to be divided for working together, which both of you and how faculty are going to be split, how have said repeatedly today,” Benavides support services are going to function and said. “But we’re trying to make sure you how the finances are going to fall out. But understand, we need to be painfully clear as we get more involved in the process, I on this, that we have tried that in the past think it’s going to be incumbent on us to and it has not happened. And, it’s not meet with you to have you assist us in the only the faculty of UTB, it is students and transition.” citizenry of this community that are taxing Karon Jahn, an associate master and paying the future of TSC. That remains Page 14 • April 25, 2011 The Collegian The Collegian On Campus April 25, 2011 • Page 15

Getting ready for Denim Day

spotlight Club Christopher Peña/Collegian Members of the Game Over Club include (front row, from left) President Monico Rivas and Secretary Jonathan Lopez. Back row: Paulette Jimenez, Nestor Guevara, Rebecca Rangel, Marian Capistran, Pavel Hinev and Kani Canizalez.

Name: Game Over Club the Zoo Purpose: To promote the broadening Meetings: 3 to 7 p.m. every Friday in of classic gameplay and how it affects Student Union’s Salon Bougainvillea. modern gameplay. Requirements: Must be a UTB/TSC Established: Fall 2009 student. Christopher Pena/Collegian President: Monico Guadalupe Rivas Dues: None for new members; $5 for UTB/TSC is encouraging the campus community to wear jeans on Wednesday in observance of Denim Vice President: Valentin Rangel the second and subsequent semesters Day, an event held in support of sexual assault prevention. An information table will be set up between 9 Secretary: Jonathan Lopez For more information: Send an e-mail a.m. and 1 p.m. on the Paseo between Cortez and Rusteberg halls, where one can pick up information Treasurer: Nayelli Bautista to Rivas at [email protected] or and sign a support pledge. Shown promoting Denim Day are (kneeling, from left) Aaron J. Gonzalez and Christopher Luna. Middle row: Christina Clinch, Deisy Ramirez, David Belleperche, Monica Lee Luna, Adviser: English Associate Professor facebook/gameoverclub. Lisa Marie Briones, Rosa Law, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students Mari Therese Gallegos Fuentes-Martin, Jorge A. Muñoz, Nallely Alvarez and Hugo Mata. Back row: Ashley Vento, Judicial Affairs Activities: Beach cleanup and Boo at --Compiled by Daniel Beltrán Coordinator David Marquez, Elizabeth Hernandez, Judicial Affairs Coordinator David Mariscal, Evelyn Castilleja and Normalinda Reyna. Zavaleta We also have neighborhoods, beautiful Continued from Page 6 barrios mexicanos with history and we’re Villarreal need to see how much funding they should not protecting them. We’re letting them Continued from Page 6 be receiving. We need to set priorities. for our Student Union, I got that, it was deteriorate and all that is in District 4. La There’s a lot of things in District 4 that need my work. The bill that was necessary for Buena Vida neighborhood, for example, study and [an] internship with the Internal attention: the streets, the drainage. There’s a our athletics fee, I got that. [UTB/TSC] immediately adjacent to the college, that’s Revenue Service, trying to promote the e-file lot of flooding whenever it does rain, even if President [Juliet V.] García could be in District 4. I want to be an advocate program for the IRS. The tele-file program it rains very little. On a grander scale, I think, confident that if we needed a bill passed for the incredible diversity of District 4, was coming to an end and we wanted citywide we need to see an increase in jobs. for the university, she knew I was on the which ranges from the downtown to the taxpayers, instead of going back to the How do I think that can be accomplished? I job and working on it and I did not fail. The old sections, all the way to the newest traditional paper filing, we wanted them to think we need to create a positive image for most difficult one of all was the athletics neighborhoods, like Quail Hollow. All the transfer over to e-file. It’s a lot quicker and a Brownsville in terms of creating a friendly fee, so through my personal relationships newest subdivisions on the west side, not it’s a lot cheaper for the government in terms place to invest. There’s a lot of business that with [state] Rep. [Rene] Oliveira and the east side, up there on Alton Gloor and of costs for filing through paper. In 2008 I was might look at Brownsville right now but they Sen. [Eddie] Lucio [Jr.] and Rep. [Eddie] 802, they’re new but the way we’re going appointed to the charter review committee don’t see it too organized or too attractive to Lucio [III], we got that passed. Those are if we can’t protect the ones downtown, and there I worked to review the charter and invest in. We need to attract those businesses, major accomplishments. I bought ITECC, there’s not much hope for ones out there.” make recommendations for amendments to small and large, to create jobs and, hopefully, the [former] Amigoland Mall. ... I took What are your goals if elected? “Public our city’s charter. Those recommendations get our economy going. There’s also our the president to lunch one day and I said, safety and quality-of-life issues are at the went to the commission sent them to the law enforcement and our hospitals and ‘There’s a mall for sale, Amigoland Mall,’ top of my list, followed by examination ambulances. We need to have plenty of those voters to see if they would approve them.” and she said, ‘If you’re sure, go get it,’ and and reorganization of governmental to serve our growing population. Again, that What are your accomplishments and how we did. … The Texas Southmost College structure. We only have approximately half goes hand in hand with the budget. We need do you think they have prepared you for bond issue [election], the first one failed the number of police officers, firefighters, being commissioner? “In terms of our to look at that closely and see how much we by just a few votes, and the second one and EMS personnel that we need for a city family business, for 25 years my parents were can afford to grow those services by looking passed. I was out there every single day, our size. We have to, we must rearrange, operating out of a small, old building. I went closely at the budget, searching for grant that’s my accomplishment. There’s always the budget in order to hire more personnel, ahead and applied for a loan. I applied for my monies to fund those projects. The budget is a team involved, and I don’t claim that I train them, especially with the border contractor’s permit and I built a new facility. so important, everything revolves around our can do anything by myself, but there has to violence going on. Our officers need We have more capacity, we created a couple budget. Setting priorities on which projects be a leader.” modern equipment, the best equipment more jobs in our district. So, we’re expanding and which issues need the help most urgently What challenges face the city and money can buy, and I’m an advocate for despite the growth in competition. Now, you and still try to allocate funds to the ones that district and how will you address them? that. We need a new substation. We need see a tortilleria in almost every corner. And aren’t at the top of the list but still need to be “We have one of the (if not the most) police, fire and EMS substations out there yet we are not located on Main Street and addressed.” historic downtowns in the state of Texas. on the north side. Brownsville has annexed our business is still growing, so I consider What are your goals if elected? “I plan to I think San Antonio is ahead of us because a huge amount of territory but at the same that an accomplishment. When I walked work hand in hand with the commissioners they have the Alamo. I mean, Dallas and time, it’s not taking care of it. You know, and I got those degrees, I felt that was one to form a productive commission that isn’t Houston were pastures and Brownsville state law requires when you annex land of my greatest accomplishments, not only working against each other but working to was a city, a town on the Rio Grande. We you have to be able to provide services to just earning the degrees but ending on the create synergy and for the good of the city. have the incredible architecture and history it and we’re not doing that. I plan to dive top of my graduating class. If elected, I think Once we can get the commissioners and the and culture and instead of protecting it and into the budget and identify where the fat my background and my education will help mayor working on the same page, I think we putting our arms around it and loving it me because, in essence, the city is a business can get a lot of things done. So, my goals is. Identify where the things are that are and developing it for a tourist industry, simply not necessary or are too costly that needs to be run. It’s a business that has are to work on creating more jobs, bringing we’re letting it fall down. We’re letting in investment from outside, also getting our and find the money, the revenue to these a budget and it’s got its employees. You’ve it literally crumble into polvo and that’s downtown a face-lift, trying to get more issues.” got your internal customers and your external immoral. It’s immoral and unethical. customers and you’ve got to take care of all of businesses going downtown, creating an them. You have to do it efficiently so you stay entertainment district not just for young within budget. I feel my business background adults but for the entire family, something for will really help me fill that position very the parents, the children, the grandparents. well.” Just working on our streets and our drainage What challenges face the city and district issues. There’s so many things. I think that if and how will you address them? “One of we work together as a team instead of working the biggest challenges, I think, is our budget. against each other, the commissioners and the We need to look at the projects that are mayor can get a lot done.” proposed and that have been started and we

Patel the city more business-friendly, bring Continued from Page 6 more business to invest in the city and create jobs.” them? “We need to balance the budget; we need more businesses investing in the city to generate more funds.” What are your goals if elected? “Make Page 16 • April 25, 2011 The Collegian The Collegian as nanmn April 25, 2011 • Page 17 plii sos ro Spho i h ar y leiri ueada the audience with fl amenco moves in “Dancing to El Torito” and “Dancing to the Collegian Tango.” The teachers and adult dancers Jazz and paso doble music delighted the performed “Dancing to Sevillanas.” ears of hundreds of people who attended The concert closed with a performance by Brownsville Literacy Center’s 13th annual Banda Sinaolense La Kineña. “Symphony in the Park and All That Jazz” Throughout the evening, 74 UTB/TSC on the Student Union’s lawn April 16. environments in early childhood education This year’s concert, titled “La Bella undergraduate students and fi rst and second Noche,” featured performances by UTB/ language acquisition graduate students TSC’s Rio Bravo Wind Ensemble, One offered play activities to children in a o’Clock Jazz Band and Banda Sinaloense designated kids’ activity area. La Kineña, plus the Los Fresnos High “This service-learning experience School Jazz Band and the Allegro Ballet leslie arrientos/Collegian provided children an opportunity to learn School dancers. Los Fresnos High School Jazz Band alto saxophonist William Szpak solos during the performance of social, emotional, problem-solving skills, as Ricardo Marcos and his wife were among Firestorm while Associate Director Andrew Salois conducts. Other groups that performed were the Rio Bravo well as use their fi ne and gross motor skills, the concertgoers. Marcos said the event was Wind Ensemble, the UTB/TSC One OClock Jazz Band and the Allegro Ballet School Dancers. meeting new friends, and having a good perfect for a family outing. “Pepita Greus,” a 1925 piece by Pascual inspire future UTB/TSC students to join the time at the event,” Georgianna Duarte, a “It’s spectacular what I am enjoying, Perez Chovi; “Second Suite for Band” and university’s music program. professor in the Curriculum and Instruction you cannot imagine, de-stressing and “El Camino Real,” by Alfred Reed; “Gallito “It’s like something they can look up Department, told e Colleian via wonderful,” Marcos said in Spanish. “Just Paso Doble,” by Santiago Lope Gonzalo; to for later in the future,” Salinas told e e-mail. “This event supports the important listening to Spanish music, some jazz music, and, “Lola Flores Paso Doble,” by Terig Colleian. “They can be like, ‘Oh, I want Convention on the Rights of the Young it’s very beautiful. I am really enjoying Tucci. to be like that young man in the UTB band,’ Child, Article 30, that all children have the myself a lot.” The One O’Clock Jazz Band, under and I think we infl uence a lot of people to right to play.” Attendees were encouraged to bring the direction of Patrick Trahan and David join music because music is everything to The Brownsville Literacy Center is a blankets, lawn chairs and food to enjoy Isadore, performed “Nasty Blues,” by Pete me, at least, so it brings happiness to people, nonprofi t organization serving more than the music comfortably on the lawn. Some McGuiness; “Come Fly With Me,” by a smile to their faces.” 1,000 adult students annually. This year, audience members also enjoyed alcoholic Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn; and, He believes the concert is a great way to the center marked its 25th anniversary as a beverages. “Black Orpheus,” by Eric Richards. encourage residents to come together. United Way agency. The Los Fresnos High School Jazz Band, Trahan said it was the fi rst time he had “I think everybody is enjoying it,” Salinas According to the concert’s program, under the direction of Associate Band seen so many people attend the concert. said. “It’s a good event where the community “Its mission is to promote literacy in the Director Andrew Salois, was the opening “The event is real nice,” he said. “This is of Brownville can get together and see the Brownsville area by providing appropriate act with such compositions as “Sao Paolo the fi rst time I see the community in these different types of bands that UTB has and and accessible education programs designed Nights,” “Afro Blue” and “Pescados big numbers come out to support the music UTB has to offer for the community.” to meet the needs of undeserved adults.” Frescos.” stuff that we do here in the university.” During the intermission, groups of 8-, Volunteers help students read, write and The Rio Bravo Wind Ensemble, Sophomore music education major 12- and 13-year-olds and adults from the speak English to further their education. conducted by Allen Clark, played “El Christian Salinas, who plays the trombone Allegro Ballet School Dancers, under the Proceeds from the concert will benefi t the Relicario Paso Doble,” by Jose Padilla, for the One O’Clock Jazz Band, hopes to direction of Maria T. Sanchez, entertained organization. roing rendition ratie mae erfet

leslie arrientos/Collegian leslie arrientos/Collegian Mariachi Escorpin Director Antonio Briseño (left) and violinist Jos Antonio Delgadillo perform the Junior criminal justice major Benisse Gomez (left) and Mindy Reyes, a secretary for the South Texas ranchera valsada titled “Ahora me aguanto” Thursday night during the groups fundraising concert in the Engineering, Math and Science program, practice umba at the REK Center Tuesday night in preparation UTB/TSC Arts Center. The concert also featured the UTB/TSC Estudiantina Azul y Fuego. for World umba Record Day, scheduled Saturday at the Brownsville Sports Park. Página 18 • 25 de abril del 2011 Noticias en español The Collegian Haciéndolo todo para causar un impacto Tres líderes estudiantes reciben reconocimientos por sus logros y comprometimiento Por Héctor Aguilar Estudiantes. Editor de español “Es muy competitivo”, dijo Márquez. “Cuando leo estas solicitudes, digo, ‘wow, Cada semestre la oficina de la Decana ¿cómo logran tener el tiempo?’ Ellos de Estudiantes otorga un reconocimiento verdaderamente son los líderes del futuro, a aquellos estudiantes, líderes de UTB/ los que mueven y agitan a la comunidad. TSC que se graduarán y han tenido algún Encuentran la manera de hacerlo todo y impacto en la comunidad. por eso se merecen este reconocimiento”. Este semestre se les otorgó el Anillo de El reconocimiento no es particular de Liderazgo Escorpión a Olga de León, una UTB/TSC. estudiante de educación musical de último “Es una práctica en muchas escuelas. año, a Michael Padrón, un estudiante de Michael Padrón Olga de León Jorge Muñoz … Es una competencia, un concurso, para educación de último año y a Jorge Muñoz, parte incluyen Educadores Aspirantes diciembre de 2011, dijo que ella continuará reconocer a los estudiantes que han sido un estudiante de psicología de último año. Musicales del Futuro, o (FAME en inglés), luchando por la existencia de programas líderes en el campus por medio de varias Muñoz, es presidente de la Asociación y Educadores Musicales Universitarios de orquesta de cuerdas en las secundarias y avenidas”, dijo Mari Fuentes-Martin, de Gobierno Estudiantil (SGA) y terminará de Texas o (CTME en inglés) donde es preparatorias y hará una maestría en UTB/ vicepresidenta asociada y decana de sus estudios este semestre. Recibirá el la directora de operaciones internas y TSC o trabajará en Harlingen. estudiantes. “Una [de las avenidas] es la reconocimiento por su labor voluntaria en el finanzas. Con la ayuda del Departamento Michael Padrón también va a graduarse académica. …La otra es participación en el campus y fuera del él y por su participación de Música de UTB/TSC y su presidenta, en diciembre y ha formado parte de la campus al igual que servicio”. en el club One World, una organización Sue Zanne Urbis, y la Sociedad de Artes Sociedad de Honor Nacional Alpha Chi, la Existen tres aspectos cuando se estudiantil en la cual los estudiantes pueden Escénicas de Brownsville, han fundado Sociedad de Honor de Educación de Kappa considera a un líder de todo a todo: el conversar e intercambiar retroalimentación la Orquesta de Cuerdas de Retención Delta Pi, Scorpion Scholars, el Centro comprometimiento en la escuela, el acerca de temas tabú. de Músicos Artistas de Brownsville o de Comprometimiento de estudiantes o liderazgo, y los actos caritativos, dijo Él dijo que la labor voluntaria le permite (SMART Orchestra). Center for Civic Engagement Scholars, Fuentes-Martin. a uno “traspasar la cinta roja” y “llegar De León también les ha dado lecciones Who’s Who Among American Universities Un comité de aproximadamente ocho directamente a la fuente,” también le gratuitas de instrumentos de cuerdas a los and Colleges y ha sido el presidente miembros del profesorado y empleados permite a uno poder experimentar las estudiantes de las escuelas primarias de de C.H.A.N.G.E. Él también ha estado evalúan los paquetes de solicitudes que oportunidades que existen”. Castañeda y Skinner. en la Lista de la Rectora y la Lista del entregan los solicitantes. Ellos deben haber “Cuando estás en el salón de clases, te Después de darse cuenta de que no Decano y ha recibido el Reconocimiento completado por lo menos 75 créditos o enseñan teoría”, dijo Muñoz. “Lo único existían oportunidades para que los de Excelencia Escolástica en educación estar por graduarse el mismo semestre que te dicen es ‘si esto sucede, esto es estudiantes se unieran a una orquesta al bilingüe. o el siguiente, deben tener un promedio lo que haces’. Sin embargo, a veces terminar la primaria en Brownsville, de Padrón cree que el estar involucrado mínimo de 2.75 y deben entregar dos eso no siempre sucede. …A veces nos León decidió hacer algo al respecto. en el campus le permite a uno saber más cartas de recomendación de profesores o enfrentamos con la realidad y la realidad “Fue por eso que creé la orquesta acerca de las organizaciones que están empleados universitarios. no siempre es la historia de Cenicienta que SMART de Brownsville, para que los al alcance de los estudiantes y él obtiene Muñoz, de León y Padrón recibirán sus vemos en las caricaturas. A veces surgen chicos tuvieran un lugar donde pudieran un sentimiento de realización por su anillos junto con otros estudiantes que cosas inesperadas. … Esto te da un poco de desahogar sus energías musicales por asistencia. van a graduarse durante la ceremonia de sentido de vida que un libro jamás te dará”. que en la primaria tienen instrumentos de “Es bastante satisfactorio salir a ayudar anillos que se llevará a cabo a las 5 p.m. Sus planes de posgraduación son de hacer cuerdas y después no pueden continuar”, a lugares como el Centro de Aprendizaje el 6 de mayo en el Gran Salón de la Unión una maestría en consejería comunitaria y dijo ella. “O se van a otro programa o dejan Buena Vida, el cual es para las familias Estudiantil. El discurso principal lo dará trabajar de tiempo completo. la música por completo”. menos afortunadas”, dijo. “Así que, es la rectora de UTB/TSC Juliet V. García. Uno de sus mayores logros fue el de La Orquesta SMART de Brownsville está muy remunerador poder ver a esos niños Durante la ceremonia los respectivos restaurar la confianza que la gente le tiene compuesta de 25 estudiantes, incluyendo divertirse contigo y ellos saben que hay decanos de las escuelas de cada estudiante a la SGA, comentó Muñoz. a estudiantes de tercero de primaria a alguien que los apoya. … Me ha inspirado presentarán a los ganadores del Anillo A Olga de León también se le reconoció primero de secundaria y a estudiantes y he madurado mucho por medio de de Liderazgo Escorpión. Posteriormente por su liderazgo. Ella asistió a escuelas en de UTB/TSC que tocan y enseñan a los participación aquí en UTB”. los recipientes de los anillos meterán sus Laredo y San Antonio hasta que se encontró miembros menores. Después de graduarse, Padrón tiene manos en una pila anaranjada con agua en Brownsville gracias a lo que ella llamó “Las actividades extracurriculares te planeado asistir a la Universidad de Texas pintada de azul antes de recibir sus anillos. “la mejor decisión [por el] programa de diferencian de los demás”, dijo de León. en Austin y está buscando la manera de “Pintamos el agua de azul y les pedimos música [de UTB/TSC]”. “O sea, ¿por qué perder el tiempo jugando asistir a una escuela de derecho. a los estudiantes que metan sus manos. La laredense se transfirió a UTB/TSC en video juegos como lo hacías en la prepa La tradición del Anillo de … [El agua] te pinta la mano entonces, 2008 y ha estado sumamente involucrada [cuando] puedes hacer una diferencia? Liderazgo Estudiantil comenzó hace bromeo con los estudiantes y les digo en eventos relacionados con la música a Aunque no lo creas, un estudiante aproximadamente cinco años, dijo David que cuando les pregunten ¿qué te pasó en lo largo de su carrera universitaria. Las universitario puede hacer una diferencia”. Márquez, el coordinador de asuntos la mano? digan ‘recibí mi anillo’”, dijo organizaciones de las que ha formado De León, que va a graduarse en judiciales de la Oficina de la Decana de Fuentes-Martin.

Nombre: Silvia del Cerro Cuesta guste y poder hacerme independiente”. Edad: 22 ¿Cómo te ves dentro de 10 años? “Espero ya haber Estudiante Ciudad Natal: Barcelona, Cataluña, España acabado de estudiar todo y pues como dije, tener un Promedio: 4.0 trabajo que disfrute, que me guste ir a trabajar y… quien Especialidad: Traducción de español e interpretación sabe ya si estaré casada o no”. de hoy Clasificación: Estudiante de cuarto año ¿Qué te gusta de la universidad? “Me gusta mucho el Fecha de graduación: Mayo 2011 ambiente que hay de dos culturas, está muy bien porque Reconocimientos: Lista de la Rectora: Otoño 2010. al menos yo no he visto que haya racismo por parte Pasatiempos: “Me gusta mucho cocinar, estar con los de ninguna de las dos culturas. En cambio, en España amigos, ir al cine. Me gusta leer mucho y los deportes no hay mucho racismo, demasiado, porque hay mucha me gustan mucho pero ir al gimnasio sí me gusta, si no inmigración de todos los países de Suramérica y de estoy floja”. Centroamérica y los españoles, no todos, pero muchos se Actividades extracurriculares: “Trabajo en la oficina afectan, como que ‘hay me quitan el trabajo’ o ‘les dan de traducción e interpretación en el edificio Sur y ayudo ayudas y a mí no’ y aquí no. Yo no veo que hayan peleas y al coordinador de traducción que es el doctor [José] que hay aceptación de las culturas y eso me gusta”. Dávila. Él es el que lleva todo lo de traducción tanto ¿Qué les aconsejarías a los estudiantes de nuevo [lo de la licenciatura] como [la maestría] y todo y allí ingreso? “Que se lo tomen con calma y que no dejen las estoy. También ayudo a una profesora de español, Ms. cosas para última hora o sea que vayan con calma pero al [Ana] Peña y pues yo le ayudo en sus cursos [en línea] de día y que aprovechen la vida de universitario que no dura español. Le corrijo la tarea de sus alumnos”. mucho… para algunos”. ¿Cuál sería tu trabajo ideal? “Traductora de inglés y… Anécdota: “Cuando llegué aquí, vi que ponían ‘resaca’ cuando acabe seré traductora de inglés y alemán y de por muchas partes y yo como que, ¿qué es una resaca español, pero quiero seguir estudiando y quiero estudiar aquí? Y me dijeron pues es esto, como un laguito, y yo, fotografía o diseño, diseño gráfico o de interiores, me ¡ah, o sea que eso es una resaca! Y un día no me acuerdo gustaría mucho”. donde pusieron ‘Paseo de la Resaca’ bien grandote y dije, ¿Cuáles son tus metas? “Poder independizarme de mis ¡Ay, me tengo que tomar una foto aquí! Porque resaca papás. En España está muy difícil ahorita con la crisis quiere decir ‘hangover’ en español de España, como que [económica]. Los jóvenes lo tienen muy difícil para irse ‘estoy de resaca’ o ‘estoy bien crudo’ y me hace mucha de casa y poder alquilar su [departamento] para ellos gracia y siempre que lo veo me río’”. Christopher Peña/Collegian irse. Sobre todo, quiero encontrar un buen trabajo que me ­--Recopilado por Daniel Beltrán The Collegian Sports April 25, 2011 • Page 19 Scorpion golf hosts conference tournament Women’s golf takes second scores of 79, 83 and 78 to lead UTB/TSC at NAIA National Qualifier while teammate Milligan posted a 54-hole total of 253. By Louie Vera The Scorpions will play 36 holes today, Sports Editor followed by 18 holes on Tuesday. The Red River Athletic Conference Women’s golf goes low at conference Tournament is in UTB/TSC’s backyard The UTB/TSC Women’s Golf Team and the UTB/TSC Men’s Golf Team is earned second place, posting its lowest hoping some home cooking will be the team total of the season at 345 in the edge that helps them reach nationals. final round of the NAIA Unaffiliated #1 Today the Scorpions, along with the Qualifier Tournament at Rose Creek Golf rest of the conference, tee off for the 54- Course in Edmond, Okla. hole RRAC conference tournament on the The 695 two-day total for the Scorpions South Padre Island Golf Course in Laguna was their best tournament by 26 shots in Vista. the 2010-11 campaign. UTB/TSC will have the Cavazos trio of Elizabeth Garza led the team with an Marcus, Vince and freshman Eric along 82 in the final round and a total of 168 to with juniors Anthony Milligan and Adam cap off her outstanding freshman season. Haley representing the Scorpions. Teammate Krystal Garza fired an 82 in the First-year Coach Anthony Lopez said his opening round and ended the tournament team must attack pins and take advantage with a total of 172. of the birdie holes to stay close to their Andrea Cadriel, who played in her final conference rivals. collegiate tournament for the Scorpions, “The strategy is going to improved six shots from her opening round be the same,” Lopez said. to post an 84 for a 174 total. “They’ve been practicing Eneida Alonso finished with a 186, and really hard all year and Cat Lira shot a 195. their focus has been on Northwood University won the winning. This tournament tournament and will continue its season at the NAIA Women’s Golf National will be the culmination of Sergio Salazar/Collegian Adam everything they’ve put in Championship May 17-20 in Greenville, Haley Members of the UTB/TSC Men’s Golf Team include brothers Vince Cavazos (from the left), Marcus Cavazos Tenn. this season. I think if the and Eric Cavazos. The trio along with teammates Adam Haley and Anthony Milligan hit the links today in the “These girls were focused from the team tries to go out and be Red River Athletic Conference Tournament on the South Padre Island Golf Course in Laguna Vista. conservative, we’re going get-go,” Lopez said. “You could see it in to deviate from our game now,” Vince Cavazos said. “I’ve had a the Scorpions’ favor. the practice round and playing hard and plan. The game plan is to couple decent practices [recently], and the “I think we’ll have a better chance of learning the course better than they’ve make as many birdies as tournament is on our home course so the taking [the tournament],” Eric Cavazos ever learned it. The girls were hungry and we can.” team should feel comfortable about that. I said. “If there is no wind, it’ll just be a dart they wanted to play well and that’s exactly At the 12th annual Sen. did pretty well [in February] and the team contest out there. If it’s windier, some of what they did.” Eddie Lucio Tournament got third the first time around. We just the other players won’t know what spots Lopez has been diligently recruiting and need to make a few adjustments and we’ll to hit it to around the course. I’m hoping looking to add depth to his team, which is Anthony on Feb. 21 at the SPI golf be right there. It’s 54 holes and you’ve got it’s windy. I think it’ll give us a greater only losing one player for next season. Milligan course, the Scorpions finished third behind to bear down every shot and not worry advantage.” “I’m working on a few signings and ninth-ranked Texas Wesleyan University, about the nine holes and take it one shot Haley qualified within the team to coupled with the team we have now, we’re which shot a 628 total for 36 holes. UTB/ at a time.” earn his spot in the five-player team and going to be dangerous next year,” he said. TSC shot a 646, with Vince Cavazos The South Padre Island Golf Course is is coming off one of his better outings “We’re going to be a good team next year earning third-place medalist by shooting wide open and weather forecasts predict a of the season April 5 in the Northwood and I’m really looking forward to the consecutive 76s. windy 54-hole tournament for the golfers University Spring Invitational at Thorntree future of the program.” “My game feels pretty good right that could play directly into the hands of Country Club in DeSoto. The junior posted Scorpions seek revenge against RGV rival Broncs By Louie Vera Results for its final conference series Our goal is to go 4-0 the last four matchup against the Broncs doesn’t of the season against the University of games and keep going on from there bode well for the Scorpions as UTPA Sports Editor Southwest were unavailable at press heading into conference.” is 5-0 against UTB/TSC the last three The UTB/TSC Baseball Team will time. A win against the Broncs will Third-year Coach Bryan Aughney is seasons, including a 4-3 win on Feb. get one more chance to sharpen up either break a school record for wins in looking forward to finishing the season 22. Opposing teams have also had for the Red River Athletic Conference a season or add to it. strong to gain momentum for a national trouble finding wins at Edinburg Tournament against Rio Grande The Scorpions tied the record at title run. Baseball Stadium as UTPA has a 14-4 Valley rival University of Texas-Pan 31 wins April 15 by defeating No. American Tuesday night in Edinburg. 5-ranked Louisiana State University- “I think that sends a message to everyone in Shreveport 5-0, with senior hurler Danny Gidora tossing his fourth gem, the country that we can hang with anybody if our adding to his stellar season that would earn him a fifth RRAC Pitcher of the mentalities are correct and we play as a team.” Week honors. -- Senior pitcher Danny Gidora “As a team we beat the No. 5 nationally ranked team,” Gidora said. “I think that sends a message to everyone in the country that we can “Biggest thing is not only W’s but our home record. hang with anybody if our mentalities style of play,” Aughney said. “We’ve “It’ll be good for us to go on the road are correct and we play as a team.” got to get dialed in and play like it’s and play in a hostile environment,” UTB/TSC went into the series tournament time. Danny threw really Aughney said. “I’m not sure how well against Southwest tied for fourth in well, and so did our other pitchers. I they’re doing but they are a quality itsconference with a 31-19 record was pleased to see our mental adjusts opponent. We will use that outing to overall and an 18-9 mark in league [against LSLU] and playing with a set up our rotation for the conference play. The Scorpions will be in either the little more heightened intensity. It’s tournament, so we’ve got to make sure third or fourth position heading into the definitely what we’re going to need everyone is fresh and use that as a conference tournament April 30-May 3 [against UTPA] and create that habit tuneup game. Of course, you want to at Louisiana State’s Pilot Field to face going into the conference tournament.” go in there and take care of the W but Texas Wesleyan University regardless The Broncs have had an up-and- the main thing going in there is playing Christopher Peña/Collegian of which spot they earn. down season, posting a 16-13 record clean baseball and getting our pitching Scorpion outfielder Jorge Camorlinga tries to beat “I think we are close to where we heading into its weekend series against set up for conference.” the throw to first base during the game against need to be,” outfielder Matt Warner Northern Colorado University. Louisiana State University-Shreveport on April 16 at said. “We’re going to set that record. If history is any indicator, the Scorpion Field. The Scorpions lost the game, 8-1. Page 20 • April 25, 2011 The Collegian

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