Habit-forming - Texarkana College

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Campus-wide curriculum project to explore impact of tumultuous decade
Students and members of the community have a
unique opportunity to experience the Sixties through a
campus-wide curriculum project focusing on that era.
The project is titled “Flashback to the Sixties” and
features a lecture series and film series, along with
other events, that are free and open to the public.
The lecture series opens with a multimedia presentation by TC Music Professor Celia Richardson, who
will discuss the music of the ‘60s and its impact. It
begins at 2 p.m. Feb. 27 in Levi Hall, which is in the
Business and Computer Technology building on the
TC campus. This presentation was originally scheduled Feb. 6 but was postponed due to the weather.
“All music reflects the particular time and place
by Alyssa Bennington
Managing Editor
Please tune into local media
sources (radio and tv) for updated
information about the weather and
changes to TC scheduling, if there
are any.
The college will also make an
announcement on the campus
website and will send a campuswide email if there are any adjustments to the schedule.
Workshop to
help students
with financial aid
in history in which it was written,” Richardson said.
“To appreciate and understand the music of the Sixties helps us understand our own social and political
history – what was happening in America during that
era.”
Further, she said that for those who lived through
the Sixties, the music evokes memories of what was
experienced and felt during that stage in their lives.
For others, the music helps them understand the cultural significance of that portion of American history.
“Out of all the music written during that time, some
has lasted and some has been forgotten,” Richardson
said. “We all have personal favorites and our own taste
in music based on a variety of factors.”
Habit-forming
Managing Editor
For her, the music of the Beatles remains one of
her favorites.
“My father thought the Beatles were subversive and
forbid me to listen to them,” she said. “But, of course,
I listened anyway. Some things never change!”
Other speakers will follow each month throughout
the semester, speaking on a variety of topics relevant
to that era.
In addition, the project includes weekly movie
nights, sponsored by Social Science professor Dawna
Rogers. (For a full schedule of the movie series, please
see calendar on page 3).
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Campus smaller,
more unified in ‘60s,
professor recalls
Texarkana College will partner
with TAMU-T to host a financial
aid workshop, College Goal Sunday, from 1-4 p.m. on Feb. 27,
in rooms 14 and 15 of the BCT
building.
Potential students and their
parents are invited to come and
receive assistance while applying for FASFA and learning more
about paying for college.
For more information, visit
www.collegegoalsundaytexas.org.
EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the first in a five-part
series of stories featuring community members
who either attended or taught at Texarkana
College during the 1960s. TC is conducting a
campus-wide curriculum project covering that
decade this semester.
FlashBack
by Jason Clayton
Assistant Editor
Today, gas stations
and quick munch
joints dot every road
worth mentioning in Texarkana. Pat Sorsby, who
retired at the end of the fall semester after teaching English and speech at Texarkana College for 41
years, remembers a time when the city – and the college -- had quite a different face.
Sorsby graduated from Texas High, attended TC
and then returned here to teach.
“Well, it was a lot smaller then,” Sorsby said, recalling the days when she was a student here.
It was a cold windy day, and in her old office in the
Humanities building, she leaned back in her chair.
With a bright smile that grew as she spoke, she
added, “In fact, I was thinking as I was driving to
school today there isn’t a single building that I went
to school in that was here on campus that’s still in
existence today.”
She came to the college for the first time as a student in the fall of 1963, when the campus familiar to
current students had not yet materialized.
“So every building that’s here … most of them
have been built since I’ve taught here, but none of
them were in existence when I was a student here,”
she said.
Sorsby remembers a time when some of the best
neighborhoods in Texarkana were bare and green.
“There was no Pleasant Grove High School,”
Sorsby chortled. “All the students who lived out in
Pleasant Grove lived out in the country. It was farm
country, it wasn’t residential.”
During her time as a student at TC, the students ran
on a very different schedule than the ones students
go by today.
“When students came to college, we came out here
and stayed all day,” she said. “Most of us didn’t
have to work.”
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to the sixties
General student fee
increases to $15
for technology cost
Managing Editor
The Texarkana College general
student fee increased from $12
to $15 Feb. 1. The fee was established about a year and a half ago
for technology increases, such as
implementing SunGard and buying new equipment.
“Most colleges have that (technology) fee, but we never had
one,” TC President Dr. Alan Rasco said. “So it has gradually increased from $12 to $15.
Save the date for
The Bulldog 100
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“...Hello?” - Emily Cokeley as Sister Mary Amnesia performs with a puppet in “Nunsense.” The TexRep production continues this weekend in the Stilwell Theatre. See
full story and photos on page 6.
Texarkana College’s Bulldog
100 promises to be better than
ever in 2011. Mark this date on
your calendar and get ready for an
entire week full of community and
family fun benefitting the Rising
Star Scholarship.
For more information on partnering with Texarkana College to
be a Bulldog Benefactor or to register your company as a Bulldog
100 racing team, contact Suzy Irwin c/o Texarkana College Foundation (903) 832 5565 ext. 3095/
suzanne.irwin@texarkanacollege.
edu. For technical questions, contact Benny Murphy at ext. 3234.
Financial analysis of Pinkerton Center to continue
Managing Editor
& Alex Moore
Editor
Texarkana College will be conducting a financial analysis of the
Pinkerton Center with Cuismano
and Associates, as explained by
TC President Dr. Alan Rasco at
the Jan. 25th board meeting.
“We will look into how well
we can offer services and not lose
a lot of money,” Dr. Rasco said.
Proposed cost of the analysis is
$2700 plus travel costs.
It was also decided that Dr.
Rasco will begin negotiating a
lease for TC’s training center at
the TexAmerica’s Center at Red
River Army Depot. The center
will help employees whose jobs
could be changing or lost to begin training for new positions. A
$793,000 grant, which was recently received from the Texas
Governor’s Office, will be used
to buy equipment to aid in train-
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ing.
“A site has been located near
Red River and it is currently being renovated,” Dr. Rasco said.
Classes offered will be accredited, and eventually the college
would like to open classes to residents of the area and current TC
students.
In other business, Board President Randy Moore announced
that there is an opening on the
Board of Trustees, position four.
It is an at-large public office and
is open to anyone who lives in
district. “The board will appoint
a new member and would like
anyone interested to submit an
expression of interest in the form
of an email to the college, or a letter by Feb. 15,” Moore said.
Dr. Rasco reported that TC
will be implementing an alert
system called RAVE mobile that
will work in conjunction with
Banner.
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Building a better tomorrow- Board of Trustees members recognized the Bionic
Bulldogs Robotics team during their regular meeting on Jan. 25. Shown, back row
from left, are Terry Taylor, Dr. C. Jack Smith, Tom Coleman, Julie-Ray Harrison,
Trevor Danley, Molly Beth Malcolm, Jennell Ingram, Randy Moore, Dr. Alan Rasco
and David Potter, and front row from left, Slyder Welch, Ricky Cooks, Hannah Hayes
and Raga Justin. TC sponsors the robotics team.
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Flashback
The series began Feb. 3 in Levi
Hall with a showing of “Psycho.”
Next up is “The Manchurian
Candidate,” which will be shown
in room 6 of the Social Science
building at 6 tonight. The film
series will run for 12 weeks and
admission is free and open to the
public.
The Sixties finale will be April
20 on the TC campus.
Co-chairmen of the project,
TC professors Dr. Phyllis Gardner, Pam Hesser and Rogers are
working with Student Government members on a variety of activities for the finale in conjunction with Spring Fling events.
“This is a special project that
reaches across disciplines in an
effort to raise students’ awareness of a specific period in history, showing relevant events from
the times and how they impact us
today,” Dr. Gardner said.
The finale is still in the planning stages but will include:
• A Fashion and Hair Show, coordinated by Cosmetology
• Costume contest with both
Sorsby
“TC had a bus fleet,” Sorsby
continued. “And we would run
buses to Nashville and different
areas and students would ride
the buses in, and once they got
here, they were here until the bus
left.”
As a consequence, the students
of the early ‘60s built closer relationships than the students of
2011.
“You knew people, you interacted with people,” Sorsby said.
“We would come here at 7:30 or
8 in the morning, and we would
stay until 3 or 3:30 in the afternoon. It was a lot tighter. Now
you see the people in your class,
but you don’t really interact with
a lot of students.”
The extra time on campus,
coupled with a college-mandated
student activity period, led many
students to various extracurricular activities such as competitive
basketball and even football.
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Social science professor
Dawna Rogers shows a
flyer for “The Manchurian Candidate,” which is
scheduled for 6 tonight in
room 6 of the Social Science building as part of
the Sixties at Six film series.
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TC News • Thursday, Feb. 10, 2011
Adviser enjoys new role helping students
by Amber Kirkham
Clubs Editor
TC employee Chassidy Cook
was recently promoted from
working as an administrative assistant to an adviser in the Counseling Center.
Cook began her career at TC
as a student worker in the Continuing Education office in the
fall of 1998. She was a student
worker for two years before she
photo/Alex Moore
decided to leave TC to seek fullCont. from page 1 time employment.
“At the time, I was still unsure
student and faculty divisions
of what I wanted to do with my
• DJ with Sixties music out- life and I needed a break from
doors (coordinated as a backdrop school,” Cook said.
with Spring Fling’s daytime outdoor activities)
• An actor’s presentation of
Martin Luther King’s “I Have a
Dream Speech” (former TC stuIt is used in many colleges
dent Bryant Henderson)
throughout the country and can
• Anti-war/peace march
inform students via text message,
• Equal Rights Sit-in
e-mail or phone call about safety
• Scavenger hunt for answers issues or inclement weather.
to Sixties Trivia
“There are several colleges
• A variety of fun and informa- throughout the United States that
tional displays and booths (which have this same system, such as
will also hold the answers to the West Point,” Dr. Rasco said.
trivia questions)
In the technology report, Ben
• Door prizes and prizes for Talley said that a three-tiered Wiwinners of the Scavenger Hunt
Fi system is being implemented
Additionally, many professors in all buildings. The first level
across campus are including spe- will be open to TC faculty and
cial lessons and projects about staff and is the fastest. The next
the impact of the Sixties into is open to TC students, and the
their regular curriculum.
third, and slowest, is open to any“This was a unique period in one on campus. Talley also said
American history that reached they were looking into the need
across all strata of society,” for computer kiosks around camHesser said. “It may sound obvi- pus for student use, and are beous, but to understand where we ginning to place them as needed,
are today we have to understand such as in the lobby of the Adwhere we came from.”
Cook later returned to TC and
received her Associate in Business Administration in December
2004. Almost a year later, Cook
began working as an administration assistant in the Counseling
Center. She was planning on
pursuing a bachelor’s degree in
education, but would have had
to quit her job to complete the
requirements. Then she learned
that she could get a Bachelor
of Applied Arts and Sciences
(BAAS) at Texas A&M-Texarkana and receive college credit
for her work history. Cook was
awarded her BAAS in 2009, and
completed it with a Professional
Development Sequence in Ad-
Board ministration building. Talley also
reported on the Higher One debit
card. The Higher One marketing
team is in the process of creating
a plan for TC to begin using the
debit cards.
Students will be able to receive
their financial aid, buy books and
other supplies, pay tuition and
use these cards as a regular debit
card.
“Students will no longer have
to wait in line to receive a check
for financial aid,” Talley said.
Earlier in the meeting, Dr. Dan
DoBell, vice president of finance,
presented a financial report to the
board. He said the Banner system
is assisting to make the budget
report process more efficient. He
also said the 2009-10 audit presented at December’s meeting
helped with future reporting.
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desk.
“I had only been gone for four
years,” Sorsby said. “I was in
awe of my colleagues. It was
hard for me to think of myself
as their colleague because I got
some of the best teaching that I
ever got in college or in graduate school here at TC. It took me
ten years to call some of them by
their first names.”
While Sorsby was away at graduate school, the Vietnam conflict
began and tipped the nation into
one of its biggest spins yet.
“Some of my high school classmates went to Vietnam,” Sorsby
said. “Some came back, some
didn’t, but we didn’t have the
protests and everything they had
in some of the bigger schools.”
Many who came back enrolled
in college.
“Of course one of the biggest
changes I saw when I came back
was there were many, many vet-
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erans now who were going to
school on the G.I. bill who had
already been through Vietnam,”
Sorsby said.
But the iconic maltreatment of
veterans that colors the modern
perception of the era was absent
from this campus.
“I don’t think in this area of the
country you got that backlash of
anger and resentment and everything that was evident in parts of
the country and on much larger
campuses,” Sorsby noted.
In the 41 years she instructed the
sons and daughters of Texarkana,
Sorsby watched the education
system evolve from the one she
grew up with to the one students
fret about now.
“The administrative end of it
has become a lot more like public schools,” she said. “There’s
not as much autonomy. And a lot
more expectation of paperwork,
and record keeping, aside from
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The budget for the 2010-11
year is $23.3 million.
To date, the college has collected a little more than 40 percent of its expected income at
$9.4 million. The expenses as
of Dec. 31 were more than $7.3
million. One of the expense categories, called government, has
already exhausted 61 percent
of its allotments. The government expenses were budgeted at
$862,380. About $522,461 has
already been spent, the report
states.
Vice President of Learning Dr.
Lynn Persyn gave her allotted
time to the TC sponsored Bionic
Bulldogs Robotics Team. They
placed 1st in the regional competition in December.
Students on the team are in 6th
and 7th grade and are creating in-
Chassidy Cook
New TC adviser
novative ways to repair injuries
using robots. They made a presentation to the board about their
robot and the project they had
created while head coach Kathleen White watched.
To begin the meeting, Head
Softball Coach Leslie Messina
presented two sophomore softball players and her coaching assistants to the board.
“We have high hopes for
spring,” Coach Messina said.
Head Baseball Coach Will
Bolt introduced several players
and coaching assistants to the
board as well.
“The baseball team is looking
toward their third World Series
appearance in 10 years,” Bolt
said.
The next board meeting is Feb.
22.
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just class, you know.”
Technology, of course, has
changed drastically. When Sorsby began her career at TC, the
textbooks were almost exclusively comprised of text with a
handful of diagrams.
“Books now are much more
what I call ‘user-friendly,’” Sorsby said. “Easier to read, more
entertaining, and then, of course,
all of the websites, materials students have access to, I think, ‘Oh,
if I’d had THAT as a student.’”
Then she added, with a healthy
laugh, “The only trick I found is
that most students don’t want to
actually study the materials now
any more than we wanted to read
the books back then!”
During her time at TC, Sorsby
taught several students who
would eventually return and take
teaching positions themselves,
beginning with history professor
John Stuart, and including math
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The integration of the college in
1963 occurred without the hostility and uproar that students are
accustomed to hearing about.
“Oh, there was no tension at
all. I was friends with three of
the (nine) students,” Sorsby said.
“One of them was on the newspaper staff, one was in plays with
me … every department recognized a top student that would
be, like, English, or Mr. Math,
you know, and one of the three
that I was friends with was Mr.
Chemistry, so they were, I mean,
truly integrated.”
At least in one aspect, the students of Texarkana have remained very similar.
“We were fairly insular then.
Everybody was just sort of aware
of what we were doing in our
own little world.” Sorsby said.
Sorsby left TC in 1965 to pursue her education. She returned
in 1969 on the other side of the
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ministrative Leadership.
“After completing my bachelor’s degree, I was thrilled with
an opportunity to advance here,”
Cook said.
As an adviser, she assists students in planning their academic
careers by helping with transfer
options and advising students
on their testing requirements,
course work and degree plans.
“Working as an admin assistant for five years helped me
tremendously in moving into the
adviser position,” she said. “I
am blessed to work at an institution that makes such a great
impact in the lives of its students
and its community.”
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professor Jamie Ashby and English professor Kelli Jarman. She
also beheld some of the world’s
defining moments in the middle
of ordinary school days.
“I had just come out of class,
and one of my friends met me
in the hall, and said, ‘The President has just been shot.’” Sorsby
said. “And I went home — we
ALL went home, and I had just
walked in, my mom had the TV
on and Walter Cronkite came on
and announced that he (JFK) had
just died… I had just come out of
class and was up here in my office… when one of the teachers
came in and said, ‘The Challenger’s just exploded.’ And then, I
was in the copy room making
copies when Ms. Bowters, who
taught here, came in and told me
‘They’ve just bombed the World
Trade Center.’ I’ve heard a LOT
of things just walking out of class,
and finding out bad things.”
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TC receives grant from governor’s office
by Paul Eldridge
Opinions Editor
A grant totaling approximately
$793,000 has been awarded to
TC for the purchase of equipment used for training personnel
at the Red River Army Depot.
“This grant will position Texarkana College at the forefront
of workforce education in our
region,” TC President Dr. Alan
Rasco said.
He further indicated the potential for impacting more than
2,500 employees, stating it “will
be a catalyst to move the college, Red River Army Depot and
Bowie County forward in industry training and education.”
photo/Paul Eldridge
Let the training begin- Dr. David McGilvray is ready to tackle new challenges as the Director of Red River Army Depot
Training and Special Projects at TC.
McGilvray heads
new training project
by Paul Eldridge
Opinions Editor
Dr. David H. McGilvray is the new Director of Red River Army
Depot Training and Special Projects at TC. The college recently received a grant of approximately $793,000 from the Texas Governor’s
Office for the purchase of equipment used for training at the depot.
McGilvray brings a long and varied experience in management
and training fields. He is a native Texan, having been born in San
Antonio.
“I was an ‘Army Brat,” he explained, as his father was a career
officer. He graduated from Texas A&M at College Station in 1970
with a B.S. in Psychology. Subsequently he joined the U.S. Army as
an officer, where he spent 24 years in a variety of assignments and
locations, retiring in 1994 as a lieutenant colonel
While in service he earned a master’s degree in management from
Webster University in 1991.
Subsequent to his discharge from the military in 1994 he received
his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004.
After that he began work for Northrup-Grumman Corporation in
Kileen, Texas, where he was employed in research and leadership
tasks for approximately four years.
His last position before coming to TC was at Morton College in
Cicero, Ill., where he was VP of Academic & Student Development
for about two years.
McGilvray joined the TC staff last November.
“Texarkana is a good place to live in. I look forward to the challenge and the opportunity this position offers myself, the depot, and
the community,” McGilvray said.
The Testing Center has implemented a monthly “Guessing Jar
Contest.”
Each month a jar will be placed
in the Testing Center filled with a
number of small items, such as
January’s rice jar, and students
can guess the number of items in
the jar to win a prize. January’s
winner Dana McCauley won a
$10 gift card to McDonald’s after guessing 77,654 with a total
count of a little more than 80,000
grains of rice. This month features a jar full of M&M’s.
The person who guesses the
closest to the actual number of
Student Government Association is starting the semester off
with a new sponsor and lots of new plans.
“We are pretty much starting over from scratch,” Student Government President Alex Davis said.
Student recruiter Kyle McNiel is taking over as sponsor from
Dan McIntosh, who is retiring this spring.
Davis explained that SGA is trying to “revamp the student activities.” Some ideas they are working with include laser tag, a
skate night at Skate America, lengthening the Spring Fling and
having a comedian perform for the students.
“We want students to enjoy themselves while they are here at
TC,” Davis said.
First up in the line of events was a blood drive. The drive was
held in the Student Center on Wednesday and free T-shirts were
given to those who donated. TC conducts two blood drives a
semester.
items in the jar will win a prize
ranging from food to TC merchandise.
Testing Center Specialist Wendy Evans said the Testing Center
now has its own page on TC’s
main website with student expectations (rules), what tests are
available, when they are available, and they even have online
practice tests. The site is also
home to a full semester and summer TC Testing Center schedule,
including all Saturdays the center will be open.
On Monday, Testing Center employees will be wearing tie dye
shirts to help promote the crosscurriculum semester long project
“Flashback to the Sixties.”
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*The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
Sponsored by Prof. Rogers’ GOVT Students
and TC Conservatives Club
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A Hard Day’s Night (1964)
Sponsored by Prof. Rogers’ HIST Students
and TC Explorers’ Club
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying
and Love the Bomb (1964)
Born Free (1965)
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Cool Hand Luke (1967)
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
The Graduate (1967)
Easy Rider (1968)
The Green Berets (1968)
Social commentary for each film provided by Dawna Rogers, Assistant Professor of Geography,
Government, and History at Texarkana College
Thursday evenings at 6 p.m. in the Levi Hall room located in the Business Communications &
Technology building throughout the Spring 2011 semester
* Tonight's showing of The Manchurian Candidate will be in Room 6 of the Social Sciences Building
Open to the public; FREE admission
Visit our TC News website.
www.tcnewspaper.org
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* Tonight's showing of The Manchurian Candidate will be in Room 6 of the Social Sciences Building
Implementation of a new three-tier campus-wide wireless network
is to begin this Friday. After years of multiple networks on campus,
many ad hoc, “the entire network is being ripped and replaced with
a new system called TC Net,” Infrastructure Director Glen Johnson
said.
Of the three networks on campus, TCSECURE and TCGUEST,
the former intended for faculty use only, are ready for immediate
use, and an exclusive student network called TCSTUDENT will be
available for use this summer.
Johnson said use of “peer to peer” networks for sharing illegal files
has been a problem for the school in the past, and it is hoped that the
increased security of the new network will help keep such problems
to a minimum.
A marketing campaign detailing the new system is set to start this
Friday.
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The Honors and Leadership Program is accepting applications for
its fall 2011 class and those accepted can begin their projects this
semester.
“Most of the students that choose the honors program are already
our students,” said Dean Lauren Hehmeyer, the chairman of the program’s committee.
It was decided that students who are already working toward a
degree need more time than was previously allotted to complete the
program by graduation.
Previously, applicants were selected at the end of the spring semester and could not begin the three required honors projects until
the fall semester. With this change those who meet the necessary
requirements can be accepted and start one of their honors projects
this semester.
Heymeyer encourages first and second semester freshmen to take
a look at the program’s webpage, which can be accessed through the
TC website under Admissions and Financial Aid. The page includes
information such as project requirements, program benefits and requirements for admission. Hopefuls can also access a copy of the
entrance application on this site.
Hehmeyer hopes to admit 15 to 20 members for the fall and will be
accepting applications throughout this semester. She may be reached
for questions at [email protected] or at 903832-5565 ext. 3264.
THE SIXTIES AT SIX
FILM SCHEDULE
by James N. Thomas
TC News Reporter
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Northeast Texas has indicated
that as many as 715 positions
will have been eliminated during
the two-year period ending on
Sept. 30, 2011.
The TC project has two primary goals. The first is to increase
the likelihood of job retention by
providing training and retraining
to incumbent workers located at
RRAD.
The second is to provide retraining to individuals who have
been impacted or who will be
impacted by BRAC actions.
“These projects should be
the start of a long-term effort to
provide training for the depot
and the community,” McGilvray
said.
by Heather Stevenson
TC News Reporter
by Kayla Brown
TC News Reporter
Campus-wide wireless network
to be available for use this Friday
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and hazardous work situations.
These projects will be designed to provide training needed by workers at Red River
Army Depot (RRAD) and those
that are impacted by Base Realignment and Closing (BRAC)
efforts, including those losing
their jobs due to the closure of
Lone Star Army Ammunition
Plant (LSAAP) operated by Day
and Zimmermann (D&Z).
Additionally, there are employees impacted by reduced operations at RRAD in the Theatre
Readiness Monitoring Directorate and the Red River Munitions
Center.
The Texas Workforce Commission and Workforce Solutions
Improvements made to Honors
and Leadership Program
Student government
‘springs’ into action
Testing center set to
play guessing games
by Bryan Poole
Website Editor
Dr. David McGilvray, TC Director of Red River Army Depot
Training and Special Projects,
will head this effort.
“The grant is specifically for
the purchase of equipment used
in training,” he said.
Training to be provided is
currently being determined and
should vary over time.
Training is expected to include
skills development for heavy
equipment operator certification
and for mechanics, welders and
machinists.
Additionally, there should be
ancillary training undertaken,
including CPR, first aid and
training for personnel involved
in hazardous materials handling
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Groove on the ’60s this semester
Although the peace symbol is the iconic image of
the 1960s, that decade was
anything but peaceful. It
was a time of societal and
political turbulence, a time
when Americans were at
war in Vietnam and, at
times, with themselves.
It was a decade when
hundreds of thousands of
ordinary Americans gave
new life to the nation’s
democratic ideals.
African Americans used
sit-ins, freedom rides and
protest marches to fight
segregation, poverty and
unemployment.
Feminists
demanded
equal job opportunities and
an end to sexual discrimination.
Mexican Americans protested discrimination in
voting, education and jobs.
Native Americans demanded that the government recognize their land
claims and the right of tribes
to govern themselves.
Environmentalists
demanded legislation to control the amount of pollution
released into the environment.
Much of the support for
these causes came from a
young population larger
than ever, making its way
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through a college and university system that was expanding at an unprecedented pace.
Frequently
embracing
“countercultural” lifestyles
and radical politics, many
of the offspring of the
World War II generation
emerged as advocates of a
new America characterized
by a cultural and ethnic pluralism that their parents often viewed with unease.
It was so much more than
the “sex, drugs and rock ‘n’
roll” that many college students identify as being the
core values of these years.
This semester Texarkana
College students have the
unique opportunity to learn
more about this pivotal decade in American history
through a campus-wide
project titled “Flashback to
the Sixties.”
Yes, the music was important. Yes, the hippie culture made the cover of Time
The TC
magazine and continues to
fascinate today.
But this semester is a
time to explore not only the
music and the fashion of
the Sixties, but the deeper
issues that helped define
those years and still resonate today.
Take full advantage of the
opportunities made available this semester: a lecture
series, a film series and lessons personalized for various courses across campus,
all of which culminate in a
final series of events in conjunction with Spring Fling.
Also throughout this semester, the TC News is
running a series of feature
stories about those who remember TC in the Sixties,
either as students or professors – and in some cases
both.
The 1960s affected every
aspect of American life and
left a lasting legacy which
can be seen in many areas of society and government today. The plethora
of groups, activist causes,
and varied personal beliefs
first introduced in the 1960s
have left an indelible impression of what American
life is.
Experience it. Learn from
it. Dig it.
News Staff:
Editorial Staff:
Managing Editor - Alyssa Bennington
Editor - Alex Moore
Asst. Editor - Jason Clayton
Copy Editor -Amy Evans
Features Editor - Jennifer Satterfield
Opinions Editor - Paul Eldridge
Photography Editor - Shaina Polk
Sports Editor - Alex Holland
Asst. Sports Editors - Blaine Shores/ Jesse Green
Website Editor - Bryan Poole
Entertainment Editor - Percy Davis
Clubs Editor - Amber Kirkham
Academics Editor - Laci Barnett
General Assignments Editor - Jose Moreno
Graphics Editor - Leah Beall
Reporters:
Shannon Barlow, Geary Benton, Kayla Brown, Taylor Eveland,
Jimmie Page, Kamiesha Richards, Geoffrey Smith,
Heather Stevenson, James Thomas
Photographers:
Adrienne Green, Jesse Green,
Mindee Penwell, Shavon White
Page Designers:
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Paul Eldridge, Jennifer Satterfield, Blaine Shores, Jose Moreno,
Alex Holland, Amber Kirkham, Laci Barnett, Jesse Green,
Percy Davis, Bryan Poole, Heather Stevenson
Advisers - Pam Hesser & Charles Sinclair
editorial cartoon/Leah Beall
They’re rioting in Africa
So begins an “old” folk song
from the Fifties. Just in case
you’re not paying attention,
Egypt is in Africa.
For one thing, citizens in this
country should take note: if the
dang U.S. government gets any
more rotten, inept and corrupt in
its placing unconstitutional demands on its populace, running
up unpayable deficits, catering
to the global efforts to divest this
country of industry and jobs, and
subverting principles of republic
governance for the benefit of the
super-rich, marching en masse in
the streets may be a necessary, albeit terrible, next-to-last resort.
Ever read this? “When a long
train of abuses and usurpations
pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce
them under absolute despotism,
it is their right, it is their duty, to
throw off such Government, and
to provide new guards for their
future security.”
Those words rise out of the
Opinion
Declaration of Independence.
Therefore, I applaud the populace of Egypt for marching, fighting for “new Guards for their future security.”
As long as I’m preaching and
frothing about liberty, be advised
of my belief that the Second
Amendment of the Constitution
(the right of citizens to keep and
bear arms, which “shall not be
Education lasts a lifetime
President Barack Obama gave
his second annual State of the
Union Address on Jan. 25. New
House speaker John Boehner
was introduced, and 112 congressional members gathered
and sat, not as divided parties
but integrated, to demonstrate a
sense of togetherness. One seat
was left open out of respect for
Arizona congresswomen Gabrielle Gifford who was in stable
condition after surviving a gun
shot that went straight through
her brain.
President Obama’s address
focused on the dire need for our
nation to step up and ambitiously
pursue the standard of excellence
on which our nation was founded. No matter where we live, we
all are a part of the greatest country on earth. President Obama
then went on to talk about the
future of our nation and the need
to adapt to the rise of technology
in today’s world.
In the not to distant past if you
worked hard, you had job security and got a good paycheck. With
the advance of technology and
cost efficient machines, the work
industry has drastically changed.
The only way for our nation to
continue to prosper is to change
with the times.
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individual student writers or editors; neither do such editorials necessarily represent the opinions
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infringed,”) is for the purpose
of protecting and defending the
First Amendment, which is liberty embodied in living words.
The purpose of the Constitution is liberty.
The purpose of the government is liberty.
The above ideas are part of
your Constitution and should
be a part of your government,
whether anyone likes it of not.
President Obama, in his State
of the Union address, pointed out
the need for better education.
Greater efforts on the part of
parents, schools and students
need to be made to take advantage of the prospects of higher
education, as some of the best
universities reside in this country.
So you students out there in TC
Land continue doing your part.
Go to class. Do your homework.
Study for those tests. Cram.
Keep up the good work. I’ve
already done mine.
Jesse Green
Opinion
Our colleges and universities
rank among the best in the world,
yet each year fewer and fewer
Americans are attending them.
To “win the future” our nation
must out-educate and out-initiate
our competitors.
We must find a way to spark
creativity and imagination to
create the next boom. Free enterprise is the key to making this
drive happen. In 10 years almost
all jobs will require a college
education.
Our nation is willing to provide every child with an education. However, the work to educate our youth begins at home.
Parents and families must instill
the love of education and con-
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trol what their kids are doing.
We must also teach our children
that success is not about fame but
hard work and determination.
In 2010 the Race to the Top
was founded to provide funds to
states that improve their education system. Since then 40 states
have improved their work in the
classroom and have higher expectations for students. Our nation needs to realize that good
teachers are nation builders and
deserve respect. We should also
reward good teachers and stop
making excuses for bad teachers.
President Obama then challenged
the youth of today to step up and
make a difference by becoming
teachers because their country
needs them.
Obama’s address serves as a
reminder to the students of TC
that they are pursuing something that lasts a lifetime. Unlike
clothes, cars and other material
items, an education can never be
taken away from you.
As a third generation college
student, I believe that President
Obama’s address should motivate not only students at TC, but
every student in the country. Students should realize that they are
the future, and our nation cannot
succeed without them.
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writer at the bottom.
The TC News staff reserves the right to edit
letters for length, style and content.
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religion or national origin in its educational and
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What Do You Think?
What do you think of as being historically significant in the 1960s?
Connie Brian
Texarkana, Ark.
Library Administrative
Assistant
Chris Skaggs
Hughes Springs, Texas
Education Major
“We went to the moon.”
“The fact that music and
social culture could have
an impact on politics and
government.”
Tilford Barfield III
Atlanta, Texas
Undecided Major
Sophomore
“We were unsegregated.”
Tommy Trader
New Boston, Texas
Sociology Major
Freshman
Iesha Fort
Shreveport, La.
Criminal Justice Major
Freshman
Lauren Summerson
Texarkana, Texas
Psychology Major
Sophomore
“John F. Kennedy was
killed in Dallas.”
“If it wasn’t for Dr. Martin
“Free love, free spirited
culture, music. It was dras- Luther King, many types
of people would still be
tically different.”
segregated.”
photos and interviews/Jennifer Satterfield & Laci Barnett
New professor wants students to know
that history, government big part of life
Managing Editor
Doug Saffel is a new addition
to the Social Science building
and is an assistant professor of
history and government.
Previous Experience:
Saffel worked as a history
teacher at Atlanta and Bloomburg high schools for the past 10
years.
How long have you been
working at TC?
“I have been an adjunct professor since the summer of
2007. That was my first time on
campus. I have also taught dual
credit, summer, night and online
classes.”
How do you like your new
position?
“I love it! It’s great, fantastic.
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It’s the best job in the world, in
Northeast Texas anyway.”
Where did you go to college?
“I went to Texarkana College
and Texas A&M Texarkana,
where I earned my bachelor’s and
master’s degrees. I got my master’s in Interdisciplinary Studies, and I am currently attending
LSUS to receive my master’s in
Political Science.”
Where do you live?
Atlanta, Texas.
What are your goals?
“My first goal is to finish my
political science degree so I can
have a degree for two teaching
fields. Personally my goals are
to further personal development,
have time to research things that
interest me, pursue publication,
travel and study things I haven’t
had time for until now. As my
son gets older, I want to work on
getting my PhD.”
What do you hope to leave
students with while you are
teaching here?
“I hope students leave my class
realizing that history and government can be not only fun, but
help them realize it’s a big part
of their life. I would like them
to leave the class saying, ‘I still
don’t like history, but I like your
class.’ I want to give them something more meaningful than what
they can get out of a textbook.”
What is the best part about
teaching college over high
school?
When you teach high school
you always are having to give
yourself to someone else, all day,
every day and then you also take
your job home at night. At col
New residence hall director
has big plans for dorms
by Percy K. Davis
Entertainment Editor
Doug Saffel
ege you work for yourself and
lothers and are able to get a better
understanding of the subject you
are teaching. You are also able
to pursue personal development
that the high school environment
doesn’t give time for or encourage.
New Resident Hall Director
Kera Shelly Jones has big plans
in store for the TC dorms.
Jones was hired two months ago
and has already met with Dean of
Enrollment Dr. Raphael Turner
to discuss some of the changes
she hopes to make, mainly visitation and quiet hours.
“Dr. Turner and I have said
before that you all are adults and
we would like to treat you like
adults,” Jones said about the students living in the dorm.
Currently, the girls and boys
are not allowed to go into each
other’s rooms.
This is something Jones would
like to change.
Jones also hopes to get the
same kind of furniture for all
dorm rooms, no matter which
floor they’re on.
“Dr. Turner and I have actually
met with a furniture representative and we are getting quotes [on
furniture prices],” Jones said.
Additionally, Jones would like
to get new seating, flat-screen
TVs and possibly DVD players
for the lounge rooms.
Improvements for the laundry
room include a new change machine and no faulty washers or
dryers.
Finally, Jones wants to purchase new mailboxes so students
living in the dorms won’t have to
come to the student center to get
their mail.
“I’m just trying to change it
and make it better for the students,” Jones said.
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Divinely inspiredThe Little Sisters
of Hoboken dance
in preparation for
their fund-raising
show. Shown, from
left, are Sister Leo
(Leah Green),
Sister Hubert (Ruth
Ellen Whitt), Sister
Robert (Lisa Norton), Mother Superior (Cathy Cox Lee)
and Sister Amnesia
(Emily Cokeley).
Singing nuns dance
across Stilwell Stage
by Jeff Smith
TC News Reporter
Last chance to see “Nunsense” is this weekend, Friday & Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m., in the Stilwell Theater,
Humanities building.
The musical comedy by Dan Goggin revolves around the Little
Sisters of Hoboken convent who have fallen on hard times and find
themselves in need of money rather quickly.
Due to an unfortunate accident in the convent’s kitchen, some 52
nuns have gone on to their reward. However the nunnery’s coffers
lack the funds for a decent burial for all of the sisters, leaving four
of them in cold storage.
They decide to raise funds by putting on a talent show, taking
over the school auditorium, which is currently set up for the eighth
grade production of “Grease.” Singing, dancing and comic surprises abound.
“It is a very funny show with some very funny girls,” sophomore
graphic arts major Emily Cokeley said.
Cast members are:
Sister Regina (Mother Superior) - Cathy Cox Lee
Sister Hubert - Ruth Ellen Whitt
Sister Robert Anne - Lisa Norton
Sister Amnesia - Emily Cokeley
Sister Leo - Leah Green
Get out this weekend and see “Nunsense.” As Director Michael
Cooper said, “It’s habit-forming.”
Tickets are $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students. Call
(903) 831- STAR for reservations.
Simply sereneCathy Cox Lee as Mother Superior Mary Regina performs in the
TexRep production of “Nunsense,”
which continues this weekend at
the Stilwell Theatre in the Humanities building.
photos/Jose Moreno
Puppet master- Above, Sister Amnesia (Emily
Cokeley) performs with Sister Marionette. At left, the
nuns tend to Mother Superior after she faints.
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Pups put to
work- Doggy
companions
Furley and
Stintson are
helping Jeff
Bridges (left)
and Scott
Schwartz (right)
to find their way
to class.
Students assisted by furry friends
by Amber Kirkham
TC News Reporter
“We learned how to avoid
obstacles like curbs, doors,
roads and limbs or anything
else that may be in our
paths,” Schwartz said.
hen two men meet
The men stayed in contact
at an airport traveling in the
same direction, nothing is re- by phone for a year, until
ally unique unless neither can Schwartz moved in with
see and both are on their way Bridges’ family in order to
pursue his education.
to meet their guide dogs.
“I told Scott that Texas
Freshman psychology
makes
it easier for blind
major Scott Schwartz from
people to get into school,”
Tampa, Fla., and freshman
Jeff Bridges from Texarkana Bridges said.
They began classes at the
met in August 2009 at an
start
of this semester, soon
airport where they were to
learning the difficulties of not
be picked up and shuttled to
knowing their way around
Guide Dogs for the Blind in
campus and learning without
Boring, Ore. Both men are
being able to see the material.
legally blind and had to go
“The hardest part of school
through training to receive
is
math because when you
guide dogs. The first three
can’t see the problems, they
days consisted of evaluating
have to be read to you a piece
the men before choosing a
at a time, and you have to
dog for them.
memorize all of the num“They evaluated on how
bers,” Bridges said.
we could get around on our
Bridges was in the third
own to see what dog would
grade
when he began noticing
be the best match for us,”
his sight slowly leaving him.
Schwartz said.
“They couldn’t figure out
After three days, they were
how
come I couldn’t see the
introduced to their furry comchalkboard,” he said.
panions, trained guide dogs.
It was discovered that he
Schwartz was matched with
was
suffering from a macular
Stintson a yellow lab, and
degenerative
disease, which
Bridges was matched with
Furley, a golden retriever. At attacks the retina muscles
the school, they went through in the eyes. He was sent to
spend his fourth-grade year at
four weeks of training to
a school for the blind in Dallearn how to work with the
las, Texas.
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back to public school because
back then they had large print
text books which I could
see,” Bridges said.
Today he can still see
shapes and some color from
his peripheral vision, but he
cannot make out everything.
Basically all he can see are
silhouettes.
“I can see facial features,
but I’d have to be close
enough to kiss the person, .
My retina muscles are almost
gone,” Bridges said. “I have
a few health issues, but it’s
nothing I can’t handle.”
Unlike Bridges’ slow
degeneration of sight,
Schwartz’s vision was taken
from him suddenly and unexpectedly.
It was a Monday morning, and Schwartz was on his
way to begin his fourth week
working for a trash burning
power plant in Tampa, Fla.
He was going through an intersection when a car plowed
into his motorcycle.
“The man driving the car
that hit me was an 87-yearold visually impaired man
who had no business behind
the wheel,” Schwartz said.
The light was green on
both sides of the street, but
the man failed to yield before
taking the left turn and hitting
Schwartz. The motorcycle
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and nearly took his life.
“It was July 25, 2005. I
will always remember that
date because it was the day I
died twice,” he said.
The accident took his left
leg, his sight and left him in
a coma at the Tampa General
Hospital for more than two
months. After he came out of
the coma, the doctors initially
believed that his loss of vision was temporary, but now
believe he will be blind for
the rest of his life.
“My eyes are fine, but
my optic nerve went pale,”
Schwartz said.”It is permanent brain damage.”
He decided to go to school
to progress his life and be
able to get a job.
“I don’t want to have to
live off the state,” he said.
Schwartz is currently
enrolled in four classes, and
agrees that math is the subject
that is giving him the most
difficulty, but he refuses to let
the pressure bring him down.
“God gives us obstacles,
and we have to choose to go Arriving for class- Jeff Bridges (left) and Scott
under, over or around them, Schwartz (right) being dropped off at school by the
but we have to keep a posiTrax van.
tive attitude,” Schwartz said.
“If you’re not finding humor
in life, and you don’t laugh
photos/Jose Moreno
things off, you will just sit in
a corner and cry. That is not
how I want to live my life.”
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Choir heading to All-State
competition in San Antonio
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“The students
seem very excited about this opportunity to represent TC.”
by Bryan Poole
Website Editor
Ten students from the TC choir
will be heading to San Antonio
for the TMEA (Texas Music
Educators Association) All-State
competition on Sunday.
“The students seem very excited about this opportunity to
represent TC,” Choir Director
— Celia Richardson Celia Richardson said.
Renee Ashworth, Brittany
TC Choir Director
Childs, Molly White, Shovion
Wilson, Derrick Ganaway, Jacob Kasitati, Robert Allen, Niti
Go green! - From back row, President Brittany Dodson, Vice President Heather Stevenson,
Secretary DeAnna Surratt, Parliamentarian-Historian Misty Moody and Treasurer Nick Barber
are the Spring 2011 Earth Club officers.
Earth Club changes constitution,
new requirements for members
Managing Editor
TC Earth Club had their first
meetings Jan. 26 and Jan. 27.
These were organizational meetings where future events and new
club requirements for the semester were discussed.
“This semester is going to be
different because there has been
a club constitution change and
students are now required to do
one afternoon of recycling, plus
the previous requirement of two
hours of trash pick-up,” biology
teacher and club sponsor Delores
McCright said.
New officers for the semester
are Brittany Dodson, president;
Heather Stevenson, vice president; DeAnna Surratt, secretary; Nick Barber, treasurer; and
Misty Moody, parliamentarianhistorian.
Earth Club is open to any student who wants to join; all that
is required is to sign up. Sign-up
sheets are available from McCright in office 113 in the Biology building. There are no set
meeting times -- they are sched-
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will need to obtain the calendar
of all the events planned for the
semester.
“I am so excited about the activities we have planned for our
Earth Club members,” McCright
said.
She said there about about 30
members signed up thus far.
“I am really looking forward to
getting our new t-shirts designed
so we can participate in the ‘60s
celebration,” McCright said.
“I’ve been getting very positive
response from the students about
our plans for that.”
McCright is offering water
quality monitor training this Saturday, beginning at 9 a.m. and
ending around 3 p.m.
Students will be taught to test
water for its quality and will
receive a state certificate upon
completion.
“Participating in this allows
you to do volunteer work, which
looks good on a resume, and it
will show possible future employers that you are diverse,”
McCright said.
The Texas Stream Team is a
volunteer water monitoring program where public citizens can
be trained to use a special kit provided by Texarkana College and
the Ark-Tex Council of Governments to test local public waterways for pollution.
“The training is free and any
students that are interested in
attending need to contact me
as soon as possible,” McCright
said.
“I have had a few students
volunteer to train on some afternoons for the people that are not
able to make it to this training
session and those dates will be
announced later.”
If students are interested in
training, they need to contact
McCright in Biology building
office 113, email at delores.mccright@texarkanacollege, or call
at ext. 3288.
McCright is also conducting
an ink cartridge recycling plan,
and empty cartridges may be deposited in her office.
Any students looking to recycle paper may do so in the recycling bin by the wetlands.
“Please recycle, everybody,”
Songwasin, Austin Lloyd, and
Deric Kennedy will be rehearsing
and performing through Monday
with around 150 auditioned singers from 24 Texas two-year colleges.
Feb. 20 marks the date for the
Black History performance with
the Texarkana Symphony Orchestra at 6 p.m. at Lonoke Baptist Church, Texarkana, Ark. This
is a free concert.
The Spring Sing will be held
April 29. Spring Sing will be a
dinner event, and the cost will be
$10 a plate.
Phi Beta Lambda promotes
leadership, computer usage
by Laci Barnett
Academic Editor
Phi Beta Lambda members
meet at 12:30 p.m. every Tuesday in Room 5 of the Business
and Technology building. Any
students interested in joining the
club may attend. Membership
dues are $20.
“Phi Beta Lambda is an organization focused on bringing
business and education together
to form positive working relationships though leadership and
career development programs,”
sponsor Dr. Theresa McDonald
said.
Phi Beta Lambda actively
promotes business leadership,
encourages computer usage and
programming and exposes the
student body and community to
computers through college and
Phi Beta Lambda-sponsored
events.
Texarkana College students
will compete at the Phi Beta
Lambda State Leadership Conference April 1-2 in Houston,
Texas.
For more information on the
Phi Beta Lambda organization,
visit their web site at: www.fblapbl.org.
“
PBL is focused
on bringing business and education together to
form working
relationships
though leadership and career
problems.”
— Dr. McDonald
PBL Sponsor
Phi Theta Kappa, Student Support Services
host Student Success Winter Seminars
by Taylor Eveland
TC News Reporter
Student Support Services and
Phi Theta Kappa have partnered
to host Student Success Winter
Seminars this semester.
•Wednesday, Feb. 16, “Get
Your Money, Part 1”- Joni Hodges, Student Support Services.
•Wednesday, Feb. 23, “Get
Your Money, Part 2”- Robin
Thomas, Texarkana College, Director Financial Aid. • Wednesday, March 2,“Dress for Suc-
cess” Style Show in conjunction
with Dillard’s,TC Cosmetology
and HER magazine.
•Wednesday, March 9, “Interview for Success”- Jeff Teague,
Texarkana College, DirectorHuman Resources and Dianne
Henline, Texarkana College,
Professor-Office Professions.
Duplicate sessions will be held
from 1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. at
Texarkana College in the Levi
Hall Business and Computer
Technology building.
For questions or reservations,
please contact Amanda Hicks,
[email protected] 903-831-4541 ext. 3258
or Joni Hodges, Joni.Hodges@
texarkanacollege.edu, 903-8384541 ext 3381.
Two Student Success Seminars
have already been held.
“Dare to Dream” was presented by Dr. Raphael Turner,
Texarkana College Dean of Enrollment Management and “Resumes and Cover Letters 101”
was presented by Sonya Jewell,
Student Support Services.
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Easter food drive
to be held by TC3
Snowed out!
by Shannon Barlow
TC News Reporter
Texarkana College Chemistry Club (TC3) members will kick off
another food drive the week before Easter. TC3’s club president,
sophomore chemistry major Keith Chase, said that all of the cans
collected will be given to The Friendship Center in Texarkana.
“TC3 has 24 members and is the biggest it has ever been,” Chase
said.
Just as the club has gathered more members, they aim to gather
more canned goods than the previous food drive, which collected
around 3500 cans.
TC students are encouraged to donate cans to the food drive to
give back to The Friendship Center, which struggles a lot around
holidays.
In addition to helping The Friendship Center, the Chemistry Club
has been working with professors to prepare chemistry demos for
middle schools. Also, members of the club will be judging the science fair for 7th and 8th grade students at Redlick ISD on Feb. 25.
A/C lab makes room
for improvement
by Jennifer Satterfield
Features Editor
The air conditioning and refrigeration lab has made some
additions in the past year.
Texarkana College has purchased and is equipping two new
lab buildings, which will accommodate more students and give
them a more work-like atmosphere.
The buildings are expected
to be completed before the next
quarter.
“We can increase the number
of students and give them a better
hands-on experience,” instructor
Jimmy Thomas said.
Along with the new buildings,
the students have installed 14 air
conditioning units, both gas and
electric, to be used throughout
the campus.
CASA welcomes members
by Geary Benton
TC News Reporter
Those interested in joining the
Texarkana Cultural Awareness
Student Association are encouraged to attend one of the weekly
meetings. CASA meets at 2 p.m.
each Wednesday in Room 3 in
the Physical Science building.
The organization focuses on
spreading knowledge about
cultures outside of the United
States, as explained by sponsor
Dr. Theresa McDonald.
It opens opportunities for students outside of the United States
to not only spread knowledge
about their culture, but also perhaps find a friendly face to help
them make it along.
“All people are welcome regardless of age, gender, race or
religion,” Dr. McDonald said.
“TC CASA is all about acceptance. Members can choose a
country, do some research on the
culture and help inform others
about that culture.”
So whether you’re from Norway or you’ve lived a block from
Texarkana College all your life,
come on down, have some fun
and learn something new.
Phi Theta Kappa to meet Wednesday
BRRR! - Approximately four inches of snow covered the TC World War II memorial on Feb 4. The campus was closed
for the entire day, as temperatures dropped into the teens.
4th Annual Run the Line
to benefit bicycle trail
by Alex Moore
Editor
TC student organizations are invited to
participate as street volunteers and runners
in the 4th Annual Run the Line Half Marathon. The race starts in downtown Texarkana
Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society will meet at 2 p.m. Wednesday in at the corner of Broad and Main streets on
Room 226 of the Humanities building.
Feb. 20 with an early start at 7:30 a.m. and a
There will also be a meeting for prospective new PTK members at general start at 8 a.m..
2 p.m. Feb. 23 in Room 226 of the Humanities building.
“Because runner safety is our top priority,
Members of PTK will attend the Texas Regional Convention the volunteers have a very important job,” TC
weekend of March 4-6 in Round Rock, Texas.
Board member Julie-Ray Harrison said.
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TC News Reporter
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Volunteers are stationed at regular intervals along the course to aid with the safety
of runners, point runners in the right direction and cheer.
Depending on where they are stationed
along the course, volunteers should arrive
between 7:30 and 9 a.m.
Time commitments range from one hour
along the first part of the course, up to two
and a half hours in locations toward the end
of the course. People are encouraged to volunteer in pairs.
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email Harrison at [email protected] or
visit the website at www.txktrails.org.
The 13.1-mile race course is USATF certified and travels through the Nix Creek Trail,
Spring Lake Park and city streets, including
State Line Avenue.
Race proceeds benefit the Partnership for
the Pathway, which is a non-profit organization working to build a safe pedestrian and
bicycle trail system in the Texarkana area.
TC faculty, staff and students are also invited to run in the race if they are interested.
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Sports / Page 10
Bulldogs start the season with a balanced team
by Jimmie Page
TC News Reporter
The TC Bulldogs baseball team
started the season on the road in
Temple against Wharton Junior
College on Jan. 29.
They lost the first game 4-0 and
won the second game 9-4. The
Bulldogs were led in the second
game by sophomore second basemen Rich Sanguinetti, who went
3-4 with an RBI double that gave
the Bulldogs the lead in the fifth
inning.
Freshmen Anthony Azar and
Ethan Carnes each went 2-3.
Sophomore shortstop Ryan Bell
and freshman catcher Ty Parker
each had RBI singles that broke
the second game open.
The Bulldogs then came home
to play on Monday. They played
Temple College, splitting the
doubleheader with Temple winning game one 8-4 and Texarkana
winning 1-0 in the nightcap.
Carnes had strong performances both at the plate and on
the mound. Carnes was 1-3 in the
first game.
In game two he set the tone by
throwing 5 2/3 scoreless innings.
Freshman Parker Ray entered the
game to relieve Carnes and got out
of a bases loaded jam in the sixth
inning when sophomore Hunter
Allday turned a rare 3U-2 (first
base unassisted) double play. That
ended the threat and preserved the
Bulldogs’ one- run lead.
Freshman Matt Meurer pitched
relief in the eighth inning and
pitched two scoreless innings to
lock down the game for the Bulldogs.
“We feel like we have a balanced team, with excellent starting pitching, a strong versatile
bullpen, and an athletic lineup,”
coach Will Bolt said. “We had a
very productive fall and look forward to seeing this team compete
in the spring.”
The team consists of 12 sophomores and 13 freshmen.
The next home game will be at
noon on Feb. 18 against Howard
College at George Dobson Field.
photos/Jesse Green
Close call- Above, sophomore Tyler Weir is called out running to
first base against Temple College. At right, sophomore Ryan Bell
slides into second base at George Dobson Field during Monday’s
game against Temple College.
Bowl Championship Series not so bad
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Jesse Green
Sports Column
The NCAA college football
bowl series is one of the most
debated topics in college football. The biggest debate over
the current format is that it is
the only competitive sport that
does not have a playoff system
or provide its fans with a clear
cut and decisive champion.
To the average college
football fan, a simple 16-team
playoff format would provide
one true champion.
However, college football
fans fail to realize the significance of every bowl game.
The current format allows 72
teams to play in 35 games from
Dec. 17 to Jan. 10 every year.
Each bowl played has its own
individual winner crowned.
The major bowl games of
the year are showcased in the
Bowl Championship Series.
The five games are the Rose
Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Orange
Bowl, Sugar Bowl and National Championship game.
The Rose Bowl was played
between the Wisconsin
Badgers and Texas Christian
University Horned Frogs on
Jan. 1.
After Wisconsin failed to
tie the game with a two-point
conversion attempt, the Horned
Frogs won the game 21-19.
This victory gave TCU their
first BCS title in school history
and allowed them to finish
their season undefeated.
The Fiesta Bowl was played
between the Oklahoma Sooners and Connecticut Huskies
on Jan. 1. Oklahoma came into
the bowl with a huge weight
on their shoulders, having lost
five of their last BCS bowl appearances. Three of the losses
came in the National Championship game and two others in
the Fiesta Bowl. The Sooners
broke their BCS losing streak
when they won 20-48.
The Orange Bowl on Jan.
3 put the Pac-10 runner-up
Stanford Cardinals against the
ACC champion Virginia Tech
Hokies. The Cardinals outscored the Hokies 27-0 in the
second half to win the Orange
Bowl with an impressive 40-12
victory.
The Sugar Bowl was between SEC west runner-up
Arkansas Razorbacks and Big
10 runner-up Ohio State Buckeyes on Jan. 4. The game was
between two of the most potent
offenses in college football.
After a close and exciting second half, Ohio State was able
seal a 31-26 victory and win
the Sugar Bowl.
The National Championship
game was played between the
Oregon Ducks and Auburn
Tigers on Jan. 10. The Oregon
Ducks, led by Texarkana native
LaMichael James, trailed by
eight points with fewer than
four minutes left in the game.
James caught a touchdown
pass and Oregon converted a
two-point conversion to tie the
game with fewer than two minutes left. The Auburn Tigers,
led by Hiesman Trophy Winner
Cam Newton, went on to win
the game 22-19 after a late
field goal with only seconds
remaining.
For most graduating seniors
not highly sought after by the
National Football League,
these bowl games give them
a chance to put on a uniform
and play the game they have
played for the last 12-15 years
of their lives. Bowl games may
cause confusion to sports fans
but these games give graduating seniors a memory they will
cherish for the rest of their
lives. Yes, a playoff would give
fans a sense of finality and an
outright champion. However
the current system gives graduating seniors a chance to finish
their careers as champions.
Important games have
to mean something
First let me say, even though
it is February, I wish a very
happy and prosperous 2011 to
one and all.
2011 has started off big in the
sports world. Auburn won the
BCS National Championship,
and the Super Bowl has come
and gone.
Amid all of these huge events
there have been some events
that aren’t as important. In fact,
I am wondering why they are
even played.
On Jan. 30, the NFL played
their annual Pro Bowl in Honolulu, Hawaii.
The Pro Bowl is football’s
version of the All Star Game.
The best of the American Football Conference (AFC) played
the best of the National Football
Conference (NFC) with one
exception.
Players from the Pittsburgh
Steelers and the Green Bay
Packers, the Super Bowl teams,
did not play because of their
teams already being in Dallas
by this time.
The Pro Bowl was a very high
scoring game with the NFC
winning it 55-41, but the play
that everyone is talking about
is the last touchdown scored by
the NFC where basically the
AFC just gave up and didn’t
even try to stop them, showing
that the game means absolutely
nothing to them.
My question is, if the all star
games don’t mean anything,
then why are we wasting our
time playing them?
I am OK with the skills competitions such as the Home Run
Derby in baseball, and All Star
Saturday Night competitions in
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basketball.
Notice how those are competitions. There is no competition
in the all star game itself -- if
there were then there wouldn’t
be such a high score.
It also frustrates me that the
fans get to vote on the all star
games. If that is going to continue, they should just call it the
popularity bowl, because that is
exactly what it is.
It’s not the best players, it’s
the players everyone likes. I
don’t vote for the all star teams
because I don’t feel that it is
my place, because I can’t watch
every single game at one time.
If they want to reward the
best players who didn’t make
it to the championship game,
that’s fine.
But there is no need for the
fans to vote and there is definitely no need for a competitive
game between the “best of the
rest” because “the rest” don’t
care enough for it to be competitive.
The Bulldogs’
next home game is
noon Feb. 18
at George Dobson Field
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Softball hopes
to start season
with strong play
Meet the 2011 Bulldogs
by Alex Holland
Sports Editor
With the spring season rolling around, the Texarkana Bulldog softball team is feeling the excitement
of getting back to work. Since the freshmen have college experience under their belts, Head Coach Leslie
Messina feels like the girls won’t be nervous when
conference starts.
“Fall season went good for our girls,” Messina
said. “We competed good against other junior colleges. Just need to use all our options to see how conference will go.”
Messina has a plan to start the season. That plan is
to “play on the field.” With the weather keeping the
girls from practicing outside, it’s also keeping them
from playing. The field is too wet to play and their
having problems keeping grass off the infield.
“We’re ready to get out of the practice phase,”
Messina said. Staying healthy is another effect the
weather has on the girls.
Messina believes that “there are no easy days” but
that Navarro will be a good strong game. To prepare,
the Bulldogs will use their short game and power
to put their speed on and to move around the bases.
Main goal is to score and to hold Navarro on defense.
For the pitching staff, they hope to keep batters off
balance and stay up in the count.
Bulldogs will be playing Friday at the Cowtown
College Classic Tournament in Ft. Worth, Texas.
Morgan Thrash- 6 C R/R
Ashdown, Ark.
Thrash has a good ability to work with pitchers
and will be a leader behind the plate for TC.
2010 Texas Junior College All-Star. Thrash led
the team in home runs and RBIs with 26 for the
spring season.
High School- Ashdown High School
Lettered for Ashdown, All-Conference, AllRegion, All-State Tournament, All -Area Honorable mention, All-Area First Team, 4A State
Champion, National Honor Society, Beta Club,
Who’s Who, EAST Honors.
Personal- Daughter of Scotty and Lorie Thrash,
born on Oct. 2, 1990, majoring in Nursing.
Why TC- “Great softball program and close to
home.”
Favorite Pro Team- “Boston Red Sox.”
Musician/Band- “John Mayer.”
Quote- “Practice as a champion.”
Ariel McDowell- 8 P R/R
Texarkana, Texas
McDowell is coming off a short season her freshman
year due to an injury. She will take the lead on the mound
for the Bulldogs in the spring.
2010 Texas Junior College All-Star, NFCA All-America
Scholar Athlete. McDowell saw the mound for 13 games
this spring and posted an ERA of 1.86 and a 7-5 record.
High School- Texas High
Lettered for Texas High, Area Pitcher of the Year, District MVP 2009, Science Award, English Award, College Algebra Award, Criminal Justice Award.
Personal- Daughter of Charlie and Joyce McDowell,
born on Jan. 20, 1991, majoring in Dental Hygiene.
Why TC- “Close to home, good softball team.”
Most Memorable Softball Moment- “Winning the
World Series in Park City, Utah, in 2007.”
Non Sports Role Model- “My mother.”
Favorite Quote- “Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not on your own understanding. In all your
ways acknowledge him and he will make your paths
straight.” Proverbs 3:5-6
Amanda Chriestenson- 14 OF L/L
Ashdown, AR
Chriestenson had a late start to her fall season
due to her recovery from hip surgery at the
end of her freshman season. She will once
again be a reliable force in the outfield.
Chriestenson saw playing time in 49 games
during the spring for the Bulldogs. She saw
the plate for 134 at bats and was 6th on the
team in RBIs with 15.
High School- Ashdown High School
Lettered for Ashdown, All-Conference
2006-2008, Honorable Mention, All-State
2008, Jr. Classic Selection 2008.
Personal- Daughter of Roy and Kim Chriestenson, born on Jan. 31, 1991, Majoring in
Physical Therapy.
Why TC- “Close to home.”
TV Show- “Army Wives.”
Favorite Musician- “Carrie Underwood.”
Quote- “You have to go out on a limb because that’s where all the fruit is.”
Karla Marroquin- 16 P R/R
Monette, Ark.
Marroquin will be an essential
part of the pitching staff this year.
She had a lot of growth in the fall
and will add additional strength
to the strong pitching lineup.
High School- Buffalo Island
Central
All-State Selection 2010, All-Region 2010, All-Conference 2010,
Best Under the Sun 2010, AllStar 2009, Arkansas High School
All-Star, Honor Student, Citizenship, Renaissance.
Personal- Daughter of Cesar and
Rebeca Marroquin, born on May
23, 1992, majoring in Accounting.
Why TC- “I chose TC for the
academics and the athletics.”
What people don’t know- “I
laugh in my sleep.”
Word that describes me“Laughing.”
Non Sports Role Model- “My
dad.”
Channing Tharpe- 3 OF L/L
Hallsville, Texas
The Bulldogs will count on
Tharpe’s great ability to track fly
balls in the outfield this spring.
High School- Hallsville High
School
Honorable Mention, 2-time 1st
Team All-District Selection
Personal- Daughter of Stacey
and Lisa Tharpe, born on Nov.
15, 1991, majoring in general
studies.
Why TC- “I liked what the school
offered and thought it would be a
good place to start.”
Word that describes me- “Energetic.”
Sports Role Model- “Caitlin
Lowe.”
Quote- “I can do all things
through Christ who strengthens
me.” Philippians 4:13
Annalise Romo- 9 P R/R
Rosenburg, Texas
Romo’s movement should keep
opposing batters off-balance.
The Bulldogs will look to Romo
to share starting time on the
mound.
High School- Lamar Consolidated
4-year Varsity starter, 1st Team
All-District, All-Area 2009 and
2010, Houston Area All-Star
2010, National Honor Society
Scholar.
Personal- Daughter of Louis and
Nanette Romo, born on June 5,
1992, Majoring in Kinesiology.
Why I chose TC- Great softball
team
What people don’t know- “My
cousin is Tony Romo, the quarterback for the Dallas Cowboys.”
Sports Role Model- “Lisa Fernandez.:
Quote- “Love the game you play
and play the game you love.”
Jade LaVerge- 11 OF R/R
DeKalb, Texas
LaVerge is going to be a strong
addition and add depth to the
outfield this year as an incoming
freshman.
High School- Avery High
School
Honorable Mention 2007 and
2009, 2nd Team All-District
2010, Texas Scholar, Beta Club
Member, Honor Student.
Personal- Daughter of Mark and
Wendy LaVerge, born on Dec.
9, 1991, majoring in Massage
Therapy.
Why TC- “It is close to home,
good athletics and good academic programs.”
Pro Team- “Texas Rangers.”
Word that describes me- “Driven
Quote- “Never let the fear of
striking out keep you from playing the game.”
Logan Gardner- 12 MI R/R
Texarkana, Ark.
Gardner’s very successful high
school career will be a valuable
asset in the middle of the Bulldogs’ defense this spring.
High School- Arkansas High
School
3-year All-Conference, 3-year
All-State, All-Area Shortstop
2009, Most Valuable Player
Award 2009, National Honor
Society, Honor Roll with a 3.75
GPA throughout all four years.
Personal- Daughter of William
and Tee Gardner and Jeff and
Wendy Freeman, born on Aug.
21, 1992, majoring in general
studies.
Why TC- “Close to home.”
Pre-game Superstition- “Eat a
Snickers.”
Word that describes me- “Crazy.”
Quote- “You are what you repeatedly do. Excellence is then
not an action but a habit.”
Heather Reynolds
Texarkana, Texas
Reynolds enters her first year as
the Bulldogs Softball team manager. She assists with field work
and game day operations. Reynolds also is a bullpen catcher,
which is very valuable to the
Bulldog pitching staff.
High School- Liberty-Eylau
Personal- Daughter of Jeff and
Karen Reynolds, born on Oct.
2, 1989, majoring in Physical
Therapy.
Favorite Team- “Texas Rangers.”
Musician/Band- “Brantley Gilbert.”
Non Sports Role Models- “My
parents.”
Alex Holland- 7 3B/P L/R
Arp, Texas
Holland will be a very versatile
player for TC this year seeing
time at third base and the pitcher
mound. Holland was a leading
hitter during the fall season and
will be counted on to produce at
the plate this spring too.
High School- Arp High School
Newcomer of the Year, District
Pitcher of the Year, Defensive
MVP, Offensive MVP, 4 time
All-East Texas Honorable Mention.
Personal- Daughter of Wes and
Christel Holland, born on Aug.
13, 1991, majoring in Journalism.
Why TC- “Good school and program and also far enough from
home.”
Pre-game Superstition- “Touching the chalk, and sending a text
to my mom.”
love screamo music.”
Quote- “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today
is a gift, that’s why they call it the
present.”
Chelsey Durbin- 15 MI/OF L/R
Lufkin, Texas
Durbin will see playing time at
second base and in the outfield
for the Bulldogs. She will also
add speed on the bases.
High School- Hudson High
School
2nd Team All-District 2009,
1st Team All-District 2010, 3rd
Round Playoff berth 2010, Advanced English and Science
2005-2008, Outstanding Science
Award.
Personal- Daughter of Rick and
Shelly Pierce, born on May 9,
1992, majoring in general studies.
Why TC- “I met a lot of friendly
people while on my visit and its
great athletic program.”
Pre-game Superstition- “I pray
alone and read a scripture from
the Bible.”
Sports Role Model- “Kacey Polk, high school batting
coach.”
Jenny Hudson- 22 1B L/L
Marshall, Texas
Hudson’s ability to work around
the bag at first base and her strong
bat will elevate TC’s defense and
offense this year.
High School- Marshall High
School
Newcomer of the Year 2007,
Highest fielding percentage in
2007, 2008, 2010, most line
drives 2009, Highest batting average 2010, Most Valuable Player 2010, 1st team All-District
2008-2010, All-Harrison-Marion
County 1st Team 2009, All-State
Honorable Mention 2009.
Personal- Daughter of John
Hudson and Glenda Martin, born
on Feb. 26, 1992, majoring in
Sonography.
Why TC- “Everyone is really
nice and funny.”
Pre-game Superstition- “Don’t
mess up the chalk!”
Word to describe me- “Funny.”
Quote-“The only way to keep
your health is to eat what you
don’t want, drink what you don’t
like, and do what you’d rather
not.” Mark Twain
Valerie Howell- 10 C/3B R/R
Lindale, Texas
Howell will be gunning down
runners from behind the plate
and third base this year for the
Bulldogs. Her strong bat will add
power to the lineup.
High School- Lindale High
School
Outstanding Freshman 2007, 2nd
Team All-District Catcher 2008,
1st Team All-District Catcher
2009, 1St Team All-District Infield 2010, National Honor Society, Who’s Who.
Personal- Daughter of John
Howell, and Larry and Kristy
Adams, born on Dec. 12, 1991,
majoring in Psychology.
Why TC- “Good academics, great softball and close to
home.”
Word that describes me- “Determined.”
Non Sports Role Models“Mother and grandmother.”
Quote- “Change the way you
look at things and the things you
look at changes.”
Zoila Olguin- 2 OF L/R
Denton, Texas
TC is counting on Olguin’s speed
to take many extra bases and to
track down fly balls in the outfield.
High School- Ryan High School
State Runner-up in 2007, 1st
Team All-Area 2008-2010.
Personal- Daughter of Juan and
Soila Olguin, born on Jan. 11,
1992, majoring in Civil Engineering.
Why TC- “I liked what it had to
offer and I thought it would get
me ready for higher division ball
when I am done here.”
Pre-game Superstition- “I have
to put everything on from left to
right.”
pop my toes before I get out of
bed every morning.”
Word to describe me- “DY-NOMITE!!”
Quote- “A coward dies a thousand deaths, a soldier dies but
only once.”
Jessica Walker- 1 MI R/R
Pittsburg, Texas
Walker will be roaming the middle infield this spring. Her strong
arm and bat will be great assets
to the Bulldogs.
High School- Pittsburg High
School
Offensive Most Valuable Player
2007, 2nd Team All-East Texas
Shortstop, 1st Team All-District
Shortstop 2009, District Most
Valuable Player 2010, School
Most Valuable Player.
Personal- Daughter of Robert
and Lisa Walker, born on March
28, 1992, majoring in Emergency
Medical Technology.
Why TC- “Good softball program and it was close to home.”
What people don’t know- “I’m
very loud and playful.”
Non Sports Role Model- “My
mother.”
Quote- “It’s not how good you
are, it’s how bad you want it.”
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Music man- Andrew
Daniel performed a
guitar recital at the
Stilwell Humanities
Music Hall on Jan. 24.
The recital’s purpose
was to promote the
TC Music Department.
Daniel is a professor
of music and humanities at Northeast Texas
Community College;
he is also on the faculty of Dallas University where he teaches
guitar and Medieval/
Renaissance history
and Texarkana College where he teaches
guitar and music appreciation.
Department of Music
presents guitar recital
by Jose Moreno
General Assignments Editor
Gifted fingers- Andrew Daniel opens his recital by playing “Leyenda” and “Granada” by Isaac
Albeniz (1860-1909). After the solo, Daniel was joined by violinist Mark Miller and flautist Debbie
Ragsdale.
For some it was a really special treat,
and for others it was an opportunity to
meet their music appreciation course
requirements.
Either way, on Jan. 24 the TC Department of Music presented musician
Andrew Daniel, concertmaster of the
East Texas Symphony Orchestra Mark
Miller and flutist with the East Texas
Symphony Orchestra Debbie Ragsdale.
“We are doing this recital to promote
the music department,” Daniel said.
“Also, to let people know that we offer
guitar and piano lessons with some of
the best musicians in the area.”
The recital started with Daniel on the
guitar playing “Leyenda,” a Spanish
piece, “Granada” from the Suite Espanola and “Preludes 1 and 4” from the
five preludes published in 1940.
After a pause, Daniel was joined by
Miller on the violin and they played
“The History of the Tango” by Astor
Piazzolla. After a second pause, Daniel
was joined by Ragsdale on the flute and
they played “Dances in the Madhouse”
by David Leisner.
“It was a really special night to enjoy
classical and sophisticated music,” TC
freshman Javier Ordonez said. “People
in Texarkana don’t get to see this kind of
event with international musicians very
often for free.”
The TC Music Department and the
Texarkana International Rotary Club
will present Francesco Attesti, an internationally acclaimed Italian pianist who
is considered one of the finest interpreters of the Romantic and early Twentieth
Century Repertoire. The recital will be
at 7 p.m. Feb. 17 in the TASC Great
Room. Admission is $10 for adults and
$5 for students.
Modern-day concert - Musicians, from left, Mark Miller,
Andrew Daniel and Debbie
Ragsdale performed at the
college Jan. 24. During the
recital, Miller joined Daniel to
play “History of Tango” by Astor Piazzolla. After the second pause, Ragsdale joined
Daniel to play “Dances of the
Madhouse” by David Lesner.
The recital completely filled
the Stilwell Humanities Music
Hall with people ready to enjoy
classical music.
photos/Jose Moreno
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