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Inconsistencies and Using Our Common Sense

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In last week’s issue, many of the stories did not take place in Kingsville. There was no huge fire that obliterated someone’s car and land. Nor is there a hat maker here in Kingsville. Maybe there is, and that person’s just kind of underground. I should look into hat makers here. Anyway, just so everyone’s clear: Our sports editor, Colton ... Read More »

Education is the key to the future

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Dreams of the future are always successful never considering life. Education is important to our future. In a perfect world college stu- dents would come straight out of high school and be 18 to 24 years old. Their life would revolve around themselves. They would at- tend class, have fun, and some would work. “I don’t have kids, I don’t ... Read More »

A written account of the drive to TIPA

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I find myself in a 15 passenger van, and it’s barely handling 10. Our driver, my instructor, Don Fish- er, just flew past a cement truck, blaring the van’s meager horn the entire time. The poor truck had the audacity to ex- ist on the same stretch of road we were currently occupying, and Fisher wasn’t about to be having ... Read More »

These creepy creepers are creeping me out

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Ok, I don’t know about the other la- dies here on campus, but I have been having a few issues with men lately. Being single, I have come across inter- ested fellows that have turned out to be quite creepy instead of chivalrous. I don’t mean a guy in a trench coat is following me everywhere I go, or watching ... Read More »

The shame of the life learning academy

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The Life Learning Academy (LLA), and all of its adminis- tration should hang their heads low. Because as educators and advisors, as moral human be- ings and as citizens of our na- tion, they have failed the their students, and should be utterly ashamed. Courtni Webb, a student at LLA wrote a poem that ex- pressed her feelings on the ... Read More »

Atheists, Stop Whining About Holidays

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I’m curious: Can’t a holiday just be about a bunny giving away colored eggs and chocolate, not a millennia long grudge match between paganism and christianity? Atheists tend to get unbelievably smug and all-knowing around the holidays. It’s not our normal state of being, honest. Some of us just love to point out that this holiday actually originated from that ... Read More »

Easter and the True Reason for the Holiday

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BBQ pits roaring with flames, meat sizzling, and children of all ages, bunnies laying colored eggs filled with candy, money, prizes, and confetti. These are all Easter traditions. Traditions are what we have taught our children. We have failed to teach them the true message behind this holiday: The death of Jesus Christ, the salvation of our souls from the ... Read More »

Southern Trouble in North Korea

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The “situation” with North Korea and its portly dear leader, Kim Jong Un, has only gotten more interesting over the last few weeks. Most Americans took the North (i.e. Best) Korea’s latest declarations of worldwide nuclear annihilation with resignation, like we’ve always done. Most of us know that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) can’t get a missile to ... Read More »

TIPA Day One – There and (Hopefully) Back Again

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I find myself in a 15 passenger van, and it’s barely handling 10. Our driver, my instructor, Don Fisher, just flew past a cement truck, blaring the van’s meager horn the entire time. The poor truck had the audacity to exist on the same stretch of road we were currently occupying, and Fisher wasn’t about to be having any of ... Read More »

Cartas al Editor – El Dialecto Spanglish

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Recientemente he leído que dice: “El spanglish es una invasión del español por el inglés”(p1 del libro Conversaciones Escritas) pero yo digo que el spanglish es una nueva forma de comunicación. Se trata de un término positivo que refleja la realidad de los bilingües. Sería mejor educar a la gente sobre lo que es el spanglish, en Vez de tratar ... Read More »