The South Texan Texas A&M Kingsville News

Courtesy Sports Information NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – The USTFCCCA released its 2012 Outdoor Track & Field Preseason NCAA Division II rankings on Wednesday and the Texas A&M-Kingsville men came in at #2 in the nation. The rankings use the results from this season as well as results from previous seasons of athletes still currently competing.  The Javelinas earned 167.39 points ... Read More »

The cause is not dead and the residents and students of Texas A&M Kingsville’s Pre-Law Society, Delta Sigma Pi and LULAC, shout and praise the fact that they have not forgotten the cause that was put into motion in the early 1970’s. Students, faculty and residents from local areas gathered in front of the Connor Museum to celebrate the seventh ... Read More »

On Weds. March, 28, The Texas A&M University-Kingsville Wind Symphony and Javelina Concert Choir will be performing various works from some of the most renowned composers of the 20th Century. Director of Bands, Dr. Brian Shelton will be performing “Laude” by Howard Hanson and “The Promise of Living” by Aaron Copeland. Works from composers such as Randall Thompson, will also be ... Read More »

Spring Fling has not even happened and already, the people at Texas A&M University – Kingsville Campus Activity Board (CAB) are preparing for life after the Spaz-a-thon. On Friday, CAB will screen  the ’70s blockbuster hit Jaws. Jaws is directed by Steven Spielberg and stars Roy Sheider, Robert Shaw and Richard Dreyfuss. The movie, based on Peter Benchley’s best selling ... Read More »

Just a couple of weeks ago, a scandal broke out in the NFL involving one the feel-good stories in the NFL in recent seasons, the New Orleans Saints. The Saints found themselves wrapped up in an investigation involving former defensive coordinator Gregg Williams. The reason for the investigation was based on Williams, and the Saints running a bounty, or pay-for-performance ... Read More »

  Artist and educator Joyce Jablonski visited the Texas A&M University-Kingsville’s Ben Bailey Art Gallery to speak on the opening of her new ceramics exhibit showing, the “Transcendental Dialectic” March 21. Jablonski has had more than 20 years teaching art and has exhibited throughout the world. At a young age, Jablonski was an accurate artist. It was not until she ... Read More »

Sometimes, work can burn you out, but being “burned out” is taken to a whole new level when your job is to oversee four mentally handicapped roommates. That’s exactly what the “Boys Next Door” is about. The story followed Jack (played by Marcus Perez), an exhausted social worker that has just about had it with his job. He oversaw Arnold ... Read More »

Courtesy Office of Marketing and Communications Students at Texas A&M University-Kingsville will honor the life and legacy of one of the most iconic figures in Hispanic civil rights during the Cesar Chavez March beginning at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 28 on the A&M-Kingsville campus. Students from the university’s Pre-Law Society, the Hoggie Council, League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) ... Read More »

A woman who’s experienced bright cities like New York and Los Angeles loves it in South Texas. It’s the sense of community, the art, the writing, the music. Why is it that the rest of the world doesn’t see our area the way only a select few do? “The only time they talk about us is for hurricanes or shooting ... Read More »

There you are, up on stage, being handed the award you’d never thought you’d receive. Your mind is racing, your heart pounding, and you have the biggest smile on your face, like you just won the game of life. Moments like that are rare for a person to experience, but one current Javelina student earned top honors from the Nueces ... Read More »