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New garage 

has no space 

for undergrads 

Rules for parking garage 

stir up student outrage 

DAKOTAH HICOCK 

features editor 

Construction on Bayside 

parking garage has been 

on many student’s radar as 

they wait for construction to be complete 

and the search for parking spots to stop. 

However, new plans for the parking garage 

have been devised. 

A committee convened and came to 

the conclusion that the best option for 

Bayside parking garage was to allow park- 

Men’s basketball Don’t be a fool on 

receives new April Fool’s Day 

head coach The last day to drop classes is 

JOSHUA SANCHEZ 

sports editor 

On March 25, Texas A&M 

University-Corpus Christi officials 

confirmed its men’s basketball head 

coach for the 2011-2012 season. 

Willis Wilson was named only the 

third head coach in Islanders men’s basketball 

history March 25 during a press 

conference. 

“He (Wilson) is the right candidate 

whose morals mirror this university’s athletic 

program,” Athletic Director Timothy 

Fitzpatrick said. 

The Islanders couldn’t find any consistency 

this past season. The team finished 

with an overall record of 10-21 and at the 

near bottom of the Southland Conference 

standings. Athletics officials decided not 

to renew soon-to-be former head coach 

Perry Clark’s contract next season. 

Wilson, a former head coach at 

Rice University, brings to the table a 25year 

span of college basketball which in- 

ing privileges to faculty, staff, visitors and 

graduate students only. 

This upset many students, like Kristen 

Treadwell a senior in the nursing program. 

“If they are going to put a garage up 

that will take up that many spots, students 

should be allowed to park there,” 

Treadwell said. “I can’t believe they are 

going to cut budgets for faculty and staff 

and then charge them more to park at a 

place they call work.” 

Jody Nelsen, the executive Vice President 

of Finance, gave several reasons be- 

clude 16 years as the head coach at Rice 

University and most recently spent two 

seasons as assistant coach at the University 

of Memphis. 

As head coach of the Owls, Wilson 

chalked up an overall record of 219- 

246, including his best record as Rice’s 

head coach leading the team to 22 wins. 

He also led the team to three postseason 

appearances. 

The Silver Spring, Md. native also led 

the Owl program to the most postseason 

appearances since 1950. Wilson guided the 

Owls to three National Invitation Tournaments 

(NIT) in 1993, 2004 and 2005. Rice’s 

first round win at Wisconsin in the 1993 

NIT was the program’s first postseason 

victory since the 1954 NCAA Tournament. 

Wilson also was an assistant on the Rice 

coaching staff when the Owls earned an 

NIT berth in 1991. 

In his tenure at Rice, Wilson coached 

17 all-conference performers, including 

2007 Conference USA Player of the Year 

Morris Almond. Almond, a 2007 NBA Draft 

Continued on COACH pg. 2 

hind the decision. It will eliminate guests 

from having to search for parking and 

having a bad first impression, she said. It 

will eliminate all the faculty parking so all 

students will be able to park closer and 

will keep parking prices more affordable. 

Safety was a large concern as well. 

Staff and faculty are not constantly coming 

and going at the rate students are, so 

the entrance and exits to the parking garage 

will not always have several cars trying 

to get out all day long. 

Faculty and staff will be charged a 



April 1 is the last day to 

drop a class for the spring 

semester. 

Students may feel the need to drop a 

class when they have difficulty handling 

the workload or would rather focus on a 

smaller number of classes and try again 

next year. 

When students drop a class, it is listed 

as a ‘W’ on their transcript and cannot be 

removed. 

There are also limits to the number 

of classes a student can drop. After fall 

2007, students are only permitted to drop 

six classes throughout their college career, 

unless otherwise approved. 

This law was originally put into place 

to help reduce state losses on education, 

but the State of Texas also feels this encourages 

students to be more responsible. 

The law also encourages students to 

not become “professional students” and 

no joke 

AUBREY DANCER layout editor 

fee, estimated to be about $300 to park in 

the garage.. Since the designated faculty 

parking will be removed, if they do not 

pay this fee, faculty and staff will have to 

get general parking. 

“The only thing that worries me is 

if the faculty doesn’t buy up the spots,” 

senior Rebecca Lyons said. “There will be 

so many empty spots that can go to students.” 

The three-story parking garage is 

scheduled to be complete for fall 2011. 

graduate on time. 

After graduation, employers may not 

question a single ‘W’ on a transcript, but 

may have questions if there are five or six. 

“I [dropped a political science] class 

due to endangering [my] GPA for a scholarship,” 

said junior Andrew Trombly. “The 

work wasn't hard, I had just overloaded 

myself and something had to give. It 

hasn't affected anything so far, I haven't 

even had anyone ask about them on my 

record.” 

The penalty for dropping a class is no 

more severe than losing money, but students 

should be aware of the number of 

dropped classes listed on their transcript. 

If students have low grades after midterms, 

it is not necessarily an indicator 

that they will fail. Students should speak 

with professors or academic advisors to 

help determine the best plan of action. 

For more information about contacting 

an academic advisor visit aatc.tamucc. 

edu.

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FROM THE COVER/NEWS 

Greek of the Week 

Each week Island Waves will spotlight a different Greek organization 

ANDREA AMAYA 

news editor 

In 1890, the Delta Chi Fraternity was created 

at Cornell University in New York. 

Since its conception, the fraternity has 

been included in different campus across 

the nation. 

Delta Chi was created at Texas A&M University-Corpus 

Christi October 2007 with 

23 members. Currently, they have more 

than 30 members and are growing. 

“It is an honor to be part of the Delta Chi 

fraternity because of the values we uphold 

of character, justice, friendship, and education,” 

said Juan “Manny” Diaz bylaws 

officer of the fraternity. 

The members of Delta Chi follow expecta- 

Photo courtesy of GoIslanders.com 

Willis Wilson was named the new head coach 

of the men’s basketball team on March 25. 

COACH from pg. 1 

first round pick, and Michael Harris (2005) 

both earned All-America accolades. Wilson 

also had four players pick up College Sports 

Information Directors of America Academic 

(CoSIDA) Academic All-District honors, including 

Adam Peakes who was a two-time 

CoSIDA Academic All-America selection. 

“We are going to work hard, work smart, 

and accomplish everything with a purpose,” 

Wilson said. 

With Wilson being named the new head 

coach, it gives new life to the department 

and program. The addition of Wilson also 

stirred excitement in players who were in 

attendance for the announcement. 

“I’m excited about his winning attitude 

and I’m very anxious to see the team make 

a drive to win. I’m looking forward to the 

challenge,” guard Garland Judkins said. 

GoIslanders.com contributed to this report. 

STAFF 

JEANETTE SCARSDALE editor-in-chief 

ROB BOSCAMP managing editor 

GERALD JOHNSON advertising manager 

ALLEN HOYE advertising assistant 

AUBREY DANCER layout editor 

CHRISTINA MARTINEZ layout editor 

ANDREA AMAYA news editor 

DAKOTAH HICOCK features editor 

MIKE HENNEBERGER entertainment editor 

JOSHUA SANCHEZ sports editor 

JOSE MARTINEZ copy editor 

ALEXIS DELEON reporter 

CATRINA ESPINOSA reporter 

KATHLEEN RAMIREZ reporter 

KRISTIAN THOMPSON reporter 

HILLARY VALLEJO photographer 

ZACHARY ZARDER photographer 

ASHTYN ELIZONDO distribution manager 

H. LINCOLN WALBURN advisor 

tions such as academic achievement, protecting 

the health and safety of all human 

beings and respecting others property as 

well as their own. 

An example of all the achievements that 

the group effort and collaborations of the 

fraternity members have accomplished is 

the winning of Island Review for 3 years 

in a row, and ranking in 3rd in the whole 

nation for raising the most money for the 

V Foundation. The fraternity also had the 

highest cumulative GPA on the campus. 

“I love how me and my brothers are involved 

with community service and with 

the V Foundation” said sophomore and 

Delta Chi member Victor Galvez “All these 

experiences help us become better persons.” 

The Delta Chi fraternity named the V 

Foundation for Cancer Research as its pre 

Islander 

Poker 

Challenge 

Winners 

1st Place 

Joseph 

Akers 

2nd Place 

Hector Benavidez 

3rd Place 

Kathryn 

Stegall 

Dear readers, 

Photo courtesy of Facebook 

Students hold ‘em in poker challange 

$1,800 awarded in scholarship money 

HILLARY VALLEJO photographer 

Joseph Akers (left) and Hector Benavidez (right) look on as Kathryn Stegall (center) checks her hand during 

the Islander Poker Challenge on March 26. More than 50 students competed amongst each other for $1,800 in 

scholarship money. This was the second Islander Poker Challenge, which replaced the ScholarChip Challenge. 

Image courtesy of Google.com 

Letter from the Editor 

This week nine staff members and I are traveling to Fort Worth with 

our advisor for the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association convention. 

For three days we will be attending a variety of workshops focused on 

all aspects of student newspapers and will also participate in on-site 

contests. We’ll have the opportunity to meet fellow student journalists 

from across the state and meet several professional journalists as 

well. In December we went through our archives from the last year and 

nominated articles, headlines, photos and designs for awards and this 

Saturday we’ll hear the results and will be sharing them next week. 

Sincerely, 

Jeanette Scarsdale 

Editor-in-Chief 

ferred philanthropic organization and locally 

every semester host “Don’t Drop the 

Ball”, an event to raise money for the 

foundation. 

“Since I joined Delta Chi in my sophomore 

year, I have been very involved with the 

community on campus and the community 

as a whole,” said nursing student Chris 

Barrett. 

For more information on how to join the 

fraternity, Delta Chi, visit their web page 

at www.dchitamucc.org 

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KATHLEEN RAMIREZ 

reporter 

Daniel Lucio; student at Texas 

A&M University-Corpus 

Christi, Project Coordinator for Coastal 

Bend Bays Foundation and candidate for 

Corpus Christi City Council 2. Lucio, 

who is preparing to graduate this 

May with a Master’s in Public Administration, 

has a passion for the 

growth and development of Corpus 

Christi and instead of sitting back 

and waiting for others to take action, 

Lucio has decided to take the 

initiative and run for office. 

Lucio’s desire to personally help 

the city of Corpus Christi stems from 

his observation of how the current 

representatives tend to dismiss and ignore 

the citizens when it comes to city meetings 

and decisions. City meetings times 

as of right now are scheduled during the 

day, a time when most of the citizens of 

Corpus Christi are at work and unable to 

attend. Lucio’s solution to this problem 

would be to lobby for meeting times that 

are more convenient for the citizens, at a 

time that they would be able to attend 

and voice their concerns. 

Inspired by San Antonio’s current mayor, 

Julian Castro, Lucio hopes to achieve 

as much progress within Corpus Christi 

as Mayor Castro has within San Antonio. 

Lucio explained how Castro is the one to 

credit for the more readily acceptance of 

different cultures within San Antonio, an 

issue that until recently has been a problem 

for the city. 

Lucio feels the city needs someone 

who is willing to be responsive and attentive 

to the people of Corpus Christi and 

“We need to bring a sense of responsibility 

back to government to ensure that 

it is working for the people, and not 

against them.” 

-Daniel Lucio 

their wants and needs. 

“We need to bring a sense of responsibility 

back to government to ensure that it 

is working for the people, and not against 

them,” he said. 

Hoping to be the one to unite citizens 

and political representatives, Lucio has developed 

three core ideals he believes will 

help the city become more connected and 

involved: city growth and modernization, 

sustainable communities and responsible 

and responsive government. 

At 26, Lucio is the youngest candidate 

running, but has already had numerous 

successes within the community; a few 

of which include 

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Lucio is also 

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them are the 

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School, Beach 

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A&M- 

Corpus Christi’s 

Environmental 

Advisory Council 

and Homeless 

Issues Partnership. 

L u c i o ’ s 

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city is to, “bring 

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T h i s 

p a s t 

spring 

break, 

18 students and 3 advisors 

assembled more than 800 lunches 

and cautiously crawled under the highway 

bridges of Atlanta, Ga. to deliver them to 

the homeless. 

For the last four years, the Alternative 

Spring Break (ASB) program has taken 

students on out-of-state trips to perform 

service-learning projects outside their 

comfort zones. This year students and 

advisors worked with SafeHouse Outreach 

and 7 Bridges to Recovery, organizations 

that offer services to the homeless. 

The students who participated included 

Diana Alvarez, Melissa Beeler, Christine 

Choe, Regina Edwards, Arlene Higueros, 

Bolu Idowu, Juhi Koolwal, Rafael Martinez-Mayorga, 

Aaron Otero, Vanessa Perez, 

Jessica Porras, Beronica Reyes, Josh Sanchez, 

Jeanette Scarsdale, Marcy Scarsdale, 

Hillary Vallejo, Lucy Wanjiku and Christiana 

Williams. Accompanying advisors included 

Student Activities Coordinators, Tori Amason, 

Amy Kotulski and Jack Pence. 

The group departed from the university 

on Friday, March 11, stopping for the 

night in Houston. Saturday was spent 

driving to New Orleans, La., where students 

had the opportunity to walk around the 

French Quarter. On Sunday the group arrived 

in Atlanta and were housed in Safe- 

House Outreach’s volunteer housing with 

two other groups of volunteers. 

On Monday morning, the group joined 

other SafeHouse Outreach volunteers in 

climbing Stone Mountain, the world’s largest 

piece of exposed granite. Urban Nation/ 

Volunteering coordinator, Joe McCutchen 

regularly climbs the mountain with volunteers 

and asks them to relate their hike to 

their lives. Once at the top, volunteers participated 

in a discussion and shared their 

thoughts on the correlation between the 

hike and life. 

After climbing the mountain, the 

group returned to SafeHouse Outreach and 

walked to nearby parks with McCutchen 

and was instructed to interact with the 

homeless. Students found that many of the 

homeless had no hesitations in approaching 

them and were anxious to share their 

stories. 

“I didn’t really know what to say when 

I was approached and found it difficult to 

try and reach out to them,” sophomore 

Jessica Porras said. “It takes time to feel 

comfortable around someone who is in 

greater need than you.” 

The later part of the week was spent 

working with 7 Bridges to Recovery, where 

the group was instructed to help other volunteers 

make hundreds of sandwiches that 

would be part of lunches distributed in different 

areas with high numbers of homeless 

people. 

While sandwiches were being made, 

tables were filled with stacks of plastic bags 

and piles of chips, snacks and bottles of 

juice. Each item was placed in a bag and 

sandwiches were added as they were made. 

When lunches were ready to go, the 

group traveled to various bridges, many of 

which were steep and slippery to deliver the 

food. To many of the homeless, the bridges 

FEATURES 

Alternative Spring Break 

Students spend week working with homeless 

were their only home where they kept mattresses, 

bedding and personal belongings. 

Each person was offered a lunch and 

if they wanted, a prayer. After visiting the 

bridges, there were few dry eyes among 

the ASB participants. 

“Before we went to the bridges I was 

kind of worried about what I was going 

to see and once I got there it was difficult 

in the beginning to stay strong and not 

break down,” sophomore Melissa Beeler 

said. “I found it challenging to just keep 

my emotions in check sometimes.” 

The group also walked through poverty-stricken 

neighborhoods to give lunches 

to those on the street, but also knocked 

on the doors of apartments and houses to 

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Photos courtesy of Jack Pence 

Sophomores Beronica Reyes (left) and Bolu Idowu package lunches to distribute 

to the homeless of Atlanta, Ga. during spring break. Students made more than 800 

lunches during the week that consisted of a sandwich, a bag of chips, a snack and 

two bottles of juice. 

offer lunches to anyone who needed one. 

“My biggest challenge was holding it 

together when I saw people living on the 

street,” senior Christiana Williams said. 

“We all know there are homeless people 

out there, but until you go to where they 

live, it’s just a thought.” 

Days ended with group discussions, 

which always involved tears as students 

and advisors recalled what they’d seen that 

day and how strongly it affected them. 

Each student and advisor was able to 

leave with a new perspective on the homeless 

and those living in poverty as boundaries 

were pushed and comfort zones tested. 

“No one really realizes that the homeless 

are humans just like you,” Porras said.


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calendar 

NOW PLAYING 

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SUCKER PUNCH 

PG-13 (Action) 

Starring: Emily Browning, Abbie Cornish, Jena 

Malone, Vanessa Hudgens, Jamie Chung, Oscar 

Isaac, Carla Gugino, Jon Hamm, Scott Glenn 

Sucker Punch takes viewers on an incredible 

journey into the mind of Babydoll (Emily 

Browning), who finds herself at the mercy of 

her malevolent stepfather after her mother 

passes away. He has her committed to a bleak 

mental hospital, where she is scheduled to 

receive a lobotomy in five days. As the procedure 

draws near, Babydoll creates a phantasmagorical 

alternate reality in which she 

must seek out five items in order to secure 

her freedom. Should she fail, her mind isn’t 

the only thing she stands to lose. 

COMING TO THEATERS FRIDAY 

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HOP 

PG (Comedy) 

Starring: James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley 

Cuoco, Hank Azaria, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins 

On the eve of taking over the family business, 

E.B. leaves for Hollywood in pursuit of 

his dream of becoming a drummer. Once there, 

he encounters Fred (James Marsden), an unemployed 

slacker with his own lofty goals. As E.B. 

discovers who he really wants to be and who he’s 

meant to become, everything will lead him and 

Fred to an epic showdown to try and save Easter. 

COMING TO DVD TUESDAY 

TRON: Legacy 

Bran Nue Dae 

Little Fockers 

CD RELEASES FOR TUESDAY 

Cold Cave - Cherish The Light Years 

The Kills - Blood Pressures 

Scattered Trees - Sympathy 

SOMETHING YOU WANT HERE? 

For suggestions on the Entertainment Calendar, 

contact Rob Boscamp at 825-5744 or 

editor-in-chief.islandwaves@tamucc.edu. 

MIKE HENNEBERGER 

entertainment editor 

Pages 

In 20 years of entertainment reporting, 

Neil Strauss has seen it all. In his new 

book, Everyone Loves You When You’re 

Dead, he gives us a not just a glimpse 

but a full view of some of the most interesting 

moments he has experienced in 

his double-decade career as a writer for 

publications such as The New York Times, 

Rolling Stone, Esquire and SPIN. Strauss 

went back over the taped recordings and 

scribbled notes to find “just one moment 

of truth or authenticity,” as he states in 

the book’s preamble. “After all, you can 

tell a lot about a person or a situation in 

a minute. But only if you choose the right 

minute.” 

Here are some of my favorite “minutes.” 

The guys from Incubus talk about 

peeing on each other. Sharon Osborne 

puts Eminem in his place. An 18-year-old 

Paris Hilton drops ecstasy, makes out with 

Married with Children’s Bud Bundy, gets 

drunk, and has a threesome—not in that 

order, but all in one night. 

Strauss finds out what an angel Taylor 

Lautner is, and Zac Efron isn’t. Ever 

wonder what a phone call between Cher 

and Dave Navarro would sound like? Neil 

Strauss knows. 

Marilyn Manson denies throwing live 

animals into his audiences to be torn 

apart, while comedian/actor Russell Brand 

When writer/director David 

Lowery stops by the Art Museum 

of South Texas on April 1, to screen 

his award-winning films—St. Nick and his 

official Sundance Film Festival selection 

Pioneer—it will be one of many stops on 

a long itinerary as he travels the country. 

Next stop: Dallas Film Festival, then Oregon’s 

Ashland Film Festival, the Sarasota 

Film Festival, the Nashville Film Festival and 

South Carolina’s IndieGrits Festival. 

At this year’s South by Southwest Film 

Festival in Austin, Lowery did not only leave 

with critical acclaim for Pioneer, but also 

with the SXSW Jury Award in the “Narrative 

Shorts” category. 

The screening starts at 7 p.m. After the 

film, stick around for a Q&A with the Lowery. 

Let’s get some of those questions out of 

the way now. 

How did you get started in 

filmmaking? 

It’s all I ever wanted to do. I didn’t have 

a camcorder growing up, but I was writing 

scripts. When I got to high school, I got a 

camcorder with some money I saved up, 

and by the time I graduated high school I 

had a couple short films in some local film 

festivals, and that was enough to give me 

the idea that I could do it myself. It took me 

a long time to figure how to make the films 

I wanted to make and get my vision on the 

screen. But I was determined to do it my 

own way and figure it out myself. And over 

the last five or six years I feel like I’ve really 

made the movies I want to make, movies 

ENTERTAINMENT 

admits to smashing dead rats and dead 

baby birds with a hammer on stage. And 

David Koresh’s girlfriend talks about the 

late cult leader’s musical aspirations. 

What’s a book about celebrity without 

some good drug stories? It’s no surprise 

that Snoop smokes weed while Strauss 

takes him on a diaper run, but try to not 

be shocked when Marilyn Manson bassist 

Twiggy Ramirez talks about smoking human 

bone from a pipe, or Motley Crue’s 

Nikki Sixx confirms that he watched Ozzy 

Osbourne snort ants. On the other side, 

Madonna, Johnny Cash and Beach Boy 

Brian Wilson talk about why they have to 

stay away from pills. 

Strauss gets artists from Christina Aguilera 

and Backstreet Boy Kevin Richardson 

to The Strokes’ singer Julian 

Casablancas and the White 

Stripes in their most vulnerable 

states, revealing insecurities 

and how they just want their 

music to be taken seriously. He 

even makes Lady Gaga cry. 

This book is a pop culture 

history book with interviews 

with guys who started rock 

and roll like Jerry Lee Lewis 

and Chuck Berry, and bands 

that changed it like Pink Floyd, 

Radiohead and At The Drive 

In. It’s a textbook for aspir- 

Behind The 

Scenes 

with Award-Winning Filmmaker David Lowery 

Everyone Loves You 

When You’reDead -by Neil Strauss 

that I didn’t have to apologize for. 

St. Nick was partially 

funded by grants (Austin Film 

Society, Texas Filmmaker 

Production Fund), would you 

say that played a role in the 

film being one you don’t have 

to apologize for? 

DL: Where the grants came in to 

play, was where I knew I could make 

this movie that I’d be happy with for a 

certain amount of money. I applied for 

a grant and got it, from Austin Film Society, 

and that was the point where we 

thought we could move forward. That 

grant really got the ball rolling. 

What matters more when applying 

for a grant: the quality of 

the project or how well you can 

write a grant application? 

It’s a little of both. I think if you believe 

in your project and feel that it has integrity, 

and present that very clearly in your 

application, you have a good shot. But it 

also comes down to whether or not the jury 

thinks it’s worth funding, and that’s just a 

crapshoot. 

Would you say the same 

about submitting to festivals? 

Absolutely. The first thing it comes down 

to is making a good movie that they won’t 

cut off right away, and if that good movie 

is what the festival programmer likes. I have 

friends who have made amazing movies that 

have not gotten into the festivals that they 

should’ve gotten in to because they caught 

the programmer on a bad day. All you can do 

as a filmmaker is make the very best film that 

ing journalists, as Strauss writes about 

his dealings with entertainment lawyers 

and copy editors, but also demonstrates 

his amazing interviewing ability that Brian 

Wilson and Britney Spears both said 

were the best interviews they’ve ever had. 

And on one level, it’s a self-help book. 

Whether you care about pop culture, or 

are interested in journalism, in this book, 

Strauss, Tom Cruise, Jay Leno, P. Diddy, 

along with many others, remind us “of 

the importance of stepping back from 

our day-to-day lives—and our anxieties, 

goals, obligations, regrets, and infatuations—and 

making sure we’re doing the 

right thing from the proper perspective 

with what little time we have left.” 

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you can make. 

What’s some advice you’d 

give to aspiring filmmakers who 

want to follow your footsteps 

and make films on their own 

terms? 

It’s really hard. You have to really love it. 

You don’t make a lot of money, you do get 

completely drained creatively, and it takes 

so much time and so much effort, and it’s 

difficult on yourself and on your relationships, 

and it takes a lot of perseverance and 

time. My advice to anyone who wants to 

do that is, whichever way you try to do it, 

whether it’s going to film school, or going 

out to L.A. and working as a [production 

assistant] and trying to work your way up, 

or doing it yourself and just figuring it out 

a way to make it happen, it really requires 

a love of it, and you really have to want to 

do it. Otherwise, there’s easier ways to make 

a paycheck, and easier ways to, (laughs) be 

happy.

March 31, 2011 

This was my first attempt to conquer all 

nine days of South by Southwest. The 

festival features independent films, blockbuster 

premieres, stand-up comedy showcases 

and over a thousand bands from all 

over the world. My time in Austin felt more 

like I was in the Lord of the Rings trilogy 

(walking, walking, walking) than on 

spring break. But the quest was worth it, 

and I saw some of my hilarious comedians, 

some bands I’ve always loved and bands I 

love now that I’ve discovered them. 

One of the highlights of the fest was 

the FunnyorDie.com panel composed 

of some of the funniest comedians who 

are responsible for some of the funniest 

things you’ve ever seen. The State’s 

Thomas Lennon and Robert Ben Garant 

(Lt. Dangle and Dep. Travis Junior from 

Reno 911) hosted along with comedian 

Doug Benson (Super High Me, Comedy 

Central’s The Benson Interruption), and a 

surprise appearance from The State alum/ 

comedian Michael Ian Black (Stella, VH1’s 

Comedian/co-star of NBC's 

Parks and Recreation Aziz 

Ansari performs stand up at IFC 

Crossroads during SXSW 2011. 

ANDREA AMAYA 

news editor 

After coastal bend residents 

voted, 13 year old Quentin 

Arispe was named Corpus 

Christi Idol 2011 at the Performing Arts 

Center of Texas A&M University-Corpus 

Christi. 

“I’ve been interested in music all my 

life”, said Arispe. “This was a chance I 

could not miss.” Arispe won more than 

I Love the…). Their message: 

Funny or Die is not 

a pyramid scheme but an 

“upfunnel” where everyone 

makes money (i.e. 

pyramid scheme). 

Later, at the Independent 

Film Channel 

Crossroads House, Black and Lennon performed 

stand up with other great comedians 

like Aziz Ansari (Parks and Recreation, 

Funny People) and Dave Foley (Kids in the 

Hall, News Radio). Foley was awkward and 

seemed like he hadn’t been on a stage alone 

in a while, spending the last two of his five 

minute set standing in complete silence. 

On March 15, the film fest and music 

fest converged, and what better way 

to usher that in than with the indie-rock 

super-group Mister Heavenly, featuring 

film star Michael Cera (Superbad, Scott 

Pilgrim…) and members from Modest 

Mouse, Islands, and Man Man. As if that’s 

not enough indie credibility, the band is 

signed to Sub Pop, the label that brought 

us The Postal Service, Sunny Day Real Estate, 

and Band of Horses (all great bands 

you should look up). 

Mister Heavenly rocks a little harder 

than those bands, but if you’re a fan of 

any of the bands that the members are in, 

you’ll dig Mister Heavenly. Sub Pop does 

no wrong. 

The first half of my SXSW experience 

came to an end at the PureVolume House. 

Like I said in my SXSW preview, I knew 

PureVolume would be one of the best parties 

in town with the best music, and they 

did not disappoint. I’m glad I walked in 

while Grouplove was playing because they 

were not on my list of bands to watch, but 

should now be on everyone’s. Their poppy 

folk-rock music doesn’t sound as hippie 

as their name. It’s like sitting around for a 

friendly acoustic jam with bands like Arctic 

Monkeys or Cage the Elephant. 

I ended my night with best new wave 

and dance rock band of the last decade, 

The Sounds. The incredibly sexy, female 

lead singer Maja Ivarsson may be what 

dreams are made of, and The Sounds are 

$500 in cash and prizes. 

After an audience saw 10 amazing performances, 

it was time for them to vote 

and for the judges to make the decision of 

choosing the third, second and first runners 

up. 

“Quentin was just a wonderful young 

man,” said Kelly Quintanilla Dean of the 

college of liberal arts and a judge of the 

competition. “We are pleased he is our 

representative this year.” 

The competition was open to Coastal 

ENTERTAINMENT 

what rock and roll is 

made of. They owned 

Purevolume, never stopping 

the rock, and the 

crowd never stopped 

moving. They called it 

a night with Maja singing 

their single “No one 

sleeps when I’m awake!” 

So, when The Sounds 

were done, so was I. 

I’ll cover the next 

half of the fest in next 

week’s issue with appearances 

from the 

Smoking Popes, Young 

the Giant, Duran Duran, 

The Body Rampant, 

LoveBettie, City and Colour, 

Bright Eyes and a 

rapper you see every week, but probably 

haven’t heard yet. For more exclusive pic- 

Bend residents of all ages and was sponsored 

by the Department of Theatre as a 

fundraiser for the University’s Theatre Program. 

“We were thrilled, everybody was so 

talented,” said Quintanilla. “It was not an 

easy decision and we wish we could pick 

them all.” 

Don Luna, professor of theatre, was 

the mind behind the event along with university 

support and the College Of Liberal 

Arts. 


Photos courtesy of Mike Henneberger 

South by South Restless pt. 1 

Comedian Doug Benson and Reno 911 star 

Thomas Lennon respond to live tweets 

during the FunnyOrDie.com panel at Austin 

Convention Center during SXSW 2011. 

tures, video and music, visit www.stagesandstereotype.com 

Actor Michael Cera performs with his band Mister 

Heavenly at Bat Bar during SXSW 2011. 

Corpus Christi’s 

Newest Idol 

Photo courtesy of Andrea Amaya 

“The outcome was so amazing that we 

already planned Corpus Christi Idol 2012 

and 2013” said Luna. “We only planned 

two years out, but with the look of this 

event we are keeping it every year.” 

The Competition Corpus Christi Idol 

2011 was held March 25-26 at the Texas 

A&M University-Corpus Christi Performing 

Arts Center. For more information call J. 

Don Luna, at 361.825.5988.


SPORTS 

Isles dance team slides to 

second runner-up at ADTS 

Collegiate Championship 

STAFF REPORTS islander athletics 

The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 

dance team posted an impressive second 

runner-up finish in Division I March 26 

during the American Dance/Drill Team 

Collegiate Championship in Denton, 

hosted by the University of North Texas. 

Twenty-two schools took part in the competition. 

The Islanders posted 287 points, just 

one point shy of finishing as first runnerup, 

a position held by Northwestern State 

(288). Texas A&M – Corpus Christi came 

up just five points behind champion Stephen 

F. Austin (292), which emerged victorious 

for the 15th straight year. 

“It was a good performance, it was a 

good day for us and being so close to second 

place was really exciting for us,” head 

The Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 

men’s and women’s track and field teams 

continued their strong weekend March 26 

at the 29th annual Victor Lopez Classic in 

Houston. 

Roger De La Cruz finished second in 

the men’s high jump with a jump of 2.05 

meters. 

William Scott finished in tenth place 

in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 

55.65 seconds which was a seasonal best. 

Lupe Martinez was just behind him in 

17th place with a time of 57.66 seconds 

just off the conference qualifying time of 

57.33 seconds. 

Matt Youngblood was 13th in the 

200-meter dash clocking in at 22.27 seconds, 

finishing in 22nd was Eric July with 

a time of 22.50 seconds. 

Photo courtesy of GoIslanders.com 

coach Melanie Lowry said of her team, 

which improved 10 points from their 2010 

finish. 

“Every year we’re going to grow and I 

believe we will eventually be able to compete 

at the level of SFA,” she added. “The 

girls are growing leaps and bounds every 

year, and we got lots of compliments on 

how well we did. It was a really important 

performance for us for recruiting too.” 

The Islanders also posted success on 

an individual level, as captain Taylor Wilson 

competed in the solo competition. 

She finished as the third runner-up in a 

group that featured 18 competitors across 

all divisions. 

Saturday’s performance was the final 

competition of the 2010-11 school year 

for the Islanders. The 2011-12 season 

kicks off in Daytona, Fla. 

Islander track teams end 

strong at Lopez Classic 

De La Cruz places 2nd in high jump 


Jake Garrett and Youngblood finished 

in 16th and 17th place in the 400-meter 

dash. Garrett ran a time of 49.61 seconds 

with Youngblood clocking in at 49.69 seconds. 

The women’s team also had their fair 

share of solid finishes at the meet on Saturday. 

Felisha Salinas finished fifth in the 

400-meter hurdles with a season best time 

of 1:04.41. 

Ashley Rosebrough was fourth in the 

100-meter dash with a time of 12.40 seconds. 

Ernestine Cray finished sixth in triple 

jump with a mark of 12.08 meters which 

gives her the second best outdoor jump in 

the conference so far this spring. 

Cray and Rosebrough went 27 and 

28th in the women’s 200-meter dash in 

a field that included 75 participants. Cray 

had a time of 25.70 seconds Rosebrough 

was just behind at 25.7 seconds. 

Islanders baseball pinch 

past McNeese State, 4-3 


Pinch-runner Dan Sciantarelli scored the 

winning run on a bases-loaded wild pitch 

in the bottom of the ninth to lift the Texas 

A&M University–Corpus Christi baseball 

team to a 4-3 walk-off win over McNeese 

State on March 27 at Whataburger Field. 

The Islanders (19-8, 6-3 as of March 27) 

have now won seven games in a row to post 

their best 27-game record in program history. 

Down 3-2 heading into the bottom of 

the ninth, the Islanders were able to plate 

two runs for the come-from-behind victory. 

Starter Dustin Lloyd, who was a master 

of control all game, throwing 83 pitches 

and 62 strikes, hit Matt Holland with a 

pitch with one down. Jacob Perales was 

then hit with a 3-2 offering to put two on 

and one out, and Perales was replaced by 

Sciantarelli at first. 

After a flyout, pinch-hitter Santiago 

Ruiz ripped a single to right, but the Islanders 

had to hold Holland at third after 

it went directly to Lee Orr in right field. 

Jeramie Marek was then hit by yet another 

Lloyd 3-2 offering to tie the score at 3-3, 

and then Lloyd’s next pitch sailed over the 

head of Logan Nottebrok, and Sciantarelli 

scampered home to send the Islanders 

faithful into a raucous celebration. 

Trey Hernandez and Chris Vergne each 

hit solo home runs to left field in the win, 

as Lloyd limited the Islanders to just six 

hits in the game. Seth Granger had three 

hits in the loss for McNeese, while leadoff 

man Blake Ellender scored twice. Justin 

Meza pitched eight innings, surrendering 

just six hits and three walks in picking up 

a no-decision. Todd Simko pitched to one 

batter, but it was the last one for the Cowboys 

(13-12, 4-5), and Simko was credited 

with a win in relief, his second victory of 

the weekend. 

McNeese State got out to a 1-0 lead in 

the top of the first, using a leadoff double 

and a pair of wild pitches to plate a run. 

Texas A&M – Corpus Christi responded in 

the third. After Lloyd had set down the 

first six batters in order, Vergne hit a towering 

fly to left that just cleared the fence 

for his second longball of the season to 

make it a 1-1 game. 

The next inning, Hernandez got into 

the action. Leading off the frame, he 

ripped an 0-1 Lloyd offering just over the 

fence in left for his second bomb in as 

many days and his sixth of the season to 

give the home squad a 2-1 lead. But from 

that point forward, Lloyd settled in, surrendering 

just two hits and no walks over 

the next four frames to keep the score 

there into the eighth. 

Meza was up to the challenge as well, 

throwing zeroes on the board every inning 

from the second to the seventh. In 

the seventh, though, McNeese mounted a 

rally. A single and a hit batsman with one 

out started things, and after a groundout, 

Jace Peterson drew a walk to load the 

bags with two down. But Meza got Orr to 

bounce out to shortstop to end the frame 

and leave them loaded. 

In the eighth, the Cowboys were finally 

able to crack Meza again. Granger 

hit a ball down the line, and it was called 

fair for a double into the right-field corner. 

After a sacrifice moved him to third, 

Nick Eubanks punched a ball through the 

drawn-in infield to tie the score at 2-2. 

In the ninth, McNeese got a one-out 

walk by Ellender off Phillip Garcia, and 

then Adam Hoelscher came in to face Peterson. 

The lefty jammed Peterson, but 

the ball spun just inside the left-field line 

and skittered away from Holland for an 

RBI triple. Hoelscher rebounded to strike 

out Orr, and then Simko came on to retire 

Granger to end the inning and set up the 

ninth-inning heroics. 

Photo courtesy of GoIslanders.com

March 31, 2011 

SPORTS 

Isles softball squad edges Lady 

Bobcat in three-game sweep 

A&M-CC stays at top of Southland standings 

MARK VENZON volunteer 

The Isles softball team are 13-2 in the Southland Conference following the end of a three-game sweep March 27 over Texas State. 


Lauren Dodson stepped to the plate with 

the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom 

of the seventh. She drilled a 3-1 pitch 

all the way to the right center field wall for 

a base-clearing walk-off double to give her 

team a 5-4 victory against the Texas State 

Bobcats on March 27. 

“It’s a funny game, it happens that 

way a lot of times,” said head coach Jake 

Schumann. “If you’re the goat suddenly 

you are going to be the hero. 

The Islanders improved to 29-9 overall 

and 13-2 in the Southland Conference 

with the three-game sweep of the Bobcats 

at Chapman Field. The win improved their 

home record to 24-1 on the year. 

The walk-off win was the second in as 

many days in a very tightly contested series. 

“Guts, the girls showed a lot of guts 

this weekend,” said Schumann. “Obviously 

we didn’t light up the scoreboard and Texas 

State has great pitching. 

“Our pitching was outstanding, they 

had us in the ballgame and our offense 

came through when we needed them to. 

I think we make adjustments as well as 

anyone.” 

Greta Cecchetti came on in relief and 

picked up the win, pitching three and onethird 

inning of shutout softball, giving up 

just two hits and no runs as she walked 

none and struck out four batters. Jordan 

Trujillo started the game but struggled 

with her control, giving up just four hits 

but walking five while striking out two 

as she gave up four runs, three of them 

earned. 

Things started out rough for Texas 

A&M – Corpus Christi in the first inning, as 

Trujillo walked two and gave up two hits 

along with an error as Texas State jumped 

out to an early 3-0 advantage. 

The Bobcats added a single run in the 

top of the fourth to stretch the lead to 4-0 

midway through the game. 

The Islanders finally got on the board 

in the bottom of the fifth as Laura Phillips 

singled and was pinch-run for by Stephanie 

Vead. Jamise Jackson followed with a 

single down the right field line to move 

Vead to second. After a strikeout, Lauren 

Sanders hit into a fielder’s choice as Vead 

moved to third and Jackson was thrown 

out at second base. That put runners on 

the corners for Caley Jeter, who took a 1-0 

pitch to the right center field fence for a 

two-run double that cut the deficit in half 

at 4-2. 

With A&M–Corpus Christi down to 

their final at-bat, Jackson started things 

off with her third single of the day. Hannah 

Schwarz put down a sacrifice bunt to 

move Jackson to second and setup a weird 

sequence in the next at-bat. 

Sander hit a 1-0 pitch right back to the 

pitcher and the ball glanced off the tip of 

her glove for a single. As Jackson was trying 

to advance to third base the shortstop 

for the Bobcats collided with her. While the 

two coaches were pleading their case for 

it to be either obstruction that would favor 

the Islanders or interference that would 

help out the Bobcats, the umpires got a 

Fencing League 

TAMUCC 

Contact: eelizondo2@islander.tamucc.edu 

Come by and check 

out the Fencing 

League 

Meet every Saturdays at 

2:30 to 4:00 pm and 

Sundays 12:30 to 3:30 pm 

Meeting are at the Dugan 

Wellness Center on the 

Second Floor in Tarpie 

Room. 

rule book and looked up the proper ruling. 

They decided that it was obstruction 

so Jackson was not out, but they did not 

feel that she would have advanced to third 

so they did not award her the extra base 

that is normally given on an obstruction 

call. The result of the play put runners on 

first and second with Jeter coming to bat. 

The Texas A&M – Corpus Christi second 

baseman drew a walk to load the bases 

and set the stage for Dodson’s redemption 

in the bottom of the seventh. After 

a strikeout swinging put the team down 

to their final out, Dodson stepped into the 

batter’s box. After drawing three-straight 

balls, Dodson looked at strike one to make 

it a 3-1 count. The next pitch she saw was 

powered over the heads of the outfielders, 

rolling all the way to the wall as Jackson, 

Sanders and Jeter came all the way around 

to score the three runs needed for another 

walk-off win. Dodson’s double made it a 

5-4 final as the Islanders picked up another 

series sweep in Southland Conference play. 

“That shows maturity,” said Schumann. 

“Not getting beat down by what’s been 

going on the rest of the game and just being 

focused on the present.” 

In the game, Jackson was a perfect 

3-for-3 at the plate while Sanders had two 

hits. Jeter and Dodson had the only other 

hits in the game for Texas A&M – Corpus 

Christi while both also had the only RBI. 

Dodson finished with three while Jeter had 

two on the day. Sanders and Jackson each 

scored two runs for their team while Jeter 

scored the final one of the contest. 

NBA teams 

fight for final 

playoff spots 

JOSHUA SANCHEZ 

sports editor 


Again, the bottom slots of 

the NBA Western Conference 

are up for grabs for a 

good amount of teams. It’s always exciting 

to see which teams barely make it and 

which ones nearly miss it. I do remember 

some seasons where the playoff seeding 

wasn’t determined until the last day of 

the regular season. 

Right now, Denver, Portland, New Orleans, 

and Memphis are on the bottom 

half of the playoff picture. Houston and 

Phoenix are two teams that are on the 

outside looking in. 

Of the teams fighting for playoff position, 

the Phoenix Suns have the toughest 

schedule playing five of their last eight 

games against current playoff teams. 

They play San Antonio twice, Chicago, 

New Orleans, and Dallas. As of the 27th 

of March, the Suns are three games out of 

the final and eighth spot in the West. 

Even though the Suns are the fourth 

highest scoring team in the league, scoring 

105 points per game, and having a 

former MVP in Steve Nash, the Suns are 

still going to have a difficult time making 

the playoffs. The Houston Rockets and 

Memphis Grizzlies, the two teams ahead 

of the Suns, are playing great basketball 

right now even though they’ve both been 

hit by the injury bug. Rudy Gay being 

out indefinitely in Memphis has boosted 

the play of the Grizzlies and the Rockets 

have adjusted their play since losing key 

players such as Shane Battier and Aaron 

Brooks to trades. 

The Suns have gone 4-6 in their past 

10 games, losing to elite teams. Their only 

wins coming against teams that have been 

eliminated from playoff contention or 

have a below-.500 record. 

The Houston Rockets have managed 

to record a 7-3 record in their past 10 

games including a win against the veteran 

group from Boston. With star player Kevin 

Martin averaging 23 points per game 

and Luis Scola scoring a career-best 18 

points per game, the Rockets coud push 

for that final spot. They also have a good 

solid set of players coming off the bench. 

Goran Dragic, traded from the Suns, and 

center Brad Miller give the team a nice 

spark in their rotation. 

The Memphis Grizzlies have the easiest 

schedule laid out for them. They 

only have three of their last seven games 

against playoff teams. Even though the 

team lost their star player Rudy Gay due 

to a shoulder injury, the team has put together 

a string of good wins against elite 

teams, including Boston and Dallas. 

Memphis looks to be in good shape to 

hold onto that final spot of the playoffs. 

One thing to note is their record against 

the last seven teams they’ll be facing. 

Their overall record against these last seven 

teams is a favorable 8-4. 

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xRandom 

Ramblings 

ROB BOSCAMP managing editor 

I want to begin this week’s column with 

a challenge: Create a “not to-do” list. 

On this list, add what is not relevant to 

your life goals. If it’s on your list, then 

chances are, you shouldn’t be doing it in 

the first place. These unnecessary items 

can get in the way of what you were 

meant to do in life. 

This simple message was something my 

church pastor talked to us about several 

weeks ago. 

The impact remains with me to this 

day. It was something I needed to hear, 

especially this semester. My first year 

in graduate school has been a rude 

awakening. The cliché, “April showers 

bring May flowers,” fits my semester, but 

it’s more like the April showers started as 

early as January and never let up. 

I have had a fair share of battles with 

time management, but this semester was 

a war. 

In just my first year of graduate school, 

I have dropped two courses. As an 

undergraduate student, multitasking and 

procrastination were tolerated as long as 

you got the job done. 

I thought my Master’s degree would be 

no different. Boy, was I wrong. I have 

been blessed beyond belief by the fact 

that I still have sanity after this semester. 

I found myself lost in long hours 

at the Island Waves, writing multiple 

articles for the Corpus Christi Caller- 

Times, volunteering at my church 

and participating in multiple campus 

organizations (I’m an officer in two 

student organizations I’m not sure even 

exist anymore.). In my spare time, I’m 

either trying to relax or scrambling to get 

class assignments done. I have forgotten 

more things this semester than I can 

recall. 

Don’t get me wrong, I love constantly 

being busy. But there’s a difference 

between being busy and too busy. I 

recently evaluated my life and realized 

there are a lot of unnecessary things I 

am doing. 

This past year has opened my eyes to 

a larger mindset. There is something out 

there that goes beyond me and what I’m 

doing now. We should not see ourselves 

as who we are, but we are going to be 

come. God does. 

I have the ability to live out my full 

potential. Right now, I don’t have the 

schedule to pursue that. 

When evaluating my motives, I have 

learned to ask myself two questions, 

“What are things you are doing with your 

life? And who are you doing them for?” 

Is something worth doing if it’s not a 

part of my higher calling in life? 

Until next week, ramble on, readers. 

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OPINION 

Students should live on campus 

Vice President of Student Affairs addresses students 

Islanders, 

As the Vice President of Student 

Affairs I would like to strongly 

recommend you consider living on 

campus. Why? Students who live 

on campus have a better chance 

of graduating. Studies in Higher 

Education literature show that 

student engagement is one of the 

best predictors for college success. 

Why else should you live on 

campus? 

• There are 1,500 residents; great 

chance to meet friends, dates and 

form study groups; 

• There are planned academic, 

educational and fun activities; 

• Camden Miramar has many floor 

plans for you to select not just 

apartments, where you an chose to 

live by yourself or with friends; 

• Residential parking. You will not 

need to buy the bumper sticker that 

says: If I am late to class tell my 

professor I am looking for parking. 

No traffic to worry about; 

• Get up late, walk to class 

• Want to work out, walk to the 

Dugan Wellness Center , Hike and 

ESPANOL 

Bike Trail, Recreation room, pool 

area, BBQ pits walk to the beach; 

• Need to study, walk to the library 

• Camden Miramar’s rates include 

all bills, all electricity, not just a 

part of it, basic cable and high 

speed internet. Don’t be fooled by 

green caps advertised off campus. 

• Security: University Police 

Department on campus patrolling. 

Live on Campus. It is the smart 

thing to do. 

Eliot Chenaux 

Vice President of Student Affairs 

Nuevo parqueadero sin suficiente espacio 



Traducido por 

Andrea Amaya 

La construcción de el 

estacionamiento en Bayside ha 

estado en el radar de muchos 

estudiantes, ya que esperan a que 

la construcción esté completa para 

acabar con la búsqueda de todos 

los dias por un lugar para sus autos. 

Sin embargo, nuevos planes para el 

nuevo parqueadero se han ideado. 

Un comité llegó a la conclusión 

de que la mejor opción para 

el estacionamiento en Bayside 

era permitir que los privilegios 

de el nuevo parqueadero sean 

unicamente para profesores, 

personal, visitantes y estudiantes 

de postgrado. 

Esto molestó a muchos 

estudiantes, como Kristen 

Treadwell, estudiante en el 

programa de enfermería. 

“Si se va a poner un parqueadero, 

el cual ocupará mucho espacio, se 

deberia permitir a los estudiantes 

el poder estacionar allí,” dijo 

Treadwell. “No puedo creer que van 

a recortar los presupuestos para 

el profesorado y el personal, para 

luego cobrar más para estacionar.” 

Jody Nelsen, el vicepresidente 

ejecutivo de Finanzas, dio varias 

razones detrás de la decisión. Se 

evitará el que invitados deban 

buscar un lugar para estacionar 

sus autos dando una mala primera 

impresión, dijo. Se eliminarán todos 

los estacionamientos de profesores 

para que todos los estudiantes 

puedan tener esos luigares y 

mantener el precio del parqueadero 

más económico. 

La seguridad fue una gran 

preocupación también. El 

personal y los profesores no 

están en constante ir y venir, 

al contrario de los estudiantes, 

por lo que las entradas y salidas 

al estacionamiento no siempre 

tendran varios autos tratando de 

salir todo el día. 

A la facultad y a el personal 

se les cobrará una tarifa, que 

se estima en alrededor de $300 

dolares. El parqueadero desigando 

para profesores será eliminado, si 

no pagan esta tasa, la facultad y 

el personal tendrá que conseguir 

estacionamiento general. 

“Lo único que me preocupa es 

si la facultad va o no a pagar,” dijo 

la estudiante Rebecca Lyons. “No 

habrán tantos espacios para los 

estudiantes.” 

El garaje de estacionamiento 

sera de tres pisos y está programado 

para ser terminado en el otoño de 

2011. 

1 de abril el ultimo dia para cancelar clases 



Traducido por 

Andrea Amaya 

1 de abril es el último día para 

omitir una clase para el semestre 

de primavera. 

Los estudiantes pueden sentir 

la necesidad de omitir una clase 

cuando tienen dificultades para 

manejar la carga de trabajo o más 

bien se centraría en un número 

menor de clases y podrian volver 

a intentarlo el año que viene. 

Cuando los estudiantes omiten una 

clase, aparece como una “W” en su 

expediente de notas y no se puede 

quitar. 

También hay un número límite 

de clases que un estudiante puede 

omitir. Después de el otoño del 

2007, a los estudiantes sólo se les 

permite omitir seis clases durante 

toda su carrera universitaria, a 

menos que sea aprobado. Esta 

ley fue originalmente creada para 

ayudar a reducir las pérdidas del 

Estado en la educación, pero el 

Estado de Texas también se siente 

que esto anima a los estudiantes 

a ser más responsables. La ley 

también alienta a los estudiantes 

para no convertirse en “estudiantes 

profesionales” y graduarse a 

tiempo. 

Después de su graduación, los 

empleadores no pueden preguntar 

si ven un solo ‘W’ en el registro de 

notas, pero puede tener preguntas 

si hay cinco o seis. 

“Yo omití una clase ciencia 

política debido a el peligro de que 

my GPA bajara y asi mis opciones de 

ganar una beca,” dijo el estudiante 

Andrew Trombly. “El trabajo no 

fue difícil, tuve una sobrecarga de 

clases y tenia que botar alguna. No 

me ha afectado en nada hasta el 

momento, ni siquiera he tenido a 

alguien preguntando por que esta 

en mi registro de notas.” 

El castigo por omitir una clase 

no es más grave que el perder 

dinero, pero los estudiantes deben 

ser conscientes de que el número 

de clases que omitan aparece en 

su expediente de notas. 

Si los estudiantes tienen 

calificaciones bajas después de 

los exámenes parciales, no es 

necesariamente un indicador de 

que van a perder la clase. Los 

estudiantes deben hablar con los 

profesores o asesores académicos 

para ayudar a determinar el mejor 

plan de acción. 

Para obtener más información 

acerca de este proceso, los estudiantes 

pueden ir a la pagina aatc.tamucc.edu 

y contactar a su consejero académico.

March 31 , 2011 

ISLAND WAVES OFFERS FREE CLASSIFIED ADS FOR TAMUCC STUDENTS 

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TAMUCC Students can now have 15-word ads published for FREE (noncommerical 

listings only). You must include your name and TAMUCC e-mail 

address (for verification purposes only; will not appear in your ad). 

• Write your ad on the lines provided and drop this form off at 

UC 204G, located on the second floor of the University Center. 

• You must present this form in person with a TAMUCC ID. 

• We reserve the right to edit or reject any ad. 

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PLACE YOUR AD HERE! 

COMICS/CRIME 

University Police Activity Log 

•On March 3 at 8:50 a.m. an officer responded to a criminal trespass 

warning in Corpus Christi Hall. The case is still active. 

•On March 5 at 11:55 a.m. an officer responded to a Class A assault/ 

bodily injury in the 700 building of Camden Miramar. The case is still 

active. 

•On March 7 at 2:22 p.m. an officer responded to a Class B terroristic 

threat in Bay Hall. The case is still active. 

•On March 8 at 1:35 p.m. an officer responded to a Class A theft 

ranging from $500 to $1,500 in Bay Hall. The case is still active. 

•On March 8 at 6:15 p.m. an officer responded to Class B harassment 

in the University Police Department. The case is still active. 

•On March 8 at 9 p.m. an officer responded to a Class B possession 

of less than 2 oz. of marijuana in Surf Hall. The case is still active. 

•On March 9 at 1:30 p.m. an officer responded to a Class A theft 

ranging from $500 to $1,500 in Bay Hall. The case is still active. 

•On March 10 at 10:43 a.m. an officer responded to a Class C 

possession of paraphernalia in the 900 building of Camden Miramar. 

The case is still active. 

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Islander 

Insight 


“What do you think of undergrads 

not being able to park 

in the new parking garage?” 

MIGUEL LOPEZ communication 

sophomore 

“I dislike that idea. 

It’ll still be congested 

for undergrads.” 

KIARA PEOPLES nursing 

junior 

“It’s just shocking.” 

JEANETTE SCARSDALE editor-in-chief 

BYRON PILLOW biology 

freshman 

“I think there needs 

to be more space for 

students to park, 

there’s really not 

enough space as it is.” 

RYAN MELLON GIS 

freshman 

“We pay tuition. 

When something new 

gets built we’re still 

the ones that have to 

park in the back.” 

JAMES SHAMESS mech. engineering 

freshman 

“It’s still going to be 

as bad, it’s not really 

going to change anything.”

12 Island Waves March 31, 2011

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