Browsing: Opinion
March, 2021
December, 2020
November, 2020
Removal of mascot, statues opens eyes to brighter future
Reader compliments article on new nursing degree
Book club creates sense of community
Kinesiology belongs in curriculum to stress importance of exercise
Availability of wi-fi helps students learn
Article inspires reader to help high school students attend college
Too easy to ‘point finger’ at flawed organizations
Weight-training class proved value of kinesiology instruction
October, 2020
History evidence of need for mascot change
Experience with racism deepens understanding of issue
Changing mascot shows progress from outdated beliefs
Changing mascot holds group responsible for acts of a few
Free internet access shows college cares about students’ education
Conqueror would be good mascot as students ‘conquer’ college life
Transfer information links could reduce adviser load
Library Common Read beneficial to students
Student looks forward to selection of next mascot
College website needs more ‘refined’ layout to help navigation
Students do not have to worry about tuition
Removing ranger mascot leaves good impression of college
Article on mascot free of bias
February, 2020
December, 2019
November, 2019
April, 2019
It’s important for students to have mental health resources on campus
Direct religious lectures to a specific location for safety
Applauding faculty who supported Rape Crisis Center, raised awareness
Don’t add more restrictions to application process for group demonstrations
Let’s not forget to care for our trees
Cartoon: Tree
Cartoon: Veterans
College is easy with use of support and resources
New texting service has potential if implemented correctly
Administrators, be more interactive with students
Education is pricey; treat it that way
District should implement sick leave for adjuncts
Students, apply for federal work-study jobs
Cartoon: Class
Students, apply for federal work-study jobs
Cartoon: April Fools’
Change criteria for Alamo Promise
Women’s History Month is over, advocating for women isn’t
Director must strengthen student, administration bridge
March, 2019
February, 2019
November, 2018
October, 2018
Provide meaningful active shooter training
Take advantage of events on campus
Protect your devices; use college tech services
You’ve registered to vote; now what can you do?
Faculty, engage students with fresh learning methods
District should focus on enhancing programs, transfers
Inclusivity strengthens college
Support services important to students
Encourage voting across the city, provide information
New district support office waste of needed resources
New district support offices
Community newspapers important to community
Students: use Book-a-Librarian service
College must notify all of news
September, 2018
Letter: Please protest responsibly
Letter: What do new club GPA requirements actually do?
Letter: New club GPA regulations
Cartoon: Vote
Raza Heritage Month promotes diversity
Your vote does matter
Show us the money, let us see how tax dollars are spent
New Communications Policy
Educators make or break success
Don’t hinder exchange between faculty, media
April, 2018
March, 2018
November, 2017
Cartoon: Transparency
Letter: Setting an example
Trustees, tell constituents what board is up to
Advisers need to study the needs of students
Letter: Know the law, don’t escalate confrontation
Letter: Bad bench behavior
Letter: Spread domestic violence awareness
Letter: Trustee transparency fundamental
Successful alumni encourage successful students
Complete police reports are important
Cartoon: If the shoe fits
Put the ‘act’ in activities
Trustees, represent people who elected you
October, 2017
Time for a new kind of leader
Tips for students, families to Save Money
Why conferences are important to students
Cartoon: Open door policy
Clinic in planning stages
Early college learning costing district money
Student, not success fee
Student, not success fee
The bench that broke the bank’s back
Dear future trustee
September, 2017
April, 2017
March, 2017
February, 2017
November, 2016
October, 2016
Cartoon: Get your advising pins.
Adjuncts aren’t end all, be all
Center a model of success
Letter: Policy should change to accommodate students
Letter: Be thankful you can protest
Cartoon: Free summer credit hours
Advisers: Be on the same page
Board should meet in county
Letter: Acting affordablity
Letter: Chance to Relax
Letter: Bringing awareness to potential danger
Letter: Nurture talent, not robots
Letter: Be strong, be yourself
Letter: Student Experiences Heat Exhaustion After Festival
Letter: Raising awareness for healthy eating
Letter: Violence blind to gender
Letter: Judge makes the right call
Letter: District should make time for student surveys
Letter: Incident brings awareness for hydration and ICE contact.
Letter: FAFSA guidelines extremely helpful
Letter: Theater is a team effort
Letter: Student tackling racism through poetry
Letter: Tuition schedule encourages working more, not less
Letter: Board should get tuition right
Cartoon: your vote counts!
Listen to faculty, SACSCOC
Tuition needs more benefits
Cartoon: Where are you taking classes?
Let’s see documents already
Student reality unrecognized
September, 2016
August, 2016
Phone app promotes physical activity
Associate degree favorable in the long run
Strategic planning promising
Budget increase should be spent on key areas
Faculty Senate transparency concerning
Student life should advertise student activities more often
‘Pokémon Go’ offers outdoor exploration
Online news with options may not be a bad thing
Dual credit rigor should be first priority
Colleges should hold themselves accountable for student behavior
July, 2016
June, 2016
April, 2016
March, 2016
Cartoon: Accreditation accomplished
State broke it; now should fix it
Schools should pay for dual credit
It’s about time for Mexican-American studies
A vet’s response to active shooter drill
Dr. Suess inspires inner child
Denying documents looks suspicious
Campus event could soothe grief
Drills won’t guarantee surviving active shooter
Students need more tax advice
Cartoon: Silver buckshot
Release termination records
¡Finalmente!
Wrong makes it right
February, 2016
Cartoon: Interim
Target sharp active shooter drill
Take time to get it right first time
Cartoon: Now we’re cooking!
Businesses should train in culture
Available student trustee wanted
Cartoon: We should listen to faculty?
Search keeps going, going, going
Carrying on my grandfather’s spirit
Cartoon: Still financially healthy
President needs to plan logically
Kudos to INRW
Listen to Aspen
Cartoon: For faculty and students
Citizens to be heard, scratch that, silenced
Services abound; just use them
November, 2015
October, 2015
September, 2015
April, 2015
More efforts needed to prevent child abuse
Cartoon: Advising hours
Lack of advisers costing student’s time
Committee should keep tabs on funds
Advocate love, not hate
Letter: Cost of drinking and driving higher than you think
Letter: Walk in His Shoes suggested for May
Letter: Potential for shootout outweighs benefits of guns on campus
Letter: Workforce talk needed for students, business leaders
Can student trustees really make a difference?
Cartoon: Where everyone has a corner
No exceptions for smokers
Concealed guns good idea for emergencies
I’m my family’s exception to the rule
March, 2015
Life’s highs and lows make me who I am
Cartoon: College budget
Transparency award ironic
Title 9 class useful to students
Stage 4 or bust? No thanks
New address makes sense
New ID cards no benefit to students
Get fired from McDonald’s — check
We are a newspaper, not a public relations firm
Cartoon: Forward to new address
Letter: Raise awareness before you raise the seat
Letter: Time valuable to college students
Letter: Work, studies good training for life
Letter: College success comes from staying focused
Letter: Article lacks other perspectives
Letter: Dropping classes at your peril
Letter: College’s job to keep restrooms clean
Letter: Time capsule shows dreams become reality
Cartoon: Budget cuts
Favorable PR supersedes student resources
Adjuncts shouldn’t skip
Cartoon: Not a spring break destination
Letter: Old-fashioned note-taking still an important skill
Letter: Alcohol awareness important
Letter: Judge people as individuals
Letter: Give vaping a chance
Letter: Article on balance lacks solutions
Letter: Police brutality not a national crisis
Don’t ever give up
Cartoon: Sharpen the saw
Really about trust, Dr. Leslie?
Apply now
February, 2015
Cartoon: PTKO’d
Take it from me: Advice from a 31-year-old college student
Let’s follow club’s clean-up lead
Don’t fear success
Cartoon: No shortage of ashes
Cartoon: Meanwhile in tutoring
Spend on students, not self-help
Two paths are better than one
Letter: Child care limits necessary for grant
Letter: I should have known
Letter: #Muslim lives matter
VIA to class offers its own lessons
Cartoon: Drop the class
Trust students to make decisions
OrgSync frivolous
November, 2014
October, 2014
Cartoon: Bring your own sanitizer
Apathy toward Ebola breeds contempt
Whistles, honks, leers an everyday occurrence
Know your rights, it pays off
Letter: Exploration necessary to education
Take health seriously
Vote with knowledge
Cartoon: All in favor?
Seven ways to effect change
Adjuncts deserve more
Read backstory, move forward
Letter: Generic degrees prompt enrollment regret
Cartoon: Alamo Colleges whack-a-mole
Shopaholics anonymous?
Stand up to be heard
Letter: Student feels wronged by district
Staff writer arrested after friend’s drugs found in car
Drinking and driving – you can’t afford it
September, 2014
Cartoon: Who cares if students say we ignore them?
Pell Grants, low-interest loans needed to help students afford college
Higher ed or a corporation?
Restore Koehler’s purpose
Cartoon: Another brick in the wall
Transcripts good tool for transferring
Practice good form not political correctness
Degrees strip individuality
Ignorance costs students
Why I chose conflict photography
Library neglect hurts
Good to lose decals
Cartoon: You hold the key
April, 2014
Cartoon: Farewell friend!
Giddy up, Dr. Z!
Cartoon: Where can I find help?
Distracted drivers deserve our shaming
Faculty are our real leaders
Metamedia: Always check the facts
Survey needs better try
Learn before casting vote
Small space but big harvest
Though I may not be flying high, I am in control
EDUC 1300 reinforces hackneyed clichés
Cartoon: Meanwhile in executive session…
MetaMedia: Media not public enemy
Follow promoted principles
Big job, wasted time
March, 2014
Cartoon: Chancellor’s suggestion box
Let students explore
Value long-time educators
MetaMedia: FOIA opens records
Women more than Disney princesses
Reflections on when I became a feminist
Cartoon: Stop
Fix the old before the new
Just stop, already!
MetaMedia: Staying in the loop
Not pro-Putin, but nationalism not answer
Letter: Former student voices concerns
Letter: Listening to our students
February, 2014
Cartoon: All in favor?
Too diverse for one voice
Time to listen to students
MetaMedia: HIPAA and the media
Ideas for fee increase will directly benefit more students
Free open-source textbooks might be the answer
MetaMedia: Errors part of learning
Cartoon: Coming fall 2014
MetaMedia: Reporting responsibly
Honor Sinkin with naming
Convince us fee necessary
Words should mean more
Adventure, travel, chance encounters teach value of all life experiences
Quiet of small-town home clears education confusion
MetaMedia: We report; you decide
Cure self-help addiction
Success requires resources
Cartoon: Sorry, this voice mailbox is full
Pete Seeger kept the ‘folk’ in folk music
Black History Month is every day for blacks
Skype saved my Valentine’s, relationship
Find way to inform students
Letter: Teaching high tech subjects constantly in flux, speeding up
Cartoon: That’s where I want mine someday
MetaMedia: Plagiarism cheats readers, ruins careers
Main parking unsafe, rude
One text ignores diversity
January, 2014
November, 2013
October, 2013
Cartoon: I’m in line right now
Refreshers offer savings: money, time, frustration
Is it really any different?
MetaMedia: Making a ‘free’ press
Cartoon: Spirit figure dressing room
Women’s rights take hit
More forums needed
MetaMedia: Tips broaden perspective
Women’s rights take hit
Cartoon: Alas, poor sophomore literature
First step is getting there
Labs vital, not ‘7 Habits’
MetaMedia: Letters record history
Letter: Fix system, save up money to fix elevator
Letter: Keep literature as a curriculum choice
Cartoon: We’ve been hacked
Want to be healthy or not?
Save us the time, funds
MetaMedia: Photogs’ duty to public
September, 2013
Cheshyre Cheese Club: Stop censoring our books, history
Homeschooler tires of awkwardness
Cartoon: English Lab
Success requires labs
If $25 buys access, why extra $1?
MetaMedia: Accuracy hits the mark
Cartoon: Wheel of misfortune
MetaMedia: On the record
ACES alternatives needed
Another day, another dollar
Cartoon: Adios
Fee equals tuition hike
Keep faith, never blink
MetaMedia: We are watching
Nobel economist is missed and remembered
Letters: Express yourself on #DropThatDebt
April, 2013
March, 2013
February, 2013
Cartoon: That guy sure does have a lot to learn
Use counseling services
Tram link to higher ed
MetaMedia: Journalism drives change
Cartoon: Valentine’s Day
Call, email state reps
Fight spread of flu, germs
MetaMedia: Beware of watchdog
Settlement can’t replace damages to habitat, wildlife
In love, time is the most precious currency
Letter: Redesigned library needs more tables for studying
Letter: Arming employees only way to protect school children
Cartoon: Can I talk about gun control?
Let professors teach their way
Get tested for HIV
MetaMedia : Photogs don’t give away photos
Tobin Lofts at SAC offer many amenities at a great value
Cartoon: I am late!
Audit uses of student fees
Gun use not root issue
MetaMedia: On the record
November, 2012
Cartoon: All proceeds go to Challenger Center
Kudos for honors
Recognize adjuncts
Raise expectations
No need for paper to be an American
Letter to my nephew about life, love, laughs
Letter: End financial aid delays
Cartoon: Lot 26
Use MyAlamo app
Keep adjuncts informed
Cartoon: Juggling Vela
Watch accessibility
Pre-K nod obvious
Make sure to vote
October, 2012
Cartoon: Mascot training
Don’t withhold information
Midterm wake-up call
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s me!
An open letter to my ‘abuela’
‘Fresh start’ after hurricane
Cartoon: Just like high school
Civic responsibility
Speak up for victims
Get the word out
Keep our adjuncts
Letter: Message of Hispanic Heritage rings true with student
Mascot needed to reflect history
Cartoon: Students at work
Use fee wisely
Be observant
Create center
Wealth of knowledge across street at college
Country girl with a city life
A descendant of mixed ethnicities
Letter: Altercation not clear at Oppenheimer
Letter: Spice up ‘The Sandwich’
Letter: Students learn less about influence on U.S. history
Letter: Strong financial support needed for education
Cartoon: Office hours
Real back-up plan needed
Place solution near problem
Learn, defend lawful rights
March, 2008
February, 2008
January, 2008
November, 2007
District should move on from SACall listserv
Customer service for students needs work
Spurred leadership among clubs a great step
Lack of communication shuts down sports
Clubs run into student life’s dead ends
Honoring veterans should be constant
Lack of communication shuts down sports
Clubs run into student life’s dead ends
Honoring veterans should be constant
President will find his crowds in classroom
Clubs should post fliers on bulletin boards
Haunted Asylum should be taken in stride
Parking stickers not enforced
Letter: Psychics, not just entertainers
Letter: One view deserves another
Letter: Duty not good enough excuse
Military brat’s life split between two homes, two continents proves the strength of family
Cartoon: Student life
Birth control for teens is not enough
Student life needs to be accountable
Medical attention should not be conditional
Racism must be fought with confidence
Stigmas of mentally afflicted still cause pain
Letter: Student life fights back