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students earn state honors Eleven music students from Palo Alto College were named to the All-State Junior College Jazz and All-State Junior College Choir. Bernardo Ramon Lopez and Mike Dickinson made the jazz band, and Jonathon Wright was named as an alternate. Andrew Trevino, Yahaira Ortiz, Christina Romanas, Yalda Zamirl, Reyna Lopez, David M. Robles and Marylinda Longoria were named to the choir. The students performed at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention Feb. 20-22 at the San Antonio Convention Center. --Allison Reile Calabasas St. Members of Palo Alto … On Stage toured local schools in San Antonio performing the play, “Calabasas St.” by Jose Cruz Gonzalez. Children at Adams, Gilette, Kriewald Road, Emma Frey, Indian Creek, Antonio Olivares and Bellaire were treated to the special performances. Cast members were Crystal Davalos, Diana Garces, Juanita Gonzales, Billy Munoz, Jeremiah Ocanas and Donell Frost. --Allison Reile Race for the Cure Join Palo Alto in this year’s Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure. The annual event is designed to raise funds to benefit breast cancer research and to provide breast cancer examinations to women without insurance. The race will be held Saturday, April 13, at the Alamodome. The cost is $17 if registered by April 4 and $25 if registered on the race day. If you are interested in supporting a wonderful cause, e-mail Roland Martinez at MartinezRG@hotmail.com --Gloria Alvarado Student Government Elections The Office of Student Activities is preparing students to execise their political muscle. The office will be accepting nominations for Palo Alto Student Government. Elections will be open to all students. All candidates nominated must have an overall GPA of at least 2.5 and must be enrolled in at least 6 hrs. Nomination forms will be available in the Office of Student Activities and in the Health Center from March 18 to 26.Elections will be April 24-25. The final ballot count is scheduled for April 29. --Gloria Alvarado Picking up the S.L.A.C. As of last Fall, the Student Learning Assistance Center (SLAC) officially ceased to exist. SLAC, which was a centrally located tutoring center, will now be divided into three separate areas designed to enhance students’ tutoring needs. “Students will better be served if tutoring were doled out to the respected academic departments,” said Mary Jo Garcia, the English Instructional Skills Specialist. Math tutoring relocated first and is now located in the EL Building, Room 115. Reading may be the next to relocate, then English as the Spring Semester nears completion. Currently, Reading tutoring is located in the Palomino Center, Room 101, and English, in Palomino Center, Room 113. “We’ll get new places, but we’ll still be offering the same services, and, in fact, we’ll be able to improve on some of our services,” Garcia said. Freshman Psychology major Alicia Silva said, “I think that it’ll help, because there won’t be any distractions out of that subject.” Students need not be alarmed. Tutoring is still available; however, it is now located within each subject’s discipline to better assist you. --Steven Balarin Ethics Bowl The Palo Alto Ethics Bowl Team is sending off their fourth squad to compete in the National Ethics Bowl on February 28, 2002. The students will compete in Cincinnati, Ohio, against other national schools. The following sophomores will participate in the bowl: Rosa Gonzalez, Biomedicine; Marilynda Longoria, Music; Brandy McMillian, Human Resource Management; Denise Pacheco, Elementary Education; and Alysia Rangel, History. --Jennifer Garcia UIW The University of the Incarnate Word recently named a scholarship for founding Palo Alto President Terry Dicianna, who is now Provost at UIW. Palo Alto students who transfer to UIW may apply for the $1,000 per year scholarship. --Vanessa Campos |