Javelinas v. Hooks

In a roller coaster of a season, the Javelina baseball team prepares to have some fun and have a good learning experience.

After the conclusion of their series against St. Mary’s at Nolan Ryan Field, the team will head up the road to take on the Corpus Christi Hooks in an exhibition game.

Though this game will not have an effect on the overall record of the Javelinas, it does give them a chance to go up against a good minor league team. awards from the live and pre-published contests.

This will allow the Javelinas to learn from how they and their opponent perform, what they need to work on, and will allow them to improve on their own play as they head into the final games against their Lone Star Conference rivals with playoff implications on the line.

This is what the Javelinas need for their team.

They have shown some inconsistencies in their previous series of games and have struggled with the smaller things that can easily be fixed and avoided.

This game against the Hooks will allow the Javelinas to not only see how they can fix their own errors but also help themselves to prepare for bigger opponents.

Going up against a much bigger form of competition will help the baseball team perform at a higher level than their LSC opponents. Along with that, this will aid the team in bringing more consistency to the program and will boost the morale and confidence of both the players and the coaches.

Students are encouraged to head out to Whataburger Field and cheer on the Javelina baseball team at 6:35 p.m., Tuesday, April 4.

“Placing in the competition period was a goal I had in mind when we arrived at TIPA, but placing four times and bringing back a first place was surprising, but it’s what I came to do. So, I was definitely happy more than anything when it came down to my result,”

Opinion Editor and former Sports Editor for The South Texan Dylan Sanchez said. Sanchez also attended said.

From the fall 2022 to spring 2023 semester, TAMUK retained 88 percent of the freshman class, a range they’ve seen at 86 to 88 over the past few years.

“It is important to note that enrollment is multifaceted and includes both recruitment and retention. In the fall 2022, we experienced a significant increase of 16 percent for new, firsttime in college students, but it is clear that we need to strengthen retention efforts campus-wide,”

“The mural would be an inspiration to different young women in A&M Kingsville to be like the women they see and say if she can do it, I can do it,” Gonzales said.

Inspired by the mural, displayed in the MSUB ballrooms, a book was published with several essays

TIPA last year and said his favorite part of the convention is competing.

New to TIPA convention was Jessica Tijerina.

Tijerina started taking pictures for The South Texan in Spring 2022, and placed second in the Live News Photo contest.

“I was very nervous at first but after talking to some of the other students and getting encouragement from my friends I felt so much better. It was so nice being in my element

University President Dr. Robert Vela said.

In the 2019 school year, 962 students, excluding dual enrollment, started in the freshman class, 72.10 percent of those students returned for a second year, 59.8 students returned for a third year, and 47.1 percent returned for a fourth year.

“Last fall, Dr. Jaya Goswami, in her then role as interim provost, formed the Retention Action Team comprised of faculty and staff to develop innovative strategies to address retention. Nearly 15 strategies that touch on everything about each woman pictured in the painting, entitled Women across Time Mujeres a Traves del Tiempo. Dr. Larry Knight, a history professor at A&M-Kingsville, was one of the contributing writers. He was tasked with writing about Henrietta King, wife of Richard King who founded the King Ranch.

“You think of the King and capturing some great moments,” Tijerina said.

Tijerina was proud of the work she did and was excited to share the news with her parents.

In the live contents students compete against student journalists from all over Texas regardless of university size.

“I’m so grateful to have this experience,” Editor-in-Chief Ronni Reyna said. “Each year I’ve been a part of The South Texan we’ve broken personal re- from revising payment plan structures for tuition fees to college-wide social activities for students are being employed. In addition, college deans have developed their own strategies to address retention in their colleges,” Vela said, Referring back to the fall 2019 First Time in College cohort, though 72.1 percent were retained by the university their second year, students of the cohort had a persistence rate of 83.3 percent. Meaning that though 72.1 percent remained at TAMUK, 83.3 percent cords, and got more awards than the previous year. I’m so proud of our editors and students, they work so hard and it’s a privilege to see that hard work pay off.”

Ranch as this big monolithic powerful thing, but you see real people here, very wealthy people, very powerful people but suffering just like anybody else was,” King said.

Dr. Susan Roberson, retired Regents Professor from the Department of Language and Literature, served as the editor for the book.

The next TIPA will be held in San Marcos at which the staff plans to once again bring home more awards than the previous year.

The South Texan’s first place awards included:

-Live Contest* Multimedia - Ronni Reyna, Erik Estrada, Melissa Mata, Emeri Drewry, remained enrolled for a second year, just at other universities.

“We have been very fortunate to partner with Ruffalo Noel Levitz (RNL) in the development of a Strategic Enrollment Plan (SEP). Stakeholders from across campus participated in the year-long processes and we are confident that we have a plan that will help us grow enrollment sustainably. We have already begun to take action on some of the recommendations that came from the SEP process. We are also ex-

“It was fun working with the different contributors of the different essays, then there’s also the hard work of getting it published, but it’s all paid off,” Roberson said. “I hope students learn how inspiring these women have been.”

The March 22 event was sponsored by College of Arts & Sciences Dean Dr. Dolores Guerrero.

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On Thursday of last week, Silva along with Vela, visited with Del Mar College’s president Dr. Mark Escamilla, and look forward to future collaborations.

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For a full list of awards visit thesouthtexan.com bilities and economic pressures impact some students’ decision to pursue higher education. A college degree has the power to change the lives of students and their families. Our commitment to all students is to remove the barriers to higher education, making a college degree accessible for all,” Silva said.

The university is in the process of searching for a new Vice President of Enrollment Services (VPES) as of last summer, and plan to announce a new VPES in April.