By Cristela Jones On a typical day, walking into Price Elementary School in San Antonio, Texas is like walking into a workshop. Everyone has a job. Whether it’s the students learning vocabulary tests, teachers helping students in the classroom, or administration patrolling the halls for stragglers. Each and every person is working to carry out […]
Month: November 2020
COVID-19 and Texas State Thanksgiving Break
by Ricardo Delgado SAN MARCOS — Thanksgiving Break, lasting from Nov. 25 to 29, has some Texas State faculty concerned over a possible spike in COVID-19 cases after students return to San Marcos. Feelings of unease over the eventually returning students were voiced in the Oct. 7 Faculty Senate meeting, after a potential plan to […]
Drowsy Driving and the Increased Police Presence around the Holidays
By: Felicia Farley Umbrella Drowsy driving is a dangerous phenomenon. When driving drowsy a person’s reaction time is the equivalent of a person driving drunk. With the holidays just around the corner, traffic stops are going to rise with law enforcement agencies increasing their presence on the roads. According to the National Sleep Foundation’s Sleep […]
The New Reality of Texas High School Sports
by Dylan DeRaud If there is one constant to every year in Texas, it’s the excitement for high school football. However, the worldwide pandemic that has been brought upon all of us by the coronavirus has placed a stormcloud on the beauty that is football in Texas. The seasons for 6a and 5a district teams […]
How COVID-19 Has Impacted Live Music
By Sam Durhman As COVID-19 has taken a devastating hit on the industry of live music, artists are finally seeing a light at the end of the tunnel. Local country music artist David Lewis is relieved things are getting back to somewhat normal. When asked about how COVID has affected live music recently, Lewis talked […]
Dungeons & Dragons sees only growth despite pandemic
By Erika Coffey Dungeons & Dragons, the titular RPG created in 1974, has seen a recent uptick in players thanks to its ability to be played online. Originally a tabletop game rife with rules and heavily male-dominated, Wizards of the Coast, the creators of the game, have made a number of changes to encourage new […]
Taco runs and college nights
By Timia Cobb Tacos, friends and barely any money, those are the best nights. I spent every weekend for the last two months with my friends Haley Guillory and Chase Canter exploring the taco shops of San Marcos, Texas. We started with Cheops and fell in love with many other restaurants we visited along the […]
Music during a pandemic
By Karen Valencia During the last couple of months there has been a large influx of music coming to multiple streaming and music-selling platforms. This can be a huge risk to take during this time because of COVID-19. Due to the pandemic many artists have taken a huge hit in album sales, and a big […]
RETAIL WORKER SPENDS HOLIDAYS ALONE TO PROTECT SICK FATHER
By Abigail Rivera November 17, 2020 21 year old retail worker, Mackenzie Abbatiello, risks infecting her ill father if she visits home for the holidays this year. After receiving the unfortunate news that her father was diagnosed with cancer, her entire family has been extra cautious about social distancing and maintaining CDC guidelines in their […]
