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First comedy of the season

Sylvia will be the first comedy for the theatre season, but also the last play for the semester
laughs out of this. Sylvia was written by A. R. Gurney and actresses like Sarah Jessica Parker have participated in this play. Sylvia is a play about a dog, the couple who adopts her, and the drama that results. Greg finds Sylvia, a dog played by a human, in the park and takes a liking to her. He brings her back to the empty nest he shares with Kate and the comedy and drama ensues. Sylvia was first produced in 1995. The play is centered around the Gregs character, who is going through a mid-life crisis. He gets a dog and kind of starts to Sylvia, a theatrical production that promises to bring comedy to the campus, will be at the Lab Theatre in the Drama Arts Building Nov. 16-19 at 7:30 p.m. and Nov. 18 and 21 at 2:30 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. Sylvia is first comedy of the semester and also the last play for a very successful semester for the A&M-Kingsville Theatre Program in the Communications Theatre Arts Department. Its a really fun show, Betsy Wallek, cast member, said. I think we have done a lot of dramas this semester and I think its going to be a lot of fun to be able to bring the comedy aspect to stage. Everybody is going to get a lot of

The South Texan - November 9, 2010

Dream Act Rally

Wednesday, November 10
A march will be held at 5:30 p.m. starting at College Hall. Guest speakers will be Shannon Baker from the History Department and Manuel Flores from the Communications Department. The event is organized by LULAC and the Pre-Law Society to help bring political attention to the proposed DREAM Act that will grant illegal aliens citizenship if they graduate from a U.S High School, are of good moral character, arrived in the U.S as minors and have been in the country for at least five years

Scholarship recipients meet donors at banquet

Melinda Sepulveda The South Texan

interact with the dog that has characteristics of a human. It really starts to mess with his marriage, so he kind of goes thru his mid-life crisis with him, Wallek said. The play is directed by Dr.. Patrick Faherty, associate professor of theatre. The main role of Sylvia is interpreted by Cassandra Clarke, a senior and theatre arts major. I am graduating in December and this is the last show of the season and I wanted to do it because it is the last show for me here at TAMUK, she said. I tried out and got the part. Im going to do my best, cause its my last Contributed Photo production here. Cassandra Clarke and Jose Olivarez rehearse for the first comedy of the Theatre season, Sylvia

A hero remembered
Johnny De La Zerda The South Texan Note: The Longoria Affair, a powerful Public Broadcasting System (PBS) documentary will be shown Nov. 18 in the main ballroom of the Memorial Student Union Building at 6 p.m. Admission is free. John Valdez, the producer/director of the documentary, will be present for a question-and-answer session after the showing. For more information, call 361-593-3401 or 3494.
could be done on her behalf. After much diplomatic work, and with a little help from then Sen. Lyndon Baines Johnson (D Texas), the funeral home in Three Rivers (and most of the ones in the state) was offering to service Felix Longorias service. Longoria was given a full heros burial at Arlington National Cemetery and the Hispanic population had won a huge victory in the fight against discrimination. The Longoria Affair helped cement Dr.. Garcias place in history as a champion of Hispanic civil rights and paved the way for many more government sponsored antidiscrimination policies. The fight against discrimination has not ceased although today it is more low key; there is still much work to be done. The discrimination of anyone for any reason in morally reprehensible and should not be tolerated at any level.

Commentary

The 3rd Annual Conversations with the Future Scholarships Dinner was held Thursday, Nov.. 4 in the Memorial Student Union Building. Scholarship donors had an opportunity to meet with the students who were awarded scholarships they helped fund The students were able to thank their donors in person, as well as the donors being able Patrick to get know the students. What is wonderful is that the students can actually see the people and know that they are real people, not just checks, said Dr.. Steven Tallant, president of Texas A&M University-

As we near the 60th anniversary of the Longoria Affair we must take time to reflect on what this very important event means for not only the civil rights of Latinos, but for all Americans in general. Contributed Photo Many of our generation might not Students mingle with scholarship donors at know what the Longoria Affair entails, the Conversations with the Future dinner or would even recognize the name Felix Longoria Jr; rest assured, we enjoy many Kingsville. of the freedoms minorities have today In respect for all the gracious donors, because of the brave actions of a few. Texas A&M University-Kingsville provided Felix Longoria was a Mexicana pleasant dinner to thank them for American soldier from Three Rivers who their valuable contributions given to the was killed by a Japanese sniper in the scholarship programs. Philippines during World War II. His Dr.. Donald Patrick, M.D., J.D., 1958 body was interred in the Philippines and after three years his wife was contacted to graduate of Texas A&I University in Biology, spoke about an experience he had ask her if she wanted to move his body to the United States. while attending this institution. She agreed and attempted to make Heather Elsik, Master of Ceremonies & Executive Director, introduced the student funeral arrangements in his hometown of Three Rivers. When she asked the director speakers: Daniel P. Wilson, a sophomore of the only funeral home in town if she majoring in mechanical engineering, and could have the wake for her husband Emily Grace Sczepanik, a senior majoring there, she was told no as the Anglo in biomedical sciences, thanking their population of Three Rivers would not like donors for their support and listing their that very much. Her husband was denied accomplishments thus far. funeral services simply because he was a These scholarships have allowed me Mexican-American. to not only reach my academic goal, but to Mrs.. Longoria contacted Dr. Hector P. also to become active and involved in my Garcia, a well-known civil rights leader campus, Wilson said. from Corpus Christi, to see if anything