Category: News
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Check it out: SPC offers online library services
Editor’s note: The authors for this story are six students from the COMM 2311 News Writing Lubbock section. They wrote this story as a group during class and tackled tough areas such as how to write aheadline and lead, what direct versus indirect quotes to use, how to organize, and then how toend the story. Students…
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College celebrates perfect SACSCOC evaluation
Contributed to by Noah Lopez/Texan Mosaic South Plains College celebrated a perfect evaluation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Wednesday with donuts and coffee at the snack bar on the Levelland campus. In an email to faculty on September 21, Dr. Robin Satterwhite, president of the college, congratulated faculty…
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Imagination runs rampant at Make-Believe art exhibit
Story by Noah LopezPhotos by students in COMM 1316 News Photography Colored fabrics of all kinds of patterns hang from the walls, along with random household items, and it is all surrounded by gold-framed traditional portraits. At the new exhibit “Make-Believe” by Sophia Villalobos, all the colorful fabric pieces are on display. The exhibit is…
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Community festival involves current, former students
South Plains College students had a noticeable presence at the Cotton and Crude Festival, hosted by the Levelland Chamber of Commerce, Saturday, in downtown Levelland. Not only were students featured as the opening act for Cory Morrow that night, but they also provided free live music at the gazebo on the downtown square during the…
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Students capture campus beauty shots
Students in COMM 1316 News Photography jump started their semester using the cameras on their smartphones. Their challenge? Find something on campus that is “pretty”. Something that might promote the school if it were included on its website. It could be a tree, colorful pile of leaves, pattern on the corner of a building, or…
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Students fall back into routine
Story By Katie Brackens/COMM 2311/News WritingPhotos by students in COMM 1316/News Photography So, how did it go? The first week of classes was probably different for everyone. Professors tried to make sure their Blackboard class sites were set up correctly. Students tried to get into Blackboard and find where their face-to-face classes were located. Many…
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Natatorium offers summer classes, water recreation
Photos by Anna Gonzales/COMM 1316 Get ready for the pool! Registration for summer swim classes at South Plains College begins soon. The SPC Natatorium will be open this summer for both swim classes and open swim. SPC Natatorium Director Mike Harrison says anyone can come. Open swim this summer will be Monday through Thursday 1:30…
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Making it on your own in college
Story & photos by Natalie Reyna/COMM 2311 Moving up in the world also often means moving out. Are you ready? For some students, South Plains College is the next level of education after high school. It is also the next level of independence. Not everyone who starts out at college is ready for that independence.…
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Printing with material: SPC teaches 3D printing
Story by Noah Lopez/COMM 2311 It’s not very big. It’s little more than an inch in diameter, and it feels weightless. In fact, it looks like a toy that might have come out of a cereal box. But it didn’t. It’s boldly printed with the letters: SPC CADD. And it took about an hour for it to come out…
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Sleepless at SPC: Lack of rest impacts performance
Story by Marley McKay/COMM 2311Photo Illustrations by COMM 1316 students You find yourself yawning in class. You can’t concentrate or remember what your professor just said. Sound familiar? It could be you’re stuck in a boring class. But it could also be something much worse: sleep deprivation or sleep deficiency. According to the National Institutes…
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Students shape art in Design II class
Story by Isabela Salas/COMM 2311Photos by students in MCOM 1316 Yin and yang foxes, glazed fish, and reflective sculptures are some ways art students at South Plains College are given an opportunity to shape their own world. Photo by Anna Gonzales SPC students in professor Donatelli’s Design II art class are studying texture and structure.…
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Performance anxiety impacts students differently
Story & Featured Photo by Cade Dannhaus/COMM 2311 “When the spotlight is literally on you, you get hot and sweaty and start to shake.” That’s how Isabela Salas, a public relations major at South Plains College, describes what happens to her with “stage fright” or performance anxiety. She says she grew up singing and dancing, and that’s when…
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Denim Day raises awareness for sexual assault
Photos & story by students in COMM 1316/News Photography From a distance, it looks a little like halloween came early inside the Student Center on South Plains College’s Levelland campus. Dozens of pairs of jeans–skirts, men’s, women’s, skinny, cut offs – dangle in rows from the ceiling. But on closer look, it’s obvious there’s a message.…
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Prepare yourself: Students deal with test anxiety
Story by Anna Gonzales/MCOM 2311Featured photo by Katie Brackens/MCOM 1316Photo illustrations by students in MCOM 1316 Spring break is long gone. Now, students at South Plains College only have a few weeks left to gear up for final exams. Between home, work and school it might be hard to manage your time. Then, before…
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Phlebotomy classes offer career opportunity
Story & photos by Kaylee Hendricks/COMM 2311 The face of the lab: a phlebotomist. Phlebotomy courses are offered here at South Plains College each spring, summer, and fall semester. But wait. What is phlebotomy? A basic definition offered by Ruben Salazar, a phlebotomy instructor at South Plains College, phlebotomy is: taking someone’s blood. Salazar himself took…
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New police chief takes reins at SPC
Story by Cade Thomas/MCOM 2311Photos by students in MCOM 1316 Do you recognize this man? here is a clue. He’s wearing an SPC police uniform. His name is Jonathan Sullivan. His title is South Plains College Police Chief. Sullivan has been the chief for a little over three months. SPC Dean of Students Lynne Cleavinger sent an @allSPC email in…
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Students gear up for Tin-Man competition
Story & photos by Texan Mosaic Staff “We’re hoping for a fire,” says Billy Tackett, South Plains College assistant professor of Industrial Manufacturing and Emerging Technologies. Tackett is joking. He’s hoping to see mechanical chaos when dozens of SPC and high school students send their robots into the ring at the upcoming 2023 Tin-Man Competition. It…
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Community Culinary classes deliver crash course in cuisine
Story & Photos by Joshua Cantu/COMM 2311 South Plains College has something cooking over in its Lubbock Career and Technical Center. That something is the list of new summer Culinary Community classes. It’s schedule is to be released in the beginning of May. Program officials suggest that people sign up quickly because the classes have…
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Rodeo teams have success at first competition
Story & photos by Emery Mask/Texan Mosaic Staff The chutes for the spring rodeo season cracked open Feb. 23 as all members of the team competed vigorously at the Odessa College Wrangler Rodeo. Events ran from Thursday through Saturday, and the weekend brought good fortune to many of the team’s members. All members of the…
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Get away for a day this spring break
Photos by Dakota Whitlock/MCOM 1316 News Photography Grab your keys, a good podcast or playlist, some friends, and get ready to explore. With spring break finally here, some folks may have the money for airfare to head miles away. But for the rest of us, there are some wonderful attractions nearby- ones you can get…