Category: News
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Sleepless on campus: Are students trading sleep for grades?
Author: Jaleigh Hinojosa, COMM 2311-601 Newswriting; Photographs from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1; Featured photo by Etta Berry It’s late, but you still have homework to do. Final exams are getting closer, and your boss just added hours to your part-time job schedule. If that sound familiar, then you probably should be asking yourself…
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Texan Mosaic Podcast: Episode 3 | Football Fever
Welcome back to the Texan Mosaic Podcast video version! In Episode 3, hosted by Noah Moreno and Robert Wilson, we dive deep into November football fever—we’re midway through the season, the stakes are rising, and playoff dreams are starting to crystallize. From both the college gridiron and the professional level, we explore why this stretch…
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Spooky Science Fest 2025
Photographer: Amber Elizondo, Texan Mosiac Staff Giant skeletons with glowing eyes greeted visitors who were brave enough to enter the front doors. Test tubes bubbled with mysterious foam while creepy critters slithered or crawled from person to person. It was all part of the Spooky Science Fest that attracted crowds of students Halloween week inside…
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Solitude: A quiet advantage
Author: Kristy Gomez, COMM 2311-601 Newswriting; Photographer: Etta Berry, COMM 1318 Photography 1 What do you think of when you hear the word “solitude?” Does it evoke positive or negative feelings? If you answered “negative,” you may want to rethink your response. South Plains College student Manuel Gutierrez says the word “solitude” evokes neutral feelings.…
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From the SPC garden to your kitchen: Free fall veggies
Editor’s Note: Featured photo by Etta Berry They may not be there for long, but on any given day free fall vegetables may be available in the biology department outside Biology Department Chair Kristin Bingham’s office. They are grown in the South Plains College garden. When they’re harvested, they appear inside a bushel basket on…
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Camera confidence: Tips for how to ace a video job interview
Editor’s Note: Photos by Giovanni Martinez, COMM 1318 Photography 1. Whether it’s a Zoom call or a Microsoft Teams meeting, video interviews have become a normal part of the hiring process. A 2022 Forbes Council post goes so far as to call the virtual interview the “new resume.” The post cites a 2021 Hiring Trend…
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Will they crack? Students test engineering skills in egg-drop challenge
Editor’s Note: Photos by Kendi Green, COMM 1318 Photography 1 Using raw eggs, recycled materials, and know how, physics students recently put the laws of gravity to the test. And they looked like they had fun doing it. They worked in teams planning and rummaging through a giant pile of recycled materials they could use…
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Through the Lens: The 2025 Cinch Roping Fiesta
Editor’s Note: Story and photo gallery by Kendi Green, COMM 1318 Photography 1. It’s a celebration of Western heritage, horsemanship, and grit. Since 1954, the Cinch Roping Fiesta has stood as a proud San Angelo tradition. What began as an off-season fundraiser for the San Angelo Stock Show and Rodeo Association has evolved into a…
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Think before you click: How to spot scam text
Editor’s Note: Written by Pedro Figueroa, COMM 2311-601 Newswriting. Photos from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by William Wilson. If you are reading this on your cellphone right now, scammers may be trying to reach you. Scammers may imitate a legitimate site and say they have information regarding an account you have.…
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Student life hosts Halloween carnival tonight
By Sierra Telford/COMM 2311.001, Photos by Marley Nix/COMM 1316 Laughter and screams of excitement fill the air. High on a sugar rush, kids race from station to station in search of one last piece of candy for their already overflowing buckets. South Plains College Student Life will host its annual Spooktacular Carnival on Oct. 30…
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SPC celebrates 50 years of creative arts
Fifty years ago, a big bang of sound and ambition echoed across South Plains College. What began as Dean Tubb’s bold idea for a country music and bluegrass program has evolved into a legacy of innovation, artistry, and a network that spans generations. This week, South Plains College is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its…
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Hope in Harvest: Farmers prepare for cotton harvest across region
Story By Caleb McDonald, COMM 2311.001, News Writing; Photos by Matt Brown, COMM 1316 News Photography As the sun rises over fields of white, farmers across Hockley County are preparing for another cotton harvest season. The results of months of hard work under the hot sun rest on these next few weeks. Kerry Siders, senior…
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Texan Mosaic launches podcast on Spotify, YouTube
By Texan Mosaic Staff The Texan Mosaic is expanding its storytelling beyond the written word with the launch of the Texan Mosaic Podcast, now streaming on Spotify and YouTube. The new series gives South Plains College students a space to share their perspectives, talk about campus life, and explore issues shaping the college community. Each…
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AI and the sound of emotion
Editor’s note: All photos in this article were generated using Artificial Intelligence for a project in Introduction to Mass Communications designed to educate students about how AI tools can be used to generate images. Students in one Intro to Mass Communications class recently used artificial intelligence and one of their favorite songs to become artists. …
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Stretching the limits: Students investigate Hooke’s Law
Big springs and weights took center stage in a recent physics lab in Physics 1401. Students were learning about something called Hooke’s Law. “It tells you that if you pull a spring one way,” says Physics Professor Kim Bouldin, “there is a force pulling or pushing back the other way.” She goes on to explain…
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Embracing the blur with Bokeh
Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1 Sometimes an assignment looks hard but turns out to be easy. It’s even better if it turns out to be fun. Students in COMM 1318 Photography 1 recently appeared to experience both with Bokeh. Bokeh is a photo technique of creating a pleasing “blur”. They placed…
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From pumpkins to phantoms: Haunting decorations
Photos from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by Giovanni Martinez. In the spirit of the season, photography students recently went hunting for interesting Halloween décor. Some of what they found was too scary to publish. These spooky shots will hopefully make you smile rather than shiver. Happy Halloween.
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The Light Awakens: Light Painting Returns
Photos are from students in COMM 1318 Photography 1. Featured photo by Kendi Green. Light painting is an art skill that photography students are learning to master. To be successful, it takes practice setting the camera’s shutter to a slow speed. The students used flashlights, light wands, and a lot of patience. After some trial…
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‘Blasphemous Nerves’: Solo exhibit featured in SPC’s Fine Arts Showcase
Editor’s note: Photos from William Wilson, COMM 1318, Photography 1 “Fluid color.” “Looks like war.” “A lot going on.” Those are some of the phrases a class of SPC students used to describe their first impression of one of artist Devin Ratheal’s paintings. The painting is called “Sans le Mot.” According to Google, that is…
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Step UP!: Avoiding the Bystander Effect
Editor’s note: Dylan Acosta, COMM 2311-601 Newswriting, contributed to this story. Have you ever been concerned about a situation and wanted to help…but didn’t? That’s the exact question organizers at the national Step UP! Bystander Intervention Program want to help people tackle. What is the “bystander effect? It has to do with that original question,…