Category: Spring 2023
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Bowling for credit
South Plains College offers a variety of ways students can earn their physical education credit towards their associate degree. One of those unique ways is bowling. View the video package below for more. Written by Isabela Salas/COMM 2311Produced by Joe Garcia/Texan Mosaic
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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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Natural habitat: Wildlife students experience field science
Video by Michael TrevinoFootage provided by Jon Moore Wildlife students travel to different areas each semester to experience field science. Kristin Bingham, associate professor of biology and chair of the biology department at SPC, said these trips allow students to experience natural habitats. She said these classes give students experience in field science and can…
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D&D film debut praised by fans, audiences alike
By Dakota Whitlock/Texan Mosaic Staff Don’t drink your potion of healing too quickly, you don’t want to miss a moment of this movie. “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves”had the odds stacked against it when it hit box offices. It comes from a line of despicably bad Dungeons & Dragons movies during a time where…
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Photography students find patterns
“Sometimes making a photo with good composition just requires recognizing a good scene when you see it.” That’s how Dan Westergren, director of photography for “National Geographic Traveler” magazine, ends his 2013 article called, “The Simple Truth About Good Composition.” All semester, students in News Photography COMM 2316 have been learning about what…
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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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Students produce electric beats in EDM program
Video by Joe Garcia/Texan Mosaic South Plains College students began offering an electronic music production specialization degree program about three years ago. The classes students can take in the program apply towards an applied science degree. The program directors include Brent Wheeler and Allie Maddox. The program will host an electronic music festival Thursday at…
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Close-up with microscopes
Story & photos by COMM 1316/News Photography Class “I teach with microscopes,” Phil Ricker says. And Ricker has been teaching microbiology at South Plains College for 35 years now. “Microbiology is the study of organisms that are so small, you have to have a microscope to see them,” he says. Since Ricker uses microscopes so much, it’s…
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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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South Plains Politics Podcast Ep. 1
Host Drew Landry discusses voter turnout among those ages 18 to 29 with guests Dr. Jonathan Martin, instructor of government at South Plains College; Jody Rose, Hockley County Elections Administrator; and Noah Lopez, an SPC student and member of the student government association.
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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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Misleading messages: Spam & phishing emails affect students
Story by Isabela Salas/COMM 2311 Computer spam and phishing are far less appealing than the ready-to-eat spam and the nature filled adventure of fishing. The spam that is a technological threat does not just sit harmlessly in the pantry. What is spam in the computer world? Spam can be described as “junk email” according to…
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Problem solving: How to cope with math anxiety
Story by Payton Hinojosa/COMM 2311 You start to sweat. Your muscles tense. You get lightheaded. Those are just some of the symptoms people might suffer if they have math anxiety according to Medical News Today. What is math anxiety? The same article from Medical News Today defines it broadly as “worry or fear about…