South Texas College of Law Annotations (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 8, Ed. 1, April, 1997 Page: 2 of 8
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April 1997
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That's why the U.S. Depart-
ment of Education introduced
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Report (S AR), summarizing the
application data.
As Mr. Hope would say, Thanks for the memories
By Mark Bankston
Editor
This is the last issue of
Annotations with which I will
be associated. Graduation is so
close you can smell the tequila
in Mexico, but then, of course,
there is that little pop quiz in
July looming on the horizon.
But on this auspicious
occasion, I would like to take
this opportunity to thank a few
people who have helped keep
this newspaper running.
First, to the staff of
Annotations, who have taken
time out of their busy sched-
Alumna—
ules to bring campus news to
the students (and collect a tidy
little scholarship to boot).
Any of you fortunate
enough to know Wendy Wood
realize what a strong and spe-
cial person she is, and because
of her efforts, Annotations is
in tip-top financial condition.
This means a lot when you con-
sider the newspaper is com-
pletely self-supporting, relying
on advertising revenue to pub-
lish the paper and buy equip-
ment. Lisa McCLain and
Felicia Kyle have served as
Wendy's assistant and proven
themselves to be conscientious
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ried a Los Angeles attorney
named William C. Brennan in
La Canada, California on No-
vember 20, 1951.
After living in Los
Angeles for close to ten years,
they moved to Garberville.
Happy to be out of the hustle
and bustle of Los Angeles, they
worked together both at the law
practice and in running the
Garberville weekly newspaper
in the 1960s and 1970s.
Eventually William
Brennan became a county
judge for Humboldt County.
Judge Brennan died in the mid
1970s. After her husband's
death, Ms. Hollenburg traveled
around the world, including to
Africa during a time of revolu-
tionary ferment throughout
much of that continent. She
also visited the family's well-
preserved ancestral castle in
Austria, which was just north
of the Italian border, thus be-
coming the first member of her
family in 300-400 years to visit
that castle.
Nadine
Continued from page 1
and not merely fill the posi-
tion," Bond said.
"Nadine will be sorely
missed by students," said Mark
Bankston, graduating 3L. "I
just hope some of the other
staff, adminstrators, and fac-
ulty throughout the school took
notes on how she dealt with stu-
dents before she left, because
Nadine's great attitude and
willingness to help took away
much of the aggravation and
frustration that comes with go-
ing neck-deep in debt to get a
law degree."
The weekend between
her last day at South Texas and
in the first day at her new job
gave Nadine time to mourn and
get ready for "a completely dif-
ferent routine," she said.
"While the work at South
Texas was basically on week-
days, during office hours, it
seems like now I'll be working
all day long, seven days a
week," she noted.
Nadine and her hus-
band had thought about work-
ing together for a long time.
In fact, looking for-
ward at the opportunity to work
with David, Nadine attended
paralegal school and became a
certified legal assistant while
working at South Texas.
"I guess I'd know for
some time that I'd leave South
Texas ... but I did not think it
would be so hard," she said.
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workers with a sharp eye for
detail.
Hector Garza-Trejo
spent many a late evening writ-
ing stories and helping layout
the paper, and anybody who
knows Hector appreciates his
sharp sense of humor and wise
insight into life.
Arthur Grimaldo be-
came a true member of the
staff, writing well-crafted sto-
ries and keeping up with cam-
pus news. His sincerity, I think,
comes cross in his stories, and
it is not forced or faked.
Professor Randall
Kelso, our faculty advisor, has
trusted the staff of Annotations
to put out a quality paper with-
out ever micromanaging us,
while always being there to
provide guidance when we've
needed it. In addition, Profes-
sor Charles Weigel has been
an invaluable friend to this
newspaper, taking the time to
pass along kind words and
offer story ideas to us.
Other individuals
who have worked hard to con-
tribute to Annotations include
the next editor, Ken Pajak.
Ken is one of those people
working behind the scenes,
who seemingly never receives
the glory he so richly deserves.
Annotations is in good hands
with Ken.
My sincere thanks
also go to Chris Samuelson,
Patsy Yung, Monica Thompson,
Lauri Andress, Keith
Housholder, Doug Atkinson,
Jennifer Johnson, Tracy Cruse,
Deborah Thompson, Chris
Anglim, Shawn Devine, and
Dean Read, all of whom regu-
larly contributed to Annotations
during the past two years. I'm
sure I've forgotten people and,
if I have, I apologize.
To the incoming staff,
which includes Jennifer Hyatt,
Maston Allen, and Bernardo
Flores, I wish you the best of
luck in putting this puppy out.
And, by the way, don't call me
in July; that little pop quiz is out
there, looming, after all.
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