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‘West Side Story’
actress to discuss
Hispanic heritage
Moreno to reflect on her accomplishments
and role promoting diabetes awareness.
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along the brick walkway between Nail Technical and
Chance Academic centers.
The purpose of SACtacular is outreach, President
Robert Zeigler said Sept. 25, calling it a “neighbor-
hood event” to celebrate good relationships.
The event allows the college to invite the com-
munity “to see what we’ve got and what we’re
doing,” Johnson said Sept. 16.
Zyanya Wilke brought her family of four to the
block party for a fun evening. Wilke, who lives near
SeaWorld San Antonio on the city’s Northwest
Side, said she heard of SACtacular through a friend
employed at this college.
She said her family would come to this event
again because, “there are not a lot of family activi-
ties in town,” so when there is something fun and
Remember growing up with family block par-
ties, the smell of popcorn and cozying up to a
good movie?
SACtacular, a free evening of family fun, invited
the college community and neighbors to do just
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This college will introduce a com-
bined reading and writing course in the
spring for students to transition from
developmental to college-level classes.
Students will be able to take one
class, INRW 0420, Integrated Reading
and Writing, instead of up to two devel-
opmental English classes and three
developmental reading classes.
This is part of the district’s revamping
of developmental education in reading
and writing, and math.
Incoming students will be divided
into AlamoReady for those testing at
grades nine through 12, and AlamoPrep
for students testing at eighth grade and
below, according to a presentation by Dr.
Lisa Alcorta, director of developmental
education and academic success, to the
board of trustees Aug. 13.
Along with the INRW course, devel-
opmental math will undergo changes
starting in summer 2014.
The Texas Success Initiative assess-
ment test will be administered to decide
who needs the developmental class.
Aug. 26, the TSI assessment replaced
Accuplacer, Texas Higher Education
Assessment, Compass and Asset tests.
“I am optimistic,” English Chair Mike
Burton said. “However, the wrinkle is
that every student who tests below a col-
lege level must take an English refresher
— “eight hours for students who test in
the upper level and 16 hours for students
who test in the lower level.”
Burton said the problem is most stu-
dents are unaware this is mandatory and
that they must take it a semester before
they enroll in the INRW class. Burton
said students come in ready to take the
INRW and must wait a semester to allow
them time to first take the refresher.
In the refresher, students will spend
eight to 16 hours in the English lab with
a full-time or adjunct professor. The
refresher is free and there is no textbook.
The TSI assessment test will place
students in the appropriate course or
refresher based on its results.
If students test at a college-level, they
will be able to enroll in ENGL 1301,
English Composition 1. Students scoring
between grades nine-12 will be required
to take the eight-hour refresher course.
The course will be offered Monday-
Thursday for two hours each day, or
Saturday with four hours in the morning
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Award-winning, ground-
breaking, record-setting actress
Rita Moreno will lecture as the
last event of Hispanic Heritage
Month at this college at 7 p.m.
Thursday in the auditorium of
McAllister Fine Arts Center.
A free screening of the 1961
film “West Side Story” starring
Moreno will be open to the
public at 7 p.m. Monday in
McAllister on the auditorium’s
new big screen.
Moreno’s career started
in her teen years when she
first appeared in “A Medal for
Benny” in 1945. She is best
known from her roles in the
Broadway and movie versions
of “West Side Story,” the PBS
children’s series “The Electric
Company” and the television
series “Oz.”
She is the first and only
Hispanic actress to receive an
Oscar, an Emmy, a Grammy, a
Golden Globe and a Tony.
She is the national spokes-
person for The Heart of
Diabetes, a program devel-
oped by the American Heart
Association. She travels nation-
wide educating audiences
about diabetes and its high risk
in the Hispanic population.
Diabetes became a big
issue for her when she lost
her mother and sister-in-law
to complications from Type 2
diabetes.
Moreno has been the face
for Hispanic heritage since she
became a household name.
Her roles have opened doors
for minorities and she has
proved time and again that her
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are speaking at Trinity University's
Distinguished Lecture Series.
The lecture is scheduled for 7:30
p.m. Oct. 29 in Laurie Auditorium.
The lecture is free but requires
a ticket for admission Tickets are
available 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-
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to rest along the stone walls.
Families stopped to pose for photos in front
of lowrider cars and enjoy treats sold by about 10
student clubs.
The evening ended with a free movie,
“Despicable Me 2,” in the Fiesta Room of Loftin
Student Center, drawing a crowd leaving standing
room only in a room designed for a maximum
capacity of 218 people.
SACtacular is the second block party this col-
lege has thrown.
The first celebrated the college’s 85th anniver-
sary in 201 land drew an estimated crowd of 800
to 1,000.
This year, SACtacular drew an estimated crowd
of 2,000, Martha Castro, learning resources secre-
tary, said Wednesday.
The event was open to the public in the mall and
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