Tuesday, June 20, 2006
one of the good things watts has done
http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/ebriefs/04/04061004.pdf
Friday, June 16, 2006
Political Pulse: Garcia sees Democrats as Davids poised to slay GOP Goliaths this fall.
Wednesday, June 14, 2006
ccisd the original nanotechnology-solomon coles where are you?
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DEL MAR COLLEGE. Del Mar College, originally named Corpus Christi Junior College, was established in 1935 under control of the board of trustees of the Corpus Christi Independent School District, although the junior college district and the CCISD taxes were collected separately. The superintendent of the school district, E. H. Hereford, also served as president of the junior college. The school's name was changed in 1948 to Del Mar College, and in 1951 the college became an independent political subdivision, legally the Corpus Christi Junior College District, governed by a locally elected board of regents. In 1946 Del Mar College won accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In 1936 the institution had 154 students who attended evening classes at Roy Miller High School. A faculty of ten, four of whom had doctoral degrees, offered courses in business administration, education, English, foreign languages, mathematics, natural sciences, history, and government. In February 1942 the college moved to its East Campus on Baldwin Avenue, and a West Campus was opened in 1957 when additional land was acquired on Old Brownsville Road. Separate classes for black students were begun in 1948 on the campus of Solomon Coles High School and continued until the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, when the East Campus was integrated.
Though it was conceived as a liberal arts junior college, Del Mar became a two-year comprehensive community college. It offers an associate in arts or science degree for students completing a university-transfer course plan, an associate in applied science degree for those who complete a two-year technical-occupational degree plan, and a certificate for completion of a one-year occupational program. The college's full-time student body grew from the original 154 to 4,125 in 1969, 8,927 in 1986, and 9,941 in the fall of 2000. The college budget was $28,000 in 1937. In 1969 it was $4,504,487 and in 1986, $27,648,220. The faculty increased from the initial ten to 572 in 1999. Terry L. Dicianna was president of the college in 1998.
When founded in 1935 Del Mar was intended to provide an opportunity for students affected by the Great Depressionqv to begin their college careers inexpensively. After World War IIqv the mission was broadened to provide vocational and technical training, and the college's name was changed to signal that the school was no longer a junior college in the traditional sense. In the decade of the 1960s the college also began to offer remedial courses to prepare students for entry into college-level programs. The college was also the birthplace of the Texas Jazz Festival, the Corpus Christi Symphony, and the Corpus Christi Chorale.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Nueces County Historical Society, History of Nueces County (Austin: Jenkins, 1972).
Richard Moore and Nancy H. Bowen
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/kcd2.html (accessed June 14, 2006). (NOTE: "s.v." stands for sub verbo, "under the word.")
The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu).
Copyright ©, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002Last Updated: March 20, 2002 Please send us your comments.
DEL MAR COLLEGE. Del Mar College, originally named Corpus Christi Junior College, was established in 1935 under control of the board of trustees of the Corpus Christi Independent School District, although the junior college district and the CCISD taxes were collected separately. The superintendent of the school district, E. H. Hereford, also served as president of the junior college. The school's name was changed in 1948 to Del Mar College, and in 1951 the college became an independent political subdivision, legally the Corpus Christi Junior College District, governed by a locally elected board of regents. In 1946 Del Mar College won accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
In 1936 the institution had 154 students who attended evening classes at Roy Miller High School. A faculty of ten, four of whom had doctoral degrees, offered courses in business administration, education, English, foreign languages, mathematics, natural sciences, history, and government. In February 1942 the college moved to its East Campus on Baldwin Avenue, and a West Campus was opened in 1957 when additional land was acquired on Old Brownsville Road. Separate classes for black students were begun in 1948 on the campus of Solomon Coles High School and continued until the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka decision, when the East Campus was integrated.
Though it was conceived as a liberal arts junior college, Del Mar became a two-year comprehensive community college. It offers an associate in arts or science degree for students completing a university-transfer course plan, an associate in applied science degree for those who complete a two-year technical-occupational degree plan, and a certificate for completion of a one-year occupational program. The college's full-time student body grew from the original 154 to 4,125 in 1969, 8,927 in 1986, and 9,941 in the fall of 2000. The college budget was $28,000 in 1937. In 1969 it was $4,504,487 and in 1986, $27,648,220. The faculty increased from the initial ten to 572 in 1999. Terry L. Dicianna was president of the college in 1998.
When founded in 1935 Del Mar was intended to provide an opportunity for students affected by the Great Depressionqv to begin their college careers inexpensively. After World War IIqv the mission was broadened to provide vocational and technical training, and the college's name was changed to signal that the school was no longer a junior college in the traditional sense. In the decade of the 1960s the college also began to offer remedial courses to prepare students for entry into college-level programs. The college was also the birthplace of the Texas Jazz Festival, the Corpus Christi Symphony, and the Corpus Christi Chorale.
BIBLIOGRAPHY: Nueces County Historical Society, History of Nueces County (Austin: Jenkins, 1972).
Richard Moore and Nancy H. Bowen
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.
Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "," http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/kcd2.html (accessed June 14, 2006). (NOTE: "s.v." stands for sub verbo, "under the word.")
The Handbook of Texas Online is a joint project of The General Libraries at the University of Texas at Austin (http://www.lib.utexas.edu) and the Texas State Historical Association (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu).
Copyright ©, The Texas State Historical Association, 1997-2002Last Updated: March 20, 2002 Please send us your comments.
Monday, June 12, 2006
forty years late
http://www.nuecesdemocrats.org/2006Res12USSLiberty.html
Public Investigation of USS Liberty Incident
WHEREAS, ON June 8, 1967 while steaming in international waters off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked without warning; and,WHEREAS, the attack on the USS Liberty resulted in the death of 34 and wounding of 175 of the personnel attached to the USS Liberty; and,WHEREAS, according to the Congressional Research Service the United States government has never conducted an investigation of the attack on the USS Liberty; and, WHEREAS, on June 8, 2005 the crew of the USS Liberty filed a “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” with the Department of Defense; and,WHEREAS, Department of Defense Directive 5100.77 requires the Department of Defense to conduct a thorough investigation of the allegations contained in the report filed by the crew of the USS Liberty; now therefore,BE IT RESOLVED, that the Department of Defense immediately initiate a complete and comprehensive public investigation to properly resolve the issues contained in the “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” as filed by the crew of the USS Liberty.
Public Investigation of USS Liberty Incident
WHEREAS, ON June 8, 1967 while steaming in international waters off the coast of the Sinai Peninsula the USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was attacked without warning; and,WHEREAS, the attack on the USS Liberty resulted in the death of 34 and wounding of 175 of the personnel attached to the USS Liberty; and,WHEREAS, according to the Congressional Research Service the United States government has never conducted an investigation of the attack on the USS Liberty; and, WHEREAS, on June 8, 2005 the crew of the USS Liberty filed a “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” with the Department of Defense; and,WHEREAS, Department of Defense Directive 5100.77 requires the Department of Defense to conduct a thorough investigation of the allegations contained in the report filed by the crew of the USS Liberty; now therefore,BE IT RESOLVED, that the Department of Defense immediately initiate a complete and comprehensive public investigation to properly resolve the issues contained in the “Report of War Crimes Committed Against the United States Military, June 8, 1967” as filed by the crew of the USS Liberty.
Sunday, June 04, 2006
EL Defenzor.net: Why not call it the Cinco De Mayo Buc Days
Saturday, June 03, 2006
Am I right side up or upside down?
Crazy, how it, feels tonight.
Crazy, how you, make it all alright love.
You crush me, with the, things you do,
I do, for you, anything too oh.
Sitting, smoking, feeling high.
And in this, moment, ah, it feels so right.
Lovely lady, I am at your feet, oh, God I want you so badly.
And I wonder this could tomorrow be so wondrous as you there sleeping.
Lets go, drive til, the morning comes.
And watch the, sunrise, and fill our souls up.
Well drink some, wine til, we get drunk, yes...
Its crazy, Im thinking, just knowing that the world is round.
Im here Im dancing on the ground.
Am I right side up or upside down, and is this real, or am I dreaming?
Lovely lady, let me drink you, please, I wont spill a, drop no, I promise you.
Lying under this spell you cast on me.
Each moment the more, i, love, you. crush me, come on. oh, yes.
Its crazy Im thinking, just knowing that the world is round.
Im here Im dancing on the ground.
Am I right side up or upside down?
Is this real, oh lord, or am I dreaming?
Lovely lady, I will treat you sweetly, adore you, I mean, you crush me.
Oh its times like these when my faith I feel.
I know, how, i, love, you. come on, come on, baby.
Its crazy, Im thinking just as long as youre around.
Im here Ill be dancing on the ground.
Am I right side up or upside down?
To each other, well be facing.
My love, my love, well beat back the pain weve found.
You know, I mean to tell you all the things Ive been thinking, deep inside my
Friend.
With each moment the more I love you. crush me, come on, baby.
So much you have, given love, that I would give you back again and again.
Oh, the love, many now hold you but please, please, just let me, always
Crazy, how you, make it all alright love.
You crush me, with the, things you do,
I do, for you, anything too oh.
Sitting, smoking, feeling high.
And in this, moment, ah, it feels so right.
Lovely lady, I am at your feet, oh, God I want you so badly.
And I wonder this could tomorrow be so wondrous as you there sleeping.
Lets go, drive til, the morning comes.
And watch the, sunrise, and fill our souls up.
Well drink some, wine til, we get drunk, yes...
Its crazy, Im thinking, just knowing that the world is round.
Im here Im dancing on the ground.
Am I right side up or upside down, and is this real, or am I dreaming?
Lovely lady, let me drink you, please, I wont spill a, drop no, I promise you.
Lying under this spell you cast on me.
Each moment the more, i, love, you. crush me, come on. oh, yes.
Its crazy Im thinking, just knowing that the world is round.
Im here Im dancing on the ground.
Am I right side up or upside down?
Is this real, oh lord, or am I dreaming?
Lovely lady, I will treat you sweetly, adore you, I mean, you crush me.
Oh its times like these when my faith I feel.
I know, how, i, love, you. come on, come on, baby.
Its crazy, Im thinking just as long as youre around.
Im here Ill be dancing on the ground.
Am I right side up or upside down?
To each other, well be facing.
My love, my love, well beat back the pain weve found.
You know, I mean to tell you all the things Ive been thinking, deep inside my
Friend.
With each moment the more I love you. crush me, come on, baby.
So much you have, given love, that I would give you back again and again.
Oh, the love, many now hold you but please, please, just let me, always
