Wednesday, October 5, 2022 – Volume 36 • Issue 7
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Deadline to register to vote approaching Register by Oct. 11 to vote in midterms editor-in-chief alexandra.hoben@my.tccd.edu
The deadline to register to vote in this year’s midterms is coming up and some TCC members are encouraging students to register while others believe it’s more important to be informed. To participate in the fall midterm elections, a person needs to register to vote by Oct. 11. There have been tables provided across the district that can help students fill out the paperwork necessary for the process, and on SE Campus they’re even planning a Voter Education Week during Oct. 3-7. “Throughout the month of September, Tarrant County Volunteer Deputy Registrars, Texas Rising and MOVE Texas programs have been on the SE Campus encouraging students to get registered to vote and educating them on voter registration and election deadlines,” SE Campus coordinator of student activities Veronica Guzman said. The voter education week will include activities such as meeting local officials, a mock election to show what submitting a ballot is like and a discussion of who will be on the ballot this year. Also, there will be tables available for students to register and learn about the voting process on SE. According to howto.vote, someone can register in-person or
mail a filled-out form to a local election office. If someone is unsure of whether they are registered, it’s possible to check their status through the Texas Secretary of State’s website after providing some information. South Campus instructor Carlos Rovelo explains the importance of voting to his class every day. “I’m very passionate about the future and when I present this topic to my students, it’s about your future. It’s not about mine, it’s about yours,” he said.
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It is a no-brainer to register to vote, but where there is no will and responsibility, we just take it for granted.
Carlos Rovelo
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ALEX HOBEN
South Campus instructor
Rovelo said he wants his students to realize the work it took to get America to the point where it’s easy to register and vote in elections. He also said it is important to realize that voting is starting a legacy that will continue for future generations. “What you do will change who follows, in the sense you
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don’t want your future generation to start where you are starting right now,” he said. “You want that the next generation will understand the implications of voting, the benefits of education, and because you provided the foundation, they don’t have to start where you began.” Rovelo also said that the district has been very proactive in its efforts to get students to register and he encourages them to make use of the easy way available. “It is a no-brainer to register to vote, but where there is no will and responsibility, we just take it for granted,” he said. Rovelo said everything regarding voting is for the betterment of the future and students should understand that it is up to them to vote on what they believe in. “You gotta vote,” he said. “You got to engage, and don’t vote out of fear because that doesn’t work either. You need to vote out of the conviction of what we need. We need more diversity. Most of the people that are elected to higher office don’t represent the issues of our population.” South Campus instructor Timothy Matyjewicz believes it’s more important that students are wellinformed and self-motivated to go
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NE theater prepares for prayer-filled production XAVIER BOATNER
campus editor xavier.boatner@my.tccd.edu
NE Campus theater crew will be telling the story of the battle of wills between a nun and priest in ‘60s America. NE drama playhouse’s production, “Doubt: A Parable,” will run Oct. 5-8 in the NFAB-1205 with performances at 7 p.m. each night and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m. Tickets are free for TCC students, faculty and staff, $3 for nonTCC students and senior citizens, and $6 for the general public. The cast spoke about the clash of ideals explored in the play and gave opinions on what side the audience would align with. “It’s a courtroom drama, so it’s very back and forth,” said NE
student and stagehand Austin Uselton. “All of the scenes can be taken in so many different ways. I’ve had fun talking with the cast about their thoughts on their character or their thought on this scene and all of them don’t ever completely match up.” The show is purposefully open-ended to allow the audience to have an opinion on the themes of the story and to encourage interpretation and discussion, Uselton said. “I see what people are talking about with each side,” he said. “In the story, the main takeaway and how you interpret it depends on if you think he did it or not.” NE student Cal Graham, who plays Sister James, said her takeaway from the story was that
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Instructor Stephanie Hawkins discusses the book “Vanguard” to students and faculty during the presentation.
Vanguard: How Black women broke equality barriers for all OLLA MOKHTAR
campus editor olla.mokhtar@my.tccd.edu
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NE students Cal Graham and Parker Pereira rehearse together for NE Campus play “Doubt: A Parable.” NW Fiesta NW Campus holds Hispanic cultural heritage event Page 3
“Fate: The Winx Saga” A Winx Club with no wings is unacceptable Page 4
SE Campus hosted an event Sept. 28 to recognize and commemorate the progression of voting and other rights for Black women before and after the 19th Amendment. TCC is one of 25 libraries and institutions in the U.S. to get the “Let’s Talk About It” women’s suffrage grant. This allowed the SE Judith J. Carrier Library to do book discussions for five different books in the form of a program sponsored by the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Road to women’s rights is hard Women all over are protesting the restriction of choice Page 5
“ Va n g u a r d : H o w B l a c k Women Broke Barriers, Won the Vote, and Insisted on Equality for All” by Martha S. Jones is the last of the books that the program addressed. It was led by assistant director of library services Tracy Robinson and public services librarian Anna Hithersay as well as various SE faculty from the history, government and English departments. The event started with a presentation by History instructor Stephanie Hawkins about the importance of women’s history and why people don’t focus more on it. Afterward, a drawing gave the audience an opportunity to win a free book from the series, including Vanguard.
Books should not be banned Banning books is dangerous to the freedom of speech Page 5
Robinson was one of the event’s organizers who believed it was important for students to learn about the history behind the book. “I hope they learn more about the long history of struggling for equal rights and equal representation,” Robinson said. “And it’s still not over. The book covers all the way up to the 2020 election and the work that [Georgia gubernatorial candidate] Stacey Abrams was doing to get people to vote and to make sure that they had the right to vote.” Robinson further explained how the fight for equal rights and representation is still ongoing. “There are laws put in place
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TCC Connect president TCC Connect president Carlos Morales shares roots Page 6