Voter rights in jeopardy due to gerrymandering

Professor Adrian Clark speaks about threats to minorities Minority voter rights are under threat, especially in Texas’ 27th Congressional District, according to Del Mar College government professor Adrian Clark, Ph.D. Clark, who kicked off Del Mar’s Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations with a Sept. 17 presentation in the White Library, said one of the leading causes of this is gerrymandering, which is altering the boundaries of an electoral constituency to favor one political party. Clark said the 27th District from 1982-2010 was represented by Solomon Ortiz and Solomon Ortiz Jr., both Democrats. In 2010, Republican Blake Farenthold won 48 percent of…

Sleeping with Strangers

Hypnotically good times for cheap  As I lay on a stranger’s white leather couch, preparing to be hypnotized by a man I met less than two hours earlier, I couldn’t help but wonder how I ended up in this situation. It all started when I was speaking to a friend who loves to travel but is always broke. Inspired by this I had what some would call a dumb idea. What if I could spend an entire weekend in another city on a budget of just $60? After little to no thought I decided to vist San Antonio. So for…