Author: Dominic Perez

Dominic Perez dperez@foghornnews.com With shorter lines and fewer system crashes this semester than in the past, registration, for most students, was relatively smooth. The shorter lines were attributed to the college’s efforts to get students to register early, through gift card giveaways, registration rallies and more. Lines were short, students were directed promptly to their designated advisers and photos for ID’s were all done in the Harvin Center, making the entire procedure convenient. The financial aid line was where students had their patience tested but even at that most students were content that this was the only place they had…

  The Foghorn News staff returned with 36 awards, including 12 for first place, from their annual state journalism conference in late March. More than 500 students from two- and four-year schools attended the Texas Intercollegiate Press Association conference in Dallas. “I think we did well. It was beneficial to everyone. They learned how to create better content for the Web and the paper,” said Foghorn News Editor-in-Chief Natalie Murphy. TIPA gives students the chance to compete against other journalism programs in both previously published and live contests, where they face off against their peers from other schools, regardless of…