TAMUK in the News, 12-1-06

The Dallas Morning News and WFAA-TV note that Texas A&M-Kingsville has had one of the lowest rates of tuition increases in the state in a story at http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/
dws/news/texassouthwest/legislature/stories/DN-tomorrowfund_23tex.ART.North.Edition1.3ea5ee9.html.

The Caller-Times interviewed financial aid staff at area universities, include A&M-Kingsville’s assistant director of financial aid Felipe Leal, for a story on a national study showing that parents don’t always know what they need to do to adequately plan for the cost of their children’s college education. The link is http://www.caller.com/ccct/
local_news/article/0,1641,CCCT_811_5172595,00.html.

The Austin American-Statesman reports that, in spite of common perceptions, bobcats can and do catch, kill and eat mature whitetail deer, said Mike Tewes, a professor and feline research expert at the Caesar Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M-Kingsville. The article is found at http://www.statesman.com/sports/
content/sports/stories/outdoors/11/19/19bobcat.html.

The Victoria Advocate has a story that includes information on Dr. Venkatesh Uddameri, a water expert at Texas A&M University-Kingsville, and his plans to obtain scientific data that will help the Victoria County Groundwater Conservation District form rules on county well spacing and production. The story is at http://www.thevictoriaadvocate.com/428/story/11842.html.

Coach Richard Cundiff’s stellar tenure with the Javelina football program is profiled as he exits the position of head coach in a Caller-Times article at http://www.caller.com/ccct/
javelinas/article/0,1641,CCCT_11577_5151113,00.html.

Javelina head football coaching candidates Robert Rubel and Keith Baxter’s meetings with the public were covered in:
the Caller-Times at http://www.caller.com/ccct/
javelinas/article/0,1641,CCCT_11577_5174938,00.html & http://www.caller.com/ccct/
javelinas/article/0,1641,CCCT_11577_5179977,00.html; the San Antonio Express-News at http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/
stories/MYSA112206.10C.FBCkingsville.coach.305be90.html & http://www.mysanantonio.com/sports/
stories/MYSA113006.03C.LOCarea.report.2d361b3.html;
on KRIS-TV at http://www.kristv.com/global/story.asp?s=5736093; and, the Houston Chronicle at http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/fb/fbc/4355716.html;

It’s been 80 years since the Javelina basketball team was undefeated after the first five games, and a story in the Caller-Times at http://www.caller.com/ccct/
javelinas/article/0,1641,CCCT_11577_5182731,00.html celebrates the 2006-07 squad’s current 5-0 record