WAC officially announces expansion involving SFA Athletics starting in July SFA will join the WAC on July 1. (Source: KTRE) By Caleb Beames | January 14, 2021 at 11:18 AM CST - Updated January 14 at 10:50 PM
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRE) - The worst-kept secret in college sports the past month was made official Thursday morning in Houston.
The Western Athletic Conference officially announced the addition of Stephen F. Austin, Sam Houston State, Lamar University and Abilene Christian University to the league. The move will take SFA away from the Southland Conference, ending a membership of 33 years.
The change of membership for the “Texas 4″ will take place on July 1 of this summer. That is a year earlier than what was first reported back in December when SFA president Scott Gordon entered negotiations with the WAC for a conference-change taking place in July 2022.
Rio Grande Valley political expert weighs in on Trumpâs second impeachment
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The following is a Q&A with KRGV Reporter Tony Velasquez Jr. and Dr. Andrew Smith, a political science professor at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
TVJ: The House of Representatives made history today by impeaching Donald Trump a second time, what is your take on that?
AS: The events of last Wednesday were inevitable and I don t think the House had any choice but to to do this.
Some secrets hide in plain sight.
We often hear that higher ed’s financial challenges lie primarily in cuts in per capita state aid and increases in:
Fixed costs (for salaries, benefits, maintenance and operations, and technology).
Expenditures on expensive emerging and growing fields of study (e.g., animation, gaming and new media, artificial intelligence, computer science, computational social science, data analytics and informatics, financial technology, human-computer interaction, machine learning, neuroscience, and sustainability).
Administrative and student support and student life expenditures.
Standards of care (the heightened expectations for facilities and services).
There’s obvious truth to this explanation. But there’s also reason to think that this explanation is partial, misleading and disingenuous.
Rio Grande Valley residents react to President Trump’s scheduled visit
The City of McAllen issues statement on President Trump’s visit
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Donna resident Rolando Vargas hopes tomorrow will play out peacefully.
“I hope that there’s nothing repeated from last week that happens tomorrow,” Vargas said.
The Mayor of McAllen released the following statement:
“It is not within my authority as mayor of the city of McAllen or the authority of the City of McAllen government to prevent President Trump from coming to our city. I understand that emotions are high on both sides, for or against, that they are peaceful with respect to our law enforcement personnel.”