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To Tip or Not To Tip: That is the Question

April 14, 2025 The Patriot Talon

By MARIA VALASQUEZ/Contributor Tipping culture has gone beyond traditional means within service industries, sparking debate among consumers about where and when gratuity is important. “I feel like tipping is really important because that is where [Read More…]

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Luka Dončić Joins the Lakers in Blockbuster Trade with Mavericks

February 11, 2025 Danny Mogle

By ZACHARIAH AMBERCRUMBIA/Contributor In a stunning move that has shaken up the NBA, the Los Angeles Lakers have completed a high-profile trade with the Dallas Mavericks, acquiring Luka Dončić in exchange for Anthony Davis. This [Read More…]

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I Will Not Be Re-Downloading TikTok

January 31, 2025 Larry Bonilla

By LARRY BONILLA/Copy-Editor The TikTok app was unavailable the late evening of Jan. 18. This was only a few hours before the nationwide ban on Jan. 19, yet the app was down early. For the [Read More…]

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The Rangers Flopped but Baseball in October Is Still Must-See TV

September 30, 2024 The Patriot Talon

By CASEY EHLER/Contributor Editor’s note: As of Sept 30, 2024, the Texas Ranger did not make the 2024 playoffs. As I am writing this, the odds the Texas Rangers will make a spot in the [Read More…]

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Concord: Historic Failure for Sony

September 19, 2024 Jim Rasberry

By JIM RASBERRY/Staff Writer Sony faces a historic failure as its new hero shooter is pulled from stores.  In possibly a major setback for the gaming industry, the new hero shooter Concord was pulled from [Read More…]

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Gen-X Jim Presents: I am Jim, of The House Hellmann’s, First of My Name

July 23, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer   I grew up in West Texas during the ’70s and ’80s, dirt poor, living in a trailer park. Don’t misunderstand the statement. That’s not to solicit pity of any kind. Sure, [Read More…]

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Gen-X Jim Presents: Does “Road House” (2024) suck?

April 22, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer First of all, I am shockingly Gen-X. I am a rolled jeans, Converse hi-tops, business in the front, party in the back member of the “Why Bother” generation. I could ignore a [Read More…]

City/State

Gen-X Jim Presents: How To Be A Rattlesnake Wrangler – American Edition

April 18, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer I was reading a story online earlier today. It was one of those “clickbait” pieces of entertainment fluff, designed not so much to inform as to shock. The story took place [Read More…]

Campus News

Gen-X Jim presents: Shut Up! My Song Is On…

April 15, 2024 GenX Jim

By JIM CLAYTON/Staff Writer How are ya, folks? Hopefully, life isn’t slapping at you like a Becky with a purse dog walking through a spider web. To anyone out there named Becky, don’t get upset. It’s [Read More…]

Campus News

Are Tattoos unprofessional?

April 8, 2024 Noah Tew

By MACY MAXWELL/Contributor Do tattoos have an effect on professionalism in the workplace? Michael T. French of the University of Miami and his colleagues surveyed more than 2,000 people in the United States. They found [Read More…]

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