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Portrait of Fidel Tafolla

The original handwritten manuscript was written in Spanish by the Reverend Santiago Tafolla at the age of 71. Tafolla was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico under Mexican rule; traveled widely in the US; and served in the Texas Indian Wars and the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The memoir offers a rare look at 19th century Texas from the Tejano perspective and is the only known memoir of a Mexican American who served in the Civil War. Tafolla's great-granddaughters Carmen and Laura Tafolla transcribed, translated, and edited the memoir, which was ultimately published as A Life Crossing Borders: Memoir of a Mexican-American Civil War Soldier, by Arté Público Press in 2009.

Cover story on Action staff.

Additional machine-extracted names mentioned in this issue: Jud Ashmore, Gil Barrera, Toby Beau, George Chambers, Hoover Clyde, Hondo Crouch, Satin Doll, Jay Dominguez, Augie Finger, Kent Finlay, Centuty Fox, Van Halen, Pam Hill, Sam Lewis, Hector Martinez, Billy Mata, Elizabeth McLlhaney, Augie Meyers, Jack Mikulenka, Frank Monfrey, Cathy Morgan, Willie Nelson, Olly Otten, San Pedro, Jimmy Peters, Aubrey Selden, Joe Thomas, Billy Walker.

Cover story on Sammy Hagar

Clarence Schultz, sociology professor, shares his memories of coming to SWTSTC as an undergraduate student in the post-WWII era. Along with describing married student housing and the college's home economics program, he talks about the City of San Marcos and its businesses. He explains the class registration process and how he came to work in the university's Department of Economics and Sociology, which he joined in 1965. Mr. Schultz outlines how the Department of Sociology has evolved throughout the decades. He spends time reflecting on the university's presidents, the university's past as a teacher's college, Sewell Park's water pageants, certain faculty members like Prof. Green , Dr. James Taylor, and Dr. John Flowers, assorted student societies, and the men's faculty club.