Jun 01 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It was 3:18 a.m. Wednesday when I heard the press run the mid-week issue’s B section – one part of our special edition dedicated to the San Benito Lady ’Hounds’ trailblazing, history-making, awe-inspiring bid for a state championship. Exhausted after editing, naming and laying out nearly 1,000 senior photos …
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May 25 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com The events that transpired in San Benito this week exhibited the best and the worst of what this community has to offer. It appeared as though one day we were all jumping for joy in celebration of another appearance of the San Benito Lady ’Hounds in the Elite Eight …
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May 17 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com High school sports in the Rio Grande Valley, or anywhere, really, can be an unfortunate business. Some of the more despicable acts include coaches who taunt players and unruly fans who decide that the best way to express themselves is by lashing out, and sometimes even rioting. The line …
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May 17 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com I should be at my sister’s ballet recital right now, but instead I am still at the office. There is dead silence here. You could probably hear a pin drop (or my stomach growling). Little by little, updates are trickling in from the Lady ’Hounds’ regional semi-final matchup …
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May 03 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com I try to make my telephone conversations and meetings with public servants, elected officials, business professionals and trusted sources as enjoyable and comfortable an interview as possible. Understand that given the somewhat negative connotation associated with the media, news reporters often find it difficult getting certain folks to open …
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Apr 27 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com When I was 18, my top priority was getting a part-time job so I could save up enough money to purchase the entire Led Zeppelin, Beatles and U2 discographies. This was life. Nothing interrupted me from obtaining this goal. And so after graduating from San Benito High School (Class …
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Apr 27 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com “And you’re as smooth as Tennessee Whiskey, you’re as sweet as strawberry wine, you’re as warm as a glass of brandy, and I stay stoned on your love all the time…” croons George Jones, on my iPod, as my dad and I drink cheap beer. When George Jones …
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Apr 19 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com It was hours before I got any real work done on Friday. Every time I tried to focus, I heard another update in the manhunt for Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, one of two suspects in the Boston Marathon bombings. I even started my day learning about what had transpired just hours …
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Apr 19 2013
By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ Staff Writer reporter@sbnewspaper.com “I read the news today, oh boy… ” The famous opening line from The Beatles classic, “A Day In The Day” echoes the sentiments I have felt almost every day this week, the sentiments I feel at this moment as I watch my Twitter feed flow with updates …
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Apr 12 2013
By MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ Managing Editor editor@sbnewspaper.com Have you ever seen “The Paper?” The 1994 film stars Michael Keaton as Henry Hackett, the city editor for a New York City tabloid, Glenn Close as Alicia Clark, the paper’s managing editor, and Randy Quaid as Michael McDougal, a reporter and columnist. There’s this great scene at the …
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