PAC Student Media

By Yajaira Santillan Pulse Staff Reporter Texas Governor Greg Abbott, a Republican, signed the Campus Carry Bill on June 13, 2015. Texas is one of eight states that will soon allow concealed handguns on college campuses. The other seven states are Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Mississippi, Oregon, Utah and Wisconsin. This proposal has been discussed since Read more

By Angelica Avila Pulse Staff Reporter Palo Alto’s students recall the life-changing events caused by Hurricane Katrina in their hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, in 2005, that forced them to seek refuge and begin a new life in San Antonio. “We walked 30 minutes to the Super Dome and stood for three days waiting to Read more

By Jessica Martinez Pulse Staff Reporter Children of all ages are invited to check out Palo Alto College’s newly renovated Children’s Library located in Room 119 of the Ozuna Learning and Academic Center. “Our main thing is it’s all about family,” said Melissa Moya, Library Assistant III. Moya and the rest of the staff are Read more

By Adrienne Serbin Pulse Staff Reporter  San Antonio has the second worst air quality in the state behind Dallas-Fort Worth, according to a recent report by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Yes, San Antonio’s air quality is now worse than Houston’s. According to the National Institutes of Health, ground-level ozone occurs when sunlight reacts Read more

By Stephen Ratliff Pulse Staff Reporter San Antonio is a growing city in more ways than one. In 2012, San Antonio’s population had a 29 percent obesity rate, which is roughly 400,000 people who were overweight. San Antonio had the second-highest obesity rate in major U.S. cities, according to a Gallup report. Memphis is number Read more

By Victoria Uribe Pulse Staff Reporter A national survey by the American Psychological Association in 2013 found that the stress levels teens experience during the school year was higher than adult stress levels. These teens also admitted that they believed their stress levels to be unhealthy. So what is stress exactly? “Stress is a response Read more