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Local historian highlights importance of heritage
Nestled between the intersection of Guadalupe Street and Martin Luther King Drive is the historic neighborhood of Dunbar, a largely African-American residential area that has shaped San Marcos for more than a century.
The streets of Dunbar are lined with historical landmarks and sites from the early twentieth century, and are still home to many residents who have grown up with the neighborhood.
ADD drug prescription second-most written from Health Center
Medical professionals hope for proper use of a popular pill they say could make or break a college career for a student with Attention Deficit Disorder.
Adderall — a stimulant prescribed for ADD, which affects about 13 percent of teenagers — is the second most common prescription written for students by on-campus medical providers, according to records obtained from the Student Health Center. Adderall, a mixture of amphetamines, was prescribed 4,330 different times for students between June 1, 2009 and Nov. 11, 2011, according to the records.
Dr. Emilio Carranco, director of the Student Health Center, said raw numbers can sometimes be misleading. This is because some medications such as Adderall must be prescribed each month, resulting in 12 different prescriptions each year for the same student.
Shopping center collects city incentives
A San Marcos shopping center is expected to continue receiving monetary incentives from the city in accordance with the rise of consumer interest in the area.
StoneCreek Crossing is a shopping center consisting of stores such as Target, JCPenney and Academy Sports and Outdoors located north of the Prime and Tanger Outlet Malls. The JCPenney, Bealls and Target shops opened in March 2009 with the addition of Academy Sports and Outdoors in November of the same year.
Direct Development owns the approximately 450,000 square foot shopping center located on 113 acres. The city approved an agreement with the shopping center in 2007. City officials will reimburse StoneCreek Crossing developers based on additional local sales taxes generated by the area.
Master plan calls for additional dorms, parking
Texas State officials are pressed for space and are concentrating on building upon land the university already has as programs grow and enrollment increases.
The 2005 through 2015 university master plan advised the university to employ land already owned by demolishing current buildings to build more efficient ones instead of calling for the acquisition of more land.
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