Record Run

Aaron Harris new SWC TD, rushing champ

By Chloe Branch

Flashback 23 years ago to 1986 when Danny Holmes broke the Southwestern College single season rushing record with 1,024 yards. That record was untouchable…then came Aaron Harris. Harris shattered the 23-year-old record this season with 1,169 yards on 200 carries.

No 'love' for tennis teams

By Sean Campbell

Tennis anyone? Not at Southwestern College. Budget cuts are being blamed for the shut down of SWC's men's and women's tennis teams, the first college program of any type to be completely eliminated. Both men's and women's tennis coaches told their players the season was off last summer.

Somali immigrant now an American phenom

By Jose Guzman

Dahir Mohamed runs for fun. He used to run to stay alive. Running cross-country at Southwestern College is easy compared to the running he had to do as a child in poverty-stricken Egypt and war-torn Somalia. The only guns to worry about now are the starter pistols.

Athletics has a new voice in the SWC ASO

By Joshua Saposnekoo

Karen Rodriguez said she is ready to take the field and be an impact player. Not bad for a political science major who is not a member of an athletic team. Rodriguez is the newly-appointed ASO senator representing the School of Health Exercise, Science and Sports.

Fun-loving coach never goes nuclear on players

By Edward Gutierrez

Norm Houlahan used to point nuclear weapons at the Soviet Union. Now he helps the Southwestern College football team aim some bombs down the field. He said he much prefers the latter. Houlahan is an assistant football coach at SWC, a job he never saw on his radar screen when he was a naval machinist.