Basketball
Eastfield loses in national championship
Eastfield (26-4, 10-2 in Region V) was ranked # 5 in the final national poll. Brookdale (30-1, 18-0 in the Region XIX) was ranked #1. […]
Month: March 2013
News
Eastfield President Jean Conway has released a statement on the deaths of two students
Eastfield President Jean Conway has released a statement on the deaths of two students with Eastfield ties […]
Basketball
Harvesters say they’re ready for semifinal showdown
The Eastfield Harvesters have spent the last day and a half preparing for their NJCAA Division III semifinal game against MassBay (Mass.) Community College. After learning they would play the Buccaneers, the Harvesters began scheming for MassBay’s zone defense. […]
News
Eastfield mourns deaths of current, former student
The Eastfield College community was in shock Thursday after learning that two siblings with ties to the college had been killed in their Mesquite home.
Alejandro Vazquez, 18, who is a first-year Eastfield student, and his sister Pauline Vazquez, 21, a UNT student who previously attended Eastfield and was home for spring break, were among the four people shot in an apparent murder-suicide Wednesday on Paintbrush Street. […]
Basketball
Harvesters prep for opener despite missing practice time
Eastfield, planned on practicing at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Sullivan County Community College and had set up the team’s day around that time. However, on the ride to practice, the team was informed that the practice time had been moved up to 10, so they would only have ten minutes to practice. By the time they got to the school, it was too late to get in any practice time. […]
Basketball
Love’s 3-pointer helps Harvesters win in overtime
It’s on to the national semifinals for the Eastfield Harvesters, who rallied from a 12-point first half deficit to win their opening game at the NJCAA Division III national tournament Thursday in Loch Sheldrake, N.Y. […]
News
Panel discusses preparing student athletes for life
Young athletes often don’t know what they’re going to do once their sports careers are over. […]
News
Web editor discusses social media marketing
A woman pulls out her camera and takes a photo of her dinner. She uploads the photo to Instagram, follows the restaurant on Twitter and likes it on Facebook, all in a matter of minutes. […]
News
Genetics lab combines biology, forensics
Professor Danita Bradshaw-Ward worked with DNA sequencing and strands in newborn babies at Baylor Medical Center in Dallas for several years before coming to Eastfield to teach biology, anatomy and genetics. […]
News
Star Party brings out the astronomer in students, staff
In 1610, Galileo gazed into the abyss of the night skies through his telescope. He observed stars, the moon and even Jupiter and its four moons. […]
Opinion
Thank you, but no thank you; I’ll raise my child how I please
When my daughter was born, I wasn’t prepared for all the changes that followed.
You have to be able to take a lot when you’re a new mom, and that includes knowing what advice to accept from others. […]
Opinion
Music addiction requires restraint
I am a music addict. I love my addiction for the pleasure it brings, yet I hate it for how much of my time it consumes. […]
Opinion
Women can thrive outside society’s box
The role of a woman is often defined in black and white terms: She is either a timid, subservient, anti-feminist housewife or a bra-burning, man-hating radical feminist. […]
Opinion
Gun proposals will not protect Americans
Due to recent tragedies such as the Sandy Hook school shooting and Jared Loughner’s assassination attempt on Arizona Sen. Gabrielle Gifford, our government is attempting to implement new restrictions on the purchase of guns. […]
Opinion
‘Act your race’ comments just perpetuate ignorance
Some dramatic changes regarding the perception of race and ethnicity. While public discrimination and prejudice have not disappeared, our nation no longer considers them socially acceptable.
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Basketball
Harvesters shoot for three more wins, national title
Even before the season began, back in October when they were only scrimmaging each other, the basketball team focused on one thing: a trip to New York. […]
Basketball
Captain hopes to harvest championship
When he came to Eastfield in the fall of 2010, Brock Hunter wasn’t sure if he would ever play the game he loved again.
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Basketball
New York: Day 1
Today was a long day of traveling, but we finally made it to New York. As sports editor of The Et Cetera, I feel fortunate to have this opportunity to cover the Eastfield Harvesters as they play for the national championship, and I’ll be giving daily updates throughout the week. […]
Basketball
Eastfield wins big, sets sights on national championship
Captain Brock Hunter (pictured above) scored 27 points and added 12 rebounds to lead the Harvesters in the win. Hunter said Eastfield won’t be satisfied until they win the national title. […]
Life & Arts
‘They Breathe’ is a fresh breath of air
Developed by Swedish indie game studio The Working Parts and originally released on the Xbox Live Indie Games marketplace on Dec. 6, 2011, […]
Life & Arts
Band of brothers: Musicians find creativity through diversity
Even before they were teenagers, Kevin “K.J.” Gray and his younger brother Kwinton knew they wanted to become a part of the music industry. […]
Life & Arts
Helping horses, healing hearts: Rescue group unites horses, people with special needs
By Ginny Morris Death was written all over the skinny horse. Every bone stood out on her emaciated body. Her ragged yellow coat was covered with grime and dust. Her hair was thin — a scanty […]