26 Feb 2014
Posted by etcetera By Billy Dennis From Michael Moore to Glenn Beck, people on both sides of the political spectrum have hailed National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden as a whistleblower and a hero. But make no mistake about it, Snowden is a traitor and a coward, and as such, deserves to be tried as a spy. Let’s...
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By Kevin Cushingberry, Editor in Chief The Eastfield Harvesters baseball team is off to a hot start. They’ve won their first 11 games, including nine against Division I opponents. In those games, they’ve scored 87 runs, and compiled a team batting average of .331, leading the nation in both categories. Sophomores...
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Game 1: Eastfield vs. Brookhaven Freshman guard Tevin Corprew scored 27 points to lead the Harvesters to a 92-75 victory over No. 3 seed Brookhaven on Thursday. The win avenged a 3-point loss Eastfield suffered at the hands of the Bears just three weeks before. The win, against the only team other...
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By Morgan Corley Dieting is something of an obsession for Americans. We cannot stop talking about the newest and best ways to shed pounds and keep them off. Three diets gaining popularity are the ketogenic diet, the paleolithic diet and juicing. They all have their own unique attributes, and all three...
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Posted by etcetera By Caitlin Piper By all means, “The Bag Man” should be an excellent movie. Promising equal doses of action and drama, it features several big-name stars such as John Cusack, Robert De Niro and Crispin Glover. However, its star-studded cast and interesting premise are weighed down by a lackluster,...
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By David Ramirez Many high school students believe college is out of reach, due to financial challenges. Eastfield’s Rising Star program can provide a student with up to $4,000 in scholarship money to cover books and tuition for three academic years. “We usually get over 1,000 applicants...
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By Emma Hahn One man was wrongly convicted of murder. Another grew up with bad influences and negative racial profiling. A third said he had to work twice as hard as a white man to get where he is today. Despite all of these things, they sat at the same table in suits and ties, ready to share...
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By Anahi Perez The Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education had a huge impact on the African American family, political science professor Stacey Jurhree said during a Black History Month lecture on Feb. 5. Frustrated with a separate, but unequal school system, Oliver Brown of Topeka,...
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Posted by etcetera By Billy Dennis While their dreams were being deferred at home, their draft cards were certainly not. Black Americans were being asked to serve and die in Vietnam for a country that was still treating them as second-class citizens. For Black History Month, history professor Matt Hinckley gave a lecture...
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Posted by etcetera By Karina Dunn Changes are coming to the core curriculum. The minimum number of hours needed to complete the core will drop from 46 to 42 this fall, pending approval by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Requirements to complete an associate’s degree will also decrease from a maximum...
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By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor in Chief Ricardo Artis had never played on a winning team. In fact, he hadn’t played a single playoff game in his life. The freshman forward signed with Eastfield six months ago in hopes of finally being a winner. Now, he can say he made the right decision. Artis...
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By Justin David Tate The college’s academic divisions will undergo their first makeover in seven years this fall. Three reorganization options are currently under consideration by Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Success Michael Gutierrez, who said he hopes to make a decision by the end of this...
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By Robert Burns Justin Flores’ hands dance over the black and ivory keys as he plays the piano, filling the room with music. The mood is lighthearted as Flores and classmate Julia Chin settle in to practice for their juries — the equivalent of finals for most classes. The difference is they...
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The gay marriage fight has come to Texas. After the marriage rights of two same-sex couples were revoked upon moving to Texas, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio must decide whether the statewide ban on gay marriage should be temporarily blocked. While similar lawsuits have been filed...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
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By Billy Dennis The new Texas voter ID law has sent officials, professors and students scrambling in an effort to comply before the upcoming elections in May and November. Some see the current Texas Voter ID law as nothing more than partisan politics – a way to suppress the Democratic vote. “It...
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By Billy Dennis An 18-year-old Eastfield College student was shot in the face on Jan. 8 as she left work near North Mesquite Drive and Towne Center Boulevard. Marisol Bucio, a North Mesquite High School graduate, was taken to a local hospital where she underwent surgery to remove the bullet that...
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Posted by etcetera By Justin David Tate The college has taken its recycling into its own hands, and could save as much as $4,000 a year in the process. When Waste Management terminated its recycling services with the Dallas County Community College District last month, Eastfield Director of Facilities Michael Brantley...
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By Justin David Tate Charter faculty member and chemistry professor Jerry McMahon died unexpectedly last week. McMahon’s death left a hole in the Science and Physical Education division, where he befriended veteran professors and helped mentor young instructors. When Sal Frisella arrived in 2002,...
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By Gereneicia Foster Teenagers are calling it Kush, Mary Jane, grass, green, bud, green monster, Bob Marley, wacky tabacky, hemp and chronic. The popular plant has gained a multitude of nicknames over the years, but it’s simply known as marijuana. Currently, it is provided medicinally in 21 states...
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By Morgan Corley When you’re a student, your diet is one of the easiest things to ignore. Grabbing a bag of chips and a soda between classes is way easier than packing your own snacks. Unfortunately, this is a poor dietary choice. You need to take care of yourself during your college years,...
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By Caitlin Piper ‘Two Brothers’ forced me to ask myself a lot of questions. What is the true nature of life and death? What is the meaning of color? How do we comprehend that which we cannot explain? Unfortunately, the questions didn’t stop there. Over the course of my 12-hour journey with...
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Heidee Perez, a senior at Rowlett High School, signed a national letter of intent on Jan. 31 to become a scholar athlete at Eastfield in the fall. Here, Heidee is pictured with President Jean Conway, coach Dustin Stein and her mother, Patricia. She chose Eastfield because it will allow her to stay close...
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By Justin David Tate Colorado made history last month when it opened the nation’s first legal recreational marijuana shops. No prescription is necessary. A potential consumer just needs an I.D. that says he or she is over age 21. Washington is set to follow Colorado’s lead in June. Oregon,...
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By Karina Dunn The Office of Student Engagement and Retention, a new office at Eastfield, helps students complete their course work, graduate and transfer to a four-year university. In January, Courtney Carter-Harbour was appointed the new executive dean of OSER. She previously served as associate...
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By Emma Hahn Meet art professor David Willburn, a man of complex humor and an artist with an eye for beauty in the most common things, such as a coffee pot or a television remote. Willburn’s most recent work is currently on display in room F-219, the campus’ small art gallery. The art displayed...
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Now that recreational marijuana usage has been legalized in Washington and Colorado, advocates are pushing for legalization in other parts of the country, including Texas. Although it may seem hard to believe that a largely conservative state — the same state where more than 20,000 people were...
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Posted by etcetera By Caitlin Piper On Jan. 5, a redditor known only as AngryCommGuy posted a photo of a frowning teenage girl holding up a sign and an iPod, claiming it had been taken by her mother. Among other things, the sign relayed that the girl was a cyberbully and that she had to sell her beloved iPod and donate...
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Posted by etcetera By Keturah Jones One night, I was awoken by a loud voice on my television, prompting me to order a baggie of water that would make all of my financial troubles disappear. I thought I was dreaming. If I drank this water, would my student loan fees magically disappear? It is sad that religion has resorted...
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Posted by etcetera By Billy Dennis One of the most damaging side effects of social media is the proliferation of misinformation. Spreading like a virus, it has begun to infect our society as a whole. One recent phenomenon caught my eye: misquoting our founding fathers. I’m sure both factions of our political ideologies...
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Posted by etcetera By Justin Tate My children must bury me. This was all I could think about as I watched my beautiful children on the playground one sunny afternoon in Denver. I refuse to be a part of a future where I must bury my son or any of my three daughters. I saw my grandmother, age 77, bury two of her own — one taken...
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