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30 Sep 2016
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Water is essential to life, which is why the North Dakota Access pipeline created by Dallas-based Energy Transfer Partners Oil Company should be discontinued. Thousands of Native American tribes including the Standing Rock Sioux, who started the movement, have been fighting to protect their sacred...
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29 Sep 2016
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Editor’s Note: Includes season one spoilers. How do you kill Pablo Escobar? Don’t ask anyone in season one of the critically acclaimed Netflix original series “Narcos.” They’ve all tried and failed. Local police officers, drug enforcement agents and other...
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29 Sep 2016
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By KEVIN ORELLANA Reporter @TheEtCetera It’s been some time since I’ve watched, much less enjoyed, a Tim Burton film. Faced with the task of keeping my eyes in their respective sockets during a screening of Burton’s latest vision of spirals, white make up and sunken eyes in “Miss...
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29 Sep 2016
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By RODRIGO MENDOZA @TheEtCetera Pittsburgh native Mac Miller has had a lot of hit songs including “Donald Trump” and his 2013 duet “That Way” with his now-girlfriend Ariana Grande. Miller’s last few albums have not done very well commercially or critically, but I think that when the couple...
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28 Sep 2016
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By BRIANNA HARMON @BHarmonETC As a recorded announcement ordered students and employees to lock down the campus, screams erupted in the Pit. “Put the gun on the ground,” a police officer yelled. The Sept. 20 incident was staged, part of a lockdown drill to prepare students for violent activity...
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28 Sep 2016
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Eastfield faculty have raised concerns over a new partnership between Dallas County Community College District and StraighterLine, a provider of prepackaged, low-cost online courses that some faculty say do not encourage critical thinking. Among their...
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28 Sep 2016
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By JULIO VEGA @TheEtCetera This year, 15,105 students enrolled for the fall semester, an increase over 14,311 students in fall 2015. Last year, enrollment dipped for the first time in five years. Enrollment is now back to fall 2014 levels and is expected to continue to rise. “Our goal … is to reach...
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28 Sep 2016
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Editor’s Note: Some names have been changed to protect the identities of those involved. Jeremy goes through the same routine every time. As he sits in his car and prepares to enter the concert hall, he runs through his checklist of essential items. Tickets?...
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20 Sep 2016
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By RODRIGO MENDOZA @TheEtCetera Rebecca Skloot’s debut nonfiction book, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks,” is this year’s common book, a literary work integrated into classes and activities throughout the academic year. The common book experience is designed to encourage the college...
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19 Sep 2016
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By JON AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera The annual Eastfield faculty art show gives students a glimpse of their art professors’ abilities. But for the past two years, professors have invited guest artists to share exhibit space for the “In Good Company” show. The show opened Aug. 29, and many students...
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18 Sep 2016
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@TheEtCetera San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick has been drawing a lot of heat after he refused to stand for the national anthem at an Aug. 26 game to protest racial inequality. Despite threats, boycotts and accusations of disrespect, he maintains that he will not stand for the anthem...
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16 Sep 2016
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Iris Bechtol sharpens her craft of sculpting, painting, photography and teaching by pushing herself and others to step outside of their comfort zone By MAYRA ROSALES-MONTOYA @TheEtCetera Iris Bechtol walks among the artwork in Gallery 219, viewing a show she curated from the best of student artwork....
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15 Sep 2016
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DCCCD board approves 2017 budget, raises for all employees By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Tuition rates will stay the same and all employees will receive raises under the 2016-2017 Dallas County Community College District budget approved Sept. 6. Although the tax rate won’t change, rising...
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15 Sep 2016
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Alejandra Rosas/The Et Cetera The Dallas Arboretum is featuring pumpkins as a part of its fall festivities. It’s technically still summer and certainly feels it, but the promise of cooler temperatures and pumpkins spice everything looms on the horizon. Celebrate the season of falling...
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14 Sep 2016
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By BRIANNA HARMON @BHarmonETC A handful of Eastfield professors have included a rule in their syllabi that students will not be excused from class for off-campus events related to Eastfield sports teams, clubs, organizations and other extracurricular activities. Attention was drawn to the issue...
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14 Sep 2016
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14 Sep 2016
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By KEVIN ORELLANA @TheEtCetera Police officers and community members at a panel discussion on trust between the groups agreed that an “us vs. them” mentality taints their relationship. Audience member B. Kennyjay Reed said that as a black man, he has come to expect that a police officer is “someone...
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14 Sep 2016
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By BRIANNA HARMON @BHarmonETC After a successful freshman season on the soccer field, Karla Gutierrez was preparing to move away and further her college sports career. On April 28 her plans changed, starting with a text message from girlfriend Teresa Balderas. “If you come over and the top lock...
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14 Sep 2016
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The Harvesters volleyball team started the season unranked, but two weeks into the season they are No. 4 in the nation. Eastfield started the season quick, getting wins against Arlington Baptist and Dallas Christian. The Harvesters lost their first two games against Frank Phillips and Vernon College...
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10 Sep 2016
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC This actor starred in “Young Frankenstein,” “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” (the real one, not that Tim Burton remake), “Blazing Saddles” and “The Producers,” and his impact on culture and comedy was immeasurable. Doesn’t ring a bell?...
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10 Sep 2016
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By Macks Prewitt @TheEtCetera John Krasinski stars in and directs “The Hollars,” a humorous family drama that follows struggling cartoonist John Hollar (Krasinski) living in New York City with his pregnant girlfriend Rebecca (Anna Kendrick). When his mother (Margo Martindale) suffers a stroke,...
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09 Sep 2016
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC The late Gene Wilder’s portrayal of Willy Wonka in the 1971 film “Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory” is seen as his career-defining performance. Countless warm childhood memories can be credited to Wilder and the quirky, boundless world that is Wonka’s factory. Many...
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09 Sep 2016
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By CAITLIN PIPER @CaitlinPiperETC Capcom has been drawing a lot of ire lately for its unabashedly greedy business practices, stacking downloadable content on downloadable content when they aren’t repackaging their old classics for any starry-eyed fan looking to relive their 32-bit glory days,...
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09 Sep 2016
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC California post-hardcore quintet Of Mice & Men, one of the most culturally influential bands in the scene today, pushes their angsty, progressive sound to the next level in their latest album “Cold World.” While other bands would find it near-impossible...
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