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...

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...

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...

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...

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...