24 Feb 2017
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By JON-MARK TAMEZ @TheEtCetera A “free speech area” is available on campus for rallies and protests, but despite the contentious political climate, no groups have used it. Accounting major Diego Seguinot said he believes students aren’t as active as they could be because of disinterest or a fear...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC On their home court, the Harvesters’ basketball season came to an abrupt end after a 102-98 upset loss to Brookhaven in the first round of the Region V Metro Athletic Conference Tournament. Brookhaven finished last in conference, failing to win a single game, but came...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Students say they fear for themselves and their families in the wake of increased immigration enforcement stemming from President Donald Trump’s executive orders. Architecture major Jessica Ortiz, a League of United Latin American Citizens member, said her mother’s...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC With home more than 7,000 miles away, the instructors from Chongqing, China, knew that Eastfield would have a teaching culture very different than their own. The delegation arrived on campus Feb. 13. Their arrival was kicked off with an opening ceremony that included...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC With inconsistent play plaguing the start of the new season, the Eastfield Harvesters baseball team is hoping to recover as they near conference play. “It has not [been] very far down the line,” coach Michael Martin said. “If we’re playing our best baseball...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By BEN ENSIGN @TheEtCetera The Harvesters closed the regular season with two strong wins to secure the third seed in this week’s Metro Athletic Conference Tournament. Eastfield, which defeated Cedar Valley 94-83 and Richland 95-83 last week, was scheduled to host the first round of the conference...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC Oscar Blair opens the gate to the Eastfield baseball field, waving in a suited man holding a clipboard. The players stop their play and watch the man take a seat in the dugout. The athletes think the man is a scout for a major league team, a little prank Blair and the man played...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By JOEL SIERRA and ALYSSA R. FULLILOVE @TheEtCetera Dozens of students, one dressed as Pikachu, gathered Feb. 7 to learn about career paths for aspiring video game developers. Former game developer Gary Brubaker shared his experiences in the field in “Unexpected Ideas from the Video Game Industry,”...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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With seemingly unrelenting attacks on the judicial branch of government — both courts and individual judges — President Donald Trump has set an ominous precedent for the next four years. His comments on court decisions and judges show a lack of respect that bodes of an administration that will...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By MATTHEW WESEMAN I have failed 14 classes. Now let me tell you a little secret: I’m going to graduate this spring. Five years ago, I was a 17-year-old high school senior, pudgy and awkward and tragically unsure of myself. Like my peers, I shouldered one of life’s most unwelcome burdens, a single...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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The stereotype of the broke college student holds some truth to it — with tuition, books and newfound independence, it can be difficult to manage what little money you have. Fortunately, there are resources specifically made to help students pay for college, become financially independent and have...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By ALYSSA R. FULLILOVE In recent years, certain behaviors and beliefs, such as homosexuality and women’s reproductive rights, have become more acceptable within American society. However, many stigmas remain that should not exist. One is the stigma of mental illness. While mental illness awareness...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC The cinematic disappointment that is “The Cure for Wellness” can be summed up by the expression that I kept uttering throughout the not-so-psychological, not-so-thriller: “What’s the point?” Director Gore Verbinski, whose most popular works include “Rango”...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By Larsen Ullrich @TheEtCetera Hugh Jackman’s final cinematic portrayal of the famed Wolverine is gritty, bleak, dirty and at times, bloody. “Logan,” also the last installment in the “X-Men” Wolverine saga, is the first Marvel-based film of actual quality, but it is not what most people...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By CRISTHIAN HERRERA @TheEtCetera It’s May 2012, and Nick Vera’s frequent flyer miles have brought him to the city that birthed the deadliest drug cartel on the planet. Arriving in Medellin, Colombia, at midnight, he asks his cab driver to take him to the center of the city, but the driver refuses....
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By BRAULIO TELLEZ @TheEtCetera Bobby Sparks stands behind a Hammond C3 organ and Fender Rhodes piano, right hand on the Rhodes, left hand on the Hammond. He runs them across the black and white keys and guides his band through the set, using only his eyes to communicate. He’s performed in arenas...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By JONATHAN AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera It’s hard to put into words how bad “Fifty Shades Darker” is. But what makes it so bad? Everything, really. “Fifty Shades Darker” is the sequel to the not-so-acclaimed “Fifty Shades of Grey.” The movie stars Dakota Johnson as Ingénue Anastasia Steele...
Read more → 21 Feb 2017
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By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Mrs. Sabrina Daldry, portrayed by education major Albamar Seguinot, lies on a table, knees apart, while a doctor holds a large electric contraption between her legs. Soon, she begins moaning and writhing as she experiences an orgasm for the first time. “In the Next...
Read more → 14 Feb 2017
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By JASMINE OLIVA @TheEtCetera Former Eastfield student and Grammy Award winner Bobby Sparks and his band transformed the campus into a low-lit, toe-tapping jazz club on Feb. 1. Students, staff and faculty sat in on a jam session which featured several jazz and funk staples. Sparks’...
Read more → 13 Feb 2017
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By Jessica Luther @TheEtCetera Part One: Forget Romance, Let’s Talk Fertility Rituals and Sacrifice For the skeptic, Valentine’s Day is a holiday invented by greeting card companies to capitalize on the fool-hearted in love. For the romantic, it is a day for public declarations of devotion...
Read more → 10 Feb 2017
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Less than a week after President Donald Trump placed his hand on the Bible and swore to honor and uphold the United States Constitution, he shook the country with more than a dozen executive orders of questionable constitutionality and repeatedly voiced contempt for the press, the First Amendment...
Read more → 10 Feb 2017
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BY MICHAEL MORRIS JR. Donald J. Trump has proven on multiple occasions that he is unfit to be president of the United States of America. Since he has made it to office, he has gotten more than 100 detained at airports, because of his immigration ban which has stopped students from Muslim countries to return...
Read more → 10 Feb 2017
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By CAITLIN PIPER On an otherwise gloomy Friday in Washington, D.C., former steak tycoon and “Home Alone 2” star Donald Trump descended the stairs of the United States Capitol to address the world as the 45th president of the United States, proving once and for all that anyone can persevere in the face...
Read more → 10 Feb 2017
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BY DAVID SILVA How is it possible that the most important global dilemma our generation has inherited can be refuted due to party alignment? On Inauguration Day, President Donald Trump affirmed that he would specifically target former President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, according to a statement...
Read more → 08 Feb 2017
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District prepares for campus carry By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC With campus carry going into effect Aug. 1, Eastfield and Dallas County Community College District officials are under pressure to finalize policies for guns on campus. Campus carry, already in effect at four-year public colleges,...
Read more → 08 Feb 2017
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By Taylor Roberts @TheEtCetera “Who runs the world?” Judith Dumont wants to – or at least her little corner of it. A Beyoncé poster in her office asks that question. Dumont agrees with the singer’s response: “Girls.” Dumont is proving that “girls” can be successful, even...
Read more → 08 Feb 2017
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By LANDON WILLIAMS @TheEtCetera If you are looking for entertainment that leaves you feeling happy and content, do not watch “A Series of Unfortunate Events.” If you are looking for a deep and meaningful mystery filled with secret organizations, answers that only lead to more questions and a broken-hearted...
Read more → 08 Feb 2017
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We all read (or pretended to read) George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” in high school English. Whether you thought it was prophetic, poignant or just plain weird, there’s no denying that some parallels are occurring between the novel and our lives today, which may be why it has recently...
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