29 Mar 2017
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This last election cycle, I felt less represented and understood than ever before. I felt more isolated, saw more hypocrisy from both Republicans and Democrats and lost virtually all faith in our current political system. I’m a Libertarian. That means that I fundamentally believe in liberty as an inherent...
Read more → 29 Mar 2017
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The Et Cetera examined the partisan culture on campus. We talked to people about their beliefs, the current ideological walls and the role that media plays. By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Nicholas Singleton walks into his Texas government class, taking his seat at the long table that early-arriving...
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The Et Cetera examined the partisan culture on campus. We talked to people about their beliefs, the current ideological walls and the role that media plays. By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Matt Hinckley is so far left that he doesn’t consider himself a Democrat but an anarcho-syndicalist, as well...
Read more → 29 Mar 2017
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By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC Identical twins Tyler and Tanner Foy were 7 years old when their grandfather introduced them to baseball. Many afternoons were spent playing catch, and their love for America’s pastime only grew as they got older. “My husband’s father played college baseball,...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Linda Bois, a worker at the childcare center in the K building, saved the life of a choking child at the Babies R Us near Town East in Mesquite. The incident happened Feb. 23 when Bois and her daughter, Erica, were leaving the store and heard a commotion. Erica...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By JONATHAN AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera Pitbull, aka Mr. 305, aka Mr. Worldwide, aka Armando Christian Perez, is a pop-rapper from Miami and I’m not really sure who he makes music for. I’ve never met an honest-to-God Pitbull fan. “Climate Change” was released on March 17, and no one cared....
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By JOSUE HERNANDEZ @TheEtCetera In response to President Donald Trump’s recent executive order expanding the authority of immigration officers, Eastfield hosted a forum on immigrant rights, Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Texas legislature updates...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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“Entendre,” local artist Will Heron’s first solo gallery show since 2015, will open April 1 in the H Gallery as part of the Literary & Fine Arts Festival. The gallery will exhibit layered works including two murals panted directly onto the gallery walls, one complete with individual art pieces...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC Paint and auto body professor Ramiro Gutierrez, known for his tinkering skills and passion for students’ education, died March 20, four months after being diagnosed with terminal esophageal cancer. He was 47. Executive Dean of Career Technologies Johnnie Bellamy said...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Feminists strive for the common goal of equality, but women should embrace their own individuality as well as the differences of others, a panel of self-proclaimed “nasty women” said on March 23. “I think we all have mixed ideas or different ideas of what feminism...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By JONATHAN AGUIRRE @TheEtCetera Nearly 21 years ago, the cult classic “Trainspotting,” based on the book of the same name, was released to the world. The movie tells the story of the misadventures and betrayal of a group of heroin-addicted friends. It glorified drug use with creative and stunning...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC President Donald Trump’s recently proposed budget for 2018 would have a direct impact on Eastfield’s TRIO program and is a cause for concern among art and science professors. The budget proposal includes major cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency and Education...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC When Grant Halliburton was released from a 30-day hospitalization after being diagnosed with depression and bipolar disorder, his family thought he was better. A few weeks later, on Nov. 2, 2015, he jumped off a 10-story building, ending his life at 19. His mother,...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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With a new executive dean presiding over Eastfield’s Office of Student Engagement and Retention, change is to be expected. The recent implementation of the Puente Project and the revamped advising system are only two examples of improvement brought on by the switch in management, but other changes...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By DAVID SANCHEZ I am a 26-year-old deaf student. I have been at Eastfield since I graduated from North Lake College in 2014 with a computer graphics certificate, and now I’m studying digital media. I want to tell you a story about the deaf life and community at Eastfield College. First of all,...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC It’s hard to review a website that doesn’t exist. Days after the Dallas County Community College District “renovated” its websites, Eastfield’s links were all broken. You had a pretty little glass house of a homepage that didn’t have any usable links whatsoever. It’s...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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March is one of the busiest months for Free Application for Financial Student Aid filings. It would make sense that the government to make the process easier for students and parents, but recent changes have done just the opposite. And that’s just one piece of bad news surrounding financial aid right...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By KATRINA BOND @KatBondETC Complete with ghosts, fashion, mysterious texts, fantastic breasts and a horrific murder, “Personal Shopper” is a horror/psychological thriller that follows Maureen Cartwright (Kristen Stewart), a (you guessed it) personal shopper working in Paris for fashion mogul...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By Anthony Resendez @TheEtCetera “Song to Song” is a romantic drama set in Austin that follows a love triangle between the main characters and their musical careers. Directed by native Texan Terrence Malick, the film stars Ryan Gosling, Rooney Mara and Michael Fassbender. Natalie Portman, Cate...
Read more → 28 Mar 2017
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By CAITLIN PIPER @TheEtCetera To call “Nier: Automata” my dream game wouldn’t be an exaggeration. A rather indirect sequel set more 9,000 years after my beloved cult classic “Nier,” “Automata” is an unlikely union between notorious Japanese game director Taro Yoko and developer-of-all-things- fast-and-flashy...
Read more → 26 Mar 2017
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Landon Williams @LandonETC Capstan delivered fluency, energy and expertise for an exciting set at So What Music Festival that satisfies even the most discerning hardcore punk fan. The front man. Anthony DeMario, had fantastic clean and dirty vocals. Clean vocals were often shared with...
Read more → 26 Mar 2017
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Landon Williams @LandonETC Forever the Sickest Kid’s hasn’t missed a beat. The band of middle age dads played two top tier comeback shows for their Dallas hometown fans. Headlining the So What?! music festival and playing their first show in three and a half years, they played for hundreds...
Read more → 26 Mar 2017
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Landon Williams @LandonETC Hail the Sun played a flawless performance March 4 at the Prophet Bar in Dallas. Their show was noteworthy by how well they commanded the stage and how fluid they were with their instruments. They are not a four-chord band. The complexity of each of their individual...
Read more → 25 Mar 2017
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By LANDON WILLIAMS @LandonETC The Human Experiment definitely has good parts to their performance, but it’s hard to focus on what went well when there were so many places at which the band could improve. In order for a group to play at a festival like So What?!, they have to have some sort...
Read more → 25 Mar 2017
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC With a crowd of only about 25 people, Orenda had high energy and kept their small audience moving this weekend at So What?! Music Festival. Orenda, a metalcore band out of Tempe, Arizona, got to So What?! By winning a competition and were slated for one of the earliest...
Read more → 08 Mar 2017
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For an addict, one is too many, and a thousand is never enough. When you hit the pipe, shoot up, smoke or drink a beer for the first time, you’re ruined because the cycle of your addiction begins. This is an everyday battle. We tell ourselves to take it one day at a time. We can capture the opportunities...
Read more → 08 Mar 2017
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By JESSICA LUTHER @TheEtCetera In the past four months, there have been five arrests by Eastfield police related to drugs and alcohol, but the college has zero substance abuse prevention or recovery programs available to students on campus. Social work and substance abuse counseling professor Daniel...
Read more → 07 Mar 2017
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By JENNIFER SANMIGUEL @TheEtCetera The Monday afternoon sunlight fills the Brookhaven College hallway as Cindy Castaneda walks to class on the first day of the fall 2014 semester. Wearing black Anne Klein pumps and carrying a purple backpack, she takes a deep breath as she enters the introduction...
Read more → 07 Mar 2017
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By KATRINA BOND As American women, we’ve come a long way from not being able to vote or go out in public when we were on our periods. But despite the advances of modern feminism, we still have a lot of work to do. Now more than ever, women must stand together in solidarity. One of the major issues...
Read more → 07 Mar 2017
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC A bill in the Texas Legislature could allow Eastfield to begin offering classes for four-year degrees in early childhood education, reclassifying the school as a four-year institution. The bill would allow all Dallas County Community College District campuses to host...
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