By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Former communications professor Joanna Cattanach conceded her race for Texas House District 108 on Nov. 29 to Morgan Meyer following a recount. Had she won, Cattanach would have been the sixth Dallas County Democrat to flip a Republican Texas House seat this election...

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Government professor Stacey Jurhree and history professor Mike Noble have unexpectedly stepped down from their positions as Faculty Association president and vice president following a dispute at a Nov. 16 association meeting. Noble, who is in his ninth year at Eastfield,...

By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC Tuition could be raised by $20 per credit hour to cover the cost of textbooks and class materials under a plan proposed by the Dallas County Community College District Board of Trustees. Students would receive the materials on the first day of class as part of a deal...

By ANDREW WALTER @AndyWalterETC   The Student Government Association is seeking to fill its executive board after not receiving any applications for their planned officer elections during their last general meeting Nov. 30. SGA President Jasmin Larez said because of the new eight-week...

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley Students danced to foreign music, snacked on foods from across the world and discussed their heritage and favorite culture Nov. 15 during Eastfield’s International Celebration. The event took place during International Week. The week included information about...

By YESENIA ALVARADO @YeseniaA_ETC Lee Berg left a tape before he died, where he describes what he saw the day his division liberated the Dachau concentration camp on April 29, 1945.    As a first lieutenant in the 102 Infantry Division of the Army, Berg earned a bronze star following...

The man convicted of the 1993 rape and homicide on Eastfield’s track is set to be put to death Dec. 11 at 6 p.m. Alvin Braziel Jr. was found guilty of the Sept. 21 murder of Doug White, 27, and the rape of White’s wife of 11 days, Lora White. Braziel was not linked to the crimes until 2001,...

Staff reports @theetcetera Updated Nov. 29 Eastfield professor Joanna Cattanach loses her bid for Texas House Representative for District 108 following a voter recount. Cattanach was running against incumbent Republican Morgan Meyer to represent the district, which includes Park Cities and Old East...

By CAMERON R. COOK @Cameron_ETC The Dallas County Sheriff’s election results with 93 percent of the votes counted last night had come out to 64 percent in favor of Marian Brown against opponent Aaron Meek’s nearly 36 percent. Meek graduated from Eastfield’s Law Enforcement Academy in 2005...

By DAVID SILVA Senior Videographer @DavidSilvaETC Long lines, and often hours in wait times, were seen at early voting locations around the country. Nearly 39 million Americans had already voted before Tuesday’s election, surpassing the total number of votes from the 2014 midterm election, which...