20 Apr 2018
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By Colin Taylor @TheEtCetera “Blockers” presents itself as the journey of three parents and their respective daughters, who are each planning to each lose their virginity on prom night. While the story does take the audience on that journey, the potentially complex characters are one-dimensional...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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By JAMES HARTLEY and KATHERINE HIGGINS @JamesHartleyETC Hearty and uninhibited, Jamal Rasheed’s laughter ricochets from honey yellow walls lined with portraits of civil rights activists. His devotion to black history is evident in every corner of the Ellis County African American Hall...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC As Nick Vera stands in Eastfield’s free speech area, he knows that the words he’s about to speak could result in backlash. He looks to one of the cameras set up in front of the Lower Courtyard stage and delivers the first of several speeches designed to start...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC Eastfield is offering students a new type of GPS to navigate their academic careers, with advisers, college navigators, 48 course maps and more on the way. Guided Pathways for Student Success, or GPS, launched on the Dallas County Community College District website April...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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By GARY MAGENHEIMER @TheEtCetera The Harvester Theatre Company explores the human condition with “Anna in the Tropics,” a story of a family-run cigar company in 1929 Tampa, Florida, that is changed drastically by a new employee. The new worker is charged with reading to the cigar rollers as a basic...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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Nursing major Lizbeth Negrete works in Eastfield’s Welcome Center while she takes classes. She started working in May 2017. Et Cetera reporter Aria Jones talked with Negrete about her work at Eastfield, her plans and her inspirations. Have you always worked in the Welcome Center? This is where...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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Earth Day, April 22, is the perfect time to start applying daily changes to your life that will benefit the earth we all share. We are all capable of making a difference wherever we go. Whether you are recycling, upcycling, volunteering your time to clean up the community or growing your own garden...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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Two-thirds of Americans, young or old, conservative or liberal, don’t place much faith in the Fourth Estate, according to a 2016 Gallup Poll. Considering that the press’ primary role is to inform and hold government accountable, it is shocking that so many Americans don’t trust what ethical, trustworthy...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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By David Silva On April 6, I received confirmation that my U.S. Permanent Residency application was approved. After being in this country since 2002, after years of seeing my mother struggle to find a job, drive a car and report crime with her immigration status hovering over her head, I knew what...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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By James Hartley Professional independent journalism in America died Nov. 2, 2020, after a decades-long battle against decreasing public support, financial crisis and, most recently, attacks by elected officials. It was 285 years old. The independent press in America was born during a sedition trial...
Read more → 18 Apr 2018
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Back-to-back 14-run games elevated Eastfield baseball to win their series against conference standings leader Brookhaven. The Harvesters, who are ranked No. 6 in the nation, were swept during the teams’ last three-game series in early March, but won two out of three...
Read more → 06 Apr 2018
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By ANDREW WALTER @TheEtCetera While other Nintendo franchises like “Metroid” or “F-Zero” only get new installments when all the planets in the solar system align and it starts raining cats and dogs, the Kirby series manages to pump out at least one game every year. Many Nintendo fans who don’t...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC The recent vandalism of LGBTQ safe zone stickers on campus has prompted Eastfield College’s administration to take another look at its commitment to supporting LGBTQ students, faculty and staff. “Going forward, my goal is to establish an access and equity center, where...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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— Video by David Silva By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Eastfield would demolish N, A and F Buildings and add a new retail and fine arts center and tournament-level sports facilities under a proposed master plan for the campus. The master plan, which started at Eastfield and became a Dallas...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By JAMES EYRE @TheEtCetera Research by pollsters has consistently found voter turnout among millennials has been dwindling the past several years. The issue was a hot topic when State Representative Victoria Neave visited Eastfield on Feb. 28 as part of the Student Government Association’s Voter...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By JOSUE HERNANDEZ @TheEtCetera Tears flow uncontrollably from Leslie McMurray’s face, as she sits defeated on the ground at her house. Feeling unsafe and full of panic, Leslie finally has lost all hope. Leaning back against a gun-safe she holds a fully loaded .45 caliber handgun. The safety is off. According...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By JOSUE HERNANDEZ @JHernandezETC Kwinton Gray sits relaxed between his Nord Stage 2 EX keyboard and a grand piano, gazing out into a room where he once sat and watched other musicians play. His large frame sits tall on the piano bench as he begins running his hands from one end of the keys to the other. The...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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The Literary & Fine Arts Festival kicked off April 3 with a League of Innovation award ceremony, the reveal of new Alternative cover and a party in a makeshift speakeasy in the Pit. Tierra Firme returned to campus April 3 as a part of the kickoff, beginning work on a land loom piece, an interactive...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By ANDREW WALTER @TheEtCetera With topics ranging from fetal pig dissections to learning how to repair stroke damage in mice, Eastfield’s STEM week showcased current science-related research. The week, which was held March 5-9 and sponsored by the Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Division,...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By COLIN TAYLOR @TheEtCetera Suicide survivor and musician Jennifer Sturgis spoke on campus about the suicide prevention group Foundation 45 and breaking the stigma of depression being an exclusively internal battle. During the “Unplugged: Breaking Stigma Through Music” event on March 29, Sturgis...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By SAMUEL FARLEY @TheEtCetera The #MeToo movement has encouraged thousands of women to speak up about their stories of sexual assault and discrimination in society today. Women like Judith Dumont, who told students about her own story of sexual assault during a panel discussion March 22. “I was date...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By Gary Magenheimer Studies show that beer will actually keep you healthy. No, you did not misread that. The idea of beer being healthy, to me at least, feels almost wrong to type out. It feels like I’d have to follow that statement with something equally absurd like, “Eating four steaks in sequence...
Read more → 04 Apr 2018
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By Jesus Ayala Walking around, photographing Eastfield’s campus on the first day of spring, I could not get a good composition without something ruining my shot. Whether it was dead plants or the drabby, run-down paint from the buildings, there was something that made my photographs less appealing. The...
Read more → 26 Mar 2018
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On Saturday, March 24, the city of Dallas joined the nationwide March For Our Lives protests. Survivors of the deadly shooting at a Parkland, Florida high school led hundreds of thousands in Washington, D.C., Boston, Los Angeles, Austin and other major cities. Demonstrators are advocating for gun control...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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Story and photo by YESENIA ALVARADO @YeseniaA_ETC It’s not just hair. As part of the events for Black History Month, Eastfield held a presentation, The Evolution of African-Americans as Told by My Hair, on Feb. 20. Guest speaker, Chesley Antoinette from Cantoinette Studios talked about the history...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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— Video by Narely Martin By JESUS AYALA @AyalaETC Jeff Cornelius carefully carries the cast-iron kettle from his apartment kitchen to the small dining room, setting it down on a wooden holder and taking a seat at the table. The tea, a dark brew called a Pu’er, is already in the small clay...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Eastfield graduate Cindy Burkett lost her bid for a seat in the state Senate while adjunct professor Joanna Cattanach won her race, earning the Democratic nomination for House District 108. Burkett said that the hardest part of the race had been the personal attacks. “It’s...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC The Dallas County Community College District is planning changes to help counter low success rates and high poverty and illiteracy in Dallas County. DCCCD Chancellor Joe May said more than 1 million Dallas adults will be illiterate by 2030 and 60 percent of all Dallas-area...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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By ALE PENA and JOSUE HERNANDEZ @TheEtCetera Gladys Castillo, an early college high school student at Eastfield, was six months short of being born on the American side of the U.S.-Mexico border. In her parents’ hometown, San Luis Potosi, Mexico, the American side was rumored to promise jobs and schools....
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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Congratulations, you survived the first half of the semester. It’s only normal for you to want to sit back, grab your favorite snack and binge watch Netflix. And I encourage you to do so, just not all week. Otherwise you’ll end up feeling like the Sunday night after Thanksgiving break. Yes, spring...
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