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Month: September 2019

Columns

Addressing mental health is key to student success

September 26, 2019 etcetera 5

  With September being National Suicide Awareness Month, it’s important to discuss mental health and how it affects students. Many students with mental illness struggle with understanding and retaining information. If colleges are truly interested […]

Columns

Follow your passion to live with purpose

September 26, 2019 etcetera 0

        When I graduated high school four years ago and enrolled at Eastfield, I had no idea what to choose as a field of study. I thought getting my core classes out of the way would give me time to figure things out in regards to my career.        […]

News

Green Up Your Act: Help make the world a better place by starting at home with these facts and tips

September 26, 2019 etcetera 0

Ordering food to-go or shopping fast fashion may be more convenient, but it creates a huge amount of unnecessary waste. There’s so much more we can do to help the world feel some eco-friendly love! […]

News

Raining raccoons moved to new home

September 26, 2019 etcetera 0

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc During the lunch rush on Sept. 9, a raccoon fell through the ceiling in the corner of the Mama DeLuca’s and Subway. A photo of the clumsy critter went viral on […]

Candid Campus

Take a dive into these local watering holes

September 26, 2019 etcetera 0

Like many aspiring writers, I’ve got a slight penchant for booze. However, my misanthropic tendencies typically lead me to dimly lit hole-in-the-wall bars, where a fight is almost always begging to break loose and midday […]

News

New law helps community college students transfer

September 25, 2019 etcetera 0

HARRIET RAMOS @TheEtCetera Community college students can keep the majority of their credits when they transfer to four-year universities now, thanks to a new piece of legislation signed June 14 by Gov. Greg Abbott. Sen. […]

News

Coffee shop set to open in spring amid library growth

September 25, 2019 etcetera 0

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Caffeine addicts of Eastfield should have the chance to get their fix on campus by spring 2020 following the completion of a coffee shop at the intersection of the Learning Commons, […]

News

Volunteers sew menstruation kits for refugee women

September 25, 2019 etcetera 0

By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Lacking access to basic sanitation while menstruating is something 2.3 million women and girls must deal with daily worldwide, but Eastfield has been working with Days for Girls since 2015 to […]

Multimedia

Following physical and emotional hardship, Courtanae Calhoun is looking to strike back

September 25, 2019 etcetera 0

By Brianna Harmon @ItsBHarmonETC Blood poured down Courtanae Calhoun’s face as she hurried down the street to escape her abuser on her 20th birthday. Moments earlier, he had hurled a jewelry box at her head, […]

Campus & Community

Far beyond the hype: Rap’s best artists of today

September 12, 2019 etcetera 1

By Sazoun Grayer @TheEtCetera    Who comes to mind when discussing the top hip-hop artists ever? Of course the usual suspects like Tupac and Biggie will be in this discussion. But other all-time greats like […]

Soccer

Academic All-American strives to be role model

September 12, 2019 etcetera 0

   By BRIANNA HARMON @ItsBHarmonETC As the sun rises, 10-year old Brenda Limon barges through her sister’s bedroom door in a rush. “Nancy, Nancy, wake up!” she shouts, shaking her sister Nancy Limon awake before […]

Editorials

EDITORIAL: Disrupting lives shows lack of integrity

September 12, 2019 etcetera 0

  Eastfield employees in the Children’s Laboratory School in the K Building discovered they would be laid off in a move that President Eddie Tealer said was to help benefit students that are in need […]

News

Mesquite ISD makes Promise to students

September 12, 2019 etcetera 0

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc It took the Mesquite Independent School District about two years, but administrators have now pledged to join the Dallas County Promise, and Eastfield will be one of the prime locations for […]

Columns

Campus life reignites passion for learning

September 12, 2019 etcetera 0

  Having done the college life once before, I was dreading returning to school after a seven-year hiatus.  Walking into Eastfield on Aug. 26 was an unexpected experience that brought me a new hope to […]

Columns

Sony throws monkey-wrench into the Spider-Verse

September 11, 2019 etcetera 0

  Spider-Man is far from home following the recent disagreement between Sony and Disney, and everything the fans and actors have grown to love about the franchise is at risk.  Two movies with two more […]

Columns

Smokers need compromise on campus

September 11, 2019 etcetera 0

  There is a war against smokers. When one thinks of discrimination, it’s usually on the grounds of race, sex, religion or orientation. But this is a newer breed of intolerance. This cloud hangs heavy […]

News

Campus child care set to be outsourced: K building staff to be laid off amid reorganization

September 11, 2019 etcetera 0

By SKYE SEIPP  @seippetc By 2020 about 13 people working for the Children’s Laboratory School in the K Building will no longer be employees of the Dallas County Community College District in a decision made […]

News

Facility upgrades help growing program add office space, storage

September 11, 2019 etcetera 0

By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Construction in the L Building, originally meant to be finished by the start of the fall semester, is upgrading L-108 to compensate for overcrowding- ing and older technology. The construction on […]

News

Living in fear: In wake of the El Paso shooting, Hispanic residents worry about their safety

September 11, 2019 etcetera 0

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc History professor Kat Reguero-Vandeventer was on vacation when she read the news Aug. 3. A mass shooting had just taken place at a Walmart in El Paso, leaving 22 people dead […]

Campus & Community

Two friends create unique art with common materials

September 10, 2019 etcetera 0

By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC       “Holding Weight”, a campus exhibition featuring the work of artist friends Taylor Barnes and Delaney Smith, showcases fiber-based artworks using handmade letter-pressed papers, duck cloth (a sturdier form of canvas) and […]

News

Local gem gets back to the grill after rebuilding from fire

September 10, 2019 etcetera 0

By HARRIET RAMOS @TheEtCetera Business is back to normal at Dairy-Ette, the 1950s- style diner and drive-in on Ferguson Road. You would never be able to guess from the spotlessly clean wood-paneled dining room and […]

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