14 Jun 2020
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By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Jeremiah Roland began shaking as a police officer approached his vehicle. He wasn’t speeding and wondered why he was being stopped. “Black men are scared when we’re in the car and get pulled over,” he said. The officer told Roland his brake light was out....
Read more → 03 Jun 2020
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On Sunday, the City of Dallas imposed a 7 p.m. curfew on parts of the city in response to Friday and Saturday's protests that ended in riots. However, demonstrators peacefully gathered in parts of the city, including for a vigil at Freedman's Memorial Cemetery to mourn the loss of George Floyd and other...
Read more → 01 Jun 2020
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Protests continued in Dallas on Saturday after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Police fired tear gas, pepper bullets and nonlethal rounds or rubber bullets at protesters throughout the day. Nearly 100 arrests were made. The protests initially began at City Hall in the afternoon, but the crowd...
Read more → 01 Jun 2020
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On Friday, more than 1,000 people met in front of the Dallas Police headquarters to protest the killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. A video of Derek Chauvin, a white former police officer, forcing his knee into Floyd's neck went viral on social media and led to protests and riots across...
Read more → 03 May 2020
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Et Cetera photographers Baylie Tucker and Skye Seipp visited faculty and students at their homes to ask how their adjustments to working remotely have been. Social distancing measures were kept while interviewing and photographing each.
Read more → 29 Apr 2020
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The final art exhibition this year for Gallery 219 was set to feature pieces by visual art students at Eastfield. Due to the campus being closed because of COVID-19, The Et Cetera offered to host this year's gallery. All work was submitted by the students and features an array of works such as drawings,...
Read more → 14 Mar 2020
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Video by Marisol Ramirez and Skye Seipp By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC ROCHESTER, Minn. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock and hope began slipping away, an eerie silence washed over the Eastfield bench. Sophomores D’Angelo Smith and TaMarcus Butler sat with their jerseys covering...
Read more → 05 Mar 2020
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By JORDAN LACKEY @TheEtCetera Slurred profanities will be screamed from vomit-stained lips in the Harvester Theatre Company’s production of “God of Carnage” by Yazmina Reza. Premiering March 4, four pernicious characters will wreak havoc on each other and themselves as they tackle controversial...
Read more → 22 Feb 2020
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Video by Marisol Ramirez By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC The Harvesters held off Richland 63-61 in the Region V championship match Saturday and became the first team to advance to next month’s NJCAA Division III national tournament. Eastfield came out of the gate strong, moving the ball...
Read more → 21 Feb 2020
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Video by Anthony Lazon By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC The Harvesters will advance to the finals of the Dallas Athletic Conference Region V tournament after beating the Cedar Valley Suns 84-80 Thursday night. Forward D’Angelo Smith and Guard TaMarcus Butler led the way for Eastfield. Smith...
Read more → 26 Jan 2020
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Thousands of women, men and children participated in the fourth Dallas Women's March on Jan. 19. This year the march celebrated the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which was ratified to the U.S. Constitution on Aug. 18, 1920, and gave women the right to vote. State Reps. Victoria Neave of Dallas,...
Read more → 24 Oct 2019
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By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Victory Plaza and the surrounding streets turned into a red sea on Oct. 17 for President Donald Trump’s Keep America Great rally at the American Airlines Center. Supporters wearing Trump paraphernalia such as Keep America Great hats, which have replaced the popular Make...
Read more → 24 Oct 2019
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By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Ten tornados tore across North Texas after dark Sunday night, leaving severe damage in their wake but causing no deaths, according to the National Weather Service. An EF-3 tornado touched down near Love Field and streaked east on a path south of Interstate 635 before...
Read more → 24 Oct 2019
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By Harriet Ramos @TheEtCetera The mood was upbeat inside the Theatre at Grand Prairie on Oct. 17 where 5,500 supporters of presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke gathered to hear him talk about building bridges instead of walls. O’Rourke’s Rally Against Fear was a counter-event to Donald Trump’s...
Read more → 24 Oct 2019
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Eastfield was in the thick of a heated presidential debate about “fast matresses driving” on the night of Oct. 11 in the Performance Hall. The debate featured two “candidates,” one who favored the rapid driving bedding and said he would support them by taxing the rich, while the other opposed...
Read more → 24 Oct 2019
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By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Whether it’s waxing appointments, eyelash extensions or hair and makeup products, women pay more annually for services in which men don’t often partake. However, necessary everyday products cost women more as well due to the pink tax. The pink tax refers to the price...
Read more → 10 Oct 2019
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There's only a short amount of time left to spend your paycheck on deep-fried comfort and be watched by the all-seeing cowboy, as the State Fair of Texas ends on Oct. 20. The 2019 State Fair includes eclectic favorites like the Big Red Chicken Bread, which features a doughnut with Big Red soda...
Read more → 01 Oct 2019
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Hundreds of protestors from students to adults marched on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Friday, Sept. 20 to demand action be taken by governments in regards to climate change. Climate Strike Dallas was a part the Global Climate Strike movement that mobilized 7.6 million people for the week...
Read more → 04 Jun 2019
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The Alan Ross Freedom Parade had its 36th annual parade on Sunday, June 2 in celebration of National LGBTQ Pride Month. The parade took place in Fair Park and included companies like T-Mobile, Starbucks, Wells Fargo and the Dallas County Community College District. This year marks the 50th anniversary...
Read more → 19 May 2019
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Approximately 200 protesters gathered outside the Old Parkland building in Downtown Dallas on Thursday, May 16, to protest Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's stance on environmental policy, education and LGBTQ rights. Human rights organizations across the world have vocalized their concerns...
Read more → 08 May 2019
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By Kate Arrows Enoire @theetcetera Hermila Cuevas, 32, had a rough and unstable childhood underscored with isolation and paternal abuse. She met her future husband Jacob when Mia was 14 and Jacob was 17 years old, and two years later, they were married with their first child, Angelica. Fifteen years...
Read more → 17 Apr 2019
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Eastfield’s Literary & Fine Arts Festival continues through May 10, with Communications Career Day, a guitar festival and Eastfield’s Got Talent still to come. Past events include a digital scholarship lecture, a talk from the Sequential Self curator and original short plays written and directed...
Read more → 16 Apr 2019
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With three weeks left until the postseason, Harvesters baseball head coach Michael Martin said inconsistency in all areas has been a plague to the team this season. The Harvesters are 9-12 in conference play, with a 20-16 record overall. The Harvesters went 20-10 in conference play last season. “There...
Read more → 27 Mar 2019
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Dancers from across the DFW area performed pieces choreographed by Eastfield professors during the annual Faculty Dance Concert on March 22 in the Performance Hall. Muscle Memory Dance Theory, Booker T. Washington and Danielle Georgiou Dance Company were among the dance groups on stage.
Read more → 25 Feb 2019
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By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley From acrobats swinging from the ceiling to an uneven bar performance on a spinning stage, “Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna,” one of the 20 unique shows produced by Cirque, is nothing short of amazing. The round stage, surrounded by green vines and painted in blue,...
Read more → 31 Jan 2019
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New college president Eddie Tealer got the chance to meet students and answer their questions at the "What's the Tea with Tealer" event in the Hive on Jan. 31. After the discussion with Tealer and a quiz show, the event offered chips and guacamole, iced tea and games.
Read more → 28 Jan 2019
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Welcome Week kicked off the Spring 2019 semester with doughnuts, transfer resources, a Fun Friday and more. The week also included the opening of the "Borderlands" art gallery, and the North Texas Food Bank was on campus giving away produce. Click any image to begin gallery:
Read more → 27 Jan 2019
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Head basketball coach Anthony Fletcher earned his 300th career coaching win with a 112-76 rout over Cedar Valley College. The Saturday home game saw employees, former players and more come out to support Fletcher. Click any image to begin slideshow
Read more → 17 Jan 2019
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Eddie Tealer hosted his first campus convocation as college president on Jan. 17. The convocation was attended by campus faculty and staff and held in the Performance Hall. The event introduced new employees, included a "Get to Know Tealer" game and employment anniversaries were awarded. Tealer also...
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