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Dancing in silence: deaf student shines on stage

Dancing in silence: deaf student shines on stage

May 8, 2019

By ASHLEIGH AMBURGEY @TheEtCetera Congregated before a mirrored wall, several dancers pound to the ground, making bold jumps and leaps, powerful steps and precise turns as they learn their new post-modern...

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Computer programming professor David Kirk works on a wooden racecar in his dad’s home workshop. Photo by Yesenia Alvarado/The Et Cetera

King of the geeks: Programming professor builds interest in robotics, loves classroom environment

May 8, 2019

By ANDREW WALTER @AndyWalterETC Computer programming professor David Kirk tells his students that they will receive 20 bonus points on their final project if they present it to the entire class. Computer...

Mia Cuevas graduated from Eastfield May 4 after after surviving homelessness twice. Mia and her husband Jacob live with their five children in Seagoville, Texas, and it is time for their oldest daughter, Angelicas quinceañera. Photo by Kate Arrows Enoire/The Et Cetera

PHOTO ESSAY: Defining the Fairytale: Sacrifices, Struggles and Independence

May 8, 2019

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...

A Wealth of Education: Mother, family use college to build stable future

A Wealth of Education: Mother, family use college to build stable future

May 8, 2019

By SAMUEL FARLEY @SamFarleyETC The party Jacob Cuevas sits in front of 10-year-old Priscilla, relaxed in a big gray chair while his wife, Hermila Cuevas, prepares food for Priscilla’s 10th birthday...

President Eddie Tealer shakes hands with a graduate at the 2019 graduation at the Curtis Culwell Center. Plans have been announced to hold in-person graduations for the class of 2021. Et Cetera File Photo

Graduates of Eastfield: A highlight of outgoing harvesters

May 8, 2019

Copy editor Andrew Walter found three graduates who have left a mark on their college and community. Here's what they had to say about their Eastfield experience. — Compiled by Andrew Walter "Last year,...

Hidden Gem: Yia Yia’s serves up genuine Mediterranean from an unlikely location

Hidden Gem: Yia Yia’s serves up genuine Mediterranean from an unlikely location

May 8, 2019

By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley Positioned in a small shopping strip that looks like it might collapse if you lean against a wall too hard, Yia Yia’s House of Gyros’ unassuming exterior is deceiving. The...

A true comeback: 20-time felon finds purpose in charity, servitude, leadership

A true comeback: 20-time felon finds purpose in charity, servitude, leadership

May 7, 2019

By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC The residuals of addiction and criminality still linger in Sandra Sue True’s conscience. From her decision to major in substance abuse counseling to clocking in more...

Patel’s diverse life leads back home

Patel’s diverse life leads back home

May 7, 2019

Ashmi Patel, director of the Center for Equity, Inclusion and Diversity at Eastfield, sat down with News Editor Skye Seipp. She grew up in Garland and got her bachelor’s degree in religious studies from...

PHOTO GALLERY: Fine arts spring to life

PHOTO GALLERY: Fine arts spring to life

April 17, 2019

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...

Exhibit displays comics by female, queer, trans artists

Exhibit displays comics by female, queer, trans artists

April 16, 2019

By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC Comics and illustrations by female, queer, non-binary and transgender artists are on display in an exhibition titled “Sequential Self” in F-219C. Artist Christine Suggs...

A seismic conclusion: Taking a look back before 'Avengers: Endgame'

A seismic conclusion: Taking a look back before 'Avengers: Endgame'

April 16, 2019

To those of us who have come of age concurrently with the Marvel Cinematic Universe, it’s almost cliche to point out how groundbreaking its journey has become. The first cinematic universe to successfully...

‘Spare Parts’ could spark new robotics competition at Eastfield

‘Spare Parts’ could spark new robotics competition at Eastfield

April 16, 2019

  By ANDREW WALTER @AndyWalterETC “Spare Parts: Four Undocumented Teenagers, One Ugly Robot, and the Battle for the American Dream” by Joshua Davis tells the true story about four students who...

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