07 Sep 2018
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Since its release, Art Spiegelman’s Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel “Maus” has been a hallmark of visual storytelling. Maus has sold more than 1 million copies in 30 languages over two volumes. “Maus” is Eastfield’s common book for the 2018-2019 academic year. Spiegelman will...
Read more → 27 Aug 2018
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By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC The art show “Looking, Thinking, Making” is set to open Aug. 29 featuring the work of faculty in the Department of Visual Arts. The art gallery will include a variety of media while aiming to engage the community and create a critical and collaborative dialogue on the arts. “We...
Read more → 27 Aug 2018
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By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC The Communication Club, two-time winner of Club of the Year and Fundraising of the Year at the OSER awards, remains one of the most active student groups on campus. The club consistently has about 40 members and, new president Dylan Kinnard said the secret to the club’s...
Read more → 12 Jul 2018
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By Yesenia Alvarado @YeseniaA_ETC If you want something new to listen to, Quiet Slang blends punk with classical sounds to create a unique take on the angst-filled, emotional genre. Touring for the first time as Quiet Slang, James Alex, frontman of Beach Slang, played at Club Dada on July 3. Quiet...
Read more → 06 Jul 2018
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By Bryan Perez @TheEtCetera If you’re looking to escape the whole world-saving type of overwhelming feel you get with other Marvel movies like “Avengers: Infinity War,” then “Ant-Man and the Wasp” is a great choice. After being put under house arrest for siding...
Read more → 15 Jun 2018
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By ARIA JONES @AriaJonesETC If you’re hoping “Incredibles 2” was made in consideration of the generation that has grown into adulthood waiting for a sequel, you’re in luck. Pixar brings back the Incredibles and other fan favorites like Frozone (Samuel L. Jackson) and Edna Mode, who is voiced...
Read more → 10 Jun 2018
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By DANIEL DURRETT @THEETCETERA Warner Bros has recognized the power of a strong female lead movie and saved us from the typically lackluster films of the early summer with “Ocean's 8.” Heist films as a whole, are stories of stealing something epic and rising up and sticking it to the man in the process....
Read more → 18 May 2018
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaRam Minor spoiler alert. For a film that can be described as far dirtier, far bloodier and far more meta than its predecessor, it’s odd to admit that “Deadpool 2” also has more heart than the original. When we last left Wade Wilson (Ryan Reynolds), he had rescued...
Read more → 02 May 2018
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC On a Saturday afternoon, Mike Walker and several Eastfield faculty and staff took a trip to Margaret Leicht’s home. Their visit was a welcomed sight for the Social Sciences division’s secretary, yet it wasn’t one with the intention of a group dinner or backyard...
Read more → 02 May 2018
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Analise Minjarez and Sarita Westrup, also known as the group Tierra Firme, hosted an interactive art piece. Student made art out of recycled T-shirt fabric and yarn on a land loom throughout the month of April. The group, recruited by art gallery director Iris Bechtol, visited campus on selected days...
Read more → 26 Apr 2018
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Let’s be real. No matter the number of positive or negative reviews that come out about “Avengers: Infinity War,” you’re going to watch the crap out of that movie anyway. It’s too massive, too ballsy and just way too much of a cinematic novelty to be ignored. And...
Read more → 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 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 → 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 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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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 → 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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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...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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By DANIEL DURRETT @TheEtCetera The success of “Black Panther” has become a cultural watermark for African-American heritage. Prior to the film’s release date, significant press was attributed to the predominate number of the film’s black cast members, black director Ryan Coogler and setting...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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By CAROLINE CEOLIN @CaroCeolinETC The Undermain Theatre is one of Deep Ellum’s best-kept secrets. The black box styled theater is tucked away in the basement of the historic 3200 Main Street building. The location makes it quite literally a hidden gem that presents a great mix of new age and classical...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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By SAMUEL FARLEY and ARIA JONES @TheEtCetera Author and motivational speaker Jonathan Jones encouraged students to “take off your cool cap and put on your listening cap” before opening up a dialogue about hip hop lyrics during the college’s final Black History Month event, “No Beats, Just...
Read more → 07 Mar 2018
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By CAROLINE CEOLIN @CaroCeolinETC In the Harvester Theatre Company’s rendition of Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike,” playwrights Durang and Anton Chekhov seemed to be battling over whose melancholy was the superior melancholy. The play was staged at Eastfield on Feb....
Read more → 02 Mar 2018
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The Literary & Fine Arts Festival will kick off April 3 and continue throughout the month of April, celebrating music, fine arts, literature and communications across campus. This year, the festival includes a dance performance, the annual Jazz Under the Stars night, a chance to explore communications...
Read more → 27 Feb 2018
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Radiology major Jeff Cornelius ages teas and collects teapots, cups and other accessories. From the common Chinese Pu’er to more hard-to-find Korean teas, Cornelius has a passion for the beverage and the cultural history that comes with it. — Video Narely Martin
Read more → 21 Feb 2018
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By Josue Hernandez @TheEtCetera 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 → 16 Feb 2018
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By DAVID SILVA @DavidSilvaETC Ryan Coogler’s “Black Panther” is worth the ticket price and then some. It’s a fun film that knows its cultural importance and effortlessly maximizes its best traits. It’s plagued with some of the typical Marvel shortcomings but nevertheless manages to be stylized...
Read more → 14 Feb 2018
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By YESENIA ALVARADO @YeseniaA_ETC In the middle of the day, Morty Ortega rides in the front seat of his fixer’s truck. Writer JK Nickell sits behind him as the truck slows down. Ortega waits anxiously as the fixer puts the truck in park, opens the door and heads off with a box of cigarettes in his hand. Hearts...
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