By KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR. Most college students can visit their grandparents whenever they want. For Maria Garcia, it wasn’t that simple. Garcia was brought into the country illegally when she was 3 months old. So until 2012, when she received her green card, Garcia wasn’t able to visit...

By KARINA DUNN Stephanie Dibble doesn’t have a typical faculty office. A car panel covered in blue eyes hangs on one wall, and a drawing of a female mechanic, frozen in a no-nonsense pose, graces another. Various tools and equipment, including a pair of goggles, are within reach of her desk. Visitors...

By David Ramirez Many high school students believe college is out of reach, due to financial challenges. Eastfield’s Rising Star program can provide a student with up to $4,000 in scholarship money to cover books and tuition for three academic years. “We usually get over 1,000 applicants...

By Emma Hahn One man was wrongly convicted of murder. Another grew up with bad influences and negative racial profiling. A third said he had to work twice as hard as a white man to get where he is today. Despite all of these things, they sat at the same table in suits and ties, ready to share...

By Anahi Perez The Supreme Court case of Brown vs. Board of Education had a huge impact on the African American family, political science professor Stacey Jurhree said during a Black History Month lecture on Feb. 5. Frustrated with a separate, but unequal school system, Oliver Brown of Topeka,...

By Justin David Tate The college’s academic divisions will undergo their first makeover in seven years this fall. Three reorganization options are currently under consideration by Vice President of Academic Affairs and Student Success Michael Gutierrez, who said he hopes to make a decision by the end of this...

By Billy Dennis The new Texas voter ID law has sent officials, professors and students scrambling in an effort to comply before the upcoming elections in May and November. Some see the current Texas Voter ID law as nothing more than partisan politics – a way to suppress the Democratic vote. “It...

By Billy Dennis An 18-year-old Eastfield College student was shot in the face on Jan. 8  as she left work near North Mesquite Drive and Towne Center Boulevard. Marisol Bucio, a North Mesquite High School graduate, was taken to a local hospital where she underwent surgery to remove the bullet that...

By Justin David Tate Charter faculty member and chemistry professor Jerry McMahon died unexpectedly last week. McMahon’s death left a hole in the Science and Physical Education division, where he befriended veteran professors and helped mentor young instructors. When Sal Frisella arrived in 2002,...

By Gereneicia Foster Teenagers are calling it Kush, Mary Jane, grass, green, bud, green monster, Bob Marley, wacky tabacky, hemp and chronic. The popular plant has gained a multitude of nicknames over the years, but it’s simply known as marijuana. Currently, it is provided medicinally in 21 states...

By Justin David Tate Colorado made history last month when it opened the nation’s first legal recreational marijuana shops. No prescription is necessary. A potential consumer just needs an I.D. that says he or she is over age 21. Washington is set to follow Colorado’s lead in June. Oregon,...

By Karina Dunn The Office of Student Engagement and Retention, a new office at Eastfield, helps students complete their course work, graduate and transfer to a four-year university. In January, Courtney Carter-Harbour was appointed the new executive dean of OSER. She previously served as associate...

By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor in Chief Kathy Bayne is a lifelong learner. She’s learned about the basics: science, math, English and history. And she’s learned the difficult stuff: biology, psychology, even auto tech. But Kathy isn’t a student, she’s an interpreter. In the process...

By Gereneicia Foster, Staff Writer “Sounds good my man, seeya soon, ill tw...” was the last text 22-year-old University of Northern Colorado student Alexander Heit wrote on April 3 before he drifted into oncoming traffic and rolled his car over, killing him. “I can’t discuss this now....

By María Yolisma García, Staff Writer A new wave of social media has hit the DCCCD. myPortal, a website intended to be a “single login site” for various district websites including eCampus and eConnect, was launched earlier this fall and is still in its introductory stage. It will serve...

By Justin David Tate, Life & Arts Editor Student protests at colleges across the state, including Eastfield, led to the disintegration of an event known as the “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game” at the University of Texas at Austin. On Nov. 18, a group called the Young Conservatives of Texas...

By Justin David Tate, Life & Arts Editor Dr. Joe May, chancellor of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, is expected to succeed retiring DCCCD Chancellor Dr. Wright Lassiter next semester. The official Board of Trustees vote to hire May took place on Tuesday after press time....

  (Dallas) — The Dallas County Community College District’s board of trustees unanimously approved the selection of DCCCD’s next chancellor, Dr. Joe May,  during its regular monthly meeting today. May’s three-year contract specifies his annual salary – which is $300,000 – and solidifies...

By Karina Dunn, Staff Writer When he was 10 months old, Will Crawford was splashing around in his bath when he suddenly stopped, looked up at his mother and signed the word “done.” Dee Crawford, an employee in the college’s Business Office, was shocked. Soon, she discovered that her son was learning...

By Justin David Tate, Life & Arts Editor Laura Jarnagin has waited almost two hours on a crowded downtown Dallas sidewalk for this moment. Finally, she sees the police escorts heading her way. She jumps into the air, screaming at the top of her lungs. “The president is coming! He’s coming!...

By Maria Yolisma Garcia, Staff Writer Travis E. Sales has helped the city of Mesquite plant 30,000 trees and remove approximately 288 tons of pollution through the Urban Forestry Program. Those numbers seemed to surprise some students at Eastfield’s third annual Arbor Day celebration on Nov....

By Emma Hahn, Staff Writer While munching on cookies and chips, students were able to skip a lecture period to watch a documentary and participate in a panel discussion about gender equality on Oct. 21. The documentary, “Miss Representation,” flashed images and YouTube clips of scantily clad...

By Liritze Pedroza-Ortiz, Staff Writer The college’s Honors Program is continuing to expand thanks to a new articulation agreement with the University of North Texas and the addition of new classes. The nearly one-year-old program, led by psychology professors Kimberly Chandler and Marti Weaver,...

By Justin David Tate, Life & Arts Editor Students wait impatiently in line at the college Subway during the afternoon lunch rush. A middle-aged male calmly puts a cigarette to his lips, inhales and holds. A string of vapor escapes from his nostrils. None of the other students in line are choking,...