By María Yolisma García, Staff Writer During a Latino leadership panel discussion meant to encourage success, former attorney Roy Dean opened up about failure. “I failed first grade, how pathetic is that?” Dean said. A long pause filled the room. Dean’s early failure was due to a language...

BY KRISTEN DIXON, REPORTER Pouring rain, cold winds and small spaces didn’t stop hundreds of local residents from attending the fourth annual Harvest Fest Health Fair on the Pleasant Grove campus. Organizers estimate that between 600 and 800 people, ranging from small children to senior citizens,...

BY JUSTIN DAVID TATE: LIFE & ARTS EDITOR Ken Balvin keeps returning to the same stretch of road on Greenville Avenue.He looks for potholes. He picks up rocks. He inspects every crack of the road over and over again, because in three days, the Eastfield scuba instructor is going to carry the Olympic...

BY JUSTIN DAVID TATE, LIFE & ARTS EDITOR Writer Chitra Divakaruni was about to get the brainstorm of a lifetime in the form of a real storm: Hurricane Rita. As Divakaruni and her family raced toward  Interstate 10 to escape Houston, fear engulfed her. “[Hurricane] Katrina had devastated...

BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF As the clock struck midnight on Oct. 1, with the House Republicans and Senate Democrats still unable to come to an agreement on the fiscal budget, the government shut down. Only those federal workers whose jobs are necessary to protect against an imminent...

BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Ana Chavez has won every election she’s been a part of since coming to Eastfield. She has held two terms as secretary and is now president of the Student Government Association. She’s a STEM scholar. She’s in Phi Theta Kappa, LULAC, Rotarac and CAB....

BY JUSTIN DAVID TATE, LIFE & ARTS EDITOR A music memorabilia exhibit entitled “The Legends of Rock & Roll” is expected to arrive in the library Oct. 10 and remain until Dec. 12. The exhibit will to include the guitar Carlos Santana used to play his chart-topper, “Smooth” in 1999...

By Karina Dunn Working with a student in his microscopy lab recently, Murry Gans expected to simply analyze a flower. To his surprise, he found a thrip at its center. The winged, half-millimeter insect would have gone unnoticed without the aid of the college’s powerful microscope. Simple discoveries...

By Liritze Pedroza-Ortiz In a matter of minutes, Jesus Chepille slipped his money into the window slit, walked a few steps to the right and took the textbook from the cashier. There was no waiting, no hassle and, best of all, no driving across town to the crowded bookstore on the main campus. Due...

BY JUSTIN DAVID TATE, LIFE & ARTS EDITOR Students filled G-101 on Sept. 17 to engage in a scholarly discussion about storytelling. “Origins of Storytelling and Why It Matters” featured two speakers, English instructor Sean Sutherlin and visiting philosophy scholar Dr. Andy Amato, who each...

By Taylor Wallace, Reporter The new common book “One Amazing Thing” is being used in a wide range of disciplines this semester, encourage readers to find their own amazing stories. The “Your Amazing Story” writing competition and a companion art contest are also being held this month...

By Gerenecia Foster, Reporter Type the word twerk into the search box on YouTube and 4 million videos appear. It seems everyone is twerking these days. There are girls and women of all ages with arched backs, hands on their knees and bouncing booties in homemade videos. There are how-to-twerk tutorials...

By Justin David Tate, Life and Arts Editor Earl K. Sneed was nearing the finish line of his college career at the University of Oklahoma when life threw every hurdle imaginable in front of him: troubled finances, a major breakup and the death of one of his closest friends. However, those setbacks...

By Kevin Cushingberry Jr., Editor In Chief In the fall of 1978, Dr. Richard Cinclair applied for a position that was then called division chair. Cinclair got the job, started on the first day of September, and enjoyed a five-decade career, which ended this month. Dr. Jerry Henson, the only...

By Ginny Morris Dr. Wright Lassiter Jr. gained a love for learning early in life. His father taught him at a young age that knowledge would be an important key to his future. “What my dad told me was, ‘If you want to get ahead, get something in your head, because that which is in your head,...

By Sidney Murillo The Media Production Department serves the college by filming campus events — small and large — and editing them together to accommodate the desired message. The department is made up of a team of three: Sarah Sheldon, who was hired last year; David Yonley, who has been...

By Sidney Murillo The conversation between Dallas Symphony Orchestra cellist Yuri Anshelevitch and his piano accompanist, professor Pierrette Mouledous, was on par with a lovers quarrel. They communicated through their instruments. The focus Anshelevitch displayed in his breathing was as if the strings...

By Sidney Murillo When business major Nicholas Wyse turned 18, he weighed 254 pounds and smoked two packs of cigarettes a day. He decided it was time to change his lifestyle. “I wanted to start doing martial arts and get into shape,” Wyse said. “I realized that cigarettes were in the way of that.” Wyse...

By Ginny Morris Going green on a college campus takes more than planting a tree or tossing a water bottle in a recycling bin. A commitment to sustainability takes true dedication. “It’s how we perform,” said Michael Brantley, the college’s assistant director of facilities. “It’s how we live.” Besides...

By Gerenecia Taylor Tireless mysteries, weird fantasies and strange tales about witches have been passed down through the generations. When author Kathleen Kent was a child, she learned that she had a personal connection to a real witch’s tale. A distant relative was tried, convicted and killed...