RACE NAME PARTY EARLY VOTES PERCENT TOTAL VOTES PERCENT U. S. Senator Edward Kimbrough DEM 80,579 14.76% 90,057 15.13%  ✓ Beto O'Rourke DEM 338,552 62.02% 364,777 61.30% Sema Hernandez DEM 126,676 23.20% 140,233 23.56% ----------- ----------- Race...

The STEM division held events during the first week of March, dedicating each day to a different field. Check the full calendar below for all events. Monday, March 5 King of the Nerds Contest 11 a.m. – noon • L311 Documentary: "Illusion of Time" 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. • S100 STEMinar:...

Primary early voting has begun in the state of Texas, and despite an invigorated population, it is yet to be seen if the country's youngest demographic will take to the polls. At Eastfield, students range from voting early to not voting at all. The Et Cetera reporter Zachary Martin asked students why they...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC With widespread discontent with the performance of President Donald Trump’s administration, the 2018 election is expected to be a more contentious than usual midterm race. Primaries to select the eventual nominees will be held March 6. More than 15.2 million...

By JUAN PRADO @TheEtCetera The North Texas Food Bank gave away fresh produce Jan. 31 to community members, students and employees in an effort to combat food insecurity. The bank’s food truck, which was stationed from 1 to 3 p.m. in parking lot 4, provided a bundle of corn, eggplants and bell...

The Plant Based Nutrition Club is a fairly new student organization that promotes healthy eating and a plant-based diet. The club meets regularly both on and off campus. Members donate food grown in the college’s community garden to needy families through Sharing Life Community Outreach. The Et Cetera’s...

By JULIO VEGA @JulioVegaETC Using mice and cats to represent Jews and Germans, the graphic novel “Maus” by Art Spiegelman dives deep into the strained relationship between the author and his Holocaust survivor father, his suicidal mother and the struggles of looking into his family’s history...

In this new series, The Et Cetera introduces you to members of the Eastfield community. For this issue, reporter Colin Taylor quizzed librarian Megan Horlander about her job, her travel goals and her pop culture pet peeves. What do you do at Eastfield? I help students with printing and using computers,...

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By CAROLINE CEOLIN @CaroCeolinETC According to the latest report from the US Department Of Justice, 68% of victims of serious violent crime, including rape or sexual assault, reported experiencing socio-emotional problems as a result. Another one of their reports revealed that only 1 out 4 of all rape...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Joe May, chancellor of the DCCCD, said he hopes to have a new college president selected by May of this year and presented to the Board of Trustees for approval in June. Jean Conway, the current Eastfield president, announced Jan. 11 during convocation that she plans...

Et Cetera writer Sean Watkins asked Eastfield students and staff about their views on President Donald Trump's first year in office. All were asked: In your opinion, what was the highlight or lowlight of Trump’s first year in office?   “A lowlight, which is obvious for a lot of people,...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Basic virtues of scholarship, success, person-centeredness, stewardship, innovation, collaboration and diversity all played a role in the successful rescue of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground, according to ambassadors from the Chilean consulate in Dallas. The...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Free college is a part of a plan to increase the percentage of Dallas County residents with post-secondary degrees or certificates, Dallas County Community College District Chancellor Joe May said. The Dallas County Promise is a tax-free plan to offer free tuition...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Eastfield’s plan to move to 80 percent eight-week terms by next fall is still going forward, and administrators now hope to see as many as 50 percent in spring 2018. Mike Walker, interim vice president, held a forum Nov. 16 to discuss the transition to eight-week...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC Three months after a law made it legal for concealed handgun license holders to carry their handguns on public Texas college campuses went into effect, Eastfield’s Pleasant Grove campus is still marked as gun free. A sign prohibiting the possession of firearms...

By CAROLINE CEOLIN @caroceolinETC Rocio Martinez, 9, once again stands in her bathroom facing the reflection in the mirror. The girl staring back has tears rolling down her face. She hears a voice in her head telling her she’s crazy and that it was only a nightmare. It sounds like her father’s...

American trust in newspapers is on the rise after the 2016 election, but it is still at low levels, according to a recent Gallup poll. Only 27 percent of Americans identified as having a great deal or quite a bit of confidence in newspapers, according the June 28 poll. It’s a trend that Selwyn Crawford,...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC For the third time in six years, The Et Cetera has been awarded the Pacemaker award for general excellence, the highest honor bestowed upon student media organizations from across the nation. The Pacemaker was first awarded to college newspapers in 1927 by the Associated...

By BRYAN PEREZ @BryanPerezETC In the United States, nearly 14 million adults, or every one in 13, abuse alcohol or have an alcoholism problem, according to Project Know Understanding Addiction. Digital media major Travis Beasley says that he comes from a history of alcoholism within his family. “I...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC A female student was assaulted Sept. 19 on campus by her former boyfriend, also a student, according to a police report. The suspect, a 19-year-old man, was given a citation for assault by physical contact. The victim, 18, and the man were in his car when police...

The Dallas County Promise, an extension of the Rising Star scholarship, looks to provide free college tuition for Dallas County seniors of select high schools. The Dallas County Community College District will offer students from 31 area high schools free tuition for up to three years to complete...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC October 16-22 is Free Speech Week, an annual non-partisan celebration of the freedoms of speech and the press. In recognition, The Et Cetera staff examined the five freedoms, including speech and press, guaranteed by the First Amendment. “Congress shall make...

By SYDNEY ABBAS and MACKS PREWITT @TheEtCetera The Biloxi, Mississippi, school district has pulled “To Kill a Mockingbird” from its eighth grade curriculum. It’s not the first book to be challenged or banned in American school districts, and “To Kill a Mockingbird” has been challenged...

By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC When students have the number for campus police saved in their phones and know safety procedures, police say they can do their job more efficiently. Sgt. Kevin Levingston, an officer with the Dallas County Community College District police, said people are accustomed...