At-home ink-slingers spit in the eye of everything so many rabble-rousers and mischief-makers have literally bled for to build. Tattoo culture is comprised mostly of heathens and rule breakers. To say there are a few cardinal rules that must be followed may sound a bit odd, but even the most degraded...

  OK, boomer. We get it. You’re grumpy and old and we’re walking around changing the status quo. We’re living our best lives without feeling the need to put down the younger generations. We aren’t perfect either, but enough is enough. We’re tired of constantly being referred to as “kids...

  I’ve had what most would call a highly unusual and unorthodox upbringing. I remember the conversation with my father vividly. I was 6 years old and didn’t understand what he was telling me. I didn’t know what “gay” really meant. The only response I could form in my adolescent...

    What’s the first thing you do in the morning when you wake up? Brush your teeth? Make breakfast? Or do you check your phone to see who liked the picture you posted before bed last night?  Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and so many other platforms are all just a tap away,...

By Jessica Ramirez @TheEtCetera As a young mother of three school-age children. I know firsthand the struggles of finding adequate child care. I have experienced some issues in the past with facilities abusing children that my own children were enrolled in. This incident happened when my children...

I got my first smartphone in 2015. Right away, I was hooked. At that time in my life I was a stay-at-home mom with a 1-year-old child and the caregiver for my 76-year-old mother. That phone became my link to the outside world. I have never been into social media, but I am an information freak....

  With September being National Suicide Awareness Month, it’s important to discuss mental health and how it affects students. Many students with mental illness struggle with understanding and retaining information. If colleges are truly interested in improving their success rates, they...

        When I graduated high school four years ago and enrolled at Eastfield, I had no idea what to choose as a field of study. I thought getting my core classes out of the way would give me time to figure things out in regards to my career.        Then one day,...

  Having done the college life once before, I was dreading returning to school after a seven-year hiatus.  Walking into Eastfield on Aug. 26 was an unexpected experience that brought me a new hope to make something of myself.  The day started off with so much excitement with my first...

  Spider-Man is far from home following the recent disagreement between Sony and Disney, and everything the fans and actors have grown to love about the franchise is at risk.  Two movies with two more on the line are going to be ruined if Sony wins the argument.  There are a couple...

    As easy as some people may think community college is compared to a prestigious university, it’s still new and different. Whether you’re here because plans failed or a financial situation or even if you’re like me and had no idea what you were doing after high school,...

America, land of the free and home of the most expensive drug costs in the civilized world.  Lifesaving medications, such as insulin and seizure preventatives, are often the most expensive.  The more we need something, the higher the price inevitably tends to be.  However, the drugs...

  Now that electric cars provide a more environmentally friendly option for driving, why do people ages 18-20 constitute only 1.4 percent of the people who are buying, according to a 2017 survey conducted by CarMax? And in the age range 21-29, why is it only 9.1 percent? Granted,...

  Do you know someone from another country? You probably hear the word immigrant in the news frequently, but are there any immigrants among your close friends? If not, you might be missing out on some valuable relationships. When I moved to Texas from Oklahoma in 2004, I was already a world...