When I filled out a job application at Dallas College last year, I was asked if I had any disabilities. Autism was one of the disabilities listed since some consider it such. Some even consider it a...
“When I’m gone, please don’t release any posthumous albums or songs with my name attached. Those were just demos and never intended to be heard by the public.” This is what Anderson Paak has inked...
Texans hate being last, but when it comes to sports betting, we’re pretty close to it.
In Texas, betting on sports is completely illegal, unlike in 36 states and Washington D.C., which all allow it.
This...
JOSE E. RIVERA, Contributor @TheEtCetera
• March 7, 2023
When immigrant students are trying to adapt to a U.S. college, there are several roadblocks they face.
It isn’t easy to assimilate to a new country’s culture when you’re a teenager or young...
RAINE CALDWELL, Contributor @TheEtCetera
• February 28, 2023
Despite the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raising over $156 million in funding to ensure that everyone got vaccinated, only 44.1% of African Americans were fully vaccinated by the end of 2022...
The end of the school year is here and many events are coming up, among them final exams. It is a strange combination that always shakes us as students because there are many mixed feelings: nerves, shock...
Kids play in their little worlds, and we old folks see it as something “cute” from the past, thinking, “I’m too old for that.” We don’t see it for what it is: a serious learning experience...
The end of Hispanic Heritage Month concludes the painful saga of perversions against my language. On one hand, you have sincere efforts to honor Latinos, but the generosity can’t distract me from the...
Youth are the future of this country, but being the future does not mean we have no say in the present.
According to the Texas Secretary of State’s website, about 14 percent fewer Texas registered...
As of Sept. 8, there have been 470 mass shootings in the US and that number continues rising. Texas ranks in second place with 135 school shootings, reports the world population review website about school...
Challenges are opportunities in disguise. During my college years, something happened called life, and I had to decide to either go back to school or remain stuck in a boring job, raising three small children...
Growing up in a South Oak Cliff, a previously redlined neighborhood, allowed me to see the disparity of funding in certain areas. My area predominately serves a working-class population and lacks the lavish...
