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OPINION: Culture shock challenges immigrant student success

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...

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OPINION: Health care’s racist past still harms patients today

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...

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OPINION: Cancel culture doing more harm than good

Tarra Crenshaw, Contributor @TheEtCetera February 15, 2023

Cancel culture, once an impetus for social change and justice, has become a weapon used to attack and dismantle the lives of anyone that it doesn’t agree with. Though there have been some notable...

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EDITORIAL: TikTok bans start necessary conversation

February 14, 2023

The urgency to ban TikTok on college campus networks highlights the Texas government’s ignorance of another issue: mental health. The presumed threat to national security by the Chinese government’s...

EDITORIAL: Campus accessibility needs more attention

EDITORIAL: Campus accessibility needs more attention

December 6, 2022

Pushing for online accessibility is a great thing, but it shouldn’t overshadow campus accessibility. While instructors are held accountable for their own classes’ accessibility, accommodations on...

OPINION: Improving organization soothes test anxiety

OPINION: Improving organization soothes test anxiety

VALERIA GUZMAN, Contributor December 6, 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...

EDITORIAL: Thank you for supporting students, Dallas College

EDITORIAL: Thank you for supporting students, Dallas College

November 16, 2022

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we, The Et Cetera staff, have a lot to be thankful for. Since 2020, Dallas College has experienced so much turmoil from the pandemic and consolidation. Student...

OPINION: Imagination is important for adults too

OPINION: Imagination is important for adults too

DEIRDRE HOLMES, Contributor November 9, 2022

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...

OPINION: Dallas College, stop using Latinx

OPINION: Dallas College, stop using Latinx

CARMEN GUZMAN, Editor in Chief October 17, 2022

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...

EDITORIAL: Funding proposal could hurt grading integrity

EDITORIAL: Funding proposal could hurt grading integrity

October 5, 2022

Texas legislators put their heart in the right place when they looked to public education leaders for advice on a new system for funding community colleges. But the current proposal leaves us with some...

OPINION: Your vote is powerful in local elections

OPINION: Your vote is powerful in local elections

BLAKE QUINTANA, Contributor September 20, 2022

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...

EDITORIAL: Loan forgiveness is a Band-Aid on bigger issue

EDITORIAL: Loan forgiveness is a Band-Aid on bigger issue

September 13, 2022

President Joe Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness is a net positive for college students, but more needs to be done to prevent the issue of crippling student debt from continuing. The best way...

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