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...
Gov. Greg Abbott is targeting buzzwords for his latest political play: transgender, critical race theory and TikTok. Now, diversity, equity and inclusion hiring policies have caught his ire.
Our DEI...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
