On the afternoon of Sept. 4, a 23-year-old facilities department employee approached a female Eastfield student. The employee offered the student a tour and invited her into a locked music practice room before sexually assaulting her, according to police. Mesquite detectives, alerted to the crime by campus...

By Courtney Schwing I looked at his face as I sat in the passenger seat of his car. It seemed different. I had spent countless days and endless nights studying the structure of it. I remembered the peacefulness in his face as he was in mid prayer on Sunday mornings. I could spot the difference in his smiles:...

By Stephen Klehm In September, Emma Watson gave a speech at the United Nations in New York, arguing against the common definition of feminism and asking men to take a stand for gender equality. The speech and its subsequent campaign, He for She, received almost immediate attention from the media....

By Caitlin Piper At its core, the He for She campaign is a noble endeavor. The result of a collaboration among the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, British actress Emma Watson and American journalist Wolf Blitzer, the campaign aims to promote gender equality and denounce...

By Sidney Murillo I am all about being body positive. I love the idea of men and woman feeling good about themselves. Not just about the way their bodies look, but rather what kind of person they are. I kind of have to be. I am a short, chubby Hispanic girl, and I can’t turn on the TV, read...

By Juanita Hernandez How long do you wait for Netflix to load its content? What if I told you that the loading time could double and even triple if we got rid of net neutrality? Net neutrality, enforced by the Federal Communications Commission, prevents Internet service providers such as Comcast,...

The 2014 Texas gubernatorial election, in which we will select our next governor, will take place Nov. 4. Texans may cast their votes among Republican Greg Abbott, Democrat Wendy Davis, Libertarian Kathie Glass and Green Party candidate Brandon Parmer. Unfortunately, a large number of people do not appreciate...

By Genesis Castillo With finals around the corner, students are surely preparing ahead of time. The truth is many students wait last minute to even begin studying for their finals, which can result in a scary nightmare. Mitzy Flores, a business major, recalls staying up all night to study for her Algebra...

By Gereneicia Foster Growing up in a single-parent home, people automatically assumed that I was worse off than other kids. Adults pitied me. I also remember hearing stereotypes like kids in a single-parent home are more prone to drugs, violence and promiscuity. Yes, many studies have shown...

Billy Dennis Since when did it become patriotic to support treason? Oh yeah, since we elected a black, Democratic president. The far-right conservative hero, Cliven Bundy, has been stealing from the federal government for over 20 years, racking up a debt of $1 million for not paying his grazing fees...

Robert Burns My palms were sweaty. My heart raced. My stomach felt as though it had dropped to my knees. It was my first assignment in my first journalism class at Eastfield. We were supposed to write a profile on a club or organization, and I had chosen the Disability Services Office. I sat just...

By Genesis Castillo After leaving St. Edward’s University, a small, private liberal arts college in Austin, I was skeptical about moving back to Dallas and transferring to a community college. Not sure of my decision to move back home, I visited several Dallas community colleges. Tuition at St. Edward’s...

By Gereneicia Foster As I stayed up for the turning of the moon last week, I must admit that I didn’t know what to expect. Honestly, I have never heard of a blood moon before April 14, and the term sent a chill down my spine. I kept seeing pictures of a huge crimson moon on every news outlet and social...

By Morgan Corley Massive Open Online Courses are a good thing. While there are people who believe they are a waste of time and resources, widely available education will always be a positive thing. MOOCs are one of the newest trends among universities. Universities will post entire classes worth...

By Caitlin Piper I distinctly remember my best friend’s 7th birthday party. She had invited 10 other kids from our first-grade class for an afternoon filled with colorful balloons, sugary treats and a veritable truckload of torn wrapping paper. More than anything else, my friend wanted a bike — a bright...

By David Ramirez College students, especially new ones, are learning something you can’t learn in a classroom: time management. When full-time students juggle classes and a job, it can be quite difficult. As a student with a 4.0 GPA, I wanted to challenge myself beyond this semester. I’m...

By Genesis Castillo Diagnosed with ADD/ADHD at age 13, I refused to believe in the idea that my forgetfulness, lack of focus and impulsiveness were symptoms of a learning disability. All my life I had thought of myself as intelligent and bright, but as I reached my adolescent years, I struggled...

By Billy Dennis From Michael Moore to Glenn Beck, people on both sides of the political spectrum have hailed National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden as a whistleblower and a hero. But make no mistake about it, Snowden is a traitor and a coward, and as such, deserves to be tried as a spy. Let’s...

By Caitlin Piper On Jan. 5, a redditor known only as AngryCommGuy posted a photo of a frowning teenage girl holding up a sign and an iPod, claiming it had been taken by her mother. Among other things, the sign relayed that the girl was a cyberbully and that she had to sell her beloved iPod and donate...

By Keturah Jones One night, I was awoken by a loud voice on my television, prompting me to order a baggie of water that would make all of my financial troubles disappear. I thought I was dreaming. If I drank this water, would my student loan fees magically disappear? It is sad that religion has resorted...

By Billy Dennis One of the most damaging side effects of social media is the proliferation of misinformation. Spreading like a virus, it has begun to infect our society as a whole. One recent phenomenon caught my eye: misquoting our founding fathers. I’m sure both factions of our political ideologies...

By Justin Tate My children must bury me. This was all I could think about as I watched my beautiful children on the playground one sunny afternoon in Denver. I refuse to be a part of a future where I must bury my son or any of my three daughters. I saw my grandmother, age 77, bury two of her own — one taken...

Rebecca Trotter-Moore Daniel  and Jennifer liked each other. Attending the same university, they found themselves together one night and had consensual sex. About five days later, Jennifer accused Daniel of sexual assault. The initial outcry —  Jennifer’s account of the assault — was made...