26 Feb 2014
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The gay marriage fight has come to Texas. After the marriage rights of two same-sex couples were revoked upon moving to Texas, U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia in San Antonio must decide whether the statewide ban on gay marriage should be temporarily blocked. While similar lawsuits have been filed...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
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Now that recreational marijuana usage has been legalized in Washington and Colorado, advocates are pushing for legalization in other parts of the country, including Texas. Although it may seem hard to believe that a largely conservative state — the same state where more than 20,000 people were...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
Posted by etcetera 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...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
Posted by etcetera 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...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
Posted by etcetera 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...
Read more → 12 Feb 2014
Posted by etcetera 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...
Read more → 04 Dec 2013
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If you own a cell phone and a driver’s license, chances are you’ve texted at least once while driving. If not, you’ve likely witnessed someone else doing so. According to a recent study conducted by the University of North Texas School of Public Health, texting while driving makes the average...
Read more → 04 Dec 2013
Posted by etcetera 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...
Read more → 04 Dec 2013
Posted by etcetera Caitlin Piper FCKH8, an American T-shirt company well known for its pro-LGBT stance, has launched a campaign in which it will send 10,000 pro-gay coloring books to families in Russia in exchange for 100,000 tumblr reblogs. Titled “Misha & His Moms Go to the Olympics,” the bilingual English-Russian...
Read more → 04 Dec 2013
Posted by etcetera Trenton Blackshear Our great-grandfathers’ legacies were built on the backs of the wars of their fathers. Born to soldiers, their fathers instilled in them the lessons of the age, yet the only lesson that they actually had to teach them was fear. Thus, our great-grandfathers, who were practically...
Read more → 04 Dec 2013
Posted by etcetera María Yolisma García In a whirlwind of political unrest and the separation of families, the chance for a better nation lies in the hands of those who seek it. For 10 years the United States has not found a justifiable way of fixing broken immigration laws. For 10 years families have continuously...
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
Posted by etcetera By Caitlin Piper, Opinion Editor In late 1991, my uncle was accused of rape. His ex-wife claimed he had come to her house in the middle of the night, knocked on her door and sexually assaulted her when she came to answer. She also claimed he had threatened their 4-year-old daughter with violence after...
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
Posted by etcetera By Emma Hahn Everywhere I go, I see advertisements for clothes, movies, TV shows, stores and food. I see huge billboards by the highway shouting for me to buy something I don’t have. The whole world revolves around me and what I want. What can I buy that will make me happy? The world wants me to believe...
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
Posted by etcetera By Genereicia Foster Not every stay-at-home mom is a lazy, trash talking, gold-digging woman. We don’t all live in big houses and have nannies at our beck and call. Shows like “Basketball Wives” and “The Real Housewives” have warped people’s perceptions about stay-at-home mothers. Honestly,...
Read more → 13 Nov 2013
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With the holidays just around the corner, many people are readying their wish lists, hoping to receive gifts from their friends and family. We realize that administrators aren’t always aware of what students want from their college, so in the spirit of the season, we have compiled our own Eastfield...
Read more → 30 Oct 2013
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Social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr have millions of active users from all around the world, and their networks continue to grow every day. As more and more people begin to build an online presence, a truly staggering amount of personal information is leaked into the digital...
Read more → 30 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera By Kevin Cushingberry Jr. Growing up in a single-parent household helped define my childhood. My parents divorced five days before my fifth birthday, so I only have a few memories of living with my father. It’s always been me and my mother against the world, not because I was the man of the house...
Read more → 30 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera By Trenton Blackshear What makes someone a good person? Are people born good? Is doing the right thing an innate instinct? I believe the answer lies not in what a person does, but in why they are doing it. Since life is more than shades of black and white, I don’t believe doing “bad” things...
Read more → 30 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera By Billy Dennis Sporting her iconic pink sneakers, single mom Wendy Davis made national headlines in an 11-hour filibuster aiming to prevent the dismantling of woman’s healthcare in Texas. Now, the state senator from Fort Worth is running for governor of Texas. Davis’ story is one of hard work...
Read more → 30 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera By Gereneicia Foster “She’s pretty to be a dark-skinned girl,” a friend said to me one day as we watched a woman enter a store. I looked at the woman and agreed with my friend wholeheartedly. As I reflect back on it now, I don’t understand why I agreed. The young lady’s skin color was just...
Read more → 16 Oct 2013
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On Oct. 1 — the first day of the 2014 federal fiscal year — the U.S. government entered a partial shutdown after Congress failed to pass a spending bill in an effort to delay the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. This resulted in the suspension of a number of services and the furlough of more...
Read more → 16 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera BY KAMETRA LOUD, REPORTER Single men and women everywhere regularly browse online dating sites in search of companionship. So it’s no wonder why advertisers stay in the business of selling love. Commercials showing men and women holding hands, hugging and smiling constantly pop up on the Internet....
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
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We pride ourselves on being a green campus. We have special stations for filling empty water bottles, numerous recycle bins and even a small wind turbine. With dozens of recycle bins scattered across the college and a student body of more than 14,000, we have the potential to recycle thousands of cans,...
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera BY EMMA HAHN, REPORTER My best friend has bad breath. He is furry and cute, and he loves to chase squirrels. Yes, my best friend is my dog Toby. I got my dog about six months ago from the Mesquite Animal Shelter. His owners left him there because they didn’t have time to care for him. He was matted,...
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera BY JUSTIN DAVID TATE, LIFE & ARTS EDITOR My dad was a strong presence in every room he entered. With a booming laugh and tall stature, he was a gentle giant, bear-hugging everyone at least three feet off the ground with each introduction. Billy Ray Tate was a Baylor Bears defensive end in the early...
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera By Trenton Blackshear “Oh my God, I just can’t stand looking at that centerpiece being crooked. This is totally going to set off my OCD.” “Don’t worry, I just lose my cool sometimes. I’m probably just a bit bipolar.” I’m quite sure that most of us have either heard or said some variation...
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
Posted by etcetera BY BILLY DENNIS, OPINION COLUMNIST The biology classroom remains the last great hope against the powerful forces of religious indoctrination. Our children’s education is being threatened by a small yet dedicated group of troglodytes in Austin trying to sneak creationism into biology textbooks. Creationism...
Read more → 18 Sep 2013
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By Billy Dennis, Opinion Columnist Every time I hear someone repeat a conspiracy theory, it makes me question my stance on torture. Be honest, whom would you rather waterboard, 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or billionaire birther Donald Trump? Conspiracy theories allow many people...
Read more → 18 Sep 2013
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By Billy Dennis, Opinion Columnist The Kennedy assassination Theory: All of the various conspiracy theories surrounding the assassination of President John F. Kennedy have one thing in common — Lee Harvey Oswald was not the lone gunman. Most consider Oswald to have been a patsy set up by the U.S....
Read more → 18 Sep 2013
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The majority of college students are adults — that’s common knowledge. What fewer people seem to realize is that as adults, we must be responsible for our actions. However, far too many students are caught up in what is often their first taste of true independence to focus on the academic aspects...
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