16 Aug 2017
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The moon will cover the sun Aug. 21 in the first total solar eclipse to touch the continental U.S. since 1979. The eclipse will glide from Oregon to South Carolina, , passing through a total of nine states and casting a partial shadow over the rest of the nation. Physics professor Saeed Ahmad...
Read more → 14 Aug 2017
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By SAM KILLENBERG The News & Observer (Raleigh, N.C.) (TNS) RALEIGH, N.C. — With the solar eclipse arriving on Aug. 1, eclipse viewing glasses are in high demand among people hoping to get a glimpse of the rare event. But NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, warns that...
Read more → 01 Aug 2017
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By JAMES HARTLEY @JamesHartleyETC A potential change to Dallas County Community College District maternity leave policy has been delayed until September. The proposed change would give mothers four weeks of maternity leave, extending the current one-day cap. After the one day of maternity leave,...
Read more → 07 Jul 2017
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El Centro College Friday honored the five Dallas police who were slain on July 7, 2016. The college hosted a memorial that included speeches from the college president and police chief and an art exhibit for the fallen officers. The five officers were killed and more were wounded a year ago by Micah...
Read more → 15 Apr 2016
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By Karina Dunn As a cancer survivor, Candy Wilson understands the importance of maintaining a connection to the world’s beauty despite the grief and pain inherent at certain stages of life. Now married and in remission, she appreciates the highs and lows of life and the persistence involved in becoming...
Read more → 13 Apr 2016
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By Brittany Parker and Jamiah Sandles During 14 years in space, the Galileo orbiter collected photos of Venus’ clouds, evidence of oceans beneath the icy surface of the Jupiter moon Europa and data about volcanic activity on one of its other moons, Io. The unmanned spacecraft launched from the shuttle...
Read more → 13 Apr 2016
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By James Hartley Three seats are up for grabs in a historic DCCCD Board of Trustees election May 7, with 10 candidates running and no incumbents seeking re-election. “I would argue that it may be more important than the presidential election,” Matt Hinckley, president of the Eastfield College...
Read more → 01 Apr 2016
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In honor of Women’s History Month, Et Cetera reporters spoke to nine women leaders at Eastfield about their greatest accomplishments, challenges they overcame, the women who influenced them and the advice they have for young female students. Compiled by Parker Ward, Ariel Paulson, Mickey Smith,...
Read more → 28 Apr 2014
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The Literary and Fine Arts Festival kicked off this morning in G-101/102 Rachel Wolf, executive dean of Arts, Language and literature unveiled the 2014 edition of The Alternative student literary magazine. The magazine features student-produced poetry, short stories, essays, photographs and other art work.
Read more → 19 Mar 2014
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By JUSTIN DAVID TATE The South By Southwest festival in Austin was agony on my feet. There was a lot of walking, running, jumping and standing, but the pain and the waiting in line was worth it — mostly. Some of SXSW was highly entertaining and surprising in a good way. Other parts of it, including...
Read more → 19 Mar 2014
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By KARINA DUNN Stephanie Dibble doesn’t have a typical faculty office. A car panel covered in blue eyes hangs on one wall, and a drawing of a female mechanic, frozen in a no-nonsense pose, graces another. Various tools and equipment, including a pair of goggles, are within reach of her desk. Visitors...
Read more → 19 Mar 2014
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The Et Cetera called for reform to Stand Your Ground laws shortly after the murder of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in 2012. These laws allowed Martin’s killer, George Zimmerman, to avoid being convicted even though he shot an unarmed teenager. We believed these laws were ripe for abuse, and today that...
Read more → 30 Oct 2013
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By Kristen Dixon, Staff Writer When looking for happiness many people concentrate on money and power. In “You Can’t Take it With You,” a play performed by the Eastfield College Harvester Theatre Department last week, the Sycamore family finds happiness through simplicity. This production’s...
Read more → 16 Oct 2013
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By Gereneicia Foster, staff writer The time had come again for Cody Dziak to compete in the state championship race at the Metroplex BMX track in DeSoto. It was a familiar yet frustrating venue. He had won many races in his young career, but never this one. Now it was his time to win. Dziak...
Read more → 16 Oct 2013
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By Justin David Tate Life and Arts Editor Massive turkey legs and ferris wheel rides are what the average person pictures when they think about the Texas State Fair. The problem for college students is that the cost of a turkey leg and ferris wheel ride is nearly $20. Photographer Kristen Dixon and I each...
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
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF On Oct. 7, Dean of Social Sciences Mike Walker and history professor Matt Hinckley gave a presentation in C-295 highlighting the impact Latinos have made on American sports. Mel Almada “The first Mexican to play in the MLB was Mel Almada in 1933,”...
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF Ana Chavez has won every election she’s been a part of since coming to Eastfield. She has held two terms as secretary and is now president of the Student Government Association. She’s a STEM scholar. She’s in Phi Theta Kappa, LULAC, Rotarac and CAB....
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
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BY KRISTEN DIXON, REPORTER Scott Porter isn’t the biggest name in the music industry. He isn’t on billboards and hasn’t been signed to a major record label. But he’s just started. The 26-year-old singer-songwriter performs at college campuses all over the U.S. and is finishing a 4,000-mile...
Read more → 02 Oct 2013
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BY KEVIN CUSHINGBERRY JR., EDITOR IN CHIEF After finishing last season as the national runner-up, the Eastfield Harvesters are a brand new basketball team. Six players from last year’s squad earned scholarships to four-year universities. One player earned first-team all-American honors, and the other...
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 → 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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