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Campus holds Sustainability Summit

Campus holds Sustainability Summit

November 12, 2019

By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC If global carbon emissions are not reduced by at least 40 percent by 2030, the effects will lead to global catastrophe, climate experts predict. At The Dallas County Community...

Raining raccoons moved to new home

Raining raccoons moved to new home

September 26, 2019

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc During the lunch rush on Sept. 9, a raccoon fell through the ceiling in the corner of the Mama DeLuca’s and Subway. A photo of the clumsy critter went viral on the Instagram...

Senate Bill 25 forces public universities in Texas to transfer more core classes from community colleges.

New law helps community college students transfer

September 25, 2019

HARRIET RAMOS @TheEtCetera Community college students can keep the majority of their credits when they transfer to four-year universities now, thanks to a new piece of legislation signed June 14 by Gov....

Volunteers sew menstruation kits for refugee women

Volunteers sew menstruation kits for refugee women

September 25, 2019

By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Lacking access to basic sanitation while menstruating is something 2.3 million women and girls must deal with daily worldwide, but Eastfield has been working with Days...

From left to right, Stephanie Araujo holds baby Micah. Standing next to Walter Cortez and his 8 year old son Jayden Cortez. Walter is a recent graduate of Eastfields Police Academy Program and was affected by the recent crane collapse in Dallas.

Police academy graduate, family displaced after crane collapse in Dallas

June 17, 2019

  By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Walter Cortez looked out the sliding glass door of his first-floor apartment in Old East Dallas to see chairs and umbrellas from the pool being lifted into the sky. He searched...

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