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Peer recovery meetings continue online

Peer recovery meetings continue online

April 29, 2020

By JORDAN LACKEY @TheEtCetera In the wake of the campus closure due to COVID-19, the Human Services Club has switched its peer recovery meetings to a virtual format via Zoom. Many of the club’s activities,...

Overcoming COVID-19: Student's brother tests positive for coronavirus, recovers 3 weeks later

Overcoming COVID-19: Student's brother tests positive for coronavirus, recovers 3 weeks later

April 28, 2020

By Lindsey Craft @LindseycraftETC When Patrick Kwong’s temperature reached 103 on the morning of April 3, he knew it was time to get checked for COVID-19. At the MD Family Clinic in Dallas he first...

Abbott announces some businesses can open Friday

Abbott announces some businesses can open Friday

April 27, 2020

By Sazoun Grayer @SGrayETC Gov. Greg Abbott will not renew the statewide stay-at-home order when it expires Thursday. All retail stores, restaurants, movie theaters, churches and malls can reopen Friday...

Employee pay still unknown; Decision expected next week

Employee pay still unknown; Decision expected next week

April 27, 2020

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Chancellor Joe May sent an email today that said he expects a decision on employees’ pay will be made at the Board of Trustees meeting next Tuesday. Employees in the Dallas County...

Staff picks: Quarantini ideas to turn up this week

Staff picks: Quarantini ideas to turn up this week

April 26, 2020

Editor’s note: Staff picks is a new series that provides readers with suggested shows, movies and other forms of entertainment staff of The Et Cetera recommends people check out while sheltering in...

Pandemic inspires EFC community to donate time, PPE

Pandemic inspires EFC community to donate time, PPE

April 22, 2020

By SAZOUN GRAYER @SGrayETC With everyone stuck at home, some people in the Eastfield community are doing what they can to impact their community during the quarantine, from sharing meditation tips to...

Editorial: District should look for another option instead of cutting employees' pay

Editorial: District should look for another option instead of cutting employees' pay

April 22, 2020

Every Dallas County Community College District employee deserves their normal pay during the coronavirus pandemic. During what is the biggest strain on modern American life, the tension for some district...

Dallas County extends 'Safer at Home' orders to May 15

Dallas County extends 'Safer at Home' orders to May 15

April 21, 2020

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Dallas County commissioners voted 3-2 today to extend the stay-at-home orders until May 15. Judge Clay Jenkins said the extension will not conflict with Gov. Greg Abbott’s order...

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Video: Et Cetera media meet: editor, journalists, employees discuss role of media

April 20, 2020

Editor in Chief Skye Seipp spoke with current and former journalists and Eastfield employees about the role of the media during COVID-19. Other topics included media literacy and reporting on marginalized...

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Pandemic hastens one college; initiative still displeasing to some

April 19, 2020

By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc As COVID-19 continues to keep most of the country on pause, the move to one college by the Dallas County Community College District has been expedited. Two interim positions that...

Staff picks: Feed your social isolation with these disturbing books

Staff picks: Feed your social isolation with these disturbing books

April 18, 2020

Story and photos by Jordan Lackey When we’re locked in the darkness of isolation and solitude, that’s when our demons like to come out and play. Uneasy times call for unsettling reading material....

Abbott closes schools for rest of the academic year, makes plans to reopen economy

Abbott closes schools for rest of the academic year, makes plans to reopen economy

April 18, 2020

  By HARRIET RAMOS and MONICA FIGUEROA @TheEtCetera Texas schools are closed for the rest of the school year, but state parks will re-open April 20, restrictions on some elective surgeries will...

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