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Eastfield food pantry reopens
The Honeycomb Cupboard food pantry reopened on July 12, after being closed for more than a year because of COVID-19. The pantry will be open every Tuesday and Thursday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. […]
Photo Galleries
Campus & Community
MISD “Future Makers” Virtual Art Gallery
This year’s “Future Makers” gallery is featuring artwork by Mesquite ISD High School AP art students. Marking eighteen years of hosting the exhibition, Eastfield’s Gallery 219 is proud to continue fostering the goals and celebrating the achievements of Mesquite […]
Campus & Community
Fall virtual student art exhibition
Eastfield’s visual art students have put together an exhibition in a variety of medium including acrylic, charcoal, watercolor and digital photography. The campus remains closed due to COVID-19, so The Et Cetera offered to host […]
Multimedia
Quiet on campus: COVID-19 keeps Eastfield relatively empty
Et Cetera photographer Rory Moore captured photos of a nearly-empty Eastfield campus on Nov. 17, shortly before Dallas College returned to a fully remote work environment on Nov. 30.
Life & Arts
Big Tex returns to Fair Park
The 2020 Texas State Fair had to be canceled because of COVID-19, but Big Tex arrived at Fair Park Sept. 16 in preparation for photo-and-food drive-thru events that will be held every weekend until Oct. […]
Multimedia
‘Change has to happen’: Protests to end police brutality erupt in America following death of George Floyd
By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Jeremiah Roland began shaking as a police officer approached his vehicle. He wasn’t speeding and wondered why he was being stopped. “Black men are scared when we’re in the car and […]
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Photo gallery: Calmer streets in third day of Dallas protests
On Sunday, the City of Dallas imposed a 7 p.m. curfew on parts of the city in response to Friday and Saturday’s protests that ended in riots. However, demonstrators peacefully gathered in parts of the […]
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Photo gallery: Second day of Dallas protests turns into chaos
Protests continued in Dallas on Saturday after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Police fired tear gas, pepper bullets and nonlethal rounds or rubber bullets at protesters throughout the day. Nearly 100 arrests were […]
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Photo gallery: Protesters, police clash in Dallas after killing of George Floyd
On Friday, more than 1,000 people met in front of the Dallas Police headquarters to protest the killing of George Floyd, a black man in Minneapolis. A video of Derek Chauvin, a white former police […]
Campus & Community
Photo gallery: Away from ‘The Hive’: EFC community sticks together through shelter-in-place
Et Cetera photographers Baylie Tucker and Skye Seipp visited faculty and students at their homes to ask how their adjustments to working remotely have been. Social distancing measures were kept while interviewing and photographing each.
Campus & Community
Virtual student art exhibition
The final art exhibition this year for Gallery 219 was set to feature pieces by visual art students at Eastfield. Due to the campus being closed because of COVID-19, The Et Cetera offered to host […]
Basketball
‘That type of stuff hurts’: Harvesters season ends in final four match against Mohawk Valley
Video by Marisol Ramirez and Skye Seipp By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC ROCHESTER, Minn. — As the final seconds ticked off the clock and hope began slipping away, an eerie silence washed over the Eastfield bench. […]
Campus & Community
Play explores masks we wear in everyday life
By JORDAN LACKEY @TheEtCetera Slurred profanities will be screamed from vomit-stained lips in the Harvester Theatre Company’s production of “God of Carnage” by Yazmina Reza. Premiering March 4, four pernicious characters will wreak havoc on […]
Basketball
Harvesters punch ticket to national tournament after beating Thunderducks
Video by Marisol Ramirez By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC The Harvesters held off Richland 63-61 in the Region V championship match Saturday and became the first team to advance to next month’s NJCAA Division III national […]
Basketball
Harvesters throw shade over Suns, advance to tournament championship against Richland
Video by Anthony Lazon By SAZOUN GRAYER @sazoungrayerETC The Harvesters will advance to the finals of the Dallas Athletic Conference Region V tournament after beating the Cedar Valley Suns 84-80 Thursday night. Forward D’Angelo Smith […]
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Dallas Women’s March celebrates voting rights
Thousands of women, men and children participated in the fourth Dallas Women’s March on Jan. 19. This year the march celebrated the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which was ratified to the U.S. Constitution […]
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Trump supporters flood streets for Dallas rally
By SKYE SEIPP @seippetc Victory Plaza and the surrounding streets turned into a red sea on Oct. 17 for President Donald Trump’s Keep America Great rally at the American Airlines Center. Supporters wearing Trump paraphernalia […]
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DFW twisters spare lives, destroy property across cities
By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Ten tornados tore across North Texas after dark Sunday night, leaving severe damage in their wake but causing no deaths, according to the National Weather Service. An EF-3 tornado touched down […]
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O’Rourke rally focuses on bridges, not walls
By Harriet Ramos @TheEtCetera The mood was upbeat inside the Theatre at Grand Prairie on Oct. 17 where 5,500 supporters of presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke gathered to hear him talk about building bridges instead of […]
Campus & Community
Photo gallery: Lunge into a night of comedy with The Laugh Supper
Eastfield was in the thick of a heated presidential debate about “fast matresses driving” on the night of Oct. 11 in the Performance Hall. The debate featured two “candidates,” one who favored the rapid driving […]
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Pink tax causes women to pay more over lifetime
By ESON FELLERS @EsonFellersETC Whether it’s waxing appointments, eyelash extensions or hair and makeup products, women pay more annually for services in which men don’t often partake. However, necessary everyday products cost women more as […]
Campus & Community
PHOTO GALLERY: A fair bit of fun at the State Fair of Texas
There’s only a short amount of time left to spend your paycheck on deep-fried comfort and be watched by the all-seeing cowboy, as the State Fair of Texas ends on Oct. 20. The 2019 State […]
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Global Climate Strike reaches Dallas
Hundreds of protestors from students to adults marched on the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge Friday, Sept. 20 to demand action be taken by governments in regards to climate change. Climate Strike Dallas was a part […]
Campus & Community
PHOTO GALLERY: DCCCD shows colors at annual pride parade
The Alan Ross Freedom Parade had its 36th annual parade on Sunday, June 2 in celebration of National LGBTQ Pride Month. The parade took place in Fair Park and included companies like T-Mobile, Starbucks, Wells […]
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Photo Gallery: Protesters, supporters gather at Brazilian president’s Dallas visit
Approximately 200 protesters gathered outside the Old Parkland building in Downtown Dallas on Thursday, May 16, to protest Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s stance on environmental policy, education and LGBTQ rights. Human rights organizations across […]
Life & Arts
PHOTO ESSAY: Defining the Fairytale: Sacrifices, Struggles and Independence
By Kate Arrows Enoire @theetcetera Hermila Cuevas, 32, had a rough and unstable childhood underscored with isolation and paternal abuse. She met her future husband Jacob when Mia was 14 and Jacob was 17 years […]
Campus & Community
PHOTO GALLERY: Fine arts spring to life
Eastfield’s Literary & Fine Arts Festival continues through May 10, with Communications Career Day, a guitar festival and Eastfield’s Got Talent still to come. Past events include a digital scholarship lecture, a talk from the […]
Baseball
PHOTO GALLERY: Harvesters swing and miss in regular season play
With three weeks left until the postseason, Harvesters baseball head coach Michael Martin said inconsistency in all areas has been a plague to the team this season. The Harvesters are 9-12 in conference play, with […]
Campus & Community
PHOTO GALLERY: Faculty showcase brings talent from across Metroplex
Dancers from across the DFW area performed pieces choreographed by Eastfield professors during the annual Faculty Dance Concert on March 22 in the Performance Hall. Muscle Memory Dance Theory, Booker T. Washington and Danielle Georgiou Dance […]
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Review: Story takes a backseat to spectacle in ‘Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna’
By JAMES HARTLEY @ByJamesHartley From acrobats swinging from the ceiling to an uneven bar performance on a spinning stage, “Cirque du Soleil: Amaluna,” one of the 20 unique shows produced by Cirque, is nothing short […]