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Native American Heritage Month

Staff reports December 5, 2024

The Intercultural and Global Student Engagement team organized a thoughtful event for Native American Heritage Month. The activities in the Hive, including learning about Navajo Code Talkers, were a...

Festive balloons are a highlight at Dallas’ holiday parade.

Top Holiday events in Dallas ready to delight

Shakinia Mackey December 5, 2024

The Metroplex is brimming with festive celebrations, stunning decorations and unique traditions during the holiday season, making it an exciting time for local events. The Village Main Street Fest Experience...

Top holiday movies to watch this season

Top holiday movies to watch this season

Shakinia Mackey December 5, 2024

Traditionally, the holidays are time for celebration and family. Recently, they have also sparked family-friendly debates — the most popular one being over whether or not the Dallas Cowboys will win...

Campus Connections

Campus Connections

December 5, 2024

Information Central hosted a free hot cocoa bar and photo booth in November. Students enjoyed a moment of levity before finals during the Winter Wellness event held in the Hive, while Student...

Professor Steineker enjoys teaching history.

History has its eyes on Professor Steineker

Fazy Camara December 5, 2024

It is a very special time of year for everyone to celebrate and give thanks. In The Et Cetera’s corner, we are taking the time to appreciate yet another teacher, Eastfield’s own Professor Rowan Steineker....

D&D offers students a chance to express their creativity and build friendships.

Dungeons and Dragons students’ ideal role-play club

Reggie Miranda-Galvan and Ethan Aderhold December 5, 2024

For students and fans, the Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) club is more than a game, it is a form of expression. “It’s an outlet for creativity,” Jesus Manuel Lopez, president of the D&D club,...

Surviving finals: Don’t go it alone

Surviving finals: Don’t go it alone

Clair Williamson December 5, 2024

It’s that time of year again; finals are upon us. Hopefully you’re confident entering this time and are well prepared but, if you’re like most students, your stress is ratcheted up to an 11 and you’re...

Mother/Daughter duo Karen and Lindsay participate in Bowls for Hunger event. Lindsay is seen here scoring her clay pieces.

Eastfield event combines art with purpose

Clair Williamson and Reggie Miranda-Galvan November 14, 2024

As the country heads into a holiday season where so many festivities are focused on food, it’s important to highlight the issues of hunger, poverty and food insecurity. The holidays can be expensive...

Daniel Garcia and Elise Stewart perform “No Strings Attached,” a contemporary dance piece.

Creativity takes center stage this fall

Reggie Miranda-Galvan November 14, 2024

New students had their first opportunity to experience the performing arts on Eastfield’s campus on Nov. 1 and 2. The performance was held by the Drama and Dance Departments in Building F. The audience...

Graphic by Erick Campuzano

Students share strategies for success in balancing act of life

Shakinia Mackey November 14, 2024

Balancing the demands of family, work and academics is almost an impossible task. With the rising costs of education and inflation, many students must work to support their families.   Clair Williamson...

The Motley family, who migrated to Texas from Kentucky, purchased the land that is now Eastfield College in 1865. While the family’s vacant home, the Motley mansion, burned down in 1967, Eastfield College was established in 1970 and the family cemetery remains on the campus. These images capture what the cemetary looks like today.

Discovering Buried History: The Mystery Behind Motley

Samuel Farley October 24, 2024

The Motley family cemetery is a unique part of Eastfield, where generations of pioneers and their descendants lay at rest beneath brown and gray headstones enclosed by a milky-white iron fence. While the...

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