Pushing for online accessibility is a great thing, but it shouldn’t overshadow campus accessibility. While instructors are held accountable for their own classes’ accessibility, accommodations on...

The end of the school year is here and many events are coming up, among them final exams. It is a strange combination that always shakes us as students because there are many mixed feelings: nerves, shock...

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, we, The Et Cetera staff, have a lot to be thankful for. Since 2020, Dallas College has experienced so much turmoil from the pandemic and consolidation. Student...

Kids play in their little worlds, and we old folks see it as something “cute” from the past, thinking, “I’m too old for that.” We don’t see it for what it is: a serious learning experience...

The end of Hispanic Heritage Month concludes the painful saga of perversions against my language. On one hand, you have sincere efforts to honor Latinos, but the generosity can’t distract me from the...

Texas legislators put their heart in the right place when they looked to public education leaders for advice on a new system for funding community colleges. But the current proposal leaves us with some...

Youth are the future of this country, but being the future does not mean we have no say in the present. According to the Texas Secretary of State’s website, about 14 percent fewer Texas registered...

President Joe Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness is a net positive for college students, but more needs to be done to prevent the issue of crippling student debt from continuing. The best way...

As of Sept. 8, there have been 470 mass shootings in the US and that number continues rising. Texas ranks in second place with 135 school shootings, reports the world population review website about school...

Challenges are opportunities in disguise. During my college years, something happened called life, and I had to decide to either go back to school or remain stuck in a boring job, raising three small children...

Growing up in a South Oak Cliff, a previously redlined neighborhood, allowed me to see the disparity of funding in certain areas. My area predominately serves a working-class population and lacks the lavish...

On May 7, voters will choose three Dallas College trustees. This is the first board election since the consolidation into one college, and the results will determine the direction of Dallas College for...