2018 A&M-Commerce Homecoming Queen seeks community ties
Christian Aleman, Co-Editor
November 15, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase, Student Life
The fun and excitement surrounding the annual Homecoming celebration may have come and gone, but Homecoming Queen Camille Rivera has just begun her work in the role she won.
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson speaks on social issues, possible solutions
Phil Boulware, Staff Reporter
November 15, 2018
By Phil Boulware | Staff Reporter Georgetown University sociology professor and author Dr. Michael Eric Dyson visited A&M-Commerce this past Election Day in the Ferguson auditorium to promote his latest book “What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Ra...
Honoring All Who Have Served
John Parsons, Staff Reporter
November 12, 2018
Filed under Features, News, Student Life
The Marine Corps JROTC retired colors during a 4 p.m. ceremony
How a campus program runs on to bigger, better things
Andrea Aranda, Staff Reporter
November 9, 2018
Filed under Features, Student Life
The Latino American Mentorship Program (LAMP) is a program that motivates Hispanic students to not only graduate from college but to further their careers by developing life lesson skills.
National Night Out held at A&M-Commerce
John Parsons, Staff Reporter
October 26, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase, Student Life
Residential Living and Learning and the University Police Department (UPD) teamed up to host National Night Out Oct. 23 in the Phase II courtyard. The event included hot dogs, a live band, a petting zoo, airbrush tattoos and bungee jumping.
New university police chief focuses on community policing
Todd Kleiboer, Co-Editor
October 23, 2018
By Todd Kleiboer | Co-Editor Since taking over as University Police Department chief Sept. 1 after Donna Spinato retired, Brian Vaughn, who has worked at UPD for 20 years, has implemented new initiatives and continued those from Spinato. “Some of the issues that I feel, that as a department, we need to look at are our focus ...
Journalism alumnus remembers ups, downs during his career ahead of retirement
John Parsons, Staff Reporter
October 16, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase
Bob Templeton, faculty adviser for Midland College’s student publications and former assistant editor of The East Texan, returned to his alma mater for the annual Texas Community College Journalism Association convention, hosted by A&M - Commerce. He took some time to reflect on his journalism career ahead of retiring next year.
Robert Muilenburg: Journalism’s “lucky idiot”
Phil Boulware, Staff Reporter
October 15, 2018
Filed under Features
By Phil Boulware | Staff Reporter Robert Muilenburg, Del Mar College faculty adviser, jokingly refers to himself as a “lucky idiot.” “I grew up on a farm. I come from a small town in South Dakota where the city’s population was 500. I was troubled as a kid,” Muilenburg replied. Robert w...
Hispanic organizations show off culture in annual celebration
Charla Nalls, Staff Reporter
October 5, 2018
Filed under Features, Showcase, Student Life
Latin American student organizations have come together with S.E.E.D.S to host a month of events for Hispanic Heritage Month where they can showcase the culture of the different Latin American countries.
Lucky Number 13
Christian Aleman and Todd Kleiboer
September 21, 2018
Mark Rudin is the 13th president of A&M - Commerce. He plans to expand research initiatives, student involvement in research and more.
Cosplay 101: How a hobby from popular culture was turned into a class
Charla Nalls, Staff Reporter
September 21, 2018
Filed under Features, Student Life
A&M - Commerce offers a cosplay course through the theater department and is open to all students.
Lion Food Pantry launches first full semester on campus
Christian Aleman, Co-Editor
September 5, 2018
Filed under Features, News, Showcase
The Lion Food Pantry is open to all student begins it's first full semester on campus this fall and its first opening is in mid-September.
Known as a message sent from God, Kelsey Lytle and her mother Becky Thompson restored the building in downtown Commerce, TX. On October 4, 2017, this building opened to...
Jordan Ader, Sports Reporter
By Jordan Ader | Sports Reporter Texas A&M-Commerce will play St. Mary’s at 6 p.m. at the Field House in the second matchup of a two-game home stint. Lion...
Tyler McDonough & Christian Stadie, Senior Sports Reporter
By Tyler McDonough & Christian Stadie | Sports Reporters The No. 20 Texas A&M University-Commerce volleyball team’s historic season came to an end in the...
J. Dance Sergeant visits TAMUC for Mental Health Matters Day
November 19, 2018
Sixth seeded Lions defeat No. 3 Minnesota-Duluth, set for Rematch against No. 2 Tarleton St.
November 18, 2018
Women’s Basketball Preview vs. St. Edwards
November 16, 2018