Features – The East Texan

2018 A&M-Commerce Homecoming Queen seeks community ties

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.

Tags: Commerce, Homecoming, Homecoming queen, TAMUC

Dr. Michael Eric Dyson speaks on social issues, possible solutions

Phil Boulware, Staff Reporter

November 15, 2018

Filed under Features, News

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...

Tags: Sam Rayburn Speaker Series, TAMUC

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

Tags: Feature, News, Student Life, Veterans' Vigil

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.

Tags: LAMP

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.

Tags: CISD, Homecoming, National Night Out, Petting zoo, Photo gallery, UPD

New university police chief focuses on community policing

Todd Kleiboer, Co-Editor

October 23, 2018

Filed under Features, News

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.

Tags: east Texas state university, Feature, Journalism, Midland College, TCCJA, The East Texan, University of North Texas

Robert Muilenburg: Journalism’s “lucky idiot”

Phil Boulware, Staff Reporter

October 15, 2018

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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.

Tags: Hispanic Heritage Month, Hispanic Student Association, Kappa Delta Chi, Phi Iota Alpha, President Rudin, SEEDS, Sigma Lamda Alpha