Sophomore forward Devondrick Walker has been named the Lone Star Conference’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week, announced today by the league office. It is the first weekly honor of Walker’s career as he shares the award with Tarelton State’s Fabian Wilson. Walker was clutch for A&M-Commerce as the Lions notched […]
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Campus memes page quickly soars to popular status
The Facebook page TAMU-Commerce Memes has soared to popularity in a matter of weeks, with over 600 likes and many more views since it began around Feb. 9. Students Justin McGuffey and Colby Charles are behind the page and most of the photos that take light of situations many […]
Interactive art graces downtown Commerce street
The Commerce community is a bit more artistic this month as Max Fields presents his work downtown in A Space’s inaugural exhibition. Presentation for Fields’ interactive video installation at the exhibit began Feb. 5 and will continue through Feb 26 at 1209 Alamo St., next door to Panda Restaurant. Fields […]
New coach is ‘Rocke’ of Lion’s dance team
New Head Dance Coach for Texas A&M University-Commerce Ashley Rocke’s evident passion for dance has taken her far beyond just being a coach. Forming the Lion’s Dance Team is not her only profession in dancing. “I go as a self-contracting person and do choreography for different dance teams. […]
Bandits seek fame in Texas country world
With only a year under their belts, The Backroad Bandits have come a long way from their Sulphur Springs roots. The band has acquired a loyal following that continues to grow, and their experiences have taken them across the state of Texas. They classify their music as “genuine, homegrown Texas […]
Freshman student is 11,000th enrolled
With A&M-Commerce surpassing its previous record of 10,000 students enrolled last year with this year’s 11,000, there are plenty of new faces on campus, but only one of them is lucky enough to be the 11,000th student to enroll. That student is freshman Dakota Griffin. During his high school days, Griffin […]
Blount takes seat as Dean of new college
The first day of September marked the first official day that Dr. Grady Price Blount took the helm of the College of Sciences, Engineering and Agriculture (CSEA) at A&M-Commerce as the new dean. The college was born out of the split of the old College of Arts and Sciences (CAS). […]
Benefit concert funds summer abroad
Like most students at A&M-Commerce, sophomores Caroline Carlson and Rachel Bailey have spent some of this semester finding out what they will do in the summer. When they finally got the chance to teach English to children in Italy, it left them with only a few months to get […]
New website adds to Greek mystique
From the movie “Animal House” to shows like “Greek”, the way fraternities and sororities are presented in pop culture is fairly uniform: a bunch of partiers that take any chance they can to haze or humiliate the pledges. When a fairly new website called thespinzone.com opened up a page dedicated […]
Student’s death still making impact
It has been one year since A&M-Commerce student Malorie Bullock was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident, but her memory and impact on the lives of people around her still exists. The Malorie Bullock Bracelet Fundraiser has been the most prevalent at A&M-Commerce, with the Xi Upsilon Chapter of […]