For my first column of the new school year, I’ve decided to forego my normal funny, light-hearted column and, instead, address a problem that I see with the Residential Living and Learning department. I know what you’re thinking: “Great. Someone else is complaining about housing. How very original.” Well, before […]

Dear Editor, The formation of two new colleges has been approved for Texas A&M University-Commerce effective April 4, 2011 by the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB).  The new colleges are the College of Science, Engineering and Agriculture (CSEA) and the College of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Arts (CHSSA).  […]

As summer approaches, I find myself experiencing a lot of familiar sensations and emotions. Chief among them: stressing over finals, pure and total exhaustion every minute of the day, a glimpse of relief because I see the light at the end of the tunnel, and excitement at finally getting […]

As most people who know me are aware, I love music. I can almost always be found jamming out to something on my iPhone. When I’m having a bad day, a song that I enjoy can usually lift my spirits pretty effectively. I listen to music when I do […]

An article published by CBS Moneywatch.com in February of this year has been popping up in various Internet circles recently, and I think it is high time someone called the author, Lynn O’Shaughnessy, out on it. The post “25 Universities With the Worst Graduation Rates” states that “you are […]

As I sat in a reclined chair this weekend basking in the sun, baking my skin to a warm shade of brown, I felt a sense of bliss.  Amidst the chaos of my classes, the rather large amount of tests I have all in one week because my professors […]

Earlier in this semester in one of my classes I was discussing topics with the instructor and other classmates. In the discussion about potential budget cuts, both at a national and local level, many students had some interesting opinions. I mentioned that if they felt strongly about something, they […]

Dating in your early 20’s Dating is, in a word, exhausting.  College seems to be a time for young adults to leave home, “find themselves” and, for whatever reason, sleep with anyone they can get their hands on.  Well, at least this is the popular trend I have observed in […]

It seems like we’re hearing more and more about protests, opposition leaders, and people “having their voices heard.” This trend even appeared to have taken hold of a group of A&M-Commerce students in the past week. The group organized as a result of opposition to the Female O program […]

The debate raging on college campuses across the state of Texas concerning the proposed concealed handgun bills will not end anytime soon, regardless of whether or not the legislation passes (and odds are it will). Obviously, the issue is one that plays on people’s political, religious, and socio-economic backgrounds, […]