A few years ago Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks made the comment that she was “ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas”. Cindy Sheehan has made it her life work to protest the Iraq war and voiced that opinion to anyone willing (or not willing, as […]

After the loss to Clayton State in the quarterfinals round of the NCAA Division II Tournament, your season ended in dramatic fashion. So does that make you losers? Hell no! That can’t mean you are winners, right? Wrong! But what is it that we can call this years Texas A&M […]

We need a raise. More specifically, The East Texan needs a raise. Simple economics: As time goes on, things cost more. Sounds accurate enough, right? So if inflation causes the price of things to increase, why has our budget decreased over the years? OK, costs go up and budgets get […]

Rating: PG-13, for some violent content, disturbing images, thematic material and brief language Release Date: March 16, 2007 Cast: Sandra Bullock, Julian Mc Mahon, Nia Long and Amber Valletta Director: Mennan Yapo  0 Stars This movie without a doubt gets the worst movie of the year award. It is quite […]

With not a care in the world, he begins his routine, rousing the audience with his previous ambitions of becoming a handicapped stripper before finally settling on a theatre teacher. Undergraduate Matt Plummer, taking his first jab at stand-up comedy, became the “Last Lion Sitting” Monday evening in the competition […]

300, which is based off of the graphic novel by Frank Miller (creator of Sin City) is without a doubt the best film I have seen in over two years. The film is about the Battle of Thermopylae where 300 Spartans fought with the Persian army and eventually decimated their […]

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Texas A&M University-Commerce held off Washburn’s second-half comeback to earn its first trip to the NCAA Division II women’s Elite Eight with a 71-70 victory in the South Central Region basketball finals on Monday night. Washburn battled back from a 13-point deficit to make the 28-8 […]

ST. JOSEPH, Mo. – Junior Katedria Mosley hit a layup with less than a second left to lead the Texas A&M University-Commerce Lions to a 73-72 win over Missouri Western State University in an NCAA Division II South Central Regional semifinal thriller on Saturday night. Her team trailing by 72-71 […]

The new writing center in the Gee Library will be opening March 26, according to library assistant, Jacob Pichnarcik. The center will offer extended hours for those students who need to see tutors at night or on the weekends. Sunday through Thursday, it will be open from 6 to 10 […]

Since the second major flooding in the Alpha Phi house, action has been taken by both the Residence Life and Facilities departments in order to assist affected members of the distressed sorority. On Feb. 10, the Alpha Phi house woke to a second damaging flood caused by aged plumbing and […]