Texas A&M University-Commerce athletic director Jim Johnson has resigned his position to become commissioner of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Johnson has been the athletic director at Texas A&M University-Commerce for the past two years. The MIAA is a 10-member conference of NCAA Division II institutions in Missouri and Kansas. […]
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Lion women have strong winter break
The Texas A&M University-Commerce Lions women’s team did not suffer through the cold winter break, going 6-0 to improve their overall record to 12-7. The Lions also set a new school record with seven straight wins. “Anytime you set a school record, its an honor for your kids,” said Womens […]
Q&A with local band Fair to Midland
DALLAS — Local band Fair To Midland from Sulphur Springs has recently been signed with Serjical Strike/Republican/ Universal Records. On Dec. 29, The East Texan got to sit down with the band after a reunion show in Dallas. Interviewed were Jon Dickens who plays bass, Matt Langley who plays keys/electronics, […]
Festival to bring diverse films
Diversity and entertainment is what Breakout Entertainment is trying to accomplish with their documentary film festival. The festival, which will be held Tuesday, Jan. 30 at 6 p.m. in the American Ballroom at the MSC, will be showing three films titled Fuck, Half Nelson and Short Bus. The festival is […]
Children’s Museum relocating to Watson
The North East Texas Children’s Museum will open in a new location on university premises at Watson Cafeteria on Feb. 1. “I believe moving to the new location will help our collaboration with the university,” said marypaz, executive director of Children’s Museum. “Having our own building will increase our credibility. […]
A&M-Commerce students sound off on proposed hike
College tuitions across the country have increased 42% at public four-year institutions over the last decade. But while the cost of tuition continues to rise, the average family income in America has come to a stand still. Confirmation at the public hearing on Jan. 23 that tuition will increase by […]
We’ve come a long way
During the first presidential election in 1789, only 6% of the citizens of the United States had the right to vote. Those eligible were white, male property owners. In 1870, with the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution former male slaves were given the right to vote. Fifty […]
Winter break means ‘chick flicks’
Alas, it is my final semester at Texas A&M University – Commerce, and I cannot help but think back on the last two years I’ve been here. Ahh … the many wiener jokes I have made, and my crazy antics on KETV 3, KETR and KKOM Radio Texas. But perhaps […]
All in a days work, Spinato balances duties
Wife…Mother…Grandmother…Chief of Police? That’s right, Donna Spinato, University Chief of Police, blonde hair, blazing smile, and personality to match. Chief Spinato is wife to Commerce High School Assistant Principal Joe Spinato, mother to Kristen, and grandmother to Carley. She enjoys scrap- booking in her limited spare time, and has a […]
Tuition hike should come as no surprise
Officials at Texas A&M University-Commerce are proposing increase of $19 in designated tuition per semester credit hour effective Fall 2007. Should we be surprised? Facing funding declines, public institutions across the state have been forced to hike tuition to make up the difference. And with the passage of tuition deregulation […]