The A&M-Commerce University Police Department partnered with Commerce Police Department to bring local community members and students its annual National Night Out on Oct. 5. The event had multiple attractions including a dunk tank, petting zoo, and displays of multiple emergency vehicles. A&M-Commerce sociology professor Dr. William Thompson’s band, Doctor […]
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Football Preview: Lions seek first win at home to Cards
When A&M-Commerce hosts Incarnate Word on Saturday Oct. 8, the Lions will not only look to avenge a one-point loss from a year ago, but try to get in the win column for the first time in 2011. The Lions (0-4 overall, 0-2 LSC) and Cardinals (1-4 overall, 1-2 LSC) will kickoff […]
It is not a sin to not wear makeup
I am currently in a state of mind that is housed somewhere in between slight confusion and utter dismay. The root of this unpleasant state I am in stems from a series of related experiences I had just yesterday. Let me fill you in: I woke up way past my […]
Writer suggests everyone being ‘just a little bit gayer’
Ever since our former editor James Golden Bright IV left the paper last Spring, there has been a hole that has needed filling – in a few different ways. Aside from the hole that his absence has left in all of our hearts, there was also the hole of Entertainment […]
Jobs show up, students do not at Fall Job Fair
The 2011 Fall Job Fair, hosted by Career Development, put 22 businesses in one room for the students and alumni of Texas A&M University-Commerce yesterday in an effort to connect attendees with employment opportunities. Many companies expressed positive reactions to applicants they met this year. Although not every company in […]
A&M-Commerce hosts NETEX Marching Invitational
Texas A&M University-Commerce hosted this year’s North East Texas Marching Invitational in Memorial Stadium on Oct. 3. Marching bands from 18 different 2A and 3A high schools competed for top rankings, and got the opportunity to see the A&M-Commerce Pride Marching Band perform this year’s show. Friends and family members […]
Emergency loans provide fast cash for students
#8220;No- questions- asked” $400 loans are currently being offered by Texas A&M University-Commerce to students in need of financial assistance. Upon application and approval, the loan will be distributed to the student without restraint on how the money is managed or where it is spent. The only stipulation is that […]
Writer suggests that everyone should be ‘just a little bit gayer’
Ever since our former editor James Golden Bright IV left the paper last Spring, there has been a hole that has needed filling – in a few different ways. Aside from the hole that his absence has left in all of our hearts, there was also the hole of Entertainment […]
Gee Library to extend hours for late night studying
Gee Library will open the first floor of its building to students wanting to study later than midnight starting in late October. “We noticed that when we close at midnight we were having to tell people ‘Hey we are closing, it’s time to get up and leave,’” Director of Libraries […]
Vigils held as community mourns loss of student
The community of international students at Texas A&M University-Commerce is “in mourning” after the loss of Indian graduate student Suman Kumar Reddy Kukunoor, Director of International Student Services John Jones said. “Our Indian student population is a very close knit community, and this has had an obvious impact on the […]