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Arabian Night marks end of International Education Week

The Association of International Students (ASI) ended International Education Week with Arabian Night in the Student Center on Nov.19. Arabian Night was a chance for the students at Texas A&M University-Commerce to get a feel of the Arabic culture. “We wanted the students to understand and know the Arabic culture,” […]

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Commerce/Cambodia partnership begins

Commerce and Pailin, Cambodia, officially entered into a sister-city partnership on Thursday, Nov. 19, during a signing ceremony held in the Innovations Room of the Sam Rayburn Student Center at Texas A&M University-Commerce. After a Buddhist monk blessed the ceremony, the mayor of Commerce, Quay Throgmorton, signed the official agreement […]

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AIDS to bring global disease awareness

Texas A&M University-Commerce Office of Diversity and Cultural Affairs, Counseling Center, Student Health Services, and ANGLS will be presenting World AIDS Day Dec. 1 to promote global awareness of AIDS. “I know different groups have done things with regard to World AIDS Day in the past, however this is my […]

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Thanksgiving food not just talking turkey

This year Thanksgiving is on Nov. 26. On the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus, the residence halls will close at 1 p.m. on Nov. 25 when most students will be heading home for a traditional Thanksgiving feast with their family. However, the “traditional” feast of today bears little resemblance to the […]

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Writer probes reasons for distractions

Every time I sit down at my desk to do some homework or write a paper, the first thing I do is fire up my web browser and start poring through Facebook updates and Twitter posts. From then on, in one to two minute intervals, I stop doing the work […]

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Lautner brings bite to New Moon

More action, vampires, wolves and half-naked Native Americans fueled audience’s obsessions during the premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon. New Moon is based on the second installment in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight Series of the same name. Chris Weitz, the director, did a fantastic job introducing the love triangle between […]

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Obstructed signs cause danger

Several stop signs around campus are obscured or completely hidden from sight. In a sample taken of the city in an area near campus, three stop signs were found to be partly covered up by foliage out of 25 signs observed. One sign was completely covered and only visible from […]