To read part one of this article, click here A funny thing happened on the way to me hating not having my cell phone for a week: I didn’t. When I decided to voluntarily turn off my phone last Friday, I figured all the convenience I had to give up […]

The Internet is a wonderful, useful tool. All the information in the world is instantly available at your fingertips. A popular trend in universities today is to integrate the Internet into their courses in the form of online classes or an online/face-to-face “hybrid.” Four out of my five classes are […]

Homecoming will wrap up this Friday and Saturday with numerous events leading up to the football game on Saturday at 2 p.m. Starting at 3 p.m. on Friday there is a Powder Puff Football Tournament at the Cain Sports Complex and a student access and success open house. At 6:30 […]

Every college student has had to lug their heavy backpacks around campus at one time or another. Sometimes these packs can weigh an excessive 20 pounds, which puts extreme stress on students’ backs. When combined, that much weight and the miles walked around campus can quite literally be backbreaking work. […]

Three motels within the city limits of Commerce may be crowded during homecoming and orientation, yet they are left behind when the students leave. The Holiday Inn, The University Inn and The Commerce Inn face the struggle of surviving in a college town. With homecoming right around the corner and […]

The Texas A&M University-Commerce Counseling Center opened its doors this past week to allow students a sneak peek of their facility. The Counseling Center in the Halladay Student Services Building provides services to students in need of help personally or academically. The services provided by the center cover a whole […]

The Texas A&M University-Commerce football team won their second game in a row last Saturday, mostly thanks to a fantastic defensive effort. The win kept the Lions in first place in the North Division of the Lone Star Conference, despite a 2-4 overall record. When head coach Guy Morriss was […]

What would you do if you saw your future? Would you accept what you see as inevitable or do whatever it takes to alter it, however futile your attempts may be? ABC’s new fall thriller FlashForward tackles the idea of what might happen to society if it knew a little […]

The Club in The Sam Rayburn Student Center showed Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen for the second day of homecoming week on Oct. 6. Blue and gold balloons decorated The Club, and Homecoming T-shirts and tickets were sold. There were 14 screens showing the movie. Students in attendance varied […]

Darren Schneider was announced as the new men’s track and field coach at Texas A&M University-Commerce at a press conference at 2 p.m. Oct. 7. A&M-Commerce President Dr. Dan Jones and athletic director Carlton Cooper announced the decision at the Sam Rayburn Student Center. “We want to build a winning […]