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What mae is doing for their fellow man

Soft rock band, Mae, out of Virginia Beach, VA has more on their minds than just putting on a good show. They have taken up the cause of Habitat for Humanity. After every show this current tour, the band has played an acoustic set which sole purpose has been to […]

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Rangers lose series to Blue Jays

To say that the Texas Rangers fielding against Toronto this weekend left much to be desired, is an understatement. The Rangers had three errors in Friday’s game, a 8-4 loss. In the game, starting pitcher Vicente Padilla gave up five runs in the six innings he pitched to contribute to […]

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Texas Intercollegiate Press Association Winners

This past week eight members of The East Texan attended the yearly TIPA convention. Below are the winners of the mail-in and on-site competitons. In these competitons particpants are judged againt other collegiate newspapers, writers and editors on different areas of the journalism world. Best of Show:Second Place: The East […]

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Happy hour set for Founder’s Lounge

S.W.A.T. T.E.A.M., Texas A&M University-Commerce’s official peer education group, will be hosting “Happy Hour with S.W.A.T. T.E.A.M.: BYOB-Bring Your Own Body!” on Wednesday, April 16, 2008 from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Founder’s Lounge located on the second floor of the Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center. “The issues […]

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CPD tactical officers execute search warrant after apartment investigation

Commerce Police Tactical officers executed a search warrant on April 4 at an apartment in the 2000 block of Washington Street. The search warrant was obtained after an investigation into the sales of narcotics at the apartment. When officers entered the apartment, they encountered one person, identified as 31-year-old Terry […]

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Safety audit shows shortcomings

An audit by Texas A&M System has revealed several areas of concern on the Commerce campus and led to corrective actions by campus leaders.In the final report approved during the March 26-28 Board of Regents meeting, inspectors cited an inadequate level of safety staff, a lack of University-wide chemical handling […]

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Feral felines forced to find new homes

After having saved countless feral cats from starvation throughout its stint, the Campus Feral Cat Program has been terminated on the A&M University-Commerce campus. The Campus Feral Cat Program began back in spring 2001, when several feral cats were discovered running around on University grounds. The initial idea was to […]

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Student-athletes take part in Big Event

Texas A&M University-Commerce student-athletes took part in the Commerce Big Event on Saturday, April 5. Members of the men’s and women’s basketball and men’s and women’s golf took an active role in cleaning up Ivory Moore Park and the surrounding area. Student athletic trainers were involved in the painting of […]

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Scooby to play in invitational

Texas A&M University-Commerce senior forward Scooby Johnson has been one of only 64 players selected to participate in the upcoming Collegiate Basketball Invitational, April 24-26 in Wadsworth, Ohio.The event enables senior student-athletes from NCAA Division II and III and the NAIA levels play in front of scouts of basketball teams […]

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Jun helps A&M-C

Led by the 72 of sophomore Danny Jun, the Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s golf team was victorious in a triangular over Paris Junior College and Dallas Baptist on Wednesday at Webb Hill Country Club in Wolfe City.Jun shot a career-best 72 to lead the Lions, who shot a 296 for […]