In just a few weeks, Texas A&M University-Commerce will start mailing out brochures to 26,000 military veterans as part of a new advertising campaign focusing on those who have served in the Armed Forces. The new initiative comes as part of a multi-faceted approach by A&M-Commerce to attract students and […]
Lion quarterback comes from Marines to Commerce
Four years ago, Brian Hughes was more concerned with avoiding bullets than sacks. This season, as a redshirt freshman Hughes has already seen playing time for the Lions. With experience from the military and as an honored high school football player, Hughes said he plans to make the most of […]
Lee St. has plenty of bar, not enough grill
When we went with a group of our friends to go try out the Lee Street Bar and Grill in Greenville, Texas on a Monday night, our expectations were low. A bar’s busiest time is not typically 8:30 p.m. on a Monday. It turns out the place is better than […]
Former president remembered through rec center
Most students know the Jerry D. Morris Recreational Center is a focal point of the campus at Texas A&M University-Commerce and serves as the “heartbeat” for student activities. Some students may be unaware of who Jerry D. Morris is and what he has done for the university. Morris was the […]
Wascovich introduces “Tiny House” project
With the job industry offering so few opportunities to newly-graduated college students and unemployment standing at a steady rate of 10 percent, thoughts of moving into the real world can be scary. In the grand scheme of things, the “college experience” may not seem to sufficiently prepare students for the […]
Balloon boy story highlights shoddy journalism
It seems the mainstream media just does not put the effort into writing quality pieces it used to. On Oct. 16 I received five different text messages from CNN about a little boy who was supposedly floating around in a balloon. As it turns out he was not, and all […]
Car crashes peak in October
A new report published in the journal “Traffic Injury Prevention” has found the month of October has the highest death rate per distance driven than any other month. The chance of dying in a car accident is 16 percent higher in October than in March, the safest month. Researchers analyzed […]
CPD chief learns from EMT experience
Kerry Crews has been the police chief at the Commerce City Police Department for the past six years and has been working in law enforcement for over 20 years, nearly half his life. “I was born to do this,” Crews said. “I had always said, ‘When I grow up, I […]
Lions soccer splits weekend’s games
The A&M-Commerce women’s soccer team had a split weekend in LSC action. They started out with a 2-1 win against Angelo State University on Friday afternoon. The following Sunday, that win was canceled out in a 2-1 loss to Abilene Christian University. In San Angelo the Lions took the lead […]
New film brings classic children’s book to life
Where the Wild Things Are is a childhood classic successfully brought to life on the big screen. The film is based on the Maurice Sendak’s 1963 children’s picture book of the same name. The book itself is only 10 sentences long, so the majority of the movie is due to […]