Money is like candy. It’s sweet when you first taste it but spoiling when you consume too much. Craved by children, pregnant women, and the elderly alike, people seem to want a lot of it even though they know they don’t need it in excess. The world we live in […]

Residents of Family Housing can attest to the dilapidated feel of their apartments, which rest on the corner of West Neal and Jackson Street. It is not unusual to find a family sharing a living space that consists of one and a half bedrooms, a living room, small bathroom, and […]

Accepting the position of program director at KETR was really a homecoming for Jerrod Knight. A native of Wolfe City, Knight grew up in Hunt County and graduated from the radio/television program at Texas A&M University-Commerce in 2005. Knight’s connection to the university is strong. His mother works at A&M-Commerce, […]

These days, it seems that professors rarely put much thought into the design and layout of their workspace. Aside from the Rage Against The Machine-esque collage of posters that once lined the outside of Dr. DiGiorgio-Lutz’s office, a bleak sea of gray with the occasional forlorn portrait generally distinguishes the […]

Joseph Daun, the department head of the Art Department, is not looking to change much about the Art Program. He would rather make it abundantly clear to the students the department will do whatever it takes to have them prepared for the real world. “We (the Art Department) are looking […]

With the New Year comes new resolutions, ideas, plans and most noticeably, change. Texas A&M University-Commerce has caught the bug and is bringing in a new faculty member. Dennis Koch is the new interim director of residential living and learning at A&M-Commerce, and he has big plans for the department, […]

I went to see Paul Blart: Mall Cop knowing that it was likely going to be a lightweight, inoffensive, kid-friendly comedy that put more emphasis on sight gags and pratfalls than artistic merit. I was under no illusions that it was going to be a great film by any means, […]

John Frusciante is best known as the guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, but he is also a very active solo recording artist. His newest release, The Empyrean, represents his tenth solo effort. It features an array of collaborators and guest musicians including fellow Chili Pepper Flea, Josh Klinghoffer […]

On Jan. 20 Animal Collective released their ninth studio album, Merriweather Post Pavilion. The record was highly anticipated with websites and magazines hailing it as “The Best Album of 2009” before it was even released. It’s the Halo of underground music. The Tickle Me Elmo of the indie scene, if […]

Cult film-director, Sam Mendes’ latest conquest, Revolutionary Road, stars Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio as The Wheelers, a lackluster couple whose marriage is sinking faster than the Titanic. An adaptation of the 1961 Richard Yates’ novel of the same title, Revolutionary Road is 1950’s domestic life at its worst, it’s […]