Dr. Dan Jones, the sole candidate to be the eleventh president of Texas A&M University-Commerce, visited the campus last week.A variety of forums were held to allow students, faculty, staff, alumni and community leaders the opportunity to meet Jones and learn more about him and his plans for the university.”The […]
Track wins three events at meet
The Texas A&M University – Commerce track and field teams had an impressive meet Thursday, when they ran at the McMurry Relays in Abilene. “We went to the McMurrry meet with the intention to bring home some place winners. We brought home numerous place winners including three first and a […]
Busy weekend ends with Kansas as champs
The Final Four weekend started out interesting. After finishing a confer fence for the East Texan and other college newspapers in College Station, I made my way to San Antonio for the 2008 NCAA Men’s Final Four.During the drive from College Station to San Antonio, I realized that College Station […]
Rangers start season
Well folks, if you had told this writer that the Texas Rangers would go 3-3 to start the season playing Seattle and Los Angeles on the road, I would have thought, what are they taking? But that’s exactly what the Rangers did after taking 2 of 3 from the Los […]
Conley, Cooper to work in LSC football
Recently, the Lone Star Conference announced that Texas A&M University-Commerce head football coach Scotty Conley will serve as the chair of the Lone Star Conference football coaches and that athletic director Carlton Cooper will serve as the athletic director liaison to the LSC football coaches.LSC football head coaches at their […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]