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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Reverend’s rant raises retaliation
God damn America? Wow. It’s not hard to imagine how those words could cause most people to think ill of whoever the speaker was. But since it was the preacher at the church Barack Obama attended, it was even more suspect. (Remember Obama? The guy the Internet said was a […]
Why my father killed Bambi’s mother
During spring break I went camping in the heart of East Texas in Jasper. The state park where I was staying with my family was right on the lake where not only do fish, frogs and algae dwell, but so do alligators. So as I was staring down at this […]
Mosley sets school record in loss to ACU
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. – Aubrey Maxwell scored 33 points, including three straight field goals down the stretch to help Abilene Christian hold off Texas A&M University-Commerce, 88-82, in Thursday’s quarterfinal round of the Lone Star Conference women’s championship at Bruin Field House. “I think we just got beat by a better […]
Rangers begin spring with 14-9-2 record
The Texas Rangers moved to 14-9-2 on the spring training baseball season by winning a couple of games Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday the Rangers defeated the Seattle Mariners 8-5 while pounding out 13 hits and making only one error in the entire game. Michael Young, Hank Blalock, and Jason […]
ACM calling all gamers to MSC for LAN party
The A&M-Commerce Chapter of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) is hosting a local area network party on April 26 at 7 p.m. in the Founders Lounge of the Memorial Student Center. All students, faculty and staff at the University are invited to attend at no charge. Those attending may […]
Local businesses under inspection
*scores at bottom of article* Hunt County Health Department (HCHD) conducts health inspections every day at local businesses. In Commerce, they conduct at least two health inspections a year at all establishments that serve food. Health inspection scores for establishments not only in Commerce, but all over Hunt County, can […]
Jackson, White lead track team in opener
The Texas A&M University – Commerce track and field teams began their season a week later than expected when they traveled to Stephenville, Texas to participate in the Tarleton State Relays on March 13. The Lions were supposed to begin their season a week earlier at the York Relays, hosted […]