When the Lions womens basketball team fell short of their national championship goal last month, everyone thought a title shot was over. But another women’s basketball team on the Texas A&M University-Commerce campus may take their claim as national champions. The Lady Sparks, intramural champions from the basketball season at […]

There are some student-athletes who are successful playing sports at the high school level. Very few of those them are able to translate those past achievements into success with college competition. Niki Williams has proven to be an exception to the rule in her four-year career as part of the […]

The East Texan asked A&M-Commerce students their opinions of Monday’s shootings at Virginia Tech. “It’s outrageous. People should be more cautious and aware of their surroundings. I think there should be more security on campus.”Danielle Reynolds, undergraduate student “It raises the question of gun control. There should be security and […]

Get your cowboy boots out for a night of Texas Country music at Texas A&M-Commerce. Then on Friday, April 20, come out for a night of rock. It’s the Pridestock Music Festival, and the music on both days will start at 4 p.m. and run until about 10:30 p.m. outside […]

Friday’s stormy weather halted the fourth annual Texas A&M-Commerce Relay For Life, but despite the setback, the event still raised a little more than $48,000, according to Luis Franco, advisor for the Colleges Against Cancer chapter at A&M-Commerce. “Unfortunately, the event was shut down early due to severe weather. We […]

Monday’s shootings in Blacksburg, Va. have prompted questions regarding safety on college campuses. Texas A&M-Commerce is no exception. A&M-Commerce officials are looking into updating current response plans to make sure the campus is prepared if such an event were to occur, according to Jason Bone, University Police Department crime information […]

On Monday, Lions became Hokies. Across the nation, college campuses are mourning the death of 33 Virginia Tech students, in what is being called the single largest mass murder in American history. “While the entire nation is mourning the tragedy that occurred at Virginia Tech, it is especially troubling to […]

In the midst of the upheaval caused by radio personality Don Imus last week when he referred to the Rutgers’ women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos,” I saw the African-American community unite around the basketball team, calling for Imus’ immediate termination. But as I sat back and reflected on the […]

One of the complaints that is voiced around campus more than anything else(other than no one answering the phones in various offices around campus) is the fact that the student publication does not cover certain events, organizations and departments on campus. There are reasons for this; but, instead of offering […]

As she stomps on the gas and cranks up her radio, flooding the car with American music, she laughs with friends in the surrounding seats and aches to take photographs of the areas they coast through on their latest road trip. It is with these friends that she can express […]