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Donkey love: All’s fair

Can you sense it? Love is in the air. And this time it’s just for the ladies. With Valentine’s Day around the corner, many are thinking ahead about love and commitments. I don’t mean just the kind of love that makes a man let a woman put potpourri in his […]

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Exclusive interview with Crossfade

DALLAS — On Thursday, Feb. 1, Staff Writer Renee Caldwell interviewed members of the band Crossfade after their Dallas appearance with Saliva. ET: Renee M: Mitch James (Bass/Vocals) J: James Branham (Drums) J: Hello. Hello. ET: Hello there. J: This is James and I am also joined by Mitch. ET: […]

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Accounting teacher budgets Groban time

Texas A&M University-Commerce accounting teacher Louise Miller has found a way to release the pressures of her job by directing her energies toward pop sensation Josh Groban. Miller has been teaching accounting classes part-time at A&M-Commerce for the past three years and would like to join the A&M-Commerce staff on […]

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Feral felines find friends

In order to keep the stray cat populationunder control, a handful of students and faculty are providing free meals for cats roaming the campus, with a little snip-snip on the side. Founded in April of 2001 by Dr. Robin Reidand Dr. Richard Tuerk, the Campus Feral CatProgram has continued to […]

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Bargain Box: More bang for buck

A local thrift store brings on the bargains while benefiting the local Presbyterian hospital. Made up of volunteers, the Bargain Box, has been in operation since 1992, selling items from clothing to knickknacks and glassware. Starting in a little room in the Carter Center, before moving to a city building […]

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New student center ready to break ground

Ground breaking ceremonies for the new $24.5 million Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center is set for Friday Feb. 9. Festivities will begin at 11 a.m. at the construction site located east of the Science Building across from West Neal Street. Following the ceremony, a reception will be held at the […]

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If he sees his shadow, there will be six more years of Iraq

Groundhog Day is coming! Groundhog Day is coming! As a young boy growing up in the South, this cheer took on a special meaning to my friends and family. It meant: “Hey, those Yankees are doing something stupid again.” I’m kidding, but it was difficult for those of us living […]

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Blood and Chocolate review

Cast: Agnes Bruckner, Hugh Dancy, Olivier Martinez and Kata Dobb Director: Katja Von Garnier Release Date: January 26, 2007 Rating: PG-13, for violence/terror, some sexuality and substance abuse THREE STARS Blood and Chocolate is the non-critically acclaimed movie that takes place in Bucharest and tells the story of nineteen-year-old Vivian […]

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‘Slices’ opens at university gallery

Panem et circenses is the buzzword that is going around in the University Gallery and it focuses on the instillation piece titled “Slices”. “The title of the piece is ‘Slices’, which is what they call cat scans, because it is a cross section, but it also applies to slices of […]

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Can you keep a secret? Shhh…

It’s time now for The Secret News. Shhh … I could get into so much trouble for this. “They” could be watching me, so I must be cautious. But I cannot be silent any longer! We in the media know everything about what is happening in the world, but it […]