Director of Disability Resources and Services Frank Perez will retire at the end of the academic year, though he will not stop his caring for those around him. On Friday, friends and colleagues gathered to honor Perez and wish him the best in his life after school. “He’s exceptional,” said […]
AD Johnson resigns, named commisioner of MIAA
Texas A&M University-Commerce athletic director Jim Johnson has resigned his position to become commissioner of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Johnson has been the athletic director at Texas A&M University-Commerce for the past two years. The MIAA is a 10-member conference of NCAA Division II institutions in Missouri and Kansas. […]
Ford stands for mediocre
My daughter and wife have had it. Riding around the other day, my ladies started complaining about all the flags that were still at half-staff. “Hasn’t it been enough time?” they chimed. Apparently it hasn’t, according to President Bush. When former President Gerald Ford passed, Bush declared a 30-day period […]
Dotson: V.I.S.I.O.N.S. not just a greek affair
The Office of Diversity and Cultural Affairs will be sponsoring V.I.S.I.O.N.S. on Thursday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. in the Sam Rayburn Memorial Student Center. “V.I.S.I.O.N.S. is designed to give students new to Texas A&M University-Commerce an opportunity to be introduced to the numerous organizations on campus and find out […]
Tuition hike should come as no surprise
Officials at Texas A&M University-Commerce are proposing increase of $19 in designated tuition per semester credit hour effective Fall 2007. Should we be surprised? Facing funding declines, public institutions across the state have been forced to hike tuition to make up the difference. And with the passage of tuition deregulation […]
All in a days work, Spinato balances duties
Wife…Mother…Grandmother…Chief of Police? That’s right, Donna Spinato, University Chief of Police, blonde hair, blazing smile, and personality to match. Chief Spinato is wife to Commerce High School Assistant Principal Joe Spinato, mother to Kristen, and grandmother to Carley. She enjoys scrap- booking in her limited spare time, and has a […]
Winter break means ‘chick flicks’
Alas, it is my final semester at Texas A&M University – Commerce, and I cannot help but think back on the last two years I’ve been here. Ahh … the many wiener jokes I have made, and my crazy antics on KETV 3, KETR and KKOM Radio Texas. But perhaps […]
We’ve come a long way
During the first presidential election in 1789, only 6% of the citizens of the United States had the right to vote. Those eligible were white, male property owners. In 1870, with the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment to the Constitution former male slaves were given the right to vote. Fifty […]
A&M-Commerce students sound off on proposed hike
College tuitions across the country have increased 42% at public four-year institutions over the last decade. But while the cost of tuition continues to rise, the average family income in America has come to a stand still. Confirmation at the public hearing on Jan. 23 that tuition will increase by […]
Children’s Museum relocating to Watson
The North East Texas Children’s Museum will open in a new location on university premises at Watson Cafeteria on Feb. 1. “I believe moving to the new location will help our collaboration with the university,” said marypaz, executive director of Children’s Museum. “Having our own building will increase our credibility. […]