The Student Government Association (SGA) held its first meeting Sept. 8 at 6:01 p.m. to discuss new business pertaining to various A&M-Commerce policies. President Taylor Fore opened the meeting by giving his officer report and spoke about his work with the chancellor of the Texas A&M system. Three of the […]
Knitting soothes writer’s soul
Purl. Knit. Purl. Knit. This is the rhythm I must keep up with for my latest knitting project. I even go so far as to say the words out loud as my hands perform the action in the hope that, at least this once, I won’t mess up and have […]
V.I.S.I.O.N.S. event set for Thursday
V.I.S.I.O.N.S. (Various Illustrations Sharing and Introducing Organizations to New Students) will hold its annual program Thursday, Sept. 9 in the Ferguson Social Sciences Auditorium. Assistant Dean of Campus Life and Development Robert Dotson is heavily involved in planning the program. “Historically, the V.I.S.I.O.N.S program was designed to showcase student groups […]
Sound Off (video): What do you think of the new look A&M-Commerce campus?
Freshman striker seals A&M-Commerce victory
Freshman striker Tareyn Blanton scored her first collegiate goal for A&M-Commerce women’s soccer on Saturday, Sept. 4, which turned out to be the game winner in a 1-0 victory over Tusculum College. The result mirrors last year’s contest between the two teams, and also extends A&M-Commerce’s record of never losing […]
Lions pummel Upper Iowa
The A&M-Commerce football team overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to crush the Upper Iowa University Peacocks 33-10 in their season opener. Junior running back Marcus Graham rushed for 85 yards and 2 TDs and freshman wideout Kenzee Jackson caught seven passes and returned a kickoff for a touchdown to spark […]
A&M-Commerce sets new record for enrollment
A&M-Commerce surpassed their enrollment goal on Aug. 20, 2010 and set a new record enrollment on Sept. 1. The university registered 10,930 students for the fall semester, which is a 12 percent increase from last year’s enrollment of 9,748 students. To reach the 10,000 mark, Vice President of Student Access […]
“Machete” is violently entertaining
It seems recently there have been three schools of thought on how to make a good movie. First, take a serious topic, hire phenomenal actors and put together a film that does justice to either an actual event or some form of art imitating life. Second, throw so much money […]
A&M-Commerce volleyball drops season opener
A&M-Commerce’s Lions volleyball team lost the season opening match against the Southern Arkansas University Muleriders 3-1 on Friday, Sept. 3. The match was also a part of the two-day Lions Volleyball Classic tournament hosted by A&M-Commerce. The Lions started strong with an early lead in game one, and nearly beat […]
Editorial: Reason for Evans’ dismissal leaves more questions than answers
While Provost Larry Lemanski’s firing of former Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences Christine Evans was done by the book, the manner in which it was done conveys a lack of respect to Dr. Evans, students in the College of Arts and Sciences and the A&M-Commerce student body […]