In this increasingly technological world, the Internet is at the forefront of technology used to bring us closer together. Nearly every person I know is a member of a social networking site like Facebook or MySpace and the ability to look into someone’s life through these sites is definitely there. […]
Brooklyn’s Finest falls short
Nowadays, cop films with a fresh take on the world of policing are pretty rare. After watching Antoine Fuqua’s recent debut, Brooklyn’s Finest, I’m still left searching. The film is riddled with big name actors that in no way help the movie’s progression. It follows the story of three police […]
Women’s basketball team completes “transition year”
For the Texas A&M University-Commerce women’s basketball team, the 2009-10 season was one they would possibly like to forget, as they finished bottom of the LSC North table with a record of 4-22 (1-13). Despite struggling in her first season, head coach Nicole Anderson admitted this was more of a […]
Men’s basketball season ends at LSC tournament
The men’s season included a trip to Bartlesville and the LSC tournament for the sixth consecutive year, but it ended in the first round with an 83-76 overtime loss to Tarleton State. “We put ourselves in situations to win games against nationally ranked teams, and, for many reasons, were not […]
Grylls survival contains little reality
When it comes to television, I like to consider myself a man of somewhat distinguished tastes. Granted, I do watch my share of cartoons and other juvenile shows; however, the one television show that I must say I am most ashamed of watching has got to be Man vs. Wild. […]
Cultural Affairs office brings Commerce together
The Commerce Office of Cultural Affairs (COCA) is a non-profit organization designed to facilitate communication between community residents and Texas A&M University-Commerce through cultural projects. Former interim head of the department of art and senior lecturer Michael Odom began organizing COCA about one-and-a-half years ago. In January 2009, Odom made […]
A&M-Commerce acquires supercomputer
Texas A&M University-Commerce recently acquired a new supercomputer thanks to a partnership with L-3 Communications Integrated Systems Group in Greenville. According to a press release by the university, the computer is a 1920 core Nvidia Tesla personal GPU. GPU computing is the use of a GPU (graphics processing unit) to […]
Men’s golf finishes fifth in first tournament
The Texas A&M University-Commerce men’s golf team finished fifth at the Crawford-Wade Invitational at the Tanglewood Golf Resort & Spa in Pottsboro, Texas. The team was just 8 shots back from winning this, their first tournament of the spring. A&M-Commerce freshman Tyler Duffy shot a 76 on Tuesday for a […]
Alice in Wonderland whimsical, not wonderful
The story of Alice in Wonderland has taken on many embodiments over the years, all of them strange and whimsical, and Tim Burton’s 2010 rendition continues the legacy of quirkiness. Technically, Alice in Wonderland (2010) is like no other film adaptation before it, because it goes in a totally different […]
Patsy Cline gala benefits Ray Price scholarship
Ted Swindley’s musical theatre production “Always… Patsy Cline” has played in theatres all over the world since its release in the ‘90s, and on Sunday, March 6, a gala performance of the musical was held at the University Playhouse at Texas A&M University-Commerce. “Always… Patsy Cline” chronicles actual events which […]