Companies seeking teachable attitude, panel says
By Z. Poe Doyle/reporter NE students on Oct. 18 had a chance to get inside the heads of some people responsible for deciding who gets a job and who doesn’t. Students could question five human resources managers and directors at the panel discussion What Employers Want from You. “Community college graduates have a keen sense [...]
TCC chancellor says community colleges need additional funds
Sherlett Warren/ editor-in-chief Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley traveled to Austin Oct. 24 trying to influence state officials that community colleges require more funding. Hadley, in conjunction with the Texas Association of Community Colleges, endorsed a five-point plan to the state Legislature for funding specific to the needs of community colleges. “Tarrant County College is doing [...]
TR Campus gets its spook on in annual Trick-or-Treat event
Trick or Treat on Main Street brought a night of fun and safe festivities to TCC students, faculty, staff and the public. Main Street was packed by 6 p.m. with families and children dressed as every fairy-tale princess, insect, superhero and villain imaginable. The hall was decorated and dimmed, and most TR Campus clubs set up [...]
Wordless communication practiced during TR event
TR Campus held a deaf immersion event in the Idea Store Oct. 25 honoring Disability Awareness Month. In It’s a Deaf, Deaf World, participants experienced what life is like for people in the deaf community. Individuals were challenged to perform basic tasks such as withdrawing money from the bank or running errands without using words [...]
Dirty tricks used by historical politicians
By Shameaka Jones/reporter NW Campus students on Oct. 24 heard the sometimes sordid details about six contentious and controversial campaigns in American history. A panel of government faculty recounted the campaigns in Scandals, Scoundrels and Dirty Tricks. Assistant professor Jessica Patton covered the Ugly Campaign of 1800 – John Adams against Thomas Jefferson, which was [...]
Geology students travel to Arbuckle Mountains
By Karen Gavis/managing editor About 50 NE Campus geology students awoke early Oct. 20 and boarded a charter bus bound for Oklahoma on an expedition to study the earth. The group, accompanied by five rock-hammer-bearing geology faculty members, gathered at 7 a.m. for a field trip destined for the Arbuckle Mountains. Half a dozen others [...]
Latina author shares cultural identity crisis
By Elyssa Whaley/reporter Immigration and identity between the United States and Mexico are deep-rooted themes in the literature of an award-winning Latina author who visited TR Campus Oct. 24. Reyna Grande, author of Dancing with Butterflies, Across a Hundred Mountains and her recent memoir The Distance Between Us, told students what she wanted to accomplish [...]
Students take part in early voting
Taylor Jensen and Kenney Kost Students, faculty, volunteers and com- munity members showed up to the early voting sites available on four campuses until Nov. 2. Polls are open 7 a.m.-7 p.m., and sites are located in NSTU 1506 on NE Campus, SSTU 1112 on South Campus, the WTLO lobby on NW Campus and the [...]
News Briefs
Students learn ways to preserve culture In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Juan Araujo discussed the importance of passing culture and heritage to future generations during a session in the SE Library Oct. 23. The University of North Texas at Dallas professor talked about different ways of passing one’s culture and heritage to generations to [...]
NE twins share passion for singing
By Kenney Kost/ne news editor Living 100 miles apart was a challenging experience for the twins. “It was really hard because we had never been that far apart for that long.” They said this at the exact same time, one of many times they shared each other’s thoughts out loud. Walking down the hall, from [...]