Mini-tournaments new addition as students anticipate intramurals
By Drew Williams/sports editor When the fall semester ended, it took flag football along with it. That means many students, like SE Campus student Steve Van Meter, are looking for other sports to play. But is intramural football really over? If students mean the American sport of football, then they must wait until next fall. [...]
In•ter•con•nec•tiv•i•ty
By Ciaran lambert/tr news editor Life being made up of connections — systems that connect cells, organs, people, countries — is the idea behind NE Campus’ newest art exhibit. Interconnectivitycomprises a series of paintings by NE Campus art teachers: two by Rebecca Briley, two by Andrew Stalder and one by Cynthia Hurt. The exhibit [...]
Former Olympian to speak on SE
Former Olympian and motivational speaker Hollis Conway will talk with SE Campus students at 11:30 a.m. Feb. 3 in the North Ballroom. Conway was ranked No. 1 nationally in the high jump 1988-1994 and No. 1 in the world 1990-1991 in the high jump. Conway won 10 U.S. high jump titles before retiring in 2000. [...]
Instead of beating the system…..fix it
By Brittanie Dawson/reporter Remembering the horrors of his own childhood, NE student Jackie Davis wants to develop an after-school art program for foster care children to provide them with a creative avenue for self-expression. Currently, more than a half-million children are in the U.S. foster care system, according to Casey Family Programs National Center for [...]
Black History Month
Feb. 1 Instructor Carlos Rovelo and professor Elizabeth Branch will host a Black History Month kick-off celebration in the SSTU Cafeteria on South Campus 12:30-2:30 p.m. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend. Refreshments will be served. Feb. 1-11 SE Campus will hold a black history art exhibit in the Bistro of the [...]
Fighter pilot to speak about life experiences
Veteran fighter pilot Lt. Gen. Frank Petersen will speak Feb. 2 in NSTU Center Corner on NE Campus in recognition of Black History Month. “I always jump at the chance to speak to college students,” Petersen said. “They’re the future of America and need to learn their potential of political power even while they are [...]
TR students remember MLK Jr., parade through Fort Worth
Members of the TR Campus African-American Student Organization and its supporters participated in the Fort Worth Martin Luther King Jr. parade Jan. 17. Joshua Robinson, organization president, said the float the group created was a tribute to the three Selma-to-Montgomery marches and the events at the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Ala., in 1965. The [...]
Lunch program provides free meals to build relationships
TR Campus will host Take a Student to a Meal week beginning Jan. 31, designed to create student and faculty/staff interactions outside of the classroom. “Research shows that the more connections students make with faculty or staff, that they will go to them when in need,” said Michael Baumgardner, TR student services director. Baumgardner said [...]
Board discusses proposal for funding cuts by state
By Shelly Williams/editor-in-chief As the Legislature delves more into the discussion of budget cuts for higher education, Chancellor Erma Johnson Hadley said it’s not yet time to worry. During the Jan. 20 board meeting, Hadley said the Legislature has proposed significant cuts to community colleges, but economist Bud Weinstein reminded her that the Legislature’s proposals [...]
TCC enrollment continues growth spurt, led by SE, NW
By Joshua Knopp/managing editor TCC’s enrollment the first day of classes stood at 48,680, an increase of more than 3,000 from last spring’s first day. Most of the increase is on NW (1,486 more students) and SE (1,680 new students), each of which registered 12 percent increases over last spring. Discrepancy in numbers is due [...]