SE Monday lunches draw crowds
By Karen Gavis/managing editor Mondays around noon, a lunch line snakes down the hallway and into the Red Room on SE Campus. Whether tempted by the week’s menu or perhaps drawn by an opportunity to socialize, they come. And once inside, for the cash sum of $5, diners can choose between a meat and vegetarian [...]
Students learn to use technology for school
By Stephanie Homeyer/reporter In Take Back Your Technology Nov. 6, TR students learned to use technology instead of being consumed by it. Stevie Blakely, academic success center coordinator, and Jessica Hoover, her student assistant, handed out two blank schedules, one for an ideal week and one for a typical week. Blakely asked attendees to place [...]
Smartphone ‘addiction’ rises
By Javine Toms/reporter With one palm-sized device, students can do almost anything. They can read books, get driving directions to the nearest Starbucks, check how many “likes” they have on Facebook, call/text friends, listen to Pandora and probably record a video all at the same time. They can check bank account balances, wake up to [...]
Tool can streamline registration process
By Shirlett Warren/editor-in-chief The college has now made a time-saving online tool available to help students plan their classes around their personal schedules. Class Planner gives students the ability to plan their classes in one sitting, said district associate vice chancellor of student success Kimberly Beatty. The district invested $12,500 for a renewable one-year licensing [...]
Being thankful extends beyond holiday
A time for thanks is upon us, and students should take this opportunity to reflect and be thankful for the family and friends who surround them. In theory, every day should be a day to be thankful — thankful to be alive, thankful for the chance to receive a higher education and thankful for the [...]
Distance instructors don’t need to be distant
When it comes to distance learning instructors, there are the good, the bad and the lazy. The good news is most distance learning instructors are good. The good have a clear course policy the very first day of class. The course syllabi in these classes are straightforward and brief, and the instructors communicate regularly with [...]
Wireless communicating lacks personal touch
Cell phones have an amazing power to build and obliterate relationships. If there’s one thing learned from my first semester on TR Campus, it’s that constant connectivity affects social relationships in numerous unobvious ways. Most students agree there is significant convenience in reaching someone important at all times of the day, like loved ones, school [...]
I am thankful for …
In celebration of Thanksgiving Day, students districtwide were asked to finish the following phrase:
NE Cisco technology team members each place in competition
By Kenney Kost/ne news editor For the second year in a row, NE Campus had the only team to place all five of its contestants in the top 10 of the NetRiders competition for the state of Texas, including Bobby Cox who took first place. “It’s really all about the kids,” said computer science associate [...]
Early voting numbers on TCC campuses drop by 40 percent from 2008
By Joshua Knopp/special assignments editor With national voter turnout dropping from 2008 to 2012, early voting sites on TCC lost a larger percentage of voters than most. Early voting at TCC went from 9,261 in 2008 to 5,634 in 2012, down 40 percent. Tarrant County Elections doesn’t break down candidates by early voting sites. At [...]