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Report shows TCC employees were fired, disciplined due to SB-17 violations
Report shows TCC employees were fired, disciplined due to SB-17 violations
2019: Traditions and culture are celebrated at SE Campus for the Lunar New Year Feb. 5. Attendees could view Chinese paper folding and other traditions.
Students say they are hurt by loss of cultural experiences on TCC campuses
Top performers of the Jim Bolen math competition stand in recognition for their scores prior to awards being announced.
11-year-old wins Jim Bolen Competition
Hunter Crow, Veronica Chavez Law and Cary Cheshire are all candidates for the District 7 board of trustee election.
3 candidates run for District 7 TCC board seats
Tennis courts on campus offer open area to play pickleball
Tennis courts on campus offer open area to play pickleball
Comic
Comic
Smoke Moore, played by Michael B. Jordan (middle) and his allies prepare inside a juke joint for the climatic battle with a horde of vampires in “Sinners.”
Genre-blending triumph, rooted in blues, empowers Black community
Dr. John Watson questions Sherlock Holmes on his decision to retire.
Sherlock Holmes tackles another case in retirement
Michael Gandolfini, D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai, playing Ray Mendoza, and Adain Bradley have a tactical briefing in “Warfare.”
New war film subverts conventional tropes
Superheaven self-titled album released April 18, 2025 produced by Blue Grape Music. The self-titled album included 10 songs.
Superheaven releases new album 10 years later
Attacks against noncitizens will have big consequences
Attacks against noncitizens will have big consequences
NCAA’s loose regulations have ruined college athletics for fans
NCAA’s loose regulations have ruined college athletics for fans
Storytelling gave me hope, purpose during hard times
Storytelling gave me hope, purpose during hard times
Leave religion at door, not county grounds
Leave religion at door, not county grounds
Perseverance is taught to an unhealthy fault
Perseverance is taught to an unhealthy fault
Chloe Sisk is a NE student with a published poetry book “Tales of the Moon.” She is pursuing a career in writing and loves nature.
Poet Finds Purpose
South student Monae Terrell puts on a Korean hanbok with adviser Cholho Kim’s help.
Korean Culture Club: South club shares heritage, language
NE Campus student Lauren Bird sits looking at her series of self-portraits. The oil paintings will be featured in a solo exhibition in the art department. Bird has been working on the collection for a year-and-a-half.
Lauren Bird’s Self-Care Journey Captured in Oil-Painted Self-Portraits
Coffee and Conversation’s guest speaker, Kellie King, speaks to veteran students about how to file for Veterans Affair disability.
Services after Service: TR Veteran Resource Center emphasizes connection between veteran students
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
Information source: Inside Higher Ed
BREAKING: Five TCC international students have visas revoked
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
Zoe Spiliotis’ “Wheel in the Sky Without End”, Isadora Jackson’s “Crinkled Horizons” and Jackson’s “Soil and Sky” are all a part of the South Campus art exhibit “The Desert was Red and Red the Dust was Raised.”
Five women create abstract art to explore border region
At PBR’s Last Cowboy Standing, Rogério Silva Venâncio gets bucked off bull “Walk Hard.”
Cowboys, bulls back in town
During the parade the Moslah Car-vettes group drove down the streets decked out in LED lights, waving and greeting parade-goers.
Fort Worth’s Parade of Lights brings a shine to the streets of downtown
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Report shows TCC employees were fired, disciplined due to SB-17 violations
Report shows TCC employees were fired, disciplined due to SB-17 violations
FOUSIA ABDULLAHI, editor-in-chief • April 30, 2025

Updated April 30, 2025: The article was updated to include a response from TCC after publishing the story. Two employees were fired, two others were disciplined and 48 events were canceled or modified due to Senate Bill 17 compliance, according to a TCC document obtained through an open records request...

2019: Traditions and culture are celebrated at SE Campus for the Lunar New Year Feb. 5. Attendees could view Chinese paper folding and other traditions.
Students say they are hurt by loss of cultural experiences on TCC campuses
ASH PETRIE, feature editor
Top performers of the Jim Bolen math competition stand in recognition for their scores prior to awards being announced.
11-year-old wins Jim Bolen Competition
HOPE SMITH, campus editor
Hunter Crow, Veronica Chavez Law and Cary Cheshire are all candidates for the District 7 board of trustee election.
3 candidates run for District 7 TCC board seats
LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
Tennis courts on campus offer open area to play pickleball
Tennis courts on campus offer open area to play pickleball
WILL FLEMING V, staff reporter
South Campus President Dan Lufkin rides his bike through the open walkways of the campus. He said he uses his bike to get to meetings faster and greets students, staff and faculty along the way. He has been president for four years. He said he also plays basketball on campus in the mornings for a workout.
Day in the life: Lufkin leads South Campus by example, hoping to inspire people around him
DIEGO COLLAZO, campus editor
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Chloe Sisk is a NE student with a published poetry book “Tales of the Moon.” She is pursuing a career in writing and loves nature.
Poet Finds Purpose
HUDA QURESHI, managing editor • April 30, 2025

Before NE student Chloe Sisk became a published poet, she needed to make a drastic change to save her life. “I didn’t care about school,” Sisk said. “I didn’t care about my health. I didn’t care about anything. The only thing I cared about...

South student Monae Terrell puts on a Korean hanbok with adviser Cholho Kim’s help.
Korean Culture Club: South club shares heritage, language
FRED NGUYEN, campus editor
NE Campus student Lauren Bird sits looking at her series of self-portraits. The oil paintings will be featured in a solo exhibition in the art department. Bird has been working on the collection for a year-and-a-half.
Lauren Bird’s Self-Care Journey Captured in Oil-Painted Self-Portraits
DIEGO COLLAZO, campus editor
Coffee and Conversation’s guest speaker, Kellie King, speaks to veteran students about how to file for Veterans Affair disability.
Services after Service: TR Veteran Resource Center emphasizes connection between veteran students
CHEYENNE SHAWN, campus editor
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
ASH PETRIE, feature editor
Multimedia
BREAKING: Five TCC international students have visas revoked
FOUSIA ABDULLAHI, editor-in-chief • April 15, 2025

UPDATED April 30, 2025: Four out of five TCC international students whose visas were revoked earlier this month have now been restored to active...

Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
ASH PETRIE, feature editor • March 12, 2025

SE students started the wintry morning’s work bundled in sweaters, but as the sun rose above the city skyline, the first hour of raking, uprooting...

Five women create abstract art to explore border region
HUDA QURESHI, managing editor • February 5, 2025

The experience of living near the border threads together the artwork of five women connected by their visions of the desert in the “The...

Cowboys, bulls back in town
ASH PETRIE, feature editor • January 29, 2025

  The Fort Worth Stock Show and Rodeo has been a part of the culture since 1896, and people come from all around the country to participate...

Opinion
Attacks against noncitizens will have big consequences
Attacks against noncitizens will have big consequences
April 30, 2025

As Donald Trump enforces targeted attacks against international students and anti-DEI policies, college students are feeling the impact. These...

NCAA’s loose regulations have ruined college athletics for fans
NCAA’s loose regulations have ruined college athletics for fans
DIEGO COLLAZO, campus editor
Storytelling gave me hope, purpose during hard times
Storytelling gave me hope, purpose during hard times
FOUSIA ABDULLAHI, editor-in-chief
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In The Halls #2 by TJ Favela
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April 30, 2025

Smoke Moore, played by Michael B. Jordan (middle) and his allies prepare inside a juke joint for the climatic battle with a horde of vampires in “Sinners.”
Genre-blending triumph, rooted in blues, empowers Black community
DIEGO COLLAZO, campus editor
Dr. John Watson questions Sherlock Holmes on his decision to retire.
Sherlock Holmes tackles another case in retirement
FRED NGUYEN, campus editor
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