The Collegian

Gender Neutral Restroom in NE library restroom.

Bathroom bill worries transgender students

FRED NGUYEN, managing editor • October 1, 2025

TCC is putting together a legislative response team to look at the impact of a new state law requiring transgender people to use on-campus bathrooms that match their assigned sex at birth. Senate Bill 8, also called the Texas Women’s Privacy Act, places these restrictions on bathrooms at public...

Enrollment almost reaches 50,000-student goal

HOPE SMITH, campus editor

Identity theft, fake students on the rise

ASH PETRIE, editor-in-chief

SE students play Kahoot! quiz put on by DASHH for a free T-shirt and cupcake inside SE03 commons area.

Hazing occurs across all types of colleges

AVA REED, campus editor

NW students Joe Serrato, Oore Fasalojo, Nathaniel Smith and Josh Dobles speak about the ways they are able to balance school, clubs and work along with their social and family life.

Leaders encourage campus engagement

AIRIANNA ROMAN, campus editor

TR student Deja Burt edits an Instagram video in the library for a campus secret agent series she works on called "Toro Too and Deja Vu" where interviews students about campus life and student culture.

Student succeeds in social media outreach

CARA COCO, staff writer

Feature

NE English associate professor Rebecca Balcarcel reads through the young adult novel she wrote called "Shine on Luz Véliz."

Cherishing Cultures

NANDA ACHARYA, campus editor • October 1, 2025

Rebecca Balcarcel is a result of two cultures finding each other. The NE Campus English associate professor shared the discovery of her mixed identity through her children’s novels to help others find theirs too. Being a real-life link to...