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Trustees to vote on budget, policy changes dents will continue, with an increased cost of $200,000 from last year.

By JAMES HARTLEY Editor in Chief @JamesHartleyETC

The budget for the Dallas County Community College District will be brought to a vote in September along with several policy issues including maternity leave and vacation days for employees.

The Board of Trustees tabled a set of policy amendments until the September board meeting after a budget workshop ran long and trustees did not have the opportunity to discuss or ask questions about the changes.

Here’s a look at what the board will be voting on: Budget The proposed budget for the 2017-2018 fiscal year will see no increase in tuition or taxes, but includes a raise for all full-time employees.

Although the tax rate won’t change, rising property values in Dallas County mean the average homeowner would pay about $15 more in property taxes than last year.

The DCCCD operating budget is $437.4 million, a 3.6 percent increase from last year.

State funding makes up $87.7 million, $2 million more than the last state budget allocated.

The budget includes a $3 million increase in funding for dual credit programs and a 3 percent salary increase for most employees.

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Maternity leave DCCCD’s current maternity leave policy allows only one day away from work: the day the mother has given birth.

Each additional day away from work draws from vacation and sick days.

After those days are expended, employees have to go without pay until they return to work.

The proposed amendment would make maternity leave four weeks instead of one day.

Most colleges in Texas only offer one day of maternity leave, and some do not have a maternity leave policy at all.

This change comes as many across the nation are calling for more generous or realistic leave policies, some even demanding federal action to require employers provide a minimum number of days off for new mothers.

Vacation Staff at DCCCD colleges may soon be able to earn more vacation time at a quicker rate.

Full-time staff currently earn one day of paid vacation each month during the first five years of employment, 1.25 days a month between five and 10 years, 1.5 days a month between 10 and 15 years, 1.75 days a month between 15 and 20 years and two days after 20 years.

A proposed change to policy could give fulltime staff 1.5 days of paid vacation per month after three years instead of five. Full-time staff

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Joe May, chancellor of the DCCCD, at the March 2017 Board of Trustees meeting. The board will vote on a number of issues at its Sept. 5 meeting, including maternity leave and vacation time for employees.

would then get 1.75 days a month after five years and two days a month after eight years, cutting requirements by 40 percent, 50 percent and 60 percent, respectively.

This amendment is a part of DCCCD ef-

forts to make the district a more competitive employer.

The board plans to finalize the budget and tax rate and vote on the policy changes at its next regular meeting Sept. 5.

Swords, guns and ballots

New state laws go into effect Sept. 1 An avalanche of new laws passed during the state Legislature’s biennial gathering will hit Texas on Sept. 1.

Lawmakers banned texting while driving and sanctuary cities, but high-profile campaigns to freeze property taxes and designate bathrooms for transgender people died Aug. 15 with the end of a special legislative session.

Here are five new laws that students should know about.

—Compiled by Julio Vega

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Texting while driving will be banned as of Sept. 1.

Texting while driving ban Texas joins 37 other states and Washington, D.C., in banning texting while driving. Drivers cannot “read, write, or send an electronic message” while the vehicle is in motion.

However, the law does not apply to music applications, such as Spotify and Apple Music, or from using a mapping application while driving.

Fines run from $25 to $99 dollars for first-time offenders, and $100 to $200 for repeat offenders.

Sanctuary cities ban Senate Bill 4 gives the state the power to withhold funding from cities that don’t comply with immigration laws. The law allows police to ask detainees or arrestees about their immigration status. Several cities and counties have sued the state, arguing that the policy is unconstitutional.

Handgun license fee lowered The cost to obtain and renew a

handgun license will be cheaper.

A first-time license will be $40 instead of $140, and the annual renewal fee will go from $70 to $40, giving Texas some of the lowest handgun license fees in the country.

The bill also includes a measure that can waive the fee for peace officers.

The law comes just one month after two-year colleges implemented campus carry laws, which allows handgun license holders to carry concealed handguns on campus.

Straight ticket voting ban Although it won’t take effect until 2020, House Bill 25 will eliminate the straight-ticket voting option on the ballot.

Voters will no longer be able to vote along party lines with a single action.

This change will encourage voters to be more politically active and research the candidates on ballots.

Open sword carry Finally, for all those who want to reveal their inner samurai, Texas will now allow people to carry blades longer than 5.5 inches.

This includes machetes, swords, katanas, spears and other elongated weapons.

However, they will not be allowed in prisons, hospitals, sporting events of any kind or school campuses.

So, don’t bring your medieval javelin to Eastfield.

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To bee or not to bee?

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No question about it: Eastfield adopts new mascot

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During fall 2017 convocation, Conway officially announced the bee as the mascot, emphasizing that it could be integrated in every aspect of the college experience.

“We want a tough looking image for our athletic teams, but also an image that can be a gentler image,’ she said. “And when we go out to the community, we want a professional image.

The bee is an image that is robust and flexible.”

The event, as well as the following celebration, was decorated with hexagon décor, bee trails and a banner that reads “Bee Inspired.”

Conway said the presence of a mascot will benefit branding and school pride, as well as giving students a sense of belonging.

She closed by speaking on how representative the bee is to the goals and spirit of the college.

“Above all, we want an image to portray what we do, how we do it, and most importantly, why,” she said.

An official logo is planned to be finalized in the spring.

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The buzz is out: Eastfield’s new mascot is the bee. The college keep the Harvester name and blue and orange colors, but ditch the long unused image of a farmer for that of a pollinator.

Suggestions to adopt the bee were presented to faculty and staff during the spring, and the decision to implement the mascot was made over the summer.

Although there no official logo image, the bee has already been integrated into college marketing and outreach design elements.

The website now sports a background design that resembles hive-like honeycomb and hexagons abound.

“Come see what the Buzz is all about,” reads a message from President Jean Conway.

While the administration is excited about the change, some student opinions sting.

Marisol Munoz, an education major, thinks there are better options.

“In a way I see it, but why not a bear?” she asked. “It doesn’t make sense with the school’s colors because we are blue and orange and bees are black and yellow.”

Mike Harper, a business major, is firmly set against it.

“Honestly, it doesn’t make sense to have the bee as the mascot and to still keep the name Harvesters,” he said.

But student John Hassel, who is considering going into animation, sees the administration’s

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Employees pose in front of “the hive” during the Aug. 17 convocation after party.

point.

“I like it,” he said. “I understood it from the moment you said it.”

Also among the bee’s supporters are some of the faculty and staff, including technical theatre coordinator Lori Honeycutt.

“When I heard this news I was overjoyed at the prospect of not only having a mascot, which I believe is integral to fostering school spirit, but also that it is a bee,” she said. “We do, and always have, worked as a family, or a com-

munity here to give the students the best opportunities possible going forward. Bees work as a community, working together, taking the load from one another.”

Honeycutt believes that a majority of the faculty and staff support the idea of a bee mascot, and those who oppose it fail to see the benefit it brings.

“I think [they] feel like we’re taking away from something instead of adding to it,” she said. “We’re still the Harvesters. It’s still East-

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Annual awards announced at convocation

Should any groups be banned from college campuses?

Juan Carrizales Undecided Major

Stephany Sam Speech Major

Tekeyun Moore Business Major

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“Any groups that promote hate or discrimination, because it is something we shouldn’t be leaning toward.”

“It’s their freedom of speech, so I don’t think that it should be banned. But ... we’re here to study, not to start a political war”

“When it comes to a college campus it’s open to anything. So I feel like there should really be none, unless it harms students.”

“White Supremacists, just because there is so much hate going on right now.”

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Speech professor Courtney Brazile poses with his mother after winning the Excellence in Teaching Award for full-time faculty. Other winners were Melba Johnson for part-time staff, Janet Foreman for full-time staff, Tricia Thomas-Anderson for administrator, Kassi Buck for the Jean Sharon Griffith Leadership Award, the Brewery Program for Innovation of the Year and Tony Mba for adjunct Excellence in Teaching.

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First day of classes Coffee with OSER, 7:30 a.m.-noon, Fireside Lounge Arts Cafe, coffee and cookies with art, dance, music and drama faculty and staff, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Performance Hall lobby

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Coffee with OSER, 7:30 a.m.-noon, Fireside Lounge Arts Cafe, coffee and cookies with art, dance, music and drama faculty and staff, 9:30 a.m.12:30 p.m., Performance Hall lobby

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Law allows guns on Eastfield campus

By JAMES HARTLEY Editor in Chief @JamesHartleyETC

The “gun free zone” signs that adorned doors before Aug. 1 are gone and the “gun free” portion of the “drug free, gun free, alcohol free, tobacco free” signs leading into campus has been covered with duct tape.

With the controversial campus carry law going into effect this month, Texans with handgun licenses can now bring concealed handguns to two-year college campuses, including Eastfield.

Only license holders will be allowed to bring guns on campus, and they must remain concealed at all times. Handguns are not allowed in certain areas that have been designated off limits by the Dallas County Community College District.

However, handguns will be allowed in classrooms, faculty offices, common areas and anywhere else on campus that is not marked as gunfree.

Temporary exclusion zones can be set up ahead of a scheduled event if alcohol is present or there is a rea-

Campus Carry Guns are prohibited at:

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Sporting events Polling places Interscholastic events DCCCD owned vehicles Rooms used exclusively for grievance proceedings or early college high schools Fitness centers Labs or rooms containing potentially hazardous materials

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sonable risk of violence or threat to the community.

Temporary exclusion zones can be identified at any time before an event starts.

The law has been met with backlash from students, faculty and staff across the DCCCD, as well as across the state.

When the law went into effect at four-year schools in 2016, students at the University of Texas passed out sex toys shaped like male genitalia and

Students with a handgun license can now carry a concealed handgun at Texas community colleges.

attached them to their backpacks in protest. Their statement: guns should not be allowed where dildos are not.

A lawsuit by UT professors seeking to overthrow the law was dismissed.

When the law went into effect this month on two-year campuses, the response was quieter. A San Antonio College geography professor made national headlines by arriving to teach class in a ballistics vest and

military helmet. He told the San Antonio Express-News that it was his way of making a statement.

“I was just saying I don’t feel safe,” professor Charles K. Smith told the newspaper.

District officials said students and employees overwhelmingly oppose campus carry, but the colleges must follow state law. Some say armed civilians will make campuses safer.

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Briefs Two-year colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees In three to four years, Eastfield plans to offer a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education.

The Texas Legislature passed a law allowing public, two-year institutions to offer four-year degrees to meet community needs, including teaching, applied sciences, applied technology and nursing. More than 4,000 pre-kindergarten teachers are need in the Dallas area, officials say.

New student guide hits newsstands The Eastfield Experience, a guide to college by students for students, is available on newsstands across campus.

It includes helpful tips and advice from returning students, overviews of divisions and programs, as well as how to get financial aid, counseling and advisement — everything you need to survive college as a Harvester. It is produced by the staff of The Et Cetera student newspaper.

Rules change for developmental classes A new law requires colleges to enroll more students in corequisite courses that combine remedial education and college-level lessons.

Colleges will be required to have 25 percent of all developmental or remedial courses completed in a co-requisite format by fall 2018. The bill, despite opposition from educators and the Dallas County Community College District, was signed by Gov. Greg Abbot on June 15. ­ — Compiled by Macks Prewitt

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Certificates offer fast track to employment

By DAVID SILVA Digital Managing Editor @DavidSilvaETC

Students, whether seeking a twoyear or four-year degree, have increasing resources available through the continuing education department for workforce skill certificates and new programs that fit their interests.

According to Workforce Development and Community Education Executive Dean Judith Dumont, the brewery certification program is an example of a workforce certificate that not only continues to meet an industry demand, but also one that piqued student interests.

“We really become the innovative scouting ground for hot careers,” Dumont said.

Dumont and Associate Dean Ryan Ouellette are looking for avenues to hear from students and develop courses and programs to fit their interests.

“If I can get 10 students that are interested in learning something, I can make that happen,” Dumont said. “I would love to just get a sample of students in a room, ask openended questions, find patterns and then come back to meet that need.”

Students and faculty have a misconception of what continuing edu-

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The patient care technician program places students pursuing a medical degree in the field while they’re still in school.

cation is, Dumont said.

“That’s one thing we’ve had to work on with faculty,” Dumont said.

“We’re trying to aid the student, aid the community member as they’re growing. Even with the advising team, we’ve had to rehabilitate their perception of CE because many see it as ‘a degree or a certificate,’ [but] they’re inclusive of one another.

We’re trying to blur those lines between credit and non-credit.”

Dumont believes that it’s important to consider continuing education as a another resource for students while they pursue degrees rather than as an alternative to credit classes.

As executive dean, she has allo-

cated resources to support this belief.

“Most people who get a liberal arts degree end up making less than our workforce certificate earners,” Dumont said. “It doesn’t mean don’t do what you’re doing. But if I take that and couple it with something else, … you can still have that conceptual, creative mind but you’re marrying it to a hard skill. So the hard and the soft skills create employability.”

Ouellette said attaining certification in a field related to a major will increase the chances of working within that given field while still in school.

Dumont said her division is taking a strategic approach, building in short-term programs for certification

during less-active academic periods.

The patient care technician program, which qualifies students to be placed in a hospital tending to the daily needs of patients, is an example of what Dumont and Ouellette want to push to students.

The 220-hour program leads to full technician certification.

Partnerships with hospitals such as Baylor Scott & White at White Rock, UT-Southwestern and Methodist Hospital at Oak Cliff gives students closer access to available jobs.

Hospitals like Baylor Scott & White also offer full tuition reimbursement for employees.

“As the student who wants to be the nurse does their internship at Eastfield College, they [can] get scouted.” Dumont said. “Then they still continue toward their degree, but instead of bartending until 4 a.m. and going to class at 9 a.m. like I had to do, they’re in a really great professional career that once they get their nursing degree, they’re already on track to be promoted within. And they walk out debt free.”

The program is available through the summer, from June to September.

Javier Granados, the allied health coordinator, recommends the program for students who haven’t had hands-on experience but look to pursue a nursing degree.

“This is a good first step to see if this is for them,” he said. “There are students that go into the nursing program and at the end they say, ‘I’m going to change my career because this is not for me.’ You can get this finished in three months.”

Dumont and Ouellette look to develop more programs in the fall. Potential programs include certificates for drone operation, green technology and wastewater treatment.

Patient care technicians and other medical assistant jobs are projected to grow by 18 percent over the next decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This demand within the local job market shapes the type of programs that Dumont’s division creates.

The highest demand for specific workforce skills, such as mastering Microsoft and Adobe or learning project management and leadership skills, is also taken into consideration.

“We know it’s a skill people need,” Ouellette said. “And people often don’t get that training in undergrad.

If someone thinks, ‘This is a skill I need to have. If I’m constantly seeing this in job descriptions and I don’t have it, where can I get it?’ We’re that place.”

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Student association aims to empower campus voices

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The Student Government Association is an elected body that advocates for student concerns to the administration.

Students are elected to be part of the Executive Board, House of Representatives, the Senate or serve & on committees.

SGA meets at 12:30 p.m. every other Friday.

Et Cetera Photo Editor Yesenia Alvarado spoke with new SGA President Yazmin Lopez, a political science and mathematics major, about her plans for the upcoming year.

Lopez previously served as a SGA senator and is a member of the Communication Club.

Lopez believes clubs and organizations help students with self-development, friendships, and leadership skills.

any interests that the students would like us to get into.

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How important is it for students to join organizations or clubs like SGA?

It’s very important. I feel like joining clubs or organizations builds you and offers a lot of networking opportunities. My first year of college, I was very shy and wanted to stay in my little box. It did take a little push from my teacher who told me to go to the Communication Club meeting. Then the Communication Club eventually led me to SGA, and now I am president of SGA.

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What is SGA?

We represent the student body up to the administrators. We’re supposed to advocate any concerns that the students have,

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What is SGA’s plan for fall 2017?

One of the things we’re working on is getting more student involvement. We also want to work more with early college students, because many don’t know that they can still be involved because they are students of Eastfield.

SGA 2017-2018 Executive Board President: Yazmin Lopez Vice President: Vianney Sanchez Secretary: Celeste Canales Parliamentarian: Sidney Hernandez Treasurer: Conner DeCamp Public Relations: Jennifer Ruiz

Contact: Adviser Emilio Lopez, L-325, 972-8607118, EmilioLopez@dcccd.edu, eastfieldcollege.edu/slifeEFC/sga/

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It has become the new meet-up spot for many locals in the Lakewood and Casa View area, but it is much more than a bar.

On busy weekend nights, the wait for a table at dinnertime can be about an hour. Zimmerman recommended Lounge Here as the after-party hangout for a friend’s wedding. She likes to stop by with her husband to share the “swanky” chicken fried Akaushi rib eye with shaved brussel sprouts and duck fat gravy. She’s expressed her love for the new neighborhood hangout so much that her daughters bought her a Lounge Here cap for her birthday from The Good Pagoda boutique next door.

Wednesday night, the dinnertime rush has the quaint space buzzing with conversation. The booths on either side of the lounge are full with groups of all ages. Almost everyone has at least one cocktail glass on their table, whether it be the gin and apricot Sugarmaker cocktail or an Old Fashioned. Three tables in the center are close enough to each other that customers are able to talk to their neighbors.

“How long have y’all been coming here?” an older man in a black button-up asks the couple at the table to his right.

“Oh, we’ve loved this place since it opened,” the woman replies.

“We live just behind the building, so we come here pretty often,” her husband adds.

Many of the regulars stroll through the neighborhood or ride their bikes to Lounge Here.

Discovering Lounge Here for the first time might seem like a scavenger hunt to those like the newcomer, but it is a discovery that had him making plans for future visits.

newcomer in his mid-20s wanders along a dark and desolate shopping center on Garland Road on a Wednesday night. He stops in front of a large wooden door. His eyebrows are furrowed as he looks down at his phone and back at the door. Suddenly, the door opens and a young couple, blonde and brunette, walk outside.

“Is this the bar?” he asks the couple.

“Yes!” they respond together.

“You never would’ve guessed, right?” the brunette says.

Unless you are a homeowner in the neighborhood or a lover of all things East Dallas, the two generic-looking shopping strips may be easily overlooked.

The area between White Rock Lake and Casa Linda Plaza houses an eclectic mix of establishments, from a recording studio to a gun store to a pet groomer. However, three new establishments have been added within the past year that have locals buzzing. These up-and-coming businesses are right in Eastfield backyard, less than 15 minutes away.

“I always thought it was a cool neighborhood, but now it’s kind of hip,” Dallas Academy teacher Ellen Zimmerman says on a visit to the new ice cream shop. “It’s fun to have good places to eat and shop.”

The owners of Hypnotic Donuts and Greenville Avenue’s Good Records offer spin-offs of their businesses to the Lake and Garden District in East Dallas. James and Amy St. Peter of Hypnotic Donuts created a classic soda shop atmosphere and are whipping up sweet treats and selling retro candy at Good Vibes at The Good Pagoda A young woman in workout attire takes off her sunglasses Hypnotic Emporium. Across the street, the founders of Good in the doorway, her eyes widen and she cracks a smile. WoodRecords have opened The Good Pagoda gift store and its en lamps by artist Nick Earl are hanging above the multi-colneighbor, the low-key Lounge Here bar. ored lockers to her left and contrast the light pink walls of the ‘Where are we meeting?’ Here. store. In the center of the room, a hanging disco ball spins to The marquee out front simply reads: “FOOD. COCK- the sound of The Kinks’ “Sunny Afternoon.” As she slowly TAILS. HERE.” walks past the cotton marigolds and David Bowie-inspired The brick storefront is painted off-white with no other sig- art, she raises an arm to show her friend on the other end of a nage aside from the glowing neon sign, which tells those pass- FaceTime call her discovery. ing that they are, indeed, “here.”

The Good Pagoda is the second Garland Road venture for Lounge Here, the bar and restaurant opened by Polyphonic Julie Doyle, who opened the store in January with bandmates Spree’s Julie Doyle and local artist Tony Barsotti, sits in the Tim DeLaughter, Christopher and Jennifer Penn and Cassie same shopping center as a wig shop and tattoo parlor.

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In the 16 months it took to transform the 1,600-square-foot On the day of their grand opening, Askin looked around space from bike store to bar, the owners took careful consid- and saw many familiar faces. Bandmates, friends and family eration into making the lounge a reflection of the neighbor- were all present to offer their support. hood. Doyle describes it as “casual, quaint, simple, inclusive “It was very fun for us to finally see this come to fruition and stylish.” and see it full,” she said.

The newcomer makes his way into Lounge Here and spots Every part of the shop has a personal touch, from the lights his friends in a corner booth near the back of the bar. As he installed by DeLaughter to its name. walks to the table, his eyes wander from the landscape photo The Good Pagoda’s name is an ode to an old family friend. of hilltops, which takes up an entire wall, to the large semi- Kumar Pallana, the actor who played Pagoda in Wes Andercircle bar top and retro glass lamps hanging from the ceiling. son’s film “The Royal Tenenbaums,” was a Dallas socialite dur“How did you even find out about this place?” he asks his ing his years as the owner of Oak Lawn’s Cosmic Cafe. When friends as he slides into the white leather booth.

Pallana passed away in 2013, it only made sense to the owners For many of its customers, Lounge Here is just a place that that their next venture together would be named after his role appeared in their backyard one day. in the cult film.

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Pallana’s memory is alive in the store, which sells baseball-style pe nants and paintings of his famous Pagoda character by William Flin Local artist Jonathon Kimbrell designed the store’s logo, a wester inspired font with blue and pink shooting stars, and painted a large v sion of it on the floor at the front entrance.

The space, previously occupied by a photo studio, was dark and em ty except for its baby blue walls and dark red wood ceiling.

“It was so empty, dark and cold and now it’s warm,” Doyle said.

With Wes Anderson-inspired art and gifts like Pink Floyd ba merch, the shop now seems like the perfect fit for art-centric neighb hoods like Deep Ellum or the Bishop Arts District. For Doyle, the de sion to place the shop in this specific shopping strip was intentional.

Doyle and the other owners of Good Records secured their sp as a Dallas staple before Lower Greenville became the home to oth popular places like Steel City Pops and Trader Joe’s, whose popular sparked construction that allows more foot traffic in the area.

Doyle hopes for a similar experience with her new businesses Garland Road, and she recognizes the appeal of being in an underra area of Dallas.

For the locals who have found The Good Pagoda, the boutique ser their neighborhood well by allowing them to buy unique items like gl tumblers etched with Dallas zip codes. The store also features punk ro anthologies, and musician biographies sit on a bookshelf next to vinta comic book character masks. Soy candles by Dallas-based Dylan & C are sold alongside jewelry created by local artists.

Customers coming into The Good Pagoda are a mix. Some foot tr fic derives from the lounge next door, and local homeowners come regularly, with sprinkles of young people interested in music and

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Soda jerks at Hypnotic Emporium help a family decide through their variety of flavors. Hypnotic Emporium, one of the new attractions along Garland Rd, is a ice cream and soda shop with a a 1950s theme.

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A silver-haired man in his 50s smiles as his eyes lock on the signature yellow vinyl record holders.

“Y’all have got some great records here!” he says, flipping through albums by Talking Heads and T-Rex. The Good Pagoda is a perfect hangout spot for artsy types of all ages, Askin says.

Upstairs, the boutique also houses the Super Yoga Palace, a yoga studio that offers classes four times a day.

“You can come in here or take a yoga class, hang out in the space, and go [to the bar] next door,” Askin says. “I just think it’s not like anything Dallas has really seen.”

Hyped Up at Hypnotic Emporium Cassie, a waitress at an Oak Lawn steak house, enters the ice cream shop on Garland Road during a lull. A server recommended Hypnotic Emporium the night before.

“She was so enthusiastic about it,” Cassie says. “She’s a local and said this was the best ice cream, so I took her advice.”

Honey lavender ice cream is a local favorite, so Cassie orders it in a milkshake. She is on her break from work so she orders her boss a milkshake as well.

“We’re going out of our way to get ice cream,” she says.

She is hopeful that the trip would be worth it and is not disappointed.

On her way out of the ice cream shop, she takes a sip of her milkshake and her eyes widen, pleased by the flavor combination of sweet honey and herbal lavender.

The unique Hypnotic Emporium experience mimics the laidback atSee Garland Road, page 8 ➤

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Garland Road offers unique experiences

Continued from page 7 mosphere of 1950s soda shops, complete with Frank Sinatra songs and greetings by soda jerks clad in old-fashioned caps and aprons.

“It’s not typical Dallas,” owner James St. Peter says. “We want to create an experience, and I think that matters to a lot of people.”

Dozens of framed black-and-white photos line the wall in front of the shop’s marble counter. The patrons in the photos are toddlers, teens, adults and those old enough to feel the nostalgia of the vintage-looking soda shop, many with ice cream framed smiles.

St. Peter opened the Hypnotic Emporium last February after the success of his first Garland Road venture, Hypnotic Donuts. Since the business sells candy and toys as well as ice cream, St. Peter figured the title “Emporium” fit the store’s character best.

The wall on the right side of the store is lined with glass jars of bubblegum and gummy candy. A variety of colorful retro candy and vintage children’s toys catches the attention of guests of all ages.

“The older people love the vintage feel,” St. Peter says. “Kids don’t get that. They’re like, ‘It’s ice cream! Who cares about all the stuff on the walls?’ ” Indeed, adult customers often take a look around and appreciate the atmosphere while children scurry through the entryway to claim a seat at the ice cream counter, giggling with excitement.

At the start of the afternoon rush, just after 3 p.m. when kids are getting out of school, a family of six walks into the shop and orders four milkshakes and two single-scoop cups of the cotton candy ice cream with rainbow sprinkles.

Some establishments might serve a Coke float with average vanilla ice-cream and branded soda, but the process is considered an art at Hypnotic Emporium. The soda jerks behind the counter have mastered the art of making sundaes, floats and milkshakes with the fresh ice cream delivered every week from Beth Marie’s in Denton and root beer, orange and cola sodas crafted to order from syrups in glass bottles.

The bottles sit next to the lone waffle iron, the source of Hypnotic Emporium’s sweet smelling atmosphere. The soda jerks make about 150 waffle cones per day. They used to produce more with their “fancy” waffle iron, which cooked three at a time, but the quality did not compare.

That is what makes this independent ice cream shop so special, St. Peter says. They care more about quality and overall experience, so taking the time to make one waffle cone by hand really makes a difference.

Making 150 waffle cones a day is a laborious task, but the workers at Hypnotic Emporium do it efficiently. Brandon, clad in a oldfashioned white soda jerk hat and apron, pours batter onto the grill sets out to do other tasks around the shop until he hears the machine

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Clockwise from above, Children enjoy ice cream in the Hypnotic Emporium, owned by the founders of Hypnotic Donuts.

Patrons at Lounge Here enjoy drinks. The Good Pagoda offers an eclectic selection of records, apparel and novelties.

beep behind him. When he lifts the handle and reveals the steamy golden brown waffle, Brandon immediately removes it and sculpts the waffle to cone-like perfection. He repeats the process three times until the jingling of bells and scurrying of shoes on the floor have him turning around and greeting guests.

Zimmerman enters with her daughters Lana and Greta. They wait their turn to step up to the ice cream counter and pick out their favorites.

She has lived in the area for 14 years and brings her family in often.

“I like that you can actually make the sweet ice cream kind of salty with the pretzel cone,” Lana says as she hops up and down in her seat.

Normally, Lana would be inside circling the candy section but the shop was too busy today.

Instead, the family is content with enjoying their ice cream in the nice sunny weather.

The handcrafted quality at Hypnotic Emporium has appealed to families and the young adult crowd as well. St. Peter has noticed that they seem to be more adventurous and willing to try new things.

“There’s lots of options for millennials,” he says. “We do stuff that’s very different, stuff that you can’t find at the typical store.”

Donut-ice cream sandwiches, a Hypnotic donut stuffed with up to three flavors of ice cream and flash fried, is warm and steamy on the outside yet cold and creamy on the inside.

The s’mores milkshake, complete with gooey marshmallows burnt right in front of you, is a staple as well.

The throwback ice cream shop is across the street from Lounge Here and the Good Pagoda, but getting there can still be a little bit of a hassle. With no real sidewalks or bike lanes, the area is not exactly pedestrian friendly.

Changes to make the area more walkable are not likely to happen because Garland Road is a state road, St. Peter says.

But he is trying to get customers to the area in a different way.

“We’re in talks of possibly doing some type of trolley that runs from here down to Peavy Road on weekends so people can get on that and experience these three blocks,” he says.

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Sun Screened Everything you need to know about the solar eclipse The moon will cover the sun Aug. 21 in the first total solar eclipse to touch the continental U.S. since 1979. The eclipse will glide from Oregon to South Carolina, passing through a total of nine states and casting a partial shadow over the rest of the nation.

Physics professor Saeed Ahmad said solar eclipses are rare and can be a once in a lifetime opportunity.

“If you see a totality in some region, the next time you will see it in the same region will take about 400 years,” Ahmad said.

The eclipse offers a chance to see things

that would never be visible otherwise.

“We will not see it in Mesquite, but if you went to the path of the totality … you can see the stars during the day,” Ahmad said.

“Weird things happen, like the animals go back to their barns, birds go back to their nests. They think it’s night.”

Eastfield will host a watch party from 11:40 a.m. to 2:39 p.m. between the F and G buildings. The height of the eclipse visible in Mesquite will be at 1:10 p.m.

Here’s what you should know about the eclipse: — Compiled by James Hartley

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CAMPUS EVENTS Get in on the excitement early with a short presentation on the eclipse and special safety rules.

Ahmad will give students a briefing on safety and the science of the eclipse at 11 a.m. in G-101.

From there, students will move outside and view the eclipse through telescopes designed for observing the sun. The Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Division will provide protective glasses.

If you didn’t think science was cool before, you will after the eclipse.

During a solar eclipse, the moon moves in front of the sun and blocks its light, casting a shadow across the surface of the earth.

This gives scientists, and us regular people, the opportunity to see something that is otherwise difficult or impossible to see. In the path of the totality, planets and stars will be visible during the day.

“Looking at the stars, the way light bends from our sun, that can only be seen during a total eclipse,” Ahmad said. “If you are very,

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very lucky and a solar flare goes off during an eclipse, you will be able to see it.”

While we won’t get a total eclipse in Texas, the three-hour partial eclipse still gives plenty to see.

When the sun is about 80 percent eclipsed, some of the corona — the atmosphere of the sun — will be visible.

“Because the moon is right in front of the sun and the light is coming from behind from the sun, you can see the curves on the surface,” Ahmad said. “It’s not a smooth surface.

You can see the mountains. You can see the curvy surface. Just like the earth, the moon has mountains and ridges.”

Looking directly at the sun is a bad idea.

Usually you wouldn’t have any reason to do it, but unless you want to be the only person in America who won’t experience the eclipse you may be considering breaking that rule.

You’ll want to get some solar eclipse glasses. There are a lot of inadequate solar glasses out there, but NASA has you covered with some tips.

Any glasses used to view the eclipse should have the ISO designation 123122 international standard and have the

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manufacturers’ name printed somewhere on them.

Don’t use any glasses that are more than three years old or have scratches or wrinkles in the lenses.

Definitely don’t use any homemade filters or ordinary sunglasses, no matter how dark they are.

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Soccer vs. Hill College 5 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Paul Quinn College 7 p.m.

Volleyball vs. Southwestern Christian College 6 p.m.

Soccer vs. Seminole State College 5 p.m.

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Volleyball begins season play

By JULIO VEGA Staff Writer @JulioVegaETC

With a new season looming, the Eastfield women’s soccer team is hoping to once again compete for the Metro Athletic Conference title and make a run at nationals.

The Harvesters have come close the past two seasons. They won the regular-season title in 2015 before losing 4-3 to Richland in the conference tournament finals. And they reached the tournament semifinals last year, playing to a scoreless draw with Brookhaven before ultimately falling 3-2 on penalty kicks. Eastfield coach Dustin Stein said he hopes to continue the team’s competitive runs and try to win its place in the national tournament.

“We have a very tough conference,” Eastfield coach Dustin Stein said. “Probably 3 of the best 5 teams in the country are in this same conference. We’ll just get ready for those conference games and see where the chips fall when conference starts. If we make it through our conference, we’ll see if we can make a national championship run.”

Sophomore Emily Juarez, who was a key player on last year’s team, scoring 12 goals and assisting on 11, has set her sights even higher this season.

“I want to be the top goal-scorer and assister, and score in both Richland games,” Juarez said.

She emphasized that the team will look to play possession-based soccer and be more efficient. “[We need to play] as a unit instead of just kicking everywhere like some other teams,” Juarez said. “Stay all together and pass, with no long balls.”

Freshman Joy Carlock took a oneyear hiatus from soccer after high school before making the team this season.

“I decided I want to find a place where I could get back into it all, and I felt like Eastfield would be a good place for me to start out,” Carlock said.

Stein said the team has been working hard to start the season on a positive note. He hopes to use the

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Gabriela Roa, left, and Vivian Aguayo fight for the ball during preseason practice on Aug. 9.

preseason to get the best out of his players for conference play.

“We’ve put together a pretty tough non-conference schedule,” he said.

“We’re playing a lot of four-year schools, with juniors and seniors, which we don’t have. [They’ll have] some bigger players, some faster players and scholarship players. …

We’ll get experience, and that gets us ready to play a team like Brookhaven or Richland.”

Stein said the Harvesters will rely heavily on freshmen this season, but the sophomores will be counted on to lead with their experience.

“I’ve been really impressed with the leadership of some of our sophomores,” he said. “Some of them, I didn’t quite know that had that leadership. We have some key returning sophomores and some freshmen who are coming in ready to play.”

Stein said he likes the way the team has worked together and competed, noting that players won’t be

able to coast through and expect to be in the starting lineup.

“There’s competition for every spot,” Stein said. “Right now, there’s still 17 or 18 girls competing for a starting spot, and that just really brings up the level.”

Juarez said she wants to use this season to grow as a player and as a leader so she can take the next step and hopefully play soccer at a university.

“I want to help myself get better,” Juarez said. “I know my coach will help me do that to succeed later on.”

Eastfield will open the season at LSU Shreveport on August 22. The Harvesters’ first home game will be against Hill College on August 25.

Carlock said the preseason has brought the team closer together.

“It’s been good so far, and I think we will connect really well,” Carlock said. “We have a good chemistry so that just makes it easier when we’re out on the field.”

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Eastfield bachelor’s degrees a victory With more than 4,000 classrooms in need of qualified teachers, Eastfield and the Texas Legislature are taking steps to improve the quality and availability of pre-k through third-grade education in Dallas County.

In three to four years, Eastfield will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in early childhood education to combat the teacher shortage.

This move will benefit the community, not just now, but in long-term education, employment and success for children educated in Dallas County. This has come much to the dismay of four-year universities.

Universities argue that they already offer these degree programs and that a community college would be stepping out of its traditional role of workforce preparation.

The shortage of early childhood educators is a drastic community need in Dallas County, and it is a sign that the degrees offered by four-year universities have failed to produce.

While four-year universities argue that Eastfield should not be able to offer this degree because of legal status as a community educator, we believe their main concern is the competition they will face from an institution that can offer the same degree for a lower price.

This would not be a concern if these same institutions were competent in providing for the needs of the communities, but their inability to market an education in childhood development

has caused a problem that will echo through the education system and, eventually, the workforce.

The fewer early childhood educators, the larger the classes. The ability of teachers to properly educate their students is therefore hindered. Students who do not get the proper educational foundation they need are likely to have difficulties throughout their entire academic careers.

In the end, Eastfield will be responsible for correcting the problem: either by providing the educators that will give the children of Dallas County a real shot or by providing remedial education to

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students when they reach Eastfield.

The only reasonable thing to do is correct the problem ahead of time.

The efforts by four-year colleges to stifle this opportunity are a sign of their disregard for the community so long as their enrollment numbers, funding and reputation do not take a hit.

The passage of this law is a victory for both Eastfield and the community it serves. It should be celebrated, not attacked, by the four-year institutions charged with educating and enriching the community.

Fascists, racists, Nazis can not ever be conservatives With fringe, white supremacist groups that make up a tiny fraction of the “right wing” population in the U.S. becoming bolder and more public, a comparison between conservatives and Nazis is being drawn.

That is a mistake. Conservatism is not Nazism. They are polar opposites.

The roots of American conservatism directly contradict those of Nazism, stemming from classical liberalism with the belief that individuals are in charge of their fate and smaller government protects personal freedom.

The “alt-right,” a white nationalist movement, and Nazism advocate for large centralized government in order to protect the white race from minorities.

These ideologies are collectivists, and do not believe in individual rights, but rather that the continuation of the race supersedes the individual.

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The Aug. 12 car attack Charlottesville, Virginia, was not only repugnant, but an egregious act of terrorism.

Ted Cruz, Jeff Sessions and other conservatives have come out against this horrible attack, despite the reputation given to conservatives for being both racist and bigoted.

In an ongoing, concerning trend, self-proclaimed liberals are lumping conservatives, libertarians moderates and independents with a group that would like nothing more than the extermination of the aforementioned groups.

Whether it is Elizabeth Warren at a Democratic conference telling moderate Dems to toe the line or

leftists attacking African-American Republican Sen. Tim Scott just for being an African American and Republican, there is a serious problem with division and tribalism.

The term Nazi is wrongfully being watered down to define not only conservatives such as myself but also anyone who is to the right of Bernie Sanders.

When terms like “racist” and “alt-right” are thrown out without discretion, it emboldens theses hate groups and makes it harder to call real racists out when we need to do so.

The fact is, the so-called “alternative right” hates conservatives and everything that conservatism stands for. They are even known to attack conservatives online.

Ben Shapiro, a Jewish conservative has been attacked by the “altright” relentlessly on Twitter, along with the likes of Jonah Goldberg and other conservative commentators

and writers. Hate groups are still a drastic minority.

Social media has been filled with childish and petty arguments, meanwhile groups like the “alt-right,” Antifa and other groups hell bent on the destruction of our republic have been gaining notoriety through their vocal and violent acts, now leading to the death of an innocent woman.

When we vilify one another, we dehumanize and make those we disagree with “the other.”

I fear a repeat of history, that once more we are falling to radicalization.

With this country divided, grouping anyone who disagrees into a group of racists and bigots does nothing but widen the gap.

We need to come together as a nation rather than parties to peacefully and unilaterally condemn these hate groups.

— Jon-Mark Tamez is a staff writer and journalism major.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Pattinson, Safdies combine for ‘Good Time’

By DAVID SILVA Digital Managing Editor @DavidSilvaETC

There’s nothing Robert Pattinson loves to do more than crap on the “Twilight” saga and the subsequent fame it has given him.

The international heartthrob has had a hard time finding his footing in a post-Edward world despite showcasing his talent on various occasions. So it’s no surprise that footage of Pattinson bashing the vampire series can be found in compilation form on the interwebs.

Edwar — I mean — Pattinson has considerable acting chops, chops that are orchestrated thrillingly in “Good Time.”

Directed by the independent filmmakers Joshua and Ben Safdie, “Good Time” finds Connie, played by Pattinson, in a desperate crusade to get his brother Nick out of jail following a botched robbery that leaves Connie as a wanted criminal.

Nick, played by Ben Safdie, has mental disabilities and finds himself clearly out of place inside the brutal prison system.

Set in Queens, New York, Connie’s journey quickly dives into dangerous territory, with him as both the victim and the villain.

Pattinson’s performance is one of hectic

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desperation. The heightened pulse of the film runs through his anxious tone, distressed stare and unruly posture. In interviews, the Safdie brothers claim they wrote the Connie character around Pattinson’s real-life attempts to avoid publicity everywhere he goes, publicity that is undoubtedly owed to his portrayal of a pale blood-sucker.

It’s very probable that during the shooting of the film the Safdies yelled, “Look, a flock of 12 year-old girls” in order to get Pattinson in character.

The magic in the movie, however, extends

far beyond what Pattinson brings to the table.

The Safdies create a world that can easily dispose of Connie at any moment. He’s no hero or in any way extraordinary when facing the situation at hand.

Many times, he’s not even the most volatile person in the room, and he’s hardly ever the purest.

The twisted yet thoroughly believable scenarios, one involving the fate of a soda bottle full of LSD, eat up and spit out many seemingly important characters and give the filmmakers an opportunity to flex their cinematic skillset.

The film’s score, created by experimental composer Oneohtrix Point Never and featuring Iggy Pop, mixes the synths of “Blade Runner” with the chaos of a bath salt trip.

It moves persistently throughout each scene, warning of the awaiting wrecking ball that can run over everyone at any point.

It’s perhaps because of this omnipresent feeling that the final minutes of the film seem to pass through without a strong catharsis.

For a film that continuously tightens the noose, Connie and Nick’s final fates are manifested in an odd way, a way that makes these

Campus carry meets mixed opinions Continued from page 4 Tierra Nelson, an education major, said she not only supports the law but plans to carry when she turns 21.

Nelson said she does not want to be unarmed if she finds herself in a dangerous situation, and believes that it is better to be ready to fight back.

“Anything could happen, even during the day,” she said. “It’s better just to be prepared and be safe.”

Cathy Turner, a PC tech at Eastfield, said she feels safer with vetted, trained, armed civilians around.

“The people who are carrying legally have been vetted. They’re licensed,” Turner said. “The people who are carrying illegally? The law obviously doesn’t stop them anyway.”

Turner said that armed civilians can stop or limit a “Columbine-type of situation” and cited situations like the UT tower shooting in 1976, where police later said civilians with firearms were instrumental in limiting the damage done by the sniper and even stopping his rampage.

scenes feel like they’re coming from an entirely different film.

Safdie’s performance as Nick, although not extraordinary, holds a tremendous amount of depth and personality that is difficult to emulate.

This can also be said of the reminder of the cast. Jennifer Jason Leigh co-stars as Corey, Connie’s kind-hearted yet flaky girlfriend, Buddy Duress plays the unpredictable and often incapable Ray and Taliah Webster makes her film debut as Crystal, Connie’s unknowing accomplice.

Their characters have no shortage of complexity and ever-present backstory.

“Good Time” is definitely a situational film, driven by the unavoidable dilemmas that Connie places on everyone around him. It not only draws from pulp and a hint ancient tragedy, but also builds around its own uniquely modern score.

Pattinson is not “unrecognizable” in his role, nor is he intended to be. Instead, this film, crafted around him, seems to bring his chiseled jaw and very real talent to a mainstream audience in order for them to see him as something more than just a love-struck immortal with fangs. I’d go #TeamEdward for that.

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Handguns may only be carried by handgun license holders and must remain concealed at all times.

Turner said that, while she supports the law, she does not know anybody who plans to carry at Eastfield.

Mario Vazquez, a licensed chemical dependency counseling student, said he does not believe it is a good idea to allow students carry guns on campus.

“If somebody gets mad, with our reaction at the time, we don’t always use our best judgment,” Vazquez said. “By them actually carrying a concealed weapon, yeah they’re licensed and have been taught better, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to do the right thing.”

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