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Fair offers students financial reality check

By Parker Ward etc4640@dcccd.edu

Foreign language major Braulio Cruz did not have a lot of money growing up, showing him how far he can stretch a dollar.

“Growing up, my family had trouble,” Cruz said. “We were bankrupt once and had to move houses. I saw the crisis my parents were in, and it showed me how to save money.”

Unlike Cruz, most college students have a hard time saving money. Resource One Credit Union, along with the Accounting Department and the Office of Student Engagement and Retention, set up a “Reality Fair” Nov. 12 to help students learn financial literacy.

“Our human brains love to form habits,” financial educator Phillip Crocker said. “When you make something habitual in nature, you do it more often. It’s not so much the amount you save, but the habit of saving that we’re trying to educate and communicate.”

The fair allowed each student to choose a career and examine real-life expenses, such as renting an apartment, buying clothes and a car. The students went through all the stations and bought what they wanted before trying to budget their money to see how much was left.

When students finished deciding how to spend their money, it was tallied up to show how

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Briefs Select your classes for the spring semester The spring 2016 class schedule is now available on the Eastfield College website.

Students can begin selecting their courses and planning out their schedules.

Returning students will be able to register for their classes starting on Nov. 24. Regular registration, which is open to all students, begins on Nov. 30.

The spring schedule also includes courses for the winter term. Students can register for winter classes up to the first day of class. Most winter classes start on mid-December.

Registration for the spring semester ends on Jan. 13.

Eastfield website undergoes redesign From Nov. 23 through Dec. 4, the website will undergo redesign efforts in order for better online outreach.

The website will still be available during the upgrade.

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much money the they had left.

Accounting major Teresha Richardson already understands how to save money. While attending Eastfield, she is also juggling being married with two children.

“Right now, I already save 3 to 5 percent [of my income,]” Richardson said. “I feel like when you make more money, you need to save more money.”

Richardson attended the fair with her accounting class and believes that it taught her more about proper budgeting in a “realistic” way.

“It gives you a chance to see what you need to start planning for ahead of time,” she said.

Business major Nancy Silva tries to be frugal after seeing how her parents handle finances.

“My dad loves to save money, but my mom is a spender,” Silva said. “That’s where I got my need to save money.”

Silva decided that she would cut some of her bills in half.

“I’m kind of like a cheap person,” she said.

“To save on an apartment, I got a roommate.”

According to Cruz, you don’t need to spend a lot of money in college to have fun.

“You can go out, but you don’t have to buy anything,” he said. “You can spend time with your friends at home. You need to have fun, but you can learn to do it without spending money.”

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Teresha Richardson spins the “Wheel of Misfortune” at the Reality Fair. At the end of the course, the wheel simulated life’s unplanned events.

Hunger pains

Testing Center collects food for students

By Karina Dunn etc4640@dcccd.edu

Testing assistant Allison Farris and her colleagues at the Testing Center believe the spirit of the Thanksgiving holiday provides an optimal opportunity to discuss food security and encourage student involvement.

The Testing Center will collect food donations Nov. 23-25 from students and faculty as part of their initiative to “Take the Lead” during Thanksgiving week. Donations should include snacks that are easy to “grab and go.”

“We saw that Thanksgiving was our week, and we felt passionate about bringing awareness to food insecurity,” Farris said.

The Testing Center has partnered with Upward Bound Assistant Director Sandy Hampton to spread awareness for hunger among students.

Donations will be given to Hampton for storage and distribution in room N-230.

During finals week, and perhaps

the weeks leading up depending on the amount of supplies received, students will have a place to go if they need a snack to curb their hunger and have nothing to eat.

“This is not exactly a canned food drive,” Hampton said. “We need things that students who are in need can grab quickly to eat, or things they can heat up quickly.”

Nonperishables and foods that are easy to store, such as cereal bars and ramen noodles, are most needed.

The partnership was created after Hampton noticed some of her own students were struggling to pay for food.

She and other faculty members have since taken steps to help.

“Our students would come asking for help … and saying they’re hungry,” Hampton said. “They would bring their friends. … We’d ask them, ‘How are you doing? Do you have lunch? Do you have an opportunity to have lunch?’ From there, it spread through word-of-mouth.”

Hampton explained that by creating a space where students feel

comfortable and connected to their professors and advisers, she and everyone at the Testing Center hopes to give students more of the support they need.

Many college students not only struggle to pay for tuition and books, but also their meals. During their Take the Lead week, the Testing Center wants to help spread awareness about hunger and food security at Eastfield.

Food insecurity, not having access to sufficient and affordable food, affects around 9,620,000 Texan households according to 2012-2014 research by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Feeding America, a national nonprofit that works to combat hunger, found that 472,170 people in Dallas County are food insecure based on 2013 reports.

“Students who are food insecure will not return to complete the year or a certificate or degree,” Farris said.

Farris found that 49.3 percent of Feeding America’s college clients must choose between paying for tu-

ition and supporting their families or paying for their next meal.

“We have students come out and say, ‘Can I return later? I’m just so hungry,’ ” she said. “They say they cannot afford the vending machines.

“We’ve had staff members share their lunches with these students so that nutrition can flow through their bodies and they can complete their test.”

Studies show that if students take tests back-to-back, they are less likely to do well the second time, Farris said. Some students may hesitate to ask for the help they need.

Many college students have responsibilities they expect to be able to tackle themselves. As parents, employees, student leaders or volunteers, many try to find solutions to their own problems.

“We want to inspire people to let this kind of issue stay on their heart,” Farris said. “Whenever they have an extra two or three dollars to pick up one extra item at the store and donate … just pick up one extra item and bring it in.”

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Clinton holds rally at Mountain View College Democratic candidate lobbies for equal pay, affordable health care

By Keturah Jones etc4640@dcccd.edu

Presidential candidate and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D) promised affordable education, wage equality and immigration reform to her supporters at a Nov. 17 campaign stop at Mountain View College.

Within a crowd of more than 1,500, a sea of signs declared “Fighting for us.” A handful of detractors also attended.

Clinton, who was over an hour late due to a fundraiser event in Dallas, caused the standing crowd to periodically chant her name in hopes of her appearance.

Local high school bands performed to entertain the impatient crowd, which chanted Clinton's name. The crowd sang along with the band from President Barack Obama’s Male Leadership Academy in Dallas.

As Clinton finally made her entrance, she was welcomed with an outburst of thunderous applause and cheers from the crowd.

She greeted people with handshakes and high-fives. As she took the podium she immediately gained the crowd’s approval by talking about her plans to make college affordable, and if elected president she promised to eliminate student loan debt.

Clinton ignited and inspired the crowd with statements about equal opportunity.

“As president I will work hard every day to build an America where no matter who you are or what you look like, you can follow your dreams,” Clinton said.

She covered other issues such as strengthening the economy, making healthcare affordable and passing comprehensive immigration reform.

She promised not only to do this for the future of America but also for the future of her granddaughter.

Clinton posed that one of the biggest challenges of our time was raising incomes.

“There is nothing more important than making sure that the work you do is rewarded,” Clinton said. “No one in America who works full-time should have to live in poverty.”

Halfway through her 30-minute speech, the crowd approved with cheers that often drowned out Clinton's words when she voiced her advocacy for equal pay for women.

Clinton said teachers deserve more pay, citing statistics that say the top 25 hedge fund managers earn more in a year than all kindergarten teachers in America combined.

Missy Holtman, a retired teacher, was among the crowd of Clinton supporters.

“My heart is about to burst with excitement,” she said. “She is right on target with everything.

I really agree with her educational policies. If

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Former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton speaks before a crowd of more than 1,500 at Mountain View College. She talked about eliminating student loan debt and raising teachers' salaries, among other topics.

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Above, Clinton poses for photos with students in the audience. Right, an attendee lifts a phone in hopes of getting a picture of Clinton.

we can make college education affordable for everyone, that will produce a better economy because of higher income earners.”

Also among the crowd was 13-year-old Anthony Valentine III.

Clinton would like to see a policy where at the age of 18, every American citizen should be automatically registered to vote.

“Even though I am unable to vote, this was an experience that I have never had being here

today,” Valentine said. “Hearing the things she spoke about on how to make us a better country has impacted me. After hearing her today, I know what to look for when it comes time for me to vote.”

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Presidential hopefuls examine minimum wage, class disparity

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Republican candidate Marco Rubio spoke out against raising the minimum wage.

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“I believe that minimum wage should be a state begins for all students.

The wage gap is believed to hurt the economy decision, not a federal decision,” Fiorina said. because the growing earnings difference between “Why? Because it makes no sense to say that the the upper, middle and lower classes leaves less Tue World AIDS Day, free minimum wage in New York City is the same as currency in circulation for those working lowerHIV tests, 9 a.m.-2 the minimum wage in Mason City, Iowa.” paying jobs. p.m. and AIDS Arms Economics professor Bob Felder believes the Most candidates are debating the proposed sopresentation, 11 a.m.-1 impact would be negative. He said that a raise lution to raise the federal minimum wage from p.m., C-135 $7.25 an hour to a “livable” wage, usually defined in the federal minimum wage would likely cause an increase in both unemployment and prices of as $12 to $15 an hour.

Voice recital, 12:30Wed “Right now, $7.25 an hour isn’t enough to live products and services.

Felder also said that when the minimum wage 1:30 p.m., F-117 on,” aerospace engineering major Judith Rodriguez said. “I get paid $10 an hour, and that’s still not goes up, businesses have can cut back on their enough. Working at minimum wage, you wouldn’t workforce or raise the prices of their products or service, and it is likely that they will do both.

Keyboard department Fri even be able to rent yourself an apartment.”

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said position is now making the same money that I’m making, so what do I want?” Felder said. “I want a raise. The second level got a raise, they closed in on the third group, and [the third group] said, ‘Hey, what about us?’ So they got a raise.”

Felder said this ripple effect is an impor tant, but often overlooked, effect of raising To be eligible for membership: the minimum wage.

Biochemistry major Vanessa Weseman * You must be enrolled in a regionally accredited institution offering an associate degree program said that employers should pay a livable * You must have completed at least 12 hours of coursework that may be applied to an associate wage, which she believes is “a little over $15 degree (part-time students may be eligible) an hour.” * You must have a grade point average of 3.5 or higher “I really think that most jobs should sup* You must receive an invitation to membership from the chapter at the college where presently port their employees by giving them a livable enrolled wage instead of a minimum wage,” Weseman * You must adhere to the moral standards of the society said. “You really shouldn’t have to work so many jobs to make a livable wage.”

To find out if you are eligible for Phi Theta Kappa membership, contact JoAnn Coates, VP Membership at psietamembership@gmail.com History major Taylor Rollins believes an adjustment to the minimum wage is past Member meetings are held in C-297 on 1st and 3rd Friday of every month at 12:30 p.m. due.

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The candidates say: Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders (D): “The current federal minimum wage is a starvation wage. It’s got to be raised to a living wage. … We’ve got to move the minimum wage to a living wage, 15 bucks an hour.”

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (D): “No one who works an honest job in America should have to live in poverty. No man or woman who works hard to feed America’s families should have to be on food stamps to feed your own families.”

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson (R): “People need to be educated on the minimum wage. Every time we raise the minimum wage, the number of jobless people increases. This is particularly a problem in the black community. Only 19.8 percent of black teenagers have a job, or are looking for one. And that’s because of those high wages. If you lower those wages, that comes down.”

Businessman Donald Trump (R): “Taxes too high, wages too high. We’re not going to be able to compete against the world.”

Florida Sen. Marco Rubio (R): “Hiking the minimum wage by a few dollars will not save the American dream; it will accelerate automation and outsourcing.”

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R): “Every time you raise the minimum wage, the people who are hurt the most is the most vulnerable.”

“When minimum wage was first brought into relevance, it was great,” Rollins said. “The problem is it hasn’t really been adjusted for inflation. … It’s going to be a rough few years because it’s going to be a very sudden adjustment, but it’s something that needs to happen because it’s something we never fixed.”

Felder said raising the minimum wage further can cause escalated economic inflation.

“If you put more dollars into circulation without increasing productivity, there’s no reason to assume that a higher wage is going to produce more,” Felder said.

Felder explained that economic inflation results in the value of the dollar decreasing, meaning that products and services will cost more.

“The economy from the late 1940s, after the second World War, it just expanded and sucked us all up with it,” Felder said.

“We didn’t do anything to deserve it. [The current generation entering college] have turned the corner, and it’s slowed down now. You have to try to make the economy expand where everybody benefits from it. Do things to encourage businesses. Lower taxes on businesses, deregulate businesses.”

Felder said that lower taxes and deregulation of businesses will increase profitability for companies and encourage expansion of their operations, thus opening up new job opportunities with varying pay scales.

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Campus looks to curb cyberbully attacks

By Juanita Hernandez etc4640@dcccd.edu

Her heart was pounding faster by the second. She began by speed walking, then she found herself jogging.

Before she knew it, she was running as fast as she could.

A group of classmates had been waiting for her to let her guard down.

She knew that if she didn’t run fast enough, she’d end up on the floor and hit until the bullies were satisfied.

It began to feel more like a daily routine for mathematics major Bayleigh Coker. She knew it had to end, but she was a scared middle school student who didn’t know where to seek help.

“I don’t trust people the same,” Coker said. “I am afraid that if I let people in, the same this is going to happen to me again.”

Bullying can come in many forms, but can often get confused with conflicts. It can include physical, verbal and social abuse. The newest type of bullying is cyberbullying, which can include harassment through social media, email and even text messages.

Eastfield counselor Katie Neff said the best way to identify any type of bullying is to determine if there is constant abuse from an individual or a group of people.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 19.6 percent of high school students reported being bullied, and 14.8 percent have been cyberbullied.

“Being bullied like that and being

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Cyberbulling is a growing problem where the bully sends threatening or derogatory messages online.

beat up like that changes the person’s view of themselves and other people,” Coker said.

Neff said some consequences of bullying are depression, substance abuse and running away from home.

Amanda Todd, 16, of Canada committed suicide after meeting a man online who convinced her to strip for him on camera and black-

mailed her with the images. When the photos were eventually released, she changed schools twice to avoid the backlash, but nothing helped because the man followed her everywhere she went. Her body was found in October of 2012.

“We need to be more aware of our surroundings,” Eastfield sophomore Alex Young said. “We can prevent a

lot of deaths if we learn to identify signs of someone being bullied.”

Bullying can happen to anyone of any age, race, color, religious background or sexual orientation.

Schools have taken several initiatives to control bullying and identify victims.

Neff recently began holding workshops designed to help students

understand the importance of seeking help and identifying the signs of someone being bullied.

Common signs include unexplainable injuries, feeling sick or faking being sick, a loss of interest in school, lost or destroyed personal belonging, changes in eating and sleeping habits and avoidance of socializing, Neff said.

“Bullying happens when it’s intentional or repetitive,” she said. “It doesn’t happen by accident. … It’s not smart to retaliate because then you become part of the problem.”

She said victims should immediately seek help with a parent, school counselor or anyone they trust.

Eastfield does not have a cyberbullying clause in the code of conduct, but the students can report bullying by going to http://www.eastfieldcollege.edu/SSI/Police/Report.asp.

Faculty, staff, students and family members can also report suspicious activity. The police department provides an option on its website to report an incident anonymously.

Eastfield also has a Campus Assessment Respond and Evaluation team where students can receive support. The CARE website is monitored 24/7 and can be contacted via email at efcCARE@dcccd.edu or 972-8604290.

As for Coker, she turned to her parents for help and found a safe way out. Although her middle school was not able to help, she didn’t give up and found refuge in her drawing and music.

Kids plant trees for their future

By Hunter Cave etc4640@dcccd.edu

Eastfield students and faculty gathered in the courtyard for an Arbor Day program to learn about the environmental sustainability of the Eastfield campus from a nature expert and listen to songs performed by elementary school students.

The event took place Nov. 12, which is when the state of Texas celebrates Arbor Day, a national holiday devoted to planting, caring for and educating people about trees.

The Arbor Day program raised awareness for the important role trees play not only in the environment but also in the history of the Eastfield campus. The ceremony finished with the planting of a new

maple tree for the students to enjoy.

College President Jean Conway chronicled the history of the Eastfield site, from when it was a flat farmland over 45 years ago to the bustling campus it is today.

The campus was designed to have trees planted all over, and many of those trees still stand today.

However, in July 2011, almost half of the trees became infected with oak wilt, a contagious fungal disease that is fatal to trees and they had to be removed.

With the new barren landscape, the faculty and the Science Club helped replace the trees that were lost, leading to Eastfield become recognized as an official Tree Campus by the Arbor Day Foundation.

Phil Elmore, president of the

Christian Care Center, presented a gift to the campus during the ceremony, a small myrtle tree, “as a reminder to the precious value of friendships that we all cultivate in life,” he said.

Michael Gutierrez, the executive vice president of academic affairs and student successes, drew a comparison between the small, young tree to the children who had just performed.

“As we nourish and educate them they become our future, the future of our country and the future of our world,” Gutierrez said.

Certified arborist Steve “Mr. Tree” Houser spoke about his more than 30 years of experience in arbology and all of the benefits and resources trees give. He elaborated that he’s surprised that many adults only have

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Children from Motley Elementary School take saplings home after helping to celebrate Arbor Day at Eastfield.

a slim understanding of trees.

Trees purify the air of carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide and ozone, transpire water into the air and absorb lead and other toxins from soil,

he said. Houser also talked about sustainability and its benefits.

“We have a moral obligation to leave the world in a better condition than we found it,” he said.

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Inspiring from ‘Vegas’ to Harvard to Eastfield

By Andrea Carrizales etc4640@dcccd.edu

As a native of Las Vegas — New Mexico, not Nevada — Professor John Garcia grew up poor, dining on beans year-round. After graduating from Harvard, he swore to “never eat frijoles again,” but over time, he has come back to his roots.

Garcia’s journey began after finishing high school. Told by a counselor that he would never amount to anything, he joined the military during the Vietnam War era, serving as a medic offshore.

“I was in the Navy,” Garcia said. “When I wasn’t working in the emergency room, I worked on orthopedics, and those are the ones who come back with amputations.”

Garcia returned to his hometown with no definite plans but to grow old there. It all changed in less than a year after his return, when his 17-year-old little brother was murdered.

Garcia said that this was a devastating event for his family. It was at this time that he decided to leave his hometown.

“That’s when I decided I want to turn my life into an adventure,” he said. “I’m not going to stay in one place.”

Education Garcia, who at the time of his brother’s murder was attending college at New Mexico Highlands University, decided to finish his degree there. He graduated with two bachelor’s degrees and pursued a master’s degree in education immediately after.

“All I thought about was going to Highlands because it was five blocks away from where we lived,” he said about his life prior to his brother’s death. “I was going to be just like everybody there.”

He said that he was in “no hurry to graduate” since the military was paying for his education through the G.I. Bill.

However, one class by Dr. George Keating made him change his mind.

“When I took his class, intro to education, he was just so different that I’ve modeled all my teaching after him,” Garcia said. “I learned more in his classes, and that’s where I decided I wanted to be a teacher.”

Garcia transmits his cheery personality into his class. He laughs and jokes with his students, something he first experienced in Keating’s classroom.

Before starting work on his master’s degree at Highlands, Garcia had applied to Harvard University. Although he had no plans to attend, he was encouraged by Keating to fill out the application.

“I never thought of going to Harvard,” Garcia said. “It wasn’t a dream or a goal — I didn’t even want to finish my degree.”

Keating covered the application fee, but after finding out he had been accepted, Garcia turned Harvard down.

Harvard Garcia waited for one year and then applied to the Harvard graduate program once more.

After being accepted again, he decided to go.

“Probably, I took [the chance] because this was after my little brother had been murdered,” he said. “Everything had changed. There was not much to stick around for. So I thought, ‘Why not?’ ” He said that it was his commitment and passion for his work that got him accepted into the university.

“You don’t have to be a straight-A student,” he said. “Harvard is not all Einsteins.”

As a way to “survive in Harvard,” Garcia took whatever job he could. He worked in the Museum of Ichthyology changing water for strange fish, set up tables for conferences and worked the desk at the Helen Keller museum, among others.

He balanced his job and schoolwork by taking different part-time jobs that fit his schedule.

“I had five part-time jobs one semester, six another,” he said. “The only thing I could afford with the student loans was the cheapest contract, which allowed me a room in the dorms, and I could eat in the cafeteria Monday evening through Thursday morning.”

Even with his busy schedule outside academics, Garcia served as president of the Latino club and the Mayo-Mecha club. He hosted Gloria Estefan and Santana for the Cinco de Mayo celebration, met boxer Sugar Ray Leonard and gave kickboxing classes.

When his time at Harvard seemed to be in a good track, tragedy struck again when his uncle died one night, followed by his grandmother the next morning.

“If I go back home, I can’t come back to Harvard,” Garcia remembers thinking, due to his lack of money to fly back.

After learning about his grandmother’s death, Garcia felt obligated to go back to his family.

“This time, instead of thinking about going back, I had to go back,” he said.

Garcia was packing, “ready to leave for good,” when Professor Jeanne Chall invited him for a walk, which led to the bank where she offered Garcia a $5,000 loan. Although he refused, they agreed that Chall would pay his return flight to Cambridge and Garcia would pay her later.

Garcia returned to Harvard and graduated with his master’s degree in education.

A lifetime of adventure Garcia has taught at a variety of colleges, starting in New Mexico Highlands University, the college he attended.

Garcia’s professorship extends well past the classroom and into academic workshops. He worked in College of the Canyons in Santa Clarita, California, where he began hosting educational workshops for students.

“They’re all learning strategy workshops,” he said. “I’ll show them how to create a test the

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Professor John Garcia’s office is packed with notes from his students and awards from past jobs and college. Although he is comfortable at Eastfield, he said that he could pack up any day if there’s a school that needs him more.

way professors do.”

Garcia continues teaching developmental reading and giving workshops to students as part of the Student Success Series at Eastfield.

Time Management/Study Schedules, HQA5R Active Reading System and Writing: Using Math to Introduce the Basic Essay were the three workshops taught by Garcia this semester.

Librarian Kwashawn Barnett, coordinator of the series, said that Garcia has supported the program since the beginning.

“Students love him, faculty and staff love him,” she said.

Student success is of great importance to him, Barnett said.

“Once [the students] start not succeeding is when they start questioning themselves,” Garcia said.

Many of the students and staff know Garcia as the colleague who gives chocolates, English

professor Elizabeth Huston said.

“I think he wants to create community and connection,” she said. “He seems to have a good rapport with his students.”

Jake Vincent, a business administration major, said that Garcia is a good mentor and adviser.

“He is willing to help you with open arms if you, the student, are willing to accept what he is offering you and willing to take time to learn,” Vincent said.

Garcia’s passion to help others has led him to give back to the community. He donates to various organizations like St. Jude Children’s Hospital, homeless shelters and the church. He also advises the service organization Club Y.O.U. “It’s always about my students,” Garcia said.

“They come here for candy, not because I’m the candy man, but a lot of these students don’t have extra money. I’m just doing what other professors did for me. I guess I learned well.”

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Gifts of gratitude

Who at Eastfield would you like to thank for impacting your life?

Jedidiah Starr

Shadreck Ntambwe

Luis Duenes

Devon Rice

Mechanical Engineering Major

Counseling/Social Work Major

Criminal Justice Major

Mass Communications Major

“I would like to give thanks to Dr. Tuesday Hambric. She is one of my favorite teachers. She helped me during my first semester here in the Learning Frameworks course.

All of her teachings and techniques have helped me in other classes as well. I really do appreciate her and her passion to make sure that we all do well.”

“I would like to give thanks to my friends and the club [Baptist Student Ministry]. They are wonderful friends and are positive.

They encourage me to do what I need to do in my life.

I am thankful to have those type of friends in my life because now and this time it is really hard to come by good friends.”

“I would like to give thanks to my math professor Dr. [Terrance] Wickman. He is real good at explaining things in class.

He actually helps us and he shows us many different ways of working math problems. I like it that he is willing to work one-on-one with us.”

“I would like to thank Nick Vera. I started at Eastfield as a dual-credit student, and he was my first professor here. He creates a relationship with his students, so when you talk to him or may have a question, it is like talking to a friend. He is very cool and laid-back, which makes him approachable. He made me feel at home even though I was nervous. He gave us as students a platform to speak out in what you believe in but on a professional level.”

“I would like to give thanks to Shadreck Ntambwe. When I didn’t have any friends, here he was my first true friend. He has been a great encouragement to me.”

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“I would like to say thanks to Mr. [Larry] Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson helps us out, and he makes sure that we are successful in his class. I really appreciate the opportunity that he gives us to re-test to improve our grades.”

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“I would like to thank Dr. [Cindy] Castaneda.

She was my government teacher for two semesters. She is fantastic.

Without her, I do not think I would have been able to get through it as easily as I did. As a requirement for the class, she sat down with each of us in her office and helped us pick our classes for the next semester. She did not have to do it, but she did it to help us.”

“I would like to thank all at Eastfield who support the veterans, and not just on Veterans Day. Eastfield honors us veterans every day, and I just wanted to let Eastfield College know that I appreciate them and all that they do for us veterans.”

“I would like to thank Professor [Mike] Noble. I used to hate any history class before he came along and changed that. It is all in the way he teaches it. For whatever reason, it just clicks when he teaches it, and I am able to remember. He is very expressive and jokes around. I really enjoy his analogies.”

“I would like to say thanks to Dr. Nina Lambert. She is my English teacher. I am a freshman this semester, and she has made things a little easier for me even though I know it will not stay that way for long. She actually helps each individual student and makes sure we get it.”

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Breanica Kimble Business Management Major

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“I would like to thank Professor [Emilio] Lopez. He helps me to look at things in a different way when it comes to business.

“I would like to give thanks to Ms. [Lori] Dann. She has made a great impact not just for me but also my boyfriend, Braulio Tellez. He has grown so much as a writer and a reporter. I just want to tell her thank you for helping him out. He is my heart.”

Julissa Perales Dual Credit “I would like to thank Professor [Mike] Noble.

Such a great teacher.

He really listens to the student and helps us learn the material. He give us access to a whole bunch of material that helps us to understand the class.”

Consuelo Vazquez Science Major “My sister, Liliana Vazquez, because she pushes me to go to classes and do my best, even when I don’t feel like it.”

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‘Secret’ attains Hitchcockian levels of dark mystery suspense

By James Hartley etc4640@dcccd.edu

It’s been a week since I went to see “Secret in Their Eyes,” starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts, and it’s still sinking in.

Telling the tale of a former FBI agent, Ray (Ejiofor), an investigator, Jess (Roberts) and a district attorney, Claire (Kidman), “Secret in Their Eyes” weaves past and present to lead the audience on a journey of collecting clues and piecing together the puzzle on the murder of Jess’ daughter Carolyn (Zoe Graham).

Rarely does a movie come and hit its audience with such a beautifully woven mystery. The film jumps between 2002 and 2015, focusing on

the members of a counter-terrorism effort in Los Angeles and the search for Carolyn’s murderer.

The jumps through time may be disorienting at first, but audiences will quickly come to recognize small changes in clothing and appearance.

Roberts brings an amazing, emotional performance that will leave the audience yearning for justice, and it is mirrored by the rest of the cast as the film progresses.

The story darkens as it moves forward, in scenes from both the past and the present. The emotional and mental toll the case takes on the characters is painfully clear as their

appearances change, their personalities evolve and their determination grows.

The obviously awkward romantic feelings between Ray and Claire will create slightly humorous moments to relieve the stress and suspense of the film.

The film takes a risk by using the cliche noir-style loose cannon detective and the “dame” who have feelings for each other, but it pays off.

Unlike many other attempts to create an awkward romance as background stories in movies, “Secrets” manages to keep the romance from becoming too integral in the plot.

Because of this, the pace of the story manages to increase as the two characters spend time with each oth-

Journalists investigate cover-ups in Boston

By David A. Silva etc4640@dcccd.edu

When The Boston Globe editor in chief Marty Baron (Liev Schreiber) assigns a team of reporters to investigate sexual abuse allegations against a local priest, the team soon uncovers a web of systematic corruption in the Roman Catholic Church.

Based on true events, “Spotlight” centers on the 2001-2002 investigation of the church by The Boston Globe. It is directed by Thomas McCarthy and stars an ensemble cast including Michael Keaton, Mark Ruffalo, Rachel McAdams, Stanley Tucci.

The news team, under the “Spotlight” section of the paper, utilizes their skill and perseverance to find victims, priests, lawyers and police involved with the incidents. However, they don’t anticipate the amount of power and influence the church holds in the city of Boston and beyond. The reporters have to work for

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Los Angeles investigator Jessica Cobb (Julia Roberts) stands in the elevator after an encounter with the man she suspects murdered her daughter.

er, whereas most attempts to display character traits through such means usually feels forced.

“Secret” is, without a doubt, the most Hitchcockian mystery-suspense film of the year with its com-

plex plot and dark puzzle.

The plot and characters are so complex and well developed that everything about the film says that it is certain to be a frontrunner for some Oscar nominations.

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From left, Rachel McAdams, Mark Ruffalo and Brian d’Arcy James portray investigative journalists in “Spotlight.”

months to prove that abuse in the church is not rare but rather a system of cover-ups and under-the-table settlements.

The film looks to be an early Academy Award frontrunner. McCarthy creates a highly authentic early-2000s Bostonian setting through technology and clothing and blends the topic in focus with other events of the time, like the rise of the World Wide Web and the tragedy of 9/11.

This film moves with an accelerating pace. Piece by piece, the journalists attain information that draws them closer and closer to revealing what lies behind the curtain.

The film provides the intensity the reporters experienced as their story gets larger and larger in scale. This is paired with the growing sense of unease among the church ranks and

the undertone of dread felt by victims and their families. It is capped by a subtle, yet powerful soundtrack

by Howard Shore that resembles historical church music.

The acting and writing in this film allows the different moving parts to constantly keep you entertained and connected to the bigger picture. No actor overtakes any other, which allows each scene to be equally as gripping as the next.

“Spotlight” has opened the door for award season and delivers an entertaining and haunting tale. Although it deals with a heavy topic, it treats it with grace. It works in all aspects, and when it was over, I wanted to immediately see it again.

The closest location to Eastfield that will be showing “Spotlight” will be at The Angelika in Dallas.

Oneohtrix Point Never, aka Daniel Lopatin, is an electronic music artist.

His seventh studio album “Garden of Delete” is his hardest-hitting yet.

The album kicks off with 28 seconds of strange, robotic laughter accompanied by jumbled noise, immediately setting the mood.

By starting with this weird track, you can tell this isn’t going to be a run-of-the-mill album.

A lot of Lopatin’s music has multiple layers. “Garden of Delete” is no exception.

One of the more popular singles, “Sticky Drama,” is a prime example of this. This track has many things going on. You have to listen carefully and repeatedly to get the full experience.

The second song, “Ezra,” uses the opposite of the chaotic sounds of the other. At some points, the song feels minimalistic. That’s not to say there isn’t a lot going on. The track has so much substance that you have to really pay attention to everything.

“Garden of Delete” is a pretty original album. However, it still has obvious influences. “Animals” uses retro synths straight from the ‘80s while “Sticky Drama” sounds as if it’s emulating a breakdown of a metal song.

In the longest song on the album, the monstrous eight-minute “Mutant Standard” is one of the craziest songs

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I’ve ever heard. Lopatin constructs absolute chaos perfectly.

Listening to this album is almost like looking at a Picasso painting. At first, you only see a mess of jumbled shapes, but the longer you stare, the more you pick up.

Oneohtrix Point Never isn’t a household name. On top of that, his music isn’t very accessible to the common listener. Lopatin’s music might be an acquired taste, but it is still fantastic.

It’s obvious that Lopatin only used a keyboard to make this whole album. This shouldn’t be considered a negative. The fact that he makes his art in such a unique way goes to show that you really need talent to make music like this.

“Garden of Delete” shows that Lopatin is an innovator in electronic music. Perhaps his music will set a standard for the genre, but we’ll have to wait and see.

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‘Donut’ forget your breakfast Those morning classes can be exhausting, and breakfast is a great way to make them better. Dallas has very unique donut shops that will have your tastebuds craving more and get you the start you need. One stop at these shops before that morning class can make your day much sweeter.

→ Hypnotic Donuts

9007 Garland Road, Dallas 75218 Monday-Friday: 6:30 a.m.-noon Saturday: 7:30 a.m.-1 p.m.

Sunday: 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

Sweet, spicy and unique. Hypnotic Donuts is not your typical donut shop. They bring donuts to another level. They placed in Playboy Magazine’s 100 Best Places in America for Breakfast.

Thrilllist named them one of the top 20 restaurants in Dallas.

What makes this donut shop unique is their chicken sandwiches. One of the top sellers is Jim, a breaded and spiced chicken sandwich pressed between two halves of a delicious and fresh glazed donut, turned upside down to allow the glaze to melt into the chicken for an exquisite sweet and tangy flavor. For a spicy kick, try adding Sriracha sauce. The first customer of the day can have their picture taken for social media and walk out with a free glazed donut.

→ Glazed Donut Works

2644 Elm St., Dallas 75226 Monday-Tuesday: Closed Wednesday: 7 a.m.-noon Thursday: 7 a.m.-noon, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

Friday: 7 a.m.-noon, 10:30 p.m.-2 a.m.

Saturday: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Glazed Donut Works is the place where you wouldn’t mind waiting in line. The Elvis Killer is their signature donut, something you definitely want to try. This is the perfect combina-

tion of peanut butter, bananas, bacon and honey grilled in a glazed donut with the perfect amount of butter that will make your mouth water. Start your morning right with their famous kolaches. What makes this place awesome is their constantly changing menu. This donut shop has an active social media page, so you definitely want to follow them, especially because they do a daily post of the menu on their Facebook page.

→ Jarams Donuts

17459 Preston Road, Dallas 75252 Monday-Sunday: 6 a.m.-noon Not enough time to make breakfast? Jarams breakfast sandwiches are incredibly good. They have a delicious selection of sausage rolls, pattie kolaches and ham and cheese croissants. The house specialty is a cream cheese donut with fresh fruit. If you have a special celebration, they will custom decorate your donut with the name of the person or the occasion.

→ Shipley Do-Nuts

10332 Ferguson Road, Dallas 75228 Monday-Friday: 5 a.m.-noon Saturday-Sunday: 5 a.m.-1 p.m.

Keeping it classic, Shipley Do-Nuts has your typical iced and filled donuts. Their filled donuts are the best. Their extended selection offers chocolate, strawberry, cream, devil food chocolate cream, apple, lemon, blueberry and raspberry fillings. This is the place to go for a unique kolache. They have a delicious kolache with juicy pulled pork that will make your mouth water. Aside from the kolaches, everything is traditional and authentic be-

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Hypnotic Donuts’ “Evil Elvis” takes a classic glazed donut and tops it with bacon and banana slices.

cause of their yeast raised filled and cake donuts.

→ Donut Palace

6024 Broadway Blvd., Garland 75043 Monday-Sunday: 5 a.m.-noon

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Shipley Do-Nuts offers a wide variety of sweet treats, with the Cinnamon Twist and classic chocolate donut with sprinkles as their signature items.

Cinnamon rolls are a unique feature on their menu. Their cinnamon rolls, donuts and kolaches are freshly made every day.

What makes their cinnamon rolls special is the fluffiness and decent size with just the right amount of cinnamon and glaze on top. They also have their seasonal donuts in different shapes like deer, pumpkins, hearts and even hands, super creative.

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First Amendment protects all equally Following allegations of racism within the University of Missouri, concerned students and faculty exercised their constitutional right to protest on the public grounds of the campus earlier this month.

As shown in a video that quickly went viral, some didn’t think the same right applied to journalists.

In a stunning display of hypocrisy, protesters were recorded pushing away student journalists attempting to document the scene, blocking cameras with their hands and cheerily chanting “Go! Go! Go!” while a frustrated reporter politely, but firmly, told them they all had an equal right to be there under the First Amendment.

The shameful display didn’t stop there.

To the tune of protesters shouting “respect our space!” and accusations of unethical reporting, Director of Greek Life Janna Basler forcibly prevented student photographer and ESPN freelancer Tim Tai from approaching the scene.

After, assistant professor of mass media Melissa Click attempted to wrestle away another photographer’s camera before

calling for “muscle” to escort them from the site.

We recognize the right to protest and fully support those who wish to object to the racist behavior on their campus, but that doesn’t mean they can ignore the rights of others when it’s convenient for them. And considering some of these same protesters are currently accusing the media of ignoring their cause, we can’t help but question their motives.

The protesters claimed public space for themselves and attempted to silence what should have been a source of free publicity for a supposedly underreported party.

Despite their best efforts to prove otherwise, free speech is not a one-way street.

While unethical reporting is not unheard of, one of the responsibilities of the press is to act as a conduit for the voices of the American public. If the two cannot coexist, the system breaks down, and we all suffer for it.

We can protest all we like, but there’s no point in going to the public if we don’t want our voices to be heard in the first place.

The student body at the University of Missouri finds itself under vast media attention due to protests, a David hunger strike and an entire Silva football team boycotting against what they perceive as “a racist institution.”

The responses to these protests have been polarizing, with politicians and political pundits praising them as heroes or labeling them disgraceful.

Regardless of the stance that we individually take on the situation, it is undeniable that the unity among protesting students, the use of nonviolent assembly and, most importantly, the disruption of profit from the football program were successful tools that gave voice to a seemingly voiceless group.

In accord with the Missouri protests, the most memorable collegiate movement to spark change is the Vietnam protests of the 1960s. The youth of the time protested the United State’s involvement in the Vietnam War and the draft lottery. The protests began with a small percentage, but over time grew to nationwide strikes that marked a major shift for the war and ultimately ended the draft lottery.

The students at the University of Missouri and the nationwide Vietnam protests are separated by decades and by their topics for unrest, but both protests share a unified rage that enabled them to grow and to continue.

Despite the racial hostilities in Missouri, the protesters have taken up a nonviolent manner to create change. Less than two hours away from the university, the city of Ferguson is still recovering from the violent riots a year ago. On August 9th, 2014, police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed African-American teen. The ensuing unrest resulted in violent protest in which buildings were set on fire and St. Louis County was placed in a state of emergency. Unlike the Ferguson riots, students are utilizing their knowledge to raise awareness and have done so in a manner that cannot be condemned as damaging or counterproductive.

The hunger strike and football boycott show the awareness college students have to provoke attention and response.

The biggest factor that caused the resignation of President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin is money, football money to be exact.

Viewing protests as an important cause, the football team’s black players joined to boycott all team activities including games and practice. When the players gained the support of the rest of the team, including the head coach, the university administration could (literally) not afford to remain immobile. There’s no logical way that the university administration would allow millions of revenue from ticket sales, concessions, merchandise, TV spots, and forfeit fees to go down the drain, so they acted swiftly.

Loftin and Wolfe are without a job, and the student protesters, with the support of the football program, will have their demands met, which include a written apology from Tim Wolfe, a 10 percent increase of black staff, and racial awareness curriculum. As a result, college football players from different universities will soon realize their monetary worth. The ability of the University of Missouri players to utilize the football program’s financial importance is ingenious. They’ve managed to create intrigue and change to an otherwise small and unrecognized protest, and that will not elude the mindset of dissatisfied athletes across the country.

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Want to win a game? Eat some Lean Pockets Brianna Harmon etc4640@dcccd.edu

Superstitions have become more common over time in the sports world. Athletes are performing superstitions to bring good luck and prevent the bad. Some are normal and some are weird, but it’s all done in love for the game.

Here are a few examples of famous coaches and athletes with superstitions.

Jason Giambi and his teammates wear a gold thong to bust out of slumps. They believe that feeling uncomfortable at the plate due to the thong will get them to stop overthinking in the batters box.

Jason Terry wears the shorts of his opponents on nights before games. Moises Alou peed on his own hands to harden them.

Basketball Athletes at Eastfield even have superstitions of their own.

Shooting guard Edward Williams wakes up early on game day to watch his favorite players highlights and also likes to eat peperoni pizza lean pockets.

“I like to watch Steph Curry and some old school people like Steve Francis and Allen Iverson,” he said. “They resemble me: small with a lot of heart.“ Soccer The soccer team prays as a team before every game.

Sophomore Miriam Mendoza leads the prayer

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Shooting Gaurd Edward Williams enjoys eating pepperoni pizza Lean Pockets on game days.

as they stand in a circle. The team started prayting together at the beginning of the season and it stuck.

Baseball Pitcher Brandon Saddler eats mac and cheese on game days as well as wearing white Hanes low-cut ankle socks.

“In high school the best game I pitched I did

that and it just kind of stuck and I’ve did it ever since,” he said. “In high school I only threw two innings one game cause I had high socks on and not ankle socks. I swore that was it.”

Infielder Trey Stone eats Panda Express before every game. He gets a panda bowl with orange chicken and white rice. He started doing it in high school at Poteet when the team went to the state tournament.

Pitcher Lucas Sullivan wear his Derek Jeter socks every game.

Sullivan received his socks at Christmas his freshman year at Eastfield and has worn them every game since.

Eastfield baseball coaches Michael Martin and Travis Graves listen to the baseball Gods.

The Baseball Gods are a set of God’s in the heavens that determine the outcome of a game and whether the game is even played. Coach Graves and Coach Martin say that the baseball God’s don’t like when players throw their equipment. The God’s also don’t like when you step on the white line.

Volleyball Setter Zelda Ortiz bounces the ball five times before serving. Ortiz also has to have her rubber bands on her shoes.

“When I keep everything the same everything feels right,” she said. “I feel like my life is in control.”

Libero McKayla Petters creates has a new hairdo after every loss.Petters will wears her hair the same way for each game until a loss.

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Before serving, setter Zelda Ortiz bounces the ball five times.

Dynamic offense helps basketball stay unbeaten

By Gabriel Flores etc4640@dcccd.edu

The Harvesters notched five more wins over the past two weeks and remained perfect on the season with a 8-0 record. Eastfield leads the nation in scoring at 119.6 points per-game, and point guard Tevin Corprew is the nation’s top individual scorer with 35 points per game.

Corprew, who also ranks second in the nation with 71 assists, won his third consecutive Metro Athletic Conference Player of the Week honor last week.

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Point guard Tevin Corprew goes for a layup against El Centro on Nov.10. The Harvesters are undefeated this season.

Eastfield 114, El Centro 74 Eastfield shot 54 percent from the field en route to a 40-point thumping at home against El Centro on Nov. 10. Corprew went 9-for-14 from the field and 14-of-16 from the free-throw line to lead the team with 33 points. He also dished out 12 assists.

Ed Williams showed off his sharpshooting, draining six shots from 3-point range and finishing with 22 points.

Forward Tre Anderson added 11 points, four rebounds and three assists. The Harvesters’ re-

serves combined for 37 more points.

Eastfield 98, Southwestern Christian JV 63 The Harvesters raced to a 30-point first half lead, then coasted to a comfortable road win Nov. 13. Anderson racked up 23 points, shooting 78 percent from the field while snagging a team-high 19 rebounds. Corprew had a game-high 38 points and doled out six assists, while Danzel Whitemon had 10 points, four rebounds and two assists.

Eastfield 120, Hillsdale Freewill Baptist JV 66 The Harvesters found themselves clinging to a four-point lead (50-46) at the half before exploding in the second half, outscoring Hillsdale 70-20 on Nov. 14.

Four starters scored in double digits, led by Corprew, who posted his third double-double of the season with 37 points and 11 assists.

Anderson put up his second double-double with 12 points and a team-leading 12 rebounds.

Reserves Donald McBride and Sam Kinlaw had solid contributions off the bench. McBride finished with 11 points, and Kinlaw had eight points and 10 rebounds.

Eastfield 141, Dallas Diesel 70 Corprew had another huge game with 43 points and seven assists as Eastfield more than doubled its opponent’s scoring in a home win Oct. 17. The Harvesters rolled to an 82-point first half and added another 59 points in the second half.

Whitemon finished with 20 points and eight rebounds, while Anderson contributed a doubledouble with 13 points and 11 rebounds. Also scoring in double digits were Williams with 14 points and eight rebounds and Derrick Aimes with 12 points.

Eastfield 112, Texas Wesleyan JV 82 After only a five-point lead at halftime, the Harvesters had four players score in double-digits to get the win on the road on Nov. 18.

Tremondre Anderson snagged a game-high 23 rebounds, 18 of those being on defense, along with having 18 points and five blocks.

Corprew led the team in offense having 38 points and 7 assists, and Ed Williams with 14 points.

Sam Kinlaw came off the bench for the Harvesters and added 11 points and seven rebounds.

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‘Ideal student’ receives DCCCD scholarship

By Brianna Harmon etc4640@dcccd.edu

At 7 a.m., English professor Nina Lambert walks into the computer lab and sees Myka Morehead already with her head in her books studying and grinding through her homework.

Morehead is a full-time student and plays on the Harvesters volleyball team.

“She pretty much is an ideal student,” Lambert said. “She does all the work and never complains. She pursues additional knowledge and somehow manages to have fun. If she taught me how to do that I would be forever grateful.”

Morehead is taking 26 hours this semester and will take 18 next spring.

“You have to have goals, and part of that is the reason why I am in 26 hours now,” Morehead said. “I like having the overload and accomplishing things.”

The deciding factor for Morehead to attend Eastfield was the LeCroy Scholarship.

The LeCroy Scholarship is Dallas County Community College scholarship that only eight people in the district received this academic year.

The LeCroy Scholarship is a leadership scholarship that covers the scholars’ full-tuition and books for up to six semesters.

Two Eastfield students were chosen as LeCroy scholars for 2015-16: Morehead and Andrea Carrizales, president of Eastfield’s Rotaract Club, vice president of Phi Theta Kappa and Student Government Association, and managing editor for the Et Cetera.

Returning LeCroy scholars at Eastfield are Michael Heggie and Rachel Quiroga Hugo.

The LeCroy Scholarship was Morehead’s first major scholarship, and she said it inspired her to apply for more.

She has received scholarships from, Bill J. Priest Endowed Scholarship, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Max W. Schlotter Region 6 Education Board, American Red Cross, National Honor Society, Navasota Valley Electric and several scholarships from Milano High School.

While at Milano High School, Morehead served as vice president of Future Farmers of America, editor of the yearbook and was a member of the National Honor Society.

She was also the salutatorian of her graduating class.

“I was in the top 10 percent growing up,” said Morehead. “It was pretty much expected. I was valedictorian in middle school and in high school I was up there.”

Morehead credits her success to having to grow up quickly as a child. When Morehead was 5 years-old her father had both legs amputated due to diabetes.

Morehead said that her and her father were very close.

“It makes you stronger; it makes you decipher what is a priority and what you can live without,” she said. “This is when volleyball came into play. I just preoccupied my time with that, and it helped.”

During Morehead’s freshman year of high school her father died. Morehead turned to volleyball for comfort.

Morehead was named First All-District, All-State and the Regional AllTournament Team in high school.

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Myka Morehead was awarded the LeCroy scholarship. It pays for all of her tuition and books for six semesters.

stay disciplined,” she said. “There is definitely a love for the game.”

Alyssa Jimenez, one of Morehead’s teammates, called her a “social butterfly” and said that she is constantly happy.

Jimenez also said Morehead is leader and that while she was injured she was there constantly encouraging the team.

“She was there through all of the practices and was still very encouraging,” Jimenez said.

“She is a great person and she is a leader.”

Morehead came down on her ankle wrong earlier in the season and was out for a couple weeks.

She was named honorable mention this

Childhood dreams remain alive

By Brianna Harmon etc4640@dcccd.edu

Fewer than 11 of every 100 college baseball players make it to the show.

But a pair of Harvester baseball players — shortstop Casey Maack and pitcher Blake Barr — have received scholarships to play at the next level.

Maack and Barr will play one last season for the Harvesters before transferring.

Martin is excited for his athletes and the doors that have been opened for them.

“I’m proud of both of them, having the opportunities that they do to continue their education at quality schools,” Coach Michael Martin. “I wish them all the luck and success moving forward.”

Maack received a scholarship to Southern Mississippi University.

“You grow up dreaming about what you want to do and this was always my dream,” Maack said. “Just knowing I can go out and chase it everyday keeps me motivated.”

Barr received a scholarship to Angelo State University in San Angelo.

Coach Michael Martin said that Barr is the anchor of his pitching staff.

Barr finished the season last year second in the nation in strikeouts — 99 — and third in the nation with 13.10 strikeouts per game. Barr had a 2.78 earned run average.

Barr received his scholarship offer during a visit to Angelo State.

Barr “It was the greatest baseball feeling I have ever felt in my life,” he said.

As soon as he walked out of the office, he called his mother, Kim Barr.

His father, Brett Barr, remembers back to when Blake was a small child and they would play catch together.

“We always had a ball to throw,” Maack Brett Barr said. “As early as I can remember that he could pick one up he wanted to throw. We played catch when he was real young.”

Martin said Maack is the premiere offensive player on the team.

Maack batted .441 and led the nation with 12 homers last season and also finished fourth with 59 RBIs to earn National Junior College Athletic Association Division III First-Team All-American honors.

year for the Eastfield Harvesters and Coach Brandon Crisp said that Morehead is a great player on and off the court.

“To me it’s a leadership quality how she is out there serving the team,” said Crisp. “She is out there not complaining and giving it her all.

To me that’s a great quality in itself.”

Crisp has said Morehead has always been a great player, and always wants to help everyone out there.

“To me that’s a dream having a player like that on the court,” said Crisp. “Someone nobody has problems with, she goes above and beyond, works hard, has a great attitude. To me that is a joy to coach someone like that.”

Women athletes win season awards Soccer

Volleyball

First Team All Conference Judith Hernandez Hazel Espinoza Abbi Cantrell Karla Gutierrez Second Team Liliana Cardozo Heidee Perez Honorable Mention Brenda Aguilar Torri Sayman Elizabeth Cobar MAC Goalkeeper of the Year Abbi Cantrell

MAC Most Valuable Player Judith Hernandez MAC Offensive Player of the Year Hazel Espinoza Co-Coach of the Year Dustin Stein

First Team All Conference Megan Murphy Second Team Mckayla Petters Karina Lay Honorable Mention Cailey Clogston Jessica Lane Myka Moorehead Alyssa Jimenez

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Zek and Slik By Matthew Rohan

Trivia Bits Who sang, “Who let the dogs out?” Who? Who? Who? A) Apache Indian B) Carl Douglas C) Baha Men D) Gypsy Kings Of the 50 words used in “Green Eggs and Ham,” what is the only one that is more than one syllable?

A) Anywhere B) Catastrophe C) Reach D) Intermodal What state did not repeal its constitutional ban on interracial marriage until 2000, making it the very last state to officially let blacks and whites marry?

A) Alabama B) California C) Vermont D) Hawaii

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Trivia Answers 1. C; 2. A; 3. A

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Monday, November 23, 2015

Student races to the Eastfield repair shop

By Parker Ward etc4640@dcccd.edu

During the week, you can find him in class working on his business degree. When the weekend rolls in however, he can be found on the track. Alex Alexander loves going fast. For him, it’s a life and death dance with the devil.

“It’s kind of like defining your moment, like you’re dancing with your own fate,” Alexander said. “It’s kind of like living on the ragged edge.

Going fast is not everyone’s strong suit, but it is mine and it’s what I enjoy.”

After being inspired by the Gran Turismo Academy put on by Nissan to find their next up-and-coming driver in the fall of 2014, Alexander bought his own racecar, a Mazda Miata.

He races it in the National Auto Sport Association’s Spec Miata circuit. The circuit’s rules state that the drivers must have a Mazda Miata with stock parts from the car’s model year. He races locally, although the track closest to him is Eagles Canyon Raceway in Decatur.

Upon first glance at his car, nothing would tell you that Alexander races in it. However, the interior shows that the car has been slightly modified. Carpet and leather seats have been ripped out and left the Miata barren except for the protective roll cage and a racing seat.

This is Alexander’s first year racing in the NASA. Although he finished in sixth place, he is still happy with how he finished.

“I’ve been running a car that very tired and outdated,” Alexander said. “I’m very happy to think that I’m running in the top against some of the guys that put in a lot of money.”

However, he is not going very fast right now.

Students in Eastfield’s auto body program are spending their class time repairing his car.

They are fixing the damage to his back right

quarter panel after a racing accident.

“Once we’re done welding it back up and patching it up, you’ll never know that there was an accident on that side of the car,” said Lee Salazar, one of the students working on the car.

“We are getting hands-on experience out of it rather than just learning out of the book.”

Auto body program coordinator Carlos Ojeda said his students were eager to begin work on Alexander’s car.

“The students were anxious to get on it because it was a race car,” Ojeda said. “As they’re working on that race car, this is the type of stuff they’re going to be seeing in the industry.”

Alexander enjoys his partnership with the progam and thinks that it will be mutually beneficial.

“One of the biggest things I want to have being associated with Eastfield is not only expanding their auto body program to part of the mechanic side but helping them market,” Alexander said. “To let them say, ‘Hey, this is something new we’re bringing into our program that might interest college students to come in.’ ” Alexander fell in love with cars at an early age.

His parents would take him to every car show they could, but his real love came when his father bought him a model car for his birthday.

“It was a Dodge Viper,” he said. “It was the classic symbol of American muscle. That’s where I fell in love, was building that little toy car and seeing the final product. In my head, I was like every little kid. I would play with toy cars and act like they were racing.”

As he got older, a simple love of cars turned into more of a passion.

“I was involved with the video games,” he said. “I was involved with looking online, read-

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Top, auto body program students Lee Salazar and Gilberto Pedraza work on the Mazda Miata. Above, Salazar and Alex Alexander stand next to Alexander’s car.

ing magazines about cars. Everything just kind of fell together like puzzle pieces.”

While taking classes at Eastfield, Alexander is able to finance his racing operation with his job as a mechanic working for the city of Mesquite. But a new set of tires can cost about $1,000.

“It’s very difficult,” he said. “I want to be the kid that goes out and has a good time and go do all their social events. That’s not me. Just about every single dime goes into that car. I’m surprised the IRS isn’t going after me wondering how I’m spending all this money on my car.”

Although he loves going fast, Alexander believes that slowing down and using business skills can be very helpful in the racing industry.

“I’m pursuing a degree in marketing. That’s kind of my backup plan,” he said. “On top of being a professional race car driver, I want to own my own race car shop.”

ABOUT THE COVER DESIGN BY JONATHAN WENCES PHOTO BY DAVID SANCHEZ

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Pedraza and Salazar fit the quarter panel back onto the Miata.