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Volume 49, Issue 12

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Vera champions unabridged free speech

By JAMES HARTLEY Editor in Chief @JamesHartleyETC

As Nick Vera stands in Eastfield’s free speech area, he knows that the words he’s about to speak could result in backlash. He looks to one of the cameras set up in front of the Lower Courtyard stage and delivers the first of several speeches designed to start a “free speech flash mob.”

His videos touch on both noncontroversial issues, like pet adoption, the understated importance of Martin Luther King Jr.’s second “I Have A Dream” speech, and more provocative topics, such as questioning the morality of banning marijuana and challenging the slogan of the Dallas County Community College District.

“I want people to be jealous,” Vera said. “I want them to be mad. I want them to be anything but neutral towards it. That tends to evoke an emotional response, which is a perfect breeding ground for art to be created.”

The end goal isn’t to offend, though Vera said he knows some people will be offended. He wants more students and employees within the college community to share their views, controversial or otherwise, more openly.

In 2016, a Pew Research study found that Millennials have moved further from protecting free speech that may be offensive than generations before them.

The study said that 40 percent of 18-year-old to 34-year-old Americans were “OK with limiting speech offensive to minorities.” Only 27 percent of Gen X Americans, the second generation most willing to limit offensive speech, supported the same measure.

The violence spurred around the world by offensive speech was one of the primary motivations to the series.

From an attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo over cartoons of the prophet Mohammed to the rioting by students at the University of California at Berkeley in reaction to speech by conservative provocateur Milo Yiannapolis to reaction to an unpopular column on campus, Vera said unpopular speech is under attack and it’s time to defend it.

These trends were a part of what inspired the speech professor to create this series, both to combat the

anti-free speech atmosphere and test the boundaries at Eastfield.

History professor Kat Reguero said she worries that active use of the free speech area could open the door to offensive or inaccurate statements.

“What if it degenerates into namecalling back and forth?” Reguero asked.

She said that while she feels there should be some control over what is said in the free speech area, she also believes in the right to hold and express controversial opinions.

“The hardest part for me, because you know I’m all about civil rights and freedom and all that, is that means on the same spectrum I have to support and allow a Nazi to speak and have their opinion, to speak hatred,” Reguero said. “That’s hard.

That’s a really hard thing to do. But if you believe in free speech, you believe in free speech.”

Reguero still wonders whether there should be some regulation on the free speech area on campus to avoid disruptions, false facts and protect students.

“Did you just create a space for bullying?” Reguero asked. “Is that what you’ve created? You know, ‘I can say what I want. I was in the free speech zone.’ That’s the part that scares me.”

Phrases like “illegal immigrants” can be detrimental to debates and to the wellbeing of students, Reguero said.

“It’s harmful, it’s hateful, it’s indicative of where we are now and it’s an extremely damaging term,” she said.

“I teach my students all the time not to use that term.”

Reguero said that it may sound “horrible” but the free speech area needs structure and some regulation, with fact checking and someone to prevent the area from devolving to a place for people to attack each other.

“It’s sad that we need to make it clear because it’s obvious, but free speech doesn’t mean freedom to attack, freedom to insult or debase someone,” she said. “But unfortunately, a lot of students, that’s what goes in their head. No repercussions.”

English professor Shazia Ali said that genuine views one person holds could be offensive to another person, and limiting speech by the parameters Reguero said could lead to censorship of unpopular thoughts.

“What if a student is against a certain something, very strongly opposed to a certain something, why

wouldn’t the stand up in this free speech area and say that this is bad?”

Ali said. “Because they believe that it’s bad. It’s a different thing that we believe that it’s not bad. Wouldn’t that become insulting and debasing to the person of that ethnicity or whatever is being attacked.”

She said free speech is especially important in academia.

“I had a student who told me to my face that, ‘I don’t need to be learning English from someone like you.’

That’s free speech,” Ali said. “I can get upset about it and cry that it’s against Muslims and whatnot, but at the end of the day he had the right to say that.

So free speech also goes into the places where we’re uncomfortable.”

Ali feels that free speech is facing societal restrictions, even on Eastfield’s campus.

“I’m playing the devil’s advocate here, but if you criticize homosexuality on this campus, now we know what that turns into here,” Ali said.

“If you praise Trump on this campus, we know what that translates to. Because free speech is two ways. It’s not one way.”

She said that unwillingness to express unpopular views because of fear of backlash is a type of censorship created by society.

Reem Soliman, an ESOL professor, said Eastfield has seen censorship in the past. At one point, Soliman said an art instillation inviting students to post comments in a window in the library was taken down when some comments were deemed inappropriate.

“I thought that was disingenuous because if the whole point was to have conversation or to see this,” Soliman said. “It was a very small, small percentage of the comments that then caused us to lose this whole, wonderful concept.”

Vera said he wasn’t always such an ardent advocate for free speech, at least not to the level he is now.

Vera said as he became more educated and grown up, he’s started asking more questions and challenging the answers he gets. Now he sees the careful construction of language to least offend, such as saying “he or she” instead of using one gender-specific word, as unnecessary.

“I used to actually be on the opposite side of a lot of these issues, and I really thought that I was right,” Vera said. “Whenever a student said, ‘Well let’s say you ask your doctor and he tells you—’ and I would say ‘he or

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Nick Vera films a video on pet adoption with his dog, Stuff, in the designated free speech area in the lower courtyard.

she.’ I was that guy. I thought that stuff really mattered, and I was doing a lot of those things.”

Vera said it’s well meaning, but creates societal rules that make it hard to communicate.

Vera said he’s being optimistic in his belief that students and his colleagues will take to the free speech area immediately and use it as he envisions, but he will work until that is a reality.

He hopes that viewers of his videos, especially those who disagree with him, will see that they have a right to share their opinions and will find themselves more strongly supporting freedom of speech.

Soliman said Vera will likely receive negative feedback on the slogan video and other controversial topics that are to come.

“He definitely singled himself out

in a very, very public way against a very large system, and I’m sure he’s going to draw criticism for it,” Soliman said. “But what’s the alternative for it?”

Soliman said she agrees the slogan is a poor example of what the DCCCD is all about.

Silmar Moreno, one of Vera’s students, watched the 20-minute video — the longest of the three Vera has released — on the DCCCD slogan.

“I was inspired, and when it was over I was like, ‘What do you mean this is it?’” Moreno said. “I watched his video outside of class, I would never do that for anyone else.”

For the rest of the spring semester, Vera will release another video from the free speech area each week.

New videos can be found on YouTube at Vera’s channel, Cursive Speaking.

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New ‘roadmaps’ boil down degree planning

By ARIA JONES Life & Arts Editor @AriaJonesETC

Eastfield is offering students a new type of GPS to navigate their academic careers, with advisers, college navigators, 48 course maps and more on the way.

Guided Pathways for Student Success, or GPS, launched on the Dallas County Community College District website April 3, and will be providing students in the district with a more streamlined experience through advising, course mapping and milestones.

“A lot of times we hear students telling us that they’re not sure [what classes to take],” Tiffany Kirksey said, Eastfield’s director of Guided Pathways. “They don’t know what they should be doing. Perhaps they know to come to an adviser; sometimes they don’t.”

With Guided Pathways, course options are divided into seven different career paths: Arts, Communications and Humanities; Business; Education; Health Sciences; Industry, Manufacturing, and Construction; Social Sciences and Public Service; and STEM. The initiative includes maps that show specific courses for students to take and a checklist of milestones they can achieve.

The milestones in pathways signal the times when students should be meeting with advisers, researching universities and applying for financial aid.

Kirksey said the district plans to have at least 100 more pathways available by fall. All career paths should be mapped out by the 20192020 school year. Guided Pathways is designed so that students first meet with an adviser and a career coach to plan the specific route they need to achieve their goals.

The career paths also show how students can stack certificates while earning certain degrees.

Eastfield has high schoolers earning dual credit, students earning a certificate or degree while others are transferring to a four-year university or taking a combination of those paths.

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One student explained what it was like to choose a career path when she entered college.

“I was in high school when I started, and it was very different for me because we got specific advisers,” business major Sarah Frichette said.

“They sat us down and showed us this confusing document that was our program of study. At 16 I was looking at it really confused. It took about a year to figure it out…but the advisers were pretty helpful.”

Frichette, who is an OSER student engagement assistant, said the No. 1 question she gets from students when helping with registration is about the program of study.

Even she has taken a course she didn’t know would not count toward her academic goals.

“I wasn’t sure what would count towards my degree, what would help,” she said. “I took swimming as one of my electives.

I could’ve taken personal finance, but I chose not to. I didn’t know.”

Frichette is graduating in May, but she said she’s now having to take a Maymester to make up for the mistake because she needs an elective to transfer to a university.

Kirksey said the district conducted focus groups with students in different DCCCD programs.

She said the feedback has been

greatly incorporated into the design of the Guided Pathways and the pathways were created to address the common experience that students have of deciding what kind of education they want.

As Guided Pathways continues to develop, Kirksey said receiving feedback from the college community is important. She said she has reached out to student organizations and is always looking for new ways to receive feedback from students.

The maps are only a piece of the Guided Pathways initiative.

Kirksey said the DCCCD has increased its advising staff by 25 percent and career services staff by 35 percent, in addition to adding a new position, called a college navigator, to also assist students.

“We are putting a lot of focus in making sure that we have people in place to really partner with our students and to connect to students,” Kirksey said.

On the DCCCD website, links to the different career categories list specific careers and their pay.

The website is also where maps and advisors for each category can be found by students.

“The maps are really going to give some structure to help limit some of the challenges,” Kirksey said, “like not knowing what classes to take, taking courses that don’t apply to

your program, or taking more classes than you really need to graduate.”

The new maps don’t change the core curriculum, eliminate the electives options, or take away a student’s right to choose courses, and they direct students to advisers if there are multiple elective options for a category in their program of study.

“It’s much easier on the eyes,” business major Collin Reese said. “It breaks it down a lot better than the six pages long [program of study].”

The maps are only one page and only include the recommended courses for a career path.

Course descriptions remain online for students to explore their options.

After looking at the maps, Reese said they would be a nice addition to what he’s been using the last two semesters.

“I like that it’s recommended,” he said. “It could show options; you know, how you can substitute electives, things of that nature.”

With pathways narrowing down what students need to reach their career goals, faculty members worry that students may not be exposed to courses outside of their category of choice.

“The intent is excellent. I can see why, given what we know about retention and graduation rates,” sociology professor India Stewart said.

“There could be an argument made, if we streamline things so much, that people don’t actually get an opportunity to discover what they might be interested in. [They’re] not exposed to a liberal arts education.”

She said a program centered on getting students into the workforce quickly is different than one centered around education.

“Are we going train people to just take jobs — which is good because you need to eat, and I need to eat — or are we going to educate them to think a bit more broadly about the world around them?” Stewart asked. “To be able to think critically, evaluate evidence, look at things that are conflicting.”

Stewart said one good part of the new pathways is the increased advising. She added that there is a difference between students taking extra courses because they were not advised very well and students taking extra courses to become well rounded.

“We definitely want to encourage students to still engage with their academic advisers, to continue to talk to their faculty, and to continue to take courses that will meet what their personal and individual goals are,” Kirksey said.

More information about guided pathways can be found online at dcccd.edu/gps.

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Early voting runs April 23 to May 1.

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The richness of black culture

Professor dedicates himself to educating African-American history through museum

By JAMES HARTLEY and KATHERINE HIGGINS Staff Writers @JamesHartleyETC

Hearty and uninhibited, Jamal Rasheed’s laughter ricochets from honey yellow walls lined with portraits of civil rights activists. His devotion to black history is evident in every corner of the Ellis County African American Hall of Fame, where he shares stories of those who came before him, passion seeping from every syllable.

Rasheed, the founder and CEO of the Hall of Fame, teaches sociology at Eastfield. Equipped with endless curiosity, a formal education and experience, he dedicates his time to sharing knowledge with anyone willing to listen.

His museum is just one way he does that. The Hall of Fame tells the story of black struggles in America, focusing on civil rights movements.

Rasheed also operates a cemetery for homeless African Americans.

The cemetery was historically an allblack resting place because blacks could not be buried in a graveyard for whites.

The Hall of Fame building itself is storied, once the meeting lodge for the Colored Knights of Pythias, a closed society and, during a period of the city’s history, the only place black students could meet to hold a prom.

It was designated as a historic building in 2012 by the Waxahachie city council, three years before the Hall of Fame opened there. It was recognized in 2017 by Preservation Texas for its historic quality.

“The building is identified by many older African Americans as the ‘only place in town we could have dances,” said Ellen Beasley, an architectural historian and author.

Life rarely came easy for Rasheed growing up in the 1960s on the South Side of Chicago. Rasheed was 5 years old when his parents divorced and was left with a mother busy trying to make ends meet. So he spent his childhood raising himself.

He became involved in gangs at a young age.

“That’s how you live in Chicago,” Rasheed said. “I grew up quick. My friends were the streets. My friends were members of the gang.”

The Black Panther Party was active in Rasheed’s neighborhood dur-

ing that time. Finding inspiration in its 10-point platform, he turned his back on gangs and volunteered his time to the Panthers by selling newspapers that spread their message in local communities.

The focus of the Black Panther movement, as outlined in the platform, included full employment for black Americans, reparations for slavery and segregation, the end to police brutality and fair access to housing and education.

However, the Panthers were not without controversy. Along with a shootout involving police and two members of the party, there were reports that violence erupted within the group.

In pictures, the Panthers are shown with black leather vests and Afros spilling out of black berets, often holding rifles and shotguns.

This militant-like persona was stigmatized, but Rasheed said they were merely exercising their Second Amendment right.

“If you understand the panther, a panther doesn’t strike you unless you strike it,” he said. “You come to my neighborhood and create injustices, then we’re going to be prepared …

Because your Constitution says we have the right to bear arms.”

Social programs that aimed to lift black communities out of poverty were at the heart of the Black Panther movement. The Free Breakfast for Children Program fed thousands of hungry kids through the early 1970s and, according to the National Institutes of Health, the group also opened 13 free health clinics in communities across the country, serving both black and poor citizens.

“We weren’t these radical folks running around shooting people and creating injustices,” he said. “We were trying to unite a people in a community and feed them and clothe them and give them a place to stay. The programs that we were doing were effectively working in the community. That’s why the community didn’t fear us.”

While working on his master’s degree at Sam Houston State, Rasheed applied and was accepted into a scholar program that gave him the opportunity to study under Coretta Scott King. Rasheed credits his teaching philosophy to this experience.

“It taught me how to put a method to the madness,” he said. “Commu-

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Sociology professor and CEO of the Ellis County African American Hall of Fame Jamal Rasheed believes America should be doing more to educate students about black history. He’s starting with his museum, with features like the “Pioneers of Freedom” wall, and involvement in academia.

nicate with the folks you’re having a problem with, and at the end come up with a common bond.”

That common bond is something librarian Megan Horlander said Rasheed’s museum helps people find common ground in a community steeped in racial tensions.

“It’s amazing, for a small town … to have something like that. It’s just amazing,” Horlander said. “There’s so much negativity toward race relations and to have that is a real branch to making the community a stronger place for everyone.”

Rasheed was inspired to pursue a degree in sociology by civil rights activists like W.E.B. Du Bois and Martin Luther King Jr. “In order to make a difference, you’ve got to be a part of the solution and not the problem,” Rasheed said.

“And you have to constantly identify what it’s going to take to make a change.”

Rasheed tries to convey this message in his lectures.

Lucaya Linwood, a student in Rasheed’s sociology class, said the way he teaches is engaging and his stories, which he tells whenever asked, add to his ability as a teacher.

“The way he talks and gives us information, it’s not like a typical lecture where he just sits us down and says ‘memorize this and memorize this,’ ” Linwood said.

Rasheed said he believes young people are one of the strongest assets

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A visitor at the Hall of Fame examines the “African Kings and Queens” wall, dedicated to prominent African historical figures.

to a civil rights movement.

He said modern racial equality movements simply aren’t enough.

The problem with the Black Lives Matter movement, he said, is rooted in the fact that it began as a slogan rather than by a leader. Absent a leader, the phrase is left to everyone else to define, which Rasheed points to as the cause of the confusion surrounding the campaign.

Black lives are being lost not only to violent deaths by police, but to lack of access to services, Rasheed said.

“Black Lives Matter should be saying black lives matter in education,” he said. “Black lives matter in employment, black lives matter in health and human services.”

Looking back on the civil rights

movement, Rasheed explained that protests, sit-ins and boycotts were inciting change, whereas now people protest to vent and then they fall back into the status quo.

What encourages change through legislation, he said, is to affect the economy. Birmingham activists put Alabama at the forefront of efforts to integrate by refusing to use public transportation. This coordinated effort caused a large upset that local politicians couldn’t ignore.

Rasheed thinks African-American history should be expanded in K-12 education, not just celebrated one month a year.

“If you’re going to tell history, tell the truth,” he said. “And [mention] everyone that was involved.”

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‘Tropics’ delves into humanity, infidelity

By GARY MAGENHEIMER Reporter @TheEtCetera

The Harvester Theatre Company explores the human condition with “Anna in the Tropics,” a story of a family-run cigar company in 1929 Tampa, Florida, that is changed drastically by a new employee.

The new worker is charged with reading to the cigar rollers as a basic form of education. He decides to read “Anna Karenina,” causing everyone to imitate the various scandals of the novel. This of course wreaks havoc on the working families, challenging their family ties and values.

“It’s a little more intense, a little more adult, mature,” said theater major Victor Deterra, referring to the themes and overall story of the play.

“This play is all about infidelity, and some heinous acts do occur.”

Guest director Becky McDonald said that the most difficult part of this play, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2003, is conveying the little details and nuances of the script.

“You keep finding new things each

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rehearsal,” McDonald said. “There’s a lot of nuance and it’s very poetic.”

Deterra, who plays the role of Cheché, reinforced that notion.

“Everybody has a problem. Everybody has an issue,” he said. “It’s not what is said in the play, it’s what’s not said. In all the fights and confrontations, and there’s a lot of them, it’s more what’s not said.”

Cheché himself is a more malevolent, but still relatable and complex, character, Deterra explained.

“If you find yourself sympathizing with Cheché, that’s what we want,” he said. “I wouldn’t call him a villain, but he’s really in this gray area.”

“Anna in the Tropics” main appeal as a play is its engaging cast of characters and how they react to the chaotic events of the show, McDonald explained.

“The big draw, the reason why people should come see it, is that there is really something that everybody can relate to with this show,” McDonald said. “It may not be like, ‘Oh, I can relate to being in a marriage that’s on the rocks,’ or, ‘Oh, I can relate to falling in love with poetry,’

but there’s something in each and every one of these characters.

“Even our ensemble members who don’t necessarily have any lines, the way they react to these situations is extremely relatable.”

In addition to being a varied production in terms of relatability, McDonald talked about how the play has several messages to offer to different age groups.

“If I was like 18, 19 years old, reading this, I wouldn’t read it the same way as 35-year-old me, who’s lived some life and is looking at it like ‘Oh, man this is rough,’” she said.

McDonald has worked in multiple theater job, including Addison’s WaterTower Theatre. She worked as a director and choreographer, taking on behind-the-scenes work as well.

She is now working as a full-time theater director at North Garland High School.

Deterra and Joseph Martinez, a theater major who plays the speaker Juan Julian in the performance, vouched for McDonald’s directing expertise.

Both credited her solid vision and

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Giavanna Ramos, left, Julissa Hernandez and Joe Martinez star in “Anna in the Tropics.”

straightforward teaching methods.

“It’s been a great learning experience,” Martinez said. “There are things I learned in this show that I have never experienced in any of the other shows I’ve been with.”

“Anna in the Tropics” opens at 7:30 p.m. April 19 in the Performance Hall. Its shows again at 7:30 p.m.

April 20. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for students. The matinee at 11:15 a.m. April 20 is free.

Evening classes may bring their students for free but will need to RSVP in advance to dreasons@dcccd. edu. Because of the adult content, the show is recommended for age 13 and up.

Student worker enjoys helping welcome new students, hiking Nursing major Lizbeth Negrete works in Eastfield’s Welcome Center while she takes classes.

She started working in May 2017.

Et Cetera reporter Aria Jones talked with Negrete about her work at Eastfield, her plans and her inspirations.

during zone [registration] they send us to Admissions. So, I worked in Admissions with the registrar. I filed papers. I worked in the Pit area signing students in. We also work in high schools sometimes, so we go with the recruiters to the high schools and help the students apply for scholarships.

Have you always worked in the Welcome Center?

This is where we’re at mostly but sometimes when it gets busy like around the summer time

What is the most important skill to have as a student worker?

Customer service skills and listening. Sometimes you just really need to hear what they want or what the student is looking for.

What is the most satisfying thing about your job?

Having students be thankful, especially when we get international students who don’t know a lot of English.

Sitting there being patient with them,

breaking down the application process, they’re very thankful.

What is the most challenging part?

That we have rules that we have to go by, and sometimes students don’t understand that. A lot of people have been out (of college) for many years or they might not want to take the TSI because they’ve been to college already.

They just need to understand that it’s a process and there are rules.

Is there a key piece of advice that you would have for students?

Always ask questions, even if you might think you know the answer.

Whether that’s in a classroom, whether it’s registering [for classes, just ask questions as you follow directions, then you’ll be OK. If you could learn something overnight what would it be?

A new language. Probably French.

Is there someone who inspires you?

My mom. She came from another country, from Mexico, and I see how hard she works and how hard she pushes me to do well in school.

What’s one of your proudest moments?

It’s not a moment, it’s more of just being in college right now. I know a lot of people don’t make it this far, even if it’s just here at Eastfield. Just being in school makes me very proud, to know I’m going somewhere.

Is there a specific kind of nursing that you would like to do?

I think I would like to do like intensive care, or be in the emergency department.

Do you have any hobbies outside of work and school?

I like to go hiking, maybe once a month. I love going to the movies, whether it’s new movies or just the dollar movies. I like going shopping.

Where do you hike?

It’s in Dallas. It’s called the Cedar Ridge Preserve. They have a lot of cool trails, a pond and a beautiful view.

If there was something that you could change at Eastfield, what would it be?

The communication. When we get into zone registration, we each have assigned areas and sometimes there’s so much miscommunication with the students. So the students get frustrated and they just don’t know where to go.

They just have one simple question, but every department is sending them different places.

Is there a teacher at Eastfield who has made a difference in your life?

Liz Nichols for history. Not for me personally, but just the way she taught, I understood history so much. I took her for two semesters and I just I loved the class.

I always looked forward to going.

She just has a fun way of teaching that makes you really understand and want to learn more on your own.

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5 ways to become environmentally friendly Earth Day, April 22, is the perfect time to start applying daily changes to your life that will benefit the earth we all share.

We are all capable of making a difference wherever we go.

Whether you are recycling, upcycling, volunteering your time to clean up the community or growing your own garden at home, you can impact this world.

Here are five ways to start your journey to becoming more environmental friendly.

— Compiled by Martha Especulta Recycle, reuse and create Unwanted waste builds up rapidly and is disposed of in many ways, a couple being landfills and incineration. Those lead to land, air and water pollution.

Before throwing away your unwanted items, try making use of the things that can be reused for other purposes. There are countless ways to create something new from unwanted products.

Glass-based products such as candle jars, wine bottles and jam jars can all be reused for utensil holders, flower pots and decorative placements. Metal cans and plastic bottles make great starter flowering pots or watering vessels.

Paper products such as old magazines, books, loose-leaf paper, giftwrap and out-of-date calendars can all be recycled into book marks, envelopes, collages, origami or scrapbooking.

The ideas are endless. Get together with your friends and family and come up with fun ideas to upcycle unwanted products into useful items.

Remember to place your waste into the correct recycling bins to avoid pollution.

If you do not have a recycling bin at your house you can request one from your city or visit community recycling centers.

Give and thrift Donating unwanted items is another great way to help the environment and the community by giving back to those in need. You can donate your items to thrift stores, churches, schools, the Salvation Army and other organizations.

And you never know what gently used item you may find in one of these places.

Many of my belongings are second hand items and they’re great.

I have bought clothes, shoes, books, movies, handbags, art supplies and many other things that are as good as new at resale shops.

Not only are you repurposing items, you can save money, too.

Another idea is to get with your friends and collect items you may not need anymore and trade amongst each other.

Currently at Eastfield, you can donate fabric and T-shirts to the “Land Loom” tapestry.

Join artists Analise Minjarez and Sarita Westrup noon-2 p.m. each Thursday in April in the Vibee lounge to work on the tapestry.

At home gardens Start your own garden and grow your own fresh fruit, vegetables and herbs in your backyard.

Items typically tossed in the trash are great garden tools.

Egg cartons and other cardboard-

based products can serve as starter flowering pots and later used for composting.

To create your own natural compost, you just need to recycle green food scraps that contain nitrogen such as leaves, plant trimmings, fruit and vegetables scraps, tea bags and coffee grounds.

Next you will need carbon-based items such as dead leaves, branches, twigs, wood chips and shredded newspaper. Mix both ingredients together with water and allow them to decompose naturally.

The result a natural fertilizer, plus food scraps stay out of the trash and aren’t wasted.

Use recycled bins or milk jugs to collect rainwater for your plants to avoid overusing water. Buy seed packs cheap at Dollar Tree. Four packs of vegetable, herb, fruit or flower seeds cost $1.

If your backyard does not have ideal soil for gardening, try creating a raised container garden with potting soil.

Growing your own goods, flowers or trees prevents more waste and helps prevent air and land pollution.

Have fun and watch your garden come to life.

Keep the community clean Littering is the leading cause to pollution.

It affects our local lakes, ponds, drains, waterways, animals and so much more.

Volunteering your time and helping clean up the litter around your local park, streets, schools and other places in need of help will benefit our environment tremendously.

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Enjoy your time while you are out there making a difference. Encourage family and friends to join you.

Volunteering opportunities are everywhere.

For more ideas on being a friend to the planet, visit EarthX event Apri 20-22 at Fair Park. Register online at earthx.org to attend for free or pay $5 at the gate.

Don’t forget to ride DART to Fair Park for a more sustainable trip.

Have fun and learn more about your impact of the environment.

Daily changes last a lifetime To help decrease air pollution, try carpooling with friends and family, go on walks, ride your bike or skate and get out and enjoy nature. Sign up

for a free student DART GoPass to have free access to environmentally friendly transportation around the Dallas area.

Before leaving your house, unplug any unused electronics to save in energy.

Invest in solar powered appliances, rechargeable batteries, tote bags, reusable bottles and long-lasting items to preserve energy, eliminate waste and save money.

Purchase fruit and vegetables from farmers markets to support local growers and reduce packaging material waste.

Be considerate of your actions wherever you go and soon you will be becoming more aware of your impact on our planet.

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LITERARY & FINE ARTS campus celebrates artistry FESTIVAL CALENDAR April 18 Creative Workshop, 11 a.m., L108, Pleasant Grove campus April 19 Tierra Firme Workshop, noon-2 p.m., VIBee Lounge Play: Anna in the Tropics, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall April 20 Play: Anna in the Tropics, 11:15 a.m. and 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall April 23 Lecture: Digital Scholarship, 11:15 a.m., G-101 April 24 Communications Career Day, 11 a.m., G-101 April 25 Spring Juried Student Art Exhibition, Gallery 219, show open through May 4 April 26 Tierra Firme Workshop, noon-2 p.m., VIBee Lounge Spring Dance Concert, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall April 27 Spring Dance Concert, 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall May 1 Eastfield’s Got Talent Show, 6 p.m., Performance Hall

The Literary & Fine Arts Festival continues through this month filled with dancing, jazz and lots of creative projects.

Jazz Under the Stars was conducted April 5 by music professor Oscar Passley. The performance included a band of saxophonists, drums, trumpets and more. Micheal Jackson and the Greatest Showman made an appearance at the Dance and Snack on April 11. with performances choreographed by dance students.

The festival ends on May 1 with the Eastfield’s Got Talent show. See the Literary & Fine Arts Festival calendar for more events and details.

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The Jazz band performed on the evening of April 5 for the Jazz Under the Stars event in the Lower Courtyard.

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Dance students performed solo, duet and group choreographies at Dance and Snack in the lower courtyard on April 11, as part of the Literary & Fine Arts Festival.

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Student journalists vital to the future Two-thirds of Americans, young or old, conservative or liberal, don’t place much faith in the Fourth Estate, according to a 2016 Gallup Poll.

Considering that the press’ primary role is to inform and hold government accountable, it is shocking that so many Americans don’t trust what ethical, trustworthy journalists provide.

Our current political climate promotes the idea of mainstream media being untrustworthy, even though that is generally false. The president refers to reputable news organizations as “fake news” and journalists as “enemies of the state.”

Student journalists are not immune from the disdain. And in many cases, universities are attempting to silence the student press.

The answer? An increasing number of universities are willing to sacrifice students’ rights of freedom of speech and scuttle student newspapers that stray from what the university deems acceptable to protect their image.

Despite the illegal nature of silencing or punishing student press at a public university, many institutions of higher education view their public image as more important than the constitutionally protected rights of the press.

Take the scandal surrounding the University of Kentucky and its student newspaper, the Kentucky Kernel. In 2016, the Kernel sought records related to a former associate professor who was accused of sexual assault by two students.

Legal battles UK chose to withhold some documents, including information on accusations of sexual harassment by a professor, from the paper.

Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear ruled that the university had violated Kentucky’s open records law and ordered the records releases.

UK responded by suing the newspaper. A court ruled in the school’s favor, and the newspaper appealed.

In 2017, The Student Press Law Center, a non-profit organization that offers legal advice and, in some cases, legal services to student publications across the nation, awarded the University of Central Florida

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student newspaper, Knight News, with the College Press Freedom Award for fighting attacks from their college administration.

The college refused to disclose open records. When Knight News sued for the records, UCF demanded the non-profit paper pay its legal fees, even when Knight News won the case. The university also threatened to seek disqualification of the Knight News’ attorney for speaking about the case at a UFC board meeting.

The university even demanded access to newsroom communications, privileged under the First Amendment, that were not related to the case.

SMU and non-legal fights The attacks aren’t limited to legal action against student papers. The SPLC reported that student newspapers in Tennessee and Washington were stolen off of newsstands after covering controversies.

A Wichita student paper was threatened with what the editor called “retaliatory” budget cuts after publishing investigative reports, the SLPC reported.

More recently, the board overseeing the independent student newspaper at Southern Methodist University, the SMU Daily Campus,

turned over the paper’s control to university. The SMU Daily Campus was founded 103 years ago because of university attempts to censor student media.

The board said the independent Student Media Company was no longer financially viable.

But Jessica Huseman, an SMU alumna and former editor in chief for The Daily Campus, told the Dallas Morning News that the board made little to no effort in trying to find ways to preserve the paper.

“If [alumni] had been asked for help at any point, we would have given it. I would have done fundraising for them. So when the board says, ‘We tried to do all these creative things,’ that’s [expletive]. They just didn’t,” she said.

Huseman, who now works for ProPublica, told the SMU Daily Campus that she doesn’t expect SMU to allow editorial freedom.

“SMU is not a place that values student voices or transparency,” Huseman told the SMU Daily Campus. “With the dissolving of Student Media Company, there is literally no incentive for SMU to be open about what it does.”

Contradictory to education While a private university like SMU has the legal right to decide

what goes in its own publication, it is an educational institution and censoring student media is contradictory to what an educational institution stands for: freedom of knowledge, open discourse and intellectual integrity.

Attacks by public universities blatantly violate the First Amendment protections that are paramount to the free society forged in America.

Assault on the Constitution These attacks against student media are no different than attacks against professional media. It’s an attempt to prohibit the transparency offered by journalism, providing government accountability by design through founding documents — namely the Constitution.

Americans, and members of higher education institutions, need to look critically at the media they consume. We can no longer be complacent with sitting idly in the dark while losing one of our greatest assets: a free and independent press.

When college and university administrators use their power to limit student media, they severely hurt the present and the future. They hurt the present by restricting the collegiate community of information and hurt the future by diminishing the education of future journalists.

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Journalism dead, truth in critical condition Professional independent journalism in America died Nov. 2, 2020, after a decadeslong battle against decreasing public support, financial crisis and, most recently, attacks by elected officials. It was 285 years old.

The independent press in America was born during a sedition trial in 1734 to John Peter Zenger and his wife, Anna Catherina Zenger.

John Zenger and Anna Zenger gave birth to freedom of the press in America when John won his sedition trial.

The jury decided he did not commit libel against the British governor of New York because the statements made in the New York Weekly Journal were true, and Zenger was released.

Independent journalism in America has since been responsible for reporting the truth to audiences.

The reports offered by professional journalism have exposed corruption, told tales of war, shared the significant stories of average people and informed a nation through good times and bad.

The first signs of real trouble for uncensored news in America came with an infection of low revenue in the 1990s, as newspapers started losing advertising and classified postings to the internet.

The free press in America amputated

thousands of newspaper reporters, photographers, copy editors and managerial staff due to the money troubles over the past two decades.

Doctors said things became truly dire when professional journalism in America suffered casualties of entire publications.

Community newspapers and intra-city competition began disappearing in the ‘90s and 2000s.

This decline in revenue not only impacted community papers, but larger publications.

With the breakdown it suffered, journalism in America struggled to cover news across the world and to offer in-depth news for its local community. The free press was hospitalized.

When the recession hit in 2008, news organizations suffered further complications from financial crisis.

Near the end of its life, professional independent journalism in America was assaulted for its work to expose wrongdoing and inform the American people.

President Donald Trump berated ethical journalism as “fake news” and the journalists as enemies of the state.

Trump’s first indication that he would deliver the fatal blow to freedom of the press when he suggested he would “open up the libel laws” so newspapers could be sued and considered revoking broadcasting licenses to

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news organizations he didn’t like.

Ultimately, the independent journalism permanently stopped the presses as the American public and the courts allowed government officials to bring treatments to a halt.

Independent journalism was moved to hospice care as more newspapers across the nation shut down.

Without content-producing newspapers and wire services, radio and TV news also suffered a debilitating lack of news to report.

The free press is survived by limited freedoms and what’s left of the constitution.

However, doctors say both are in critical condition following the death of journalism and are not expect to survive much longer.

The deterioration of their condition is blamed on the loss of their protector, strong and ethical journalism.

Doctors said that, in hindsight, freedom of the press in America could have been saved.

Had the American public looked at media critically to determine its reliability, not

bought into the fake news, been willing to pay for news and not bought into the government propaganda about journalists lying for political gain and sales, independent journalism could still be alive.

Those same Americans who were not interested in ethical journalism have been rumored to find themselves wondering what’s going on in their neighborhoods, the nation and the world, unable to find clear and reliable answers.

These rumors could not be confirmed, however, because all journalists are either in prison for unsanctioned news reporting and treason or unemployed, unable to chase down the story.

It has also been “heard through the grapevine” that some Americans are curious as to why their constitutional rights have been revoked or why they were unaware any such attempts against their freedoms were being made.

Rights notably missing, or at least limited, from American lives, include free speech, petition government, peaceably assemble, worship whoever they want however they want, the right to a fair trial by a jury of their peers and the right vote.

In lieu of flowers, send letters to the editor.

— James Hartley is editor in chief and a journalism major.

I’ll always fight for Dreamers’ rights On April 6, I received confirmation that my U.S. Permanent Residency application was approved.

After being in this country since 2002, after years of seeing my mother struggle to find a job, drive a car and report crime with her immigration status hovering over her head, I knew what that thick envelope meant to her.

After years of planning an uncertain future and questioning whether my grades and work ethic would ever be enough to grant me a chance at economic mobility, I knew what that thick envelope in the mail meant to me.

After I opened it and read the confirmation letter, I had to take a moment to myself.

I felt overwhelmed. I couldn’t help but feel emotional. I felt a sense of relief, a sense of opportunity and security.

As a former Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipient, I no longer have to worry about a DACA renewal fee, the possibility that the program may soon no longer exist, or that I may not be legally allowed to work in order to pay for my studies.

I can comfortably continue my studies this fall at a university and not be overwhelmed by a lack

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of access to student aid.

I’ll soon visit my family in Mexico and the hometown I haven’t seen in 16 years.

I’ll be able to see my dad and the relatives that I recall only in faint childhood memories.

Despite this joy, I also felt a sense of guilt.

As much as I’d like to think that I have a lot of unique things to offer this country, I didn’t exactly do anything unique to deserve this security.

At least, I didn’t do anything unique compared to the hundreds of thousands of other DACA recipients who also deserve the relief and opportunity that I now have.

My mother and stepfather fell in love when I was 8 and married when I was 14.

My stepfather was able to petition for residency for my mom and me because he’s a U.S. citizen, but that’s just plain luck.

They would have fallen in love and married

regardless of immigration status.

If my stepfather were to be undocumented, we would have no hope for legalization.

This is the reality for a lot of my peers. It’s quite extraordinary how many DACA students I find on campus and how every single one of them is working to pay for school and better themselves.

They do this with the risk of loosing DACA at any moment.

It pains me to know that my colleagues and friends still struggle and worry with no silver linings in sight.

But empathy only goes so far. It’s time to act.

As a documented resident, I cannot remain in comfort.

Not while my brothers and sisters are unable to plan their future just because the country they call home doesn’t know if it wants them.

This means protesting against the actions of an administration that demeans immigrants and supporting candidates who are willing to fight for their rights.

For as long as there are Dreamers with uncertain futures, I’m still a Dreamer too.

— David Silva is digital managing editor and a fiilm major.

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Harvesters show muscle against Brookhaven

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Back-to-back 14-run games elevated Eastfield baseball to win their series against conference standings leader Brookhaven.

The Harvesters, who are ranked No. 6 in the nation, were swept during the teams’ last three-game series in early March, but won two out of three to take the series last week.

Solomon Klimech’s 11 strikeouts and Eastfield’s three home runs sank the No. 4-ranked Bears 14-6 on April 11.

“Solomon went out there and threw well again for us,” Coach Michael Martin said. “He gave us a chance to win.”

The team followed that up with a second 14-run performance on April 13, stopping the game 14-4 in the seventh inning behind shortstop Jacob Perry’s two home runs.

Brookhaven avoided the sweep with a 5-2 win on April 14 behind pitcher Antony Orta’s 13-strikeout day.

In game one, Eastfield trailed 2-1 in the third inning when Perry jumpstarted the offense after drawing a walk from Brookhaven pitcher Jeremy Hammer.

Perry, who leads the nation in stolen bases, stole second and landed on third following a sacrifice fly.

“I just know they can’t throw me out,” Perry said. “I try to go early and often. I’ll go on first pitch just to see how it is. That’s usually the best pitch to go on, when they’re sleeping.”

Left fielder Jordan Parker, the nation’s RBI leader, doubled to drive in Perry and set up a two-run homer

by Tyler Lusher. Eastfield’s offense gave Brookhaven’s pitchers trouble the remainder of the afternoon before breaking away with five runs in the sixth inning and three in the eighth, including a Caden Bennett three-run home run.

“Hitting is kind of like a domino effect,” Parker said. “One guy starts hitting, then the rest of our team starts hitting really well.”

Parker pushed his home run total for the season to eight, placing him fourth in the nation. With 12 games

left in the season, he is halfway to breaking the school’s home run record. Perry ended the game with two stolen bases.

Klimech, who leads the nation in strikeouts, struggled when the teams met in March. In that game, Klimech surrendered seven runs and didn’t make it past the third inning before needing relief, putting the Harvesters in an early hole.

“I gotta keep my offense in it and they’ll keep me in it,” he said.

“Brookhaven beat me last time I came out. I was definitely motivated this time to come out and not let them beat me again.”

In Wednesday’s game, Klimech survived a shaky fourth inning to take control of the game before Mike Tamez took over for the final two innings.

In the fourth, Klimech allowed a hit, a walk and a bunt that loaded the bases with no outs. However, the Harvesters cleaned up the bases with a double play, and Klimech struck out the next batter to end the threat.

Klimech surrendered five runs on 11 hits through seven innings and struck out 11 hitters.

Eastfield coach Michael Martin said that the three home runs caused his players to get too comfortable down the stretch.

“I felt like there were a couple of guys who were giving some at bats away there because we were up by eight or nine runs,” he said.

Martin believes that gave the Bears a chance to fight back late. In the ninth inning, Tamez gave up a home run to Kyler Grimsley on the first pitch, and loaded the bases with two hits and a walk.

“Shoot, I’m trying to end that game,” Martin said. “Not give them an opportunity.”

In game two, Martin’s team traveled to Brookhaven and closed the game out early with another explosive offense showing.

Perry led the way for the Harvesters, going 3-for-5 with six RBIs and two home runs.

The game looked to be competitive early on, with the two teams tied 4-4 going into the sixth inning. Six runs in the sixth inning and four in the seventh put the Harvesters ten runs over the Bears, causing the end

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Jordan Parker (18, top and left), Tyler Lusher (25, left) and Jacob Manaska (5, above) contribute to defeat the Bears April 11.

of the game due to the ten-run rule.

Jordan Parker, Trenton Dowley and Caden Bennett added to their RBI totals. Mason Krantz tallied three RBIs. Pitcher Trevor Wiegel played a complete game for the Harvesters, surrendering six hits and striking out five hitters.

Game three was a defenseheavy match for both teams, with Brookhaven edging out the Harvest-

ers 5-2.

Tyler Stone gave the Harvesters a chance, surrendering nine hits in seven innings and striking out ten hitters.

However, Brookhaven’s Antony Orta, who is second in the nation in strikeouts, played a complete nineinning game and struck out 13 hitters.

Martin, whose team is still three games behind the Bears in the con-

ference standings, said he wants his players to quickly reset for the next game.

“That’s a great win,” he said.

“That’s a team that’s ahead of us in the conference. We need to win. We need to beat them to get where we need to go, but that one we need to forget about it.”

The Harvesters will take on Mountain View at home Wednesday, April 18 at 2 p.m.

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