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Executive orders polarize 2016 election

By CRISTHIAN HERRERA Contributor @CrisHerreraETC

Executive orders — routinely advocated by the presidential incumbent’s party and derided by the opposition — will likely remain controversial whether Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton are elected Nov. 8.

Clinton has promised a path toward citizenship for undocumented immigrants, while Trump has vowed to build a wall along the Mexican border and toughen immigration laws. These propositions could be passed by Congress or, in a move that often draws criticism, by a stroke of the president’s pen.

In an attempt to protect immigrants brought into the country as children from deportation, President Obama enacted the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program through executive order in 2012. The action was criticized by the Federation for American Immigration Reform which called it “an end-run around Congress.”

Trump has openly disapproved of Obama’s use of executive orders and

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has sworn to repeal most of them, including DACA, which guarantees that individuals under the age of 31 who came to the U.S. before age 16 will not be deported from the country for a two-year period. Those who qualify are able to work legally and pay taxes.

“I don’t think [Trump] would do

anything for DACA,” history professor Mike Noble said. “He’s looking at it as, they’re lawbreakers, so there is no DACA.” DACA has provided about 728,000 immigrants with a road toward higher education and better-paying jobs, including many Eastfield students like Jarezy Munoz. He is upset about

Trump’s promise to deport 5 million immigrants if he is elected.

“I don’t think that’s fair for us,” Munoz said. “Most of us have been here for half our life. So I don’t think it’s fair for him to get rid of what’s been building this country.”

Noble believes Trump is pandering to a certain demographic with his

strict immigration stance.

“He is putting out an image that I don’t think he actually wholeheartedly endorses,” Noble said. “I don’t think Trump is going to be as hardcore as he says [as president], but that doesn’t mean he’s going to be any less damaging.”

Noble said executive orders aren’t a special part of this election.

“They’re a go-around to our Constitution,” Noble said. “It cuts the legislative process out. … I think they’re sometimes necessary. For instance, I can’t fight ISIS myself. If Congress is unwilling to fund that but the president says we need to, maybe an executive order is the appropriate action.”

Dr. Glynn Newman, a government professor at Eastfield, agreed. “[Government] has answered to the cry of the people,” he said. “The people have asked for more government. Every day, students ask for financial services. They’re asking the government for help.”

Both Clinton and Trump have publicized their plans to use executive orders within moments of becoming president.

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Young voters seek reform as tuition costs rise

By JACQUELINE ESTRADA Contributor @TheEtCetera

Lorenzo Chavez is the son of immigrant parents who worked in janitorial services the majority of their lives.

He was told that their lack of education was to blame for their lack of success.

Yet at 32, he feels he is still struggling to get the education that promised a better future.

Chavez has been making student loan payments of about $220 a month since 2008.

He received a total of three loans in his academic career.

“They’re killing me,” Chavez said.

“That is why I am back here trying to get a career that pays more.”

Chavez is working on his nursing degree.

Chavez said he worries that this presidential election could make it more difficult for low-income students to get their degrees.

Democratic presidential nominee

U.S. STUDENT DEBT

500%

Total inflation rate for college education since 1985

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$2,500

The average yearly cost of tuition for a four-year public university in 1974, fixed for inflation

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Americans now have at least one outstanding student loan

$351

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Hillary Clinton proposed free tuition at in-state, four-year public colleges and universities for students with incomes under $125,000, which would be effective 2021.

$72,000 The average amount a family pays per child to attend a public four-year university

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She promised that at the start of her presidency, families making $85,000 or less would be able to attend in-state four-year college or university free of tuition.

Clinton has also vowed to cut interest rates and refinance student loans to relieve the pressure on about 25 million debt holders.

Republican nominee Donald Trumps’ website states that his educational policies will ensure the opportunity to attend a two- or fouryear colleges, which will be easier to access, pay for and finish.

While Trump has acknowledged the need for lower-cost education, he has not released any solid plans on how to cut prices.

Chavez attended Everest College and studied medical billing and coding.

He said the training was worthless and that he made more money working at State Farm.

Despite growing up in a low income family, Tiffany Robertson, an advising major at the University of Texas in Arlington, said she still wouldn’t want government-paid education.

“Someone does have to pay for the free education Hillary is offering,” she said. “We do not come from

money, [but] my parents have been preparing since I was like 2 with my college fund.”

Martha Aguiñaga, a business major at University of Texas in Arlington, said she and her mother rely on financial aid.

“If they cut that help, I don’t know that I can get my bachelor’s degree anymore,” she said.

Beatriz Hurtado, an Easfield psychology major, has been enrolled in community college since 2010 but said she has been unable to finish because she is a single mother of two.

Because of her schedule, Hurtado can’t take enough classes to receive financial aid. “[Financial aid was] great for students like me that have money problems, but it will become a drag for people with higher income who will have their taxes raised to pay for my free college,” Hurtado said.

Hurtado has turned down loans to stay out of debt despite knowing it would help her graduate sooner.

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Trump, Clinton in final round for White House

By JULIO VEGA Reporter @TheEtCetera

The 2016 presidential election has been one of the most polarizing in recent history, with both Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump earning record-breaking disapproval ratings in national polls.

“The two candidates have articulated very different visions, but more importantly, very different moods by which they would implement their visions,” history professor Matt Hinckley said.

For example, Clinton’s immigration plan involves introducing more comprehensive reform, promoting the naturalization process and humanely enforcing existing immigration laws.

By contrast, Trump has vowed to build a wall on the border with Mexico and block Muslims from entering the country. He has said he wants to prioritize jobs, safety and wages for American citizens through strict enforcement of immigration laws.

However, both candidates want a more modernized Department of Veteran Affairs and improved treatment for American veterans. They also oppose free trade deals, seeing

them as a detriment to the American economy, and an improved infrastructure, which they believe can help promote economic strength within the United States.

The election will also determine the makeup of the Supreme Court, since the Republicancontrolled Congress has refused to consider a replacement for conservative Antonin Scalia, who died in February, until the next president takes office.

The parties are also battling for Congress.

Republicans control the House of Representatives and the Senate, but Democrats have a chance to tip the Senate because of close races Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina and Pennsylvania, according to the data analysis site fivethirtyeight.com Hinckley said this is a historical election for two different but equally significant reasons.

“Clinton is the first ever female [major] party nominee,” he said. “That in and of itself is unprecedented in American history.”

Hinckley said Trump’s recent comments about whether or not he will accept the results of the election are also unprecedented.

Auto mechanics major Jason Crawford said that a woman running on a major party ticket and a man who’s never served in the military or been in politics makes this election compelling.

“From a business standpoint, if [Trump] runs this country kind of

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like a business, we might be able to get somewhere,” Crawford said. “But at the same time, some of the points that [Clinton] makes, she might be good for [the job]. If we can have good traits from both candidates and put them into one, that’d be good.”

Crawford said he thinks this will prompt changes in voter requirement laws.

“I don’t believe we should be allowed to vote unless we take some sort of special class about politics where we have to learn what’s going on, what exactly is wrong with the economy,” he said.

Science major Estela Vazquez is an undecided voter, and she doesn’t think she’s alone.

“Many don’t even know who to vote for,” she said. “I feel like everyone is confused and not sure what’s going to happen in this election.”

Psychology major Tammy Echols said neither candidate is qualified.

“These two nominees are out of their minds,” she said. “One is crazy and one’s a liar. … I think people realize that change needs to be made, so for whatever reason, for one or the other, is why they’re going [to vote].”

According to the Texas Secretary of State, a record 15 million Texans are registered to vote.

Early voting started Monday, and large numbers of people headed to the polls.

Biology major Eva Martinez doesn’t think it’s a coincidence.

“Trump’s comments have caused a lot of attention, … and the fact that we have our ever first female candidate, so that’s different, too, so

that brings a lot more attention to this election,” she said. “[After this election], more people will start paying more attention because it really matters who we pick as the president.”

Hinckley agrees.

“Different types of candidates engage different voters,” he said, mentioning how during this year’s primaries, both Democratic and Republican candidates affected all kinds of voter movements, which in turn created a higher voter turnout.

Seventeen Republican candidates and six Democratic candidates made a run for the White House during the primary season.

Some candidates, such as Bernie Sanders, Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio, generated massive movements and captured the attention of voters throughout the country.

Hinckley said that no matter what, anything can happen Nov. 8.

“Expect the unexpected,” he said. “If you look at politics as theater, this is one hell of a show.”

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SAMPLE BALLOT

Selected Races

U.S. Rep. District 5 0 Jeb Hensarling (R) 0 Ken Ashby (L) U.S. Rep. District 30 0 Charles Lingerfelt (R) 0 Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) 0 Jarrett R. Woods (L) 0 Thom Prentice (G) U.S. Rep. District 32 0 Pete Sessions (R) 0 Ed Rankin (L) 0 Gary Stuard (G) Railroad Commissioner 0 Wayne Christian (R) 0 Grady Yarbrough (D) 0 Mark Miller (L) 0 Martina Salinas (G) State Rep. District 32 0 Eric Johnson (D) 0 Heather Marcus (L) State Rep. District 107 0 Kenneth Sheets (R) 0 Victoria Neave (D) State Rep. District 113 0 Cindy Burkett (R) 0 Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D) Supreme Court Place 3 0 Debra Lehrmann (R) 0 Mike Westergren (D) 0 Kathie Glass (L) 0 Rodolfo Rivera Munoz (G) Supreme Court Place 5 0 Paul Green (R) 0 Dori Contreras Garza (D) 0 Tom Oxford (L) 0 Charles E. Waterbury (G) Supreme Court Place 9 0 Eva Guzman (R) 0 Savannah Robinson (D) 0 Don Fulton (L) 0 Jim Chisholm (G) Court of Criminal Appeals Place 2 0 Mary Lou Keel (R) 0 Lawrence “Larry” Meyers (D) 0 Mark Ash (L) 0 Adam King Blackwell Reposa (G) Court of Criminal Appeals Place 5 0 Scott Walker (R) 0 Betsy Johnson (D) 0 William Bryan Strange III (L) 0 Judith Sanders-Castro (G) Court of Criminal Appeals Place 6 0 Michael E. Keasler (R) 0 Robert Burns (D) 0 Mark W. Bennett (L)

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Where, when to vote

Early voting

Local, state races also on Nov. 8 ballot U.S. Representative District 5

Jeb Hensarling (R) Incumbent Age: 59 jebhensarling.com On immigration: Hensarling plans to improve national border security, deport undocumented immigrants and help legal immigrants who want to improve their lives.

On college debt: Plans to expand the 529 plan to help families save for college. The plan uses the power of compound interest to allow contributions to grow taxfree for the purpose of higher education expenses.

Ken Ashby (L) Age: 64 KenAshby@aol.com On immigration: “I favor immigration, but it must be legal. We should welcome workers and entrepreneurs, turn away welfare parasites and freeloaders, lock up violent criminals and terrorists and secure the border.”

On college debt: Not available.

U.S. Representative District 30

Charles Lingerfelt (R) Age: 72 itrustcharles.com On immigration: “I believe Congress ought to make it a priority to completely revamp the immigration program and department and do it within the next two years.”

On college debt: Not available.

Eddie Bernice Johnson (D) Incumbent Age: 80 ebjcampaign.com On immigration: “I support comprehensive immigration reform that will foster economic growth, keep our families and our national security and protect workers’ rights.”

On college debt: “We need to be working to make college more affordable for middle-class and working families.”

Jarrett R. Woods (L) Age: 35 www.jarrettwoods.com On immigration: Not available On college debt: Not available Thom Prentice (G) Age: 64 facebook.com/ThomPrentice4CongressGREEN2016 On immigration: “On illegal immigration, really, all the whites should return to Europe, the land of their ancestors, or failing that, immediate citizenship for the 11 million [Latino] humans who have been living in this country but don’t have particular legal documents.”

On college debt: “Cancel all student loan debt and make free college tuition mandatory."

State Representative District 107

Kenneth Sheets (R) Incumbent Age: 39 kennethsheets.com On immigration: “True national security means controlling our borders and protecting the interior to our country.”

On college debt: “Texas can lead the way in lowering the cost of higher education. Capping tuition may seem like the quick solution, but it will only address the symptom, not the cause.”

Victoria Neave (D) Age: 35 victoriafortexas.com On immigration: Neave supports comprehensive immigration reform and will fight attempts to repeal House Bill 1403, which permits certain undocumented immigrant students to pay in-state tuition.

On college debt: “State leaders should make college affordability an emergency issue for the next legislative session.”

State Representative District 113

Cindy Burkett (R) Incumbent Age: 58 cindyburkett.org On immigration: “In Texas, we must do everything in our power to secure the border and preserve the precious resources we have allocated for American citizens here at home.”

On college debt: “A root cause in the rising cost of college is federal and state subsidies that 'fund' student loans." Government should reduce "its subsidy, letting competition for students bring prices back down.”

Rhetta Andrews Bowers (D) Age: 49 www.rhetta-bowers.com On immigration: Not available On college debt: “Putting a cap or limit on rising tuition at state universities would help to keep higher education at an affordable rate for all. The community college system does help, and college credits being allowed in high school make up the difference.”

Dallas County Sheriff

Kirk Launius (R) Age: 50 kirkfordallas.com Top priorities: Avoid wasteful spending and a tax increase; speed up the prisoner processing; increase safety for staff; prevent sexual abuse, sexual harassment and rape in adult and juvenile facilities.

Lupe Valdez (D) Incumbent Age: 69 lupevaldez.com Top priorities: Increase contact between the department and community to improve trust; have officers wear body cameras; increase staff pay; protect undocumented immigrants in the justice system.

David Geoffrey Morris (L) Age: 38 Decriminalize consensual behavior in society; replace bail system with risk assessment model that would hold the most dangerous criminals; improve professionalism; reduce use of deadly force; eliminate jailing of undocumented immigrants.

J.C. Osborne (G) Age: Unavailable Top priorities: Investigate all complaints; increase transparency in terms of open records; improve living conditions of inmates; pay inmates for labor; prevent sexual abuse and harassment of inmates, especially children; more camera surveillance in jail facilities.

— Compiled by Martha Especulta from candidate websites and social media pages, news reports and voters' guides by The Dallas Morning News and the League of Women Voters

41 locations including Eastfield College Pleasant Grove campus 802 S. Buckner Blvd., Dallas Oct. 26-29, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

Oct. 30, 1-6 p.m.

Oct. 31-Nov. 4, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

Eastfield College main campus 3737 Motley Drive, Mesquite Oct. 31-Nov. 1, 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

Election Day

You must vote at your precinct polling place.

Polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.

For precinct locations, sample ballots and other information for Dallas County voters, visit dallascountyvotes.org.

Campus events

Students and staff playing the roles of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will debate at 11 a.m. Nov. 3 in the Performance Hall followed by a mock election.

The college will host an election watch party 7-11 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Pit.

Voter ID

Voters must present identification to cast ballots in Texas. If a voter does not have an acceptable form of photo ID and has a “reasonable impediment or difficulty” obtaining one, he or she must present a supporting form of ID and sign a Reasonable Impediment Declaration.

Acceptable forms of ID: Texas driver's license Texas Election Identification Certificate issued by DPS Texas personal identification card issued by DPS Texas handgun license issued

by DPS U.S. military identification card with photograph U.S. citizenship certificate with photograph Passport Supporting forms of ID: Valid voter registration certificate Certified original birth certificate Current utility bill Bank statement Government check or paycheck Government document with your name and an address Source: Texas Secretary of State

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Breast Cancer Walk, 10:30 a.m., starts at Fireside Lounge Canada’s Orchid Ensemble with the Eastfield Chorus and Dance Company and the Women’s Chorus of Dallas, 12:30 p.m. and 7:30 p.m., Performance Hall

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Club fundraisers, 8 a.m.5 p.m., the Pit

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Ex-Fearience Halloween party, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., costume contest at noon, Lower Courtyard and the Pit

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TRiO community service trip to North Texas Food Bank, 8 a.m.-1:30 p.m., meet in C-141

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FAFSA help, 1-3 p.m, L-108D

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Veterans’ Benefits Fair, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., S-100

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FAFSA help, 1-3 p.m, L-108D

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German film series, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., C-135

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By DAVID SILVA Editor In Chief @DavidSilvaETC

Dallas Morning News editorial writer Michael Lindenberger defended the paper’s controversial decision to endorse Hillary Clinton for president during a free speech panel Oct. 18.

Lindenberger, Associated Press editor Maud Beelman and government professor Cindy Castaneda were the central speakers during the panel, which focused on the relationship between the 2016 presidential candidates and the media.

This election cycle has seen newspapers that traditionally endorse Republican candidates instead support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

The Dallas Morning News editorial board hasn’t endorsed a Democratic candidate since World War II, and their editorial decision has not sat well with some of their readers.

“Anybody who writes opinions will find quickly that the readers, the public include very nasty people who strongly disagree,” Lindenberger said.

The Arizona Republic, also a historically conservative newspaper, has received death threats for their endorsement of Clinton.

Lindenberger went on to say that the decision to endorse Clinton was not as unthinkable as some might perceive.

“As far as our process goes, we weren’t too surprised,” he said. “We decided ultimately that Donald Trump was manifestly unfit to be president.”

Despite Lindenberger’s disapproval of Trump, he was quick to point out that an important element of free speech is accepting the opinions of others with grace.

“There’s a great deal of people out there who think Donald Trump is beneath contempt and his supporters are either crazy, racist or some combination of the two,” he said. “And that’s not always fair, because he is speaking to a large chunk of people who feel left out of the current political situation and the economy.”

Castaneda said the hostile atmosphere of this election cycle, including what she perceives as threatening rhetoric from Trump and his followers, worries her. She said Americans are often put in a difficult situation when they try to voice their

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From left: Dallas Morning News editorial writer Michael Lindenberger, Associated Press editor Maud Beelman and government professor Cindy Castaneda speak about free speech.

political opinions.

“When it comes to things like voter intimidation, that’s where your physical bearing and your words can cross that line,” she said.

Beelman said that intimidation against journalists is also common.

She said the death of Don Bolles, an investigative reporter for the Arizona Republic who was murdered during to his coverage of the mafia, is an excellent example of journalists prevailing past intimidation and violence against others.

“The thing about violence is that it does not work to stop journalists,” she said. “You can kill a journalist and other journalists will come in and finish the job.”

The panel touched on the role of the press through social media outlets, citing the near-limitless access to information it has provided.

“There’s been a boom of information for someone who revels in as much information as they can possibly find,” Beelam said.

Journalists and seekers of information like herself have access to things they have never had access to before, according to Beelam.

Castaneda said that it’s essential for consumers of that information to find reliable sources to fact-

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check things like political statements and claims by presidential candidates.

“The term media is related to the term medium,” she said. “So there is a filter, and that’s an important part of the distinction between our customary news outlets and when you’re getting information from the candidate.”

Castaneda said that students must cherish and protect the worth of the freedom of speech, along with the other freedoms given by the First Amendment.

“It is essential for you as active citizens in our democracy study and appreciate and fight to defend those rights and understand them when you fell that they may be violated,” she said. “It’s so fundamental to who we are as a democracy.”

Lindenberger told students to uphold the First Amendment and said that their generation will intemperate the five freedoms in a way that’s unique to past generations.

“The First Amendment as we know it is a relatively recent phenomenon in American history,” he said. “It’s not a permanent condition. Each generation must decide for itself how they balance the different values that are represented in the Bill of Rights.”

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Matthew Espinosa, a 15-year-old dual credit student, spends time in the Pit with his college-age friends.

“I don’t really see myself changing that much over the next few years,” Espinosa said. “I want to still be a happy, charismatic, I wouldn’t say kid, but person.”

Espinosa is currently enrolled in Government with professor Stacey Juhrhee and Speech with professor Nick Vera.

He is also doing homeschool classes and a part of a local homeschool co-op program.

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NASA sets sight on Mars From sci-fi to reality: Robots headed to space

Astronauts plan visit to red planet by 2030

By DAVID SILVA Editor In Chief @DavidSilvaETC

By JAMES HARTLEY Managing Editor @JamesHartleyETC

Michelle Frase-Page, an engineer for NASA, walks past models of space-venturing vessels in Building 9 of the Johnson Space Center.

Building 9 is a warehouse that houses models of space vessels, vehicles and robots.

Models of vessels like the Orion mannedshuttle to Mars and International Space Station tower over her as she marches a group of visitors through the building just days after President Obama restated his hope that humans visit Mars by 2030.

Each model is built to scale with switches and levers, some of which activate real functions, that are used to help train American astronauts and test the systems before they are put into use.

Starting in November, Fraser-Page will be building some of those models.

Fraser-Page began working for NASA 28 years ago while she was an engineering student at the University of Illinois. Her first job was at Langley in Hampton, Virginia.

She was raised on science fiction, obsessed with space and space exploration.

“I grew up on ‘Star Trek,’” Fraser-Page said.

“I would watch reruns when I got home from school, and I was just fascinated with it. I already loved science, and ‘Star Trek’ really brought me to a love of space.”

Toward the back of Building 9, robots shadow over the engineers building them, some hanging from harnesses and other standing on their own.

Justin Ridley, a robotics engineer, works in the back of Building 9 creating mechanical humanoids and vehicles.

While vehicles such as robotic rovers have been used in the past to explore the surface of Mars, the humanoid robots aren’t yet ready for use.

Humanoid robots will help astronauts with mundane tasks, such as scrubbing railing, or dangerous jobs such as making repairs to the outside of a space station.

Valkyrie, the most advanced humanoid robot according to Ridley, will soon receive a pair of hands and be sent off on missions.

“Right now, we’re teaching it to walk and interact with its environment,” Ridley said. “The idea is to [use them] either in space or on the moon or Mars. Or one of the original ideas was assistance See Building 9, page 16 ➤

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Clockwise from top: An astronaut suit in a case at the Johnson Space Center. The Valyrie robots on display in Building 9.

Experts in NASA’s Journey to Mars program reaffirmed President Barack Obama’s goal to send humans to Mars by 2030 during an Oct. 14 panel discussion in the Johnson Space Center.

In a recent op-ed article, the president said his administration has “revitalized technology and innovation at NASA” and praised how the program discovered flowing water on Mars in 2015, mapped out Pluto in April and found evidence of ice movement on one of Jupiter’s moons just last month.

The panel included NASA public affairs specialist Hailey Fick, Exploration Integration and Science Directorate member Michelle Rucker and Mars research scientist Elizabeth Rampe.

President Obama also reasserted the importance of NASA’s goal to send humans to Mars, a mission that is in its early stages.

“We’ve had continuous human presence at the space station for almost 16 years,” Fick said.

She said the program is currently in the first step, called “Earth Reliant,” of its planned three-step program.

Earth Reliant focuses on astronauts training at the International Space Program and mastering low-orbit trips.

Ruckers said that there are still various scenarios and logistics that impede the astronauts from traveling to Mars and returning safely, including the size of the space shuttle.

“The first challenge is getting something that big to the surface [of Mars],” Rucker said. “The next challenge is once we’ve landed. Mars is really far away, so the communication lag time between here and Mars could be up to 45 minutes.”

Rucker said the delay of communication would leave astronauts relatively isolated and brought up other problems including the effect of space on the human body, the possibility of dust storms on Mars and the need for the astronauts to create and grow their own supplies.

“Trying to take all of the needed supplies to Mars is going to be impractical,” Ruckers said. “So one of the things we’re looking at doing is [using] what we have on Mars, like chemicals we think we can use to make oxygen from.”

The process of making chemicals useable for human consumption is something out of the scientists’ present reach.

“We’re gonna be there for a month or two, or up to 500 days,” she said. “That requires a lot of new technology that we haven’t perfected.”

Despite the risks, Rampe stressed the importance of exploring the red planet.

“We see ancient river and stream deposits,” Rampe said. “We see lake deposits and impact craters. The ulSee Mars Mission, page 16 ➤

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Professor’s experimental dance group wins acclaim

By LANDON WILLIAMS Reporter @TheEtCetera

Dance professor Danielle Georgiou’s dance company is gaining a faithful audience in the Dallas area.

The Danielle Georgiou Dance Group was selected in August as a reader’s choice in D Magazine's Best of Big D awards. The company was named Best Dance Troupe in the Dallas Observer's 2015 Best of Dallas.

Dallas Observer writer Lauren Smart described the group as “edgy, raw, a little perverse, ... pretty damn cool.”

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Dance professor Danielle Georgiou coordinates with members of the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group during a rehearsal this month.

Colby Calhoun, who graduated from Eastfield in May, has performed with DGDG about 20 times.

“Danielle is doing things and creating things that are different for the Dallas art scene,” he said. “I’m glad that people are recognizing that and appreciating that.”

Georgiou started the German Expressionist-inspired DGDG in 2011 after she was asked to present her work at the annual National Performance Network event by the former director of the South Dallas Cultural Center.

She and five of her friends presented a multimedia dance that caught the attention of a Dallas theater that

commissioned her to provide an original production for a two-week run. It received positive reviews, and more people approached the group for performances. Before she knew it, Georgiou had a dance company.

Georgiou calls her dancers performers because they do much more than just dance. All of her shows are narrative-driven — the performers act, sing and speak while they dance — and reflect social and psychological themes.

“Really what we are making is dance musical theater,” Georgiou said.

The group is known for its especially unconventional performances,

according to D. “The group’s occasionally profane approach has made waves in the Dallas dance community, but has attracted an entirely new and untapped audience as a result,” the magazine said.

In the 2015 production “The Show About Men,” the dance company explored society’s expectation of manliness and included a song advocating gender-neutral bathrooms. Georgiou and DGDG producer Justin Locklear created the show with original music and input from the dancers about their real-life experiences.

“Nice,” which debuted in 2014, examined society’s expectations of women, a common theme in Geor-

giou’s work.

“No matter what language you speak, no matter who you are, where you’ve been or what you’ve experienced, you can watch somebody dance and really understand what they are trying to say,” she said. “I think that that’s beautiful.”

Georgiou started dancing at age 3 and decided it would be her profession after seeing “The Nutcracker” at age 7. But it’s more than a job, she said. It helps her deal with hardships and functions as a form of therapy.

“Dance has been everything for me,” she said. “A problem-solver, a life-saver, a voice when I didn’t have a voice.”

Eastfield enters ‘Doll's House’ The Harvester Theatre Company gave four performances this month of Henrik Ibsen's “A Doll’s House,” a late-1800s period play centered around the “perfect family.”

Continuing education student Caitlin Duree, left, starred as Nora, a wife and mother who loses faith in her husband and questions the role of women in society. Cathrine Christensen performs on the far left.

Akin Babatunde — an actor and writer who teaches theater and humanities at the University of Texas at Dallas and Mountain View College — served as guest director.

The company's next show is "The Yellow Boat"

by David Saar. The play is based on the life of Saar's son, Benjamin, who was born with congenital hemophilia and died at the age of 8.

Performances will be Dec. 1-3.

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MOVIE REVIEW

‘Joneses’ puts new twist on spy genre

By CAT DYSON Reporter @TheEtCetera

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Ashton Sanders plays Chiron, a teenager growing up in Miami and struggling with his sexuality and his mother’s drug addiction.

Poetic storyline drives ‘Moonlight’

By KACI GONZALEZ Reporter @TheEtCetera

“Moonlight” is a timeless, one-of-akind production that will leave any audience with a profound appreciation for film and cinematography.

Director Barry Jenkins (“Medicine for Melancholy”) crafts a phenomenal drama that signifies strength and difficulties that all adult audiences can relate to.

Ashton Sanders gives an amazing performance in the lead role of Chiron, a young black man in south Miami struggling with a heroin-addicted mother and an internal conflict over his homosexuality.

The exhilarating film chronicles Chiron’s life during the War on Drugs era.

His community torments him for his introverted personality and sensitivity until he seeks refuge in two people who reluctantly take him under their wing through his adolescent years.

As he ages, he tries to come to terms with his homosexuality and find love and independence.

The movie portrays honest love between two people while demonstrating humiliation and conflict that many individuals may go through.

The casting felt entirely organic. It was refreshing to see such raw, talented faces, such as Mahershala Ali as Juan and Janelle Monae as his beautiful wife who help Chiron in his time of need. The actors transformed themselves into their

characters, and I could instantly feel the pain, despair and confusion the story wanted to portray.

Jenkins also wrote the screenplay, and it was nothing short of spectacular.

He did not want the movie to be filmed in Los Angeles on a constructed set and stayed true to the script and filmed in Miami.

The majority of the film was done outside, which makes lighting, sounds and many other factors difficult for the crew.

But the filmmakers crafted a film that, though a challenge, succeeded beyond expectations.

This film is a beautiful original.

The cast was able to depict a deep testimony to the power of romance, compassion and ultimate love to drive a person.

It was unpredictable and had me on my toes throughout the film, culminating in an empowering message that left me thinking after I left the theater.

The whole film will leave you with an open heart and a new appreciation for dramas like these.

This romantic storyline captured several ideas from self identity, heartache, betrayal and family devastations that made an intense work of cinema.

“Moonlight” brought back the idea of what real drama and eternal love are.

I was stunned by the impactful message about individuality and the poetic love story.

“Keeping Up With The Joneses” doesn’t start out like any other comedy involving spies, but a house exploding in the first scene might give that away.

Director Greg Mottola fabricates an uplifting comedy with hilariously awkward moments and action scenes that leave the viewers on the edge of their seats.

Zach Galifianakis plays Jeff Gaffney, a human resources worker for a tech company called MBI. Along with his wife (Isla Fisher) and two sons, he lives a comfortable life in their stereotypical gated community cul-de-sac.

So stereotypical in fact, that it’s almost satirical and humorous, much like Galifianakis’ performance in nearly every movie he’s starred in.

It takes some time to warm up to him though, since the role of a suburban, law-abiding citizen isn’t one Galifianakis would normally take on.

When the story becomes so unbelievable that it’s humorous, he settles into his more familiar role as a wild card in an upstanding performance.

Gaffney’s life gets off track after new neighbors Tim and Natalie Jones (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadot) move into his seemingly utopian neighborhood. They appear to be a perfect fit.

Tim is a traveling writer and has obscure and fascinating hobbies, and Natalie is Greek and does charity work for orphans. Essentially, the perfect cover-ups for international spies.

The plot unfolds after the Gaffneys discover their

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The Gaffneys (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) discover they have spies for neighbors.

new neighbors’ exciting lives as secret agents.

The movie takes a different approach to humor, incorporating the elements of any other action movie and taking the moviegoer on an emotional roller coaster that may leave them with a new favorite comedy.

The chemistry among the characters made their unlikely friendships seem organic, and the production team definitely had an eye for cast members, especially since Gadot actually served in the Israeli Army for two years before becoming a model.

It takes a satirical twist to what would’ve been essentially just another action movie, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it rakes in millions at the box office.

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A Zumba class fills the Lower Courtyard for Mental Health and Wellness Week on Oct. 11.

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Angry Dog offers ‘highest quality food’

By MACKS PREWITT Reporter @TheEtCetera

There are two types of people in the world: those who like to spend money and those who don’t.

I am someone who can easily talk myself out of almost every purchase I want to make.

Except when it comes to food. I will spend money on food more than anything else.

However, it does have to be good food.

Angry Dog, located at 2726 Commerce St. in Deep Ellum, has food is not only worth the price but also the drive into Dallas.

To quote the Angry Dog homepage: “We are a bar and we serve the best bar food around.”

Items on their menu include nachos, hot dogs, burgers, grilled cheese and the occasional chickenfried steak.

I had “The Burger,” and it was definitely in the top three best burgers I’ve ever eaten.

The meat was seasoned and cooked extremely well and the toppings blended well to make a delicious meal.

The fries that come with the meal

are served in a dish shaped like a dog bowl and are the paragon of potatoes.

Our server told us to try the fries first before adding salt, and they were perfect the way they were.

Sean Belknap, my brother-In-law, got the nachos and said he would definitely order them again.

Chips topped with cheese, sour cream, guacamole, beans and your choice of chicken, beef or both.

Angry Dog has a great location among the small local shops that populate Deep Ellum’s streets.

If you are going to a concert at the nearby Bomb Factory, look no further than just around the corner.

If you are window-shopping at the numerous boutiques that line the roads, stop by, rest your feet and grab a bite to eat.

Like any restaurant, it does take a while for you to get your food.

But the wait staff is friendly, the service is great and the time flies by because it’s so easy to relax.

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Angry Dog offers a variety of classic bar-style menu items, including hot dogs, burgers and nachos.

Before you know it, you are digging in to some of the best eats in Deep Ellum and Dallas.

Angry Dog is a bar and grill in the artsy part of town that serves admit-

tedly “bar food.”

But this bar food is some of the highest quality food I’ve ever tasted.

With orders at an average of $9 a piece, Angry Dog is the place to be.

Plus there is beer.

I don’t know if that is a deciding factor for you people, but if it is, then they have it.

It is a bar, after all.

Do touch: Interactive gallery encourages visitor additions

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The “Materials Lab” encourages its visitors to create their own art. From left, visitor-made clay sculptures sit on a display table at the end of the gallery. Papers posted on the wall next to the door display visitor interpretations of sketch models.

Sketch models sit on a podium next to the door. The gallery is located in F-219.

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MUSIC REVIEW

‘Woptober’ revives everything bad about 2000-era rap

By JON AGUIRRE Staff Writer @TheEtCetera

“Woptober” is the newest album from rapper-turned-meme Guwop, also known as Gucci Mane.

The man doesn’t need an introduction, and he’s probably the most popular artist I’ve ever reviewed.

Ironically, this is the worst album I’ve ever reviewed.

In fact, it’s probably the worst album I’ve heard this year.

This album actually hurts to listen to.

On the first listen, you have fun.

You know that it isn’t meant to be taken as a serious art piece and should be viewed as just fun music.

On the second listen, however, you start cringing because the fun has faded and you realize that the music is just terrible.

There are two main problems with this album: too much Zaytoven and too much Gucci.

For those who don’t know, Zaytoven is a beat composer who, unfortunately, appears regularly on Guwop’s albums.

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“Woptober” and his previous album, “Everybody Looking,” also include Metro Boomin and Mike Will

Made It on the producing credits.

However, when Zaytoven appears, he ruins almost every track he touches.

“Woptober” also features Young Thug’s regular producer London On Da Track.

And as promising as this seems, his inclusion does nothing for the album.

By modern standards, Gucci Mane is an old-school rapper, and when he has all these new producers on his album, he sticks out like a sore, stuck-in-the-2000s thumb.

“Woptober” also lacks in terms of features.

“Everybody Looking” included features from Drake, Kanye West and Young Thug, three of the most popular hip-hop artists right now.

The only features we get on this album are a typical Rick Ross feature in “Money Machine” and a terrible, and I mean just dreadful, verse from Young Dolph in “Bling Blaww Burr.”

“Everybody Looking” had Young Thug featured in the song “Guwop Home.”

Young Thug shows he has a strong grasp on his rap ability and flows with the beat as well as he can.

“Guwop Home” alone shows the

shift in hip-hop music, and Gucci Mane simply can’t keep up with the modern version of the genre.

Maybe Guwop refuses to change in order to stay true to himself.

If that’s the case, good for him.

But this is still bad music.

From terrible beats to terrible lyrics, the album is just that: terrible.

Want an example of a bad song?

Put the album on shuffle and hit play.

You can make the claim that I’m too cynical and that some people don’t look to music as some high art, that they just want to have a good time.

The way I see it, music should be praised when it breaks boundaries and promotes original ideas.

Danny Brown, the artist behind the phenomenal “Atrocity Exhibition,” recently tweeted “For me, it’s about making the best music as you can to help push the genre forward and leaving behind a legacy.”

More people should think about music this way.

Mindlessly listening to Gucci Mane is no better than watching Michael Bay movies or reading young adult fiction.

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OUR VIEW

BY JONATHAN WENCES

We recommend Hillary Clinton We recommend that the American people elect Hillary Clinton as the 45th president of the United States.

This election cycle has been especially bizarre, and while some of the more outlandish behavior from Donald Trump has left us checking for the hidden cameras, the former secretary of state is the obvious choice to clear the political toxicity in the air and move this country forward.

Trump’s resume doesn’t come close to Clinton, who has spent the past 40 years as a civil servant and held the titles of first lady, senator of New York and secretary of state.

That’s not to say we think Clinton is a perfect candidate. Clinton’s support of the Iraq war displays her tendency to fall into the elitist groupthink, and the perceived meddling of political favors and the Clinton Foundation puts her motivations in a moral gray area.

We cannot comfortably defend some of the actions she’s made over the years. But compared to her opponents, she is still the best option.

Clinton’s extensive experience only adds to her vast knowledge of foreign affairs and domestic issues, and her time as a senator has proven that she can work with members from both sides of the political spectrum.

Trump has almost single-handedly caused the Republican Party to implode with his revolting campaign promises and utter lack of a filter and substance.

His fear-fueled campaign has revealed an underbelly of America in which voters feel left out of the current political system.

However, his policies, from the Muslim ban to the mass deportation of undocumented immigrants, do little to relieve the issues that plague everyday Americans.

While many say that third party candidates are our country’s best option, the lack of political experience and knowledge among the nominees leave them grossly unfit for the job.

Green party candidate Jill Stein is only slightly more rooted in reality than Trump with her promises to push the country to 100 percent renewable energy by 2030 and cut more than 700 foreign military bases in half that time. Libertarian Gary Johnson has political experience as the former governor of New Mexico, yet his incomprehensible campaign includes such highlights not knowing where or what Aleppo is.

Whether you personally like or dislike Clinton, she has a record of leadership, poise and intelligence that her opponent painfully lacks.

As a man whose winning idea for putting a stop to terrorism involves slaughtering families of suspected terrorists, Trump has no business being anywhere near things like the nuclear codes.

Clinton’s campaign policies, including comprehensive immigration reform, affordable college tuition and increased taxes on the 1 percent, are all things we support.

Clinton has a platform that Americans can build on if she reaches the Oval Office, and she stands as vastly superior when compared to a man who may very well be the worst major party candidate in our nation’s history.

We are experiencing one of the weirdest presidential elections Parker this country has ever Ward seen.

That’s not coming from someone who’s covered politics for 30 years or someone who was old enough to vote the last time a Clinton was on the ballot. I’m 20 years old and will be voting in my first presidential election Nov. 8.

I still have a long way to go in figuring out politics, but I now see that this whole election is a weird mix of emotion with the climax coming on Election Day. Only thing is, those emotions are overshadowing any logic and facts.

Between both candidates, it feels like there are enough scandals and moral ambiguity to make the election seem like Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton were running for president.

Has every election become a smorgasbord of poisons to pick from? It's weird that out of the hundreds of millions of people in America, the four nominated for president seem to be wholly unfit for the job.

The politics of today are far too polarizing. Growing up, I thought the government was supposed to the be the best and brightest that America had to offer, but it has turned into two parties at a standstill, not letting the country flourish through new legislation.

I truly believe there is hope for our government. But if we cannot avoid petty political squabbles and let members of different parties come together to create legislation that helps America as a whole, we will never move into the future. That begins with ending the hateful and incendiary rhetoric that is turning us back into angry mobs rife with pitchforks and torches.

Case in point: the recent firebombing of a GOP office in North Carolina. Politicians are always quick to send support through social media when terrible things like this occur. The two candidates had very different responses.

Hillary Clinton’s response was simple. She said through her official Twitter page, “The attack on the Orange County [GOP] HQ office is horrific and unacceptable.

Very grateful that everyone is safe.” The North Carolina GOP even thanked her for the tweet.

Flip the script and you’ll find that Donald Trump’s Twitter response of “Animals representing Hillary Clinton and Dems in North Carolina just firebombed our office in Orange County because we are winning” is exactly what we do not need.

It seems like he is more worried about getting people riled up against each other than showing why he would make a good candidate for the White House. He's pitting the two parties against each other when we need unity.

Though these responses seem relatively simple, they reveal two forms of politics.

As I distract myself until this election cycle passes, I hope one day we can finally have an election where it feels like choosing between our favorite ice-cream flavors and not choosing between less desirable items like Brussels sprouts and garbanzo beans.

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Domestic violence victims deserve help, safety, escape

In our society, I feel that we fail many of our loved ones by not speaking up about domestic violence. Either we have experienced it in our own lives, or we have witnessed it in another’s.

It is important that we do not fail others by not speaking up. I am here today to break the silence by speaking up about how I fought to get my life back.

One in four American women and one in seven American men aged 18 or older have been victims of severe physical violence by an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to a 2012 study by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention.

“On average, 24 people per minute are victims of rape, physical violence or stalking by an intimate partner in the United States — more than 12 million women and men over the course of a year,” the study said.

Wow. That paints a sad picture of how common domestic abuse of any kind is. I am sure as you read this, someone you know came across your mind. Many think about the very person we know most: ourselves.

Telling you to break the silence of domestic violence without breaking my own would be nothing less than hypocritical. Two years ago, I found myself involved with a beautiful man who was well-educated with two degrees and spoke four languages. He was a dream come true. He was the charming type. He never allowed me to open my own door, pick up any tab or do any maintenance on my car.

He found me when I was 20. I found myself falling in love. Soon, we were talking about marriage and children, what country we

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would live in and what our life would be like if we started the journey then. We picked a date and got married rather quickly.

The marriage started off rough. One memorable evening in the second month, I realized the nightmare of so many was my new reality.

The man who I thought hung the moon and lit my stars was the same man who, just seconds ago, had grabbed my arm and twisted it with great strength.

I called the police and waited outside my apartment in tears with my mother on the way. I could not speak to him. I could not look at him. It was the first time in my life that my soul felt crushed and that nothing was as it seemed.

The officer who responded was a domestic violence survivor herself. She understood everything that I felt in that moment. She rattled off a few statistics that she knew by heart. I heard the words, but I never thought they applied to me. My husband was just having a bad day, I would tell myself. I pleaded with her to not take him to jail, but he was arrested.

He was out of jail by morning. I gladly took him back into our home and wanted desper-

ately to brush it off as though it never happened. Soon enough, I was experiencing worse abuse. Over the course of the next year, back and forth from two separations, I suffered two concussions, a sprained neck, numerous bruises, a hairline fracture to my foot and contusions to the right side of my ribs. I had lost friends, family members and my sanity. I finally had enough.

I replayed all the words from the officer and braved through the last separation. A line from a Maya Angelou poem gave me strength.

“You may shoot me with your words, You may cut me with your eyes, You may kill me with your hatefulness, But still, like air, I’ll rise.”

Over the years, many people have asked me, “Why did you stay through that?” The only answer I can seem to give is that I had hope. I had faith that no person on Earth could be that dark. Surely, he would come to understand that I had suffered enough, that he would see that light because of me.

Although it may not make any sense, this is sadly the logic of many survivors. It becomes our reality to live on hope. I believe it is important to understand the mindset of victims before you can help. We know it is not a good place to be. We know that he or she does not love us properly. We also know that we love them, and we want to bring out the best in that person.

If you had the power, would you change a life? I am here to tell you that you do have that power. If a name did not come across your mind earlier, you may still know a victim who

has yet to reach out and open up. There is not only pain that comes from living a life with someone who wants to see you hurt, but there is also fear of opening up, feelings of shame if you do and disbelief that it is happening.

I denied that my husband was an abuser. I made excuse after excuse for him. I covered up with makeup and jackets in the summer.

I stayed away from friends or family who would know my personality had dramatically changed, from the happy, outgoing person I once was to the quiet, unhappy person I had become.

It is important that we research the signs.

You may think you do not know a person going through this, but you just might. An Avon Foundation for Women study found that “While 60 percent of Americans say they know a victim of sexual assault or domestic violence, 57 percent have never actually discussed either issue with their friends.” A staggering 73 percent of parents said they have never discussed domestic violence or sexual assault with their children, according to the study.

It is important to familiarize ourselves with signs of a person experiencing such violence and inform our children that not everyone will love them the way they should be loved and to never discount themselves.

It is so easy to avoid this subject due to the intensity it can carry, but it stays heavy on my heart. I write not only to inform but to show there is life after abuse. A life that is full. Your life is a paper and you have the pen. Sometimes that paper must be shared so others can start with a blank page to rewrite their own.

In wake of July 7 attack, community policing becomes more vital than ever On July 7, a man convinced that police were an evil authority purposely targeting innocent civilians took matters into his own hands.

During what was supposed to be a peaceful protest in Dallas against police conflict with minorities across the nation, he killed five police officers and injured other officers and civilians.

While this unforgivable act is only the fault of the man who fired the gun, we will eventually have to ask ourselves how he got to that point.

The villainous portrayal of police in media paired with the constant cries of hate from racist movements like Black Lives Matter have undoubtedly contributed to the stigma that led to the attack.

What kind of actions should we expect when a video of a mother telling her young children to resist police because they are racist goes viral or when politicians and media outlets declare officers guilty of murder before a body is even cold, much less before any investigation

has happened?

Police who act rude, cold or hostile are only a minority, but they are enough to further perpetuate the negative stereotypes surrounding all police.

On the flipside, the portrayal of civilians in the media as people who are ungrateful, criminal or hateful toward police does nothing to make a community safer or a law enforcement officer more comfortable and relaxed in their job.

Most of the time, these perceptions don’t lead to tragic events like the July 7 shooting.

Instead, they lead to distrust and an unwillingness from both sides to see the other as human.

They also make it more difficult to create a safe environment for both police and civilians.

When we dig into the causes of this stressed relationship between citizens and law enforcement, we’ll find that the root is a lack of understanding and communication.

In order to combat the violence and hate, the need for strong rela-

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tionships between the community and police is becoming increasingly vital.

The Eastfield Police Department is taking steps to increase positive perception in the community, from hosting a now-annual National Night Out party to a coffee sit-down with Chief Michael Horak to engaging students in simple conversations in the halls.

Officers take efforts to get to know the struggles students face and the safety concerns they may have.

Whether through personal conversations, panel discussions or town hall meetings, our Police Department does a lot to stay connected and build relationships.

Students have noticed this effort and joined in.

Outside of Eastfield, police are made the stars of viral videos where they show random acts of kindness.

Dallas police walk kids to and from school. Videos on social media show one police officer playing basketball with neighborhood children and another buying a financially struggling parent a car seat for their toddler.

In places like these, the police have taken the first steps.

At that point, the burden is on the community to reciprocate.

By building emotional connections, these police can have an influence on the choices children make as they grow up and the direction a neighborhood moves with its crime rates and financial prosperity.

Without these connections, community members and police are mistrusting and more likely to believe the negative stereotypes.

While profiling based off appearance has its legitimate uses, a lack of a relationship with the communities

they protect can lead police to overuse profiling in unnecessary cases.

Community policing only works if both sides are willing to cooperate with each other, build trust and make sacrifices, just as any more personal relationship.

This relationship makes sense. After all, civilians and law enforcement share a goal of making communities safe. Civilians want to have safe neighborhoods.

Police want to keep communities safe by enforcing the law and stopping crimes through intervention and prevention whenever possible.

The cure for this culture of hate and misunderstandings is patience, an active effort to understand the other side and active listening.

Without patience, we jump to conclusions about the motives behind the other side’s actions and will fail in all our attempts to build a strong relationship.

If we put in the work, communicate and build this relationship, perhaps the next tragedy can be prevented.

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By Brianna Harmon Managing Editor @BHarmonETC The Eastfield volleyball team clinched conference for the first time since 1994 and will host the conference tournament for the first time in school history.

“I’ve never had a winning season in volleyball,” outside hitter Cailey Clogston said. “I’ve never been undefeated in a season, and to do it with my team is amazing. I love them.”

The Harvesters beat Richland College 3-1 (12-25, 25-23, 25-18, 25-11) on Oct. 17 to win conference with two games left in the season. As a team, the Harvesters had 40 kills, 86 digs, six service aces and 6.5 blocks against Richland.

Eastfield defeated Brookhaven for the second time this season to finish conference undefeated. Outside hitter Kirsten Fredrickson, who was named Metro Athletic Conference Player of the Week for the week of Oct. 9-15, led the way for the Harvesters.

Fredrickson had 14 kills, 21 digs and 16.5 points in her performance against the Bears. Labero Karina Lay had 37 digs, and setter Zelda Ortiz has 21 assists.

“I feel like my first two sets were pretty good hitting-wise, but I could have done better defensively,” Fredrickson said. “But my last set, I did most of the digging. My hits could have been selected better.”

Eastfield finished conference No. 4 in the nation with a 10-0 record and 22-4 overall.

The Harvesters’ defense is ranked No. 1 in the nation in digs per set with 21.88, and their offense in ranked No. 6 in the nation with 11.26 kills per set.

During the games, the athletes are constantly yelling and dancing both on the court and from the sidelines, a tactic that seems to work for them.

“This year, we came and did our thing,” Ortiz said. “We did what we needed to do. When someone does something good, I’m there like,

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Forward Yesenia Calvillo dribbles the ball past a defender in a game against Brookhaven Oct. 14. Calvillo scored two goals and had an assist in the game.

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Faith Faulkner and Alyssa Tomlin go up to block during the Oct. 10 win over Mountain View. The Harvesters defeated the Lions 3-0 (259, 25-15, 25-18)

‘That’s good, let’s take it and run.’ I think it also is having someone on the court to look at to make you feel like you’re OK. [Clogston] is the person I look to, so when we are together, let’s be loud, let’s be obnoxious because it’s going to get to [the opposing team].”

Clogston said she and Ortiz are the ones keeping the team focused and ready to go in the game.

“I feel like if we aren’t loud, our team plays down,” Clogston said.

“We are the ones that pump our team up to play better.”

The Harvesters have broken and reset the record for Player of the Week awards twice this season for the school and conference.

Lay has won Player of the Week three times, and middle blocker Courtanae Calhoun was named

Player of the Week four times during the season.

“I’m very pleased with their performance,” coach Brandon Crisp said. “That shows we are doing well and going in the right direction. I’m excited for what they have done and done for the team.”

Ortiz said the Harvesters are excited that they won conference, but they won’t let it distract them from the conference tournament. The winner of that tournament advances to the national tournament in Rochester, Minnesota.

“It’s going to be a mental game once we hit the conference tournament,” Ortiz said. “I think once we get to the conference tournament, we can’t let anything get to us. We have to dig deeper than we have ever dug before.”

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The Eastfield soccer team finished conference with a 7-3 record, 14-6 overall for the season.

Though the stats might show a different story, coach Dustin Stein said the Harvesters are going into the conference tournament playing their best soccer of the season.

The Harvesters struggled at the beginning of the season with injuries that lost them multiple starters. Freshman midfielder Haley Burke received a season-ending ACL injury, Sophomore defender Torri Sayman struggled the first half of conference with an ankle injury.

Only four players have returned from the previous season, when the team ended the regular season undefeated in conference play and won the conference for the first time in program history. They lost the conference tournament to rival Richland, missing a trip to the nationals.

The Harvesters went on a five-game win streak at season’s end after defeating Cedar Valley 2-1 on Oct. 11.

Eastfield ended regular conference play with a 1-0 win over North Lake.

They will play Brookhaven in the semi-final game of the Metro Athletic Conference tournament at 8 p.m. Oct. 27 at Richland College. If they defeat, Brookhaven they will play in the conference tournament championship for a chance to go to the national tournament.

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College debt burdens majority of students Continued from page 2 University of Texas at Arlington economics professor Roger Wehr said that while there is no such thing as a “free lunch,” if school was free, there would be more college graduates. He also believes it’s unrealistic.

“The government probably does not have enough tax revenue to pay for new students coming in,” Wehr

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said. “[Free college] sounds nice, but it’s something that I don’t think [Clinton will] be able to do.”

Wehr paid for his education with scholarships and his own money.

“I cared more about my education when I was paying for it than when I had a scholarship,” he said. “When someone else is paying for it, I didn’t care so much. When I’m paying for my grades, I cared more for it.”

In his two terms, President Obama has issued 252 executive orders. Harry Truman issued 907 in almost eight years, and Woodrow Wilson enacted 1,803 during his eight years in office.

Eastfield students are also becoming more aware of executive actions and how they could influence key issues.

“If Trump gets elected to be president, I could definitely see him using his executive powers to override our Congress,” student Daniel Day said.

As a DACA student, education major Laura Garcia said she will be watching the election closely.

“I honestly don’t think that Trump is going to win, but if that were the case, then that would be something

to worry about,” she said.

Clinton said she would be willing to bypass Congress to further immigration efforts like DACA if she has to.

“If Congress won’t act, I’ll defend President Obama’s executive actions, and I’ll go even further to keep families together,” Clinton said in January. “I’ll end family detention, close private immigrant detention centers and help more eligible people become naturalized.”

According to Norm Ornstein, a political scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, it is “unusual” for presidential candidates to promote executive actions.

“This is making it clear that [Clinton] understands the legislative process is pretty much broken,” he said.

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Johnson Space Center’s Building 9 used for research Continued from page 6 in a disaster zone like a Fukushima, where you’ve got a radioactive environment … if you have a robot that can interact with a human environment, use doors and stairs and all that, the robot can be invaluable.”

To encourage youth to get involved in science, Ridley and other NASA engineers work with students to build their own robotic vehicles.

“We compete in a program called First Robotics,” Ridley said. “It pairs high school students with engineers and we build robots that play a game.”

The game changes every year.

In 2015, the game used towers with goal slots and each student tried to score points for their team by making their robot throw a ball through one of the slots. This year, it will be something different.

Dr. Camille Alleyne, an associate program scientist who has been working with NASA for 21 years, said she finds herself most fascinated with the International Space Station, a vessel the length of a football field that orbits the earth at 17,500 mph.

Models of the Harmony and Jaxus modules of the International Space Station rest at the front of the building behind a miniature model of the station, which is encased in glass.

Alleyne said one of the most important experiments NASA does deals with gravity.

“Here on the space station, we are able to control that element,” she said.

“We learn so much more about what we thought we knew here on Earth. … Researchers from all around the world can do experiments, or investigations, where they can control gravity. Gravity is something we take for granted here on Earth. It’s just a part of our natural environment. How our bodies behave, how plants grow, how cells behave, how materials form, how fire burns — everything is controlled by gravity.”

Alleyne says NASA is working on gravity control in space, but they haven’t made any notable progress.

She says that is why it is important for the astronauts to have as much knowledge about low or zero gravity environments before they launch any expeditions to Mars.

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An environmental suit sits attached to a Mars or moon rover. The suit has a rear hatch that opens up when attached to the rover.

With the bigger picture in mind, Alleyne believes the International Space Station becomes even more important.

For Fraser-Page, working for

NASA is a dream job.

“I grew up wanting to build those space ships [on ‘Star Trek’], and now I work around these every day,” she said.

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Continued from page 6 timate question we want to answer as scientists is: ‘Was there ever life on Mars?’

President Obama echoed that question in his op-ed and said that human exploration going beyond our planet’s orbit will “make our lives better here on Earth.”

Fick closed the panel by mirroring the praise President Obama had for the NASA program.

The ambitiousness of the mission to Mars, she said, will lead to great scientific, philosophical and personal discoveries but will require time, research and technological advances.

“I think all of you and people younger will be the people that are maybe going to Mars one day,” she said. “We really are paving the way to students that are in classrooms right now.”