Victoria Olivares performs at the public performance held every spring by Phi Rho Pi. This is the final performance for graduating students and will be her final time.  I am a woman.  My mom...

Photo Taken By Imogen Brown and Josiah T. McKinley. A woman is at the center of a heated news conference where her existence and identity as a Trans Woman is the debate. The news team violently shoves...

Photo taken by Imogen Brown. A woman stands strong in her faith and resistance protesting in front of the U.S and Texas flag. She quotes herself with a sign stating “Sorry If I’m acting different...

Cuando me miras solo miras el color de mi piel y el lenguaje que ando hablando. Yo soy hija de inmigrantes. Las historias de mis padres son guerras que nunca pude imaginar hacer solo para vivir una vida...

Ensayando la misma frase en mi cabeza: "My name is Adriana, I’m from Colombia… My name is Adriana, I’m from Colombia…", la repetí tantas veces que por un momento olvidé que ya era mi turno....

When you look at me you only see the color of my skin and the language I speak. I am a daughter of immigrants. The stories of my parents are wars that I could never imagine waging just to live a good...

Rehearsing the same phrase in my head: "My name is Adriana, I’m from Colombia… My name is Adriana, I’m from Colombia…" I repeated it so many times that, for a moment, I forgot it was already my...

A Black Woman is not only being metaphorically restricted from her freedoms but is physically being strangled by the American flag and an unknown assailant. This Photo was taken by Imogen Brown with the...

Since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 there has been a strenuous discussion over women’s rights. Downtown Tyler is no exception to this as the Women’s March took place on Oct. 6 to protest...

After standing still for a while, my life started moving again with my mind and body. I had finally fulfilled my long-held dream. Hello, my name is Hanon Kobayashi. In Japanese, this name means “sound...

Multimedia Journalist My time at the TJC student news or The DrumBeat has been an eye-opening experience that has really opened my eyes to news journalism and how all that works. My first week at...

Multimedia Journalist When I look back at my first semester at TJC, I feel entirely different from the person who walked onto campus that day. Fresh out of high school, I was unsure what direction...