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TJC's Independent Student Media Since 1927

The DrumBeat

TJC's Independent Student Media Since 1927

The DrumBeat

Column: Honorlock sparks concerns regarding privacy, security

Column: Honorlock sparks concerns regarding privacy, security

Chris Crymes April 19, 2021

By Chris Crymes Entertainment Editor Photo by Chris Swann COVID-19 has changed too many day-to-day activities to begin a count, but tackling an education mid-coronavirus has presented students and educators...

TJC Homecoming elections canceled but Senate elections will continue

TJC Homecoming elections canceled but Senate elections will continue

michael bald April 6, 2021

By Michael Bald Managing and Design Editor Graphic by Michael Bald The Tyler Junior College Elections Committee has decided to cancel Homecoming and its elections for the spring semester. After the cancellation...

TJC professor honored in historical journal

TJC professor honored in historical journal

Andrea Valdez March 23, 2021

By Andrea Valdez Broadcast News Director Photo by Andrea Valdez Tyler Junior College history professor Stephen Stine has taught at TJC since 1998. He attended Texas Tech University, the University of...

TJC Theatre brings 'Disenchanted!' this spring

TJC Theatre brings ‘Disenchanted!’ this spring

Chris Crymes March 23, 2021

By Chris Crymes Entertainment Editor Photo by Chris Crymes Putting a theatrical production together is an arduous task even when the world is in peak conditions. Casting actors, rehearsals, set building,...

Texas reopens, sparks mixed emotions

Texas reopens, sparks mixed emotions

Marie Salazar March 23, 2021

By Marie Salazar Social Media Editor Photo by Chris Swann Gov. Greg Abbott announced his decision to open Texas 100% and to remove the statewide mask mandate starting March 10 despite the concerns from...

Women’s History Month: Five Females Who Made Their Mark

Women’s History Month: Five Females Who Made Their Mark

Madison Heiser March 23, 2021

By Madison Heiser Editor-in-Chief Graphic by Mary Mone March is nationally recognized as Women’s History Month, which serves to honor and educate individuals about the achievements of influential women...

Review: 'Malcolm & Marie' carries great themes but lacks connections

Review: ‘Malcolm & Marie’ carries great themes but lacks connections

michael bald February 27, 2021

By Michael Bald Managing and Design Editor Image courtesy of Netflix In the apocalyptic blizzard that engulfed Texas several days ago, I scrolled through my watch list on Netflix trying to find a new...

Review: 25 years with 'The Score'

Review: 25 years with ‘The Score’

Chris Crymes February 27, 2021

By Chris Crymes Entertainment Editor In 1996, hip-hop needed a new hero. Tupac Shakur had been killed that September, and Christopher Wallace, or The Notorious B.I.G., would follow less than a year later....

Review: 'Judas and the Black Messiah' stuns

Review: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ stuns

Chris Crymes February 27, 2021

By Chris Crymes Entertainment Editor Image courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures There has been no shortage of narratives on racial injustice over the past year. With the murder of Breonna Taylor, George...

President Biden proceeds on plans to prevent climate change

President Biden proceeds on plans to prevent climate change

Brianna Murphy February 27, 2021

By Brianna Murphy News Editor The Biden administration seeks climate crisis relief while Texas Gov. Greg Abbott believes it threatens the Texas economy. Within his first months of office, President Joseph...

Collaborative Bell Tower Arts Journal features student work

Collaborative Bell Tower Arts Journal features student work

thedrumbeat February 27, 2021

By Ashley Wilkinson Contributing Writer The beloved Bell Tower chimes every half hour. It creates a symphony with the drum beat of students typing lecture notes on a Microsoft Word document, the vibration...

Record breaking temperatures, weather swept through East Texas

Record breaking temperatures, weather swept through East Texas

Andrea Valdez February 27, 2021

By Andrea Valdez Broadcast News Director Photos by Chris Swann In the week leading up to the impending snowstorm in Texas, no one could have predicted the amount of damage the state would experience...

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