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In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has become more and more popular as part of life. On the other hand, writing is an essential part of our daily routine, from sharing our lives in emails to taking notes in class. It should not be a surprise then that AI for writing and other creative tasks such as image generating and brainstorming has become a new reality. According to anyword.com, AI writing programs are based on spell checkers on computers since the ’80s.
Richland Campus English professor Dr. Kendra Unruh created a developing AI session for faculty in order to inform her fellow professors about the new technology. She explained that even though there are professors who are against the use of artificial intelligence in generating content for their classes, there are others, including herself, who support the use of this technology as a tool to do schoolwork.
Although Unruh has not used these tools in her class, she said other professors are already letting their students to work with this technology. She said in the future she will use
AI for asking a question and analyzing the answers to have better results.
“That’s making students think and analyze and dissect the writing, which is part of all the learning process. All part of the learning process to be a better writer,” Unruh said.
According to anyword.com, this technology is becoming more and more sensitive to variations of writing, producing “copy that appeals to females, or children, or people who prefer bullet points.”
Soon, Unruh said, it will be able to mimic a writer’s own style to generate personalized works.
In the future, Unruh said she wants to have the learning of ChatGPT as part of her classes because she said this technology will not go away. It will be another tool students will use in their future outside of college. Unruh compared GPT with other writing tools and programs. She said it is important to teach students to use them now.
“I think ChatGPT is going to become where young people just get used to using it. Like they’ve gotten used to using calculators or Grammarly,” Unruh said.
To make the use of AI writing programs fair and avoid misuse, Unruh will ask her students to use it to generate the brainstorming
and produce the first draft of their papers, which will be helpful in the writing process. She said she will also keep asking her students to write a reflection of each paper about the changes made on them.
ChatGPT is free for users. However, it has become so popular that it is more difficult to get into the program, according to Unruh. Of course, it has an upgrade version that costs $20 per month that includes more features and benefits such as priority during busy times and faster response, according to pcguide.com.
Like any other computer program, having a paid version creates a concern about who will be able to use AI writing assistant and who will not.
“We need to think about professors and if somebody wants to require that students [to] use the GPT, well, that can be a problem,” Unruh said.
The concern will be bigger if the AI writing assistant is required because it is used not only for writing but for much more. People use AI to code, to write songs and poetry and even to dispute bills, according to Unruh.
How much and when AI will be allowed in the classroom will be determined by each individual professor. Companies such as Microsoft are investing heavily in this technology and incorporating it into programs including Word, PowerPoint or Excel is a possibility, Unruh said. She added that excitement, interest and fear are the most common feelings among Dallas College professors, according to a poll she conducted.
“I think there is definitely still fear, myself included, because this is new. It means we really do have to change the way we teach things. … But there is also a lot of openness from our faculty,” Unruh said.
“I think there is definitely still fear, myself included, because this is new. It means we really do have to change the way we teach things. … but there is also a lot of openness from our faculty.”
–Kendra Unruh
Computer-Aided Design and Drafting
A.A.S. (Advance Mechanical Drafting) is a new Dallas College program that is taking students to the next level of success.
One of these successful students is Heather McCurley. She is a single mom who decided to come back to school after her three children, who suffer from autism, grew up.
McCurley used to do office work, data processing and customer service work but she decided to become a stay-home mom when her children were born.
“I decided that when my three children graduated from high school … I would go back to work,” McCurley said. “But when I came to Richland, and I was looking at classes to do what I was doing before, I wasn’t really interested in it.”
Then McCurley decided to look through the course catalog and discovered the AutoCADD program. She started classes even though she had no previous experience with the program
“I started taking classes and then I got a part-time job as a designer, designing fire alarms systems,” McCurley said.
McCurley started her new part-time job in January and is waiting to graduate before becoming a full-time employee. According to McCurley, the company hired her even though she did not have any experience in making fire alarms. She knew AutoCADD and the company was looking for someone who did.
Mo Manouchehripour is McCurley’s mechanical drafting professors He explained how
the program has helped her and other students to find a pathway to an academic and financial success.
“The new program that we have takes only one year, two semesters. Eighteen to 19 hours, quick, and then they can finish the degree and go out there and make good money,” Manouchehripour said.
Richland campus also has 3D printers, which students from this program use to make their design a reality.
“We are making these objects from scratch. We are having to draw these in 3D, follow the dimensions, the sizes, and then we send them to the 3D printer,” McCurley said. Manouchehripour said that part of McCurley success is because she is people oriented, dependable and responsible, despite difficulties that she faces, like being a single mom.
“If I ask you to do something, to fix some-
After graduation, Heather McCurley expects to become a full-time fire alarm designer. For more information about the program, visit www1.dcccd.edu or talk to an career coach about the CADDprogram and AutoCAD courses.
thing, she will do it right away. She has not even graduated yet and she is working in the industry,” Manouchehripour said. “She has designed the sprinkler system, so I think she is a big success.”
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Russian President Vladimir Putin pulled out of the nuclear treaty with the U.S. China appears ready to send weapons to Russia and told the U.S. to butt out. Karen Shakhnazarov, a Russian-born movie producer and playwright who once supported Putin’s efforts, is now saying, “Russia is losing the war and should remove their troops from the invasion of Ukraine.”
As grim as things appear, there is still hope that another world war can be avoided. The United States and the Russian Federation had agreed to extend the treaty through Feb. 4, 2026 and despite Putin’s suspension of participation in the treaty, the Kremlin says it will continue to abide by the terms of the treaty for now.
Why did Russia invade Ukraine? Putin began claiming Russia’s neighbors need to be “demilitarized and de-Nazified.” Talk about minding your own business! The behavior of Putin is terrorist rooted. He is a wild man with nothing else to do. Tens of thousands
of innocent civilians have died and millions have fled their homes. His war crimes conducted against an independent state must be punished. Corruption stinks. Only a bully misuses power. Real leaders lead. His behavior is almost unforgivable.
Evil people do not respect anything other than a good swift kick in the behind. Currently, there are 45 ountries, companies and other parties supporting the Ukrainians with finances, fighter jets, machine guns, bullet proof vests, food and hospitals. President Joe Biden received $40 billion from congress (about $120 per person in the US) to assist Ukraine (May 21,2022).
You cannot play patty cake with evil. Villains must be shut down. Thank God the world is taking a stand to support the innocent. Our united effort will send a message that threats will not make us cower down in the face of injustice! Declaring war against Ukraine has backfired. He is getting the shock of his life. Things are not going as planned. His troops are being driven out!
President Putin, learn a lesson and I pray you take notes.
“The new program that we have takes only one year, two semesters. Eighteen to 19 hours, quick, and then they can finish the degree and go out there and make good money.”
–Mo ManouchehripourStaff Photo Blanca Reyes Vladimir Putin suspends Russia’s participation in a nuclear arms treaty with the U.S.
Phase 4 of the Marvel Universe begins with the latest entry, “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” This one features support actor Jonathan Majors as Kang The Conqueror, who is also at the top of the box office with his role in the third entry in the “Creed” saga with “Creed III.”
Personally, I think the Marvel brand is safe for the time being. The Marvel gravy train will undoubtedly have hits with James Gunn’s third entry of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3,” which will feature Dave Bautista’s final Drax appearance.
The predicament with “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” is the sci-fi mumbo jumbo running rampant throughout.
The color palette in this Marvel entry contains a myriad of rainbow colors that are splashed on the big screen throughout.
The actors appear to be having fun throughout, especially Paul Rudd’s Scott Lang, the title character. He takes everything with a grain of salt and appears so casual. He has really great chemistry with Kathryn Newton, who portrays his screen daughter Cassie.
Evangeline Lilly is back as Hope Van Dyne, aka The Wasp. She’s a joy to watch here, as she was in some of the “Hobbit” entries.
Peyton Reed has been in the director’s chair throughout the three “Ant” entries.
The “Ant” hill is in good hands with Reed, especially when these adventures are viewed on the big screen.
The latest “Ant” fantasy-yarn is establishing a benchmark, and is, in fact, a placeholder for much more to come for Marvel’s Kang Dynasty.
I liked “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” because it made me laugh. I recommend seeing this one in the theater for the ultimate experience.
Grade: B-
“Heat” (1995) With this Michael Mann-directed flawed crime masterpiece, the late Tom Sizemore’s character was Michael Cheritto, one of the members of Robert De Niro’s heist crew. Along with actors Val Kilmer and Danny Trejo, they were a tight-knit group.
“Strange Days” (1995) -Kathryn Bigelow directed this sci-fi crime drama. Sizemore’s character, Max Peltier, is a street hustler and former cop. He teams with Ralph Fiennes’ Lenny Nero, an antihero who deals in blackjack clips. Co-stars include Angela Bassett and Juliette Lewis.
“True Romance” (1993)
-- This is a nifty Tony Scottdirected crime-drama with romance. Sizemore plays an undercover cop trying to nab a couple portrayed by Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette, who are up to no good trying to sell drugs. Gary Oldman shared this tale as Drexl the pimp.
“Saving Private Ryan” (1998) Sizemore portrayed Sgt. Horvath, part of Capt. Miller’s (Tom Hanks) platoon in Steven Spielberg’s World War II classic. Spielberg took home the Best Director Academy Award for this war drama masterpiece.
“Black Hawk Down” (2001) -- Sizemore had a significant part as one of the platoon leaders in this gritty historical action-war drama directed by Ridley Scott. Based on actual events that unfolded in Mogadishu in 1993. It was an Oscar winner for Best Film Editing and Best Sound.
-Ricky MillerNetflix concluded their K-Drama psychological thriller series “The Glory” on March 10.Moon Dong-Eun (Song Hye-Kyo) returns to her hometown of Semyeong after 20 years, with a purpose.
At 18 she endured horrific suffering at the hands of five of her classmates: Son Myeong-Oh (Kim Gun-woo), Choi Hye-Jeong (Cha Joo-Young), Lee Sa-Ra (Kim Hieora), Jeon Jae-Jun (Park Sung-Hoon), and the ringleader Park Yeon-Jin (Lim Ji-Yeon).
This sociopathic quintet did more than just bully her. They beat her. They degraded her. They humiliated her, and Park even made use of her trademark curling iron.
What’s worse was not only was Moon not their only victim, but Moon’s own mother instead of standing by her own daughter just takes the settlement and skips town.
Having both nowhere and no one to turn to Moon, withdraws her complaint after enduring physical abuse by her homeroom teacher as well. She drops out of school, works stressful jobs for low pay, and then puts herself through college only to come back for that one purpose, revenge!
Using her newly acquired wits and the aid of both a battered wife, Kang Hyun-Nam (Yeom Hye-ran) and a troubled young doctor who fell head-over-heels for her back in college, Joo Yeo-Jung (Lee Do-Hyun.) She targets each of the five that ripped apart her innocence one-by-one, starting with the weakest link. And all that Moon had to do was use and exploit their weaknesses against them all through her communication skills, and then the domino effect took over the weight of their ego crushing them.
Throughout the first half of the series (Episodes 1 – 8), I kept on the edge of my seat like a housewife enjoying her soap opera. But when the second half (Episodes 9 –16) premiered, like other Korean dramas such as “The Good Detective” (2020-2022) and “Strangers from Hell” (2019), I found myself taking breaks in between as I was enduring the meaning of the term ”slow burn”’ Some scenes didn’t necessarily need to be there and I found myself fast-forwarding, skipping or just standing up to go make myself some coffee through those scenes, like the budding romance between Yeo-Jung and Dong-Eun..
The ending overall was satisfactory, and many questions were not left unanswered. Her starving appetite for revenge did not just stop at the five, but also extended to their families as well. But was it enough?
Let’s just say that any of her compassion left that was salvageable was sacrificed.
This story was a longer version of Park Chan-wook’s crime-thriller “Lady Vengeance” (2005), but with a more watereddown tone of ultraviolence. There was less gore and more psychological bondage and physical pain. While each scene was important, I tended to get bored and some of the plot I didn’t agree with. It didn’t overstay its welcome. But it did make me question if some people are just plain cruel.
Should you decide to give this series a look and you find yourself despising the villains, then director Ahn Gil Ho and writer Kim Eun-sook did their jobs justice well deserved. But be fair warned, you must be patient when watching as the saying goes, ”Revenge is a dish best served cold.”
Grade: B+
Stephanie Peel is the new Richland women’s soccer team coach, taking over the role after Scott Toups decided to step down from coaching to join the full-time faculty.
Coach Peel started on Feb. 6 and she and the team started training immediately since friendly games are being played.
“Just right away when I came in, I was impressed by how the girls work, by the quality of their training. I was impressed by the intensity that they worked out,” Peel said.
Peel said she grew up playing soccer in the Dallas area because this sport runs in her family. Both of her parents were soccer coaches and his brother played soccer as well.
Although Toups has not seen coach Peel in action yet, he thinks she has made the program her own.
“She has her own practices. She has her own style,” Toups said. “She made the program her own and that’s what we want.”
Coach Peel has extensive experience coaching in the United States and abroad. After high school, she went to Arizona State and played there for four years.
After graduating, Peel earned a master’s degree while coaching at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
After being the assistant coach at Lehigh University, she played in Sweden for a year and a half. Then she came back to the U.S.
and returned to Lehigh University and coached for Moravian University, also in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
“Then I moved back to Dallas, and I’ve been here now for nine years. And I was
coaching a high school team and teaching,” Peel said.
Since Peel came back to Dallas, she has been teaching in the Dallas Independent School District.
“I’ve been in the community. I live in the community, and I wanted to move from teaching to coaching full time,” Peel said. “Richland really is my community. I wanted to stay in my community and work with the student athletes.”
Peel had a chance to meet with departing coach Toups when she arrived at Richland.
“I met him, and we’ve connected, and he’s been supportive in the transition and helped me,” said Peel.
Besides the success on the field, Peel is looking for her team’s academic success
Peel has extensive coaching experience. beyondRichland.Sheistryingtogettheteam more disciplinedand focusedacademically,so their grades are better by the time they gradu-ate.
“That’s one thing I think that I’d like to focus on for the improvement across the board,” she said.
Peel said assistant coach Vinson Brown has also helped her through the adaptation period. The players have also been very supportive. “I think we’re starting to build a really good chemistry and we have a lot of work ahead of us, but I can see that the talent is there, the drive is there, and I can see that we are all working to kind of hit in that direction,” Peel said, adding, “So I think this group is going to be really good next season.”
For more information about the coach, the women’s soccer team, and other teams visit www.rlcsports.com or stop by Guadalupe Hall.
years. Coach Wells is a former professional volleyball player in her country. She competed in the USA, Australia, Poland, North Korea and France. She was selected to play on the national team after seven years of experience as a player.
Wells coached the volleyball team of Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD for the past two years, and prior to that, she had one year of experience as head volleyball coach at Borger High School.
Wells is currently recruiting volleyball players within the Metroplex. Four of them have already been selected. She expects to find 12 to 14 more players to complete the team. On March , 20 players from Alaska, Utah, Arkansas, Colorado, California and Arizona were expected at press time to be present here in Dallas to attend a tryout.
“I am so excited and honored to be part of the Dallas College system, I am looking forward to building a strong volleyball program in the school. The goal will be to win the championship, but can we go there? I don´t know, we´ll do what we can to try,” Wells said.
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“I am so excited and honored to be part of the Dallas College System, I am looking forward to building a strong volleyball program in the school, the goal will be to win the championship, but can we go there?
I don´t know, we´ll do what we can to try.”
–Grace Wells
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“That’s one thing I think that I’d like to focus on for the improvement across the board.”
–Stephanie PeelRichland Campus of Dallas College has a new head volleyball coach for the upcoming season that starts August 1. Grace Wells was born in Beijing, China and lived there for 20 Staff photo Blanca Reyes T-Ducks new volleyball coach Grace Wells.
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FC Dallas starred in a great victory at the Toyota Stadium in Frisco 2-1 against Sporting Kansas City on March 18, Matchday 4 of the Major League Soccer 2023. Alan Velasco and Jesus Ferreira scored for the locals,.Daniel Sallói pushed across the only goal for the visitors.
FC Dallas and Kansas City both played in a 4-3-3 system, but Sporting Kansas City was the team that took advantage creating several opportunities to score. Coached by Peter Vermes, Kansas City started the game without scoring one goal in its statistics, but during the first half, they would break the zero.
In just the 12th minute, the guest team scored the first goal of the game and the season for them. Attacker Dániel Sallói took advantage of a rebound in the edge of the box to do the diagonal and score the 1-0 lead. Meanwhile, FC Dallas was lacking aggressiveness
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and precision in the last third of the field in the whole first period.
For the second half, FC Dallas would change its face and they would tie the game immediately.. It was in the 53rd minute when attacker Velasco received assistance from Sebastian Lletget in the front of the box to score a great goal to the left of the goalkeeper John Pulskamp.
From then on, FC Dallas started dominating the game, but an unfortunate play in the61st minute allowed Kansas to have a penalty kick. William Agada was kicked it but goalkeeper Maarten Paes guessed the shoot. However, the referee decided to repeat the shot due to an infringement. Again Paes saved the shot, this time from Erik Thommy. Fans at Toyota Stadium were excited by the great save by Paes. Undoubtedly, this play was the key to the game.
While the game was 1-1, FC Dallas coach Nico Estévez was insisting his team score the winning goal, and they would find it. It was in the 83rd minute when José Mulato, coming off the bench, attacked the right side and made a cross to the box to Ferreira who shot with the left foot to give the third points to the Texan team.
With this win, FC Dallas jumped to the fourth position in the Western Conference with seven points. Meanwhile, Sporting Kansas City only has 2 points and they are at the bottom of the standing (14th position). The next game for FC Dallas is scheduled for March 25 in Los Angeles against last year’s champions, the Los Angeles FC. Kansas City will host the Seattle Sounders the same day.
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Fans at Toyota Stadium were excited by the great save of Paes. Undoubtedly, this play was the key to the game.Photo Associated Press
