A big part of student media at Richland is the ability to allow students to take part in all aspects of media. Until recently, that has included a radio station. Unfor tunately, KDUX WebRadio at Richland been down for quite some time, and many students and clubs had to put their radio productions on hold. The station suffered after the departure of long-term radio en gineer Jack Fletcher during the Dallas Col lege transition in the fall of 2021.
With the help of Piers Donahue, a for mer radio tech for the Air Force, “The ra dio station is up and running,” Donahue said.
For those looking to have a platform for their podcast, organization or artistry, the KDUX station is here for them. “For the students, it’s an amazing hand-on experi ence and it gives them the creativity,” said Erica Edwards, faculty adviser for student media. “It is exactly what you make it out to be, and the KDUX radio station is here for you,” Edwards added.
“It is a way for people to connect to the world,” said Donahue. “That is the focus of the station, and a connection you can pro vide with the help of student media here at Richland. Content of all kinds must meet radio standards of course,” he added.
Open sessions are available for the tak
ing, and it is preferred they be within an hour time frame. Those with questions regarding the radio station should come to Student Media in El Paso Hall. Staff mem bers will set interested students in the right direction for their production. All are wel come at KDUX WebRadio.
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If you are around the common area near to Subway on the Richland campus of Dallas College, you will notice a new vending ma chine. However, this machine is not like the others. The food inside is totally different than other vending machines we are used to seeing on college campuses.
“Farmer’s Bridge is on a mission to make fresh fruits and vegetables accessible to every one,” Natalie Oxman, marketing specialist at Farmer’s Bridge said.
According to Oxman, each machine is stocked with fresh food based on the de mands of the specific location where the machines are placed. These machines can be found in airports, hospitals, office buildings and on college campuses among others.
The prices are $10 or less for the products, which, is a little pricey for the average college student. However, there is a huge difference in the quality of the choices that can be found there, compared with most other vending machines. There are snacks, salads and wrap choices, but not the usual ones that you are used to getting on a college campus. How about pesto a pasta bowl or a turkey, apple and white cheddar wrap or a pineapple chia pudding for snacking?
These are just some of the choices found
inside of this innovative new vending ma chine.
“Farmer’s Fridge launched in 2013 with a mission to make it simple to eat well. Founder Luke Saunders was frustrated with the lack of healthy, 24/7 options available on the road, so he worked with the best in the business to create a user-friendly smart fridge that puts chef-curated meals in your hands in seconds,” Oxman said.
So, I decided to try it myself. I got a burrito bowl, which is made with brown rice-quinoa blend, roasted fajita veggies with red and green bell peppers and onion, fire-roasted corn and black beans. It also includes a separate little container with guacamole and pico-de-gallo and it is only 230 calories. The price? A little less than $7.
“We have a wonderful menu and merchan dising team that works hard to curate a deli cious and diverse menu featuring craveable in gredients. We have a core menu of best-selling items that our customers love, alongside sea sonal items that rotate,” Oxman said.
Another feature of the green-lid containers is that they are reheatable. The vending ma chine also has plastic wear and paper plates on the side.
If people are willing to pay for the innova tion and fun that Farmer’s Bridge offers along with the food, there’s nothing wrong with that. It is good to have a choice of a more bal anced lunch or snack if you have the money to spend on it.
JANUARY: Traffic is high as many people line up their cars at Richland for COVID-19 testing. This was at its peak at the start of the year with the new omicron variant.
FEBRUARY: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine brings out many supporters around the world. In Seoul, South Korea, a candle-light vigil held in solidarity for the victims.
MAY: An achievement for the history books as Richland presents its first live theater production since the pandemic, with “Antigone.”
SEPTEMBER: At the beginning of fall, tears were shared across the world with the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. Leaving many with a heavy heart, and readiness with the transition of power to her son, King Charles III.
MARCH: Excitement is high as Richland breaks ground for the new Red River Hall. It is set to be open in 2024, and construction continues to go on as the year ends.
APRIL: Old favorites of wrestling come out at the AT&T stadium in Arlington. WWE’s primer event, Wrestlemania gave way for all fans to enjoy.
OCTOBER: The state fair of Texas reported over 2.5 million people in attendance. This was 300,000 more than last year as COVID-19 mandates were lifted.
NOVEMBER: The greatness of Richland college mens soccer team shows time and time again as the team took home another Division III soccer title, marking its fifth title in a row under Raul Herrera’s coaching.
This is the latest installment of Pronk’s classic film series “Eternally Grateful Great Movies.”
Between the critical and financial success of “The Godfather” (1972) and “The God father Part II” (1974), Francis Ford Coppola, their director, producer and co-screenwriter with Mario Puzo, author of the novel with the same title, was able to secure the money ($1.6 million) to produce and direct his screenplay for “The Conversation” (1974), that he wrote in the mid-1960s.
A highly regarded surveillance industry ex pert, Harry Caul (Gene Hackman), and his as sistant Stan (the late John Cazale) are hired by a director of a large corporation (uncredited cameo appearance by Robert Duvall) to eaves drop on the private conversations of a young couple. The movie’s opening scene is filmed from above a crowded Union Square in San Francisco with people playing, singing, sleep ing, talking and walking across the square, in cluding Caul wearing his plastic gray raincoat, Caul’s surveillance crew is on the ground and above the square with their surveillance micro phones and tape recorders. The young couple Caul was hired to photograph, electronically spy on, eavesdrop and tape record Ann (Cindy Williams) and Mark (Frederic Forrest).
After returning to their laboratory and re playing the tape recordings of the couple’s conservation many times and filtering out the background noise, Caul focuses on the most significant and relevant message, “He’d kill us if he got the chance.”
Caul was instructed to personally deliver his work product to the corporation’s director and receive payment in cash as agreed upon. Giv en three people were murdered back east in an earlier case, Caul refuses to give his work to the director’s assistant but becomes suspicious when he learns that woman was the director’s young wife.
Caul visits his girlfriend Amy (Teri Garr) on his birthday, and she starts asking him several personal questions to get better acquainted. When Caul replies, “Why are you asking me all these questions?” Amy starts singing, “Wake
up you sleepyhead” and Caul replies he does not want to answer any more questions. Amy tells Caul, “I don’t think I want to wait for you anymore.”
When the director’s assistant, Martin Stett (Harrison Ford) telephones him to inform him that “We know you know, Mr. Caul” and “We will be listening to you,” the para noid Caul attempts to find the location of the bug in his apartment with renovating results. Where do you believe the radio bug is located? After watching the movie, go listen to Coppo la’s director commentary on the film’s DVD. My guess is the small radio microphone is embedded in the tenor saxophone Caul plays with his jazz records. Did you solve the mys
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The movie received three Academy award nominations in 1975 for Best Picture, Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Coppola and Best Sound., Walter Murch and Arthur Roch ester.
“The Conversation” the Cannes Film Fes tival Palme d’Or and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention in 1974 1974 British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) were won by Gene Hackman for Best Actor, Nathan Boxer, Michael Evje, and Walter Murch won for Best Sound Track, and Walter Murch and Richard Chew won for Best Editing. Coppola was nominated for BAFTA for Best Direction and Best Screenplay.
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For over 40 years, Dallas College Richland Campus Music Department has been a nur turing and thriving program that offers a huge variety of instrumental and vocal instructions in performance and theory through music courses. The department is looking to expand its course offerings in the next two academic years with even more options for instrumen tal, vocal and music theory instructions.
Dr. Abel Rodriguez, a music faculty mem ber, said that while registration is lower than that of 2020, the department is working to build back. “Before the pandemic, I would say that we would typically have between 30 and 40 music majors a year with each semester of new students. While we still feel the impact of that crisis, the numbers of students that are enrolling are getting close to what they were before.”
Professor Magnolia Oliphant, an adjunct music instructor, said the department encour ages students to develop and grow in what ever profession they would like to go into, nurturing the many skills that are required. “In the study of music, the career you want deter mines your actions. If you would like to be a professional in performing, we would have you put yourself out there so you can make a name for yourself. You would also have to be talented and make connections in the field. You would need to talk to people and make sure they know who you are and how you stand out,” she said
The Music Department regularly schedules concerts and recitals for the students and gen eral public to enjoy each fall and spring semes ter in Fannin Hall.
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“Jaws” (1975) -- The first official summer blockbuster was this, the adventurethriller tale of a great white shark haunting the beach shores of Amity. Directed by Steven Spielberg with Roy Scheider, Richard Dreyfuss and Robert Shaw.
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” (1981) -- Harrison Ford is Indiana Jones, a college pro fessor and archaeologist who gets the task of finding the Ark of the Covenant. Also with Karen Allen, John RhysDavies and Paul Freeman.
“E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial” (1982) -- This great family sci-fi adventure finds an alien who gets separated from his family and finds a new one on Planet Earth. With Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace and a very young Drew Barrymore.
“Schindler’s List” (1993) -- Spielberg won the Best Picture Academy Award for this gripping histori cal drama of Liam Neeson’s Oskar Schindler, who saved countless lives in the midst of World War II. Primarily in black-and-white with Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley and Caroline Goodall.
“The Fabelmans” (2022) -- This slice-of-life drama is based on Spielberg himself and his foray into filmmaking in the 1960s. With Gabriel LaBelle, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano and Seth Rogen.
So many films, so little time. It’s not easy to come up with a list of the year’s top mov ies when some late arrivals remain to be seen. Like “She Said” and the “The Whale,” star ring Brendan Fraser, for instance. I hear good things about them. So, at press time, these of my picks for the best films of 2022 so far. The list may change some when all the contenders are seen and all the popcorn is eaten.
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4. “The Woman King” – Viola Davis headlines this action-drama about the leader of a small African tribe based on a true sto ry set in the 19th century. Directed by Gina Prince-Bythewood.
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5. “Bullet Train” – Plenty of shenani gans occur on a high-speed train overseas in a foreign land. With Brad Pitt, Sandra Bullock and an eclectic cast of characters extraordi naire.
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8. “Thor: Love and Thunder” – Jane Foster, the former flame played by Nata lie Portman, is in charge Mjolnir, aka Thor’s Hammer. With Christian Bale and Chris Hem sworth.
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1. “The Batman” – Robert Pattinson dons the cape in this Matt Reeves-directed action crime-drama. With an unrecognizable Colin Farrell, Zoë Kravitz and Paul Dano.
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2. “Downton Abbey: A New Era” -- This one deals with the segue from silent films to talkies many a year ago, for all those involved. With Oscar-winner Maggie Smith, Hugh Bonneville and Elizabeth McGovern.
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3. “Everything Everywhere All at Once” -- Michelle Yeoh’s Evelyn Wang deals with a plethora of distinct characters crossing over multiverses. It was very enjoyable, but in the end very exhausting. Ke Huy Quan and
6. “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” – Sam Raimi directed this engaging and fluid Marvel entry filled with twists and turns galore. With Benedict Cumberbatch, Elizabeth Olsen, Benedict Wong and Rachel McAdams.
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7. “NOPE” – Writer-director Jordan Peele’s effort finds him dealing with aliens, childhood TV stars and strange happenings in this strangely satisfying tale. It deals with the first Black-owned horse ranch in the coun try. It also deals with the now-defunct Frys Electronics. With Daniel Kaluuya and Keke Palmer.
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9. “Top Gun: Maverick” –This longawaited sequel starring Tom Cruise actually improves on the 1986 original. Co-star Val Kilmer is back as well and Jennifer Connelly adds some flavor as Cruise’s love interest.
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10. “The Fabelmans” – Oscar-winning director Steven Spielberg directs his own true story of all the twists and turns in his life. Costarring Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen and Gabriel LaBelle as young Sammy Fabelman.
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Over the break, while many people were consuming a Thanksgiving feast, I indulged in the release of the movie “Bones and All” star ring Timothée Chalamet and Taylor Russell. We see in the movie that love knows no bounds in the face of adversity. As the two main characters share a similar palate, and no madically roam in fulfillment for the taste of human flesh.
This is a coming-of-age story that isn’t for the faint of heart. Maren Yearly, played by Russell, is seeking to find answers as to why she cannot live without her cannibalistic ten dencies. Her boyfriend Lee, portrayed by Cha lamet, simply wants to ignore the reasons why,
and give into his primal urges.
“Bones and All” is directed by Luca Guadagnino, an Italian filmmaker most fa mous for his work in “Call Me by Your Name” (2017) and “A Bigger Splash” (2015). His con tributions in the movie depiction of the book of the same title by Camille DeAngelis brings a simplistic value to the horror-drama with ro mance. This is certainly a look into Guadagni no’s artistry in this rendition. After working with Chalamet in “Call Me by Your Name,” we can clearly see a match made in deftness.
If you aren’t a fan of bloody perforation, you might hold this movie in much disdain. It is, however, a beautiful love story. Think of it as a cannibalistic “Romeo and Juliet.” It feeds into the notion of one’s own definition of what love is. It can be very mundane and tedious at times, but it makes up for the slow burn with gruesome characters that the pro
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