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Vol. XLIX Issue 18, May 10, 2022
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Abortion debate
Students weigh in about the leak of the Supreme Court document anticipating the overturn of Roe v. Wade
Jasper Ellis I heard about it in the beginning of the week [because] like it is being on twitter and stuff. I get most of my news from Tiktok. I hope it doesn’t get overturned because that it could actually mean some bad things for women in the future. Also people who have a uterus [because] they can’t get an abortion if they medically need it. It would be illegal and doctors can get arrested for that. Either way, it is going to violate someones right and I don’t think that is okay.
Kennedie Watkins Obviously as a woman, it is really frustrating having our rights talked about and spoken about as if we don’t really exist and [as if] we shouldn’t have a place to call our own bodies or what we think it is right for us. Overall, I think Roe v. Wade being overthrown is a horrible thing because is going to lead to so many issues. So not only does it affect women but also people with uterus in general. So non-binary people, transgender men and all women, cis women alike. All are going to struggle when now, you don’t have access to [a] safe abortion.
Kimberly Gabino I was on social media and it came up in a video that I was watching and it kind of surprised that not many people were talking about it because it was also [during] Met Gala, so everybody was so focused on that. And nobody was talking about the leak. I was very confused, I didn’t want to believe it was true because I think it affects a lot of people and women specially. So I was feeling hurt like this [is] a step back from all that we want to achieve to move forward to have a more progressive lifestyle.
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Edward Sesay I am not going to judge woman who want to do an abortion because they might be in a situation where they don’t want the baby to be in this world. It is better to have an abortion and have the baby struggle and live with this craziness that is going on all over the world. Vote, that [is] all that I am going to say. You can protest all you want but [voting], that is the most important thing. There is people that want to take away their rights. Women need to vote this [upcoming] midterms and make sure that we [elect] the right people that protect those rights.
Multifactor authentication for online services required soon Barbara Gandica Martinez Editor-in-Chief
All Dallas College accounts will require multifactor authentication to log in starting May 13. These include eCampus, Self-Service, and the Office 365 apps. If students don’t pre-enroll before May 13, they will be shown a setup screen when trying to log in to a Dallas College-only service. Multifactor authentication, also known as MFA, adds a protection layer to students’ accounts. According to a notice sent by the Richland Campus administration, it “confirms a user’s identity in multiple ways to ensure your information stays safe.” A smartphone is not required since MFA can be adapted to other devices such as landline phones, cellphones or tablets. Only one multifactor authentication is needed, but Dallas College recommends setting up more than one method for extra security and backup if your primary device doesn’t work. There are three methods to set up multifactor authentication: phone calls, text or the Microsoft Authentication app. When setting up MFA, students will choose a primary method, but this can be updated at any time. According to the Dallas College Frequently Asked Question website, it is recommended to
use the app as it “provides the most options and the best user experience.”
If students don’t pre-enroll before May 13, they will be shown a setup screen when trying to log in to a Dallas Collegeonly service. The app can be downloaded on the Play Store for Android devices or the App Store for IOS devices. The app will give students a verification code or a mobile notification when signing in. Alternatively, students can set up MFA through phone calls. The phone call method can be used on any phone, including landlines. When signing in, students will get a phone call that will ask to verify that they are the ones signing in. Dallas College recommends using a mobile phone since it will be needed any time a student tries to log in. Likewise, if students have access to a mobile phone, they can set up text messages as the authentication method. They would be sent a six-digit code to input into the sign-in screens. For more information, including a video tutorial on setting up MFA, visit the Dallas College website on multifactor authentication at https://www.dallascollege.edu/resources/ online-services/mfa/pages/default.aspx.
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Dealing with stress during finals week Cade Harris Staff Writer
Final exam week is upon us. As we gear up for the last week of the semester, many students may be feeling stressed about their upcoming exams or assignments they have due. Since we are entering the most stressful part of the semester, it is important to understand what stress can do and ways to combat stress. Karen Cuttill, a professional counselor at Richland Campus, said she believes one day chronic stress will be linked to most of our major illnesses. Cuttill said our body experiences chronic stress when we are presented with something that we perceive as a threat. “We are designed to react to stress,” Cuttill said. “If we perceive it as a threat, then our brain has to react and then it has to make a decision, whether we can engage it or if we need to run from it.” She used the analogy of facing a saber-toothed tiger as dealing with your stress. When we undergo chronic stress our brain releases two hormones, adrenaline and cortisol. “Cortisol is like acid in your body,” Cuttill said. “It can impact your kidneys, your heart, your brain [and] just about any of the organs.” Chronic stress not only affects your body but it can also affect what you do to your body. Cuttill said people do things to their body to cope with stress whether it be overeating, over
drinking or anything else to make you feel better. “If you look at the research done worldwide, it is really beginning to believe that chronic stress is probably the number one health concern,” Cuttill said. “It can impact diabetes [and] people’s weight.” When we know we have an important exam or assignment coming up we are likely to perceive it as a threat. It is important to not be hard on ourselves toward an exam or we will get more scared than we should. “It is how we perceive the situation,” Cuttill said. “If we’re telling ourselves something is horrible, [a part of] our brain is going to remember that and it’s going to respond to that.” In an exam, if you are producing high levels of cortisol due to chronic stress, you will likely not do as well as you probably should have. It is important to stay calm and realize that you know the information you prepared for so that you do not freeze up on testing day. Stress can be impactful to body and mind but can be dealt with techniques. One of the techniques Cuttill described was a style of breathing. When presented with a stressful situation, it is important to breathe in and out, stay in the moment and stay away from negative thoughts. Cuttill described our body as a Ferrari, you want to put the best ‘fuel’ in it. If you are eating unhealthy or doing things to your body
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Salma Khalfallah, left, Chloe Yates and Noor Malik color in El Paso Hall student lounge on May 5.
that are harmful, you are going to have more trouble dealing with a stressful situation. Cuttill also compared leaving your car battery on overnight to depriving themselves of sleep. “[During sleep] your brain does all the housekeeping that it can’t do while you’re awake,” Cuttill said. “Sleep is important, which means you need to study in pieces beforehand.” Cuttill said rushing to study the night before an exam is not encouraged but it is also never too late to
study, even if you have not been studying days before. “Your major part of studying needs to be at least two days before an exam.” Students are encouraged to get good sleep, eat healthy, be positive and think good thoughts about themselves and the challenges ahead and practice breathing exercises in order to achieve their academic goals during their finals. For more information on dealing with stress or the counseling center, visit the Lakeside Resource Center at E082.
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The Dallas Mavericks continue their playoff run
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Cade Harris Staff Writer
Playoff basketball is in full swing in Dallas. The Dallas Mavericks continue their playoff run against the Phoenix Suns after defeating the Utah Jazz in round 1. Coming into the playoffs, a major storyline circled around the injury of Mavericks star player, Luka Dončić. Dončić strained his left calf in the final regular season game against the San Antonio Spurs. The Mavericks would have to play without Dončić for the first three games of the first round. The Phoenix Suns defeated the New Orleans Pelicans in their first-round matchup 4-2. The Suns finished the season as the number one seed in the Western Conference and with the best record in the NBA at 64-18. The Mavericks lost all three regular season games against the Suns this season. Game 1 was not the best showing for the Mavericks as they never had the lead and lost 121-114. Although the Mavericks as a team did not have their best game, Dončić had 45 points. Game 2 started out as a close game as the Mavericks led by two at the half but behind a strong second half the Suns were able to win 129-109. Another strong game by Dončić, scoring 35 points, but not enough to take down the first seed in the Western Conference on the road. After coming home from two losses in Phoenix, Game 3 felt like a must win since no team has ever come back to win a series down 3-0. The Mavericks were able to beat the Suns at home 103-94. Dončić had 26 points and Jalen Brunson had a team high 28 points in the win. Playoff basketball on Mother’s Day has historically been kind for the Mavericks and it stayed that way in Game 4 as they pulled out the 111-101 victory to even the series. Dončić once again scored 26 points and Dorian Finney-Smith scored 24 points. Chris Paul finished the game with only five points for the Suns after fouling out with 8:58 left in the 4th quarter. At press time, the Mavericks are 2-2 in their series against the Suns and are set to play Game 5 in Phoenix May 10. The Mavericks came into the playoffs as the number 4 seed and the Jazz came in as the number 5 seed. Both teams faced each other four times during the regular season with each team winning two. Game 1 in Dallas without their star player was tough for the Mavericks. The Jazz won the game 99-93 behind 32 points from their star player, Donovan Mitchell. Brunson led the Mavericks in points with 24. The Mavericks knew if they were going to have a chance to win the series, they were likely going to have to win Game 2 at home. They proved that they could win a game without Dončić as they won 110-104 with a breakout performance by Brunson, scoring 41 points.
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Phoenix Suns defenders try to stop Mavs’ guard Luka Dončić during Game 4 on May 8.
The Mavericks were tied with the Jazz with a game apiece going into Utah, regarded as one of the more difficult places to play in the NBA. “We understand what’s in front of us,” Mavericks head coach Jason Kidd said after game two. “It’s going to be a hostile environment.” Dončić was out for Game 3 but once again it did not matter as the Mavericks were able to win a tight game on the road 126-118. Brunson had another outstanding game as he dropped 31 points. The Mavericks bench also played a big factor, scoring 49 points. With Dončić set to come back for Game 4, the Mavericks were sitting in the driver’s seat and advancing to the next round seemed inevitable. That was until the Jazz were able to steal Game 4, 100-99. In Game 4, The Mavericks led by four points with 39 seconds left after Dončić drilled a step back three. After the Mavericks missed a couple free throws, the Jazz were able to get an alleyoop from Mitchell to Rudy Gobert to give them the lead. The Mavericks were unable to score on their final possession of the game. Dončić scored 30 points in his first game back.
After the disappointing loss in Game 4, the next game seemed like a must-win for the Mavericks knowing they would be going back to Utah for Game 6. The Mavericks destroyed the Jazz in Game 5 at home by a score of 102-77. Dončić scored 33 points and Brunson scored 24 points. Going into Game 6 all the pressure was on Utah knowing they were eliminated with a loss. The game stayed tight the entire way with no team being able to pull away for a substantial lead. The Mavericks led 98-96 with four seconds left after Brunson made one of two free throws. The Jazz called a timeout after the free throws and advanced the ball to half court. Royce O’Neale inbounded the ball to Bojan Bogdanovic who took a wide open three but missed and the Mavericks were able to hold on for a 98-96 victory. Bogdanovic shot 33% from three in the series. The victory clinched the series for the Mavericks as they advanced to the Western Conference Semifinals to face the Phoenix Suns. This was the first playoff series victory in the young career for Dončić.
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‘Dinosauria’ portrays animals more realistically Alex Ortuno
Managing Editor Ever since ‘Jurassic Park’ was put on the silver screens back in 1993, dinosaur media has really solidified within popular cinema culture. While of course there have been outside dinosaur media such as “When Dinosaurs Roamed America” and the upcoming AppleTV series “Prehistoric Planet” resembling prehistoric life as animals, I tend to notice people generally associate dinosaur media with brutal fights and all out action. To me, this only leaves you with so much because too much focus on fights and death can stall as a cinematic story. ‘Dinosauria’ does an excellent job to demonstrate that the lives of our previous saurian residents were not brutal monsters but truly as animals of nature. Beginning with the visuals of the animated series, they have intentional color palettes and styles rather than just making everything unreasonably colorful or dull. The best example of the visuals department is the first episode of the series, “Old Buck.”
In the episode, we do not see traditional blue waters and green trees but instead red leaves and a lake shimmering in blood red with a gray ambience. It is as if we’re experiencing the sights of a land full of life as the leaves are in a similar red shade to that of blossom trees but also with a tint of conflict and death. While we have seen dinosaur media in recent years a push for more accurate reconstructions of dinosaurs in comparison to older media, this series also uses modern reconstructions of dinosaurs. It’s a nice touch to see with the best example being in “Our Frozen Past” where dinosaurs had coats of feathers to keep warm in the ancient tundras. The plots are short, generally below 10 minutes each, but are well made, and expertly crafted. They aren’t crazy with twists and turns here and there causing confusing plot twists, nor is there a stereotypical rampaging monster revenge plot that is forced on the viewer. It’s just dinosaurs being the animals they are. Now there are moments where it gets intense, but these scenes are neither excessive
in action or in gore. The music score is also well chosen and delivers intensity to the scenes. It’s not messy and plays into the emotion of the short films. Traditional dinosaur media often uses human narration as a crutch to tell the Dinosaur’s story. In ‘Dinosauria’ there is no narration or human characters, just dinosaurs and other prehistoric life living and roaming across the untamed world. The only narrator is nature itself. While some things may not be easy to catch at first, subtle hints are left so the viewer understands the animations. Overall, this is an excellent way to enjoy dinosaur media. While lacking some of the more violent fight scenes from series like the series “Primal” or the short film “Battle at Big Rock” this animated series does a much more respectful and heartful show of the prehistoric life that once dominated the landscape and the world. The series is to conclude as only five episodes are to be made. As of press time, only four have been uploaded to Youtube. Grade: A
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A battle hardened Styracosaurus awakens from its slumber in “Dinosauria.”
Live theater returns to Richland with ‘Antigone’
Haley Aguayo Staff Writer
Tragedy has struck at Richland campus, in a theatrical sense, as the drama department puts on its rendition of the Greek tragedy “Antigone.”
It’s the first play to grace the stage in Fannin Hall on April 27, since the two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the closing of campus buildings. “The last thing you can do during a pandemic that is spread the way this one is,
“We wanted to find modern analogies to those old names because those old names can really throw people off, especially in a play that’s in a modern environment,” said Lush. “In this play very often, it just feels like Antigone is the hero and Creon is the villain. But she’s just as hardheaded as he is and she takes a lot of these people down with her as a result of her actions.” -Gregory Lush Nonetheless, as much as a society changes through the times, students can still look forward to an aspect of relatability in the play, especially tragedies as the campus nears finals season. “As much as it is a church versus state sort of drama, those big, large political and religious themes, they’re playing out in a family setting. It just happens to be that they are a political family thrown into the public square,” Lush said. “In this play very often, it just feels like Antigone is the hero and Creon is the villain. But she’s just as hardheaded as he is and she takes a lot of these people down with her as a result of her actions.” “So personal responsibility and the tension between the state and morality, it’s a religious conviction for her that she wants to bury her brother.” “In ancient Greece, if the dead were not buried then they didn’t travel to the next life and it was a great dishonor.“ “So her religion butting heads with the modern state, that’s very present in modern society. We’re still fighting those same sorts of battles all the time.”
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Azucena Madrigal, left, and Kendra A. Bailey rehearse during “Antigone” on April 25.
is be in a small room yelling at each other and spraying [germs],” said director Gregory Lush. “Theater is about conflict, so its heightened emotional states consist of almost always volume and projection. It was just impossible. The school had just shut down. It wouldn’t have been possible.” Lush worked alongside colleague and friend Montgomery Sutton, who was the playwright of the modern, media emphasized tragedy of Antigone. Lush credits Sutton with the idea of incorporating media so heavily into the production. In this play, the well-known, once-Theban chorus is represented by vloggers who persistently record and post nearly every irreversible action taken by Antigone and Creon, the play’s central characters. “In a Greek tragedy, the chorus comes out and talks directly to the audience and marks on the morality of what’s going on, the religious implications, the societal implications. To the Greeks that was kind of all the same thing. I was trying to find a way to convey that to the audience so social media made sense.” “We’re all on our cellphones, everything’s TikTok, everything’s Instagram videos. We wanted to capture that. It’s like all these different vloggers are relating in different ways. Usually [the chorus] is in stark contrast to each other, which is kind of how social media is. You have really partisan elements all stating their case. They’re looking at the same events through completely different lenses,” Lush said. This isn’t the only modern modification to the thousands-of-years-old tale. The names are changed in the play as well. Antigone becomes Ann and Creon is known as Craig La Costa.
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