Richland Chronicle October 18, 2022 Issue

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C HRONICLE Richland Vol. L Issue 5, October 18, 2022 Richland Student Media Media @RLCStudentMedia O’Rourke returns to Dallas College Pg.3 • Ducktoberfest returns Pg.2 • Opinion on Iranian protests Pg.7 • Cancer awareness Pg.7 RichlandStudentMedia.com Richland Student Media

Ducktoberfest fun and games are back

DucktoberFest was held on the grassy knoll outside El Paso Hall, where students, staff and faculty could enjoy free food, drinks, candy, cookies and board games.

There were a few extra large board games, like Connect Four and Jenga for attendees to play.

Every year, Ducktoberfest brings free entertainment to the Richland community to celebrate the fall season.

For more information about future events, visit the Office of Student Life in El Paso Hall, Room E040.

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From left to right: Eliana Waterfall, Veronica Castillo and Lisa Geib play Sorry! Students, faculty and staff enjoy food, games and music during Ducktoberfest held once again on the Richland campus on Oct. 12 outside El Paso Hall on the grassy lawn area. Cotton candy being made for the attendees. Students get information about health and other events at one of the booths at the festival. Celeen Makkeyeh serving blue cotton candy. Staff Photos by Blanca Reyes

Beto O’Rourke finds a full house at El Centro Campus

communities -- nursing, mental health, medi cal care or doctors, schoolteachers, or educa tors in other communities, let’s make sure that you don’t take on any debt no matter where you go in order to be able to enrich those communities on the condition that you serve in the community from which you came. So there’s a lot we can do on that front.”

O’Rourke also addressed the prices that Texans have to pay for energy and the impor tance of reducing the cost of it.

“I doubt you’ll see our current governor meeting with students, often many of them first generation, some <of> whom have never voted before and actually spending time asking them what they think not just assuming that they know and that’s a huge difference,” Wade Hyde said.

Another crucial issue that O’Rourke talked about was immigration and, according to him, the immigrants have been demonized with political purposes and possible solutions to fix a broken immigration system.

“When we were here in 2018, this place was not full. There were not students waiting outside the door who could not get in,“ Texas gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke said. “And here it’s what’s different. It’s the same candidate, so I know it’s not about me. I’m in the same political party, I know it’s not about the party. And by the way, Republican, Democrat, Independent, no me importa. The differences between us do not matter.”

In an auditorium full of emotions and people, Beto O’Rourke visited Dallas College at the El Centro Campus on Oct. 3. The Democrat challenging Republican incum bent Greg Abbott was invited by the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) club.

“It was about the change we need as Texans and feeling about the current administration cannot provide those changes since they’ve already been in office for about eight years now,” said Blake Ayden Quintana, a govern ment major at the Eastfield campus of Dallas College and student fellow for O’Rourke’s campaign.

O’Rourke talked about several important issues like the Texas abortion ban, which has no exception now for rape or incest.

“I intend to protect every woman’s right to make their own decisions about their own bodies, health care, and their own future, the very protection that was won by Texas women nearly 50 years ago in Roe vs. Wade in 1973. That’s the standard from which we should return in Texas.”

According to O’Rourke, the policies of Abbott make voter registration difficult for some parts of the population and it is reflected in the turnout.

“I don’t think Texas is conservative or Republican, I think Texas is a non-voting state today. Not enough of millions of voters are able to cast their ballot. I think all these great volunteers here today are gonna help us to reach those no-voters, make them vote, and we win,” O’Rourke said.

Quintana said, “I just really like what he stands for, how he listens to both sides and sets aside politics to discuss what really matters to Texans. He’s not afraid to reach across the aisle and bring everyone over. It feels more like a unified front.”

O’Rourke talked about gun violence, the pay wage in the state and the prices of medi cine like insulin, which he said costs the lives of Texans every year.

He also said he is planning to raise the legal age to buy an AR-15 or an AK-47 from 18 to 21 to try to intervene in the lives of troubled young people.

“I came from a high school where we actu ally had a person, a student [who] walked in with a gun. He went through metal detec tors, and he didn’t get caught with the gun. And he didn’t successfully hurt anyone, but he hurt himself,” said Angel Herrera, a student at El Centro.

One of the attendees was Jimena Lopez, a fashion marketing student at El Centro. She said she left her class early to attend O’Rourke’s event.

“I’m a big supporter of his and I just wanted come see him talk and take pictures of him and just be supportive, Lopez said.”

O’Rourke also talked about student loan debt. He said that no student should have to be in debt to get a college degree.

“I hope that it will help as intended by a great number of college students and former college students in the state of Texas who are struggling under debt in a state that has yet to raise the minimum wage from $7.25 with a governor that is driving inflation on prop erty taxes and energy bills and housing costs. But I think that we can actually do more in Texas and say, ‘Hey look, umm, your first two years college whether here at El Centro or any other public university, you should take on no debt in order to be able to get that education,” O’Rourke said.

“And then for those who are pursu ing in-demand professions in underserved

“This is one where the governor’s tried to create a lot of division but where there’s a lot more common ground than people realize. Everybody agrees that if you come here, you should follow the law. Everyone also agrees that our laws should follow our values, our economic needs, and the reality that we see right here in Dallas, El Paso or anywhere else across the state. That means that there should be a safe, legal orderly path to come here to work, to join family, to seek asylum, and right now there is not, and it is creating so much of the chaos that is driving the, you know, the demagoguery, vilification, demoniza tion, around immigrants around Greg Abbott today. So, solutions, instead of stunts like this busing,” O’Rourke said.

O’Rourke proposed to have a “Texas-based guest worker program,” which would allow immigrant workers to come here legally to work and return to their home countries with their families once the program finalizes.

Fatima Cruz, neuroscience major at UTD and LULAC Club member at El Centro who invited O’Rourke, said they also invited Abbott to give his speech as well to teach the current generation the importance of voting.

The Abbott administration responded via email with:

“Thank you for inviting Governor Abbott to visit the LULAC Club at Dallas College at the El Centro Campus. As you can imag ine, our office receives thousands of requests for the Governor to personally attend events across our state and nation. While all of these requests hold value, as a matter of practicality, Governor Abbott is unable to participate in all of them. At this time, we must respectfully decline your invitation.”

“Please note that this in no way diminishes the worthwhile nature of your event. Gover nor Abbott certainly does commend the many individuals and organizations across Texas and the nation who are seeking to make a differ ence.”

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Staff Photo Ryan Bingham Duff Staff Writer Beto O’Rourke speaks during his gubernatorial campaign stop at the El Centro Campus of Dallas College on Oct. 3.
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Smiling is contagious

As an avid horror fan, I have consumed many works of the genre. I am no stranger to it, as even one of my favorite authors is Stephen King. A literary author who has writ ten many books that are made into films such as “Pet Sematary” and “IT.” Many horror directors know that the key to raw scare is pulsating fear, and that is why many like me keep going back for more.

“Smile didn’t disappoint me. Firstly, the movie’s marketing campaign is by far the most jarring. They hired actors to stand and perform the signature creepy smile at many places. They stood and did nothing but smile. Wear ing bright yellow shirts with the title of the movie. They appeared at many major league baseball games and even NBC’s “Today”show.

This surely got people talking about it. All over social media people were talking about the mysterious people who smiled menac ingly amongst the crowd. Videos of genuine confusion made me laugh, and the app TikTok even made a filter that has the actress smiling behind you! People kept up the conversation until its release on Sept. 30 and made $22 million in its first release.

The movie begins with Sosie Bacon as Rose Cotter, a psychiatrist who works at a psychi atric facility and treats patients with the most

extreme cases of mental instability. She is given a one-on-one with new patient Laura Weaver, played by Caitlin Stasey, who has said she has experienced sights of people smiling. Only she can see them, and they can appear to be anyone.

Rose tries to talk her down from an extreme panic but fails as she cuts herself ?? with a shard of broken vase while expressing an unpleasant smile. It is this smile that sends Rose in a psychological spiral throughout the movie. Director Parker Finn does a great job of putting you on edge with this movie. It is his first feature after a couple of short films, “Laura Hasn’t Slept” and “The Hidebehind.”

Even though the movie is full of classic horror cliches, Finn does a great job of rein venting them. The cinematic experience is smooth and transitional with each scene. The antics of the jump scares are very simplistic, yet convincing. I felt like essence of the gore was too fabricated and felt very much like a video game. It is a slow burn so I would watch with every intent of keeping up with the plot line. The cliffhanger will probably leave you unfulfilled. I have every intention of seeing the sequel should one arise.

Overall, it is a fine piece of scary. It can be a great first horror movie for those who have never felt the genuine frights of consuming one. Finn deserves all the praise in his big break. It is worth the hype, and I encourage others to go see it if they have the chance.

Grade: B

‘Better Call Saul’: Final season

Ryan Bingham Duff Staff Writer

On Aug. 15, AMC’s hit show “Better Call Saul” drew its final curtain. Stars of this slowburn crime-drama, Bob Odenkirk, Jonathan Banks, Rhea Seehorn, Giancarlo Esposito, Patrick Fabian, Tony Dalton and Michael Mando took their final bows and along with show creators Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould expressed gratitude and special thanks to their fans. The ratings had averaged at about 2.2 million per episode throughout all six seasons according to the Nielsen Live+3 all the way to the last episode, “Series Finale.”

This “Breaking Bad” spinoff takes place approximately six years before the “Breaking Bad” events. The show focused on Jimmy McGill (Odenkirk) and his shenanigans within the confines of the law in order to win the case; anywhere from placing a doppel ganger at the defense table only to point out the real defendant in the audience in open court, to hiding in a dumpster to spy on Sand piper staff to prove their wrongdoing. The show has very little to do with drug traffick ing, much less would the audience need to see, it pretty much stands on its own two legs.

The TV screen begins in a black and white hue with McGill living in Omaha, Nebraska, managing a Cinnabon Bakery Restaurant at a shopping mall, trying to keep his head down, more importantly, his mouth shut as he recalls all the events leading up to the inevitable. The show’s time frame was represented in a vari ety of colors: black and white for the present, a blue hue for the Slippin’ Jimmy saga and default for his time as a struggling lawyer to the time he sells his soul as Saul Goodman.

Former student and English Major of Dallas College at Eastfield, Sawyer Rachuig is a longtime fan of the trilogy (“Better Call Saul,” “Breaking Bad” and “El Camino”). He watched the entire series and said he was satis fied with the outcome.

“I would have loved to see at least one more scene with Marco (Keith Kupferer)” the protagonist’s best friend and crime partner when he was ripping off people in Cicero, Illi nois, before deciding to clean up his act and leave Slippin’ Jimmy behind.

“He was such an important element of Saul,” Rachuig said. “I just think the impor tance of Marco and especially with Saul’s

pinky ring, it’s like every time he was about to, you know, pull some kind of scam regardless of what was like that ring was so important.”

On the show, Saul often adjusts the ring on the said finger before pulling off his dastardly deeds, “It was almost like the motivation he needed to go through with it, knowing that Marco was on his side,” Rachuig added.

The series went out with a bang, literally. In the third to the last scene, the prison inmates chanted and banged on their seats, chains rattled while chanting, “Better-Call-Saul.”

Honestly, for me, the series did keep me on the edge of my seat from the beginning up until the third episode of Season 6. Sure, there was an inevitable outcome of Nacho Varga (Mando) but there should have been a whole lot more they could have done with it. Seasons 4 and 5 had more action. I am certain that the final season was supposed to be about closure, not about thrills.

I give the series a B+ and that is, not for Bad nor Broken.

“Evil Dead 2: Dead by Dawn” (1987) – The great Sam Raimi directed this horror-comedy. Our hero, Ash (Bruce Campbell), fights the undead in a cabin in the woods.

“The Cabin in the Woods” (2011) – This horror mys tery thriler, directed by Drew Goddard, involves a group of friends encountering baddies from horror lore. This one was very amusing in spots.

“Addams Family Values” (1993) – This fantasy-comedy made me laugh and chuckle all the way through. When a fellow camper asks why Wednesday (Christina Ricci) is dressed all in black, she just states, “Wait.”

“The Lost Boys” (1987) –

This Joel Schumacher-direct ed horror yarn with comedy finds siblings played by Corey Haim and Jason Patric mov ing in with grandpa in 1980s California set tale. With Kiefer Sutherland, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest and Bernard Herman.

“Lake Placcid” (1999) – A giant croc runs amok in Black Lake in a small Maine town in this horror-comedy with action. The screenplay is by David E. Kelley. Director Steve Miner’s great cast in cludes the late Betty White, who says she’s rotting for the croc. With Bridget Fonda, Bill Pullman and Brendan Gleeson.

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Photo IMDb Dr. Rose Cotter, played by Sosie Bacon, attends to a smiling patient.
Grade: B+
Photo IMDb Bob Odenkirk in ‘Better Call Saul’.

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Redemption, family and love: ‘Bella’

Raymond Thomas Pronk Staff Writer

If you are looking for a movie to view with a date, recommend seeing the 2006 movie “Bella”, a redemption, family and love story, available on DVD and YouTube. The movie stars Eduardo Verastegui as Jose, a professional soccer star, on his way to sign a 2-million dollar contract when an acci dent changes his life and career choice from soccer player to several years latter to chef in his brother Manny’s (Manny Perez) Mexican restaurant in New York City. Manny fires Nina (Tammy Blanchard), a waitress at the restaurant, for being late for work. Jose quits and comes to the support of Nina, who just discovered she is pregnant and has decided

to abort the baby. Jose asks Nina, “Have you thought about adoption?”

Jose decides to adopt Nina’s baby and raise the baby by himself. Jose convinces Nina not to have the abortion and to let him adopt the baby. Several years later Nina meets the child named Bella (Sophie Nyweide) and Jose at the beach, where they exchange gifts.

“Bella” was written, produced and directed by Alejandro Monteverde with Patrick Million and Leo Severino as co-writers and Severino, Verastegui, Denise Pickley and Sean Wolfing ton as co-producers. “Bella” was the directional debut of Montverde and won the “People’s Choice Award” at the Toronto International Film Festival” and also won the Heartland Film Festival’s Grand Prize Winner for Best Dramatic Feature.

Grade: A

“The thing is that I’m a Christian, and they talked about abortion in my class. And it did effect a lot. We plan to not vote for it, but we need to make abortion not legal for crime because you are killing a child”

“I’m not voting but if I were to then I wouldn’t section people off because of abortion. If I were to vote it would be other factors. But yes it would effect my vote somewhat”

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“No, I just try to cast my best vote to whoever has the best argument and also who I think that’s the right candidate that fit the role.”
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“I would look at abortion because I think people need to choose what they want for their life not the government. Because its our own choice and body so why should the government interfere”
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Sheep in wolves’ clothing: ‘Indigenous Peoples Day’

Leo Rosas

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Because Oct. 10 was Indigenous Peoples’ Day, I want to share a few thoughts about an article I read the other day on ushistory.org concerning the Trail of Tears. It stated that Andrew Jackson wanted to remove “native peoples” from their lands to “make room for settlers and often for speculators who made large profits from the purchase and sale of land.”

If this was the case, why not point settlers and speculators to the lands (modern-day Oklahoma) where the State of Georgia and Andrew Jackson wanted to expel natives? If the land was as good as Jackson made it out to be, why not take it for themselves? Was not this land already available? Would it not be easier for all parties involved to send “settlers” and “speculators” to the unpopulated lands, rather than to force a nation out of its terri tory, and then deal with a ”Trail of Tear”’?

There is something here that is overlooked by many. Let me tell you why the politicians in Georgia sent native peoples and no one

Professor explains the tradition of ‘Dia de Muertos’ and Halloween

Winter is nature’s metaphor for death. Impending signs of “aging” appear, such as the transition to cold weather, shifting of outdoor bustle of the summer to quieter indoor life, completion of harvest, slumber of the earth, burrowing and hibernation of animals, shed ding of tree leaves, sallow branches, gray and dark sky, shorter days and longer nights. The time between October end and early Novem ber is a period of “in-between” - summer and winter, neither hot nor cold, halfway between the autumn equinox and winter solstice - a gateway between this world and another, the world of spirits.

Spirits are departed souls, who play the role of beneficent ancestors when appeased and malefic demons when dishonored. The tradi tions of Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, and Shraddha are three different rituals that honor the dead during this transitional time period.

Halloween is celebrated on Oct. 31. It is the day to welcome spirits to Earth. With origins in Ireland and Scotland, the tradition was brought to North America in the 19th century by Irish and Scottish immigrants and then through American influence, Halloween spread to many other countries.

Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, is a celebratory reunion of family members, living and deceased. It draws on indigenous, Catholic and European traditions, and is cele brated on Nov. 1 and 2 in Mexico and several Latin countries including Colombia, Hondu ras, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela, among others.

On these two days, families visit the deceased’ graves, clean and decorate them with

else but them to these lands. The conditions of these grounds are not adequate for agricul ture (except for wheat)! Look at Oklahoma on a map. You’ll find that half of the state is virtually a desert. Native tribes were sent there to die.

So, it was a cold-blooded genocide, manipu lated and fabricated by the swindlers who led

our nation. The only thing that the native tribes wanted was to remain in their rightful homes and lands.

I want to point out some facts for claims made in the previous paragraph. The following is an excerpt from Killers of the Flower Moon, an investigative account of the hundreds of seemingly linked murders of the Osage people (one of the tribes ousted in The Trail of Tears):

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flowers and provide atole, a traditional nonalcoholic beverage made of corn, cinnamon and vanilla. A Mariachi band plays music by the graveside.

The cornerstone of the celebration is the ofrenda, an offering altar of the dead. It signi fies the belief that the spirit of the deceased return from the world of the dead to spend time with their families. Trails of smells and fragrances that come from flowers, incense and copal are used to receive the souls of the dead.

The ofrenda includes water, the source of life, which quenches the souls’ thirst. Salt is offered as an element of purification to preserve the body. Candles are placed on the altar to guide the souls to see familiar places.

Shraddha -- Hindus hold the annual Shrad dha ritual in remembrance of their collective

“In the early 1870s, the Osage had been driven from their lands in Kansas onto a rocky, presumably worthless reservation in northeastern Oklahoma, only to discover, decades later, that this land was sitting above some of the largest oil deposits in the United States. To obtain that oil, prospectors had to pay the Osage for leases and royalties. In the early twentieth century, each person on the tribal roll began receiving a quarterly check. The amount was initially for only a few dollars. But over time, as more oil was tapped, the divi dends grew into the hundreds, then the thou sands. And virtually every year the payments increased, like the prairie creeks that joined to form the wide, muddy Cimarron, until the tribe members had collectively accumulated millions and millions of dollars.”

ancestors during the time when the sun is between the zodiac signs of Libra and Scor pio. It is believed that the souls leave ancestors’ land and reside in their descendants’ homes during this time.

Death is inevitable; it is the way of the universe. Within this cosmological frame work, rituals serve the purpose of acknowl edging the inherent cosmic order and sustain ing the rhythm of the cosmic concert with out compromising on the human spirit. Any individual is only a temporary member of a culture, but traditions such as Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, and Shraddha ensure continu ity through community.

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Locals respond to Masha Amini’s death

In the last few weeks, protesters have filled the streets of Tehran, Iran’s capital, demand ing that high-ranking leaders implement change and end the strict policy stating that women must wear a hijab.

On Sept. 16. Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman accused of not wearing her hijab prop erly, was scooped up by a special arm of Iran’s law enforcement staff known as the morality police and detained. Her family said police beat her and killed her. The police deny any wrongdoing.

Seven-thousand miles away, Muslim women who attend Richland are witnessing this moment of turmoil, suffering and defi ance. They are watching from Dallas with open eyes and open hearts. “I feel sad about her, and I hope it will never happen again,” said Mahlab Fedaye, 18, a Richland Collegiate High School student from Ghazni, Afghani stan.

Samia Abdulrahim, 18, said she was both ered that the Mahsa Amini situation demon strates little tolerance for individual choice.

“I feel like we should just let people choose what they want to do, and whatever choice they make is entirely up to them. I feel like we shouldn’t try to impose our beliefs on to them or change their being in any way. I feel like we should just let them be,” Abdulrahim, a prenursing student, said. Her family is Somalian and she said she has been wearing a hijab since she was young.

Fedaye, the student from Afghanistan, said that Mahsa Amini did not have to die. “I feel very sad about her because she was killed for no reason,” Fedaye said. “Of course she did not have a good hijab, but that’s not a reason. Everyone can have their own idea about their life, everyone should live their life however they want. So nobody should force each other to ‘do this, do that’ but everyone should live the way they want.”

Smiling under their hijabs, Muslim women said that their choice to wear the scarf is a gesture toward empowerment. It makes them feel proud.

Many, like Noor Malik, have found a comfortable community at Richland.

“Being a hijabi on campus, it’s fairly easy because there’s a lot of other hijabi women and it’s nice to know twhat I’m not by myself. I’m not the only one. Obviously no one else gives me looks. They’re not like ‘Hmmm, why is she wearing that?’ so thankfully it’s not like that.” Malik was walking with friends Chloe and Amyra last month.

But for Muslim women on the other side of the world, struggles and tough days are ahead. Abdulrahim, the pre-nursing student, said that she is hopeful for a better world. “I hope that with all the protesting that’s been going on—the government or the police force, they do change. I hope that [Mahsa Amini’s] parents or her family get help to kind of over come this, because I feel like that would be really hard … I hope that they get peace at the end.”

Pink is more than a color: It’s for cancer awareness

October marks the start of fall and the spooky Halloween season, but there is some thing that is scarier than monsters and ghosts. Something that emerges in about 266,000 people each year, and that is breast cancer.

October is also Breast Cancer Awareness Month and is terrifying for those who know the dangers of it. Breast cancer is the rapid growth of breast cells in women and men alike. It is a diagnosis that can frighten the strongest of people and can have long-lasting effects for those who encounter it. Recently,

two individuals came forward to voice their experience on the front lines of the disease.

Principal violist of the Dallas Opera and mother Liesl-Ann DeVilliers was diagnosed with Stage 1 breast cancer in 2019. She said that the hardest part of having breast cancer is the medication. “The challenge is Tamoxifen and what it does to your body. It had aged me significantly,” DeVilliers said.

Tamoxifen is a drug used to treat breast cancer as well as prevent it. DeVilliers is still on the drug even after she had part of her breast removed. According to the CDC, It is important to take the drug for about five years. This is to ensure that the cancer won’t develop again.

It isn’t just those with breast cancer who carry the trauma of a diagnoses. Dallas college student Shiva Jones had his grandmother taken away by breast cancer when he was just 15.

“I had to start taking care of her in a lot of ways. Just seeing her deteriorate mentally and physically was definitely a challenge,” he said. His grandmother was someone he most cher ished.

Breast cancer Awareness Month is celebrated differently by all. From NFL players wearing pink to the pinning of the pink ribbon worn on clothing. The more people know, the more funding is possible for research.

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All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.

Oct. 19

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Pizza and a paneli

Sabine Hall, SH 118

12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

i Women’s Empower ment Network meeting

Sabine Hall, SH117

2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Financial Aid help session

Thunderduck Hall, T225

Oct. 21

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Financial Aid help session

Thunderduck Hall, T225

noon - 1 p.m.

Disability benefits infor mational workshop

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Sabine Hall, SH117

Oct. 31

11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

i Halloween Costume Contest

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Nov. 1

i Louise Rogers Giving Tree

Donation drive for those in need

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Office of Student Life and Engagement, E040

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