CHRONICLE Richland
Vol. XLIV Issue 28 May 1, 2018
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2 LOCAL
May 1, 2018
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Community members pay tribute to fallen Dallas police officer on April 26.
Vigil held in honor of officer Rogelio Santander DREW CASTILLO/ALY RODRIGUES Staff Writer/ Editor-in-chief
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Dozens of Dallas citizens turned out to mourn, once again, the loss of a Dallas police officer. The community participated in a candlelight vigil on April 26 at the Northeast Division headquarters where police officer Rogelio Santander worked. Santander was shot during an altercation at a Northeast Dallas Home Depot April 24 and died the following day. Santander was a three-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. Officer Crystal Almeida and Scott Painter, a loss prevention asset officer at the store, were wounded. According to The Associated Press, the officers were responding to a call about a suspicious man in the store. Police were called to remove him from the scene. The shooting took place as the officers were trying to arrest him on an outstanding warrant. Armando Luis Juarez, 29, was identified on the police body cameras. Dallas’ police, sheriff ’s deputies and federal authorities launched a massive manhunt around the store. Several hours later, Juarez
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led police on a chase that ended near Love Field Airport in the Oak Lawn neighborhood of Dallas. He was arrested on charges of aggravated assault on a public servant and felony theft. He was subsequently charged with capital murder after Santander’s death. At press time, he was being held at the Dallas County Jail on a $1 million bond. Richland Police Sergeant Barry Orton said the loss of every officer is felt by the police department. “They are police officers. They are fellow brothers. We are like a family, so when someone gets injured, hurt, killed, it is sad.” According to Orton, police officers wear mourning badges to “commemorate the camaraderie with the officers.” Orton said it’s a really sad situation. “You wonder how some of those [shootings] happen, but sometimes you can’t really do a lot about it. That’s why we all want each other to make it home at the end of the day.” Mayor Mike Rawlings announced the death of Santander at the city council meeting on April 25. Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall said Almeida and Painter were making “remarkable recoveries” following surgery. Rawlings added that he was “upset at the lack of respect for our police in this city and in our country.” This is the first Dallas police officer to be killed in the line of duty since the July 2016 police ambush in downtown Dallas that took the lives of four Dallas officers and a DART transit police officer. The shootings took place following a peaceful protest over the police killings of black men in other cities throughout the country. The death of Santander happened less than three months after Richardson police officer David Sherrard was fatally shot on Feb. 7 by a gunman at an apartment complex. A public funeral will be held on May 1 at 11 a.m. at the Lake Pointe Church in Dallas. A Spanish mass is scheduled for May 2 to honor Santander at the Roman Catholic cathedral in downtown Dallas.
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OPINION/NATIONAL 3
Gun violence: our Second Amendment must prevail! (This opinion piece is in response to Pete Shannon’s opinion column, “Buy ’em up, melt ’em down,” which ran in the Chronicle April 24). As I was writing this column about gun violence, I was shocked to hear that a Dallas police officer was fatally shot at a Northeast Dallas Home Depot April 25. Armando Luis Juarez, 29, began firing at two Dallas police officers and a loss prevention officer after they were called in response to a man acting suspiciously. The store was at U.S. Highway 75 and Forest Lane. This was just another senseless shooting spree, among many, taking place in the United States. It seems as if there’s an epidemic of people who aren’t really “all there” or who are obsessed with hatred for others, this country or with their own miserable lives. These are a new breed of “sadistic shooters” who devise a plan to shoot a group of people at some event with a semi-automatic weapon. The reality is, though, with all of these sadistic shooters, if someone with a gun didn’t respond, more people would have been killed. As NRA President Wayne LaPierre said, “The only thing that will stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.” I think that is about as accurate as one can get to describe the best way to confront these lunatics who take out their anger on innocent people with a firearm. What LaPierre said makes a lot of sense if
we look closely at some of these shootings: Last summer, Steve Scalise and other Republican members of Congress at baseball practice were shot by James Hodgkinson, a left-wing activist. Fortunately, two officers from the Capitol and Alexandria police shot him dead. In the Sutherland Springs church shooting in Texas, Dean Patrick Kelley killed 26 churchgoers and wounded 20 others. Stephen Willeford, a neighbor, pursued Kelley with a rifle after the shooting, but Kelley killed himself in his car. Kelley was prohibited by law from purchasing or possessing firearms and ammunition due to a domestic violence conviction while in the U.S. Air Force, but the Air Force failed to record the conviction with the FBI National Crime Information Center database. Stephen Paddock, the Las Vegas mass murderer, killed 58 people and wounded 851 in a crowd of 22,000 concertgoers at a country music festival. He committed suicide in his hotel room, yet why no one at the hotel was suspicious of all the suitcases he brought up to his room is still a mystery. If someone had spoken up, this tragedy might not have happened. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla., has gotten lots of recent attention. Nikolas Cruz, 19, in only six minutes killed 17 people and wounded 17. Since then, protests and walkouts around the country by high school students and others have taken place. They want changes in gun laws. The facts are, though, that in the Cruz shooting the sheriff ’s depart-
NORRISTOWN, Pa. — Bill Cosby’s team blasted his sexual-assault trial as a “public lynching” and began looking ahead to an appeal as the judge ordered house arrest for the 80-year-old comedian and said he would be outfitted with a GPS ankle monitoring device. Cosby’s appeal seems certain to focus on the judge’s decision to let a parade of women testify that they, too, were abused by the former TV star. Defense allegations of a biased juror and the admission of Cosby’s explosive testimony about drugs and sex are among other possible avenues of appeal as he tries to avoid a sentence that could keep him in prison for the rest of his days. Cosby remains free on $1 million bail while he awaits sentencing, probably within three months. Judge Steven O’Neill said Cosby would be confined to his suburban Philadelphia home in the meantime. The judge’s order, issued Friday afternoon, said the comic may leave his house to meet with his lawyers or to get medical treatment, but must get permission first. Cosby kept out of sight and was spending time with his wife of 54 years, Camille, in the wake of his conviction April 26 on charges he drugged and molested Temple University women’s basketball administrator Andrea Constand at his home outside Philadelphia in
2004. Constand, meanwhile, took to Twitter to thank prosecutors in her first comment on the verdict. “Truth prevails,” she wrote. Cosby’s publicists likened the “Cosby Show” star to Emmett Till, the black teenager who was kidnapped and murdered after witnesses said he whistled at a white woman in a Mississippi grocery store in 1955. Constand is white. “He maintains his innocence, and he is going to walk around as a man who’s innocent because he didn’t do anything wrong,” Cosby spokesman Andrew Wyatt said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” The conviction triggered more fallout for Cosby, whose career and reputation were already wrecked by a barrage of accusations from more than 60 women who said he drugged and molested them over a span of 50 years. Temple University, the Philadelphia school that counted Cosby as its most famous alum, revoked his honorary degree. Cosby maintained close ties with Temple, serving as its public face and often turning out to support its basketball teams — an interest that connected him with Constand. The defense is likely to focus its appeal on the judge’s decision to allow five additional ac-
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ment knew Cruz was a danger to society. The department had received a number of tips that Cruz intended to shoot up a school. The school, the counselors there and the students, who knew he was mentally unstable, didn’t follow through; neither did the FBI. Since then, what we hear is, “Let’s do something about gun violence.” The truth is, if the American people are waiting for President Donald Trump and/or Congress to “do something” about gun laws, we may have a long wait. Trump is a strong leader. He’s keeping his campaign promises and upholding our Constitution and its laws, especially on illegal immigration, which is impressive. But sadly, he’s constantly being attacked by left-wing progressive Democrats in Congress and, as a result, it’s holding up his agenda and bringing down our country. The mainstream news media is complicit in attacking him daily. Whatever happened to “fair and balanced” reporting? In spite of this constant hatemongering, Trump said he is moving forward to create a plan on school safety to strengthen background checks, ban bump stocks, raise the age limit to 21 to buy firearms and arm teachers or other school personnel on a voluntary basis. Getting rid of gun- free zones on college campuses would also be a plus. To combat any talk of gun control, protesters are taking part in rallies to oppose stricter gun laws, in fear that some law will eventually threaten their right to bear arms. They have a point. As long as Trump is president, our
Second Amendment will prevail, and I believe most Americans favor it, too. I’m glad that we have concealed carry and campus carry in Texas, in addition to our Richland police to protect us on the campus. David French, a senior writer for the National Review, suggested in a Feb. 21 column that a gun-violence restraining order, or GVRO, might temporarily deny a disturbed person access to guns. He says family members or close friends could petition a court to temporarily take that individual’s guns away if there was evidence that the person was a danger to himself or others. Unless petitioners could produce convincing evidence that the person was dangerous though, it could lapse. A few buy-back programs may be in place now, but they’re few and far between. The most ridiculous idea would be to require every law-abiding citizen to turn in their guns voluntarily. The federal government could even threaten or tempt people with $100 or more to do so, but that would be an absolute disaster. If we the people were disarmed, we would be sitting ducks for every criminal in America, any country that hates us or from terrorists. Furthermore, does anyone really think criminals are going to relinquish their firearms? I believe the majority of people in this country feel safer having the freedom to own firearms to protect themselves, if need be. Until we can get Congress to respond and work with our president, nothing is going to change. Just remember that when it comes time to vote!
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Cosby confined to his home as team decries ‘public lynching’
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Bill Cosby leaves the Montgomery County Courthouse April 26 in Norristown, Pa.
cusers to testify. That ruling was a victory for prosecutors eager to move the case beyond a he-said, she-said. One of those women called Cosby a “serial rapist.” Another choked back tears as she asked, “You remember, don’t you, Mr. Cosby?” A third declared: “I was raped.” The women’s testimony introduced a “huge amount of prejudice and bias,” Cosby spokes-
woman Ebonee Benson said on ABC. Lawyers not connected with the case said the defense has a strong argument. “I think that his lawyers have a very real chance at overturning the verdict,” said Christopher Adams, a defense attorney whose clients have included former NBA star Jayson Williams. – The Associated Press Continue reading at richlandstudentmedia.com
4 ENTERTAINMENT
May 1, 2018
‘Avengers: Infinity War’ is finally here RICKY MILLER
Entertainment Editor Finally, after years of hype, the movie event of the season hits the big screens with “Avengers: Infinity War.” Don’t be worried, because I know all about spoilers and giving away too much. Some people die, but like I said, I’m not giving away those bountiful tidbits. This is a film made to be experienced in the theater. The planet’s mightiest heroes find a reason to come together to fend off Thanos (Josh Brolin), a malevolent big purple baddie without an ounce of empathy in his being. He relishes genocide and anything and everything that comes with it. His lexicon encompasses the elimination of all who are residents of planet Earth. Like last year’s enjoyable ride, “Thor: Ragnarok,” the story is laced with a plethora of comic tidbits and morsels. Thor (Chris Hemsworth) actually befriends Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) and, as a show of good faith, gives him an eyeball that he had on him. Thor was sporting an eyepatch like his father Odin (Anthony Hopkins), but thanks to Rocket’s scheming ability is able to see clearly again. Doctor Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch), Captain America (Chris Evans), Spider-Man
(Tom Holland), Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.), Star-Lord (Chris Pratt), Scarlet Witch (Elizabeth Olsen), Thor and Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) are featured throughout the majority of the running time that clocks in at 2 hours and 49 minutes. It is amusing to see Star-Lord make a plan for the group, since he thinks Tony Stark’s plan stinks and his should rule. Downey’s character does some eye rolling whenever Star-Lord shows up. The directing chores for this gem were handled by Anthony and Joe Russo. The duo recently directed the stylish “Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014). With “Avengers: Infinity War,” the pair leave plenty of room for the storyline to be filled in next year. It’s like a horse and dangling carrot: leave the audience hankering for more. This “Avengers” adventure is a fun ride worth the wait. It delivers in virtually every single department and will have viewers leaving the theater wondering what will happen next. Viewers should stick around for the end credit sequence because it packs a doozy of an ending. Mind you, Marvel Studios has a major plan to cross over all the storylines. I think this was the end of Part 3, if I’m not mistaken. I have much more to say, but if I said any more, bad people would hunt me down and hurt me. — Grade A
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Benedict Cumberbatch, left, Robert Downey Jr., Benedict Wong and Mark Ruffalo star in “Avengers: Infinity War.”
“The Punisher” (2004) — Thomas Jane fully encompasses the character, Frank Castle, a person whose entire family was taken out at a family picnic. Director Jonathan Hensleigh fully realizes what was on the pages of the comic book and translates them well to the big screen.
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Marvel’s “The Infinity War” comic book cover
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Comic book brings the story to life EVERETT NEWSON
Staff Writer I have good news about Marvel’s “The Infinity War.” This 1992 comic book series is very popular in the comic book world. It is also a very popular TV show, video game and multiple movies, including “Avengers: Infinity War,” “Marvel vs. Capcom Infinite” and “Avengers Assemble.” Marvel published a lot of different comic books and media variations that reimagined stories about “Infinity War. (1992) #1-6” This comic book six-issue series is about the Marvel superheroes teaming up with a supervillian named Thanos to fight a powerful being named The Magus. The Magus is the evil version of Adam Warlock who wants to destroy the cosmos by using the Infinity Gems. There are five Infinity Gems: Power Gem, Soul Gem, Mind Gem, Time Gem and Space Gem. “Infinity War Part #1: Chthonic Maneuvers” – Thanos was stalked by his own doppelganger and was in a tough position to resist the evil version of himself. He escaped from an unknown planet by using his space throne. The Magus revealed his evil plan to destroy galaxies and create doppelgangers of superheroes to terrorize planets. After Mr. Fantastic defeated his own doppelganger, he summoned the X-Men, West Coast Avengers, X-Factor, Avengers and Alpha Flight for a meeting at Four Freedoms Plaza. In the first part of the series I liked it when Mr. Fantastic was called for help because I got a chance to see a whole lot of superheroes working together as an army to save the universe from
“Iron Man” (2008) — Actor/director Jon Favreau accomplished something filmmakers strive for in creating an emotionally charged character in Robert Downey Jr.’s Tony Stark. He’s a wealthy entrepreneur who presents a new American hero to the world with Iron Man.
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“Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) — One of the better follow-ups of recent memory, the film finds the ensemble cast filling out the group dynamic and individual parts to just the right degree. It was really cool to see Kurt Russell as Star-Lord’s (Chris Pratt) dad aka Ego, the Living Planet.
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the Magus and the doppelgangers. “Infinity War Part #2: Ethereal Revisionism” – The superhero teams met with Mr. Fantastic at Four Freedoms Plaza. Thanos and the Infinity Watch teleported into Mistress Death’s palace and consulted the Infinity. The backstory of Adam Warlock was revealed as a controller of the Infinity Gauntlet and the bad side of himself split off and was revealed as the Magus. The Magus discovered five alternative universes and took the Infinity Gems from them. It appeared that the Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man doppelgangers tricked the superheroes and started a battle with them. My favorite part of this comic book was when the Magus stole the Infinity Gems from these five alternate universes because it showed him how powerful he could be with the Infinity Gems. Another favorite part in this comic book was when it showed Adam Warlock creating the Magus by wielding the Infinity Gauntlet because it was able to show how the Magus entered this fictional world in the first place. “Infinity War Part #3: Nefarious Rhapsodies” -- Invisible Woman used her force fields to save the superheroes from a Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man gamma explosion. The Magus and Thanos doppelgangers teleported into the Four Freedoms Plaza and escaped with the doppelgangers of Mr. Fantastic and Iron Man. In outer space, the Magus and Thanos doppelgangers monitored the Earth’s superheroes and watched as the Living Tribunal confronted Eternity as they decided to send an army of doppelgangers to attack Earth’s mightiest Greatest Heroes. Continue reading at richlandstudentmedia.com — Grade A+
“Thor: Ragnarok” (2017) — This is probably the best Thor entry in its lexicon of storylines and chapters. The funniest bits involve Skurge (Karl Urban) boasting about his stuff which includes some machine guns and as a moped. This gem is laced with an abundance of humor, sarcasm and is an all-out enjoyment.
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“Captain America: The Winter Soldier” (2014) — This is as solid as a movie gets without being thoroughly dynamic but still very engaging and fun. The audience is introduced to Falcon (Anthony Mackie) Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) returns as well. Chris Evans appears to be having fun as Captain America, a role he has B+ made all his own.
May 1, 2018
COLUMN/CAMPUS 5
Dealing with the pressure of jury jitters PETE SHANNON Staff Writer
Clad completely in black, my hair combed, my viola and bow in one hand, my music clasped under the other arm, I pace around apprehensively outside the band rehearsal room in Fannin Hall. It is the end of the semester. It is jury day. This live examination I am about to undergo is the dreaded requirement I have agreed to meet for the privilege of taking marvelous music lessons every week at Richland. Through the little window in the door I gain a quick glimpse of the girl ahead of me. A moment ago we were joking about how nervous we were. Now she is inside, on her feet, performing privately for the four sharp-eared music faculty members who serve as jurors and will each give her a grade. Thankfully for me, right now they are out of my line of sight. I listen to the muffled scratching of her violin and silently send the girl my sympathy. Although she is being helped a lot by Richland’s piano accompanist extraordinaire, Boriana Savova, she still struggles to keep the beat and play in tune. I only hope I can do as well. Now the music inside stops. I hear voices and a titter of nervous laughter just before the
door swings open and I am told now it is my turn. I gulp and walk in, my legs slightly giving way with each step. Everyone smiles, and I smile back. “I know all these people,” I say to myself. “I’ve done this before and I can do it again. So, why am I being so silly?” But my knees continue to rattle. “Stop it!” I whisper to them. I raise the music stand to fit my height. My music sheets find their way from under my elbow and land on the stand’s ledge. I raise my viola to my shoulder and up comes the bow. It magically fits itself onto the A string and manages to match the tuning tone from the piano. “So far so good,” I think. I slowly sigh, “Here goes nothing.” Then, like I have been carefully coached by my teacher, I breathe in, dip and raise my head, and gasp. It is my cue to Boriana to begin. Although her piano opens strong and clear, my first few notes emerge as if they have been called from a distant place. They are tentative, and my piece sounds not at all like what I have been practicing for weeks. “Who is this guy and what on earth is he playing?” my mind asks as the measures fly past while I bump awkwardly over the hard parts. After an eternity I see the end of my solo coming into view, draw great succor from that blessed fact and end with a grand flourish.
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Preston Gunter rehearses a song for his Piano 1 class. Gunter majors in computer science.
It is all so pitiful I want to turn out the lights and go back home to bed. “Whew, you did it!” my brain brags defiantly as the four faculty people stare at me and smile politely. I try not to grimace back at them, make only a faint hint of a bow, grab my music
and head for the door. I step outside, rasp the name of the next student and exhale. I am still among the living. The semester is over, my jury is behind me, and I have survived once again.
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Percussion performance at 2018 Richland Col- Students and staff dance on stage during the Wellness Games Dance-off on April 25. lege Carnival of Steel Festival on April 21.
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Richland President Dr. Kay Eggleston, left, and TRIO-Student Support Services celebrate 25 years of serving students on April 19.
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May 1, 2018
Emeritus kickoff offers summer courses for older adults JOYCE JACKSON
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The Emeritus plus 50 kickoff April 19 gave students 50 and over a chance to meet some of the professors who are teaching summer classes. Bobby Berger entertained on his guitar before the event started. Emeritus Director Cindy Berry told the attendees that the Emeritus program falls under the umbrella of Continuing Education. The program has undergone some massive website changes. It now has a Continuing Education/ Facebook page. She encouraged everyone to sign up for the newsletter by going to Continuing Education, Summer 2018, clicking on Continuing Education and looking through the schedule of Summer 2018 classes. “We have two areas that are specific Emeritus credit classes, computer and physical education,” Berry said. “Those are the only two areas that are designed strictly for Emeritus.” Berry said anyone who is 65 years of age and over, has been a Texas resident for 12 months and lived in Dallas County for 12 months is entitled to take six credit hours tuition free per semester, but not the noncredit classes. If an Emeritus student takes a regular credit class besides computer or physical education, they can only take that class free twice. Some of the instructors who teach noncredit courses were at the event. Berger was one of those instructors. He has been playing the guitar for 35 years and will teach a “Development and Influence of American Music Throughout the World” class from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Mondays, June 11 through July 2. The cost is $35. “I’m doing a course on music that influences American music to the world,” Berger said. It will include jazz, Dixieland, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong and other great musicians. Jim Bates, a retired aircraft engineer, is teaching a “Free Funeral … or Go for Broke” class from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. July 11-18. “People think I’m the creepy funeral guy,” Bates said. “I’ve never been associated with
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Staff Writer The Women’s Initiative Network (WIN) at Richland aims to encourage female Thunderducks to reach for the stars. The program is coordinated by Adrienne Hopkins who has been at Richland since 2016 and works with students in admissions. “It started as a response to the Male Achievement Program. After it started people realized we needed to have a female version of the same program,” Hopkins said. WIN’s mission is to empower Adrienne Hopkins and support female
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the funeral business or anything like that,” he said. “I’ve been doing this nonprofit work for a little over 25 years, primarily with what’s called the Funeral Consumers Alliance, which is a national organization.” Bates spoke about Barbara Bush, who recently died. Rather than remaining in the hospital, she chose comfort care at home, which he said is becoming more popular. Regarding how people view death and funerals, Bates said, “The rest of the world does it right. We [the U.S.] does it wrong.” In his class, he will discuss Green Burial, an overview of how things are changing in the funeral industry and what’s important about that. “We’re all older people,” he said. “We have that traditional view. The thing is, the young people in that 20-to-30 age bracket right now, the millennials, are embracing Green Burial and Home Funerals.” Brian Smith is teaching “The Art of Storytelling: Writing & Publishing Fiction” class from 7 to 9 p.m. July 1 to Aug. 8. He’s been teaching here for three years, is the author of 22 novels and owns a publishing company. “I teach people how to write stories,” Smith said. “I love what I do. You will be light years
ahead of 80 percent of the people out there trying to get published. I’ve had three students get book deals.” Smith said that “creativity knows no age. In my last class, I had a 70-year-old and a 19-yearold. I can’t guarantee that you will get your book published, but I can guarantee that you have whatever you need. I talk about everything from romance to spy thrillers.” The Emeritus program is offering summer bus trips to the “George W. Bush Presidential Center: First Ladies Exhibit & Tour of Native Texas Park” on May 5, a “Guided Walking Tour of Dallas Farmers Market” May 19, “Explore Greeneville, Texas: Wine Tasting & Walking Tour” June 2, the Dallas Theater Center Production of “Hairspray” July 11, “Paint Pottery at Art & Soul” July 28, and a “Museum of International Cultures Docent-Guided Tour” Aug. 18. The Emeritus office is located in Thunderduck Hall, Room T160 in the Continuing Education office. Hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday – Friday and the phone is 972-2386972. Go to the Emeritus plus 50 website at https://www.richlandcollege.edu/cd/special-programs/senioradults/.
students in creating a strong academic foundation upon which to build lifelong success. “We want to give the women what they need to be successful, not just at school, but beyond,” Hopkins added. WIN also wants to help familiarize students with the campus so they know where to find everything they need. Since the launch of the program this spring, there have been talks from guest speakers about time management, personal and professional networking and general professionalism. New friends and connections were made in the process. Some of the guest speakers included Ibtihaj Muhammad, the first Muslim-American athlete to win an Olympic medal, and Chika Aryiam, a Democratic candidate for Dallas County Criminal District Court No. 7. Hopkins added that WIN is a diverse group from many different walks of life. “We have such a large international community. These are people that came here wanting
better lives. I like the idea of being a part of helping them have a better life.” Hopkins said this fall WIN students will learn about liberalism, conservatism, Libertarian, Green Party and how civic engagement can help them find the political voice that best aligns with their beliefs and ideas. Members will also be encouraged to vote. WIN’s vision is for all women to maximize their potential, lead successful lives, influence their families and participate in local and global communities. “I’m excited about what’s to come. I’m very passionate about women in general and those in the community who are disenfranchised,” Hopkins said. WIN meets every other Thursday from 2 to 3 p.m. in El Paso Hall, Room E076. They are also on Facebook, Instagram and SnapChat as RLCWIN. Contact WIN by email at rlcwin@ dcccd.edu for more information.
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SPORTS 7
May 1, 2018
As one appears, another disappears Tru Grit
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12:30 - 1:30 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance Contest El Paso Lounge stage 7:30 to 9 p.m. Spring World Beat Concert: “Drumming from Another World” Richland percussion group and steel bands Fannin Performance Hall, F102 Photos The Associated Press
The Cowboys drafted Leighton Vander Esch from Boise State on April 26.
pleased. CBS Sports rated that pick a C, which makes Mayfield a fair quarterback. Not a good choice right off the bat. He will not make a difference unless his offensive line gets better. A total of five quarterbacks were picked in the first round. At No. 3, Sam Darnold went to the Jets. At No. 7, Wyoming quarterback Josh Allen is now a Buffalo Bill. That looks to be a perfect pick for a guy who’s used to the arctic conditions in the North. Josh Rosen was drafted 10th by the Arizona Cardinals and Lamar Jackson was drafted 32nd by the Baltimore Ravens. Jason Witten expected to retire A day after the Cowboys picked Vander Esch, tight end Jason Witten was reported to be planning to retire from America’s Team. In his 15-year career, Witten finished second all-time among NFL tight ends with 1,152 re-
Jason Witten, a tight end for the Cowboys, is expected to retire from the game.
ceptions, 12,448 receiving yards and 68 touchdowns. He is an 11-time Pro Bowler and 2012 Walter Payton Man of the Year. There’s no doubt that Witten is a future Hall of Famer. He is first ballot all the way. Certainly, the Cowboys are going young throughout the team. Who’s going to fill Witten’s shoes? Rico Gathers is still trying to learn the system. He had hard times blocking, and this could be a huge problem in Dallas. Without Witten, the Cowboys are losing tons of leadership and experience. Witten, like most football players, is expected to jump into the broadcasting field. The Cowboy Nation will wish him all the best. He’s certainly one of the Cowboy and NFL greats. I look forward to watching him on whichever network he joins. He will certainly be better than Tony Romo. We salute a North Texas -Tru Armstrong legend.
National signings have begun for T-Ducks basketball
KAMMONKE OBASE-WOTTA Managing Editor
More Thunderducks are about to light up the stage in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletes (NAIA) and NCAA programs. Richland basketball players Raylan Howard and Jared Jenkins committed to play for the University of Saint Mary, Kansas and University of Texas at Tyler respectively. Addressing the departees, head coach Jon Havens was full of admiration. “We are definitely going to miss those guys and what they brought to our team as far as leadership and competitiveness every day-it’s going to be big shoes to fill for us going forward to next year,” said Havens. Howard played as a forward in back-to-back seasons for Richland in 2016 and 2017. “I feel good. It is just like a long time coming and it feels like all the work I put in finally paid off,” said Howard. He admitted his first season didn’t go the way he anticipated.
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Raylan Howard, left, and Jared Jenkins on their signing day.
“I really was in my way, but after [the first season] I listened to coach more and just took what he said into effect and bought into what he wanted and did what I had to do for the team and it all paid off. I had a great year.” He is confident though that his form at Richland is going to continue at Saint Mary. “I feel like I’m going to be able to come on and make [an] impact right away, just because [of] my versatility on the floor; my shooting ability, my scoring ability and I’m long defensively so I can stop a lot of guys.”
Havens attested to Howard’s resilience. “Ray spent two years with us, true kid that got in the gym and got better. Didn’t play a whole lot as a freshman, worked hard and then the sophomore year was an All-Conference kid for us.” Jenkins played only one season as a point guard for the Thunderducks after transferring from Northwestern Oklahoma State University. UT-Tyler’s coach scouted Jenkins last season, attending a couple of scrimmages and inseason games. Jenkins had several offers, but after visiting UT-Tyler he felt the “vibe” was comfortable and suited him. “I really enjoyed playing with Coach Havens and Coach Bryan, and I really enjoyed playing with my teammates. They made it fun every day,” Jenkins said. “Jared transferred from a Division II school and ended up having a great year. He had multiple scholarship offers and decided to go to UT-Tyler, great school, great education and very high level basketball,” said Havens.
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Cowboys first round linebacker “With the 19th pick in the 2018 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Leighton Vander Esch, linebacker from Boise State.” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made the announcement inside AT&T Stadium in Arlington as the Cowboys hosted the 2018 NFL Draft. It looked electrifying in the beginning but once the first-round picks rolled out, there were mixed emotions. No one in the Metroplex knew who Vander Esch was. He’s 6’4”, 256 pounds from Riggins, Idaho, with a population of barely 400. There were only 11 in his high school graduating class. Vander Esch played Eight Man football in high school. He went to Boise State and finished with 188 tackles, five sacks and three interceptions. Vander Esch said, “I’ve been wanting to play here since day one. Dallas, I love you guys. This place is awesome. We’ve got Super Bowls to win, baby!” I think every player says that when he gets drafted by the Cowboys. He loves Dallas but will the Cowboy Nation love him? Dallas media sports polls said about 75 percent agreed, close to 20 percent didn’t. The Cowboys were in need of a wide receiver after cutting Dez Bryant and passed on some key receivers. Vander Esch will add more power with Sean Lee and Jaylon Smith, however, Smith just played his first season after sitting out 2016 with an injury and Lee is injury prone. Obviously, Vander Esch could be the focal point on the defensive line. NFL Draft overall The Cleveland Browns’ history of drafting quarterbacks in the first round hasn’t been successful. So when the Browns picked quarterback Baker Mayfield at No. 1, fans weren’t
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