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For many of them, they’re already rushing to Thereclass. are 189 parking spaces in the parking lot adjacent to Parking Lot ZZ plus 5 ADA accessible spots.
“When you force students and faculty and staff into a parking garage and because so
“There will be additional parking that will be added over north of [Red River Hall] near [Jan] LeCroy,” James said.
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“I just try to be happy,” Hernadez said.
many classes release at the same time, it’s kind of like when you go to a sporting event and everyone leaves at the same time. We decided that ground level parking helps us manage traffic flow better.”
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Over the last couple of weeks, parking lots Y and Z have become heavily congested due to the ongoing construction of the new Red River Hall building in Parking Lot Y.
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James said that the construction of Red River Hall is going just as planned and the building should be ready by this time next year.“Everything that we’ve lost temporarily, we will gain back. I know it’s inconvenient right now but it’s just unavoidable,” James said.
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If you step out of your car someday and hear a potent intoned voice, it will probably be Hernandez performing for his friends holding his hard hat and wearing his safety vest.
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He is a welder from Guadalajara, Mexico, but has lived in the United States for two and a half years. Hernandez has 12 siblings and two of them live in the North Dallas area.
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He is a little bit shy when he talks about his talent, but when Hernandez starts singing his personality changes.
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“I have a brother who sings in the church chorus back in my hometown,” Hernandez said.His dad played the guitar in the church when he was younger too.
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“Whenperform.they ask me to sing a song, I sing what comes to my mind first,” Hernadez said.
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Hernandez sings banda songs, which is “a style of Mexican music and the musical ensemble in which wind instruments, mostly of brass, and percussion, are performed,” according to the dictionary.
He has not thought about entering a singing contest, although his natural talent is obvious.
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Even so, it seems to not be enough for the current situation. But efforts are being made to mitigate any future parking difficulties.
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“I haven’t taken any classes at all. It has been like this all the time. My friends ask me to sing for them,” Hernandez said.
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As for the idea of a parking garage: “We explored that when we were designing the building, but we are able to accommodate the number of parking spaces to be code compli ant with the City of Dallas through ground level parking,” James said.
Banda music is very popular in Hernadez’s hometown. He sings what his friends ask him to
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It is another ordinary afternoon at Richland College. Busses, cars, and students are part of the scene. Suddenly, high notes started to fill the air throughout the parking lot close to the Red River Hall construction site.
Jaime Hernadez’s chest is the fount of those melodic notes. Construction workers rest under the shade that the new building provides them during the lunchtime. Hernan dez entertains his co-workers with his talent.
“The [Red River Hall] building is large and it’s taking up a lot of the footprint,” said Janet James, senior director of campus adminis tration for the Richland Campus. “We truly regret the temporary inconvenience [of the construction].”Becauseofthis, students, faculty and staff have struggled to find parking in lots Y and Z. This struggle is most notably seen in the morning when everyone is rushing to their firstTheclass.best solution to this issue now is to find parking on the west side of campus (park ing lots D and C). However, for students with classes in Del Rio Hall, Medina Hall or
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“It became very expensive to maintain because anyone that owns a pool knows that there are leaks and you have to keep the tile up and everything and it just became cost prohib itive to maintain it,” James said.
“We felt that over the long run, it was more cost conscious to go ahead and fill it in rather than keep repairing it and have it fall into less use,” said James.
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“The other thing is back in 1972 when it was installed, not a lot of people had pools. There weren’t a lot of pools, maybe at YMCA or in people’s backyards and so forth. And so, the large number of swimming classes and things like that took place there over the years, it wasn’t utilized quite as much and so we studied the cost,” James said.
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Looking at the Richland Campus build ings, one can see how there are several, big and small, that make up different parts of the campus.From the bright lights at the entrance of Thunderduck Hall, the marbled floor at the first floor of Sabine Hall and the noises from the construction site of the future Red River Hall, the Richland Campus has changed greatly as time progressed.
Yegua Hall, just outside of Pecos Hall and next to Richland West Drive and Walnut Street, is also considered a modular building, James said.
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Janet James, senior director of campus administration, said the Richland Campus planners built more buildings as enrollment increased.“Overthe years as Richland grew, I believe the enrollment in 1972 was 4,000. It ulti mately grew to 21,000. And so with that, we needed more buildings. In the interim of being able to raise the Dallas County Commu nity College District raising funds for bond funds that can be used towards new building construction, we added a lot of modular build ings. We still have some,” said James.
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Modular buildings used to be called tempo rary buildings as they were mostly used for classroom space, James said.
One of the several buildings that were modular was Washita Hall, previously part of Richland.“Thatwas supposed to be temporary, and it was there 25 years and it fell into disrepair. It started, that kind of thing and so we elimi nated it. That helped provide some of the footprint for the Pecos [Hall] which is where the campus police now reside, along with facil ities.”Other former buildings include Terlin gua and Verde Hall. They were located just outside Fannin Hall before being removed. James said Terlingua and Verde halls were
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Many of the current campus buildings that we know were previously used for different purposes.Neches Hall was formerly part of admis sions before Thunderduck Hall, and Wichita Hall was the science building before Sabine Hall.With the campus buildings changing throughout time, some were modified to fit the needs of the campus or were even removed.
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Another part of campus that was removed was the campus pool outside Guadalupe Hall. The removal of the pool was attributed to the costly amount of maintenance.
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“Kiowa, which is one of the larger ones, is primarily the hub for the Richland Collegiate High School and we do offer some classes in there. But now they call it a modular because they bring them in sections and then they put them together. That’s the reason they’re modular,” James said.
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Silva was also seen on such television series as “Wagon Train” and “The F.B.I.,” and in such films as Warren Beatty’s “Dick Tracy,” Jerry Lewis’ “Cinderfella” and “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai,” in which he played a mobster in the 1999 release directed by one of his admirers, Jim Jarmusch.
“Alien vs. Predator” (2004) – This one finds Lance Henriksen play ing a different character altogether. With Sanaa Latham, who actually teams up with the predator.
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Of course, there are nods to past entries such as the sexy line “If it bleeds, we can kill it,” something lead character Dutch (Arnold Schwarzenegger) said in the 1987 original “Predator”. That fun flick was at the start of John Mctiernan’s directing career. He also directed the classic ”Die Hard” a year later in 1988.“Prey” does everything it’s supposed to do in intertwining the previous “Predator” entries. To me, the best entries are the 1987 “Predator” with Schwarzenegger, the so-so
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“Predator 2” in 1990 with Danny Glover, the late Bill Paxton, Maria Conchita Alonso and GaryThenBusey.there’s “Predators” from the summer of 2010 in which various miscreants were thrown onto a foreign planet and hunted for sport.That tale featured Oscar-winner Adrien Brody and Laurence Fishburne?
“Predators” (2010) –Stars Oscar winner Adrien Brody who’s character and other people are taken from their mission to another an alien planet . Also includes Alex Braga and Topher Grace.
“Predator 2” (1990) –Danny Glover was the lead here, a cop in the city of an gels. Also stars Bill Paxton, Maria Conchita Alonso and Gary Busey. Directed by Stephen Hopkins.
This tale was just an enjoyable waste of time. It did not really need the big screen to make it a worthwhile experience.
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As aforementioned, this was sold as some sort of deal with Hulu, one of the many places streaming titles can now go to for a wider audience.
His character met his demise early on in that engaging run through the South Ameri can
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Goingjungle.back to “Prey,” the revolver Danny Glover received in “Predator 2” makes an appearance here. It is all woven together to give the story justification and relevance to make it a more cohesive tale.
“Prey” is part of Predator universe, wherein aliens from another universe hunt for other life forms. At the center of this tale is Naru (Amber Midthunder), a Native American of Comanche descent who wants more out of life.The directing chores for “Prey” were handled by Dan Trachtenberg, who called the shots on “10 Cloverfield Lane” in 2016.
The most recent entry was the Shane Blackdirected “The Predator” in 2018. It featured Olivia Munn, Boyd Holbrook, Thomas Jane and Jake Busey.
Amber Midthunder confronts the Predator in “Prey.”
He had a breakthrough role on stage and screen in the 1950s as a drug dealer in “A Hatful of Rain” and supporting parts in two of Frank Sinatra’s best known movies, both from the early 1960s: “Ocean’s Eleven,” the Las Vegas heist film that was a showcase for
The American worker should not be burdened with the cost of paying-off the debt freely incurred by those who received the benefit of a college education.
The three-part plan Biden offered will give relief for vulnerable families and also will allow people who serve in the military, nonprofits and others a chance at even more student loan debt
Although some people might think it is just more “free money” to give away when some social programs such as social security do have not enough funds, the money these and other social programs need will be provided through moreThetaxes.programs will also help pay for unjus tified tuition some universities charge. Some times students pay for things that have noth ing to do with education such as extravagant buildings or excessive costs on athletic teams. Although these things are part of the college experience and tradition of the universities, they increase student costs enormously. That money should be invested into things such as higher salaries for professors and scholarships.
The 2022 payroll tax rates for an employee total 7.65% consisting of three separate taxes. The tax rate for Social Security (OASI) is 5.3% , for Medicare (HI) the rate is 1.45% percent, and for disability (DI) the rate is .9%. The employer pays a matching 7.65% total tax. The combined tax totals 15.30% and is also the total tax rate paid by self-employed individuals.For2021 and 2022, the maximum taxable earnings are $142,800 and $147,000, respec tively.Each year the maximum taxable income has been increased and the current taxable rates applied to determine total payroll tax owed by employees and employers.
the month and year they want their Social Security benefits to start being paid.
More people will have access to better education and better jobs that will improve their life, but it will have a great impact on theAlthoughcountry. I earned my degrees with scholar ships and I did not need to ask for a loan, I have friends who have been paying their loans for years and cannot see the end of their debts. It is like being punished for trying to pursue a better life when college should be a right in a developed country.
If our taxes are spent on programs that are meant to improve our life, why not spend that money on education? Most people who have earned a degree see their lives positively impacted and agree education should be a right, not a luxury.
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Although education should be a right and an open door to a better life, for many it has become a life-long debt. President Joe Biden finally made an announcement that many have been waiting for: student loan debt relief. President Biden is now making a reality what he promised to borrowers during his presiden tial campaign in 2020.
Until the U.S. addresses its addiction to more and more debt to pay for federal govern ment spending, there should be a moratorium on new, expensive and every expanding enti tlementAmericanprograms.citizens who work for a living are required to pay Social Security, Medicare and disability federal payroll taxes for as long as they are employed.
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At that time, the fund’s reserves will become depleted and continuing total program income will be sufficient to pay 90% of total sched uledCongressbenefits.”and
Since January 2013, if you are single and earn more than $200,000, or married filing jointly and earn over $250,000, you must pay an additional .9% tax.
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The interest cost of servicing this debt is also growing and becoming an even larger percent age of the total U.S. fiscal year budget.
According to collegeboard.org, in the last 30 years, average tuition per year has increased more than 50% at two-year ($2,310 to $3,800) and four-year public higher education institu tions (4,160 to $10,740). In four-year private institutions, the increase was from $19,360 to $38,070, which is almost 50% more.
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“The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund, which pays retirement and survivors benefits will be able to pay sched uled benefits on a timely basis until 2034, one year later than reported last year.
Medicare is even in worse financial shape compared to Social Security:
“It was very heart breaking. I heard she was famous in my community. She supports my community Punjabi. People say she stole a diamond, but I respect the queen.”
According to the Federal Student Aid webpage, it is a three-part plan to help middleclass borrowers, especially after the economic hardships that the pandemic caused.
“At first I had a distasful opinion of her, but now I feel bad. It’s amazing how the lineage has gone so far. I saw old videos of her, and was so heartfelt to me.”
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President Joe Biden must address the financial shortfall in both Social Security and Medicare before even consider ing a new and expensive entitlement program.
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“The Hospital Insurance (HI) Trust Fund, or Medicare Part A, which helps pay for services such as inpatient hospital care, will be able to pay for schedule benefits until 2028, two years later than reported last year.
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reason to support the plan is because it is supposed to reduce the costs of tuition in “the largest increase to Pell Grants in over a decade and one of the largest onetime influxes to colleges and universities,” according to a White House fact sheet. Biden will continue his efforts to double the funds for Pell Grants and make community colleges free, according to the White House website.
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Those increases directly impact students from low-income and middle-class families because they must decide whether they can
“It doesn’t affect me, I’m not political, and I do not care. … Return the diamond and all other valuables.”
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For Medicare, eligibility starts at 65 and requires 10 years or 40 quarters of work before becomingAccordingeligible.toannual Trustees of the Social Security and Medicare 2022 reports, “Social Security and Medicare both face long-term financing shortfalls under scheduled benefits and financing.” How bad is the situation? A clear and present danger.
At that time, the fund’s reserves will become depleted and continuing tax income will be sufficient to pay 77% of scheduled benefits.”
afford to have debt at the end of their college education, which on average is about $25,000 (www.whitehouse.gov), or not attend college. This can prevent those families from accumu lating wealth including buying houses, saving money, investing money, or even opening a small business. With more education, these people could generate more wealth and pay more taxes that could go into social programs, more student loans and scholarships.
The total national debt of the U.S. includ ing both debt held by the public and intragov ernmental debt will by the end of fiscal year 2022 exceed an estimated $30.85 trillion.
Shafayee Khan, 16, Computer Science
“I don’t really care, I wasn’t very informed. One of the things I know is the name. She doesn’t really take control of the govern ment.”
Keila Colon, 20, English literature
Most Americans work 40 - 50 years before they decide to retire and collect their monthly Social Security benefits. Once eligible for Social Security benefits, Americans can select
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