January 22, 2013

Chronicle Richland

Vol. XXXVII, Issue 2, January 22, 2013

A College of the Dallas County Community College District

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Stop the flu before it stops you Pg. 3 Also inside: A close basketball game

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Review of Tarantino’s latest hit, ‘Django’ Pg. 5

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CAMPUS/NEWS

This year’s flu is nothing to sneeze at!

Editor in Chief

It’s flu season and the rampant virus has caused an epidemic nationwide. A report from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated 20 pediatric deaths to date during the 2012-2013 flu season. According to the Texas Department of State Health Services, five pediatric deaths have occurred since November.

Flu symptoms include headaches, coughing, high fever, aches, chills and fatigue. Although the symptoms are similar to a cold, flu symptoms tend to be more severe.

WebMD states the flu is most common in winter and early spring and attacks the body through the respiratory tract.

One way to avoid contracting the flu is to get the vaccine. The CDC’s report on Jan. 11 stated that the current vaccine has reduced the average number of confirmed cases by 62 percent. The vaccine protects against three strands of the flu virus that researchers determined in February 2012 would be common during this flu season.

According to the CDC, researchers selected the influenza viruses H1N1, H3N2 and B for the vaccine for the 2012-2013 flu season.

Once an individual receives the vaccination, it takes two weeks to build antibodies to fight the virus.

The website www.dshs.state.tx.us/txflu/flu-lo-

How to wash your hands 1. Use soap and water.

2. Rub hands for 20 seconds 3. Rinse 4. Dry with paper towel

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Depicted above is the proper way to wash ones hands. Doing so will help prevent the spread of influenza virus.

cator.shtm uses the individual’s ZIP code to identify the local flu vaccination locations.

The website also finds locations that offer the flu nasal spray and identifies locations that have shortages.

Other ways to prevent the spread of the influenza virus is to wash hands regularly, avoid touching one’s eyes, nose or mouth, clean and disinfect touched surfaces at home, work

Faculty recognizes exceptional students

KISTEN S. CHETTY Managing Editor

Ongoing free flu shots

5. Use towel to turn off faucet

about his future. Following his love for math, he plans to become an actuarial scientist.

Aguilar, 18, describes a pivotal moment in her life which happened during high school.

She witnessed her high school counselor helping a student through a difficult period.

From that moment, she knew she wanted to study psychology to help children deal with obstacles at an early age.

Tran, 20, comes from Vietnam. He brings with him a love for chemistry. He can often be found tutoring other students while working at the science center. Tran maintains a strong belief that chemistry clearly explains life sciences and that traces of chemistry can be found in most other subjects.

Five exceptional Richland students were awarded faculty scholarships Jan. 15.

They are: Abubaker S. Abubaker, Christina El-Dabaghi, Collins Asongawe, Katya Aguilar and Duc Tran.

The students recieved $300 each. All the money for the scholarships are raised by the faculty.

Abubaker, 19, is an international student who came to Richland to study electrical engineering. He maintains a perfect GPA while taking an active role in both the math and engineering clubs on campus.

El-Dabaghi,18, is one of those rare individuals who found her calling early in life. Her passion for helping others meant she will be heading into the health care sector.

El-Dabaghi has already done volunteer work for with the Red Cross while maintaining a full course load and studying during the summer.

Asongawe, 21, hails from Cameroon. Inspired by a book Staff photo Isai Diaz given to him by his mother, From left: Abubaker S. Abubaker, Christina El“The Power of Positive Think- Dabaghi, Collins Asongawe, Katya Aguilar and Duc Tran ing,” Asongawe is optimistic

or school. Also, use a tissue or your elbow to cover your mouth or nose when you cough or sneeze.

On campus it is especially important to use available hand sanitizers before and after classes. On a daily basis, students and staff use desks, tables, keyboards, door handles, staircase railings, elevators and chairs, which are surfaces that can spread the virus. By

Dallas County Health & Human Services 2377 N. Stemmons Fwy., Room #141, Dallas 75207 The shots are available for adults and children. Children’s flu shots are offered at each Dallas County Health Dept. Immunization Clinic. For more information call 214-819-2162 or go to http://www. dallascounty.org/hhs - for updates and a location near you. The flu season runs from October 2012 through April 2013.

T-Ducks roundballers lose a close one to Cedar Valley

Blanca Reyes Staff Writer

Bill Foy, Richland’s new men’s basketball coach as of late last year, said last week he is happy and ready to work hard with the team in order to get into the national basketball tournament.

“Yes, it has been hard because I had never seen them play before and they did not meet me either,” Foy said about the process that they are passing through in order to become a team and be able to trust in each other.

“I am really excited to be here, really like the people,” Foy said. “The assistant coaches are really good. For example, Coach Michael Gross worked really hard keeping the team together when they did not have a head coach yet.”

The basketball team has won most of the games that they have played so far. They are 13-8 before Saturday’s game, so Foy is excited and hopeful about the coming games.

“Richland’s basketball level is one of the highest in the country,” Foy said.

Foy said that, by the time he came the basketball team was almost full, but every few months he recruits players.

“Prospective players must have high character, want to be better and, of course, act in the right ways,” he said.

The most recent game that the T-Ducks played was on Jan. 16, in the Richland College gym. The opponent was the Cedar Valley College team, which won by just one point in the last three seconds of the game.

Even though the score was tied much of the time, and the Richland’s players had many attempts to score, a surprising long three-point shot scored three seconds before the final buzzer gave the victory to the opponent team.

“Nothing much to say about this game,” forward Adam Dirlbeck said. “This game has been the hardest one for what happened at the end, especially because this was one of the conference games, which are very important.”

“All the games have been tough, so we have to work hard,” guard Blake Ervin said.

However, the players are aware that they have a good chance to get into the national basketball tournament.

For more information about team, go to www.rlc.dcccd.edu/basketballteam. Feel free to stop by Foy’s office in Guadalupe Hall, Room G-120 or call at 972-238-6267.

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sanitizing your hands continually throughout the day, the possibility of transferring or contracting the virus is lowered.

The CDC also advises that anyone who is believed to have the flu should stay home for an additional 24 hours after the fever is gone.

If symptoms persist, contact your physician or local clinic.

The Health Center in Thunderduck Hall, Room T-110, is available for students and faculty Monday-Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The Health Center is closed on the weekends.

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ENTERTAINMENT

Bloody good fun

MARY CHANNELL Gaming Editor

The perfect getaway paradise on a euphoric tropical island set in the area of Malay Archipelago of the Indian and Pacific Oceans is not as perfect as it seems in “Far Cry 3.”

Players take on the role of Jason Brody, where he and his friends are having the time of their lives on their vacation on what seems to be a blissful location with no worries.

Little did they know that this island is infested with bloodthirsty pirates who prey on the innocent vacationers and native people. After skydiving with your brother and friends, next thing you know, you are taken prisoner by the “pirate lord,” Vaas, a man with no mercy and no morals. Your older brother, Grant, is in the same cage as you and helps you escape, but Grant dies doing so.

Running for his life, Jason is rescued by a native man named Dennis who is part of the Rakyat. Jason gives hope to the native people when he escapes the pirates and is accepted into the tribe with warrior tattoos.

Players will progressively add more to the tattoo when each skill has been learned.

“Far Cry 3” is an open world, createyour-own first-person shooter action adventure where players are able to customize weapons and skills.

Players get to choose their “path of the warrior” to save Brody’s friends and these poor natives from being overrun by heartless creatures. Discovering the open world and to experience the jungles and the waters is definitely different than the typical open world games.

I mean who wouldn’t want to fight a shark and make it into a wallet? I know I do!

Taking the “path of the warrior,” you learn how to survive on this majestic island and to become stronger to fight back the pirates and take back what’s rightfully theirs; their home.

With such a gargantuan open world filled with tons of missions and hours and hours worth of gameplay, hunting, fighting and getting inked up, “Far Cry 3” did right to start off the new year with a new slice of game heaven.

“Far Cry 3” is a must buy. The DLC is also now available, which gives players even more missions and gameplay.

While you go out and buy this game, I’ll be hunting a dingo and making myself a purse.

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Noble talks Staff Writer

John Noble, known for playing Dr. Walter Bishop on Fox’s “Fringe,” thanked fans in a conference call on Jan. 10.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to acknowledge the support that all the people listening have given us over the last five years, which is terribly impressive and probably the reason we’re still on the air.

“I say thank you to everyone for that and simply say I think we finished the series off as well as I could possibly have dreamed of.”

Noble was one of the main actors of the series “Entertainment Weekly” (EW) dubbed one of the 26 Best Cult TV Shows Ever last summer. It was listed ninth on the EW list.

Noble, on the telephone from his home in Australia, was nominated for the Saturn Award every year between 2008 and 2012.

In 2011, Noble walked away with the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor on Television. Noble was asked about his character’s many idiosyncrasies and his favorite Walter moment.

“I’ve played a bunch of different versions of him. Gee, I don’t know. I loved it when he was being random, which was probably

RICKY MILLER Staff Writer

Some people love Quentin Tarantino and his flair for witty dialogue.

I don’t think I’m one of those who really enjoy it.

Everyone loved “Reservoir Dogs” when it came out. I rolled my eyes, because it is a carbon copy remake of Ringo Lam’s “City on Fire,” with one of my all-time favorite actors, Chow Yun Fat. I didn’t hate the movie, since I’d probably still give it a C+ on the A-F scale.

Reaching into his bag of tricks again, Tarantino updates an old spaghetti Western from the 1960s with

the original version of him more than any- special to me.”

Noble said, doing an alternate-universe one else. I loved doing Walter then and all of the different mental states that we’ve played show, especially a “long running” one was in during the time, but when he was being new for him.

“I’d never done anything that required a fivecompletely random and had very poor social year commitment. To skills.” build a show that “I loved the seems to have kept scenes that he the imagination of the played with Peworld so much was a ter, the connectbit other worldly to ing stuff that I be honest with you. I played with Josh would go to anywhere Jackson over the in the world really and five years. Both people would stop of us really me in the street and loved doing that talk about `Fringe’ work.

There and how much they were so many adored it and asked different asquestions about it.” pects of Wal“The international ter; the comedy reach of `Fringe’ I and drama and think, still catches emotion and so me by surprise a bit forth. He was Images credit Comicrelated.com, Sfx.co.uk at times. Also, I was a fully fledged given the gift of a character.” No- The cast of popular television show ‘Fringe’ character that is every ble said.

“Fringe” is essentially a love story, and so actor’s dream. So you combine those two the scenes where he had close connection factors and it’s been an incredibly memorable with Peter, but also with Anna’s character five years.”

Noble added that it wasn’t difficult to keep (Ton) or Jasika’s character (Nicole) were very

the different Walters separate in his mind.

“I think the writing was there for me to play and the situations were such that — look, at times it was tricky. I had to be a …. I’ll be honest with you, that I didn’t drop into the mannerisms of another version of the character, but I guess I was pretty alert to that.”

Noble was glad that the show went out in a bang.

“I couldn’t have imagined a better finale to be honest with you. I read it and I was like, ‘Oh my goodness me, he’s done it. He’s done it.’”

“I hope history will judge the “Fringe” series finale as one of the great finales of all time. I really believe they will.

“I think what he’s done with Walter is absolutely perfect. If you had asked me in season one where I thought Walter should finish up, it would’ve been exactly where he does. That’s the remarkable thing—when I say I think it’s a great finale that’s the reason why. I think it’s the perfect out for Walter.”

The two-hour series finale will air on FOX, Friday, Jan. 18.

Noble’s current and future projects; “Dark Matter: Twisted but True” on the Science Channel, and the “Superman: Unbound” animated movie, where Noble will play the villain Brainiac.

The D

“Django Unchained.” As lead Jamie Foxx’s title character mentions, the “D” is silent.

Oscar winner Christoph Waltz, so wry and witty as an SS Colonel in Tarantino’s “Inglorious Basterds” stars in “Django Unchained” as a Dr. King Schultz, former dentist turned bounty hunter.

The storyline of “Django Unchained” is his search for his wife, Broomhilda, played by the vibrant and luminous Kerry Washington (“Fantastic Four,” “The Last King of Scotland”).

Also ironic is the appearance of Franco Nero, because he played the title character in the 1966 “Django” from director Sergio Corbucci. In this version, he’s Ameridgo Vesseoppi, a guest at the estate of Leonardo DiCaprio’s Calvin Candie.

Also important to the plot is Samuel L. Jackson as Stephen, a friend of Candie’s who

is silent

knows the true intent of the freeing of his wife from Candie’s possession.

I know a couple of people who love this movie to no end, but to me, it’s just another

Tarantino rollercoaster ride.

There is violence in abundance, way over the top and in a certain way it has a winkwink inside joke kind of vibe.

Grade: (B)

From left: Christoph Waltz, Jamie Foxx and director Quentin Tarantino Images credit Corvallisadvocate.com, Gosanangelo.com, Guardian.co.uk, Swiftfilm.com

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ENTERTAINMENT

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Opinion

Global gun grabbers

by the president as propaganda props and pawns to gain support for his plan, illustrates the length a progressive president will go Staff Writer to disarm law-abiding Americans who want to protect their own children and families Ask the experts. Common sense gun confrom harm. No American favors more gun trol works. violence; however, attempts by progressive Lenin, Stalin, Hitler, Mussolini, Mao Tsepoliticians to make it more difficult for lawtung, Kim Il-sung, Castro, Pol Pot, Idi Amin abiding Americans to purchase the firearms, and Qaddafi all confiscated the guns owned magazines and ammunition they want for by their country’s people. Once they were disself-defense clearly violates and infringes armed of their pistols, rifles and other weapupon their Second Amendment right to keep ons, the people became defenseless against and bear arms. the tyranny of these political leaders.

Gov. Rick Perry This enabled desaid, “The piling mocide — death by on by the political government.

R.J. left and their coRummel defines dehorts in the media, mocide as “the murto use the massacre der of any person of little children or people by a govto advance a preernment, including existing political genocide, politicide agenda that would and mass murder.” not have saved There have been those children, disseveral dozen demogusts me, personcides in the 20th cenally. The Second tury with deaths toAmendment to taling more than 262 the Constitution million from 1900 to is a basic right and 1999, according to cannot nor will not Rummel’s estimates be abridged by the on his website, www. executive power hawaii.edu/powerkills/ of this or any oth20TH.HTM. er president.” The Image courtesy image.smh.com The ratification of Supreme Court the United States The president’s actions regarding gun control drew criticism from many media outlets. ruled in the DisConstitution by the states required the addition of 10 amend- capable of accepting more than 10 rounds. trict of Columbia v. Heller landmark deciments, the Bill of Rights, to protect the Feinstein said, “It will ban the sale, the trans- sion that the Second Amendment protects American people against national govern- fer, the importation and the possession. Not the right to handguns for self-defense. The ment tyranny. The Second Amendment as retroactively, but prospectively. It will ban the court pointed out that handguns are the ratified reads as follows: “A well regulated same for big clips, drums or strips of more type of firearms that are “overwhelmingly chosen by American society for that lawful militia being necessary to the security of a than 10 bullets.”

On Jan. 16 Obama announced that he was purpose.” The most popular handguns today free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.” During the implementing 23 executive actions and or- for self-defense are semi-automatic pistols. ratification convention in Virginia on June 5, ders pertaining to the banning of guns and These pistols are designed to have detachable 1788, Patrick Henry said this about the right control of gun sales and ownership. Obama’s magazines and typically hold between seven to keep and bear arms to protect against po- plan would reinstate and strengthen the Fed- to 15 rounds depending upon whether the eral Assaults Weapon ban passed in 1994 that magazine has a single or double stack and the litical oppression: “Guard with jealous attention the public lib- outlawed military style semiautomatic weap- caliber of the gun.

Progressive gun grabbers of both political erty. Suspect everyone who approaches that ons that fire one round per trigger pull and jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it automatically eject the shell casing and reload parties in the U.S. are using the mass murder but downright force. Whenever you give up the chamber. The plan would also reinstate tragedy in Newtown to infringe upon the right the ban on magazines that hold more than of law-abiding Americans to keep and bear that force, you are inevitably ruined.”

Progressive elements of the Democratic 10 rounds. After 10 years, Congress allowed arms. The American people are responding by the massive purchase of firearms and amand Republican Parties are using the recent both bans to expire in 2004.

With 288 members of Congress having the munition that are setting sales records across mass murder in Newtown, Conn.’s Sandy Hook Elementary School of 20 students and National Rifle Association’s pro-gun A rating the nation. The progressive ruling elites fear six adults to advance their political agendas based on their voting records on gun-related the people, as they rightly should. Thomas and careers by infringing upon the rights of issues and promoting and protecting the Sec- Jefferson said, “When governments fear the the American people to keep and bear arms. ond Amendment, only a few, if any, items people, there is liberty. When the people fear New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in his State in Obama’s plan will actually be enacted the government, there is tyranny,” and “The of the State address called for the “toughest into law by Congress. Neither Cuomo’s nor strongest reason for the people to retain the assault weapons ban in the nation” includ- Feinstein’s nor Obama’s proposed legislation right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, ing the limiting of magazine capacities to would have prevented or stopped the New- to protect themselves against tyranny in gov10 cartridges. Cuomo emotionally said, “No town school mass murderer who stole the ernment.”

Read expanded article at www.richlandchronicle. one hunts with an assault rifle. No one needs guns from his mother before killing her.

The use of four children and their letters com.

10 bullets to kill a deer. End the madness.”

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Many Americans who own guns use them not for hunting but for self-defense against well-armed attacks by criminals, gangs, drug users and cartels, home invaders, illegal aliens, the mentally disturbed, rapists, corrupt politicians, terrorists or tyrants.

California Sen. Dianne Feinstein announced that she will introduce legislation this month that would require gun owners to register and be fingerprinted, outlaw a number of semiautomatic rifles, handguns and shotguns, and any weapon that can accept a magazine or large-capacity ammunition feeding device

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News/Campus

DCCCD celebrates MLK PETER A. HEARNS Staff Writer

“Everybody can be great, because anybody can serve …. You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love.” Martin Luther King Jr. Monday marked the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday. The MLK Day of Service, a part of United We Serve, the president’s national call to service initiative, was held in association with the observance. The annual event calls for Americans from all walks of life to work together to provide solutions to our most pressing national problems.

Kyle Barron, Richland College’s coordinator of community engagement programs, says the DCCCD observance of this year’s MLK Day of Service was hosted

by Brookhaven College.

Organizers say the MLK Day and Service is intended to empower individuals, strengthen communities, bridge barriers and create solutions to social problems.

While Barron declined to give much information about the events planned for the Day of Service, as specifics were intended to be a surprise to participants, he offered

an example of last year’s activities.

“They had to go out and collect 100 books for one of the local children’s hospitals, so they are given $50 of seed money and the team had to come up with a solution to their need.”

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Brookhaven College had Martin Luther King Jr. day services scheduled on Monday.

Honoring a great American CHRISTIAN TANNER Staff Writer

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist preacher and a world renowned social activist for African-American rights. In 1955, he became the president of the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) that led to the 1956 Supreme Court decision to make segregation illegal.

This was the beginning of the end of the racial divide in our country.

Civil rights for African-Americans in the South were almost nonexistent before King. Schools, buses, pools and restaurants were segregated. African-Americans were abused by police officers. King wouldn’t just stand idly by. He had to act.

King joined the boycott with Rosa Parks after she had been arrested on Dec. 1, 1955, for not moving from the “whites only” seats on a Montgomery, Ala., bus. Five days later, he became the president of the MIA, making him the official spokesperson for the boycott that later ended bus segregation.

From the Albany Movement and the Birmingham Campaign to St. Augustine, Fla., and Selma, Ala., the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) led nonviolent protests for civil rights reform.

In March 1963, King, representing the SCLC, delivered his famous “I Have A

Dream” speech that moved millions, white and black. He touched the hearts of our nation.

A year later, King appeared on the cover of Time magazine as The Man of the Year and became the youngest person to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize at 35.

After being arrested more than five times, delivering the most moving speeches in history and working to get the necessary laws passed through Congress for true freedom, King was assassinated at sunset on April 4, 1968, while standing on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tenn., causing riots in more than 130 American cities where nearly 20,000 people were arrested.

On Nov. 2, 1986, the national Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday, observed yesterday, was announced honoring King.

According to the website www.infoplease. com/spot/mlkhistory1.html, some states were not on board to celebrate MLK holiday, especially Arizona. In 1993 all 50 states took part in the national holiday.

Each year Martin Luther King Day is the third Monday in January. Throughout the day events are scheduled to celebrate MLK day.

King’s influence didn’t stop with his death. It continues in the lives of many Americans today. King will never be forgotten. His heroic acts and his faith in God kept him moving forward toward all of the freedoms that African-Americans share today.

Upcoming Events Today: 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Fannin Performance Hall, Room F-102 - the Richland voice faculty will be performing.

Staff photos

Fireman work a house fire near the Richland campus that broke out around noon Friday.

“Flames were coming from the back of the house and roof,” said Alphiea Williams.

Williams was dropping off her nephew at school and saw the smoke.

She initially thought it was coming from the Richland campus.

Williams was among a group of bystanders watching as several emergency responders and vehicles waited to make sure the situation was under conrtol.

At press time, the cause of the fire was unknown and no injuries were reported.

Rebecca Banks

Thursday, Jan. 24: 2 to 4 p.m.

Drama Department meeting, Fannin Performance Hall, Room F-102 If you are in a drama class or are just interested in performing arts and in Richland productions, come to this meeting and meet the faculty. They will be discussing classes and the upcoming productions this semester. Everyone is welcome.

Monday, Jan. 28: 6 to 10 p.m. Performance Hall The drama department will hold auditions for the upcoming spring production, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” a one-act musical by Rebecca Feldman, with music and lyrics by William Finn. Any Richland student may try out for a part at the auditions - not just those who are drama majors. Singers must prepare 16 bars (measures) of a song of their choice and bring the sheet music for the pianist. For the acting auditions, there will be cold readings from the script and students must be prepared to do improvisational exercises.

The musical is about six young people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to escape childhood themselves, who learn that winning isn’t everything and that losing doesn’t necessarily make you a loser.

The performances are scheduled for March 5-9.

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Each week, the Division of Humanities, Fine and Performing Arts at Richland College presents its Recital Series. All performances are on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Fannin Performance Hall and are free to the general public. For more information about this series, contact Dr. Michael Crawford, associate dean of performing arts.

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