January 28, 2014

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Vol. XXXIX, Issue 3 January 28, 2014

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R.C.H.S students show off their talents R.C.H.S students performed at their talent show on Jan, 17 in Fannin Hall.The winners were Tania Ramezani and Masha Maboudian in first place, Greg Siegrist in second and Abel Alex in third.

Above: Students in high spirits prepping for the talent show.

Right: Masha Maboudian, left Maha Ighanifard and Tania Ramezani.

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Upcoming events Staff photo Blanca Reyes

Friday, Jan. 31: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Spring Transfer Fair El Paso Hall Over 50 representatives will be in attendance to enable students to get answers to transfer questions. Flyers and pamphlets will be available. For more information contact Mike Wright at mwright1@dcccd.edu.

The Dallas County Health and Human Services Sexually Transmitted Disease Mobile Medical Unit will be on campus providing testing. For questions contact them at 214-500-2968 or the clinic at 214-819-1819. For more information call the Richland Health Center at 972-238-6135 or stop by Thunderduck Hall, Room T-110.

Tuesday, Jan. 28: 11:30 to 4 p.m.

Free STD testing East Circle Drive (outside library)

Note: During inclement weather when school is in session, call 972-238-6196 to see if Richland will be open or watch any of the local TV stations by 6 a.m.

Richland’s guard Brandon Woods scores during a recent game against Cedar Valley.

blanca reyes Sports Editor

Richland’s basketball team demonstrated once again that teamwork pays off. Last Wednesday, the Thunderducks defeated North Lake College, 76-74.

It was the T-ducks’ second victory in a row because previously this month, Richland beat one of the best teams in the nation, Brookhaven College, 94-87.

These victories confirmed the success the

team has had so far. At press time, the Tducks had played 22 games and lost only five.

The Thunderducks were scheduled to confront Eastfield College on Saturday. This game is one of only six games that the team has left before the playoffs start.

Richland’s basketball team is playing tonight at 7 p.m. at Richland’s gym against Dallas Diesel Basketball Club.

For more information, visit www.richlandcollege.edu/basketball or stop by Guadalupe Hall, Room G-120.

CAmPUS

What to do in case of an emergency 1. Lock down 2. Shelter in place

Colten Jon Moore is under arrest for a Garland convenience store killing.

Former Richland student charged in killing

Joyce Jackson Copy Editor

An 18-year-old former Richland student has been charged with capital murder in the slaying of Garland 7-Eleven store clerk Yosef Tulu. According to Ann Hatch, DCCCD director of media relations, Colten Jon Moore was a student at Richland during the Fall 2013 semester.

According to a press release, Garland police received a call just after 3:30 a.m. Jan. 21 at the 7-Eleven store located at 2509 Firewheel Parkway. A delivery man reported that the clerk was lying behind the counter and appeared to have been shot.

Police and fire personnel responded and found that 31-year-old Tulu of Dallas had been killed. They examined an in-store video of the suspect they believed robbed and shot him.

Detectives said they believe the suspect entered the 7-Eleven, robbed Tulu at gun-

point and then shot him.

Moore has been accused of killing Tulu, 31, and remains at the Lew Sterrett Justice Center since his arrest. Bond is set at $1 million.

Moore is also linked to another shooting the week before.

On Jan. 16 at 11:40 p.m., police responded to a shooting at the Homeboys Gas Station and Store located at 2510 Firewheel Parkway, which is across the street from the 7-Eleven where Tulu was murdered.

The unidentified clerk left the store, walked toward his car and was shot two times. He managed to call for help and was transported to the Medical Center of Plano in stable condition.

Moore, in an interview with detectives, admitted to shooting the Homeboys clerk.

Later, police recovered evidence that connects him to the shooting and have announced they will prepare an additional charge of aggravated assault against him, according to a Garland police news release.

Spring Transfer Fair: It’s never too early TACRAO (Texas Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers) is a nonprofit, voluntary, professional educational association of cooperating collegiate level institutions. The organization sponsors Richland’s Spring Transfer Fair and many others like it.

The fair is scheduled for Friday from 9 a.m.

– 1 p.m. in El Paso Hall.

Over 50 universities will have tables set up in El Paso with people to answer questions concerning their affiliated university.

Many campuses are the same as the ones returning students may remember from the Fall Transfer Fair with a few exceptions.

Transfer Center coordinator Mike Wright explained that some out-of-state universities

only come around once a year. Out-of-state universities include : • University of Central Oklahoma • University of South Alabama • Lousiana State University • University of Oklahoma • Oklahoma City University “One table in particular that shows up once a year and is always busy is Columbia University,” said Wright.

“We had a great turnout in the fall and hope we see students taking advantage of the fair on Friday.”

For more information contact Mike Wright at mwright1@dcccd.edu.

3. Evacuation Staff illustration Lora Advincula

KISTEN S. CHETTY Editor-in-Chief

“It’s not a matter of if, but when,” said Richland Police Sgt. Barry Orton. Last week Richland experienced two unscheduled fire drills and one scheduled shelter-in-place drill.

Many students may have questions about the different types of emergencies and the situations that cause them.

The two fire evacuation alarms that sounded at 4:13 and 4:25 Wednesday afternoon were caused by a popcorn machine in the Alamito building both times, said Orton. In cases like that, students are given the evacuation warning and must head out of the building and maintain a safe distance.

The scheduled shelter-in-place drill we experienced on Thursday was for the following instances: A hazardous chemical spill near the campus that may have spread into the air. In this case, it would be against students’ best interest to venture outside where they could inhale harmful toxins.

The second would be severe weather scenarios like tornadoes, for example. In that case students will be directed toward the Tornado Safer rooms around campus.

The last scenario where a shelter-in-place would be issued is if there is a possibility of a dangerous suspect coming onto campus. For example, a robbery occurs across the street from the Richland campus. While there is a potential threat of the suspect entering campus grounds, the shelter-in-place will be issued. Once it is confirmed that the dangerous individual is on campus, a lock-down order will be issued.

The lockdown order would be issued for a gunman on campus. Students and faculty must turn off all lights, projectors, cellphones and

lock their doors and stay concealed until the all clear signal is given, said Orton.

He explained that there are three ways to receive any of the above warnings. First are the two campus marquees on Abrams Road and Walnut Street. These two boards will display the warning. An email or text warning will be sent to students and faculty signed up for the DCCCD alert system. The order will also be announced over the intercom and PA system.

Some students questioned whether a gunman’s campus location should be broadcast over the intercom. “No, we would not announce the gunman’s location. Because of the size of the Richland campus, the gunman can move quite quickly from building to building.

We don’t want to say the suspect is in El Paso when she/he has already moved by then,” explained Orton.

When asked about individual students who will ignore the drill and believe that they know best, Orton said, “Most people on this campus are over 18 and are adults. If someone chooses to make a run for it, then it is their choice.”

However, he added a warning that, during a lockdown, campus security will be scouring the buildings looking for the suspect. If a student or faculty member is found roaming the halls during a lockdown, don’t be surprised if “you find yourself facedown on the asphalt.”

A major concern with campus and school shootings is if they are students of the same institution. Meaning they go through the same drills and know exactly how the students and faculty will behave. Orton said “If somebody on a campus has a target, then they probably already know where to find them and there is not much to be done. However, I’m going to provide you with safety procedures involving a shooter on campus.

“My goal is keeping you students and faculty safe.”

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Bullying, more comm No more silence. Speak up! blanca reyes

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Sports Editor

“Tommorow (sic) will be the first Monday that will be fun for me lol never thought I’d say that.”

This message was posted on Instagram by Mason Campbell on Sunday night, Jan. 12. It was just a few hours before he shot two of his fellow students at Barrendo Middle School in Roswell, N.M. The first question that came to my mind, and I think to most people, was how a 12-yearold boy could do that and why.

Sadly, as is often the case in this kind of event, bullying was involved. Campbell was, allegedly, bullied by one of the wounded children.

That tragedy touched me personally because, being the mother of a child who has suffered from bullying by a schoolmate, I know how bullying can affect people and how anyone can be a victim.

My son is attending Benjamin Franklin Middle School, and its safety rules have changed recently due to violence in schools.

Christy McWilliams, Benjamin Franklin Middle School’s counselor, said that although some people think the rules are excessive “because it will never happen here,” most of the people welcome these new practices. Also, she explained that now children have been desensitized by overexposure to violence in their regular activities.

dren’s schools.

“It can happen to anyone. It can happen in high school, middle school, college. It happens in the workplace. Bullies are everywhere.

Bullies just don’t stop when they are 15 or 20.

It goes on and on,” McWilliams said.

Actually, Orton said that older high school and college level students usually do not report bullying.

It is something that we should pay a lot of attention to because, according to Orton, grown-up victims are usually the ones who take revenge in dangerous ways.

“The shootings are in high school and college,” he said.

As Cuttill said, it is crucial to listen to people, even though they are not children, when they feel that they have been manipulated or they do not have choices to prevent tragedy.

“Listening to someone, just say, it happens to everybody, but really listen, ” Cuttill said.

After facing bullying with my son, the lesson that I learned is that bullying is fed by silence and fear. If we are going to try to reduce the tragedies at schools or anywhere else due to bullying, we must refuse to be silent witnesses or apathetic with bullying.

If you are a victim, speak up. There will always be someone who can help you. If you know someone who is being bullied, listen to that person and tell him or her that there is help and he or she is not alone.

For more information about bullying or any other emotional concern, stop by El Paso Hall, Room E-082 or call 972-238-3771.

— Jonathan Lee, staff writer, contributed to this article.

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But what can we do as a society? I am sure that there are many older brothers, older sisters and parents around Richland College who can help their siblings and children.

“Times have changed,” Sgt. Barry Orton of Richland’s office of emergency management said.

Orton said that if you have a younger brother, sister, daughter, son or anyone around you being bullied, the most important thing is listening to them and going to the appropriate authorities in order to protect your young loved ones.

Also, Orton said that you can talk to the principal, teacher or the counselor, but if the bullying is in the form of threat, that’s different.

“A threat is a criminal offense and can be reported,” Orton said.

The fact is that people who are bullied need to know they are not alone and there is a way out of this problem instead of hurting themselves or someone else.

“Sometimes when people have been bullied, then they develop depression or, maybe, anxiety and depression,” Karen Cuttill, one of Richland’s counselors, said.

“It is very important to intervene,” Cuttill added.

Cuttill said that after a period of time under these conditions it is common that bullying victims begin to have thoughts about an attempt against their own lives or others.

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walk away, but my dad was there one time, and he saw me, and I thought he was gonna stop, but he didn’t, kid once, and he left me alone ever since.”

5. It is just kids being kids.

— Joe Sanchez, 23

any of the other Richland counselors by calling (972) 238-3771, or stop by E-082.

ne else is at risk, you can call (972) 860-4290 or use the emergency call boxes.

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OPINION

Character traits of school teachers past JOE STUMPO Staff Writer

Many memories came to mind upon hearing that my sixth-grade teacher, Violet Zetlitz, passed away last May at the age of 81. I was one of Mrs. Zetlitz’s reading and social studies students at St. Louise de Marillac school in La Grange Park, Ill., during the 1981-82 school year.

Upon hearing of her passing, I began recalling not only her character traits in the way she taught classes but the notable traits of other teachers I had between 1976 and 1984.

“Who will forget ‘heads will roll,’ a comment Mrs. Zetlitz usually made when she got upset with the class?” wrote Amy Stinson, a former student of hers on the St. Louise de Marillac Facebook page. I can’t say I recall that comment, but I do remember her telling those students who got out of line that if they didn’t shape up, something bad was going to happen and that it “wasn’t a threat. It was a promise.”

Mrs. Zetlitz was always wearing business suits and heels like the female CEOs we see today in charge of large corporations. Not a day went by that I didn’t hear the tapping of her high heels as she slowly walked toward her desk at the front of the class five days a week.

The way she ran our reading class was the way that one history instructor in the movie, “Teachers” (1984), ran his. In that film the history teacher sat at his desk while the students

“I’m pretty sure they don’t make teachers like them anymore.” walked to theirs. The minute the bell rang the students got their assignments and worked on them the entire period. Not once did the teacher actually say anything to the class.

By comparison, the minute our reading class began, Mrs. Zetlitz would walk in through the back of the classroom so she could see what we were doing as we sat at our desks facing the blackboard. We’d immediately start reading whatever books each of us was assigned, then meet with her one on one as she asked us questions about what we read.

I can’t say I learned much since that reading class was self-paced. What I did enjoy was her afternoon social studies course in which she told us stories about the Greek tragedies.

She knew how to make such tales interesting without needing a textbook. I got more out of hearing her tell us the story about the fall of Troy and the Trojan Horse than I did sitting through that three-hour bore that starred Brad Pitt aptly titled “Troy” (2004).

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Mrs. Zetlitz was not the only grade school teacher I had who exhibited a number of unique character traits. I could tell you about my fourth-grade teacher, Mrs. Dort, for example, who, looking back now, I am convinced had a massive high heel shoe collection like pop singer Celine Dion. Or my fifth-grade teacher, Miss Collins, who had a cure for students’ hiccups during her class that apparently was so gross she took the student into the hallway to implement the cure. Then there was my band teacher, Mr. Ward, who threatened to have my fingers nailed to the valves of my cornet if I didn’t stop moving them off while playing.

Were any of these teachers my favorite?

No. Their job wasn’t to play favorites with the students. Their job was to teach. From 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday (8 to 3:30 p.m. for me on Thursdays since I was in the band) these instructors and quite a few more were like our second parents in a way. Sure, they joked around with the classes and sometimes made learning fun, but they never let me forget who was in charge. If you stepped out of line, you got yelled at.

I can’t speak for the kinds of teachers kids have today and whether any of them make a positive or negative impression on them or not. What I can say about the instructors I had in grade school, Mrs. Zetlitz included, is that I’m pretty sure they don’t make teachers like them anymore.

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MOVIES

‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ RICKY MILLER Entertainment Editor

Chris Pine makes the fourth incarnation of the Jack Ryan persona in “Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” after Alec Baldwin (“The Hunt for Red October”), Harrison Ford (“Patriot Games” and “Clear and Present Danger”) and Ben Affleck (“The Sum of All Fears”).

Pine gives his all as Ryan, playing the young naïve troubleshooter as a former Marine who enlists after the Sept. 11 attacks. Pine seems to be doing fine in the action hero roles. Although not a great movie by any means, director McG’s “This Means War” was an engaging time waster that showed he can have on-screen chemistry with the most likable of co-stars in Reese Witherspoon and Thomas Hardy.

This flick, however, is not based on a Tom Clancy book.

Director Kenneth Branagh obviously got this flick because his “Thor” did so well domestically and internationally at the box office. Here, Branagh also plays a Russian higher-up who has ulterior motives of attacking the United States.

Playing a fine supporting role is Kevin Costner, who never used to play second banana to anyone. Here, he is Thomas Harper, a CIA member who promotes Ryan to a full-blown operative.

It’s cool to see Costner back in an A-list role. I think people like him as a matinee idol because he displays a carefree and humble persona. Like John Travolta, Costner has additional roles waiting in the wings this year. His “3 Days to Kill” hits screens Feb. 21 with McG at the helm. Another sports film comes around with Ivan Reitman’s “Draft Day” on April 11.

Also important in Ryan’s life is Cathy Muller (Keira Knightley, “Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl,” “King Arthur”), Ryan’s former occupational therapist who tended to him after his return from fighting overseas.

The endgame here is another cat-andmouse flick, wherein the lead must go through obstacles aplenty in order to save the damsel in distress.

“Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit” has all the makings of a truly great film, but misses the mark on an enthralling adventure.

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BEN SIEBEL Staff Writer

After seeing “Ride Along,” one critic went as far as to say that “Kevin Hart is the funniest man on the planet.” I’m not sure anyone can argue with that claim. Even if they watched all of his work and tried to keep a straight face, they would eventually fall victim to Hart’s undeniable magnetic stage presence, perfectly timed punch-linesturned-legendary-catchphrases or his facecontorting expressions that leave you laughing and gasping for air.

While Hart’s comedy has transitioned gracefully from the spotlight of the standup stage to the silver screen of cinema, he has found himself typecast as overconfident for someone his size, horny one second, needy for attention the next, which isn’t far from the apparent biographical character from whom his comedy depicts first-person accounts.

In “Think Like A Man,” he’s described as a happily divorced guy (a character on whom he basically wrote the comedy book) who turns out to have been in severe denial the entire movie. So after first glance at the “Ride Along” trailer, I obviously wanted to see it because this would be Hart’s first starring role after accepting many roles that had

him as a secondary character or a part of a large ensemble.

For those who are skeptical whether he can carry a movie by himself, fear not because Ice Cube saves the day! Hart plays Ben Barber, who is in search of James Payton’s (Ice Cube) approval in regard to marrying his sister, played by Tika Sumpter because Ben intends to join the Police Academy and feels that being a successful policeman will make him worthy of protecting and serving her.

Payton offers Barber a chance to show his worth as a police officer by taking him on a day-in-the-life-of-a-real-cop ride along. To make things harder on Barber, Ice Cube is essentially setting him up for failure from the beginning, sending him into situations that Hart’s high school rent-a-cop character is in no way prepared for or qualified to handle.

This may seem like a predictable buddy-cop comedy at first glance, but the story takes a surprising turn that is more than worth the price of admission.

Hart’s character realizes that the gaming world he dominates in his spare time is in no way preparing him for the real world of being a cop, although he does use a few tricks he picked up from the game in the final battle scene. His character realizes that in order to succeed in the real world you need to put the controller down and make things happen.

That’s a very relevant lesson kids need to

learn today for sure.

It’s pretty hard to find a guy who plays video games all day with a girlfriend and even harder to find one with a girlfriend who doesn’t wish that they would spend their time more productively.

What makes this movie a joy to watch is that Hart’s macho bravado fueled by his online ranking in a shoot-em-up game has him thinking he’s not as helpless as Ice Cube’ s character knows he is. Arguments that include both of them trying to prove the other one wrong are a part of what makes this movie so enjoyable.

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