October 14, 2014

CHRONICLE Richland

Vol. XL Issue 9 October 14, 2014

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Heejeon Kim was selected as historian in the Student Government Elections (SGA) held Sept. 24-25, beating out three other candidates: Than Nguyen, Henry Pham and Bano Razaq. Forty-seven votes were cast altogether.

Kim, 22, an engineering major from South Korea, has been taking classes at Richland for two years and will transfer to one of three universities, UT-Austin, Texas A&M or SMU, next fall.

This semester she’s taking microbiology, anatomy, physiology, chemistry and psychology.

Kim said she went for the historian position because it was the only one available.“I attended the meetings last semester. I really didn’t know what SGA did, but the last two meetings inspired me,” Kim said.

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Heejeon Kim, new historian for the SGA.

SGA to improve overall the quality of campus life.”

Kim said she wants students to feel that they belong here and that it’s not just a part of the educational process they’re going through.

“I’m very excited to be an officer in SGA,” she said. “I am also a senator.”

Kim’s duties are to keep track of events and to know the history of the SGA and of Richland. She will take pictures at events and put them on Facebook and the SGA board near the Office of Student Life.

“The reason I have to take pictures of every event is that we can make a yearbook,” Kim said. “All of us participate in suggesting good ideas for improving students’ concerns.”

As an officer of SGA, Kim said she wants more students to know about it.

“We really want to communicate with students and improve student life on campus.”

Student Programs Coordinator Jason Barr in the OSL said that other SGA positions will be up for election in the spring semester. Nobody ran for the historian position this past spring so that’s why it was carried over to this fall.

Barr said that, basically, the historian “keeps track of what we do throughout the year so that we can document it, so that we can show it to other people.”

“We create a scrapbook at the end of the year, which we take to the state SGA Conference. This year it’s in Addison.”

Barr said the position is important because it helps student government officers keep a record of things that happen throughout the year.

“It helps us promote the club to the student body as well as to the administration,” he said. “We can show them what we’ve done throughout the year as opposed to just telling them. It gives us a visual history over the years of things that our SGA groups have accomplished – money they raise for non profits. It’s a visual history of our group.”

SGA meetings are held every Monday at 2:30 p.m. in El Paso Hall, Room E-032. Anyone can attend.

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The first patient diagnosed with the Ebola virus in the United States died in a Dallas hospital Wednesday morning, a little more than a week after his diagnosis.

Thomas Eric Duncan, 42, was pronounced dead at 7:51 a.m. at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Dallas, where he was admitted Sept. 28 and had been kept in isolation, according to spokesman Wendell Watson.

Duncan carried the deadly virus with him from his home in Liberia, though he showed no symptoms when he left for the United States. He arrived in Dallas on Sept. 20 and fell ill several days later.

His condition was downgraded during the weekend from serious to critical.

Others in Dallas are still being monitored

as health officials try to contain the virus.

At press time, a Dallas County sheriff ’s deputy who went into the apartment where Duncan stayed was hospitalized out of an “abundance of caution” after falling ill Wednesday. Workers at a Care Now in Frisco called health officials after the deputy came there for treatment.

The deputy was exhibiting enough symptoms to trigger a preliminary screening, according to a spokman for the Frisco fire department. Test results were not expected back for two days.

The deputy is not among 48 people who were being monitored by Dallas health officials.

— Associated Press

OPINION

A son’s call to action MUNEER WASHAH Staff Writer

The day al-Qaida brutally tortured and almost decapitated me – May 6, 2006 – was a very traumatic day.

It was a day that left me with many physical wounds. But regardless of how brutal that day was, it was not the most traumatic day in my life. That day I saw a woman being abused. It was the day I saw my dad beat my mother. It’s a day that left me with emotional and mental scars that may never heal.

That day, I witnessed an innocent, hardworking woman beaten for the stupidest reasons – not that there should ever be a reason for a woman to be beaten. Unfortunately, I grew up in a culture that believes it’s always the woman’s fault, encourages women to keep quiet and always bow to the man regardless of how abusive he is.

When I moved to the United States, I hoped to see a society that adored women, thinking we are in the 21st century. To my surprise, I saw the contrary. I constantly hear people refer to women as inferior: You hit like a girl, you cry like a woman, etc.

Women should not be abused; they should be adored. Wives should not be beaten; they should be loved. Daughters should not be killed; they should be hugged. We cannot keep abusing half of our society. Our mission is not

“ We c a n n o t k e e p abusing half of o u r s o c i e t y.” over until every woman can be safe in and outside of her home. Our moral obligation is not accomplished until women are given an equal opportunity. Our dream will not come true until we see more (any) female presidents.

We’ve got to take care of those who give birth to a new life. We’ve got to support those who go through pain so we can live.

We’ve got to pay back the favor with love, not violence. We’ve got to hold ourselves to a higher standard. We are not doing a good job promoting protection for women. We are failing to allow women an equal opportunity to serve in any branch of the military and in combat roles. We are failing our mission.

Adequate action has not been taken to protect these precious lives. Abroad, we are seeing young girls under 12 forced to marry men as old as their grandfathers. More women in Africa are being subjected to genital mutation, and the so-called “honor killing” is on the increase.

Here, we are witnessing women being denied an equal opportunity economically, and more women are facing emotional and

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More than 20,000 phone calls are placed daily to domestic violence hotlines nationwide.

physical violence. As more attention has focused on this topic, we have found that domestic violence is a structural inequality that cuts across race, socioeconomic status, religion, age or gender.

From the rich and famous to the poor and unknown; from athletes to immigrants; whether Anglo-, African-, or Middle EasternAmericans, gender violence is a common thread. We must put a stop to this. We must act now. Waiting for a miracle to happen will not solve the problem; and the longer we wait, the worse it will get. It’s everyone’s responsibility, and we all must get involved. I’m disappointed with the way leaders in the sports industry are handling it, just as I am disappointed with our local clergymen. Certain pastors – instead of encouraging victims to speak up and seek help – are instead considering the subject taboo.

It’s referred to as the “Holy Hush.”

An article in the Dallas Morning News stated that 72 percent of pastors interviewed consider domestic violence to be a “community issue” and not something the church needs to address, even though research conducted by the Genesis Shelter for Domestic Violence

Survivors found that one in three women who attend church is a victim of domestic violence.

I ask you to join me in petitioning our leaders to take more serious action against

abuses of women here and abroad. Abused women deserve our time and attention. We are morally obligated to remedy this injustice.

I’m an immigrant and proud of it; but, some of us come from countries where domestic violence and discriminating against women is the norm. We need to make it mandatory for new arrivals to take classes that teach them to respect women, not beat them. We are doing a good job providing them with food and shelter, but we are failing them on integration into our society.

I that the majority of the immigrants and refugees from Iraq who live in Dallas abuse their women and kids, both physically and emotionally. This has to stop, and I can’t do it alone. These women have had a tough life already, and now they deserve to be safe.

Let’s please welcome them into a society that values women, instead of abusing them.

But we must first set the example, declaring these values through our justice system – Which is a heinous crime punishable under law and such behaviors will not be permitted.

Immigrant and refugee kids are part of our future. Imagine how shattered they will be when they witness their mothers being beaten or their sisters being thrown across the room for not obeying a man.. I think we can do better than this. Let’s love these women and welcome them with open, caring arms – not abusing arms.

For me, mom will always be the hero because she stood up to dad, earned three degrees, raised us to be successful, became financially independent, and put an end to the violence. But my mother couldn’t have done it without the help of brave men and women who stood by her side as she walked through it. Not punishing the perpetrators who commit these crimes is a slap in the face of those victims, but the pain of our decisions hurt them forever, compared to a slap that causes temporary pain.

If you or someone you know needs help, you can contact one of these agencies: The Family Place: It has helped women or men to leave abusive relationships since 1978.

214-358-0381 or www.familyplace.org.

Genesis: If you need a safe place, call its hotline: 214-946-HELP (4357) or www.genesisshelter.org.

Mosaic Family: This place focuses on helping immigrants no matter what their status. 24-Hour Crisis Hotline 214-823-4434 or www. mosaicservices.org.

You can also stop by the Counseling Center at E-082 or call 972238-3771 to receive help and be referred to other organizations.

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ENTERTAINMENT

‘Annabelle’ – A spooky gal but definitely lacks charact e r RICKY MILLER Entertainment Editor

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Dolls creep me out.

The same goes for clowns or any other inanimate object sporting a face. I just don’t like them.

“Annabelle,” for all intents and purposes, is a prequel to James Wan’s intelligent horrorsuspense entry, “The Conjuring.” I gave that one a grade of a B- when it came out last summer.

I’m sorry, but any movie with ridiculous scenarios just annoys the bejesus out of me.

That also goes for all those Japanese and Chinese flicks involving ghosts, the undead and the like.

One flick, however, that scared me half to death was Neil Marshall’s “The Descent,” in which a group of young naïve girls go spelunking and encounter some netherworld zombies.

Sure, this flick has some genuine boos and scares, but I’m just not a fan of the genre. I have said before that I don’t want to waste my life or time invested in characters only to see them meet their end via some stupid, inane or preposterous measure of unnecessary death.

I know a lot of people enjoy horror movies, but to use a cliché, they are not my cup of tea.

Eerie is another word that comes to mind

when writing about this topic.

Annabelle is a doll that always has the same expression, one that is altogether spooky.

Oddly, Annabelle Willis plays Mia, who is married to John (Ward Horton). They are expecting their first child. John gives the doll simply known as Annabelle as a sort of newlywed gift.

When consulting the priest, Father Perez (Tony Amendola) at the local church, he explained the doll was used as a conduit to try to branch out of this world into a spirit world.

Director John R. Leonetti tosses in quite a few McGuffins to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. Looking back at his résumé, he has the experience since he was a cinematographer on director Wan’s aforementioned “The Conjuring,” as well as “Insidious” and its sequel.

I looked for someone else to cover this movie for me, but I manned up and took this assignment for myself since I enjoyed “The Conjuring.”

One movie however, I will not be seeing is something called “Ouija.” I’ll admit it when I’m a wimp and this is one I will not be seeing.

I’m sorry, but there are some images that this pristine and well-kempt body will not be watching.

I don’t want that in my viewing memory bank.

Grade: C

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Z o n a n a m e l l o w s M e t ro p l e x

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CHARLIE VANN Staff Writer

One of the beauties of the Dallas-Fort Worth area is the music you can find in any city in the Metroplex. Up-and-coming artists can be found jumping at the chance for their music to be heard. These artists are filled with potential, waiting to be discovered.

One particular artist that didn’t even get involved with music until college, Austin native Sammie Zonana, is an artist to look out for.

Zonana is currently a senior in college, studying film at the University of Texas at Arlington.

On Oct. 4 Zonana performed at the Crooked Tree Coffee Shop in Uptown. The performance was part of her coffee shop tour in the area.

“I started thinking about the stepping stones of your performance, growing as an artist. And I was like, ‘I ‘m not sure. I’m ready for bars yet.’ So I thought a coffee shop is a really warm, welcoming environment. Be a good place for me to grow as an artist,” Zonana said.

The coffee shop was actually a perfect spot for Zonana to showcase her music. Her soulful voice, along with her acoustic rhythm lit up the shop, as customers who were just coming

Staff photo Yolmar Gonzalez

Sammie Zonana woos the audience at Crooked Tree Coffehouse.

in for some good coffee, sat and watched an upcoming artist, perform with so much passion in her voice. Zonana’s style really fit with the mellow atmosphere of the shop.

Zonana, who mostly performed her own songs, even mixed things up by performing her own version of Bill Withers golden hit “Lean on Me.” “That was the first time I’ve actually ever, sort of meshed my lyrics with someone else’s, and sort of the same melody,” she said. “I

think it’s always a challenge to make a song unique. I think it’s special to make a song your own.”

Zonana even gave the audience a taste of new material and a song “Get Out of My Dreams,” that she covered.

One thing that stood out about Zonana is her engaging personality, cracking jokes and just enjoying the moment. Though she will tell you she still gets nervous the day of a performance, you couldn’t tell it when she was performing.

“When I get up there and I start to sing my music, there’s something about the music that transforms me and loosens me up,” she said.

“But I’m always myself, and that’s my main thing I want people to know. I want to be authentic; I want people to know me, and not some plastic version.”

So what’s next for Zonana? She will be competing on Nov. 1, in the Chevy Music Showcase, at Queens City Hall in Fort Worth.

The grand finale is on Nov. 8, and the winner gets a cash prize of $1,000.

“I feel so excited for this opportunity,” Zonana said. She is excited for all the possibilities that could happen if she wins the competition.

The future looks bright and promising for Zonana. She is definitely an artist to keep an eye on.

The Miller’s tale: A movie report card

“22 Jump Street” Grade: C+ “Annabelle” C “Atlas Shrugged: Who is Jon Galt?” C“Begin Again” B “Dawn of the Planet of the Apes” B “Dolphin Tale 2” B “The Drop” B “Earth to Echo” C“The Equalizer” B“The Expendables 3” C+ “The Fault in Our Stars” B+ “Gone Girl” B“The Good Lie” B “Guardians of the Galaxy” A “Hercules” C+ “The Hundred-Foot Journey” B+ “If I Stay” B“Into the Storm” C“The Judge” B “Let’s Be Cops” C+ “Lucy” B“Maleficent” B“The Maze Runner” C“A Most Wanted Man” B “A Nightmare on Elm Street” C+ (Oct. 17 11:30 p.m., Angelika Film Center Dallas) “Psycho” (1960) A- (Revival screening, 7 p.m.Angelika Plano, Oct. 16 only) “The Purge: Anarchy” C“Sex Tape” C“The Shining” A- (Oct. 10-11, Angelika Mockingbird only) “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” C “This is Where I Leave You” B“To Catch a Thief ” A (Revival screening, 8 p.m., outside only, Oct. 16, Angelika Film Center Dallas) “Transformers: the Age of Extinction” C+ “Vertigo” A 8 p.m., outside only, Hitchcocktober, Oct. 16 —Ricky Miller

ENTERTAINMENT

‘Destiny’ $325 million and still counting JONATHAN JOHNSON Staff Writer

“Destiny” combines the fast nature of first-person shooters with open world exploration.

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The game allows multiple players to form groups and complete missions.

apocalyptic world known as the Golden Age, a prosperous era of exploration, peace and technological advancement in a universe where humans have spread out and colonized planets in the solar system in an event called The Collapse.

Upon entering the game, players take on the

persona of Guardians, the last defenders of humanity sent to protect Earth’s last city.

With an amazing storyline and outstanding graphical capabilities, the game has the potential to jumpstart Bungie and Activation’s partnered future and forever change the gaming industry.

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Players can customize in-game characters.

‘Adieu Berthe’ continues French film series JOYCE JACKSON Copy Editor

The Alliance Française de Dallas, a local French learning and cultural center, has partnered with Richland to launch free monthly movie screenings every third Thursday of the month through May. They are free and open to the public.

Hasmik Gharaghazaryan, visiting scholar in French and Spanish in the school of world languages, cultures and communications, said the movie screenings have been going on for a long time, but at different locations.

The movies come from the French Institute of Cinema. The main location is in Paris, but the institute also has a Houston branch.

Richland has provided the Alliance Française a media room that can accommodate up to 100 people.

On Thursday, “Adieu Berthe” (“Granny’s Funeral”) will be shown at 7 p.m. in Sabine Hall, Room SH-118. It’s a comedy-drama that runs 100 minutes.

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Helene (Isabelle Candelier) and husband Armand (Denis Podalydès) struggle with the guilt of the death of Armand’s grandmother.

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Video game developer Bungie and producer Activision announced their new game, “Destiny,” which sold more than $325 million worldwide in the first five days after its release on Sept. 9.

It had a worldwide average game play count of 100 million hours by the end of the first week. With 137 million activities, it became the best selling new video game franchise of all time.

After the release of “Halo 4” in 2012, Bungie and “Call of Duty” video game creators partnered with Activision to create the innovative game, “Destiny.”

The two companies hoped to invent a game that would become an icon in the industry with an eye-catching, mythical science fiction open-world setting.

The game’s announcement in February 2013 pleased “Destiny” fans who have been anticipating a new franchise from Bungie since the company’s release of “Halo 4” in 2012.

According to Bungie’s Joe Dougie, “The game’s style has been described as a firstperson shooter that will incorporate massively multiplayer online game (MMO) elements.”

Bungie has avoided defining “Destiny” as a traditional MMO. Instead, the company calls it a shared-world shooter in which players can call upon each other for help while questing through the world.

The game’s setting is a futuristic, post-

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SPORTS

Thunderducks ready for the playoffs Richland’s women soccer team pulled away from North Lake in the second half to claim a 3-0 victory, Oct. 7.

According to the head coach Scott Toups throught the first half both teams played hard and they were even. In the second half, the T-Ducks fixed a few mistakes and scored three goals.

“They were really good. It was one of the better teams that we’ve played,” Toups said about the Blazers. “We thought that we played good soccer up until then, but we just fixed a few mistakes.”

Now that the regular season is almost over, the T-Ducks have to improve their game in order to get ready for the playoffs.

Despite the fact that Richland is in first place in the conference, Toups said they can’t stop working because this year the playoffs and the national tournament will be even more difficult than last year.

Although the games during the conference season do not count in playoffs, they determine which seed the teams have and who is hosting the tournament.

At press time the Lady Thunderducks were scheduled to play on Friday against Brookhaven and today against Cedar Valley at 4 p.m. Also, they are scheduled to play Mountain View Friday at 4 p.m.

For more information about the team visit www.richlandcollege.edu/womenssoccer.

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—Story by Blanca Reyes

Thunderduck Veronica Miranda controls the ball during the game against North Lake.

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HEALTH/NEWS

Don’t forget to get your flu shots Copy Editor

Did you know that an estimated 10 to 20 percent of the U.S. population gets the flu every year?

You don’t have to be one of them if you take precautions. Sometimes people don’t understand what the flu is. If you get it, what do you do about it?

Martha Burgess, RN, College Nurse II at the Richland Health Center, said the flu is a virus. Symptoms include high fever, body aches, cold symptoms, coughing and/or runny nose, among others.

“Some people think they have a cold, but then if they start running a high fever and hurting all over, it’s more indicative of having the flu,” Burgess said. “Treatment includes drinking water, but not just water – drinks such as Gatorade, juices and Propel. Get lots of rest, take Tylenol and/or Advil.”

Burgess said that the flu can last for up to two weeks and is spread by coughing, sneezing and not covering your mouth.

Burgess recommended getting the flu vaccine and washing your hands quite often as the best way to avoid the flu. She did differentiate, however, between the flu and Ebola, which has been in the news recently

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Internet prankster accused of sexual harassment JONATHAN JOHNSON Staff Writer

Multiple accusations of sexual harassment have been leveled at YouTube sensation Sam Pepper after he posted an alleged prank video on YouTube. He supposedly used a fake hand in his hoodie pouch, while using his real hand behind his back to grab girls’ rear ends.

The video was removed from YouTube after enraged fans expressed concern.

Pepper released another video two days later that showed girls grabbing guys’ rear ends. This video was also disliked by fans and was removed by Pepper.

A third video was released by Pepper in an attempt to calm down the situation and explain that the previous videos were intended to be a social experiment.

“This is how it should be, nice to see how society is finally catching up on how this affects women,” Pepper said.

Pepper failed to account for any of the other prankster content on YouTube dealing with young women.

The controversy has united the website’s young female fans and led to the emergence of darker, more serious allegations.

A video blogger has come forth to tell of meeting Pepper at a fan meet when she was 16 and Pepper was 23. Shortly thereafter

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Screen capture from video of Sam Pepper prank that caused criticism.

she went to a movie with Pepper, where she claimed he repeatedly tried to touch her inappropriately, according to press reports.

Another female fan also has come forward

anonymously to claim she was raped by Pepper.

At press time no charges have been filed against Pepper.

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with a case at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, in Dallas.

“With Ebola, you can identify that with a fever of 101.5, severe headaches, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and muscle achiness,” Burgess said. “Some of these symptoms you would also have with the flu.”

Burgess said some people think that “ If they get the flu shot, they’ll get the flu.”

“It’s not true. It’s a dead virus. There are live viruses, such as measles, rubella and mumps,” Burgess said. “A person should get the flu shot ever year.”

Burgess said people over age 65 are more prone to contacting a virus and can have certain diseases where the immune system is lowered, so it’s even more important that they get the flu shot.

However, anyone who has an allergy to eggs or taking antibiotics, should not get vaccinated, Burgess said. The flu is a viral infection; for a bacterial infection one would take antibiotics.

There’s an average of 114,000 hospitalizations and 36,000 deaths from the flu each year, according to www.passporthealthtexas. com/fluclinics so it’s important to try to avoid getting it.

Flu shots will be available today in Sabine Hall room 117. Flu shots are also available at local paramedics and clinics, usually without an appointment.

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