Richland Chronicle November 10th, 2020

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Vol. XLIX Issue 7 November 10, 2020

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• Dallas College responds to COVID surge

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• Veteran thanks citizens for his service

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• Freedom Rider inspires new generation

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Dallas College to return to allremote work due to COVID-19 Angela Ly Managing Editor With over 10 million COVID-19 cases in the U.S. and more than 990,900 cases in the Lone Star state alone, Texas has surpassed California in the highest number of positive tests in the country, according to John Hopkins University.

With the rise in cases, Dallas College has taken precautionary steps to flatten the curve of COVID-19. In a college-wide email, Chancellor Joe May announced a 100% return to a remote work environment for employees and students from Nov. 30 to Jan. 4.

“As we approach the holiday season, we realize that many will be spending time with family and friends. For some, there is also the possibility of increased travel. Given these facts, we believe this is the best decision to ensure everyone’s health and wellness as we prepare for the spring semester,” May said.

During a task force briefing on Nov. 9, President-Elect Joe Biden said combatting the pandemic will take immediate priority during his new administration and encouraged all Americans to wear masks ahead of a “dark winter.”

“We could save tens of thousands of lives if everyone would just wear a mask for the next few months. Not Democratic or Republican lives, American lives,” Biden said. “Please, I implore you, wear a mask.”

Pharmaceutical company Pfizer announced Nov. 9 that its new vaccine may be 90% effective and said that it’s “on track” to file an emergency use request with regulators later this month. According to The Associated Press, Pfizer initially opted out of joining the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed that helped fund other drug makers in their

research and manufacturing. The company has since entered into an agreement with the federal government to have 300 million doses of the vaccine available next year.

Dallas County has seen substantial surge in positive cases. On Nov. 4, Dallas County Health and Human Services reported 866 positive cases, bringing the total to 98,473 confirmed cases and 1,120 confirmed deaths in Dallas County since the pandemic began.

In a press release issued by Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins, two deaths were added to this count on Nov. 4. They include a man in his 30s who was found deceased at a hotel.

He had underlying high-risk health conditions.

The other was a man in his 70s who had been critically ill in an area hospital, who also had underlying high-risk health conditions.

Jenkins encouraged residents to consider the repercussions of withdrawing individual safety measures.

“Our daily numbers continue to climb as do our hospitalizations and it’s more important now than ever that we wear our mask and avoid crowds. We know what to do, we just need to do it. We cannot afford to go into the holiday season with an all-time high of daily COVID-19 cases,” Jenkins wrote. “As the weather turns colder and more and more people are close to one another indoors, the threat of COVID increases, just as it did when it was hot and we were indoors. We cannot start that season at an all-time high or we will have a very dark winter and a difficult spring.”

“If we all move from selfishness in doing the few things that doctors tell us are not safe to community protection, we can stem the tide of COVID. Together, we’ll flatten the curve, safe lives, and strengthen our economy and schools,” he said.

U.S. Rep. Colin Allred (D-Dallas) who was

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Jacob Newberry puts on new PPE at the COVID-19 state drive-thru testing location at UTEP.

recently re-elected to Texas’ 32nd Congressional District stated on his official website, “It will take all of us, working together, to ensure the continued health and well-being of all Americans. We must listen to the experts to combat and contain the spread of coronavirus.”

El Paso has been considered a hot spot in Texas. The county has reported 1,348 new cases, which accounts for almost 23% of the state’s new cases as of early November. Officials have been “overwhelmed” by the unprecedented levels of death and have ordered a two-week shutdown of nonessential activities.

El Paso, like other border towns, has been more susceptible to the deadly virus. In July, 600 deaths were reported in Hidalgo County

where the rate of diabetes is roughly three times the national average. The community includes some of the lowest incomes in America, which makes for a challenging recovery.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) deployed 460 medical personnel and millions of pieces of personal protective equipment to El Paso on Oct. 22 to combat this hot spot.

“The medical personnel and supplies we are deploying to El Paso build upon the resources the state previously sent to the community and will provide much needed support to area hospitals and first responders,” Abbott said.

“The State of Texas will continue to work with local officials to protect public health and help the El Paso community mitigate the spread of COVID-19.”

Chancellor May addresses shooting near El Centro Campus RichlandStudentMedia.com

Dara Jones Editor-In-Chief A shooting at El Centro Campus/Dallas College left one man dead and a Dallas College police officer injured. The incident took place the night of Nov. 5 as police investigated a suspicious vehicle near campus.

The shooting occurred as Dallas College officers attempted to take the suspect into custody on an outstanding warrant. According to the police report, the suspect, 25-year-old Reginald Alexander Jr., produced a gun and an exchange of gunfire broke out. Alexander died of his injuries at an area hospital. The officer, whose identity has not been revealed, was treated in an area hospital and has been released.

Dallas College Chancellor, Joe May notified the college via email.

“I would like to commend our Dallas

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Deputy Chief Reuben Ramirez discusses the officer-involved shooting near El Centro Campus.

College Police Department for their efforts to protect, serve, and stand firm in the face of

danger. Their bravery and expertise in de-escalating last night’s situation is to be commended

by us all,” May said.

He went on to ensure the College’s commitment to the safety of its students, faculty and staff at all of the campuses.

“I understand that this news may exacerbate the anxiety many of us may have already been feeling due to ongoing social and civil unrest. However, we do not believe last night’s incident is in any way connected to predicted political discord.”

May encouraged those who may be experiencing anxiety to consider taking advantage of counseling services available to all students and Dallas College employees and reminded all to remain resilient. Richland students can contact the Richland Counseling Center via email, Counseling-RLC@dcccd.edu, or phone, (972) 239-3771.

“Together, we are a strong Dallas College community and even in the midst of adversity, our resiliency is unmatched,” he said.

November 10, 2020

OPINION/NATIONAL 3

A veteran contemplates “thank you for your service”

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The recruit graduation ceremony or “Pass-In Review“ is often seen as a rite of passage.

Dave Freeman Staff Writer “Thank you for your service” is a phrase you often hear as a veteran or service member. My usual reply is, “I was only doing my job, but

thank you.” Over time you learn to take these exchanges in stride but, truthfully, I would say almost all vets have a hard time answering that at times. Hopefully, I can give you a little insight into why.

Let’s take your average new recruit into any

service, usually between 18 to 24 years old, and some fresh out of high school. Others have been through university, or are somewhere in between.

Regardless of their socioeconomic situation or education, something drives them to the recruiter – whether for education, patriotism, a new start in life or thousands of other possible reasons. For me, it was the promise of adventure. I wanted to see the world. That’s why I chose the Navy in particular, and they didn’t disappoint.

I can contribute many experiences to my time in the service. Just like every veteran, my character forged and I learned a lot about myself.

Military life is a world of extremes and contradictions and, for most, it will be an awakening. People come from many backgrounds, cultures and creeds, all united under a common banner with a common goal from every corner of the country and beyond.

You learn that your concept of America is not the only one and that your American experience can be vastly different from another’s.

For me, it highlighted that our system does have its shortfalls, that many of my fellow veterans come from backgrounds that aren’t being served, yet they still proudly serve.

Despite this, most veterans regard their decision to join as the best choice of their young adult lives. It allowed me to spend more than 10 years living abroad. I traveled to six continents, 85 countries and lived on three continents. It allowed me to see the sunrise over Mount Fuji and watch it set over the Andes. I saw the northern lights off the coast of Norway and the beckoning lights of Sydney harbor.

You see, learn and experience other cultures and different ways of life. The perspective you gain is almost beyond measure; to realize how small your view of the world may have been before.

When someone thanks me for my service, all I can think is I should be thanking them for allowing me to serve – for allowing a 20-yearold kid who had barely left the state to travel the world and make bonds with new brothers and sisters that will last a lifetime. I came out the other side as a traveled man with perspective, discipline and a sense of duty, grateful for the recourses and support to pursue my dreams, before and after the service.

For that, I should be thanking you. So the next time you thank a vet, if they seem a little uneasy, they might be thinking they should be doing the exact same thing to you.

President-elect Biden urges unity and cooperation

Staff Writer After days of uncertainty as election officials counted ballots, Democrat Joe Biden crossed the threshold of 270 electoral votes the morning of Nov. 7 to apparently defeat President Donald Trump and become the 46th president of the United States.

Presumptive President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on national television the morning of Nov. 7 to claim victory.

“I sought this office to restore the soul of America and to make America respected around the world again and to unite us here at home,” Biden said. “Let’s give each other a chance,” offering those who didn’t vote for him an olive branch of consolation. “We are not enemies. We are Americans.”

The Trump administration, meanwhile, is pursuing legal avenues to find what it deems illegal votes as protesters took to the streets in Philadelphia, some openly carrying rifles and handguns, according to The Associated Press.

On election night, and throughout the days following, the media monitored results as ballots were counted and states were called for each candidate, featured on an electoral map tracking the red and blue states. Some states flipped to the opposite party and others remained in their usual camps.

As the unexpected outcomes were called, the Trump administration fought back, filing lawsuits to challenge the results they deemed to be miscalculated and making claims of fraud.

“Counting is solely controlled by state law,”

said Richland government professor Patrick Moore in a virtual meeting with Richland Student Media the day after the election. “He can shout this and it means little or nothing.

He can file lawsuits, but there is little to no chance that any court will pay much attention to such a suit.”

Leading up to Election Day, the Trump administration touted its plan to contest the election on the grounds of fraudulent votes.

Many experts, however, repeatedly denied such a problem existed. The Biden campaign responded with its own legal team, ready to fight in court if it came down to it.

The Trump administration followed through with its promise, filing lawsuits asking for recounts or to stop the count of ballots in Pennsylvania, Michigan, Georgia and an existing case in Nevada.

“This is a case when they are trying to steal an election, they are trying to rig an election,” Trump said of the Democrats and with no evidence of corruption, according to AP. Judges in Georgia and Michigan quickly dismissed the suits.

The Trump administration is demanding a recount in Wisconsin claiming there were “irregularities in several Wisconsin counties,” without offering details.

As Biden inched closer to a win in each state, he was met with more and more disinformation from the White House. Biden, seeing this barrage, ensured the American people that “no one’s going to take our democracy away from us — not now, not ever.”

On the evening of Nov. 5, Trump gave a nationally televised speech in which he used terms such as “phony polls,” “legal and illegal

votes,” “mystery ballots” and claimed a “red wave” was eminent, while never offering proof.

Multiple media networks pulled away from the speech to debunk the erroneous accusations. The networks subsequently faced criticism for this.

According to AP, the president went on Twitter to tweet, “U.S. Supreme Court should decide!” AP outlined the “tough road” to make that a possibility. In response, Biden’s campaign called these suits meritless and part of a “political strategy.”

On Nov.7, as news of his victory spread, Biden saw congratulatory messages from leaders across the world, including leaders on the both sides of the political aisle.

Biden began work on his coronavirus taskforce and transition efforts, AP reported.

So far, the taskforce consists of, Dr. David Kessler, Dr. Vivek Murthy, Dr. Marcella Nunez-Smith and others.

There have also been glimpses of possible cabinet members. Biden reminded the public on Nov. 7 that he plans to lead as a unifying “American president.” It is believed this will influence his picks.

According to AP, a Georgia state election official has pledged to “investigate any ballot problems.” This comes after the GOP flooded the state officials with doubts on the legitimacy of Biden’s 11,000 vote lead.

“It is difficult to imagine a scenario where a lead like that could be overturned,” Moore said.

AP also reported the long odds in overturning votes.

Prominent Republicans, including former

President George W. Bush, Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.) were among the first to congratulate the presidentelect.

Trump and other Republican leaders promise to make the transition process difficult for Biden. Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Nov. 9 said Trump is “100% within his rights” to question election results, as AP reported.

The incumbent administration has pointed out they will not help with the transition until the General Services Administration approves it, signaling the formal beginning of the transition and giving the Biden team access to federal agencies. At press time (Nov. 10), the GSA has yet to do so, according to AP.

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President-elect Joe Biden (left) and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris.

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Tea Town serves Filipino treats Ritchie Manalastas Staff Writer

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Tea Town is a Filipino-owned tea shop located on West 15th Street in Plano that sells teas, coffee, smoothies and popular delicacies in the Filipino culture.

Owner Joel Gutierrez, born and raised in Manila, wanted to open a store featuring Filipino delicacies for people to try.

Like other Asian-owned milk tea shops, Tea Town offers toppings for drinks that include boba (a type of starch that comes from the cassava root), egg pudding (gelatin-like texture that’s a cross between leche flan and panna cotta), coconut cream, rainbow jelly, mango/ lychee popping boba (toppings known at frozen yogurt shops), coffee jelly and lychee jelly.

Instead of offering either a cream cheese foam or sea salt cream as a signature like most boba shops, Tea Town took a different route by offering drinks served with coconut cream so customers don’t worry as much about their dairy intake.

Tea Town also sells a variety of Filipino delicacies, including pandesal, or “pan de sal,” which is Spanish for salt bread. It is actually sweet and comes in different flavors with a cream cheese filling. The shop offers ube-, pandan- and malunggay-flavored pandesal.

Ube, or purple yam, is a staple in Filipino food, especially desserts. Pandan is like the Asian counterpart of vanilla, originating from a tropical plant baring a unique sweet aroma found in Southeast Asia. Malunggay, known as Moringa to English speakers, is a type of plant with leaves rich in vitamins A, C and iron. It tastes similar to matcha.

Another popular Filipino afternoon snack they sell is mamon (mini chiffon cake).

It’s a lot sweeter and more buttery than its American counterpart, sponge cake, and has a very fluffy texture. Puto with cheese is also sold at Tea Town. Puto comes from the Malay word puttu meaning portioned. Therefore, it’s a bite-sized Filipino steamed rice cake.

Other snacks include leche flan and chicken empanadas. There’s also the Filipino street food platter consisting of fish balls, shrimp balls and kikiam (ground pork and shrimp wrapped in dried soybean curd). Cakes are also sold here.

One of their most popular drink items is buko pandan. Buko is Filipino for a green unripe coconut. This drink consists of jelly

cubes, coconut and sweet cream fused with pandan flavor.

“It’s very popular I guess because the taste is very unique and no one sells buko pandan in the DFW area — not even the restaurants, not even a bubble tea shop. No one makes that drink. So they can only order that drink here.

That’s why it’s so special,” Gutierrez said.

Another popular item that’s sold only on weekends is taho, a traditional Filipino breakfast/snack made with silken tofu and caramelized brown sugar with pearls.

I tried their taho and buko pandan, which tastes just how they are both made back in the Philippines. I even had their sago’t gulaman for the first time, a refreshing traditional street-side drink with a subtle fragrant aroma served with pearls (sago) and jellies (gulaman).

I could taste banana in the drink as told by the cashier before ordering. My family and I tried their ube pandesal, which was really good too but could have had more cream cheese in the center.

During the pandemic, they require all customers to wear face masks while hand sanitizer is provided near the POS checkout machine. Social distancing is enforced.

Delivery options such as Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub and Toast are utilized.

The shop celebrated its first anniversary in October.

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Ritchie Manalastas’ drink at Tea Town.

“Saving Private Ryan” (1998) – Steven Spielberg, helmed this tale about a soldier played by Matt Damon and the search for him in the midst of World War II. Tom Hanks headlined this powerful drama .The opening battle sequence is likely to cause your jaw to drop in amazement.

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Sean Connery during the filming of the James Bond movie “You Only Live Twice” in 1966.

Shaken, not stirred; a toast to Sean Connery Ricky Miller

Entertainment Editor The actor known to the world as the original James Bond has died. Sean Connery was best known for his role as the British spy in a series of films starting in the 1960s. He died Oct 31 at his home in the Bahamas.

Connery first starred as Agent 007 in the film “Dr. No” in 1962. He returned as James Bond six times with “From Russia with Love,” (1963), “Goldfinger” (1964), “Thunderball” (1965), “You Only Live Twice” (1967), “Diamonds are Forever” (1971) and “Never Say Never Again” (1983).

Connery maintained a leading man career that lasted five decades, something very few performers can attest to. Connery was an amazing performer who brought a certain panache to each of his characters.

One of my favorites was Michael Crichton’s “The Great Train Robbery” (1978), which paired him with the always reliable Donald Sutherland.

Connery had a great year in 1981. He headlined two big flicks. “Outland,” directed

by Peter Hyams, was essentially a “High Noon” in outer space, and “Time Bandits” in which he played King Agamemnon.

In 1986, Connery portrayed Ramirez in the action-fantasy “Highlander.” He had to teach an immortal Christopher Lambert how to not lose his head. The film was accented with a great soundtrack by Queen.

Connery won his only Academy Award for his supporting role as Jimmy Malone in Brian De Palma’s “The Untouchables” in 1987.

He followed that up in 1989 as Dr. Jones,

Harrison Ford’s screen father, in the great “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.”

The ‘90s proved to be prominent years for Connery as well, especially 1990. That was a banner year because of “The Hunt for Red October,” which paired him with the very cool Alec Baldwin. “Rising Sun” (1992) with Wesley Snipes was also great since his character mobilized an attacker with just his thumb.

In 1996, Connery voiced Draco, one of the last dragons in existence, with Knight Dennis Quaid by his side in “Dragonheart.” He also co-starred that year in the only Michael Baydirected movie I actually liked, “The Rock,” which paired him with the always watchable Nicolas Cage and the awesome Ed Harris.

Connery also has the dubious distinction of being named the “Sexiest Man Alive” by People magazine. At the time of printing, in 1989, he was 59.

He was subtle and likable in “Entrapment” opposite Catherine Zeta Jones in 1999 and part of the eclectic ensemble cast of the multi-layered romantic-comedy “Playing by Heart” (1998), as well as “The Avengers,” which paired him as a nemesis to heroes Uma Thurman and Ralph Fiennes the same year.

Connery was calm and subdued as the title character, a writer, in director Gus Van Sant’s “Finding Forrester” (2000). His last starring role was in the ensemble piece “The League of Extraordinary Gentleman” in 2003, directed

by Stephen Norrington. He played adventurer Allan Quartermain.

Connery is survived by wife Micheline Roquebrune, 91, and son Jason, 57.

“Midway” (2019) – Might I suggest this newer Roland Emmerich-directed version of “Midway,” which improves on the Jack Smight-directed version of 1976. Woody Harrelson is awesome as Admiral Chester Nimitz.

“Dunkirk” (2017) – This was amazing to see on the big screen, thanks to director Christopher Nolan who makes his movies worth the time and effort. Mark Rylance is Mr. Dawson, who plays a key part in the storyline that unfolds here.

“Hacksaw Ridge” (2018) – Based on a true story, this war saga was directed

by Mel Gibson and centers on Andrew Garfield’s Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector who never fired a single shot in his battles of World War II.

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“The Patriot” (2000) – Mel Gibson headlines this story about a peaceful farmer thrust into battle when one of his sons is killed in battle during the American Revolution.

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November 10, 2020

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Richland’s Green Team leads bee pollinator cup project Isijina Luckett Staff Writer

The Richland Campus will be buzzing with activity when students return to campus. The Richland Green Team is planning a special project designed to help the bees.

The Green Team hosted a virtual meeting Oct. 22 in partnership with the Richland art professor Jennifer Rose to discuss the creation of ecological art and her creation of bee pollinator cups. It’s a project she will undertake with the Green Team when classes return to campus.

Her inspiration for creating the “bee cups,” came from a trip she made to an art museum in California.

“I just saw the need and the beauty of it really attracted me first. And so I thought about that for a long time; like just the aesthetic of these things in the ground. Then it dawned on me, that could be beneficial to those insects,” Rose said.

Bee cups are colorful tiny funnels that collect water from sprinklers or rainwater.

They help bees stay hydrated while pollinating plants and this helps to save the bee population. Bees are vital to the production of human food resources.

The bee cups are made of porcelain which is not harmful to bees or the environment. Rose makes the handmade funnels and fires them in a kiln to 2200 degrees Fahrenheit which helps the porcelain to stay sustainable and long-lasting.

Bee pollinator cups accent the landscaping in professor Jennifer Rose’s garden.

She sells her products on her website and has received a lot of great feedback from customers about how the bee cups have helped save the bees flourish.

“I’ve had positive feedback from everywhere it goes,” Rose said. “Some bees are picker than others. Seems like you just have

to move them around and bees will end up finding them.”

Rose’s collaboration with the Green Team will result in an art installation that will help increase the pollination of bees among plants on campus.

Rose and the Green Team submitted a

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Mulholland was among civil rights activists who marched on Washington D.C. in 1963.

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Mulholland was arrested in Jackson, Miss.

Civil rights pioneer passes the torch Dara Jones

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Editor-in-Chief When 19-year-old white college student Joan Trumpauer Mulholland stepped onto the New Orleans train headed for Jackson, Mississippi, she stepped into civil rights history. It was 1961. Mulholland was accompanied by Black civil rights activist Stokely Carmichael and a group of mixed-race student activists.

They were the Freedom Riders, a group of student activists who risked their lives to desegregate the American South in the 1960s.

When Kelly Sonnanstine, Richland Campus SGA adviser, was asked for suggestions for a keynote speaker for the Texas Junior College Student Government Association’s regional conference, she immediately thought of Mulholland. The event was hosted virtually on Oct. 23. Mulholland was the keynote speaker.

“I knew that Joan was still doing presentations and that she would have a compelling story that might ignite students to work for change,” Sonnanstine said. “I feel strongly that college is a time for young people to really figure out who they are, and that part of that discovery process is meeting and hearing from strong leaders from the past and present.”

Sonnanstine heard the late Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel speak when she was in college in Florida. It was a story that has stayed with her to this day.

“I want to find a way to make that kind of impact on each and every student that I can,” Sonnanstine said.

Mulholland’s group and a group from Nashville headed south in response to the violent treatment received in Alabama by the initial Freedom Riders who had attempted to

take a bus from Washington, D.C. through the segregated South to New Orleans.

When the group arrived in Jackson, she and the others were arrested for sitting in the “whites only” waiting room at the bus terminal. They refused bail and were taken first to jail and then to Parchman State Penitentiary to serve out their sentences.

“In the white women’s cell we were down to — picture sleeping in this — less than three square feet of floor space per prisoner. One girl had to sleep curled up in the dripping shower,” Mulholland said. “They had to do something with us, so they decided to take the [Parchman] prisoners on death row, put them someplace better. This is only in the worst prison in the entire United States and [they] put us up there. But it was roomier and cleaner, and the food was way better than that old county jail. But they were just trying to frighten us, but I’m a Southerner. I knew their game.”

By the time Mulholland was 24, according to her website, she had participated in 50 sit-ins, the March on Washington, the march between Selma and Montgomery, Alabama, was shot at, hunted by the Ku Klux Klan and worked alongside prominent civil rights figures Martin Luther King Jr., Medgar Evers, John Lewis and others. She has been featured in books and documentaries and received the 2015 National Civil Rights Museum Freedom Award along with numerous other awards.

Mulholland’s son, documentary filmmaker Loki Mulholland, showed the conference attendees a short video about her involvement in the Jackson Woolworth sit-in. Mulholland walked through an angry mob that had formed that day around her three friends, Annie Moody, Memphis Norman, and Perleana

Lewis. Mulholland joined them at the lunch counter.

The group, soon joined by white sociology professor John Salter, endured a host of taunts, raining food condiments and violent physical assault. The sit-in was part of a larger movement, which came in response to people of color being refused service in white establishments.

“So, the students took it into their own hands to go to these places and sit at the lunch counter and say, ‘Oh, I’d like a Coke and a hamburger,’ and if they didn’t get it they would sit there until they were either arrested or served or the business closed for the day,” she said.

That day in Jackson, police stood by outside and did nothing. The video reported that Mulholland had said she wasn’t sure they would get out alive. At the conference she put this into perspective.

“I’ve heard at various times from a reporter, the cameraman and the son of one of the reporters that this was the most terrifying, frightening event they covered in the civil rights movement. Now [I] guess they weren’t in Birmingham or Montgomery with the Freedom Riders. But they got around and this to them was the worst,” she said.

Mulholland strongly encouraged TJCTGA students to use their unique time in life as an opportunity to get involved for change.

“College students are truly important in society. They are the ones that cause change.

They don’t have mortgages and family or for the most part family responsibilities and all sorts of things that restrain older folks.

Students are in the best position to get out there and do something,” she said.

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November 10, 2020

SPORTS 7

Cowboys struggle to get back on game Mike McCarthy’s first season as coach of the Dallas Cowboys is all but lost, in large part because star quarterback Dak Prescott’s season-ending ankle injury triggered a sequence of four different starters in a span of five weeks.

A defense that took too long to adjust to a new scheme shares the blame.

The Cowboys had their best showing since the gruesome scene of Prescott’s broken right ankle in Week 5 against the New York Giants, a game they rallied to win when Andy Dalton led a pair of drives to field goals in the fourth quarter.

But the 24-19 loss to undefeated Pittsburgh on Nov. 8 was the fourth straight defeat without Prescott and left Dallas (2-7) tied for last in the NFC East with the New York Giants. Philadelphia (3-4-1) leads the division with a losing record.

“I think we are making some good steps forward,” running back Ezekiel Elliott said.

“You said we were in last place in the division?

Is that what you said? I mean, we still got seven games left. So I think there is still a shot.”

Dalton should be ready for the visit to Minnesota on Nov. 22 after going from the concussion protocol to the COVID-19 list.

Rookie Ben DiNucci was overmatched in his only start after Dalton’s concussion and the COVID-19 development led to Garrett Gilbert making his first career start against the Steelers six years after he was drafted. Gilbert brought enough life to the offense to give Dallas some degree of encouragement about the most important position for the remaining games. And McCarthy doesn’t sound ready to concede going into the open week.

“We’ll spend time self-scouting it all, both individually for the players and all three phases,” McCarthy said. “We’ve got to get going. Everyone knows what our record is, so we need to get going and we need to start

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Players react to Dallas Cowboys quarterback Andy Dalton lying on the ground after a late hit in the game against Washington on Oct. 25.

stacking wins.”

The Dallas defense gave up the most points in franchise history through five weeks and is still on pace to set a club record. But at least the pace is no longer more than 500 points (it’s about 460).

With the pandemic eliminating any

in-person offseason work to try to get familiar with the multiple looks and disguises in defensive coordinator Mike Nolan’s scheme, the Cowboys blew assignments week after week before looking more sound the past two games.

“I do feel like we’ve raised a bar and we

are getting better,” defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence said.

The Cowboys play the Minnesota Vikings Nov. 15 and are up against the Washington Football Team on Thanksgiving.

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Jalen Rainey

Sports Columnist After 48 great years of services and an excellent résumé, Coach Bill Neal retired from Richland Campus Dallas College last spring.

Now it appears Richland wrestling has hit the mat for the last time as well.

Coach Guy Simmons, the campus athletic director, said the wrestling program will not be returning to the campus.

During Neal’s stretch, the program came close to closing before Neal retired but he came back to help the program.

“The wrestling team was a club, so it wasn’t run by the NJCAA because, before the wrestling club was founded, Coach Neal was a faculty member for what was Richland College,” Simmons said.

Although COVID-19 played a major role in canceling historical events, programs and

traditions, Simmons believes COVID-19 did not affect Neal’s decision to retire.

“COVID-19 did not affect Coach Neal’s plan of retiring. He’s had an amazing 48 years and was just ready to hang [it] up before the virus was out,” he said.

Both wrestling and Neal will leave a mark on Richland Campus sports that will never be forgotten. After historical achievements by the Richland wrestling club, there are a few other sport programs ready to write their names in the history books as well.

“So far, all the sports are returning, some sooner than others but they will be returning,” Simmons said While not all sports have returned to the schedule, baseball will begin on Jan. 27 and soccer will begin in March. The good news, sadly, comes with bad news. Fans will not be allowed to attend.

“Right now, they will be no fans or students at the stadiums and gyms but that [could]

change throughout the process,” Simmons said.

On an optimistic note, there have not been any positive cases reported during training and practice. The teams are playing it safe.

Simmons explained the reporting process.

“If someone were to test positive you will go to DCCCD.edu to go to eConnect and go through the COVID protocol to answer a few questions and that sports cannot practice for 14 days,” Simmons said.

While the NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL handled their COVID-19 safety protocol using their respective methods, Simmons said the college did not have the same level of resources.

“Those organizations are able to test every day and check whenever they want to. We don’t so we have to be extra cautious and careful to keep our players safe,” he said.

Throughout this year it has been a tough

road for athletes and difficult year to get things done, but Simmons has not let the negatives cause him to lose sight of the positives.

“I’ve enjoyed meeting new people with the Dallas County Community College District and working on the tough task of bringing sports and helping kids not only have fun but most of all be safe,” he said.

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