Richland Chronicle February 19th, 2019

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Vol. XLV Issue 20 February 19, 2019

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2 POLITICS

February 19, 2019

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President Donald Trump speaks during an event in the Rose Garden at the White House to declare a national emergency in order to build a wall along the southern border, Feb. 15, in Washington.

President declares national emergency; lawsuits to follow Trace Miller

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Assistant Managing Editor President Trump declared a national emergency from the Rose Garden of the White House Feb. 15. Shortly after the text of the speech was distributed, lawsuits were threatened.

According to The Associated Press (AP), Trump cited illegal immigration, gangs and drugs as constituting “an invasion of our country” and declared the situation an emergency. To counter the alleged invasion, he proposed spending about $8 billion on physical border barriers. This money is expected to come from funds allocated for counterdrug endeavors and military construction projects.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer responded by issuing a joint statement condemning “the President’s unlawful declaration over a crisis that does not exist.” “[This declaration] does great violence to our Constitution and makes America less safe, stealing from urgently needed defense funds for the security of our military and our nation.

This is plainly a power grab by a disappointed President, who has gone outside the bounds of the law to try to get what he failed to achieve in the constitutional legislative process,” said Pelosi and Schumer. “The President’s actions clearly violate the Congress’s exclusive power of the purse, which our Founders enshrined in the Constitution.”

According to AP, Democrats and some Republicans in Congress are also opposed the declaration.

Multiple Democratic state attorneys general have threatened legal action in an attempt to invalidate the emergency declaration, according to AP. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) has also vowed to take the declaration to court. Anthony Romero, the executive director of the ACLU, described the declaration as “patently illegal.”

“Who knows what the courts will decide?

That’s up to them. But I suspect that [the emergency declaration] is not unlawful. I suspect

that the courts will say ‘yes, he can declare a national emergency’—even when there’s manifested no emergency,” Patrick Moore, a Richland government professor, said.

According to Moore, the courts have previously deferred to the judgement of the president.

A ruling on the validity of the emergency declaration, however, will be entirely separate from a ruling on the legality of reallocation of funds, according to Moore.

“Money can’t be spent out of the Treasury without congressional approval, and so the president can’t, as a result of the national emergency declaration, say ‘I need an extra $25 billion. Treasury, fork it over.’ He can’t do that. He can say, ‘Congress has already appropriated this money. It’s going to be the spent there; I want to spend it over here on the wall now.’ Repurposing that money will be a matter of statutory interpretation,” Moore said.

On top of reviewing the legality of the emergency declaration, the courts are also expected to review the legality of transferring money from one program to another. A possible outcome is that the courts uphold the national emergency declaration but strike down any attempted redistribution of funds, according to Moore.

Congress approved a bipartisan spending bill Feb. 14 to keep the government operating. It included $1.375 billion to fund the wall.

Trump found the funds for the border wall inadequate, however, and pursued the national emergency declaration to go around Congress.

Moore suspects that the courts will rule against Trump on the statutory interpretations and strike down any attempted redistribution of funds, though he described it as a “close call” whether the redistribution is found to be legal or illegal.

Meanwhile, the leading opponents are squaring up for major court battles. Trump said, “Sadly, we’ll be sued and sadly it will go through a process and happily we’ll win, I think.” It is possible, said Moore, that he will lose the first court battle but renovate his plan and send it back to the courts until he wins— similar to the fight over his travel ban.

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February 19, 2019

Measles and flu spread with lack of vaccines Alex Ortuno

Staff Writer Cities across the nation are reporting the return of a highly contagious disease that was declared by the Center for Diseas Control (CDC) to have been eradicated in the U.S. in 2000: Measles. Denton County Public Health reported one case of measles on Feb. 6. Five additional cases have been reported in Southern Texas, according to The Associated Press.

“Measles is airborne and if you’re not protected against measles, then you are at risk of developing measles,” said Marisa Gonzalez, public information officer for Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS).

Measles is an extremely infectious disease.

According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), if one person is infected with measles, 90 percent of non-immunized people who are close to the infected person will get the disease. The Associated Press (AP) reports that complications from measles can cause blindness, deafness and pneumonia.

Influenza has been hitting the Metroplex hard with 10 reported deaths according to the Dallas County Health and Human Services (DCHHS). The situation is concerning to many Dallas residents and DCHHS is monitoring the situation closely.

“We’ve actually established a really good working relationships with our hospitals and clinics and so they report to us on a weekly basis,” Gonzalez said.

The flu season in Dallas County is not as severe as it has been in previous years.

“Last year was really bad, especially compared to this year. We had 84 flu-related

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Four children under the age of two were infected with measles in Houston.

deaths last season and that was just in Dallas County alone,” Gonzalez said.

She added that the flu season of 2017/2018 in the Metroplex was considered horrific with 154 deaths reported in the metroplex.

There is another situation linked to the outbreaks of both measles and influenza.

That is the lack of immunization. Forty-four people have been infected with the measles in the Pacific Northwest. Thirty-seven of those infected were under 10 and had not been vaccinated. AP reports that the anti-vaccination movement is strong in Oregon where

people can opt out of getting vaccinations under a non-medical exemption.

“Measles outbreaks happen because people aren’t getting immunized,” said Caroline White, senior manager of the health center at Richland. She said Richland has taken precautions to prevent further infections of these and other diseases.

“Especially with our non-college students [and] with our high school students, they are 100 percent immunized,” she said. International students are also 100 percent immunized, she added, noting that vaccines are

a fresh outlook to the future of cinema and gives VR the opportunity to talk about issues that are rarely examined.

While testicular cancer can be embarrassing to discuss, it is important for men to get informed and talk to their doctor.

Hartsell’s project takes advantage of the 360-degree view that brings audiences a new level of immersion and story delivery.

“It’s not like in the theater where the experience is shared with the group. With VR [the audience] has a deeper connection with the movie” Hartsell said.

Since its initial introduction in the mid20th century with the introduction of the Sensorama, VR technology has become widely popular in the entertainment industry. From gaming consoles to YouTube videos, VR is a technological milestone that expands the field of possibilities for film pioneers.

Barton Weiss, director of the Dallas Video Festival, said, “It is a whole new field. The rules on how to use VR for filmmaking have not been written, so it is interesting to see what people will come up with.”

With VR, filmmakers choose where they want to focus their attention. If done well, it can be a powerful asset to enhance the storyline. VR is rewriting the rulebook.

The technology, still in its infancy, has been improving at an impressive rate. Consumers

now have greater access to personal VR headwear systems, which are becoming more affordable.

Just like in the days when VHS or DVDs/ Blu-ray were introduced, VR is having the same reception.

Weiss is always eager to see what new creative work will be presented at the festival. Just like Hartsell, he can see the creative potential VR can bring to cinema.

It has already made a big impact in the gaming industry. Microsoft’s Xbox and Sony’s PlayStation officials are introducing their own VR systems to enhance players’ experiences.

The project is a collaboration with the technology company Oculus VR, the Male Cancer Awareness Campaign (MCAC) and video game developer Flight School Studios.

The success of “The Evolution of Testicles” has the potential to help raise awareness of the disease and specifically raise the awareness of male testicular cancer.

Hartsel is excited by the technology and is planning to create new projects using VR. “It is like the Wild West: A frontier of unknowns,” Hartsell said.

The movie is free to watch with or without an Oculus headset at https:// www.facebook.com/MaleCancerAwareness/ videos/1057665654372803/.

offered to all students each fall.

“We did bring in flu shots. We’ve had health center clinics where they came and did flu shots multiple times in the fall,” White said.

The Richland health center and DCHHS acknowledge that the lack of immunization can create health issues. Taking precautions is important.

“Wash your hands. Take your temperature [and] don’t go anywhere if you’ve got temperature,” White said. Gonzales also urged everyone to practice proper hygiene.

“The other thing is to wash your hands constantly before you touch your eyes, nose, mouth. Keep those hands clean and shake your hands and make sure you wash your hands afterwards,” Gonzalez said.

“Get your flu shots, that’s your first line of defense against influenza. We recommend the flu vaccine every year because the strain changes year to year so that’s why it’s important to get it every single year.”

Vaccinations are important to stay healthy and help others avoid infection.

“People [who] have compromised immune systems, elderly people as well, newborns, they are too young to receive that vaccine. So it’s not just about you, it’s about the whole community,” Gonzalez added.

To learn more about where to get an influenza vaccine, check with your doctor, pharmacy, or with an official DCHHS immunization clinic at www.dallascounty.org/department/ hhs/immunizationhours.html

Jack Bernal-Ramirez Staff Writer A new documentary that debuted at the 2019 Dallas Video Festival is using virtual reality (VR) to raise the awareness of a rarelydiscussed disease.

Director Ryan Hartsell (“I’ll Make You Bleed,” 2016) introduced his new film project, “The Evolution of Testicles,” about male testicular cancer, using a platform that gives

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Kelly J. Kitchens Wickersham trys out a VR headset.

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Virtual reality explores cancer via revolutionary methods

4 ENTERTAINMENT

February 19, 2019

Cinema celebrates Black History Month Ricky Miller Entertainment Editor

Honoring Black History Month in the movies is a daunting task. I had to whittle down my list from more than 70 titles to just a select few. Here are some of my favorites.

“In the Heat of the Night” (1967) – This Best Picture winner also saw co-star Rod Steiger winning as well. Sidney Poitier starred in two follow-ups with “They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!”

(1970) and “The Organization” (1971). A“American Gangster” (2007) – This based-on-a-true-story drama looks at Denzel Washington’s Frank Lucas, who, in a precellphone era was an international drug dealer and family man always at odds with Russell Crowe’s Richie Roberts. Expertly directed

by Ridley Scott, who brings a certain nuance and fluidity to this intriguing tale. It also contains some nifty plot twists and turns. A “Bad Company” (1995) – Be sure to choose the right version of this movie.

There’s also a 1972 Western with Jeff Bridges and a subpar 2002 Joel Schumacher-directed

tale with Chris Rock and Anthony Hopkins.

This version is directed by British auteur Damian Harris, who also helmed the mediocre Goldie Hawn led “Deceived” in 1991. A very cool and collected Laurence Fishburne is Nelson Crowe, a CIA operative working with Ellen Barkin’s Margaret Wells. B“Malcolm X” (1992) – A Best Actor Oscarnominated Denzel Washington is the civil rights leader whose life is followed in this Spike Leedirected tale. It’s intriguing on all counts. B+ “Glory” (1989) – This powerhouse of a film looks at the 54th all African-American regiment in the Civil War. It won multiple Oscars, including Best Supporting Actor for Denzel Washington, Best Cinematography for Freddie Francis and Best Sound for Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rundoff, Elliot Tyson and Russell Williams II. A+ Additional top picks include director Stanley Kramer’s Oscar-winning “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” (1968), Spike Lee’s little seen “Miracle of St. Anna” (2008), John Singleton’s “Boyz ‘n the Hood” (1991) and Abel Ferrara’s “King of New York” (1990).

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Denzel Washington, left, Morgan Freeman and Andre Braugher in “Glory” (1989).

‘The Favourite,’ ‘Roma’ win top honors at BAFTA Tragicomic royal drama “The Favourite” and Mexican family memoir “Roma” split the honors with multiple wins each at the Feb. 10 British Academy of Film and Television Awards — victories that suggest a wind of change may be blowing through the movie industry.

“The Favourite” won seven trophies including best British film and best actress for OIivia Colman, who plays Britain’s 18th century Queen Anne in the female-centric drama.

Alfonso Cuaron’s “Roma,” which centers on the nanny to a middle-class Mexico City family, took prizes for best picture, director, cinematography and foreign-language film.

Winners relished the symbolism of their victories.

“Thank you for celebrating our femaledominated movie about women in power,” said “The Favourite” writer Deborah Davis, who won the original screenplay award alongside co-writer Tony McNamara.

Director Yorgos Lanthimos’ “The Favourite” snapped up the outstanding British film and screenplay awards as well as prizes for its opulent production design, its extravagant costumes, larger-than-life hair and makeup and the performances of Colman and supporting actress Rachel Weisz.

“This is for all three of us,” Colman said, speaking of Weisz and the film’s other star, Emma Stone. “It’s got my name on it but we can scratch on some other ones.”

The best-actor trophy went to Rami Malek for his electric turn as Queen front man Freddie Mercury in “Bohemian Rhapsody.”

Mahershala Ali was named best supporting actor as a concert pianist touring the 1960s Deep South in “Green Book.”

Other winners included Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKlansman” for best adapted screenplay and the Bradley Cooperdirected “A Star is Born” for music.

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Rachel Weisz and Olivia Colman in “The Favourite.”

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“Vice”

“Black Panther”

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“Roma”

Final picks for Oscars Ricky Miller Entertainment Editor Part three of a three-part series The 91st Academy Awards, Hollywood’s top honors for those behind movie magic, are just around the corner. T he Oscar’s command performance airs at 7 p.m. Feb. 24 on ABC. Here are my predictions on who will walk out with the golden statuette.

Best Makeup and Hair is an interesting category. When done well, makeup and hair can extenuate the role of characters on the silver screen. The use of color and style can harken a past era or move the film into the future. The nominees for Best Makeup and Hair include “The Border,” “Mary Queen of Scots” and “Vice.” I think “Vice” should take this one, since it captures the milieu of the 1980s period piece. I think this will be the only Oscar the movie receives.

In the category of Costume Design, the nominees includes “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” by Mary Zophres, “Black Panther”

by Ruth E. Carter, “The Favourite” by Sandy Powell, “Mary Poppins Returns” also with

Powell and “Mary Queen of Scots” designed

by Alexandra Byrne.

While “Buster Scruggs” harkened an 1800s Western setting, “Mary Poppins” was a throwback to the 1960s original in style and color.

“Mary Queen of Scots” was visually admirable with a nod to the 16th century. But for me, “Black Panther” wins the prize. The film used vibrant colors throughout and designated a unique color palate for each of the main characters.

The Best Picture race is very interesting and diverse. In alphabetical order, the nominees include “Black Panther,” “BlacKkKlansman,” “Bohemian Rhapsody,” “The Favourite,” “Green Book,” “Roma,” “A Star is Born” and “Vice.” I think writer-director Alfonso Cuarón will take home the Best Picture statuette for his true-life tale “Roma,” which is simply amazing.

The category for Best Director includes Spike Lee for “BlacKkKlansman,” Pawel Pawlikowski for “Cold War,” Yorgos Lanthimos for “The Favourite,” Cuarón for “Roma” and Adam McKay for “Vice.” Despite the accolades earlier in the night, I think the Best Director award will go to Cuarón for “Roma.”

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The cast of “Spelling Bee” jazzes it up with some fancy moves during a dress rehearsal of the drama departments’ production at the Fannin Perfomance Hall.

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Musical ‘Spelling Bee’ buzzes with excitement Joyce Jackson Copy Editor The Fannin Performance Hall stage erupted into chaos on Feb. 9 as six Richland students tried to outdo each other to win a spelling bee. Song and dance, plus the ability to spell words correctly, drew the audience right into the action.

It was all part of the Richland Drama Department’s first spring production, “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee.” The musical was 90 minutes of just plain fun with a variety of diverse characters competing in an intellectual competition – with no intermission.

The action took place in the gym at the fictional Putnam County Middle School in Anytown, USA. “Spelling Bee” was conceived by Rebecca Feldman and originally produced on Broadway, with music and lyrics by William Finn, a book by Rachel Sheinkin and additional material by Jay Reiss.

Richland drama director Gregory Lush described “Spelling Bee” as “100 percent a musical-comedy.” And indeed it was.

Nine student actors kept the audience spellbound with lots of action among them to compete. To add to the fun before the musical began, three people in the audience were randomly selected to join the six student competitors onstage. Some of the words presented were “strabismus, capybara, lugubrious, Mexican and cow.”

The rules stated that the contestants could ask for the meaning of the word, its origin and that it be used in a sentence – before attempting to spell it.

The spelling bee took place in a school gym with a sparse set consisting only of bleachers, a table with trophies of previous winners, a Texas and an American flag and a sign that read, “Putnam Optometrist, See Us.” Most importantly, the microphone was placed at the front of the stage so the competitors could be heard.

Each of the student competitors were “super quirky,” as Lush described them. They included: Chip Tolentino (Ben Stegmair), a Putnam former winner; Logainne Schwartzandgrubenniere, or “Schwartzy,” (Beth Long) who had two gay fathers and wrote words on her arm with her finger; Leaf Coneybear

(Sheldon Vielma), plagued by attention deficit disorder; Olive Ostrovsky (Catherine Christenson), who reads the dictionary and failed to pay the $25 entrance fee for the competition; William Barfee (Andres Camacho), who spells words on the floor with his foot and Marcy Park (Christina Hollie), an over-achiever.

Three adults in charge of the spelling bee kept the competition moving. Rona Lisa Perretti (Kim Dominguez), who won the competition 22 years ago, started this year’s competition with the word, “syzygy.”

Costume designer Anaïs Jaquez did an excellent job of matching Rona Lisa’s brown jacket and skirt with Vice Principal Douglas Panch’s (Alex Istrate) brown suit. Both sat at a table on the right of the stage judging the competition.

And what would a competition be without a “comfort counselor” for the losers? Jimmy Jensen was great in this role as Mitch, the strong, tough guy lurking in the background waiting for each contestant to fail. Everyone listened intensely for the little bell that sounded when someone misspelled a word.

That’s when Jensen walked up to the student, slowly escorted them down the

stairs and out of the competition. (I, for one, couldn’t help but feel sorry for them.)

There were some great musical numbers throughout “Spelling Bee,” and the actors performed and sang a variety of songs, including “Pandemonium,” “Magic Foot” and “The Rules,” among many others.

Choreographer Kelly McCain created some exciting dance moves. Chad Ostermiller, Kelley Rodriguez and Michael Ptacin made up the band.

The rather bizarre competition had two happy winners: Barfee won first place and a prize of a $200 savings bond.

Some of the most hilarious scenes were when Camacho (Barfee), with his distinct, commanding voice, would correct the judges for mispronouncing his name shouting, “It’s not Barfee, it’s Barfay!”

His weird body gyrations as he tried to spell words with his right foot on the floor drew lots of laughter from the audience. Ostrovsky won second place for $25, but she owed that much for being in the competition.

“Spelling Bee” was one of the funniest and most exciting musicals produced on the Richland stage.

Bernard Cheatham Staff Writer

A Richland honors student received a significant opportunity by winning an internship at the magic kingdom. Tori Allen was accepted into the spring 2019 Disney College Program in Florida which included free housing, a job at the Walt Disney Water Parks and college credit hours that she can use toward her associate degree. Allen also interned for Disney in California in the fall of 2018.

“She joined honors college in the summer of 2017. She took numerous honors courses.

She got an internship to go and work at Disneyland in California in the summer of 2018,” said Dr. Kathleen Stephens, coordinator of the Honors Program at Richland.

Allen is majoring in social work and

minoring in Spanish. Stephens said Allen is the only DCCCD student who is a part of the program. The Disney College Program is open to all students who are pursuing a college degree and want to travel.

Stephens called Allen a dedicated student and said she was able to make the opportunity to travel for the internship and learn a new skill set as well.

Stephens said, “I kind of call her my Disney princess when she arrives.”

Allen said she applied to the program for two reasons.

“One reason is to build my résumé. Disney is one of the top leading companies in the entire world and having that on my résumé will make me stand out when going to job interviews. The second reason was to experience something new. I have lived in Texas all

my life and wanted to see what life is like in the real world, if you want to put it that way,” Allen said.

Allen said the only criteria for applying is that you have to be registered in a college class. You don’t have to be attending a four-year university, so college students can apply too, Allen added.

Applications are accepted twice a year, in January for the Allen upcoming fall semester and August for the spring semester. International students may also apply.

Allen said the program changed her life.

“This program has given me an opportunity to work with many people from different

cultures, backgrounds and has taught me the art of patience,” she said.

Allen encouraged students to apply to the program.

“Don’t be afraid. My first time I applied to the program, I was denied. I didn’t give up and I was able to get in on my second time applying,” she said.

Allen said she met people in the program who were denied multiple times before being accepted. Tuition is not covered, but some classes offered in the program count as credit.

More information about the Disney College Program is available at https://jobs.disneycareers. com/disney-college-program.

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Staff Writer The Richland Anthropology Club welcomed guest speaker Sarah Snyder on Feb. 7 in El Paso Hall. She discussed the importance of preserving artifacts that everyday people used during the Holocaust. Speaking from personal experience of working on preservation at Auschwitz and Birkenau, she brought attention to a number of issues: vandalism, the importance of artifacts and the often-overlooked individuals who work to preserve the past.

Snyder volunteered to work at Auschwitz for six months, over two summers. Although she had knowledge of the events that took place, she was unprepared for what she experienced. Snyder made it clear that working and living so close to Auschwitz was “emotionally draining.”

Snyder’s first task, cataloging and sorting toothbrushes, was eye-opening. The advice she received from a fellow worker at Auschwitz was that each item was important.

“I started to feel these artifacts were people,” Snyder said.

Snyder also discussed vandalism at Auschwitz and Birkenau. Although the Nazis

burned the structure, Kanada is now a target for thieves. Kanada’s buildings, originally used for the sorting of prisoner items, contains items buried in the soil. She said every spring when the ground thawed, new items were exposed. Vandals often take these artifacts although Kanada is viewed as a cemetery.

Snyder showed images of items stolen from Kanada and explained that anthropologic removal projects are done in such a way that visitors can clearly see altered land sections.

Snyder spoke admiringly about the friends she made at Auschwitz. She said they established community and relied on each other. When asked about the emotional toll of working at a former concentration camp, Snyder said she “would have left” without the support of the friends she made at Auschwitz and Birkenau.

“I didn’t realize the extent of preservation or the magnitude of artifacts,” said Esther Land, Anthropology Club president.

Land said she believes the information Snyder presented to students is priceless and is important to learning about preserving the past.

The Anthropology Club’s next meeting is Feb. 21, which also happens to be National Anthropology Day.

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Staff Writer Bill Browder, an American-born international financier living in London, became an accidental human rights activist when the Russian government he invested in turned against him.

The CEO and founder of Hermitage Capital Management, Browder discussed his time in Russia, growing his investment empire and the downfall of Moscow’s branch of Hermitage Capital during a presentation at SMU on Feb. 5 as part of the Tate Lecture Series.

Browder said that as an employee of

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Bill Browder discusses the Magnitsky Act at SMU Feb. 5.

Solomon Brothers in the early 1990s, he was sent to Moscow with $25 million to invest in Russian business.

By 1996 he left Solomon Brothers to open Hermitage Capital and by 1997, “I was the best performing front manager in the world,” he said.

By 31, Browder said, he was featured in prominent business publications and traveled the world with clients.

Browder described how, in 1998, Russia ran into problems. They began defaulting on their domestic debt and devalued their currency by 75 percent.

“My billion dollars went down 90 percent,” he said. “I lost $900 million dollars of my clients’ money,” an event Browder described as humiliating.

In 2005, Browder said he was held in detention while trying to return to Russia and then deported. The Russian government began taking money from businesses and eventually took money from Hermitage Capital. He hired lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who uncovered more than $230 million in tax fraud by the Russian oligarchs. Russian officials stormed Hermitage Capital, seized company documents and then claimed ownership.

While Magnitsky attempted to bring this case to trial in 2008, Browder said Magnitsky was arrested for the very same crime he investigated.

For 11 months, he sat in prison, held without bail. He was abused, did not receive medical attention and died in prison. Browder was convicted, in absentia, by a Russian court and sentenced to nine years for allegedly participating in the same crime. He described Magnitsky as “the bravest man I’ve ever known.”

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In the aftermath, Browder went before the U.S. Congress, after meeting with the late Sen. John McCain, and proposed the human rights bill that would be named for his attorney. The Magnitsky Act, signed by former President Barack Obama in 2012, put sanctions against some 49 to 80 Russian officials who were believed to be involved in Magnitsky’s death.

Browder said that the act not only prohibited them from entering the U.S., but froze the account holding the $230 million. In retaliation, Russian President Vladimir Putin passed a law prohibiting Americans from adopting Russian children.

The Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act was an expanded version of the law that extended human rights violations beyond Russia. According to The Associated Press (AP), some lawmakers think the law doesn’t go far enough.

At issue is the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi on Oct. 2, 2018.

According to AP, a bipartisan group of 22 members of the Senate called for an investigation into Khashoggi’s death and whether Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman was responsible. Four months later, the senators had still not received a report from the Trump administration determining who was responsible.

On Feb. 13, more than four months after Khashoggi’s death, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told reporters at the embassy in Budapest that, “America is not covering up for a murder.”

At the close of the lecture, Browder said Putin “needs to stay in office.” Otherwise, he may face criminal charges if a new president of Russia is elected.

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February 20 2:00 to 4:30 pm. i David Shepard grabs a rebound among a swarm of Eastfield players on Feb. 13. The T-Ducks beat the Harvesters 90-85.

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T-Ducks keep up streak with MAC win André Duncan

Staff Writer The Richland basketball team is preparing for the regional championship after winning a 90-85 nail biter against Eastfield Feb. 13. The T-Ducks clinched home-court advantage and won the Metro Athletic Conference (MAC).

The T-Ducks came out hot against Eastfield, starting the game 7-0. Caleb Williams was in the zone, helping his team get off on the right foot by scoring nine out of Richland’s first 10 points. Eastfield’s resistance pushed the T-Ducks back to a two-point deficit at 15-13, prompting Coach Jon Havens to call a timeout to regroup.

The shots were not dropping and the offense came to a stall as the T-Ducks supplemented their scoring with free throws. The offense got back on track when Williams hit the first field goal in the first two and a half

minutes with 10:23 left on the clock.

The T-Ducks were successful in attacking the basket and getting to the free throw line.

For a team that has averaged just 59 percent at the free throw line, the T-Ducks were much improved this game. Hitting their free throws, Richland regained the lead 24-23 as the clock neared 8:42 left in the first half. The back-andforth continued in this thriller between the two top-ranked opponents.

The momentum swung drastically as Eastfield’s home crowd rallied behind Anthony McGee’s long-range shooting that propelled Eastfield to a 33-29 lead. That caused the biggest deficit of the game for Richland. The T-Ducks retaliated, regaining the lead with three consecutive baskets by Williams. Both teams advanced steadily at this point, but the T-Ducks maintained the lead going to halftime at 42-41.

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Well into the second half, the defensive pressure on both sides intensified and scoring became scarce for a while. With 9:25 left, Richland made its biggest run of the game.

Francis Doe drained two consecutive 3-point field goals and finished a bucket to push the score to 64-58, prompting an Eastfield timeout. Richland maintained control and pushed their lead to a game high 10 points at 79-69 with 3:37 to go.

As expected in a game between top-ranked opponents, it went down to the wire. The game was gritty and competitive. Eastfield didn’t let Richland get comfortable, and at the end, Eastfield nailed a critical 3-pointer to close the gap 85-88 with just seconds to go.

Williams iced the high anxiety game, draining two final free throws for a 90-85 victory.

With the win, Richland clinched first place in the MAC for the first time in four years.

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Quintin Wallace makes a layup in the game against Eastfield.

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