Richland Chronicle February 6th, 2018

CHRONICLE Richland

Vol. XLIV Issue 18 February 6, 2018

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IT’S NOT YOUR FAULT

STATE OF THE UNION

Court case opens discussion Pros and cons from Trump’s first SOTU about rape culture PAGE 2 RichlandStudentMedia.com

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February 6, 2018

‘Army of survivors’ break the silence CHASSEDY JOHNSON

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“I just signed your death warrant,” Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said to Dr. Lawrence G. Nassar at his sentencing Jan. 24 when he was held responsible for the sexual assault of more than 165 girls and young women during his time treating U.S. gymnasts and Michigan State University athletes. Because of his actions, he now faces up to 175 years in prison.

Many of the victims experienced the abuse as children by someone they trusted. All have carried scars of the abuse into their adult lives, raising questions from those who cast doubt about the victims’ allegations against Nassar.

Although some of the instances were reported, others were dismissed as normal treatment. Some blamed rape culture for the distrust of the victims. Even women coaches dismissed the claims and were hesitant to believe the victims, their student athletes.

“Rape culture is anything that trivializes or normalizes rape or sexual assault,” said professor Kendra Unruh, Ph.D. “TV shows, music and films often promote rape culture.”

In the real world, that culture has many negative implications. It affects the victims over the long term in ways unimaginable to those who have not had similar experiences.

“Rape culture is skewed in a way. We have stories all the time that a woman was raped but somehow it is set aside because someone thinks they wanted it,” said Greg Weesah, wrestler at Richland College and senator of the Student Government Association.

“We have victims being abused and for females it gets slid under the rug, I do not think it is OK,” said Weesah.

Nassar faces sentencing again for an additional 50 women who have come forward, yet many people still question their timing.

Officers at the Michigan Police Department did not initially believe the women who filed formal complaints. On Wednesday, they issued an apology.

“There are power dynamics that women face. They are scared that they won’t be believed or will face negative consequences, be fired from their jobs or kicked off the gymnastics team,” Unruh said.

Law enforcement, society and the institutions they attended failed these women.

“When you trust someone and they abuse that trust, there is a disconnect from all things associated with the incident,” Weesah offered.

Coaches have many athletes under their supervision. Each of those athletes must manage the expectations of their coaches and their athletic programs. This includes the doctors that they see when they are injured and being treated.

“I expect the doctors to know what they are doing to get me back healthy and back to my sport as quickly as possible,” said Weesah.

“If something like that happened to me, I would expect my coaches to hear me out and not just push it aside like nothing happened.

It would make me feel like they don’t care and that I am making it up,” said Noemy Perez, criminal justice major and women’s basketball team member.

“That doctor needs to do his job to get me what I need and not violate me,” Perez said.

There are supposed to be measures in place Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman confronts Larry Nassar giving her victim impact stateto prevent this type of misconduct, but some ment during his trial on Jan. 19. behaviors can’t be accounted for.

“We watch videos and talk about it. In Title incidents even less frequently than women birthday. That means that in the United States, I’m not talking about any other country, but in IX meetings, as employees we stress open and are often humiliated in the process. dialogue and make constant reminders that “We live in a society where we think males the United States, 400,000 babies born in the this is real and it happens,” said Scott Toups, are invincible to this type of behavior, but it U.S. will become victims of child sexual abuse.

It stops now. Speak out like these survivors; women’s soccer coach at Richland. does happen,” Weesah acknowledged.

“We have an open-door policy with our “TV shows trivialize the rape of men and become part of the army.” team where they can come and talk to us make it seem funny,” Unruh says, referring to a show in which James Franco’s character is raped by a woman and it is dismissed as a joke.

“Rape culture is skewed This contributes to a culture in which men Perpetrators of sexual violence often use are expected to be aggressive and powerful. tactics, as guilt or intimidation, to presin a way. We have stories Those who are not can become victims and sure a such person into doing something they carry a sexual assault burden alone. do not want to do. It can be upsetting and all the time that a woman many “The rhetoric needs to change. The best frightening to find yourself in this situato change that rhetoric is to discuss it. was raped but somehow it way tion.

It’s important to remember that it’s Stereotypes are at the core of rape culture,” not your fault that the other person is acting is set aside because some- said Unruh. this way—they are responsible for their own “We try to safeguard, be preventative and actions. one thinks they wanted it.” proactive so that things keep moving in a posiTo speak with someone who is trained to tive direction. We contract with an athletic help, students can call the National Sexual group and players should be able to – Greg Weesah, student training Assault Hotline at 800.656.HOPE (4673) or trust them,” Toups concluded. chat online at online.rainn.org.

On campus there are many sporting events.

Awareness, acceptance about whatever they need. We try to make it a and assistance seem to friendly environment, very non-hostile where be the main tools used to they can come speak to us about anything they prevent sexual assault and need; if they are more comfortable speaking dismantle rape culture in to a woman we have that too,” Toups stated.

American society.

Nassar conducted years of abuse at the Richland’s licensed expense of the victims who kept silent out of professional counselfear, shame and the pain they were forced to ors can assist in these endure in order to keep their positions in the instances. As a campus, athletic programs. everyone has a responsiShame, guilt, fear of reprisal and not being bility to take preventative taken seriously are all barriers that stop victims measures to ensure that from speaking up. In some cases, victims their campus, its students worry about the implications a formal report and athletes stay safe. can have for their families in cases of incest, Nassar will spend the according to Richland College licensed profes- rest of his life behind bars sional counselors. but Aquilinas did not “It’s happening to a lot of people out here issue her sentence withand due to that some people commit suicide out offering these statisor they feel disgusted and keep it inside and tics, “One in 10 children that makes it worse,” said Perez. will be sexually abused In Nassar’s case his victims were all girls and by their 18th birthday; The Associated Press young women yet in some cases men can also one in seven girls; one Judge Rosemarie Aquilina gives a speech Photos before sentencing be victims of sexual assault. Men report these in 25 boys by their 18th Larry Nassar on Jan. 24.

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NATIONAL/LOCAL 3

Impressions of Trump’s first State of the Union JOYCE JACKSON Copy Editor

President Donald Trump’s first State of the Union address Jan. 30 continued his quest to make America great again. He came on strong with a clear message for the American people.

In his first year in office, the country has experienced storms, floods, fires and tragic shootings of members of Congress and in Las Vegas. Yet, among such tragedies, we the people remain resilient.

Trump was at his best and appeared most presidential throughout the one hour and 20-minute speech which had to please the majority of people who take pride in our country. In spite of the division between the parties since Trump was elected, his main focus is, and always has been, on the economy – getting people back to work.

“Since the election, we have created 2.4 million new jobs, including 200,000 new jobs in manufacturing alone,” Trump said.

“We are finally seeing rising wages; unemployment claims have hit a 45-year low.”

Trump was proud to announce that AfricanAmerican and Hispanic-American unemployment stands at the lowest rate ever recorded.

He also said he enacted “the biggest tax cuts and reforms in American history.”

Trump won the election by vowing to put America and its people first and continued to urge them to “dream anything.”

In spite of Trump’s positive message for the country on the economy, taxes, Obamacare’s repeal, prescription drugs and infrastructure, Democrats seemed to be in another universe, starring into space, rarely standing or clapping. It was disgraceful to the office of the presidency. Somehow, though, our Congress and president are expected to compromise to get bills passed, especially a budget, which is long overdue. As for Trump’s enthusiastic State of the Union speech, the idea of working together seems to be somewhere in a galaxy far, far away.

KAMMONKE OBASE-WOTTA Managing Editor

President Trump came into the United State Capitol on Jan. 30 a wildly divisive figure despised by a large section of Democrats and supported by some of his Republican mates.

Never one to shy away from drama, Trump has been in the headlines since his inauguration for everything from attacking NFL players to proposing failed bills.

On this occasion, Trump surprisingly showed some restraint and, rather than going off on a tangent during his speech (like he so often does), he stuck to the script. His speech was effective and filled with testimonials to his ‘good works,’ but at the same time it was filled with hate rhetoric and erroneous statements.

One of those statements among several was that the visa lottery “randomly hands out

green cards without any regard for skill, merit, or the safety of American people… Under the current broken system, a single immigrant can bring in virtually unlimited numbers of distant relatives.”

That is wrong. A computer selects visa lottery participants randomly, but those entrants must first pass a thorough background check. The process of bringing a relative to the U.S. is extensive and usually takes years. So to bring “virtually unlimited numbers” is as implausible as it sounds.

Overall, the State of the Union was a decent event marking his first year in government.

He conveniently didn’t talk about some of the promises he made during his campaign or how he backtracked from blacklisting China like he boasted at the beginning of his campaign.

The State of the Union was theater, interspersed with prolonged periods of applause and some of the arrant traits that have plagued his presidency to date. If he can calm down and actually implement some of his proposals then maybe more people will be more receptive to his presidency.

“If he can calm down and actually implement some of his proposals then maybe more people will be more receptive to his presidency.”

“Trump was at his best and appeared most presidential throughout the one hour and 20-minute speech which had to please the majority of people who take pride in our country.”

– Joyce Jackson

– Kammonke Obase-Wotta Photos The Associated Press

Richland president honored with award by Richardson mayor Layout Editor

Richardson Mayor Paul Voelker honored Richland College President Dr. Kay Eggleston during his State of the City address on Jan. 31.

Eggleston was honored with the Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction, named for Phi Theta Kappa’s longest-serving board of directors chair. The award honors college presidents and campus CEOs for exceptional efforts in promoting the goals of Phi Theta Kappa at their institutions. “[Eggleston] was one of 19 campus executives in the U.S. awarded last year’s Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction from Phi Theta Kappa the world’s largest and most prestigious honor society for two-year colleges,” said Voelker “The award recognizes educators who advance the goals of academic scholarship, leadership and service.”

“The award recognizes educators who advance the goals of academic scholarship, leadership and service.”

– Mayor Paul Voelker Voelker also praised Richland College which was awarded more than $2 million in workforce training grants to support Richardson-based companies RealPage and Associa in delivering training programs to their employees.

Richland was recognized for its support of Richardson’s “Telecom Corridor” legacy for outstanding science, technology, engineering digital arts and math (STEAM)

programs, most notably for the partnership with Girls Inc. for its annual summer camp focused on opportunities for young women to pursue careers in robotics, digital arts and other STEAMbased programs.

Richland College was also mentioned for playing a vital role in college degree completion, work with local primary and secondary school students and dual credit programs in local high school which was expanded last year to include a Staff Photo Aly Rodrigues study abroad program Richland’s President Dr. Kay Eggleston gives a speech on Nov. 4, 2017. in China.

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February 6, 2018 4 MOVIES/MUSIC You’ve seen the best, here are the rest 11. “Coco” — This Disney gem is nominated for best Animated Feature in the RICKY MILLER Oscar race and will probably win. It centers Entertainment Editor

Last week, I ran down the list of my Top 10 films for 2017. Here are my other best-of-theyear titles for last year. Mind you, these are my personal preferences; flicks I cherished for my own selfish reasons.

Staff illustration Isai Diaz

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Top to bottom: “Wonder Woman,” “Star Wars: The Last Jedi,” “War for the Planet of the Apes” and “Coco.”

on a great-grandmother and segues into her godson Miguel and his love of music, which he is banned from playing. Grade: A12. “Logan Lucky” — Director Steven Soderbergh has been one of my favorite filmmakers for many years. He helmed two of my favorites from the ‘90s, the Elmore Leonardadapted “Out of Sight” and the Austin-set cops and robbers caper “The Underneath.”

Here, he returns to fine form as the story centers on a robbery involving the Coca-Cola 600 at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. A13. “Darkest Hour” — Gary Oldman will undoubtedly win the Oscar for best actor in this tale that finds him portraying the famed Winston Churchill as a fleshed-out human being and not a mere caricature. B+ 14. “John Wick: Chapter 2” — Keanu Reeves returns as the once-retired assassin forced back into the life he thought he left behind. I’m not a fan of death on screen per se, but when done with gumption and purpose, it makes it easier to watch. B+ 15. “Wonder Woman” — Director Patty Jenkins crafted an amazing tale involving the Amazonian superhero Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) into a fleshed-out superhero fighting alongside the Allies in the midst of WW I. B+ 16. “Lady Bird” — Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan portrays a 17-year-old growing up in Southern California. Greta Gerwig is also nominated for an Academy Award. B+ 17. “War for the Planet of the Apes” -Andy Serkis amazes as Caesar, leader of the apes. He encounters serious opposition from Woody Harrelson’s The Colonel. B+ 18. “Okja” — This is an amazing tale about an engineered pig that’s the best friend of a young girl named Mija (Seo-Hyun Ahn) in the South Korean countryside. B+ 19. “Bright” — Here’s a fun cops-and -robbers tale with Will Smith and Joel Edgerton playing mismatched partners with a human cop and an orc (fantasy character) in modern day City of Angels. B+ 20. “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” — This one is near the end of its trilogy, and we have Mark Hamill making an appearance as Luke Skywalker, who trains Daisy Ridley’s Rey. It also stars the late Carrie Fisher, John Boyega and Adam Driver. B+

“Glory” (1989) — This Edward Zwick-directed gem won Oscars for supporter Denzel Washington, best sound Donald O. Mitchell, Gregg Rudloff, Elliot Tyson and Russell Williams II and best cinematography for Freddie Francis.

A+ Favorite past Oscar winners

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James Driscoll, left, Joe Lee and Derrick Logozzo perform during the Spring Instrumental Music Faculty Recital on Jan.30 in Fannin Hall.

Marvelous profs make music PETE SHANNON Staff Writer

Noontime recital attendees in Richland’s Fannin Hall were treated to a treasure trove of talented teachers the last two Tuesdays in January. The occasions were the Faculty Jazz Concert on Jan. 23 and the Spring Instrumental Music Faculty Recital on Jan. 30.

The strictly jazz performance on Jan. 23 featured Richland music professors Ron Jones, sax; Joe Lee, electric guitar; Brad Williams, piano; James Driscoll, string bass; and Derrick Logozzo, drums. They were joined for one selection by the incomparable choral professor, Melissa Logan, who smilingly belted out “What a Little Moonlight Can Do” by Harry Woods.

The second instrumental recital on Jan. 30 showcased the same five players plus professors Sean Murphy, sax; his guest, TWU professor Corey Robinson, marimba; Jared Hunt, trumpet; and Mathew Croft, French horn.

Together this glorious gaggle of impressive impresarios managed to emit over two hours of amazing audio.

In both performances, Lee, laid back and smooth as always, displayed his impeccable picking on the electric guitar both as a soloist and as background support. Driscoll, equally solid on string bass, nonchalantly nailed every note while keeping the pulse and occasionally taking a nod to dazzle and delight.

Jones, decked out in his signature beret, blew his brains out at times and then made his dull-colored sax into anything but as it whispered and whimpered like a hushed baby.

“The Hunt for Red October” (1990) — This gem won an Oscar for best sound effects editing. When watching it at home, pay attention to the sound cues and the distinct pings from the sonar and detailed sound design.

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“Raging Bull” (1980) — Robrert De Niro won a Best Actor Oscar for Martin Scorsese’s biopic of boxer Jake La Motta. Director Scorsese and supporting actor Joe Pesci received Oscar nominations. This blackand-white masterpiece lost to Robert Redford’s “Ordinary People” in the Best Picture race.

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Meanwhile, Williams, on piano, supplied a pair of steady hands that wandered the keyboard from north to south in joyous runs of merriment. Anchoring the others as drummer on Jan. 23 was percussionist Logozzo, who then came forth during the second concert with energetic displays of acumen and artistry on the vibraphone and steel pan.

The second week’s recital opened with an unusual combination of two duets played

by Murphy on sax with his friend Robinson on marimba. Their superb ending on the number “Evening Song” by David Maslanka, faded away as if truly gliding gently into the night. Following them came Hunt’s trumpet rendition of George Gershwin’s old familiar, “Someone to Watch Over Me.” It was an example of clarion clarity applied to what otherwise might seem an easy piece. Croft, another standout, delivered an interesting jazz number on the French horn that sounded much like a sweetened trombone.

Faculty noontime recitals like these serve several important purposes at Richland.

They give the teachers an opportunity to not just tell, but also to show. They illustrate the results of what hours of practice and years of experience can produce. They inspire music students to work to overcome their everyday fluffs; things like rasps, scrapes, hiccups, gurgles and sour notes and to try always for more sparkle and emotional expression. They push pupils toward perfecting their performance and professionalism.

Finally, and perhaps most importantly, they provide the wider community with a free venue to witness what a marvelous musical faculty and facility our school offers.

“The Hurt Locker” (2008) — History was made with this gem because a woman, Kathryn Bigelow, won a coveted Oscar for directing this well-told tale about a soldier (Jeremy Renner) and his affinity for dismantling bombs. It won several golden statuettes, including one for Best Picture.

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“American Hustle” (2013) — There were no Oscar wins. The cast, including lead Christian Bale, co-star Amy Adams and supporters Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence were all nominated for Oscars. Also nominated was director David O. Russell.

—Ricky Miller

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COMMENTARY/GAMES 5

Grammy Awards lack great singers and real entertainment EVERETT NEWSON Staff Writer

We love to sing. We love to dance. And we love to hear songs from our favorite musicians, singers, rappers and musical groups. But the people at Richland College, and the television viewing public, have this one question: Why was the 60th Grammy Awards such a flop? What happened to the singers we used to know who can provide us with entertainment?

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Bruno Mars poses in the press room at the Grammy Awards on Jan. 28.

There was no Justin Timberlake, Eminem, Katy Perry, Black-Eyed Peas, Timberland or DJ Tiesto at this year’s Grammy Awards.

“I didn’t watch the Grammys because, as a voice teacher, well-produced vocal qualities are what I prefer to hear,” said voice professor Beverly Griffin-Dyer. “Music for entertainment is enjoyable, but the amplified sounds are damaging to my ear drums, and often strong language is disturbing. Also the program’s length is too long to sit and watch.”

When it comes time to produce an awards ceremony for television, film, music or video games, get somebody who is professional enough to host it. That’s why we watch awards shows – because of the host.

It does not have to be a comedian, but it has to be someone who can entertain us so we can have fun and give us something to remember. Not only the host, but the performers for the skits and musical numbers in the awards ceremony too. If you give us performers who are not entertaining, or they perform badly, the audience’s reaction will be horrible. The audience can be easily bored and might end up changing the channel.

People at Richland are having a hard time understanding why the Grammy Awards are still going on.

“I didn’t watch the Grammys because it’s not really relevant to me as much in today’s society,” said Tadeo Paz, a Richland student majoring in Spanish interpretation.

Another student, Thomas Land, echoed those sentiments.

“I don’t enjoy watching the Grammy Awards because I would much rather live my

Cardi B, left, and Bruno Mars sing at the Grammy Awards in New York on Jan.28.

own life over watching others live theirs,” he said.

The Grammy Awards are nothing but a Super Bowl championship ring that’s given to a musical artist. The show will air on television, but people won’t watch if the entertainment isn’t up to par. Without quality entertainment, the awards ceremony could wind up losing its audience.

Television ratings for this year’s Grammys were at a critical low at just 5.9 percent. Was

it because of poor planning? Were the right singers, rappers and musical groups nominated? Why was a host who cannot entertain us joyfully recruited?

We loved watching Bruno Mars break it down and sing one of his greatest musical hits.

It got us off our feet to dance, but his performance was not good enough to keep us watching the Grammys. Are the Grammy Awards going to survive next year if they keep this up?

Let us watch and find out for ourselves.

ISAI DIAZ

Staff Writer

It has been almost a year since Nintendo’s “Switch” video game system came out and this game company is ready to turn heads once more with its newest product “Nintendo Labo.”

This accessory add-on had many people surprised that Nintendo is “selling us cardboard now,” and that was followed with the idea that “Nintendo fans will buy anything.”

Google tried something similar with “Google Cardboard” but focused instead on virtual reality (VR), which was more of an alternate reality (AR) game.

It reminds me of the “North American video game crash of 1983.” (Although I was not around at that time).

To survive the “crash,” Nintendo came out with R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy), a toy robot that connected to the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).

It was marketed as a toy, not just a video game. There were other tactics, like restricting who can make games for them [NES] and uphold their high standards of quality.

That helped Nintendo survive the video game industry crash and remain stable as Nintendo drove to change what and how people play games.

In Labo’s marketing, “Make, Play, Discover” is aimed at kids and adults who are kids at heart. It uses cutouts made of cardboard and “Switch” with its “Joy-con” (the controller) to make what the company calls “Toy-con.” (the combined cutouts and game system) It is a mixture of hands-on and interactive software and engineering that make this so “Nintendo.”

Nintendo is known $79.98 (MSRP) for the for thinking outside the “Robot Kit.” box, as in not competThe reveal trailer ing with the other game shows some Toy-con company’s high-end that are not availgraphics, using older, able in packs and are cheaper technology most likely being saved and making new game for after the April 20 experiences with differlaunch. ent levels of success.

The Variant Kit Some failures include comes with five differNintendo e-Reader, ent toy-cons. Two RC WiiU and Virtual Boy. Cars, House, Fishing Photos Nintendo of America So Labo is the stuff Rod, Motorbike and The piano is one of the “Toy-con” options. we Nintendo fans It uses the Joy-con’s camera to play notes. Piano. The Robot Kit would expect and not comes with one giant expect at the same time. This is really neat. toy-con to put together.

The cost may make some reluctant to get it The community that spawns out of this for $69.99, the manufacturer’s suggested retail needs to be creative with people to modify and price (MSRP), for the “Variety Kit” then expand what can be done with the “Labo.”

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‘Richland Writes 2’ celebrates original plays JOYCE JACKSON

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Copy Editor

The Richland College community is in for a pleasant surprise this semester as the Drama Department presents its first spring production, “Richland Writes 2: A Festival of 10-Minute Plays.”

Last spring, Drama Chair Andy Long, along with the faculty, presented eight 10-minute plays written by Richland students. This semester, both Long and some of the drama students decided to repeat the festival of plays.

“They were so successful last year,” Long said. “We had such a turnout of students.

They expressed to me how rewarding it was doing them.”

Some of the students in this semester’s production worked on their original 10-minute plays last semester but were required to submit them to Long and the drama faculty before the Christmas break. Others developed their short plays in Scott Branks del Llano’s creative writing class.

Long said he received 19 short play submissions. “I distributed them, all the submissions, before Christmas to the faculty,” he said.

“We came back and met in early January. We compared notes and came to a consensus.”

The following seven student plays were chosen to be produced for the festival: “Fair Trade” by Mieko Hicks, “Therapeutic Painting” and “Backspace” by Brian Miranda, “Darkness of Loss” by Anika Espinoza, “The Right Room” and “Father and Daughter” by Jeremy Gaydosh and “Troy” by Lily Nguyen, a Richland Collegiate High School student.

In the February 2017 festival, Hicks, Miranda and Gaydosh also had plays produced on the Richland stage.

Long said he recognized great potential for the seven plays chosen for this semester based on the playwrights’ willingness to do some

rewrites and further develop the plays in a short period of time.

“These things [plays] only rehearse three weeks and then we go,” Long said. “I also chose plays that I felt like the playwrights would be actively involved in the process; that playwrights go to the rehearsals and take notes.”

“Some of the seven plays are not suitable for kids,” Long said. Also, some of the 19 submissions were not producible in the small Arena Theater or were not up to the standard of the drama faculty.

“The storytelling aspects of all seven plays are very different and that’s what led us to come up with this idea of the theater in the round.”

– Jennifer Owen Jennifer Owen, theater tech coordinator, said she was amazed at what [Richland] student writers came up with.

“We have a play set in a hospital room.

We’ve come up with different locations and interesting ideas,” she said. “The storytelling aspects of all seven plays are very different and that’s what led us to come up with this idea of the theater in the round.”

Owen said the plays focus on character development and storytelling through direction and acting, and lighting becomes more important in terms of the design elements required to tell the story.

Owen said her role in producing the plays is to be a mentor to student sound and set designers.

“What my role has been is to design the space,” Owen said. “So we decided to do the play in the round, which means we’re focusing on storytelling. We’re not necessarily dealing with scenery as spectacle because the audience will sit on all four sides. We can’t have a large set piece. We can’t have walls. We can’t have doors. We can’t really have levels that we would normally have on the flat floor.”

Sheldon Vielma, Kacee Cockrum, Lloyd Roberts and Deni Rogue are doing set and sound design.

“Richland Writes 2” is free and will run at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 15-17 in the Arena Theater in Fannin Hall. Students, faculty, staff and the public are welcome. No reservations are necessary.

Long said the student plays are recommended for those age 15 and older.

“They are a good mix of drama and comedy.

Last year, we only had comedy,” Long said.

His advice for the audience is, “If one of the plays is not a genre you like or is not necessarily your cup of tea, just wait 10 minutes. Something else new is going to come along. It’s just fun. It’s an evening of a flavor of many different tastes.”

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T-Ducks start baseball season on high note

SPORTS 7 Upcoming Events

All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise indicated.

Today 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

World Cancer Day information session El Paso Lounge 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Richland vocal faculty recital Fannin Hall, F102 1 to 2 p.m.

WIN! Women’s Initiative Network meeting Speaker: Professor Aditi Samarth

BASEBALL SCHEDULE Cisco

Mar 29 at Eastfield

Feb 7

Cisco

Mar 30 at Eastfield

Feb 9

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Noon to 1 p.m.

Black history trivia Cafeteria Stage

TCS Postgrad

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Texas Wesleyan JV

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Texas Wesleyan JV

Feb 16 Kansas City Kansas

Apr 4

Cedar Valley

Feb 17 Kansas City Kansas

Apr 6

at Cedar Valley

Feb 17 Kansas City Kansas

Apr 7

at Cedar Valley

Feb 21 at Cedar Valley

Apr 9

at LeTourneau College

Apr 9

at LeTourneau College

Apr 11

at North Lake

Apr 13

North Lake

Apr 14

North Lake

Apr 18

at Brookhaven

Apr 20

Brookhaven

Apr 21

Brookhaven

Apr 23

Western Oklahoma State

Free yoga classes Guadalupe Hall, G027

Feb 24 Cedar Valley Feb 26 at Texas Weselyan Feb 26 at Texas Wesleyan Feb 28 North Lake

Joseph Huff hit the bases-loaded single to win the game against Hesston College in the eighth inning.

Feb. 7

Feb 10 TCS Postgrad

Feb 23 Cedar Valley

Staff photo Micro Daniel Mbega Ndoumou

El Paso Hall

Mar 2

North Lake

Mar 3

North Lake

Mar 5

Rock Valley

Mar 5

Rock Valley

Mar 7

Brookhaven

Mar 8

Northland

Apr 25

Mountain View

Mar 8

Northland

Apr 27

at Mountain View

Mar 9

at Brookhaven

Apr 28

at Mountain View

Mar 10 at Brookhaven

Apr 30

Dallas Christian

Mar 21 at Mountain View

Apr 30

Dallas Christian

Mar 23 Mountain View

May 2

at Eastfield

Mar 24 Mountain View

May 4

Eastfield

Mar 28 Eastfield

May 5

Eastfield

Feb. 9 Noon to 1 p.m.

Richland Big Band Jazz Ensemble: “Pre-Valentine’s Day Concert” El Paso Hall 4 to 5 p.m.

Feb. 6 & 8 12:30 to 1:15 p.m.

Black History Showcase Screening Movie “Get Out” Sabine Hall, SH118

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Richland College’s baseball team opened its 2018 season in grand style. The Thunderducks recorded a 22-2 win over the Dallas Christian Crusaders in a thrilling game on Jan 31. On Feb. 2, the T-Ducks faced off against Hesston College in a doubleheader winning 6-1 and 4-3.

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