Richland Chronicle March 26th, 2019

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Vol. XLV Issue 23 March 26, 2019

T-Ducks awarded rings Pg. 5

• IDs become mandatory • SGA holding elections • Unearthing Capt. Marvel • Student Media recognized

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Louise Rogers Keim prints badges in preparation for April 1 deadline.

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DCCCD requires IDs for everyone

Visability of badges mandatory by April 1 Joyce Jackson

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The DCCCD is requiring all students and campus employees to wear visible ID badges as of April 1 on each of its campuses. That includes administrators, faculty, adjunct faculty, staff, custodians, students and everyone at the satellite college campuses, including the district service center and the district office.

Louise Rogers Keim, administrative assistant II in the Richland Office of Student Life, said this is a district-wide initiative from the office of Dr. Joe May, the DCCCD chancellor.

“It’s just another one of his initiatives to help improve safety on campus for everyone,” Rogers Keim said. “It’s also that these cards that we’re doing for the faculty, staff and administrators are programmable. If I need to make a copy and I have a copy card, I can now use my badge as a copy card.”

Rogers Keim said the ID badges will be multi-functional for any keyless entry areas on campuses, like the business office or for cashiers. Only faculty, staff and administrators need the programmable cards.

Student IDs will remain the same, but now they must be visible at all times. Rogers Keim is encouraging students to come by the Office of Student Life in El Paso Hall, E-040, to pick up a free green lanyard or to use an ID holder from Office Depot, which is adjustable.

This issue came up, Rogers Keim said, because the new chancellor has brought forth a lot of new ideas, including the DART GoPASS partnership, to help improve campus life for students, as well as faculty and staff.

The El Centro campus in downtown Dallas attracts a lot of homeless people, according to Rogers Keim. The campus has police officers

at the exterior doors to make sure those entering the building have a reason to be there.

“Then we had North Lake adopt this a couple of years ago after a shooting on their campus,” Rogers Keim said. “El Centro had a shooting, too, in their building. Why wait until something happens. Let’s be pro-active.”

Rogers Keim said Richland students may be concerned about parents or others picking them up after their classes and who may not be allowed on campus because they don’t have an ID badge. She said if someone is just sitting around the campus waiting for a student to finish their class, the campus police won’t approach them or ask them to show their badge.

“It’s not like we’re hammering down (as they do at El Centro),” she said. “We are definitely still a community college. We are still open for the community. There are some students or former students who come here just to use the Wi-Fi.” The question may arise as to what happens if someone on our campus forgets their badge.

“That’s a great question,” Rogers Keim said.

“I’m not sure. They really haven’t said yet.”

Also, unless there’s an incident on campus that would alert police, others who are not Richland students should not be concerned about being on the campus for other reasons, such as using Wi-Fi, picking someone up or being in the library.

Rogers Keim said she is hearing from a lot of the students who have been required to wear ID badges in high school, so it’s not new to them. Some of them will ask, “Can I smile in my ID?” “It’s not going to be a huge adjustment for them,” she said. “The most adjustment is going to be for the faculty and staff.”

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SGA elects new officials during spring semester Jack Ramirez Bernal & Johnathan Lin Staff Writers

With Richland students in a voting mood since last year’s mid-term elections, the spring of 2019 will give students the opportunity to choose their representatives for the Student Government Association (SGA). The elections will take place April 1 and 2 in the El Paso Hall student lounge from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Richland students will vote on candidates for SGA president, vice president, speaker of the house, parliamentarian, secretary, treasurer and historian. Those elected to the new positions will take an oath to assume the mantle of accountability and will represent the collective voice of the Richland community.

Kelly Sonnanstine, SGA adviser, describes the candidates as “strong leaders.”

“It is hard work. It does take time. [They] do have to make a commitment and … finagle [their] schedules around the meetings,” she said.

While those positions have similar definition to that of a club officer, they have a

pivotal role when it comes to the daily routine at Richland.

According to outgoing SGA President Haya Qazi, the student government leaders are students’ liaisons to the administration.

“We are basically the voice of the people, the voice of the students, so we want to represent as big as like you know community as possible and Richland College is very diverse,” Qazi said.

Students can vote throughout the day, but Sonnanstine recommends coming between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. because that is when the students will get to experience the peak of activities hosted by SGA, including live music, free pizza and the opportunity to win prizes when submitting a ballot.

To be eligible to vote, participants must be registered in at least one class at Richland and present a student ID to receive a ballot. Richland Collegiate High School students are eligible to vote too.

Those elected to office will not only continue the legacy of the preceding SGA administration, but also create and leave a legacy of their own.

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Student Government Association candidates: Sam Mathew, left, Kimberly Le, Avery Self, April Palomares, Hazem Alhattawi, Hannah Ngo, Makayla Logan, Avery Hall and Edward Sesay.

Remembering a hometown tragedy Staff Writer Fort Worth, one of the largest cities in North Texas, received national attention in 2000 following what was then considered a rare natural disaster. On March 28 of that year, the Storm Prediction Center showed Fort Worth being under a “moderate” risk for storms. By 6:18 p.m., a tornado formed in Trinity Park just west of downtown.

The tornado moved east and lifted 10 minutes later, just a short distance from Interstate 35. The storm was rated an F3 on the Fujita Scale with wind speeds of 125 to 145 mph. The storm caused $450 million in property damage. Two people died and 80 were injured.

Stephen Levine, senior academic advisor at Richland and an avid storm chaser, called the storm “significant.”

“It did a lot of damage. It blew out windows in many of the tall buildings and in fact about

10 days after it happened, I drove by and many buildings had missing windows. It was eerie to see,” Levine said.

A tornado striking a downtown area isn’t as rare as one may think, according to Levine.

“Lubbock took a direct hit on a tornado in 1970 and it twisted a well-built high rise in downtown. There was a tornado that passed through Nashville with 100 mph winds a couple decades ago.”

Despite being of meteorological significance, the storm was noteworthy to those who were at ground zero. Landon Stallings, assistant chief for the Fort Worth Fire Department, was on the scene.

“There was a lot of discussion leading up to the event since there was a high potential for storms that day. They recalled all of the personnel - all of the off-duty firefighters - so I responded to my duty station and went to work.”

First responders encountered many different situations when they arrived on the scene.

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A memorial to the 2000 tornado, built from the remains of a damaged billboard, is located in the Fort Worth Cultural District.

“Generally, we handle the event and we go back to our station, but the damage was so widespread. The stations weren’t operating and the dispatch stations weren’t operating and obviously there were so many people needing aid,” Stallings said.

“We shifted to a different way of doing business where you were assigned to a geographical [area]. The city was divided into six divisions and those six divisions took care of their problems in those areas from one call to the next.”

Wounds heal with time, no matter the size, and 19 years later Fort Worth has become stronger.

“We’re growing like crazy. Business is booming. The city is in a really good place,” said Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price about the city’s improvements and enhancements since the tornado struck.

“The buildings and the homes were so badly damaged that they were ready for renovation and the city was able to come in and enhance [the buildings],” she said.

“The tower, that’s now one of the largest downtown living centers, came as a result of that because the building was so damaged, we turned it into residences. All of those have been a major catalyst for economic development.”

As the city reconstructed, it also prepared for a situation of similar nature.

“Our emergency operation center or EOC is brand new. It came online in 2011 and some of what they’ve done there is a direct set-off of that tornado. It’s a combined project with North Central Texas Council Governments, Tarrant County, and all of Fort Worth’s emergency responders,” Price said.

Richland hosts annual Honors Conference Joyce Jackson Copy Editor

Honor students present proposals on how they can change the world at the fifth annual Honors Conference. The event, in partnership with the Institute for Global Citizenship, takes place at Richland March 28 in Sabine Hall, SH118. It’s free and open to the public.

Andrés Ruzo, a geothermal scientist and a National Geographic Young Explorer grantee, will give the plenary address from 9:30 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. Ruzo is best known for his science outreach work and his exploration of Shanaytimpishka, also known as the Boiling river of the Amazon. He was raised in Nicaragua, Peru and Texas and holds degrees in geology (BS) and finance (BBA) from Southern Methodist University where he is pursuing a Ph.D. Alfredo Corchado, the Mexico City bureau chief with The Dallas Morning News, will give the keynote address from 12:30 to 1:50 p.m.

Corchado covers the U.S. – Mexico border.

That includes drug cartels, organized crime and corruption among police and government officials.

Corchado’s latest book, “Homeland,” was described by the Texas Observer as “At once personal and political. It’s a sober reminder that today’s immigration challenges are the result of decades of misguided American policy.”

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T-Duck wrestlers s Willie R. Cole Staff Writer

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Sean Worley, Richland men’s soccer coach, shows off the seven championship rings his teams have won over the past 22 years.

Richland’s soccer champs ‘ring’ in national title Kammonke Obase-Wotta Managing Editor

“It’s a special day. It’s always special when both your women and your men’s team win a national championship,” said Ron Clark, vice president for business services, human resources, safety and security during the opening remarks at a ring presentation in Sabine Hall.

The men and women’s soccer team received their national championship rings on March 21 commemorating the 2018 season. Richland men’s and women’s soccer teams won their respective National Junior Collegiate Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division III National Championships.

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Coach Scott Toups with the women’s soccer team.

Richland is the only NJCAA Division III college to achieve that feat. Richland is also the only school to have dual-championship seasons on three separate occasions, in 2004 and 2006.

In her speech, Richland President, Dr. Kay Eggleston, expressed pride in the soccer program.

“At Richland College, we are deeply committed to helping all our student athletes achieve both their academic and athletic potential as a personification of our Richland College vision to be the best place we can be to learn, teach and build a sustainable local and world community,” Eggleston said.

Lucio Martinez was a part of the men’s national championship-winning squads in 2016 and 2018. In his second year, he pulled out of the squad early in the season after suffering a knee injury. He came back in 2018 as the team captain, leading the team to another title.

“I feel good. I’m pretty accomplished. It’s unique. I’m not the first player to ever do this, but it’s actually an honor to be able to come back and get another ring. My first year was a good year. Second year, unfortunately I got injured, but my third year, after all the hard work in the season, it finally paid off,” Martinez said.

Last season, women’s head coach Scott Toups celebrated his second national championship in 11 years at Richland. Since taking over the helm in 2008, his team has qualified for six national tournaments.

“This is a big one for me. This is the second

championship ring I’ve won since I’ve been here at Richland,” Toups said. “You know; you start questioning yourself. Maybe you think the first one was a fluke. I won that one in my second year here and you start thinking, you know, am I ever going to win another one, so this was a really special one to validate all of our teaching and instruction.”

Miranda Ibarra was excited during the ceremony. She was MVP and named to the NJCAA all-tournament team.

“It [the ring] served as a reminder of all the things we’ve been through throughout the season and actually winning. It was kind of like reliving that moment again,” Ibarra said.

Men’s soccer coach Sean Worley celebrated his seventh ring in 21 years. His team has reached the last three consecutive national finals and won in 2016 and 2018.

“The kids have been through a lot [of] ups and downs, good and bad, but today’s a very happy day for everyone, very positive, and to see all their hard work finally pay off. And to get a ring to symbolize our national championship and see the faces regarding their hard work represented in the ring is wonderful,” said Worley. “It makes me happy to see them happy.”

Martinez echoed the same sentiments. He said the camaraderie within last year’s squad was the best he had experienced during his years at Richland.

“We were more like a family. We just felt like brothers outside the field and that’s what led us to a national championship.”

The T-Ducks wrestlers and teams from all around the country converged on the Allen Event Center March 14-16 to defend school pride at the 2018-19 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Wrestling Championship.

“We had pretty good success with a few of our wrestlers,” Coach Bill Neal said.

As the tournament took over the Allen Event Center, the wrestlers took over the event center floor. Among the talent was the T-Ducks’ own Christina Ellis, who took second place in the 143 lb. weight class.

With a contagious smile, she said, “I am a first-year wrestler and when I started wrestling I didn’t know anything about it, really.” With a small women’s wrestling team at Richland, Ellis often had to practice with the men to perfect her technique.

“The guys were always good about working with her. I would tell them, ‘You learn something better when you teach it,’” Neal said.

Ellis’ teammates had nothing but praise for her.

“She picked me up and she threw me. I was like, ‘wild.’ She takes her job seriously,” Rudy Madrid, a younger teammate, said. Her teammates lauded her work ethic and attitude. She is an army veteran who has returned to college and is being all she can be.

Christina Ellis, left, on the podium at the (NJCAA) Wrestling Championship on March 16.

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“I was going to make a lot of mistakes. But as I always say, ‘I’m smiling. It doesn’t matter if I win or lose. It’s a great opportunity,’” Ellis said.

What should have been three two-minute bouts were over in the first. Ellis was defeated by a more skilled opponent. After the handshakes, Ellis walked off the mat flashing her signature smile.

She has been taking every step of this journey as a learning experience and taking time to talk with teammates and share with them.

“I ask her something. She knows what she’s saying and she, like, gives me really good advice,” Angela Buenrostro, another T-Duck teammate, said.

Ellis said of wrestling, “It’s given me a lot of focus in and out of school, and out of life, and also given me an outlet. A creative outlet.”

“We do our best. I forgot to tell you. I got second in the nation, All-American, AllAcademic,” Ellis said.

Joining Ellis on the podium to represent Richland, with medals around their necks and certificates in hand, were Jessica Carbajal, in the 155 lb. weight class, who took third place.

In the 235 lb. weight class, Buenrostro and Keana Pass brought home a fourth place.

Jonathan Carranza was, according to Neal, “One of our guys who got to be in what was called a Blood Round. One more match. If he would have won, he would have been an All American.

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Javon Modester makes a layup in the third place game against Central Lake on March 16.

T-Ducks finish third at nationals Kammonke Obase-Wotta

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Managing Editor After four years roaming in the proverbial wilderness, Richland made it to the basketball promised land again, but just barely. The team ended up on the periphery and didn’t get to taste the milk and honey.

A semifinal defeat to eventual champions Herkimer College saw the quest for another national title prolonged.

It was Richland’s first appearance at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Championship since 2015 when they won it all.

In the first game, Richland trumped Middlesex County 91-87 in a frantic encounter after a sluggish start to the game. In the second game, Richland locked horns with Herkimer College in the semifinal. The Herkimer Generals were steadfast, holding on to win, 63-59.

Richland head coach Jon Havens was pleased with his team’s effort and asserted that on any other day the result would have been different.

“I thought it was a great game. I think Herkimer and Richland were the two best teams there and it was a dogfight,” Havens said. “It came down to a four-point game. We did not shoot the ball particularly well, but we guarded well, which [gave us] a chance to be there at the end.”

In a game billed as the unofficial final, the attacking intent of both teams took a backseat. Defense was the game of the day. Richland came into the tournament as the No. 1 defense in the country, while Herkimer was the No. 4 defensive team. Herkimer employed a 3-2 zone defensive system, pinning three defenders to guard the basket and forcing Richland to attempt more free throws rather than drive to the net for layups.

But within the first 40 seconds of the game, Richland’s Caleb Williams spotted a gap to open up the scoring. Williams charged toward the Herkimer defense after a turnover and capped his run with a layup to set the frenzied tone for the game.

The floodgates were open. Richland and Herkimer exchanged attacks. Two minutes

into the game, Richland’s David Shepard attempted a free throw that skimmed off the inside of the rim and back out. Shortly after, Herkimer’s Darius Hines found himself in a similar position and he didn’t fail. Hines sunk a three-pointer to give Herkimer the lead.

Herkimer turned the tie on its head. The team’s relentlessness saw it finish off the first half 27-21.

The second half started in the same fashion as the first half ended. Herkimer was resolute in defense and efficient in attack.

With seven minutes left on the clock, the Herkimer Generals were leading by 14 points.

The Thunderducks increased the tempo and tried to claw back into the game. Richland’s Williams and Rashad Perkins traded shots to get Richland on the scoreboard.

With 40 seconds left on the clock, the Thunderducks managed to decrease the deficit to five points. The score was 60-55, but it was a little too late to salvage the game. Herkimer scored three more points and Richland scored four more. Herkimer won 63-59.

“I think they were just really pretty dang good, and it made it harder on us to go score.

I think our defense [made it] harder on them to score as well. I honestly think if you put us against Herkimer five times, I’d put money that we’d win three out of five. But on that particular night, they were better than us,” Havens said.

Williams finished the game with 20 points and nine rebounds. It was his lowest scoring game of the NJCAA national tournament.

“They [Herkimer] were good defensively.

They ran a matchup of 3-2 zone,” Williams said of his opponents. “We started off the game slow. Our defense picked up as time went on. Herkimer is a good team. If you start off slow against them, it’s going to be hard to come back.”

A day after the loss to Herkimer, Richland faced off against Central Lake College in a placement game.

Richland dismantled Central Lake 92-78 to seal third place. Williams notched 26 points and 12 rebounds, Shepard hit 24 and Rashad Perkins added 15 points to lead the team to victory.

“It was the last time us sophomores were going to play with each other and the last time the freshmen were going to play with us. We just wanted to end it off on the right foot [and] go back to Dallas with some sort of plaque,” Williams said.

Williams was the talisman for Richland throughout the season, leading the team in scoring. He finished the season averaging 19.9 points per game, an improvement from his freshman average of 8.6.

Williams was named to the NJCAA alltournament team. “I felt good. And being blessed enough to be on the all-tournament team is just a blessing,” Williams said. “Coach Havens, coach [Brian] Graham, they really molded me. [They] helped me with my shot selection. They’re a big part of who I am now on the basketball court.”

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‘Captain Marvel’: The dawn of a new superhero movie

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Brie Larson fights as Captain Marvel on top of a train in “Captain Marvel” (2019).

By Ricky Miller

Entertainment Editor “Captain Marvel” brings American audiences a new superhero to embrace. Oscarwinner Brie Larson (“The Room”) portrays Carol Danvers as the title character.

The film is set in the early 1990s when Blockbuster Video was still a flourishing American neighborhood video rental franchise.

It contains a deluge of inside jokes that only the most discerning viewers will understand.

For instance, the tabby cat named “Goose,”

is named after one of the leads from 1986’s blockbuster, “Top Gun.” Also woven into the storyline are glances at another space-involved flick when Danvers glances at a video box cover of Philip Kaufman’s “The Right Stuff,” an Oscarwinning flick that was popular in the early 1980s when the home rental market was booming. Streaming services did not exist then.

Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury returns to the Marvel universe. Jackson has been a fixture since his first appearance at the end of Jon Favreau’s “Iron Man” in 2008. The filmmakers digitally manipulate his character in “Captain Marvel” to make him look younger.

The sets for “Captain Marvel” are very realistic. The Blockbuster location had in-store promotional items, including a standee of Arnold Schwarzenegger from the film “True Lies,” one of the last rentals to grace the video store shelves.

Prior to my work as entertainment editor with the Chronicle, I spent years managing an independently owned video store in Plano, Texas (American Video). I think “True Lies” was one of the last titles I rented to customers back in the day when customer service was part of my daily activities.

Also of note is that “Captain Marvel” will return to the big screen sooner than fans may expect. She will have a significant role in

“Avengers: Endgame,” set to grace screens in a month. April 26 to be exact.

Like the greatness that was 2014’s “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “Captain Marvel” acknowledges the Kree, a race of extraterrestrials. It happens to be another bit of verbiage known only to comic book readers and viewers of the first “Guardians of the Galaxy” entry.

Like I’ve said in the past, I cannot give away too much without spoiling it for others.

“Captain Marvel” keeps the Marvel brand intact and delivers in virtually every single department.

For all intents and purposes, the film is a giant flashback. It centers on Danvers, who has dreams that she cannot recall and considers them bits of past memory from long ago.

In order to maintain her balance, she spars with Jude Law’s Yori Rogg, a friend and ally with whom she confides her problems and predicaments.

This flick is just fun. It delves into the childhood memories from the 1980s and 1990s, all the while knowing its limitations in reality. I myself have watched the film three times.

“Captain Marvel” is worth the full-price of admission. Just be forewarned to stay for the credits. There are two Easter eggs at the very end.

Grade: B+

Discovering the history of Captain Marvel

By Everett Newson Staff Writer

There’s a wonderful history in the Marvel Universe about two popular characters who took the superhero name Captain Marvel: Carol Danvers and Mar-Vell, Danver’s mentor.

Mar-Vell was created by comic book writer Stan Lee. Carol Danvers was created by comic book writer Roy Thomas. Both were illustrated by comic book artist Gene Colan.

The “Captain Marvel” film, released March 8, is about Danvers and not Mar-Vell, the original bearer of the superhero name. True comic book fans who know the history of Captain Marvel may not be fans of the movie.

Mar-Vell was a member of the Kree, an alien humanoid race who built a galactic empire known as the Greater Magellanic Cloud. He made his first appearance in Marvel SuperHeroes No. 12 (December 1967).

Since he is the greatest captain of the Kree’s space fleet, Mar-Vell is in a war against the Skrulls, an alien race that has the ability to shape-shift. The Supreme Intelligence, the planetary leader of the Kree, sent Mar-Vell to Earth to destroy Earth’s space program. On

Earth, Mar-Vell impersonated dead scientist Dr. Walter Lawson to hide his secret identity.

Mar-Vell however, slowly began to respect humans and help them. They called him Captain Mar-Vell. He defeated Thanos, the Mad Titan, who sought to annihilate all lifeforms in the universe and was the main villain in “Avengers: Infinity War” (2018).

Additionally, Captain Mar-Vell is the first Captain Marvel, but there are several others.

Danvers, Genis-Vell and Monica Rambeau also took this name as their alter egos. The most important characters, however, are MarVell and Danvers.

Now let’s discuss Danvers. She made her first appearance in Marvel Super-Heroes No. 13 (March 1968). She is a U.S. Air Force and NASA officer who was assigned to spy on Lawson, who Mar-Vell impersonated. Danvers was caught in an explosion and nearly died.

Captain Mar-Vell melded his blood and saved her life. That’s how she received her superpowers. She lost her memory in the process and adopted the codename Ms. Marvel.

After she joined the Avengers, Marcus, son of the Avenger’s foe Immortus, brainwashed Marvel into joining the Limbo. He took her to an alternate dimension and did horrible things

to her. After Marcus died, Marvel returned to Earth, lost her superpowers and subconscious to Rogue, a member of the X-Men. Later, while working with the X-men, Marvel is abducted by The Brood, an extraterrestrial race modeled after insects.

They experiment on Marvel, giving her benevolent superpowers and she becomes an entirely new superhero known as Binary.

Binary is similar to Jean Grey’s better-known character Phoenix. The difference is that she is much more dangerous. After Binary saved the sun in issue #34A of “Quasar,” her original powers are returned and she rejoins the Avengers as the character Warbird.

Later on, Danvers claims the name Captain Marvel to honor her beloved friend Mar-Vell.

Danvers and Mar-Vell are iconic characters but he is more powerful than she is. Surprisingly, Mar-Vell can defeat Thanos with his fists, but Danvers can’t. After witnessing her losing her powers and subconscious mind to Rogue, she does not have a chance to defeat the Mad Titan.

Who do you think can defeat Thanos in “The Avengers: Endgame” (2019)? Moviegoers will have to wait to find out.

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

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Free food: The North Texas Mobile Food Bank Please bring your own bag East breezeway 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

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Richland Wind Symphony and chamber ensembles Fannin Performance Hall 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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Spring Symphonic Instrumental Concert 1: “To the New Day” Wind Symphony, String orchestra, chambers Fannin Performance Hall

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Mirco Daniel Mbega Ndoumou won third place for Best Sports Action Photo at the 2019 TIPA conference in Corpus Christi.

Kohbloh-Obase Kammonke Social Media Editor

Richland Student Media journalists won 17 awards, ranging from first place to honorable mention for previously published works and two awards for on-site contests during this year’s Texas Intercollegiate Press Association (TIPA) conference.

Every spring semester, journalism students from two and four-year schools across Texas congregate at the TIPA conference to compete

in contests, attend workshops and acknowledge the advisers involved in the production process.

TIPA is one of the longest-running state intercollegiate press associations in the country. It is celebrating its 110th anniversary this year. The 2019 event was held at the Omni Corpus Christi Hotel, March 13-16.

“Every time I go to these conferences I try to choose workshops which I feel can be more useful for my professional life, so this is how I normally do it on those,” said Aly Rodrigues, design editor with the Richland Chronicle.

“Meet my boyfriend, Jeffrey. I taught him that ‘No‛ means ‘No.‛

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“The workshops are really good for you to learn from real professionals or from someone outside of your classroom and give you real-life examples of what to do and not do,” she said.

Richland Chronicle Managing Editor, ObaseWotta Kammonke has received six awards at various conferences but had not received first place until this year.

“It felt great. It felt great. Honestly, I just want to say God is great. I think it’s an important aspect of what we do here at the Richland Chronicle. We win, we win, that’s all we do, we just win,” Kammonke said.

Upon seeing his name, he jumped out of his seat yelling, “Yes, yes baby, that’s what I’m talking about!” attracting the attention of everyone in the room as he celebrated his win.

“In all honesty I’ve been here two years and it’s probably been the most effective two years of my life. I’ve learned a lot on how to write effectively, how to convey messages succinctly and overall how to be a better journalist. I think that’s what we learn here, better journalism,” said Kammonke.

“I think this semester and the semester before this we, as a group, and myself as an individual, we all worked really hard to up the level of our work and increase the tempo in which we were working and I think that has shown with the awards that we were able to garner at the TIPA ceremony,” Kammonke said.

The three-day conference offered workshops on topics ranging from print newswriting to how to transfer to a four-year university.

There were also opportunities to explore the area. The location of the hotel offered easy access to several tourist attractions including the Selena Memorial-Mirador De La Flor, the downtown seawall, and the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History.

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Job Fair El Paso Lounge 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Traciana Graves “Let Your Voice Define You” (Women’s History) Brazos Gallery, C140

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Fifth annual Honors conference: “Global Responsibility and Citizenship”

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11 a.m. to noon Honors Conference Plenary Address: Andrés Ruzo, Scientist and a National Geographic Young Explorer grantee

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Honors Conference keynote speaker: Alfredo Corchado Mexico City bureau chief for The Dallas Morning News Sabine Hall, SH118

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Free yoga and meditation class Guadalupe Hall G027

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