Richland Chronicle November 1st, 2016

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CHRONICLE Vol. XLIII Issue 10 November 1, 2016

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2 OPINION

November 1, 2016

Election polls 2016: Trump or Hillary?

JOYCE JACKSON Copy Editor

Donald Trump is the best choice for president if we want someone who will promote economic growth and uphold our constitutional rights. I believe he’s in touch with the American people. When Barack Obama was elected, he said he’d “transform America,” but since then liberal intolerance and political correctness is only bringing down our country.

This division is evident in the blatantly biased news media that continues to poison the minds of voters against Trump. The New York Times, the Washington Post and others have taken a stand against him, as well as the Dallas Morning News. Millions of American citizens chose Trump in the caucuses and primaries and this anti-Trump bias shows a complete lack of respect for the will of the people.

Trump’s background is the best reason to vote for him. When he says he’ll create jobs, it’s believable because he’s actually done it himself. Last week, he opened the Trump In-

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ternational Hotel in the Old Post Office Pavilion near the White House. Yet, the press criticized him for not campaigning that day.

Trump favors the working class and will put people back to work.

Another trait I really like about Trump is, he’s a true leader. Trump may be a billionaire, but he’s not part of the corrupt Washington establishment, like Clinton, yet he’s well aware of how it works.

That’s an asset.

Trump and Clinton differ on the appointment of Supreme Court justices. I believe Trump will appoint conservative judges to the Supreme Court who will abide by literal interpretation of the Constitution, not liberal ideology. Clinton, on the other hand, will likely appoint activist judges, creating more attacks on our freedom of speech, religious liberties and our right to bear arms.

Trump will close our borders to illegal immigrants, putting our country’s safety first, whereas Clinton wants open trade and borders.These people be drug dealers, criminals or have a connection to ISIS. If they get benefits, it’s a ripoff to hard-working taxpayers – when we’re already $20 trillion in debt.

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I turned 18 about two years ago so this is going to be my first presidential election to vote in. To be honest, it hasn’t made a great first impression of how the political process is supposed to work.

The lack of etiquette and decency is upsetting for young people who are now reluctant to take part in the future of our country. Playing on people’s prejudices, refusing to accept election results, and displaying comfort in big money campaign contributions will continue to divide the country.

“The lack of etiquette and decency is upsetting for young people who are now reluctant to take part in the future of our country.”

After this election both parties need to take a step back and ask themselves, “Are we in touch with the American people? Are we talking about the issues facing our people or trying to get them to pick sides?”

America has worked best with a healthy two-party system that can reason and work together. Personally I’ve already voted for Hillary Clinton because she came prepared for the debates with answers about the economy, foreign policy, education, security, and the environment.

Neither candidate was my first choice but democracy requires compromise. If I don’t vote, I’m not doing my job.

Nothing reinforces the stereotype that millennials are the “entitlement generation” than taking the right to vote for granted.

Young people are not the problem but the solution. We have a chance to take a stand in this election about the direction we want the country to go in. If we play our part by being informed and engaged I’m optimistic the old way of politics will break down and Americas best days will include our futures.

Richland College hosts first student town hall meeting

Students in journalism, government and members of Student Media and the Black Students Association participated in Richland’s first Student Town Hall meeting. The event gave student panelists the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions on election issues. The event was held Oct. 27 in the Chronicle television studio. Twenty-three students, faculty and staff members participated.

The production was moderated by Erica Edwards, lead faculty and coordinator for journalism and student media, and Patrick Moore, government learning enrichment and academic development professor here at Richland. During the one-hour program, the seven student panelists discussed immigration, economy, and race relations.

The program was directed by Jack Fletcher, audio and video coordinator, and produced by Meg Fullwood, lab coordinator of journalism and student media.

The person behind the idea for the production was Meg Fullwood. “I was listening to political coverage on the radio about ‘what millennials want’ this election season and realized we weren’t hearing anything from the millennials,” said Fullwood, “I read a study by Pew Research that said one-third of the electorate this year was between the ages of 18 and 35 and knew it was time to do a town hall meeting with our students.” Fullwood said the production was a success. “The students did a great job in front of and behind the camera,” said Fullwood.

If you want to listen to the full pod cast of the town hall meeting visit www.Richlandstudentmedia.com —Fernando Rodriguez

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RLC: Green is the way to go JORGE PEREZ

What’s in store for America FERNANDO RODRIGUEZ Staff Writer

Richland government professor and political analyst Dr. Raymond Sandoval predicted the winner of the upcoming presidential election Oct. 12, in a presentation based on data-driven analysis. Sandoval discussed voter turnout, problems with both parties, political ideology, baby boomers versus millennials and the unique complexities of this particular election.

Sandoval’s research led him to predict that Hillary Clinton will win the election. “Hillary will probably win by a significant amount in the Electoral College and she will probably win the popular vote, but she will not win the majority of the American population,” Sandoval said.

“She won’t go over 50 percent of the population. She’ll be higher than Donald Trump.

She’ll be in the high 40s, 48 and 49,” he estimated, “but she won’t win the majority of the American people.” He explained the reason is based on Clinton’s ideology, saying “She’ll take the win as a landslide victory for the ideas she espouses, instead of the indicator that we need to figure out a way to stop the fragmentation of American society.”

Data used for his prediction was derived from different areas of the election. “We looked at ethnic distribution of the states and we looked at economic trends. For example usually when the economy is doing well, then the president who’s running for re-election returns to office, or the party that the president belongs to has a chance to be returned to office,” said Sandoval. “But, on the other hand, usually after a two-term presidency, the other party has a very distinct historical advantage. It is very rare for that same party to win the third election, that is, after the first two. So we include all of this historical data, as well as poling data, demographic data and focus group data as a model to predict who is going to win what state.”

A very important topic discussed in the lecture, and an important factor of the election, is voter turnout. Sandoval noted that young people generally do not vote, but they will play

a huge rule in the result of the presidential election.

“Millennials, young people, generally do not vote in high numbers,” Sandoval said. “There was an increase in 2004 of young people voting and then in 2008, but in 2012 it dropped back down. So, I would expect for it to drop further this time where young people the age of 18 to 25 or 30 will not show up very much.”

The problem is that both parties are not doing a good job reaching out to younger voters, Sandoval said.

The impact of campaign spending is also diffent in 2016 than in previous years. “What happens is that the candidate that has the most money can pour ads into various target areas and get the population to move in thes favor, but what we’re experiencing in this election is that you can pour money into ads and it has no effect.”

People are not being swayed as easily through television advertising as they have in the past, which means television has had very little influence on the decisions of the people.

In discussing Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” Sandoval said the reality of the statement is based in the concept of American mythology and cited Stephanie Coontz’s book “The Way We Never Were.” He said that we always picture previous generations as something other than what they actually were.

“We always picture the 1800s different; the 1900s different,” said Sandoval, “But particularly we mythologize the 1950s because we had the addition of television and media which reinforce more so than another other time in history these myths about how the family really was when actually it wasn’t that way at all.”

Sandoval said that not all families lived in harmony, not all families had two parents and not all families in the 1950s were like the images we’ve seen projected through the media.

The period did not exist in the same way it’s portrayed.

He explained that because of this mythology, there is a split in the Republican Party involving one group that wants to return to a particular era and another group that doesn’t know how to move forward.

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Dr. Raymond Sandoval speaking about the upcoming presidential election

of tomorrow, including renewable/sustainable energy, construction technology and construction management. Green scholarships are Staff Writer available as well. Information can be found on Do you ever stop and ask yourself why the Dallas County Community College DisRichland College is such a clean place? Part of trict website, www.dcccd.edu.

Those interested in sustainable living can the reason is the dedicated work of the janitors and custodians. The other part is contributed participate in service learning projects, located in Medina Hall, Room by the Student Green Team, M206. Time sheets will be a newly formed organization distributed by John Daniels, with four strategic goals: the the coordinator of instrucconservation of energy and tional labs. resources, minimizing waste, According to Mathews, educating others about sus“If you accumulate about tainability and engaging the 100 to 150 hours within a local, regional and national year, Daniels will send that community on sustainability list to the White House.” efforts.

This will result in receiving Stephanie Mathews, presithe president’s award for dent of the Student Green community service, along Team, said, “We evolved afwith a letter. ter the lake cleanup project, Staff photo Jorge Perez Mathews encouraged which the Phi Theta Kappa Mathews, member of people to join the Student Honor Society held last year Stephanie Green Team.

Green Team. in the fall. My involvement “The green projects mean a lot to me. I with the green projects in school, including the campus lake cleanup project and Arbor Day, believe in preserving the earth, recycling, and where we planted trees around the campus, that we can be role models and leaders. We can gave me the opportunity to lead the Student create awareness and guide our friends, family Green Team. I was elected as a president in and community to teach them what we know summer 2016. The sustainability department by contributing to recycling, conserving enerand I put together the plans and events for the gy and so on,” Matthews said. “Always, always, always think green and no matter how small coming semesters.”

There are a number of programs for those it is, do what you can for the environment,” who are looking to become the green leaders she added.

4 MOVIES

November 1, 2016

Chicago series take over the night RICKY MILLER Entertainment Editor

Talk about awesome. I am referring to the Chicago block of Dick Wolf-produced shows on NBC. On Tuesday nights is Chicago Fire, which glimpses into the lives of various denizens who occupy a station house in the Windy City.

Shift to Wednesday night when one of the coolest cops on the block, Jason Beghe’s rugged and tough persona of Hank Voight occupies the screen.

Then Thursday, we go to the hospital run

by Oliver Platt’s Dr. Daniel Charles.

The cool thing about this series is the interaction and crossover tales galore.

One of the characters from “Chicago Fire” (Christian Stolte’s Randall McHolland is actually married to Amy Morton’s Trudy Platt a high ranking officer at District 21 of the police department.

Also involved in the crossover storyline is Jon Seda’s cop Antonio Dawson, whose cousin Gabriela Dawson is his first cousin who works for Chicago Fire as well.

Also, coming soon is another chapter in the Chicago storyline with “Chicago Justice,” another entry into producer Dick Wolf ’s arsenal.

Earlier in the 2017 calendar year a couple of episodes aired with Carl Weathers (“Rocky”), but I think in the following months they will add more stories and character archs.

Now the problem is people across the land are not watching commercial television. I think people should take time out of their busy lives and at least DVR these amazing shows. I give all of them a grade of A or higher.

Gina Lewis (Michelle Williams) in “Certain Women.”

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Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer) and Gabriela Dawson (Monica Raymund) in Chicago Fire.

‘Certain Women’ shows strength

HENRY PHAM Staff Writer

“Certain Women” tells the story of a group of women in Montana who are concerned about the problems in their lives.

A lawyer (Laura Dern, “Jurrasic Park”) is dealing with her client (Jared Harris), the cases and files. A brick collector (Michelle Williams, “Brokeback Montain”) and her husband (James Le Gros) want to gather bricks and stones from an elderly resident to build their house from the ground up.

Then there’s a horse farmer (Lily Gladstone) who’s tending to horses and eventually goes to night school to study education law, despite having no interest.

Finally, there is the law instructor (Kristen Stewart, “Twilight” series), who lives in Liv-

ingston, several hours from her home. She begins teaching law education after the instructor quits due to too many long round trips from home to school and back.

The film talks about how women deal with these problems. Some scenes are intercut with another female character to show what is going on and how life gets better for the characters as they solve their problems and keep anything bad from happening.

The screenplay was good. Some of the scenes are funnier than others, but Kelly Reichardt’s directing was awful.

Overall, it was good and had a lot of emotional scenes and good storytelling.

The reason I wanted to see this film was to experience the human condition: women living with good and bad reputations and the film’s emphasis on what makes them stronger.

Hank Voit (Jason Beghie) in Chicago P.D.

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Matthew Casey (Jesse Spencer), Randall McHolland (Christian Stolte), Wallace Boden (Eamonn Walker), Jimmy Borrelli (Steven R. McQueen) in Chicago P.D.

“Inferno” – Tom Hanks returns as Robert Langdon, a Harvard symbolist who must deal with a plague that could wipe out half of the world’s population. With Felicity Jones, Oscar-nominated for “The Theory of Everything,” Omar Sy (“The Life of Pi”) and Ben Foster (“Hell or High B Water”)

Beth Travis (Kristen Stewart) in Certain Women

“Jack Reacher: Never Go Back” – Tom Cruise can almost do no wrong.

Edward Zurick, his director of “The Last Samurai.”

His Jack Reacher persona is thrust into yet another situation in which he must clear the name of soldier Turner (Cobie Smulders), an Army soldier falsely accused of a crime Bshe did not commit.

“Keeping Up With the Joneses” – A fit and tone Zac Galifianakis leads alongside “The Wedding Crashers” Isla Fisher in this tale of a happily married couple who befriend the new neighbors in town, the Joneses (Jon Hamm and Gal Gadof), who might just be spies.

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“The Accountant” – Ben Affleck is a socially awkward man thrust into a situation involving the Treasury Department.

Also stars Anna Kendrick “Pitch Perfect,” Jeffrey Tambor (TVs “Arrested Development”), Jon Bernthal (“The Walking Dead”), John Lithgow (“Shrek”) and J.K. Simmons (“Whiplash”). B+

“The Magnificent Seven” – Denzel Washington leads seven reluctant do gooders, including those played by Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke in the Old West when a widowed woman named Emma Cullen (Haley Bennett) asks for some assistance and justice.

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ENTERTAINMENT 5

Crossing cultures, crossing differences Staff Writer

There are hundreds of cultures all over the world. Each is unique and beautiful in its own way. No culture has the same standards, beliefs or customs, which makes getting to know people from different cultures an interesting and challenging experience.

Richland is a multicultural environment where you can meet people with different backgrounds from Asia to Africa, Europe and

Cinco de Mayo Celebration at Richland.

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(BSM) organization.

The club is designed to “facilitate multicultural exchange,” as Cody Mahon, volunteer BSM director at Richland, said. People are free to share their opinions, cultural beliefs and standards. Different perspectives represented during the discussions help people gain awareness and respect of each other’s similarities and differences.

I went to their fourth meeting last Friday and was surprised. As a new club, it has attracted a considerable number of students.

“We have new faces every week,” Mahon said. The room was full of people from different parts of Africa, Asia, and America talking and getting to know each other.

“What is the greatest crisis facing our global society today?” was the topic for the meeting, which generated an ebullient conversation. At first, people discussed what they perceived as current cultural crises and moved to specific crises happening in their countries from Nigeria, Nepal to Vietnam and America.

After pointing out several disasters happening throughout the world today, they were asked to find solutions. Club members told their personal stories, discussed current events and new lessons. I enjoyed the conversation and learned a lot.

Today we are living in a globalized society, which makes learning and experiencing different cultures extremely important. Kasey Mahon, co-leader of Crossing Cultures, thought this club is “a great way to meet people, connect to them and begin to understand each

Chinese New’s Year Celebration at Richland.

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other more.”

Crossing Cultures meets every Friday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in El Paso Hall, Room E076, to eat pizza and generate conversation on a specific topic ranging from moral and cultural to global issues. Newcomers are welcome at any time.

With the goal for students from different backgrounds to “begin to understand each other better and form friendships and relationships among different cultures to strengthen the bonds between us,” as Mahon believes, Crossing Cultures is the right place for not only international students but also for those who are American born.

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America, North and South. Cultural diversity is apparent when you are walking down the hallway, sitting in any building or having lunch in the cafeteria.

Getting to know people from different cultures is an exciting learning experience, but sometimes the barriers are hard to resolve. As an international student, I understand the difficulties. Language is always the biggest challenge.

Richland offers students a wide variety of clubs and organizations that encourage cultural exchange. The Crossing Cultures Club is one of them. It began at Richland this semester and is part of the Baptist Student Ministry

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The write stuff: National kudos for Chronicle ALY RODRIGUES

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Richland College has minority success in mind. The Minority Serving Institution Convening, “Minority Student Success: Using Data to Effect Change,” was held at Richland Oct. 14 and 15.

Higher education administrators gathered to discuss collecting and analyzing quantitative data, evidence-based program development and research methods, best practices and innovations to impact the academic success of minority student populations.

“Richland College’s inaugural MSI Convening engaged key leaders and practitioners from 61 U.S. Department of Education Minority Serving-designated colleges and universities from throughout the nation to advance a shared narrative aimed at achieving greater minority student success through effective use of data,” said Dr. Kay Eggleston, Richland College president.

“Richland College’s pivotal, multiyear

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ed for excellence, especially in that company, is a wonderful accolade. I expect this win to propel us toward future accomplishments for both our individual students and as a team,” Edwards said.

This conference was more than just a unique opportunity. It was also a chance to learn more about the field of journalism and improve writing skills.

The conference took place at the Grand Hyatt Washington, a beautiful hotel located near D.C. Chinatown and the National Mall.

The Chronicle staff stayed a few metro station stops from the conference hotel, which made it easy to enjoy other areas of the city in their free time.

One of the favorite sessions was “Blogging in college: Establishing your brand before graduation.” The main focus of the session was to understand the importance of social media and learn the best way to take advantage of all the benefits to reach more readers, gain followers and clients. Another session, “It

hurts more than you think: How to cover trauma with compassion,” taught student journalists how to cover tragedies.

Perhaps the best-known speaker was Snowden, a former CIA employee responsible for leaking classified information from the National Security Agency (NSA) in 2013.

Snowden revealed, in detail, some of the surveillance programs that U.S. organizations used to spy on Americans and other countries.

Russia has granted him temporary asylum and students got the chance to hear him talk live in a conversation via Skype. Snowden talked about what he had been through and answered a few questions from students.

Richland students toured the Capitol building and received a critique from a special adviser who gave feedback about the design of the Chronicle.

The Chronicle competed against more than 200 college newspapers, including many notable four-year university papers, and was one of only 18 national winners.

MSI convenes to impact academic success CHASSADY JOHNSON

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Once again, the Chronicle has been recognized as one of the best student newspapers in the country. The Chronicle was recognized at this year’s Associated Collegiate Press (ACP) conference in Washington, D.C., bringing home its fourth Pacemaker Award, one of the most prestigious awards in college journalism.

Erica Edwards, lead faculty and coordinator of Richland Journalism and Student Media, said the award is important because “it demonstrates that our students can compete and succeed on a national stage. The Pacemaker Award recognizes the best of collegiate journalism. It is, frankly, an honor just to be nominated.”

A four-day convention for college journalists and advisers from all over the United States, the conference included workshops, keynotes and discussion sessions on many different topics. The most anticipated sessions included conversations with Bob Woodward, the famous Watergate investigative reporter from the Washington Post, and former CIA employee Edward Snowden, live via a transmission from Russia.

The Chronicle was one of 30 finalists for the 2016 Newspaper Pacemaker Award. Cartoonist Abraham Igéné took second-place honors in the category of 2016 Cartooning Awards - Comic Panel/Strip. Photographer Jorge Gomez participated in the photo shootout contest. At press time, he’s among the top five finalists.

“This year’s finalists include some of the best journalism schools in the country -- from the University of California, Los Angeles to Syracuse University to Northwestern University -- and for our students’ work to be reward-

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convening lead college role will help shape future advances toward greater minority student equity and success.

The conference focused on the use of existing research to evaluate minority-serving programs and find more vigorous strategies to evaluate the accomplishments of minority serving programs.

With improved methodology administrators can introduce new programs, pursue fundraising and bring positive change to their respective institutions.

Presenters at the event included Mark Mitsui, former deputy assistant secretary for community colleges at the U.S. Department of Education and current Portland Community College president Robert Teranishi, Ph.D., a UCLA professor of social science and comparative education. Teranishi was recently appointed by President Barack Obama to serve on the board of directors of the National Board for Education Services.

For more information on the MSI Convening, visit richlandcollege.edu/msi-convening.

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Tru Grit: Richland ‘rasslin’ and more TRU ARMSTRONG Staff Writer

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

Today 9 a.m. to noon University visit: University of North Texas - Dallas El Paso Hall 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

Richland Instrumental Faculty Richland College’s wrestling team gets psyched up.

will make its regular season debut for the first time in 30 years. One of the wrestlin’ Thunderducks, Michael Basaldu, is looking forward to a good year after months of practice and building team chemistry. He said, “Our confidence level is good because we know what we got to do. Every day as we get closer to opening night, it gets higher and higher.” Wrestling coach Bill Neal said that they’re ready to compete against the big four-year schools. “Our team has a chip on their shoulders but they got something to prove, so it works in our favor in that respect and that’s a good thing for us. Our goal is to

The Richland wrestling team prepares for upcoming matches.

Richland briefs Dance is an athletic activity that requires strength, endurance, talent and plenty of dedication. This week, a new original dance program choreographed by the Richland Dance faculty and guest artists will be presented to the public.

The concert, “Fire & Ice”, will include a variety of dance styles. It takes place in Fannin Hall, Friday, with two performances at 12:30 and 7:30 p.m.

The concert is free and opened to the public.

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score the highest points to win the NCWA Division II national championship. We hope to take a lot of guys to the Nationals which will be held in Allen (March 2017) and to score enough points to sneak up and take that Division II championship,” said Neal. Richland’s first competition will be on Saturday Nov. 5 at UNT in Denton.

Richland men’s basketball team will tip off its 2016-17 campaign against Weatherford also on Saturday Nov. 5.

The Dallas Cowboys were 5-1 after winning their first game in Green Bay in eight years on Oct. 16. Although Dak Prescott threw an interception for the first time in his pro career, he set a new NFL record of 176 pass attempts without an interception in his rookie season surpassing Tom Brady.

This is a World Series in the making between the Cleveland Indians and the Chicago Cubs, two franchises that are on the verge of demolishing the curse once and for all. My prediction is that it will go to seven games. It’s been a great year so far in Cleveland as the Cavaliers look to defend their NBA title. Adding an Indians World Series title would really be a Sweet ’16! Meanwhile in the Windy City, White Sox fans are looking to see if their in-city rivals can bring a world championship home themselves.

I don’t think a black cat and fan interference is going to stop the Cubs … this time.

In November, Arlington residents will vote on whether or not the Texas Rangers should move forward in building a new retractable roof stadium. Those who attend Ranger games let alone live in Arlington don’t like the idea of building another massive stadium using their tax money. They’re still dealing with the side effects of AT&T Stadium. Prices at Jerry’s World are just too high. Globe Life Park has become a North Texas institution and it’s only 22 years old. Is it necessary to build another stadium when the Rangers have already upgraded Globe Life Park several times in the last six years? Why didn’t they think of this back in the early ‘90s?

They haven’t had this problem in their 44-year history. And if Arlington rejects the plan, will the Rangers leave Arlington for another North Texas town?

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Fall dance concert by Richland dance faculty “Fire & Ice” Fannin Performance Hall

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Both Richland’s men’s and women’s soccer teams are on their way to tournaments. The men’s team wrapped up the regular season taming the Mountain View Lions, 5-1. The Thunderducks remain on top in Division III at 11-2 overall, 4-0 in conference play. The Lady Thunderducks are also playing great soccer, ranked fourth in Division III, and they finished the season at 12-2-2 overall, 8-0-2 in conference play.

Congratulations also to the Richland women’s volleyball team on an outstanding season.

A massive turnaround from 5-25 overall last season to 16-13 this season. The Thunderducks finished second at 6-4 in the Metro Athletic Conference behind Eastfield. They also dominated the Guadalupe Gym with a 10-3 home record. Volleyball coach Zelda Smith was pleased with the team’s outcome of the regular season. She said that the team has bloomed at the right time, strong on offense and defense.

“Definitely a big improvement, learning how to finish a game and learn what it takes to win a game; it takes intensity the whole time. We got a lot of freshman on our team and we only have three sophomores. For these freshman to come in and be leaders on the court is outstanding,” Smith said. The Thunderducks clinched a firstround bye in the MAC tournament.

One of Richland’s proud and powerful athletic traditions is back. The wrestling program

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