Richland Chronicle September 19th, 2017

Vol. XLIV Issue 6 September 19, 2017

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Know your rights:

September 19, 2017

Keeping the dream alive MIKE SOKOLSKI Staff Writer

The Student Government Association (SGA) at Richland hosted the informative town hall meeting, “Know Your Rights,” dealing with immigration and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), on Sept. 12.

Panelists included state Rep. Roberto Alonso, Senior Attorney Tracy Smith and Gil Zafra, marketing and community outreach manager, with Brewer & Lormand Attorneys at Law and Assistant Mexican Consul Edurne Nerea Pineda Ayerbe.

The focus of the discussion centered on President Donald Trump’s challenge to Congress to pass legal protection for current DACA recipients. Alonso said, “We need 217 congressmen in the House and approximately 60 senators to make it happen.”

There are 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. Currently there are 194 Democratic House members. They would need 24 Republican votes in the House, and three in the Senate to pass the Dream Act. They would also need the president to sign it.

A Dream Act would confer immigrant status to conditional, then permanent individual status after meeting a series of qualifications, not just a deferral of deportation, as is the case with DACA. Not only is there the question of if it can happen, but if it can happen before March 15,

the current six-month deadline for the expiration of DACA. Alonso believes it can and cites the speed with which legislation authorizing $15 billion in aid for Hurricane Harvey victims was authorized.

As to whether Trump would sign a Dream Act, Smith said, “With the amount of pressure he [Trump] is facing I don’t think it’s unlikely he would sign it.”

Meetings between Trump and leading Democrats point to the possibility that a deal could be reached. The question of whether border security would be included in Dream Act legislation is another possible stumbling block.

One panelist asked SGA President Zahara Wadud how she planned to support DACA recipients. She said she plans on contacting the Latino Club about raising issue awareness.

She is also contacting nonprofits to get donations to cover the $495 fee charged to DACA renewal applicants.

With respect to the immediate need to pressure Congress, Wadud plans to hold a workshop “where people can come and learn about how to contact their representatives and how it’s not as hard as it seems.”

Assistant Consul Pineda told the audience that the consulate has a “protection” department that offers information about immigration and other legal subjects of interest to Mexican citizens residing in the United States.

In certain cases, economic assistance for the renewal of DACA may be available. As a

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Panel answers students’ questions during a town hall meeting about DACA at Richland.

reminder, the deadline for renewal of DACA applications is Oct. 5.

The question of Trump’s recent pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona was addressed. He was convicted of criminal contempt of court after he disobeyed a 2011 order that prohibited him from targeting and jailing those deemed undocumented.

The Arpaio pardon is viewed by some as a one of several signs of Trump’s disparagement of Mexicans.

Trump’s animus is cited as one of the grounds (illegal discrimination) in the lawsuit recently filed by the state of New York to overturn his order to phase out DACA. Xavier Becerra, attorney general of California, has filed a similar lawsuit joined by Maryland, Minnesota and Maine. California is home to roughly 25 percent of Dreamers. In all, there are now 20 states suing the Trump administration over DACA.

P r o t e c t i n g a g a i n s t E q u i f a x ’s s e c u r i t y b r e a c h

CAITLIN RAMSEY Staff Writer

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Equifax, one of the three major credit bureaus, recently experienced a massive security breach. Personal information, including Social Security numbers, birthdates and other personal data for some 143 million Americans was stolen.

According to the Federal Reserve and Census Bureau, there were about 174 million American adults with at least one credit card in 2015.

“This is going to create a lot of identity theft,” Jason Alvarado, program coordinator for cyber security here at Richland College, explains.

Ted Jenkin, co-CEO and founder of the financial advisory firm oXYGen Financial, writing for “The Experts” section of The Wall

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Equifax Inc., offices in Atlanta. The credit bureau was hacked putting millions at risk.

Street Journal online, said thieves can create new bank accounts, apply for credit cards, get medical treatment, file a tax returns or even file for unemployment benefits with the stolen information. It can be hard to know when this happens too. The Social Security Administration explains “you may not find out that someone is using your number until you’re turned down for credit, or you begin to get calls from unknown creditors demanding payment for items you never bought.”

The threat will not go away any time soon.

“First, it’s going to be held close by whoever grabbed it. But, slowly over time, it will be leaked to the dark web,” Alvarado explains.

Alvarado says people’s credit reports will be sold on the dark web and “once there is no real monetary value or somebody buys them all, then the stuff will get released publicly.”

“Publicly” could mean this information is posted on a google drive.

There are options available to protect against identity theft.

Regularly checking credit scores is routine advice, U.S. law gives ever Americans the right to pull his or her credit reports for free once a year from the major credit bureaus: TransUnion, Experian, and Equifax. Checking one bureau every four months is best.

Another option is to create an account with

an independent credit reporting website, such as Credit Karma. This site allows its users to check his or her credit score at any time, and it warns a user whenever his or her credit score changes, for the good or the bad.

Placing a credit freeze on credit files with the major credit bureaus is the strongest possible option. “The credit freeze is the nuclear option of credit protection. But in the wake of a break this big, it’s worth considering,” Matt Schulz, analyst with CreditCards.com, told Associated Press. This means no one can request new accounts and bank cards until the account is unfrozen.

Equifax has waved credit report freezing fees for 30 days since Monday, Sept. 11. Their credit report freeze website is https://www. freeze.equifax.com. It does not require the user to create an account.

TransUnion requires users make an account, but its webpage for credit freezes has been having technical difficulties leaving some users unable to freeze his or her credit reports.

TransUnion’s credit freeze website is https:// freeze.transunion.com.

Experian does not require users make an account, but it does charge a fee of $10.83 in Texas. Go to https://www.experian.com/freeze/ center.html.

September 19, 2017

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High school students ‘adopt’ city devasted by Harvey LASHANDA MCCUIN Staff Writer

Nothing is more devastating than losing everything you’ve worked years to accomplish.

Such is the experience of thousands of Texans after Hurricane Harvey. The recovery process is underway in South Texas after the massive storm left death, destruction and flooding in its wake. People around the world are helping with the recovery. The broadcast media shows the devastation in big cities, but what about the smaller communities?

Richland Collegiate High School (RCHS) chose a unique way to help. It has adopted the town of Mont Belvieu, located between Houston and Beaumont. RCHS adopted this community because they received information from the staff that the residents are in need.

Fearing that Mont Belvieu would be overlooked, RCHS sprang into action to help them recover from the storm.

“In a disaster like this there’s a lot of people in need and Houston is such a large city with so many people – Houston will get all of the attention.

“We wanted to start thinking about the little communities and the small towns too, because they are suffering just as badly,” said Mike Wright of Student Services.

The only hope for a small community is to reach out to someone who will get the word

out. RCHS started the process of giving in a structured fashion.

“We have assigned each class specific items to bring based on the need of the community. We want to keep the process as smooth as possible for the students and provide the community with quality things they need,” said Wright. Like other communities, people there are throwing away ruined items and trying to figure out how they will replace them.

“When people start to forget about the disaster and go back to regular life, we will continue to give to the Mont Belvieu community as an ongoing event,” said Wright. The first fully loaded truck was delivered Sept. 8, with more deliveries to come.

“Our goal is to hopefully return to Mont Belvieu with two or more trucks fully loaded with items for the community each time we return,” said Wright.

While the items were being loaded Warisha Sadiq, an RCHS junior, noticed the box of feminine supplies was empty. Sadiq went to her professor and asked if they could start collecting women’s feminine hygiene products and she was directed to speak with the principal of the RCHS, Craig Hinkle.

When Sadiq spoke with Hinkle, he advised her to focus on the items listed. Sadiq then took the initiative and began to collect donations from the junior and senior classes. Then they went to Sam’s Club and purchased huge boxes of feminine products.

Photos courtesy Jack Fletcher

Some of the donations collected by Richland Collegiate High School students on Sept. 9.

“It made me feel so good to help people in need. Everyone likes to know they have helped someone,” said Sadiq.

Feminine hygiene products and cleaning supplies are among the most important things needed at this time, although donations of

all kinds will be accepted all year. Those who would like to donate can bring items to Kiowa Hall from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

For more information call the RCHS office at 972-761-6888.

VIEWPOINTS

“What do you think about taking down the Robert E. Lee statue?”

– Harris Sadiq “It’s a good thing. What the Confederates stood [for] is not what we should stand for now.”

– Maria Restrepo, neuroscience major

– Pablo Torres, sports management major

“Even as an art piece it’s worth preserving. It should inspire dialogue. The problem is we don’t want dialogue anymore. It stayed there a long time, a lot of people never even thought about it.”

– Clive Siegle, history professor Staff Photos Drew Castillo

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“There was bad history, but that is our history; you shouldn’t act like it didn’t happen.”

4 MOVIES

September 19, 2017

‘It’ . . . once more into the sewer JEREMY GAYDOSH Staff Writer

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Another year in Hollywood and so comes the release of remakes, whether it’s an American version of a foreign film or another film that others deem classic. The most anticipated film of this year is the new version of Stephen King’s “It,” which made readers and viewers never look at clowns or storm drains the same way again.

The film opens with a heavy rainstorm in the small, fictional town of Derry, Maine in the 1980s – a classic setting for horror films.

We see young Bill (Jaeden Lieberher), who suffers from a stutter, makes his little brother Georgie (Jackson Robert Scott) a paper boat.

As Georgie chases the boat down the road, it falls into a storm drain and as Georgie looks into the darkness, we see the glowing yellow eyes and the sinister smile of Pennywise, the dancing clown, for the first time; it’s a face that inspires fear whenever we see it later in the film.

After the disappearance of his little brother, Bill takes it upon himself to find him. Funny how the police and the parents seem to have given up so soon. He enlists the help of his friends: hypochondriac Eddie (Jack Dylan Grazer), motor mouth Richie (Finn Wolfhard) and shy Stanley (Wyatt Oleff). Being that they each have quirks that make them outsiders, they refer to themselves as “The Losers Club.”

During their search, they befriend kindhearted Beverly (Sophia Lillis), bullied Mike

(Chosen Jacobs) and loner Ben (Jeremy Ray Taylor). Together they uncover a series of events that result in the disappearance of children every 27 years.

Aside from being the victims of the local mullet-wearing sports bullies, the thing that draws them together is their terrifying visions involving the clown and his evil, taunting chuckle.

The film makes it clear that the audience will be scared and it is indeed bursting with nightmarish effects. An effective strategy is that there are no major names in the cast. That works to reduce expectations on the actors who are not living up to some hype and allows the audience to follow regular kids around for this thrill ride.

Promising talent is shown among the young actors, particularly Jaeden and Sophia. In the title role, which describes the demonic specter that takes the form of Pennywise, actor Bill Skarsgård sinks his teeth (or should I say rows of teeth) into the role, relishing the opportunity to create a character so threatening that it inspired a series of mysterious clown sightings in the last year.

It should be noted that, while the running time is over two hours, the story is not over.

The film only covers what is in the first half of the novel. When “It: Chapter Two” is released, the audience will see the grown-up version of the Losers Club and how they deal with the re-emergence of the balloon-carrying Pennywise.

Grade: B+

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Pennywise (Bill Skarsgård) is not there to make you laugh in 'IT'.

"mother!"– The latest film from Darren Aronofsky (“Black Swan,” “The Wrestler”) is perplexing, to say the least. Javier Bardem and Jennifer Lawrence are a married couple expecting an addition to the family soon while also receiving some unexpected guests.

This one is part pretzeltwisting thriller and part duty drama.

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Pilou Asbæk as Claus Michael Pedersen in 'A War', the next movie in the Richland International Film Series.

Free movies at two Richland film series BRIONNA GRIFFIN Staff Writer

Students on a budget can enjoy a variety of captivating films about culture and history at two campus film events, and it’s all free!

The Journalism Film Series screens at 12:00 noon every other Wed. in the television studio (E015). The international Film Series screens at 1:30 p.m. in Wichita Hall, Room 259.

On Sept. 13 Richland Student Media launched their Journalism Film Series, which is new this year. The series debuted with a screening of “The Paper.” On Sept. 27, students, faculty and staff can see “The Year of Living Dangerously,” starring Mel Gibson and Sigourney Weaver.

Ricky Miller, entertainment editor for the Richland Chronicle and host of the Journalism Film Series invites everyone to come out and enjoy some great films about lives and adventures of journalists and international correspondents.

The International Film Series has been held at Richland for the past five years. Lisa Katzenstein, instructional specialist in the language center said, “The overall goal of the film series is to promote cultural awareness on campus and help ESOL speakers get better at reading English.”

Although the films don’t have a particular theme, all feature historical events from the perspective of people in the culture. The films

“Girls Trip” – Four friends (Jada Pinkett Smith, Regina Hall, Tiffany Haddish, Queen Latifah) reunite to attend the ESSENCE festival in New Orleans. Through various trials and tribulations they reconnect in their own way in the Crescent City. Directed by Malcolm D. Lee.

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“American Assassin” – Dylan O’Brien (“The Maze Runner”) and Michael Keaton (“Spotlight”) star in this intriguing tale with twists aplenty involving plutonium. It also contains some decent water-based action on the ocean. John Carter's Taylor Kitsch is the antagonist.

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will all be presented in different languages with English subtitles so everyone can enjoy them.

Each film will be introduced by moderators including Melissa Gresham, Serge Schragin, Alex Topete and Rubin Safaya. The moderators will introduce each movie and explain how it personally relates to them.

The dates of the International film series are Sep 20, Oct. 4, Oct 11, Nov 8 and Nov 29. All will be shown at 1:30 in room WH259.

Staff Photo Harris Sadiq

Entertainment Editor Ricky Miller introduces 'The Paper' on Sept. 13.

“Open Water 3: Cage Dive” – More water shenanigans involving the great blue beyond and countless victims. Swimmers get to interact with sharks via a steel cage that floats below in the water. The trailer states the odds of being bitten by a shark are 1 in 900 million.

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“Despicable Me 3” – Gru (Steve Carell) finds a twin brother, Dru, also played by Carell, who he never knew about and decides to put his toes in the deep end of the villainy pool. Trey Parker has fun as the competition, a glorified child actor named Balthazar.Brat, who still schemes to this very day.

–Ricky Miller

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September 19, 2017 COLUMN 5

Dreams do come true; Chronicle editor meets her idol Editor-in-Chief

What if the world ends tomorrow? All of the recent tragedies have me thinking, “What haven’t I done yet? Is there anything I regret?”

There are still a lot of things I want to do. The only regret I have is not to have done them yet.

I am a rational person. I don’t do anything without thinking about the consequences. Yet, sometimes we just need to follow our hearts.

In Brazil, where I am from, we have the expression, “Don’t leave for tomorrow what you can do today,” because we never know what tomorrow will bring.

A few weeks ago, I found out that Demi Lovato was coming to Plano to release her new collection of athletic clothing with Fabletics. For those who live in a cave, Lovato is a Dallas native who started her career at age 10 acting on the children’s television show, “Barney & Friends.”

Today at age 25, Lovato is a successful singer, songwriter and actress with a suitcase full of awards and a Grammy Award nomination. In addition to her beautiful and strong vocals, Lovato is known for her support of various causes including LGBTQ rights and mental health.

I have a lot of personal reasons to admire Lovato. It has been a dream of mine to meet her in person. I’ve been to three concerts and never thought I would get the chance to meet

her. I have tried before. I stayed outside of her hotel for hours. I even went to an event where she was a guest just for the chance to see her.

I finally had my chance. I kept vacillating, going back and forth about whether I should go or not. At first, I thought there would be a lot of people and I was going to be disappointed. Then on second thought, I figured, “You will never know if you don’t try.”

The event started at 1 p.m. I expected quite a few people, so I went earlier. Since driving is not an option for me, I left my house around 9 a.m. It was a long trip to Plano by public transportation. One bus, one train, one 30-minute ride with Lyft and almost two hours later, I finally got into Legacy West in Plano.

The event was well organized. Lines formed quickly and the first 400 people received a numbered wristband. Doors opened at 1 p.m. and, for security reasons, only 80 people were allowed inside the store at a time.

It cost $50 to meet Lovato and take a picture with her and you had to spend $50 on Fabletics products. At first, I thought that was a bit too much for my budget. Then I thought that I might not have another chance.

I was tense the entire time I spent waiting in line. They told me Lovato would stop taking pictures at 3 p.m. It would be easy to spend $50 on fitness clothing since normally they are overpriced. To my surprise, the prices at Fabletics were fair and cheaper than I expected.

As soon as I entered the store, there she was. Lovato was just a few steps away. The

Staff Photo Aly Rodrigiues

More than 400 people wait for the chance to meet Demi Lovato on Sept. 10 in Plano.

store was small. Inside, it was chaotic. I didn’t want to lose time shopping and I confess that I stopped for a minute to watch her talk and take pictures with others. I was trying to convince myself it was real.

The only thing customers were allowed to bring inside the store was a wallet; no purse, no cellphones.

My only chance to have a picture taken with her was by spending the money, but I was happy to learn that 100 percent of the proceeds would be donated to the American Red Cross to benefit Hurricane Harvey relief and the Girl Up Campaign.

My meeting with Lovato was brief, but absolutely amazing. Only true fans will understand how surreal it is to meet your idol. There are no words to describe how I felt afterwards. I blanked out the second the meeting was over.

I ended my day $50 poorer but I got a new pair of shorts, a bottle of water and a hairband, plus an exclusive T-shirt, a photo and an autograph from Lovato, and an experience that will live with me forever!

The lesson here is that sometimes you have to lose something to gain something else.

Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams and don’t be afraid to take a chance.

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ALY RODRIGUES

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September 19, 2017

Sole Hope project receives recognition award THU NGUYEN

Staff Writer It’s a tradition. The week before the fall semester begins is when the Richland College staff and faculty gather for a “welcome back” convocation. The Innovation of the Year award was among the many awards presented at this annual meeting.

This year, the Sole Hope project was honored with the award. Richland’s Innovation of the Year award is designed to recognize and encourage creativity in teaching, on-campus service learning and activities that have a positive influence on the college.

“Sole Hope represents a novel, collegewide, collaborative approach to service learning and is a Richland Proud project,” said Dr. Sherry Dean, a speech faculty member and Sole Hope’s team leader.

Started in the spring of 2013, Sole Hope is a class service-learning project for Honors Speech 1321 (business and professional communication). The project involved the creation of shoes fabricated from blue jeans donated by students who helped children in Uganda fight a painful foot parasite “tunga penetrans,” commonly known as “jiggers.”

Dean said one thing that made Sole Hope unique was the involvement of more than 200 students who made 800 pairs of shoes. The project gave students a great opportunity to be leaders by coordinating the project, giving speeches, participating in the blue jean drive and creating the communication materials.

“They learned a lot about group processes, how to work well in teams, how to be leaders in teams,” Dean said “From the student perspective, for the honors course, this is a very strong component.”

The Richland Sole Hope project was one of the biggest group projects ever on campus with

STUDENT MEDIA LEADERS Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Copy Editor Entertainment Editor

Copy Editor Dr. Cheryl Lawson, Richland’s new library circulation manager, seems to be right at home on campus.

Hired in June, Lawson said she loves Richland; the trees, the landscape and the lake.

Being on a college campus is nothing new to Lawson. There are five librarians in her family,

Staff Photo Joyce Jackson

Librarian Zainab Yousafi (left) and new Circulation Manager Dr. Cheryl Lawson discuss an issue at the front desk of the library.

Aly Rodrigues Harris Sadiq Joyce Jackson Ricky Miller

ON THE COVER

Staff Photo Harris Sadiq Statue of Robert E. Lee is removed from Lee Park on Sept. 14.

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Teddy Nguyen (left), Zoë Randle, Amina, Amal Azab and classmates turn jeans into shoes.

the collaboration of multiple departments: Richland Collegiate High School (RCHS), Key Club, The Achieving Latina Academic Success Club (ALAS), Student Government Association (SGA), the Emeritus Program and more than 200 students and staff volunteers working together on this semester-long project.

Despite its large scope, Sole Hope was a remarkably cost-effective service-learning project because the materials and labor were provided by student clubs. For example, RCHS sponsored the purchase of supply materials, such as denim, scissors and cardboard patterns.

The ALAS club sponsored the shipment of the patterns to Sole Hope International in North Carolina at a cost of $500. ALAS raised the funds through bake sales. The Honors Program also provided storage space for the jeans and materials.

With an initial goal of collecting 600 pairs of jeans, this campus wide project had a great turnout. A total of 900 pairs of jeans were collected over three weeks and transformed into 800 pairs of children’s shoe patterns

during three day-long cutting parties in the cafeteria.

Benjamin Briggs, an Honors Speech 1321 student, said, “When our class first started working on the Sole Hope project I for one never could have imagined how great the participation turned out to be. Students at Richland really rose to the occasion. We had so many donations that we managed to almost entirely fill our storage space with wall-to-wall bags of denim!”

Briggs worked as a communications coordinator for his class. He also attended, planned meetings and helped to orient volunteers when they arrived at the cutting parties.

“I really enjoyed my time working on Sole Hope. We were able to do more than just wring our hands or write a check. We made a positive and direct impact on peoples’ lives,” he said. “It’s our hope that we can make this a tradition at Richland.”

Creativity, collaboration and its global positive impact were the core components that helped make the Richland Sole Hope project this Year’s Innovation of the Year award winner.

Libraries are ‘all in the family’ for new circulation manager including school librarians, although most of JOYCE JACKSON

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them have retired.

“Several have gone through the Missouri system or gone through the university system,” Lawson said. “I have an aunt that was a librarian for many, many years. I guess it’s kind of in my blood. My mother-in-law was a librarian and educator.”

Lawson said that to most parents, libraries are the resource that gives them an opportunity to entertain and educate at the same time, not only during story time but by providing access materials and resources for free.

“Where else can you go where you get books and DVDs and now online materials, like Kanopy and wonderful movies,” Lawson said.

Richland recently added the Kanopy movie streaming service to its digital collection.

Students, faculty and staff can now access it and watch popular films and documentaries anytime through dcccd.kanopystreaming.com.

The library also offers complimentary access to The New York Times.

As circulation manager, Lawson said she is the person who’s in charge of staffing for the circulation desk.

“I was a coordinator there at Lincoln [University in Jefferson City, Mo.], worked with students, worked with paraprofessionals, librarians,” Lawson said.

“So, it was right in the ballpark in the teams I’m accustomed to working with. Love libraries, love being in that environment. It’s fastpaced. You build up tolerance for that. But, you’re constantly dealing with the energy that comes from the surge of excitement of new students coming in. We have so many international students here.”

Lawson worked on her Ph.D in library and information sciences at the University of North Texas in Denton. She also worked in East Texas at the Sulphur Springs Public Library, where she was director for about six years and a former Dallas Public Library employee at the Martin Luther King branch library in South Dallas for nearly two years.

When Lawson isn’t working, she enjoys playing pingpong, walking and practicing yoga. She said she is excited and happy to be at Richland.

“I’m now one of the new Thunderducks,” she said. “It’s official.”

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SPORTS 7

September 19, 2017

Sasay bags four; Cowboys slay Giants, Elliott in limbo

High five for Sasay As temperatures begin to chill (a little) Richland’s men’s soccer team is already warmed up. On Sept. 7, the top-ranked Thunderducks defeated Paul Quinn for the fourth straight year by the score of 8-0. Forward James Sasay scored a hat trick plus one. He tallied four goals (two in the first half, two in the second half) while four other T-Ducks recorded a goal each. Richland outscored Paul Quinn in goals 34-2 in the last four meetings.

On Sept. 10, Sasay blazed a trail against the Trailblazers of Tarrant County. He sliced up another goal making it five goals in two games as Richland prevailed, 4-1. Richland will have its annual alumni game on Friday, Sept.

29 before the T-Ducks play against Mt. San Antonio from California.

Thunderducks spirit outside of Dallas Mikkel Rohde Pedersen who led the Thunderducks to last season’s national title is already making his mark in his “new”

wide receiver Odell Beckham didn’t play. His injured ankle forced him at the last minute to sit out the opener. The Cowboys defense put up a good fight by holding the Giants to 35 rushing yards and was forcing them to put six times.

Whether Elliott will sit out the next six games is yet to be determined. His preliminary injunction granted by a U.S. District Judge has caused the NFL to file an appeal to overturn it. If the appeal is approved by the courts, Elliott will start serving his six-game suspension. On the other hand, Elliott did not get a fair hearing thus bringing in the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) to help fight for Elliott.

According to attorney Daniel Wallach, The Fifth Circuit Court of appeals has overturned just 7.2 percent of the cases: 7.2 percent! In all likelihood, Elliott, a St. Louis-area native, will gateway himself to play all 16 games, unless the courts smashes the gong.

If anything, the courts should smash the gong on the NFL. The league’s legal system is as deflated as the footballs in New England.

Speaking of deflation, the momentum in New England lost air when the Chiefs upset the Super Bowl champion Patriots, 42-27. Prepare for another long and dramatic football season.

-Tru Armstrong

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

Today 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

Free HIV testing – open

i to students, employ-

ees, the community

Health Center, Thunderduck Hall, Room 110 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. i

El Paso Lounge 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. i

Sept. 20

11 a.m. to 1 p.m. i

Lotería Heritage Month Trivia Cafeteria Stage

Staff Writer

For the first time since 2002, two American women other than one of the Williams sisters made it to the finals. For the championship, it was 15th-ranked Madison Keys vs. unseeded Sloane Stephens. The result was a rout by Stephens in straight sets 6-3, 6-0 in a match that lasted 61 minutes before a sellout crowd at USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, New York.

The match was highlighted with power and finesse as they mainly traded baseline shots with Keys, who outperformed fellow American Colleen “CoCo” Vandeweghe in straight sets 6-1, 6-2 in the semifinals. Vandeweghe was in control early in the first set, only to let it slip away due to careless unforced errors.

Stephens, who beat ninth-ranked American Venus Williams in three sets in the semis 6-1, 0-6, 7-5, picked up where she left off in the second set, not allowing Keys time to blink.

Keys’ unforced errors were increasing while Stephens was in control, hitting forehand and backhand winners. Keys finished with 30 unforced errors to Stephens’ measly six.

The match ended with both players approaching the net and embracing each other, filled with emotion and affection. Keys teared up.

“Maddie is one of my bestest friends on tour, if not my best friend on tour, and to play her here, honestly, I wouldn’t have wanted to play anyone else but for us both to be here is such a special moment,” Stephens told USA Today. “I told her I wished it could be a draw because I wish we could have both won.”

Texas Sax Quartet Fannin Performance Hall

The unknown and the known: new U.S. Open champs DAVID ACOSTA

“These Hands Don’t Hurt” – Sexual assault information

1:30 to 3 p.m. i

RLC International Film Series: “A War” (Danish) Wichita Hall, Room 259

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11 a.m. to 1 p.m. i

Financial Planning Seminar Sabine Hall, Room 118

Monday, Sept. 25

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Unseeded Sloane Stephens kisses the championship trophy after beating favorite Madison Keys in the women’s singles final of the U.S. Open tennis tournament, Sept. 9.

Six weeks ago, Stephens was ranked 957th.

She jumped to No. 17 after the win.

After two weeks of elimination, the men’s final came down to one who was no surprise versus one who was a long shot.

Those two were top-ranked Rafael Nadal of Spain, who was no stranger to championships, versus 28th-ranked South African Kevin Anderson, who advanced to the final for the first time in his career.

Nadal was at the top of his game playing like the top-ranked player he was, winning the championship in straight sets over Anderson 6-3, 6-3, 6-4 in front of a sellout crowd that included a number of celebrities like Christie Brinkley, Tiger Woods and Bill Gates.

Nadal was too much for Anderson, holding all of his service games while breaking Anderson four times on his serve.

Afterwords, both players shook hands.

Nadal celebrated with the crowd and the men were awarded the championship and runnerup trophies.

Nadal expressed his gratitude to his opponent, then he praised his long-time coach and uncle Toni Nadal who after this tournament will no longer be traveling with the team. Nadal also poured his heart out to the victims of the hurricanes in the Caribbean and U.S. and the earthquake in Mexico and gave a speech in Spanish to which the crowd responded with a standing ovation.

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Carnival El Paso Lounge

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Free Journalism Film Series: “The Year of Living Dangerously” El Paso Hall, TV Studio, Room 015

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Kentucky home. On Sept. 8, under the Friday night lights in Lexington, Ky., Pedersen scored the game-winning goal for his Kentucky Wildcats defeating Alabama-Birmingham, 1-0.

Pedersen was named Conference USA Offensive Player of the Week. In a school known for its basketball tradition, Pedersen and the Wildcats are looking to make some noise in Conference USA. The Dallas Cowboys gigantic conquest It’s great to see the defending NFC East champions and the NFL back on the field.

The Dallas Cowboys kicked off their 57th season in grand, but low-scoring, fashion by defeating the New York Giants, 19-3. Running back Ezekiel Elliott looked good after running for 104 yards. Quarterback Dak Prescott got his very first win against the Giants. You may recall last season when Prescott and the Cowboys lost the season opener to the Giants 20-19 before winning the next 11 in a row.

Prescott completed 24 passes, threw for 268 yards and a touchdown to tight end Jason Witten who, by the way, became the Cowboys’ all-time leader in receiving yards surpassing Michael Irvin.

In addition, Witten exceeded another Hall of Famer, Dallas native Tim Brown, for sixth all-time in receptions. Fortunately, Giants

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