Richland Chronicle September 22nd, 2020

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Vol. XLX Issue 3 September 22, 2020

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Classes still ‘mostly online’ for spring Pg. 2

• Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies Pg. 2 • Mail in ballot controversy

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• Food truck visits campus

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September 22, 2020

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg dies at 87

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Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg applauds after a performance in her honor after she spoke about her life and work during a discussion at Georgetown Law School in Washington in April 2018.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women’s rights champion who became the court’s second female justice, died Sept. 18 at her home in Washington. She was 87. Ginsburg died of complications from metastatic pancreatic cancer, the court said.

Ginsberg’s death just over six weeks before Election Day is likely to set off a heated battle over whether President Donald Trump should

nominate, and the Republican-led Senate should confirm, her replacement, or if the seat should remain vacant until the outcome of his race against Democrat Joe Biden is known.

Ginsburg announced in July that she was undergoing chemotherapy treatment for lesions on her liver, the latest of her several battles with cancer.

She spent her final years on the bench as the unquestioned leader of the court’s liberal wing

and became something of a rock star to her admirers. Young women especially seemed to embrace the court’s Jewish grandmother, affectionately calling her the Notorious RBG, for her defense of the rights of women and minorities, and the strength and resilience she displayed in the face of personal loss and health crises.

She resisted calls by liberals to retire during Barack Obama’s presidency at a time when

Democrats held the Senate and a replacement with similar views could have been confirmed.

Instead, Trump will almost certainly try to push Ginsburg’s successor through the Republican-controlled Senate — and move the conservative court even more to the right.

Her appointment by President Bill Clinton in 1993 was the first by a Democrat in 26 years. She initially found a comfortable ideological home somewhere left of center on a conservative court dominated by Republican appointees. Her liberal voice grew stronger the longer she served.

Ginsburg authored powerful dissents of her own in cases involving abortion, voting rights and pay discrimination against women. She said some were aimed at swaying the opinions of her fellow judges while others were “an appeal to the intelligence of another day” in the hopes that they would provide guidance to future courts.

She wrote memorably in 2013 that the court’s decision to cut out a key part of the federal law that had ensured the voting rights of Black people, Hispanics and other minorities was “like throwing away your umbrella in a rainstorm because you are not getting wet.”

Joan Ruth Bader was a mother of two, an opera lover and an intellectual. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1933, she was the second daughter in a middle-class family. Ginsburg graduated at the top of her Columbia University law school class in 1959 but could not find a law firm willing to hire her. She had “three strikes against her” — for being Jewish, female and a mother, as she put it in 2007.

She married her husband, Martin, in 1954, the year she graduated from Cornell University. She attended Harvard University’s law school but transferred to Columbia when her husband took a law job there. Martin Ginsburg died in 2010. She is survived by two children, Jane and James, and several grandchildren.

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Chancellor announces plans for spring semester Spring classes will be “mostly online,” according to a districtwide email from Dallas College Chancellor Joe May on Sept. 19. The exception are select specialized courses, which will still take place in-person. Those attending on-campus classes next semester can expect COVID-19 safety measures to continue, including self-reported health checks, deep cleaning of all facilities and adherence to social distancing.

“While some aspects of our “normal” lives have resumed, it is clear that this pandemic is far from over, and we must continue on our current course to provide our students with access to a high-quality education,”

said Dallas College Chancellor Joe May. The spring class schedule will ultimately affect ISD schools and their students.

dual-credit courses, P-TECHs and Early College High Schools.

This decision will affect the nearing

May says Dallas College will continue to work closely with their ISD partners to align curriculum and safety protocols for high school students who attend

80,000 students attending Dallas College, in addition to ISD partner schools that allow high school students to attend on-campus classes.

The Richland campus remains closed

to the public. Current and prospective students can meet with Student Services representatives by appointment.

The libraries, select computer labs and in-person tutoring services are also available by appointment, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Walk-ins are currently not permitted.

The Richland Chronicle would like to receive comments from our readers about online teaching for future stories. Letters to the editor, comments and suggestions can be submitted to richlandchronicle@ gmail.com or via our social media pages on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

We look forward to hearing from you, Richland Student Media Editorial Staff

September 22, 2020

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Letter carriers load mail trucks for deliveries at a USPS facility in McLean, Vir. on Sept 17.

Mail-in ballot controversies heat up Angela Ly

Managing Editor Part three of an ongoing series Controversial changes at the U.S. Postal Service that slowed mail nationwide were overturned Sept. 17 by a U.S. judge who called the changes “a politically motivated attack on the efficiency of the Postal Service.”

A nationwide injunction was issued after 14 states sued the Trump administration and the USPS. The judge ordered the reinstallation of mail processing machines to ensure the prompt handling of all election mail, according to The Associated Press.

Now, as the nation inches closer to the November election, the matter of third-party candidate placement on those ballots is heating up in Texas. Third-party candidates have

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been fighting to stay on the November ballot, with Green Party candidates recently getting approval from the Texas Supreme Court on Sept. 15. The same cannot be said for the Libertarians. According to AP, this could potentially split Democratic votes in certain races.

To be eligible to vote-by-mail in Texas, constituents must be 65 or older, disabled, be out of the county during the entire early voting period and Election Day, or be confined in jail, but eligible to vote. The application needs to be received 11 days before the presidential election, Nov. 3, which means the county must receive the application by Oct. 23.

Voting by mail is a two-step process. The first step is submitting an application. Those who are eligible should download the application online, which can be accessed through nonpartisan political organizations, such as the League of Women Voters of Dallas at www.lwvdallas.org.

Texas voters may also request an application through the secretary of state’s office or their county’s website. By choosing the latter option, voters will receive a prestamped envelope. Whichever option is selected, constituents need to complete the application and mail it back, paying careful attention to their signature. Their respective websites are www. sos.texas.gov and www.dallascounty.org.

“Your signature actually matters in this case more than any other signature that you do,” said Barbara Larkin, the director of voter

registration for the LWV Dallas. “That first signature is important because they’re going to compare it with the signature you actually sign your ballot.”

The second step would be to complete the ballot. After receiving a vote-by-mail application, a ballot will be mailed to eligible voters, which will need to be also signed and turned back in. The signatures on the application and ballot are then compared for authenticity. According to Larkin, digital pictures of the signatures are taken and used to deter fraud.

Larkin explains the definition of being disabled according to the Texas Election Code.

“A sickness or physical condition that prevents a voter from appearing at the polling place on Election Day without a likelihood of needing personal assistance or injuring the voter’s health,” she said.

Disabilities preventing individuals from going to polls can range from any physical or mental condition, with voters’ privacy protected even on the absentee ballot application. Voters simply check the disability box without having to disclose any specifics.

“Anyone who thinks they have a disability of any variety, go ahead and apply for a voteby-mail ballot and check the disability box. It is their decision whether they have a disability that would cause their health to be injured by voting,” Larkin said. “There’s no one who has the authority to ask you, ‘what’s your disability?’”

Barbara Gandica Design Editor

I’m sure that most of us have questioned ourselves about whether to get tested for COVID-19 or not. Even if we are not experiencing symptoms, we grapple with the fact that we might be asymptomatic carriers of the virus.

The Centers for Disease Control recommends that you should get tested if you’re experiencing symptoms or have been in contact with someone who has tested positive, despite the fact that several areas of the country have struggled with a shortage of COVID-19 test kits.

North Texas is no exception but, unlike the earlier months of the pandemic, tests have become more available as the year has progressed. In addition to tests provided by local pharmacy chains, North Texans can get a free test by going to the website https://www. gogettested.com/where they can book a test in various places throughout the Metroplex.

To get tested, you must first fill a quick questionnaire that asks some basic questions.

Then you can choose the time and place and go get the test.

I went through this process with my mom a few weeks ago. She is an essential worker in the shipping industry and there was the possibility that she had encountered a co-worker who tested positive for the virus. The process was surprisingly easy and fast.

After booking the appointment the night

before, we went to the testing site. We were scared that it was going to be a nasal exam like had seen in the news, but the test was a quick and painless oral exam. The workers took precautions such as constant sanitation and social distancing when possible. We were told that the results for the test would take two to three days, but mine actually arrived the day after the test. It thankfully came out negative for both of us.

The testing experience has changed as the year has gone by. During the earlier months of the pandemic, you were required to have a doctor’s note or severe symptoms to get tested. That was the experience that Cecilia Stevenson had when she got COVID-19 during the height of the pandemic. Stevenson is a local professional videographer. When the quarantine started, she and her roommates produced a parody video called “Stay Homemah-mah.”

If you had Lady Gaga’s song “Poker Face” stuck in your head during the late 2000s, prepare to have it take hold again. Published in April during the height of the pandemic, the video shows how our lives have completely shifted due to the pandemic.

“We tried to, kind of, capture what it’s been like living quarantine,” said Stevenson in a Chronicle TV interview with Dara Jones.

“Experiences that we all can relate to.” The video is comedy gold. If you need a break from all of the hard news, I would recommend giving it a watch. You can watch at https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtR9cGT9XQM.

Cars wait in line for drive-thru COVID-19 nasal swab tests Sept. 18 in Dallas.

Soon after releasing the video, Stevenson got the virus. She and a group of friends attended a wedding and caught the virus from the bride and groom. Of all her friends, Stevenson, caught it the worst and experienced a bad fever.

Her experience with testing was more involved and time-consuming. She was tested at CVS where the process is done by yourself with instructions from a pharmacist.

CVS offers different kinds of tests that vary in the length of time to process the results.

Stevenson’s results took 13 days to arrive and came out positive.

She quarantined with her friends from the wedding, separating from her roommates to avoid exposing them to the virus. Stevenson was cured and, like most of us, is staying at home and socially distancing so we can decrease the spread of the virus. “Stay homemah-mah.”

Check out the full interview at www.richlandstudentmedia.com/stevenson

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Adventures in COVID-19 testing and quarantining

4 MOVIES

September 22, 2020

Oksana Akinshina stars in the new Russian thriller ‘Sputnik’ Ricky Miller

Entertainment Editor “Sputnik” can be chalked up as a surprise sleeper hit since I don’t think I’ve heard of may recent Russian offerings. The only other one I remember was “Solaris” (1968), a Russian science-fiction tale that contained a plethora of pretzel-like twists and turns.

“Sputnik” can be viewed on Amazon Prime through their streaming app. This is something I normally wouldn’t watch, but my friend John suggested it, so I decided to take it for a spin.

Directing duties for “Sputnik” were handled

by Egor Abramenko, who can only be credited for short films “The Passenger” (2017) and “Polaroid Love” (2008).

With this intriguing tale, Abramenko mixes together the genres science-fiction and suspense-thriller to give the audiences a tale that is ultimately captivating.

The only other commendable sciencefiction tale I can mention is director Ridley Scott’s original “Alien” (1979), which won an Oscar for visual effects. The creature in “Sputnik” closely resembles the xenomorph from “Alien” since it is an amphibian-like creature sans a skeleton that is gooey, gross and altogether icky.

Serving as an aide for the trip is astronaut Konstantin Veshnyakov (Pyotr Fyodorov) who is lauded a Russian hero after his return from space.

Oksana Akinshina plays Tatyana Klimova, a Russian doctor who finds out what happened to Veshnyakov. In investigating the cosmonaut, Klimova finds out he brought back a vicious alien creature from his trip.

Veshnyakov has a symbiotic relationship with this alien in that they both need to stay alive by sustaining breathable air here on planet Earth.

The supporting cast members all give commendable performances. This includes Fedor Bondarchuk as Col. Semiradov, a high-ranking Soviet commander. His part is nothing amazing, yet his character has a small penchant for Klimova.

The film is in Russian with English subtitles.

To the best of my knowledge, the only true Russian title was “Battleship Potemkin” (1925), famous for its baby cart scene falling down the steps, which was replicated by Brian De Palma in 1987’s Oscar-winning “The Untouchables.”

“Sputnik,” despite the language barrier, is worth the time, energy and patience because it is an altogether intriguing trip.

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Oksana Akinshina stars in the symbiotic creature thriller, “Sputnik.”

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“On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” (1969) – This is a distinctive James Bond caper for two reasons: the only appearance of actor George Lazenby as Agent 007 and Bond ending his bachelor days when he gets hitched.

Rigg was Tracy di Vicenzo, the only woman to ever tame Bond.

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Diana Rigg as Olenna Tyrell in a scene from “Game of Thrones.” Rigg was named Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1990.

Dame Diana Rigg passes away

Diana Rigg, a commanding British actress whose career stretched from iconic 1960s spy series “The Avengers” to fantasy juggernaut “Game of Thrones,” has died. She was 82.

Rigg’s agent, Simon Beresford, said she died Thursday morning at home with her family.

Daughter Rachael Stirling said she died of cancer that was diagnosed in March.

Rigg “spent her last months joyfully reflecting on her extraordinary life, full of love, laughter and a deep pride in her profession. I will miss her beyond words,” Stirling said.

Rigg starred in “The Avengers” as secret agent Emma Peel alongside Patrick Macnee’s bowler-hatted John Steed. The pair were an impeccably dressed duo who fought villains and traded quips in a show whose mix of adventure and humor was enduringly influential.

Rigg also starred in 1969 James Bond thriller “On Her Majesty’s Secret Service” as Tracy di Vicenzo, the only woman ever to marry, albeit briefly, Agent 007. Bond producers Michael G Wilson and Barbara Broccoli said Rigg was “much beloved by Bond fans for her memorable performance.”

George Lazenby, who made his only appearance as Bond in the film, said on Instagram that he was “so sad to hear of the death of Diana Rigg. She undoubtedly raised my acting game when we made On Her Majesty’s Secret Service together in 1968-9.”

In later life, she played Olenna Tyrell — the

“The Hospital” (1971) – Directed by Arthur Hiller, this black comedy finds Rigg as Barbara, who works at the hospital with George C. Scott’s Dr. Bock, who’s in charge. This gem won an Oscar for best adapted screenplay by Paddy Chayefsky.

“Agatha Christie’s Evil Under the Sun” (1982) – In this murder-mystery based on Agatha Christie’s novel, Rigg is part of the ensemble cast that deals with the cover-up of a murder. This one intrigues, but runs out of steam somewhere along the way.

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formidable “Queen of Thorns” — in “Game of Thrones,” receiving an Emmy Award nomination for the role.

Other television roles included the Duchess of Buccleuch in period drama “Victoria,” and Rigg starred alongside her daughter in the gentle British sitcom “Detectorists.”

Rigg spent several years in the 1960s as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, and combined screen work with a major stage career, in plays including William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” Bertolt Brecht’s “Mother Courage” and Tom Stoppard’s “Jumpers” at the National Theatre in London.

She had several acclaimed roles in the 1990s at London’s Almeida Theatre, including Martha in “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” and the title role in Greek tragedy “Medea.”

Rigg won a Tony Award for “Medea” on Broadway, and was nominated on three other occasions — most recently in 2018 for playing Mrs. Higgins in “My Fair Lady.”

Jonathan Kent, who directed Rigg in some of her great stage roles, said her “combination of force of personality, beauty, courage and sheer emotional power made her a great classical actress — one of an astonishing generation of British stage performers.”

She never retired. One of Rigg’s final television roles was in rural veterinary drama “All Creatures Great and Small,” which is currently running on British television.

-Associated Press

“The Painted Veil” (2006)– Rigg portrays Mother Superior in this period piece set in the mid1920s. She oversees a group of people in residence in southern China. This movie is very pretty to look at, but never really connects with the characters and their dilemmas.

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“Game of Thrones” (2017) – In this longrunning HBO series, Rigg played the strong-minded and formidable Olenna Tyrell, one of the villains of the story. The character she portrayed was not a nice woman. She was mean, spiteful and vicious.

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North Texas Food Bank is a lifeline for students Damon Craig

Special Projects The North Texas Food Bank is back once again, serving students and the community alike, six months into the pandemic. The NTFB is working with Dallas College, deploying food trucks to different campuses where students and community members can receive provisions from 8 to 11 a.m. on designated days.

“Dates are scheduled one month at a time,” said Kelly Sonnanstine, program services coordinator with the Office of Student Life and Engagement. “So be sure to check back for updates as we progress through the semester.”

While food truck distributions are nothing new to the Richland campus, the process has changed. Regarding such things as protocol, limitations and what you will need in order to participate, here’s what to expect.

“The entire process is vehicle driven and service begins at 8 a.m., so the wait time depends on when they arrive,” Sonnanstine said. “Cars will follow a predetermined track/ route and, at some point, they will encounter an NTFB volunteer.”

Sonnanstine said recipients will be asked to fill out a form that indicates household income and the number of persons needing food. Having a pen available is encouraged but golf pencils will also be available.

“They fill out the form and place it face-up

on the dash of the car,” she said.

Further down the line, another volunteer will take pictures of the forms on the dash culminating with a third volunteer who will write a number with lines and dots on the windshield.

“This is an indication used for the next step in the process,” she said.

“Once you get up to the loading area they will pull the car up as far as they are directed.

Then a bunch of volunteers will load up the vehicle with food,” she said.

Normally, recipients will receive canned goods and produce and occasionally refrigerated items.

“All the food is prepackaged so they don’t get to pick and choose like we used to do on campus,” she said.

Sonnanstine also said that recipients should have a mask with them in case they need to talk to someone.

She said the amount in the distribution is determined “based on how many people are in the household,” but assures that it should “be enough for at least one week.”

In terms of turn out, Carol Castillo, program services coordinator with Connections, said, “The NTFB food truck is open to all students as well as community members so turn out is usually pretty high.”

Castillo said the last food truck at Richland was on Aug. 17 and noted that 367 households were served.

Volunteers are always needed to help

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Isra Qureshi, left, and Ferdinando Castro Gonzalez, front, and other Richland students help load cars during the NTFB food distribution event Aug. 27.

distribute the food. Requirements are as follows: •You must wear closed-toe shoes that are comfortable for walking.

•We will also be in the direct sun so make sure to wear sunscreen or bring a hat.

•You need to bring your own water or refreshment if you think you will need them.

•You must wear a mask.

•Dress for the weather.

For more information on how to become a volunteer, visit http://dcccd.ntfb.volunteerhub. com/

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Tropical Storm Beta spurs hurricane worries for Texas An exceptionally busy Atlantic hurricane season is churning along the Texas coast as the region prepares for a tropical storm that’s forecast to strengthen into a hurricane before breaching its shores in the week ahead.

Both the city of Galveston and Galveston County issued voluntary evacuation orders Sept. 19 ahead of Tropical Storm Beta. Mayor Pro Tem Craig Brown said in a statement that high tides and up to 10 inches of expected rainfall would leave roads impassable, especially along the city’s west end and low-lying areas.

County Judge Mark Henry said his concern is also based on rising waters creating a storm surge and that a mandatory evacuation is not expected.

“If you can survive in your home for three or four days without power and electricity, which we’re not even sure that’s going to happen, you’re OK,” Henry said. “If it’s uncomfortable or you need life support equipment, maybe go somewhere else.”

Tropical Storm Beta was brewing in the Gulf of Mexico, 305 miles (495 kilometers) eastsoutheast of Corpus Christi, Texas, and 245 miles (395 kilometers) south of Lake Charles, Louisiana, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory. The system was forecast to become a hurricane on Sept. 20 and triggered a tropical storm warning from Port Aransas, Texas, to Intracoastal City, Louisiana.

In Lake Charles, Louisiana, where thousands of people remain without power more than three weeks after Hurricane Laura slammed into the coast, there are concerns that Beta could super-soak the region once again. Up to 20 inches of rain (15 centimeters) is possible in some parts of the area, Donald Jones, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Lake Charles, said in a Saturday briefing.

“A lot of people have been saying, ‘Is this going to be like Harvey? Is this going to be like Imelda?’” Jones said. “We’re not talking about rainfall totals yet that are on the orders

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Satellite image of the storm on Sept. 19.

of magnitude that we saw with that.” Imelda, which struck southeast Texas in 2019, was one of the wettest cyclones on record. Harvey — which dumped more than 50 inches (127 centimeters) of rain on Houston in 2017.

However, if the storm ends up moving a bit slower than what’s being forecast now, rainfall totals could be even higher than 20 inches, Jones said.

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Some supplies may not be IncludED Reagan Davis

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Dallas College students have reported issues with accessing and receiving their eBooks through Follett’s online bookstore.

Follett and RedShelf announced an expanded partnership over the summer to improve the learning experience for staff and students and eliminate any complications within the bookstore.

Dallas Chancellor, Joe May, addressed the distribution problems in a districtwide email on Sept. 10.

“While we know new programs like IncludeEd this can initially present difficulties, we should also remember that this is the highest percentage of student in our history who have learning materials this early in the semester,” May said.

According to May, 97.8% of Dallas College students, some 78,000 students, have received their e-learning materials online or through shipments. Meanwhile, 2% still have not, which is mainly due to delayed lab kids, books being out of print or out of stock from the publisher.

RedShelf will now be the primary delivery platform for all digital course materials for Follett campus locations nationwide.

Their goal for the expanded partnership is to be implemented over the course of the next

academic year and will focus on providing more frictionless access to both eBooks and courseware through digital access codes sold in-store and through direct delivery via the Follett ACCESS program.

RedShelf CEO and co-founder, Greg Fenton, explains RedShelf’s mission and how they plan to enhance students educational learning experience through technology.

“RedShelf’s mission has always been about improving education through technology,” said Greg Fenton. “Now more than ever, the industry is feeling the impact that digital learning resources have on student accessibility and affordability, business and learning continuity, and operational efficiency.”

This predicament has directly affected Dallas College students and how they complete assignments for classes. Barbara Gandica Martinez, a Dallas College student and Design Editor for the Richland Chronicle, says her initial experience with IncludED was positive.

“I think that the

IncludED program has a lot of potentials. This semester, I have definitely saved at least $200 on school supplies and textbooks, if not more. The Red Shelf program used to read the textbooks works [fine] for me. It is very convenient to have my textbooks in one place rather than scattered around on different publisher websites,” Gandica said.

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Gandica said that IncludED definitely has it benefits but soon learned that it also has nuisances as well that were difficult to work around.

“The program needs some improvements.

For instance, there should be better communication with students when the supplies are going to arrive. I am currently taking a Biology class. When my molecular model arrived in the mail, I had no idea what the package contained. To be honest, I was kind of nervous about opening it since I had not purchased anything online recently, so I was not expecting to get any packages. I would have appreciated an email or text notifying me that I had a package coming. Without prior notice, there is no way for me to know if the package got lost in the mail or if it still is coming my way in a timely matter,” Gandica said.

Other students have also reported having the same issues with receiving books and items they did not order, they simply appeared at their address without any notifications saying that IncludED had done so.

“I remember being fairly surprised when I opened my package and saw a book I had not yet purchased for class. I had the book saved to my Wishlist in the bookstore and I thought that maybe they saw it and decided to deliver my book for free, but after researching and talking to other students I realized that it was definitely a problem. Although it worked out for me what if I had already bought the book, I would have paid for the same book only to have one delivered for free. IncludED needs to have notifications in place so that students can be aware of what books are being delivered to their home, even though it was a nice surprise the situation could have turned out a lot worse,” said Dallas College student Damian Hampton.

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Athletes demand social justice

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

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Managing Editor After half a year, Breonna Taylor’s family can finally say they received some justice, at least monetarily. On Sept. 16, the city of Louisville agreed to pay $12 million in retributions to Taylor’s family, according to The Associated Press. Despite this, her family continues to grieve over her death. Her mother stressed this as just the beginning of her pursuit of justice regarding her daughter’s death.

“We must not lose focus on what the real job is, and with that being said, it’s time to move forward with the criminal charges, because she deserves that and much more,” said Tamika Palmer, Taylor’s mother.

Despite what some would call a victory, the “Black Lives Matter” social justice movement continues to ensue. Major league athletes are taking to social media platforms with many

players rallying against racial injustice and police brutality, and their associations are standing behind them.

Four years after former 49ers Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid kneeled during the national anthem, the NFL has now apologized for not supporting their peaceful protest.

“The NFL stands with the Black community, the players, clubs and fans,” NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said. “Confronting recent systemic racism with tangible and productive steps is absolutely essential. We will not relent in our work.”

For the NFL’s 101st season, there will be two new slogans inscribed at their end zones: “It Takes All of Us” and “End Racism.” The NFL season kicked off with a game between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans. Despite being on opposing teams, an apparent coalition formed prior to the game.

The Texans remained in their locker room

during the national anthem and the Chiefs remained on the field. The Texans were greeted by a succession of boos when they took the field, which continued as they locked arms with their opponents creating a line that stretched from one end zone to the other as they took a moment of silence.

According to AP, the NFL has allowed players to wear helmet and cap decals honoring victims of racism and/or police brutality this season, similar to the NBA’s allowance of BLM phrases on their jerseys.

The NBA has been a prominent pillar of the BLM movement, boycotting games in late August after the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis. Blake was shot seven times and is now partially paralyzed. The incident sparked public unrest and protests in Kenosha.

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World Series to be held at the Globe Life Field The World Series will be played entirely at the Texas Rangers’ new ballpark in Arlington as part of an agreement between Major League Baseball and the players’ association. It’s the first time the sport’s championship will be played entirely at one site since 1944. As part of the “bubble” agreement, finalized Sept.

15, the Division Series, League Championship Series and World Series will played at the park in an effort to minimize exposure to the coronavirus.

- The Associated Press

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Cowboys defensive lineman Dontari Poe kneels during the national anthem before a game against the Rams on Sept. 13.

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