Richland Chronicle October 2nd, 2018

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A ‘Shadow Box’ of treasures Pg. 6

Vol. XLV Issue 7 October 2, 2018

IN THIS ISSUE: • Debate for Texas governor, Pg. 2 • Dallas police officer fired, Pg. 3 • State Fair of Texas opens, Pg. 5 • Wrestlers needed, Pg. 7

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Incumbent Greg Abbott (R), left, and Democratic challenger Lupe Valdez debate in the LBL Library in Austin on Sept. 28.

Abbott and Valdez debate in Austin KAMMONKE OBASE-WOTTA

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Governor Greg Abbott (R), and former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, squared off in the Texas capital for the gubernatorial debate on Sept. 28.

Gun violence, immigration and healthcare were at the forefront of issues discussed by the candidates. It was a somber event compared to the Texas senatorial debate a week ago.

The first topic: mass shootings Greg Abbott raised his hand when asked if candidates wanted teachers to be armed in schools.

“The reason why I support arming teachers is because it was one of the proposals that came out of the three days of round tables that I conducted,” said Abbott Lupe Valdez was against arming teachers in schools.

Valdez said, “Every child should have the right to go to school and learn and come home safely. Teachers should be teaching not being armed and being the defense. If they wanted to be armed they should have gone to the military.”

On immigration, the Texas DREAM Act was one area that was targeted during questioning.

Valdez believes the “Dreamers” should continue to receive in-state tuition despite their immigration status. “The Dreamers have been here and this is the only country that they know. I believe in a path for citizenship for the Dreamer; therefore, we need to prepare them to be here and be educated. Public education is an equalizer all the way up to college.”

Abbott was asked about a statement he made in 2014. He told the Texas Tribune that he would not veto a repeal of the Texas DREAM Act. Abbott said, “The legislators who passed that DREAM act, they had a noble cause behind what they were trying to do, but there was a flaw in the structure in the law that passed. The law that passed said these students who received in-state tuition had

to demonstrate that they were on a pathway toward achieving legal status; however, there was no apparatus in the law to make sure that in-fact is being done. Hence, the structure is flawed and it has to be fixed.”

According to the U.S. CENSUS, 4.8 million Texans don’t have insurance.

Abbott cited the progress Texas has made.

He pointed out the drop in numbers of uninsured Texans.

“Very importantly we need to understand the success that we have had over the past four years The uninsured rate among Texans has dropped 22 percent the uninsured rate among Texas, children has dropped 23 percent.”

Abbott believes Texas is improving health care.

“We are making great progress, but there’s more we can do. It’s one thing that I worked on, about negotiation with the federal health and human services. This is bureaucratese. It’s for what’s called an 1115 waiver. This 1115 waiver made sure that through the Medicaid system, Texas was going to be providing greater access to Medicaid in the unique ways Texas needs. By getting that waiver I was able to craft an approach to ensure and cover more people in the state of Texas,” he said Valdez believes that enough hasn’t been done to reduce the uninsured in Texas, accusing Abbott putting Texans with pre-existing conditions at risk.

“One in six Texans do not have health insurance. We are the highest uninsured state in the United States yet Texas leads the attack on preexisting conditions. Yes, he put in a system. In the system there was no accountability, there was no measurement and as you saw time-and-time in the media, it was profit over pain and all those thing,” Valdez said.

“Gov. Abbott will you stop your attack on pre-existing conditions?,” Valdez asked at the end of her response.

Abbott and Valdez debated over several other topics ranging from property taxes to the bathroom bill.

You can watch the debate at nbcdfw.com and keranews.org. The election will take place on Nov. 6.

October 2, 2018

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Accused police officer fired Staff Writer

The white Dallas police officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man in his own apartment has been terminated. Officer Amber Guyger, 30, shot 26-year old Botham Jean on Sept. 6 at the South Side Flats apartment complex where both lived in separate units.

Guyger claims she encountered Jean, who she thought was a burglar in her apartment.

Jean, a native of the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia who worked as an accountant in Dallas, ultimately died of his wounds. Guyger turned herself in days later when she was charged with manslaughter and is currently out on bond.

Since the shooting, there have been conflicting narratives from both sides. Richland Criminal Justice Professor Raymond Kessler supports the firing of the officer and thinks Guyger should have been terminated earlier.

“In this case I think that it took too long to fire the officer, and it damaged the department’s reputation with the community,” said Kessler.

According to The Associated Press, the Dallas police department issued a statement on Sept. 24 that said Guyger engaged in “adverse conduct” when she was arrested for manslaughter. The term was later clarified as “conduct which adversely affects the moral or efficiency of the department.”

The case was handed over to the Texas Rangers to investigate immediately after the shooting, a move Kessler supports.

“No agency should be investigating its own officers’ crimes,” said Kessler.

“I think there is a possible conflict of interest and bringing in an outside agency is a very good idea.”

Flowers at the front door of Botham Jean’s apartment on Sept. 10.

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According to published reports, the case will be presented to a grand jury, which could ultimately decide to elevate the charges. A search warrant for Jean’s apartment detailed that marijuana was found, Amber Guyger a fact that angered the family attorney and protestors who felt it was an attempt to dehumanize Jean.

“I think for most people today, possession of small amount of marijuana is not a big deal,” Kessler said. “However, I think they were justified in seizing the marijuana because it’s in plain view because that’s one of the exceptions to the search warrant requirement, so I think the search and seizure was valid and probably the seizure of marijuana was valid.”

Kessler says it’s hard to say when the case will go to the grand jury. The Texas Rangers will most likely have to complete their investigation first.

“The prosecutor wants to [do] this one time, and wants to get all of the evidence he has to bring to the grand jury so it could take a while,” Kessler said.

Kessler said that most police officers are “law-abiding citizens,” just like most people, but there can be some “bad eggs.”

“Unfortunately, a bad egg in a police department can do more damage in a police department than say as an accountant. We need to avoid stereotyping police and we need to avoid stereotyping other people and to look at each case individually,” Kessler said.

According to Police Chief U. Renee Hall, Guyger was tested for drugs and alcohol.

Jean’s family say they plan to sue the City of Dallas and Guyger.

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October 2, 2018

Farenheit 11/9 turns up the heat RICKY MILLER

Entertainment Editor

I like and respect documentaries. One of my absolute favorites came in 1988 with Errol Morris’ “The Thin Blue Line,” the story of Randall Adams, a wrongfully convicted man who was serving a life sentence on Death Row for a crime he did not commit. Adams was released in 1989, becoming an advocate for wrongfully jailed prisoners. He died in 2010.

Too bad the usually great documentary filmmaker Michael Moore dropped the ball on this one. I usually agree with his matterof-fact tone that equates to simple common sense. Moore’s notions sometimes run true, but in this one, his rhetoric feels empty.

“Fahrenheit 11/9” lacks focus, since it was supposed to be about the Trump administration but detours into the water crisis in Flint, Michigan where the residents were getting sick from lead-tainted water. Mass shootings, gun control and both political parties were other subjects he explored.

“Fahrenheit 11/9” also looks at how people need to go out and support our country by raising the stakes at a local level and making change by getting people to go out and vote.

In “Fahrenheit 11/9,” Moore traces the presidency of Donald J. Trump which, as of current writing, is just about halfway through in his four-year term. Moore tells how Trump

brags about his success, feels he should be re-elected and compares himself to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt because he thinks he is doing such a great job and he’s the best at it, hands down.

Also interwoven into the story are comparisons of Trump to Adolf Hitler’s slow rise to power that became Germany’s new normal.

Moore also documents how Trump likes the pageantry of leaders such as Kim Jong Un and his interest in holding a similar event for himself. Trump seems to not realize that he is admiring a dictator or seem to care. Trump just likes the spectacle and showmanship of such events.

In this movie, Moore sees Trump as the ultimate evil in the world and obviously does not like Trump in any capacity. Moore pinpoints Trump’s bravura as a man who always think he’s doing a great job.

As a filmmaker and documentarian, Moore sometimes strays from his topic. Unlike the great Oscar-winning “Bowling for Columbine” (2002) or the highly successful “Fahrenheit 9/11” (2014), he does not know exactly where to steer this documentary.

From his catalog, I would probably put this one in the passable-yet-disappointing category. Unlike the 1997’s intriguing “The Big One” or the so-so “Where to Invade Next” (2015), this one just peters out and does not really end with an adequate resolve.

But what do I know; I’m just a film critic.

Grade: C+

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Michael Moore appears in his new documentary “Farenheit 11/9”

The ‘tenacious’ Jack Black

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Jack Black stars in “The House with a Clock in Its Walls.”

The house with a secret RICKY MILLER Entertainment Editor

When I met Jack Black in 2003 for “School of Rock,” I found him to be an approachable and engaging individual. I have followed his career since “Mars Attacks!” in 1996 and was looking forward to the release of “The House with a Clock in Its Walls.”

The film is directed by Eli Roth who has ventured into a cinematic arena I never thought he would pursue: a fun, family film with some nifty horror splashes.

This one finds Jonathan Barnavelt (Black) playing uncle to nephew Lewis Barnavelt (Owen Vaccaro) whose mother recently passed away. Since he was part of the family, the young Barnavelt is sent to live with his uncle.

Lewis is an oddball kid, like the one who always gets picked last in gym class. Also part of the family is Cate Blanchett’s Florence Zimmerman, who Jonathan claims is a close platonic friend.

An amusing part of the proceedings is a group of monsters that the actors call “creepy.” They are ominous puppets and mannequins that are spooky and strange.

Kyle MacLachlan plays Isaac Izard, who was Jonathan’s best friend before he went off to war. When he returned, Izard was drawn to

“School of Rock” (2003) — In this Richard Linklater-directed tale, Jack Black is Dewey Finn, a substitute teacher teaching kids the joys of rock ‘n’ roll.

“King Kong” (2005) — In this Peter Jackson directed tale, Black portrays movie director Carl Denkam, who proclaims to give money to the victims’ next of kin.

“Kung Fu Panda” (2008) — In this animated tale, Black is Po, an idealistic panda that wants to learn the ways of martial arts from instructor Shifu, voiced by Dustin Hoffman.

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the dark side, which put Jonathan in a quandary.

The house is essentially a magic house. It reminds me of the fun 2007 fantasy film “Mr. Magorium’s Wonder Emporium” with Dustin Hoffman and Natalie Portman.

Black has a likable on-screen presence that played well in “High Fidelity” (2000), “Tropic Thunder” (2008), “The Holiday” (2000), and one of my favorites, “School of Rock,” directed by Richard Linklater in 2003.

Roth, early on in his career, seemed to churn out nothing more than horror porn. His first feature film was 2002’s “Cabin Fever” that involved a sickness that spread like wildfire. Next came “Hostel” ( 2005) in which rich people pay to inflict bodily harm on innocent victims. Roth also helmed the 2007 followup, “Hostel II,” which contained grislier death and dismemberments. Most recently, he delved into adventure-drama-horror porn with 2013’s “The Green Inferno.” A bunch of college kids venture into the Amazon and try to make peace with cannibals in that one.

Unlike those, “The House with a Clock in Its Walls” was as lot of fun and will hopefully spawn a bunch of sequels. I’m sorry, but I think Black’s Poe in “The Kung-Fu Panda” franchise has run its course.

It should be noted that Black recently received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a tourist attraction in Los Angeles.

Grade: A-

“Tropic Thunder” (2008) — In this tale, Ben Stiller’s actor extraordinaire Tugg Speadman teams up with character actor Jeff Portnoy (Black) and Robert Downey Jr.’s Kirk Lazarus, a “dude pretending to be another dude.”

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“Goosebumps” (2015) — In this fun flick Jack Black is “Goosebumps” author R.L. Stine who encounters some real mayhem when his writings come to life.

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October 2, 2018

The State Fair of Texas is back in town KAELYN BRADLEY Staff Writer

Howdy folks! The State Fair of Texas is back for another season of fried food and Fair Park fun, this time with new food, drinks, rides and exhibits.

“I’m looking forward to seeing if they’ve decorated anything newish or added any cool attractions,” said Hannah Freeman, a Richland College student and a frequent fairgoer.

In 2017, more than 2.2 million people visited the fair, according to BigTex.com, the official State Fair website.

Some days, like on a Monday early in the fair, saw a lower attendance about 30-thousand people. The day of the Texas vs. Oklahoma football game saw nearly 200,000 visitors. That football faceoff is set for Oct. 6.

Here is the Richland Chronicle’s guide to get the most out of what’s new and what’s popular at this year’s fair.

Music is a must Visitors should anticipate lots of live music.

No matter the genre, the State Fair of Texas has something to offer everyone. Each day there are multiple stages around the grounds featuring different entertainment. In fact, there will be 24 days of free concerts on the Chevrolet Main Stage.

“The stage showcases national and regional talent of all types and has featured acts like Ludacris, Aaron Watson, Sevyn Streeter, Banda Carnival and Hunter Hayes,” according to the BigTex.com website. Local bands will be featured on smaller stages.

Food for foodies and fairgoers From the “fried” beverages to the many food concoctions, the experience of flavor will be one to remember. Be sure to arrive with plenty of coupons a hefty appetite and the intention to devour the tasty new foods.

“I’d love to try the cotton candy taco!

It’s new, experimental and worth a shot. It would be a missed opportunity to not give it a chance,” said Adrienne Aguilar, a Richland student and annual fairgoer.

A few of the featured items on the menu included the Fried Cut of Corn “elotes,” Bacon Brittle, Southern Fried Chicken Nachos and Fletcher’s Cheezy Pup. That’s right, Fletcher’s added something new to the famous Fletcher’s Corny Dog collection.

Visitors can also expect to see a new combination of drinks added to the mix. New drinks include Kool-Aid Pickle-Dilly Sangria, Frosty’s Frozen Hot Chocolate and Cherish Erbert Champagne.

Take a ride The Texas Star Ferris wheel is back again, and the midway has added three new rides this year: The Air maxx, Haunted Castle and the Spider Y-Factor.

From the twisting to the turning, these attractions will bring visitors the guaranteed satisfaction of a thrill. The midway features more than 70 rides.

New exhibits This year’s theme, “Celebrating Texas Innovation,” is behind some of the new attractions including Celebrating Texas Innovation, Innovations in Agriculture and Dallas in the time of MLK. There will also be a livestock birthing barn and a dog stunt show.

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Fairgoers enjoy a ride during opening day of the State Fair of Texas on Sept. 28.

“This year, the fair will host sensory-friendly mornings every Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The fair welcomes individuals with autism, in addition to individuals with other intellect disabilities, their families and everyone else who may benefit from a sensoryfriendly experience,” according to BigTex.com.

Adjustments to the sound and lights on the midway will be made. Families will also be able to have a guided itinerary.

For football fans, aside from the Texas vs. Oklahoma game, the annual Prairie View A&M vs. Grambling State University game (Sept. 29), this year, Southern University will face-off against Texas Southern University on Oct. 20.

Logistics and details The fair can be expensive, but there are discounts for food, rides and entry fees available. On Tuesdays, admission is only $9 when visitors bring an empty Dr. Pepper can. On Wednesdays, visitors donating four canned goods to the North Texas Food Bank can get in for $4. Senior citizens, 60 years of age and older, get free entry every Thursday.

Other visitors can take advantage of $9 admission when they bring any empty 20 ounce Coca-Cola product. Check the fair’s website, BigTex.com for more discounts and to buy tickets in advance. The fair runs through Oct. 21.

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Some of the buttons being distributed at the Election Awareness Event on Sept. 26.

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Dallas police officer Jesica Lopez talks to Stephen Lin about school safety, Sept. 25.

Students make paper flowers and color during Fresh Check Day, Sept. 28.

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Parties, police and paper petunias on campus

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A thought-provoking drama about self-realization CHRONICLE Richland

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Copy Editor Most people don’t dwell on the subject of death, but for playwright Michael Christofer’s “The Shadow Box,” end-of-life matters are the central focus in the complex lives of three families.

Richland drama chair and director Andy Long said he has always loved this play and calls it beautiful and inspiring. The play deals with something everyone will eventually face, which is death. He said Christofer lost friends to cancer and decided to write this play, never knowing that it would win the Tony Award for Best Play in 1977 and the Pulitzer Prize the same year.

“Shadow,” a two-act play, centers around patients who are undergoing treatment for terminal cancer in three cottages on the grounds of a California hospital. The patients are at the end of their treatment and are in hospice care.

Joe is a patient in one of them. His wife Maggie and their son Steve, 14, visit him.

Brian, who’s in a second cottage, has a gay lover, Mark, and an obnoxious ex-wife who comes to visit him.

Felicity, an older woman in a wheelchair, lives in the third cottage along with her daughter Agnes, a spinster who writes phony letters to her mother to help her cope with losing her sister, Claire, who died in a car accident some time before. The play covers a 24-hour period in the characters’ lives.

An interviewer, whose voice we only hear, is among the nine somber characters, and represents a psychiatrist. The cancer patients have agreed to be part of a psychological experiment regarding their illness and state of mind.

For plot purposes, Long said Christofer created the role of the interviewer so the characters could talk directly to the audience about death and dying.

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Music notes

Scholarship Fifteen honors soloists and award winners of the 2018-2019 Richland College Music Achievement Award Fund, honoring of Dr. Jerry Wallace and Joan Crawford, performed in Fannin Hall at noon on Sept. 25.

The program featured Derrick Logozzo, Richland’s director of instrumental music, recognizing two former Richland music professors, Wallace and Dr. Michael Crawford, plus the contributors to the fund.

Performances ranged from string, guitar and woodwind players to singers, as well as one marimba player and one pianist.Compositions performed were written by such well-known classical composers as Haydn, Massenet, Donizetti, Bizet, Rachmaninoff and Bach. Piano and guitar

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ON THE COVER Ben Stegmair during rehearsal for “The Shadow Box” at Fannin Hall Sept. 27.

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Jimmy Jensen and Beth Long in “The Shadow Box.”

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The title of the play references an “old school memorabilia collection that you put together of pictures or awards or things that you want to remember, that you can frame and put on a wall,” Long said. “Sometimes we do that with our lives, that we look back at our lives and our memories and they make these neat, little pictures that we can see of a person’s life.”

“I think [the play] is more about self-realization than it is about dying,” Long said. But, at the same time the ending is so beautifully optimistic that I think it inspires hope at the end.”

The nine cast members are Richland theater students Jimmy Jensen, Beth Long, Sheldon

Vielma, Shae Hardwick, Ben Stegmair, Alan Self, Cat Christensen, Alondra Castro and Kyla Burns as the interviewer.

Long said he and the cast will compete at the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Panola College in Carthage from Nov.7-10, where they will present the entire play.

Performances of “Shadow” are free and will run at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10-13 in Fannin Performance Hall. The play is two hours long with a 15-minute intermission. The preview is Oct. 9. Richland students, faculty, staff and the general public are welcome. No reservations are necessary.

accompaniment was provided by Christine Bouton, Dale Daniels, Thiago Nascimento and Ron Jones.

Don’t mess with Texas The ‘Don’t mess with Texas’ ad campaign seeks an anti-litter song.

Organizers of the iconic “Don’t mess with Texas” advertising campaign are looking for a new tune to promote the anti-trash effort.

The Texas Department of Transportation on Sept. 22 announced the “Don’t mess with Texas” original song contest. It’s open to Texas residents, ages 18 and above, and runs through October. Contest rules are at Dontmesswithtexas.org.

The 30-second entries will be collected online. Members of the public then vote for their favorites.

Two winners — in English and in Spanish — get the chance to be featured in a “Don’t mess with Texas” TV spot with the Randy Rogers Band and Las Fenix, plus other performances.

The “Don’t mess with Texas” ad campaign started more than 30 years ago and has

featured entertainers such as George Strait, Willie Nelson and LeAnn Rimes Music to their wallets Legislation to substantially overhaul the way music is licensed and songwriters compensated for songs online is being sent to the president’s desk for his signature.

Congress cleared the bill Sept. 25, giving final passage to a rare bipartisan accord between Republican and Democratic lawmakers. It enjoyed wide support in both the House and Senate, and within the music industry.

President Trump is expected to sign it.

The Orrin B. Hatch Music Modernization Act, named after the retiring Utah senator, who is also a musician, creates a new independent entity that will license songs to companies that play music online.

The nonprofit collective will pay songwriters, including those who wrote pre-1970s classics before copyrights protected them.

Tennessee Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander championed the bill.

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Wrestling: Full Nelsons need to apply

NICK MEDLOCK

Staff Writer

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The volleyball team is trying to hold their own in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) as they experienced their fourth consecutive loss.

On Sept. 26, Richland played North Lake college. The T-Ducks lost the first two sets, but came back strong in the third set. It wasn’t enough though. North Lake sealed their victory with a win the fourth set.

On Sept. 24, Richland lost to Eastfield College in three straight sets and this loss became the norm. The Thunderducks have suffered losses before, but usually after a hard fight.

The convincing way that Eastfield won over Richland caused unrest among the spectators who were expecting a turnaround. Eastfield was dominant from the start and consistent throughout the game. Richland fought tooth and nail, but Eastfield came out the winner.

“I believe all teams at the college level are equal and so Richland played hard but Eastfield played harder and that’s why they won,” said Zelda Smith, Richland volleyball coach at Richland. The T-Ducks experienced good

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Richland’s wrestling program competes in the National Collegiate Wrestling Association.

“I started as a freshman in high school so I guess this will be my fifth year,” Stevens said.

Gooseman said he found out about the Richland wrestling program from his high school coach.

“My coach. He told me about some colleges that I could wrestle for and the only good college was Richland. That’s how I heard about it,” Gooseman said.

“I had a couple of old teammates who actually go here now and wrestle here, so I heard it through them and my coach,” Stevens said.

Gooseman and Stevens both said wrestling was important to their futures. Stevens said he’s looking forward to getting more team trophies and possibly a scholarship.

“If I’m going to Nationals, then I go AllAmerican,” he said.

Those who are interested in the Richland wrestling program should contact Neal by email at bneal@dcccd.edu or stop by Guadalupe Hall, Room 122. Additional information about the program is available at www.richlandcollege.edu/sliferlc/athletics/wrestling/pages/default. aspx.

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play on the court even when they were beaten before by their competition, but recently they have a slump. This uneven play might be due to several reasons.

“I think Eastfield was a better team this time. I noticed they [Richland] were doing the same plays and rotation so I think they should work on their strategy,” said Javiera Pinochet, a Richland student who was a spectator at the game.

Richland’s losses have been attributed by the team to the loss of certain key players due to unforeseen circumstances.

We’re going to try and hold our own on our next game because we just lost one of our players because she sustained an injury,” said Smith. “The girls have learned from their mistakes and are ready for their next game.”

The Thunderducks attempted to bounce back after they lost their first set to Eastfield but unfortunately the tone was already set for the rest of the game. After the loss of the second set, Richland seemed determined to fight back but as the third set went on and Eastfield was still dominating, they seemed to lose hope.

Eastfield won the third and final set by a score of 25-14.

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RLC International Film Series “Wild Strawberries” by Ingmar Bergman

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Hispanic Heritage Month “Circles of My Multicultural Self” by A.C. Cristales Sabine Hall, Room S118 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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Crossing Cultures English practice, pizza and conversation Sabine Hall, SH117 2 to 3:30 p.m.

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T-Ducks experience back-to-back losses after a strong start.

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The award-winning Richland College wrestling team is recruiting for a new seasonand experience is not necessary.

“Although experience from high school life is appreciated it is not a requirement,” Coach Bill Neal said. “This year we’re pretty new.

We lost most of the wrestlers we had over the last two years, and so we’re kind of starting all over again.”

Neal said it’s hard to tell who will make the team and encourages those who are interested to attend practice in the gym from 2 to 4 p.m., Monday through Thursday.

Neal said the team will work with students any time, but for those who intend to try out for the team, time is running out.

“We start competing in November,” Neal said.

The Richland wrestling team is not limited to men.

“There is a women’s team as well. Usually, we have five or six gals that are here,” he said.

Students need to buy their own shoes, but the college provides the rest.

“I provide the uniform and there’s a headpiece they wear to keep from getting cauliflower ears,” Neal said.

Neal understands joining the team is an investment. He asks students to spend time just going to practice to make sure they have a good time and want to stay.

“Spend some time with us. See if this is really what you want to do before you spend $50 to $60 on a pair of shoes,” he said.

Chris Gooseman and Tyler Stevens began wresting in high school. Tyler Stevens started wrestling in high school.

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