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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 • Vol. 41, No. 3 • HCCEgalitarian.com Psi Kappa hosts LGBT activist see Community, Page 4
Astros’ Castro seeks offensive bounce back see Sports, Page 8
Review: ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ is like porn see A&E, page 10
12-round fight Champion boxer’s daughter battles rare marrow disease John Cañamar The Egalitarian
With 28 professional fights and years inside the ropes, former North American Boxing Federation Super Bantamweight Champion David Donis knows how to attack an opponent. However, the opponent he currently faces does not have a mean left hook. It is not even a person … and he’s forced to be the corner man in this fight. Donis’ 19-year-old daughter, Briana Donis, is in the midst of a 12-round fight Image courtesy of Yvonne Donis against aplastic anemia — with a smile on Briana Donis prepares to enter a CT scan as part of her treatment for aplastic anemia, a her face and the determination to go the rare bone marrow disease.
distance. Briana radiates a tremendous amount of positive energy and says, “I know I was placed here for a purpose. If that purpose is to spread the word about aplastic anemia, then that is what I intend to do.” Briana was a senior at Mayde Creek High School a year ago. She said she noticed one day that she was always tired, thinking that maybe she was taking on too much with school and work. She later noticed bruising, even though she was not doing any physical activities
HCC accelerates college for students Alyssa Foley
The Egalitarian Houston Community College offers tuition-free classes for high school students through the dual credit program. Dual credit allows high school students to take college-level classes and apply the credit both toward their high school diploma and a college degree. “It’s a very successful program. I think that people ought to know that we do have good students in dual credit,” said Program Director Monique Smith. Smith is the director of HCC Central
college’s dual credit and early college high school program. She continued, “a lot of people have the tendency to think that because they’re high school kids they’re not, um, mature enough intellectually—mature enough emotionally—to handle the college environment. But what I have found is that with proper support and academic guidance, they are able to handle it.” According to institutional data, HCC has 5,720 dual credit students enrolled in the Spring 2015 semester. That number includes all the dual credit students on HCC campuses and at
high schools HCC has partnered with. All six HCC colleges offer dual enrollment. HCC dual credit classes are often taught at high schools, but early college high school students, homeschoolers and others also take HCC classes on the college campuses. High schools in Houston ISD, Alief ISD, Spring Branch ISD, Fort Bend ISD, Katy ISD, Stafford ISD, North Forest ISD as well as some private and charter schools partner with HCC to offer dual credit classes on their campuses. see
Dual Credit Student, Page 3
The Official Student Newspaper Of The Houston Community College System
see
Briana’s Fight, Page 3