Richland campus police officer, Jesica Lopez invited students and faculty to come speak with her about police work over coffee at the annual Coffee with a Cop event on Feb. 19. The coffee was free. So was the conversation. This was her second year hosting the event as a way for campus police to meet with and serve their community.
Read MoreLupus is a chronic autoimmune disease than can damage any part of the human body. According to The Lupus Foundation of America, it is estimated that 1.5 million Americans, and at least five million people worldwide, have a form of lupus.
Read MoreThe T-Ducks baseball team could not have asked for a more poetic ending to a teeth-grinding 6-4 win against Cedar Valley on Feb. 20. The offense really sparked as the hits came in bunches at the bottom of the 8th inning.
Read MoreJust recently, I came to the conclusion that some things are more difficult for women than they are for men. If you haven’t noticed, just about everything being sold in stores is geared toward men.
Read More“Alita: Battle Angel” has had an interesting cinematic life. It was supposed to come out in August 2018 but the powers that be at 20th Century Fox delayed the release until last December, just in time for the Christmas rush, but to no avail.
Read MoreThe Black Student Association (BSA) and the African Student Association (ASA) collaborated on an event to discuss the relationship between Africans and African-Americans through the lens of the movie “Black Panther.”
Read MoreOne mannequin wore a psychedelic pantsuit and top hat slashed by a baby-blue belt. Another mannequin sported paint-smeared black sweats and a collared, cascading, orange-satin robe. These two outfits were inspired respectively by Grace Jones, the Jamaican-American actress, supermodel and Grammy-winning singer, and Iman, the Somalian fashion model noted for her pioneering work in ethnic-cosmetics.
Read MoreThe rich history of Dallas’ African-American community is concealed in neighborhoods throughout the city. These sites preserve the record of the first arrivals to Dallas and Texas. Each site tells the story of how African-Americans shaped the city and developed a unique way of life.
Read MoreA music showcase in Deep Ellum brought together four bands of very different styles to play in front of a packed house. The local musicians rocked the Prophet Bar from 7 to 11 p.m. on Feb. 17.
Read MoreMusic mogul Robert Kelly was indicted Feb. 22 on 10 counts of aggravated sexual abuse. The Class 2 felony involves four alleged victims including at least three young women between the ages of 13 and 18. The announcement was made in a press conference by Cook County State’s Attorney, Kim Foxx.
Read MoreProject Impact works in partnership with the Richland Health Center in providing free HIV testing. The next round of testing takes place March 6.
Read MoreCampus events for the last week of February 2019.
Read MoreBill Browder, an American-born international financier living in London, became an accidental human rights activist when the Russian government he invested in turned against him.
Read MoreA Richland honors student received a significant opportunity by winning an internship at the magic kingdom. Tori Allen was accepted into the spring 2019 Disney College Program in Florida which included free housing, a job at the Walt Disney Water Parks and college credit hours that she can use toward her associate degree. Allen also interned for Disney in California in the fall of 2018.
Read MoreThe Fannin Performance Hall stage erupted into chaos on Feb. 9 as six Richland students tried to outdo each other to win a spelling bee. Song and dance, plus the ability to spell words correctly, drew the audience right into the action.
Read MoreHonoring Black History Month in the movies is a daunting task. I had to whittle down my list from more than 70 titles to just a select few. Here are some of my favorites.
Read MoreA new documentary that debuted at the 2019 Dallas Video Festival is using virtual reality (VR) to raise the awareness of a rarely-discussed disease.
Read MoreCities across the nation are reporting the return of a highly contagious disease that was declared by the Center for Diseas Control (CDC) to have been eradicated in the U.S. in 2000: Measles. Denton County Public Health reported one case of measles on Feb. 6. Five additional cases have been reported in Southern Texas, according to The Associated Press.
Read MoreDirector and co-writer Christopher Landon’s “Happy Death Day” seemed like an odd concept in 2017: a college student who is trapped in a time loop trying to outwit her killer but turned out to be a sleeper hit.
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