Imagine this; you are a musician and finally get a shot at the big leagues. Someone in Artists and Repertoire (A&R) sets you up for a meeting, and for a finder’s fee, you to get a multi-million-dollar deal. The chance of a lifetime is waiting if you accept. You’ve been putting in the all the hard work and you deserve it. This is life changing money that you can’t make as a working individual… From the life of an entry level fry guy at McDonald’s to a life of the rich and famous. The ethics and morals of today’s...
Van Bui: “I don’t really know much about taxes; I just pay my taxes. I’m not really good with numbers so trying to figure out my own taxes it’s kind of a little daunting. I did eventually figure it out, but the process was kind of annoying trying to figure out how much I owed in taxes.” Sunisa Saeli: “I came here about four months ago. I think that taxes take time. It’s a big state and a lot of population, and it takes a long time to learn. I know you have to have an SSN number to work, but then there's all of the taxes...
Israel’s planned assault on the city of Rafah in southern Gaza will happen despite warnings from President Joe Biden and other U.S. officials. When that assault will happen is unknown. Currently talks are underway for another cease-fire and the release of more hostages. If a deal is not reached by March 10, the first day of the Muslim holy month known as Ramadan, the assault will take place very soon. If a deal is reached by the start of Ramadan, then the assault will be postponed for several weeks. A...
On Feb. 15, OpenAI introduced the world to Sora, a new AI model that can generate more than a minute long video from a text prompt. According to OpenAI and with some examples, we were able to see the capacity of this innovative technology and it is more than impressive. All the user has to do is type out exactly what he or she wants and the AI model generates it. Computer-generated videos are not new to the public. We have seen cases of deep fakes, but these videos are created by teaching an AI to...
Jonathan White: “I think yes because she’s so popular, and so a lot of eyes are on her even though she’s only spent a few minutes per game on the actual screen. There’s only two people that draw attention to everything they do like her. Beyonce and Taylor Swift. They’re the fad-starters.” Caleb Gonzales: “Personally, I don’t listen to her music a whole lot, but I mean everyone has different genres. I personally just don’t really feel like she’s worth the hype. I mean, she got bigger cause she’s dating...
Adanna Onyenze:
“Something that the person has mentioned before but probably doesn’t think that you noticed. I honestly think it’s a little cliche to stick with basic flowers and chocolate kind of feels like a half-hearted. They haven’t had a chance to do something just doing something. I guess you could say out of the box or something that the person would expect quite a bit appreciate.” Kaitlynn Pearson: “Posterboard, chocolate teddy bear does it every time. OK, so the posterboard, I like stuff that's...
Black history has been buried for decades and washed away. However, Black history has made America, America. From the creation of the ice cream scoop to the invention of GPS, Black history is one to relish.
Black history has inspired many cultures, music, styles and languages, jokes and animation, superheroes, and religion, and as such, can be found in many aspects of modern culture today.
Black history studies here at the Richland campus of Dallas College have come and gone. At...
This year there are major elections happening in Texas. Everyone may already know that we have our U.S. presidential election this year. But did you know we have U.S. Senator Ted Cruz on the ballot this year as well? Representatives in the U.S. and Texas House of Representatives are on the ballot, as well as district judges, and city council members and others.
The last day to register for the March 5 Texas primary elections is Feb. 5. The primary elections will determine who will make it to the general...
Imagine working a big portion of your life for a specific goal. Imagine doing all in your power to be able to make said goal. It’s all you want, and yet you know the odds are stacked against you.
Recently, I had the privilege of attending the Fall National College Media Convention in Atlanta. Throughout different workshops and speeches, there was one moment that sadly stood out to me. A journalist from...
