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Women hold up green bandanas, a symbol of abortion rights in Latin America, during International Women’s Day march in Buenos Aires on March 8.

COMMENTARY: Women breaking barriers

Key West, Staff Writer | March 28, 2024
Women’s History Month, which began March 1 and concludes March 31, was marked by Dallas College Richland Campus hosting the 2024 Women’s Empowerment Leadership Conference. The conference, a pivotal part of Dallas College’s celebration and tribute to women, served as a platform to showcase the remarkable achievements of women who have been game changers in our society and economy. The event featured workshops with established women who owned their own...
Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson in 2022.

City Manager Broadnax resigns, deputy takes over

Malak Elkady, Editor-at-Large | March 27, 2024
Dallas City Manager T.C. Broadnax announced his resignation citing unresolved tensions with Mayor Eric Johnson and certain members of the city council. His departure is a significant transition in Dallas’ local governance, leaving the city without its top executive. In his statement, Broadnax expressed gratitude for the opportunity to serve Dallas and highlighted his accomplishments during his tenure: “I am proud of what I have accomplished and am grateful for the support I received during my...
Beware: Phishing scams are out of control

Beware: Phishing scams are out of control

Jorge Sanchez, Staff Writer | March 26, 2024
Scam likely. This is how we wish our email clients would warn us of scam attempts just like on our phones. However, it was not that easy recently for multiple Dallas College students. In early February there were rumblings around Richland Campus about students getting scam job offers sent to their student emails. Dallas College put up a banner on their website of these fake job offers. On second look these false job acceptance letters would now appear to be part of a larger scheme called a phishing...
Voices from some of the teenage victims of gun violence are being used to lobby US lawmakers thanks to AI technology.

Dead kids robocall US lawmakers

Hevar Barzenji, Staff Writer | March 24, 2024
They may have been killed, but they will not be silenced. Families of kids and young adults who were slain by gun violence in incidents ranging from suicide to school shootings are using AI to recreate the voices of their loved ones and mailing them to politicians in the form of robocalls. Recently, they created a website that allows anyone with internet access to mail an audio recording of a loved ones’ artificially recreated voice to a politician of their choosing. Their goal is to get politicians to ban the...
VIEWPOINTS: Tax season

VIEWPOINTS: Tax season

Chronicle Staff | March 23, 2024
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...
Rickys TAKE 5 - Womans History Month edition

Ricky’s TAKE 5 – Woman’s History Month edition

Ricky Miller, Entertainment Editor | March 22, 2024
“Beaches” (1998): This tearjerker, directed by Garry Marshall (“Pretty Woman,” “A League of Their Own”) follows the relationship between two best friends portrayed by Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey. It features the chart-topping song “Wind Beneath My Wings.” A- “Hidden Figures” (2016) This is a well-done historical drama about three African American mathematicians portrayed by Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer and Janelle Monáe who are recruited, but somewhat shunned by...
Refugees of Rafah in Gaza try to confort each other after a series of bombings by Israel.

A question of safety

Hevar Barzenji, Staff Writer | March 21, 2024
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...
ChatGPT’s Dall-E text-to-image model can create pictures, and now Sora can create videos.

OPINION: Don’t fear the Sora

Fredrick Nwaobilor, Staff Writer | March 20, 2024
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...
Dallas College students can use the Bloomberg Fiance Lab to get their Bloomberg Certification.

Bloomberg certification offered at Dallas College

Angel Marcial, Staff Writer | March 19, 2024
Dallas College students can access finance and investment opportunities without being a finance major. The Bloomberg Finance and Investment Lab, managed by Todd Senick, offers Bloomberg market concepts certification to all students. “It’s for any student that has a Dallas College student email address or a Dallas College student ID,” Senick said. “Dallas College is putting up a plan for financial literacy.” The program through the Bloomberg Portal for Education offers three main courses...
You could be the next reporter, camera technician or soundmaster for the ChronicleTV.

Lights, camera, action!

Hevar Barzenji, Staff Writer | March 18, 2024
Dallas College Richland Campus Student Media members are working to bring back TV as a media outlet. ChronicleTV will return, complimenting KDUX WebRadio and the Richland Chronicle newspaper as a third media outlet. As Student Media’s only video outlet, ChronicleTV will provide news, commentary and infotainment. The program will be spearheaded by Richland freshman Carlos Ortega and supported by Student Media staff and faculty. According to Erica Edwards, Richland Campus lead...
He said, she said: Madame Web

He said, she said: ‘Madame Web’

March 15, 2024
Ricky Miller: “Madame Web” is a Marvel entry, but it comes via Sony Studios. The whole movie is outright silliness galore. Besides Cassandra Webb (Dakota Johnson), the story line deals with too many coincidences and hearsay. Aislyn Smith: Overall, this movie wasn’t good. And as a die-hard Marvel... Aislyn Smith: “Madame Web” was recently released to theaters, and many were not impressed by “Venom” or “Spider-Man: No Way Home” were major hits with the Marvel fandom, despite the....
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