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...
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...
Mecch Obigwe:
“My New Year’s resolution was to pray more, get an internship, and to lose some weight. Or get more active. You know what I’m saying? And get good grades.”
Joshua Pathisseril:
“I am studying for a degree and hopefully gonna be able to join the Air Force with using said knowledge I’ve learned and that is part of my New Year’s resolution along with losing weight.”
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Ais Bannister:
“We usually cook at my grandma’s house – turkey, mash potatoes, green beans, dinner rolls, just lost of stereotypical Thanksgiving food.” Jasmine Gambia:
“For Thanksgiving, I’m going back home to my parents’ main house. We’re going to hangout. It’s nothing formal, it’s just Filipino food, it’s traditional stuff like grilled pork, exotic stuff.”
Aster Pearson:
“Thanksgiving I’d usually go to on my father’s side. We’d usually go to my grandmother’s, but then with my mother it’s an entirely different deal.” Lan Vu:
“I’ve been here for two semesters. I don’t know maybe going around the city. I haven’t really planned out for Thanksgiving.”
Mikhaul Loskat:
“I don’t think it’s a good decision, takes the purpose out. Personally affecting me?, no. I’m not in any clubs or organizations.”
Henry Carveslla:
“That’s crazy, I don’t really know what these offices do, it depends on who is apposed to them. Sounds bad, not cool. Oh no, I’m a white guy, I’m good.”
Dallas College Counseling and Psychological Services received several contacts and feedback regarding the cartoon featured in the December 6th, 2022 edition of the Richland Chronicle. The picture depicts two subjects, one appearing to prepare to place a noose around their neck, with the caption, “Final exams not going well?” As a result of this, and as I have the honor of leading the team that received these concerns, I’d like to offer my response.
Bernard Nwikina, 19
“It’s a national security threat and nothing should enter our airspace without permis- sion, especially after events like 9/11.”
Tasmin Hussein Ahmad, 1st year, . 17
“[The shoot down] should’ve happened earlier so that we wouldn’t have to go through the trouble later.”
WE ASKED STUDENTS: Will the recent court rulings and state legislation on abortion affect your vote in the upcoming election?
Debbie Nguemah
“I would look at abortion because I think people need to choose what they want for their life not the government. Because its our own choice and body so why should the government interfere”
Miriam Abashron
“The thing is that I’m a Christian, and they talked about abortion in my class. And it did effect a lot. We plan to not vote for it, but we need to make abortion not legal for crime because you are killing a child”
In the last few weeks, protesters have filled the streets of Tehran, Iran’s capital, demanding that high-ranking leaders implement change and end the strict policy stating that women must wear a hijab.
On Sept. 16. Mahsa Amini, an Iranian woman accused of not wearing her hijab properly, was scooped up by a special arm of Iran’s law enforcement staff known as the morality police and detained. Her family said police beat her and killed her. The police deny any wrongdoing.
Seven-thousand miles away, Muslim women who attend Richland are witnessing this moment of turmoil, suffering and defiance. They are watching from Dallas with open eyes and open hearts. “I feel sad about her, and I hope it will never happen again,” said Mahlab Fedaye, 18, a Richland Collegiate High School student from Ghazni, Afghanistan.
With the Ukrainian-Russian war under- way, Ukrainian forces are driving back the invading army. Russian President Vladimir Putin not only has called for a national draft for the military reservists to enlist, civilians in Russia with no combat experience are being conscripted as well.
At the Euro Deli, a Russian grocery store in Richardson, part-time worker Olga Smirnova said she reads from various channels that oppose the Putin regime. According to her, they advise users to wipe out their cellphone’s memory if they wished to flee via the border.
