A big part of student media at Richland is the ability to allow students to take part in all aspects of media. Until recently, that has included a radio station. Unfortunately, KDUX WebRadio at Richland been down for quite some time, and many students and clubs had to put their radio productions on hold. The station suffered after the departure of long-term radio engineer Jack Fletcher during the Dallas College transition in the fall of 2021.

With the help of Piers Donahue, a former radio tech for the Air Force, “The radio station is up and running,” Donahue said.

For over 40 years, Dallas College Richland Campus Music Department has been a nurturing and thriving program that offers a huge variety of instrumental and vocal instructions in performance and theory through music courses. The department is looking to expand its course offerings in the next two academic years with even more options for instrumental, vocal and music theory instructions.

Dr. Abel Rodriguez, a music faculty member, said that while registration is lower than that of 2020, the department is working to build back. “Before the pandemic, I would say that we would typically have between 30 and 40 music majors a year with each semester of new students. While we still feel the impact of that crisis, the numbers of students that are enrolling are getting close to what they were before.”

Dallas College hosted a drive-in concert to celebrate Earth Day. The April 21 event took place at the North Lake Campus. The event featured the North Lake jazz band and the globe-trotting “edutainment” ensemble, Vocal Trash. There was lots of Skinny Pop popcorn, sodas and free plants too.

If you’ve ever tried to master a musical instrument, you know how ugly things can sometimes get. You try to follow your teacher’s instructions and practice as hard as you can, but sometimes that devious, demonic device just won’t behave.