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Eastside runners stay on imaginary track
Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
May 19 2011

Training on an open field

LANCASTER, Calif.—Eastside High School is home to the Lions, including CIF high school senior track finalists Le’Gia Pendergraph and Traviell Hill. The two have been among the league underdogs in track and field, but still their achievements have put smiles on their faces.

This past season was challenge for Pendergraph because she had doubts about herself. As a long-distance runner, she had an opponent who is like her arch-nemesis, but Pendergraph was finally victorious and won first place.

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Sigma Gamma Rho's LaTonya T. Nelson: A sorority woman making a difference
Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Mar 10 2011

Antelope Valley chapter leader

LANCASTER, Calif.—The Antelope Valley is swarming with talented women, from those in education to those in power positions like the president of Greek letter organization, Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc., Antelope Valley chapter.

LaTonya T. Nelson, born and raised in Los Angeles, has been with the organization since 1988, when she joined while attending California State University, Long Beach. Attracted to the organization’s commitment to community, social awareness and sisterhood, Nelson had to be part of the movement.

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Gov. Brown’s proposed cuts could hurt Blacks
Mary Hill-Wagner
Jan 27 2011

Enterprise Zone incentives on chopping block

Gov. Jerry Brown’s campaign pledge to “get California working again” may prove a hollow promise for African Americans, according to some state lawmakers. Many of the proposed cuts may actually be “devastating” to Black communities, resulting in a loss of jobs and businesses, some say.

Among his proposals, Brown wants to eliminate state tax benefits for Enterprise Zones. In addition, the governor has called on legislators to enact, by March 1, a budget that includes cutbacks to welfare and the state’s public universities.

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California state budget cuts
Jan 10 2011

Higher education hit again

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Getting into Cal State Los Angeles, UCLA, Cal State Long Beach or any other state university could get much tougher in response to steep education cuts included in the budget proposed today by Gov. Jerry Brown, university officials said today.

Brown's budget includes $12.5 billion in spending cuts, including $500 million each for the California State University and University of California systems.

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Sisters team up to make beautiful music
Donjai Richardson  |   OW Guest Contributor
Dec 2 2010

Violin is their instrument of choice

The Antelope Valley is filled with talent, and some of this can sometimes go unnoticed, because it’s not necessarily in a category that is hot or popular. Violin players and sisters Rosalyn, 19, and Nia, 13, Darbeau are a perfect example of that.

Rosalyn has been active in music since her adolescent years.

“I’ve been playing music for about 12 years,” Rosalyn said. “I used to play the piano, but I wanted to try something new, so I chose the violin and I stuck to it.”

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Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.

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