Super Quiz

Feb 7 2011

Tie for 1st place

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Academic Decathlons wrapped up for both the Los Angeles county and city school districts with the Super Quiz event, which focused on geology.

Alhambra High School and Burbank High School tied for first place in the Super Quiz portion of the Los Angeles County Academic Decathlon at USC.

Both teams had 49 points out of a possible 60, according to preliminary results released by LACAD officials.

Cynthia E. Griffin-  |   OW Managing Editor
Feb 3 2011

Geology knowledge to be tested

The organized chaos of opening day is behind them. The butterflies have subsided somewhat, although they never totally disappeared, and students around the state are buckling down to finish out the second half of the academic decathlon with flying colors.

The second half takes place this Saturday, and it includes the much-heralded Super Quiz.

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.