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Gail Choice  |   OW Contributor
May 22 2008

Summer movies

It seems a rather odd tradition, but one that nevertheless has proven to be effective; cool off theater goers with some of the hottest movies of the year. Indeed the big guns come out during the summer and this year is no different.

May 22 2008

Delivers speech to 500 graduates

 For the first time in its 141-year history, Joshua Packwood, a 22-year old white student, became the first Caucasian valedictorian to graduate from Morehouse University, the historically black, all male college last weekend. 

Gregg Reese  |   OW Staff Writer
May 22 2008

The general consensus among scientists and researchers in this field is that there is no “silver bullet” solution that will solve all of the energy and emissions challenges in transportation.

 To that end, we will likely see a mixture of technologies, including biofuels, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), electric vehicles (EVs), and fuel cells, in addition to our conventional fossil fueled vehicles. -Dahlia Garas, Program Manager, PHEV (Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle) Research Center, UC Davis

May 22 2008

PROPOSITION 98
Rent control or no rent control?

Voters will get a chance to cast their ballot on June 3 for two propositions that will have a significant affect on Californians.

May 22 2008

After careful consideration and weighing candidate responses to questions posed at the OurWeekly debate; other local forums and debates; responses to survey questions; and job performance evaluations of incumbants, the following candidates have garnered OurWeekly’s endorsement for the June 3, 2008 election:

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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.