Inauguration Day marks historic Obama oath
Editorial notes Barack Obama becoming first African American president on Inauguration Day. It cites MLK Jr. day, urging unity, addressing economy and war, and hopeful to bring change. Calls citizens to support Obama as president of all Americans and commander in chief.
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Letter critics play that recreates Scopes trial
A reader thanks Michael Potvin for his letter and urges caution about a Washington Center for the Performing Arts production. The note notes dates January 16 17 23 24 30 31 at 8 p m and January 25 at 3 p m with prices 17 15 12 and 6. It argues the play debates Scopes trial themes without accurately reenacting the trial.
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ACP
Aiken Standard Staff Directory Snapshot
The Aiken Standard lists key newsroom and management roles including Editor Jeffrey B. Wallace News Director Timothy E. O Briant Production Director Phillip Yates and Managing Editor Michael W. Gibbons along with Advertising and Circulation leads and other supervisors.
Notable Black History Figures and Milestones Mentioned in Art
A list of prominent Black leaders and civil rights figures appears in the artist’s note, naming individuals such as Martin Luther King Jr. Jesse Owens Rosa Parks Muhammad Ali Thurgood Marshall and others. It references milestones like the March on Washington and the Civil Rights Act of 1964, interwoven with a historical timeline style.
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James Meredith
Little Rock Nine
Emmet Till
James Chaney
Andrei Goodman
Michael Schwerner
Rosa Parks
Paul Robeson
Tuskegee Airmen
Medgar Evers
Freedom Riders
Roy Wilkins
Thurgood Marshall
Muhammad Ali
Aalcolmsboro
Cesar Chavez
Fre Pouglass
Dubois
John Brown
Jack Johnson
Fannie Louie
Edward Ames
Bevel
Juaa Ward Howe
Harriet
Tubman
Stokely
Michae Juan Bond
Huey Newton
Rhodeland Regiment
Gabriel Proseslin Powell
CK Law Olmstead
Bessie Coleman
Coreita
Scott Kinohn Lewis
James Lawson
Lew Coffin
Nat Turner
Joshua
New Patriotism and Volunteering in a Cynical Era
Kathleen Parker comments on a shift from cynicism to earnest public service under Obama. She notes National Day of Service, Michelle Obama outreach, and pervasive volunteer imagery, warning of social pressure to participate and the hollowness of mere slogans. She invites readers to join CASA Cynics and Snarks Anonymous.
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South Carolina centers for economic excellence under budget threat
Gov. Mark Sanford proposes closing the Centers for Economic Excellence at Clemson, USC, and MUSC to divert $66 million from education lottery earnings to health care and K-12. USC President Harris Pastides favors maintaining current funding until better times return.
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South Carolina
Clemson University
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USC
Letters on class, wealth, and government in modern politics
The writer questions who the middle class includes and weighs spiritual wealth against material greed. They condemn government bailouts and corruption, recounting a Washington anecdote about a masked bank robbery seen as normal by a senator, and urge accountability. Howard E. Hillman Aiken.
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Freddie Mac
Washington
Washington Trust
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Cause and Effect in Prayer and Climate Debate
The Toltons compare global warming with Gov. Perdue's prayer vigil and rain to explore causality versus coincidence. The argument questions whether prayer can influence events like weather, noting that many factors shape climate over long times. Nobel laureate Al Gore presented evidence linking human activity to climate change.
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Iraq
North Dakota
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