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Uncertainty remained Saturday about what effect Richard Roberts' resignation as president will have on Oral Roberts University, but some observers said it was a step toward improvement.
"I think people are going to be waiting and watching: OK, can it survive without a Roberts at the helm?" said Donald R. Vance, professor of biblical languages and literature.
Vance said he thinks alumni need to support ORU as it undergoes this transition, after being led for 42 years by a Roberts. ORU professors are committed to the school's evangelical Christian mission, but that might not be obvious without a TV minister as president, he said. Christian colleges across the country are led by non-ministers -- "it will just be different for us."
ORU leaders have not addressed what role, if any, Roberts will have at the university.
Celia Cruz exhibit celebrates 'Queen of Salsa'
He said the word meant Cruz's onstage battle cry representing her vivid approach to life.
"It was the spirit of her life, the energy she personified," Muñoz said.
Cruz loved flamboyant clothes. While music videos, photographs, documents and timelines of the Cuban-born Grammy winner's expansive career abound, the exhibit's biggest attention-drawers are the vibrant, heavily ruffled mermaid-like dresses, called "bata Cubanas," and pairs of gravity-defying shoes Cruz wore on stage.
Perez, who worked with the National Museum of American History on the show, said it needed to have "things she used, things that were important to her."
Carol Wyrick, the Alameda's acting director, noted Cruz's influence on fashion, including some of today's sky-high shoe styles.
Councilman MikeK Recalls Knievel Action Figure
My interest is in Kootenai County and what is happening in our neighborhoods and at our courts. It seems that there is very little coverage of our area by your paper anymore, not what I am wanting to purchase daily. I have conferred with others and they are upset also. Please advise if this is a permanent change and if it is, all I have spoken with will be canceling their subscriptions too.
Sad for all/Jacqui. Answer: In response to complaints about the disappearance of the Idaho public records in our newspaper, we're working on a solution. We believe we'll be able to publish them in our weekly zoned editions -- the Handle Extra and the Post Falls Voice. Please bear with us as we work on the details of getting the information published again/Gary Graham, managing editor
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eSchoolnewsletter acts to speed notifications
The company eSchool Systems LLC, which provides e-mail school newsletters to Howard County families, is moving to improve the way parents receive emergency notifications.
Parents will be able to receive text messages about school closings or delays this winter, and recent changes to the e-mail system allow news to reach parents' inboxes more quickly.
About 36,000 families in Howard County subscribe to eSchool Systems e-mail, called eSchoolnewsletters. These free eSchoolnewsletters provide a direct line of communication from schools and the central office to parents. The eSchool newsletters contain information about PTA meetings, postponed athletic events, scholarship deadlines and other things.
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Constituting Change
She dismisses the possibility of starting from scratch or striking a national commission to draft an entirely new document. “Whether you call it ‘change,' ‘reform' or ‘amendment' is beside the point," says Mostafa, “because any move will retain elements of the current Constitution." Mostafa cites Article 40, which clearly prohibits discrimination along racial, ethnic, gender or religious lines, as a perfect example: The article is still perfectly valid and will remain so as it is in line with similar guarantees in other countries. Still, Mostafa does admit there are articles that have become moot. “[Article 87] stipulating that 50 percent of the People's Assembly (PA) members should be peasants or laborers is a remnant of a socialist single-party system — does it mirror the present?" she asks.
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