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Deep Inside, What West’s Saturday Opening MeansBy Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 PM May 17, 2012Found in: News Hardly any vision a mind can cook up sounds duller than – trumpets, please – the grand opening of two structures, shiny, though, they are, with unsexy, boring names, the Student Services building and the General Classroom building. read |
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Are You Running a Dancing Fever? Check with the 5/17/12ance DoctorBy Ari L. Noonan @ 6:00 PM May 17, 2012Found in: A & E First of a series read |
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Karlo Talks About the MoneyBy My Opinion @ 2:00 PM May 17, 2012Found in: Op-Ed From Karlo Silbiger Four hundred thousand dollars per year for 30 years is not guaranteed, but according to Clyde Murley, many of these systems make about $12 million over the 30-year life of the system. Do the math. If it ends up being $364,000 per year over 25 years (that's the guaranteed amount), I'll still be happy! read |
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Murley and Silbiger Offer to Clarify the Solar PictureBy My Opinion @ 1:00 PM May 17, 2012Found in: Op-Ed From Clyde Murley [Editor’s Note: About the only undertaking more complicated, less understood than next year’s intended installation of 2200 solar panels in the parking lot of Culver City High School would be starting or ending the world. Therefore, Mr. Murley, solar advisor, and Mr. Silbiger, President of the School Board, offer separate amplifications/clarifications of earlier solar-related stories.] read |
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Young Scientists Invited to Star on SaturdayBy News @ 10:00 AM May 17, 2012Found in: News From Laura Meisel The future scientists of America will be in Culver City on Saturday, from 9 to 2, at Star Education, 10117 Jefferson Blvd. read |
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Learning Spanish History in FloridaBy Mike Hennessey @ 10:00 AM May 17, 2012Found in: Op-Ed Dateline Dayton –The closing chapter of our Florida visit: read |
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Why You Should Say Yes to Prop. 28By Thomas D. Elias @ 9:00 AM May 17, 2012Found in: Op-Ed The harm that California’s extremely short legislative term limits have done never has been more obvious and extreme than today. read |
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You May Color Squaw Warren RedBy Ari L. Noonan @ 8:00 AM May 17, 2012Found in: Op-Ed I can understand a non-white person trying to pass for white because of the historic privileges that have been showered on the majority population. read |
THE LOWDOWN
It is creek cleanup time.
Jim Lamm, President of the Ballona Creek Renaissance, is inviting community members to join his BCR group on Saturday morning, from 9 to 12 noon, starting at the Bike Path entrance, Centinela Avenue and Milton Street, which is Los Angeles 90066.
Says Mr. Lamm:
“Help us clean the creek of ocean-bound trash at the mini-park where the saltwater meets the inland water.
“All ages are welcome, but children should be accompanied by adults.” Mr. Lamm says waivers are available at the site and online (www.ballonacreek.org.) since those under 18 need a parent or guardian’s signature. “We also sign for community service credits,” Mr. Lamm said.
For what to bring and what to expect, see BCR’s website.
COMMUNITY UPDATE
Attention incoming high school freshmen:
West Los Angeles College’s Institute for Student Excellence and Hill Harper’s Manifest Your Destiny Foundation will bring ninth graders to West’s campus for a two-week empowerment academy this summer. If accepted, there is no charge to participate in the program, which runs July 23 to Aug. 3. Applications and instructions maybe found at: www.MYDF.org/Summer-Empowerment-Academy
Participants will be engaged by empowering activities and facilitators who will encourage them to think critically and academically (verbally and in writing) on a number of topics as they make the transition from middle school and adolescence to high school and young adulthood. After the summer program, the Manifest Your Destiny Foundation will meet with students once a month, on Saturdays, to maintain the positive influence and continue the cultivation of knowledge and leadership behaviors.
Manifest Your Destiny Foundation, a non-profit youth organization established by Ivy League actor Hill Harper, is dedicated to “empowering, encouraging, and inspiring underserved youth to succeed.” The philosophy behind the organization is to provide young men and women with nurturing support systems, resources, encouragement, and guidance through mentorship, scholarship and grant programs.
This partnership seeks to capitalize on the community-outreach-focused WISE, a campus unit that brings together numerous federally-funded programs that aggressively guide individuals along a path of educational attainment and career success at all ages.
For information on West Los Angeles College, see www.wlac.edu.