| WCHS eyeing 100th anniversary
Make no mistake, every graduating class is special, but when a plateau as high as 100 is reached, well - they dont come along that often.
And since there is no way The Expositor could fit 100 years of high school history into one newspaper article, be prepared to relive as much of the past this reporter has been able to unearth in advance of that very special day coming up next May.
First, did anyone know there have only been 16 principals at White County High School in its entire history? That fact was learned after talking with the one who has been at the helm of the high school almost three times longer than anyone else.
Principal Charles Dycus just recently took a few moments to think back on some of the history of White County High School.
Literary Calendar
1 P.M. Donna Andrews reads from and signs her new Meg Langslow mystery, The Penguin Who Knew Too Much, as part of the "Mystery Monday Lunchtime Series" sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America (Mid-Atlantic Branch) at Chapters Literary Bookstore, 445 11th St. NW, 202-737-5553. She will also read on Tuesday, Aug. 21, at 7:30 p.m. at Borders Books-Baileys Crossroads, Route 7 at Columbia Pike, Baileys Crossroads, Va., 703-998-0404. 6 P.M. Julia Serano, a writer, biologist and performance artist, discusses and signs Whipping Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of Femininity at Busboys and Poets, 2021 14th St. NW, 202-387-7638. 21 TUESDAY .
Sharing not issue for Dogs' backs
BY DAVID CHING dching@ledger-enquirer.com ---- It would be easy for things to be testy between Georgia's running backs. As three, maybe four, players contending for playing time, it would be understandable if the players didn't enjoy each other's company. But that's hardly the case with seniors Thomas Brown and Kregg Lumpkin, redshirt sophomore Knowshon Moreno and newcomer Caleb King. "The main thing that's made it so easy for me is we're all good friends," said Brown, who stands 714 yards from fifth place in school history for career rushing yards. "Knowshon came in last year and I've gotten to know him, and he's just as goofy as Kregg and myself, so we get along." Lumpkin and Brown quickly became fast friends because of what they have in common in addition to their personalities.
A journey of a thousand miles
DO YOU remember those days not very long ago as you relaxed in between packing biscuits and cleaning the local school, so hopelessly homesick? You were in Zimbabwe and were ready to go abroad. You are so wet with excitement yet you had this sense of apprehension about your forthcoming journey to 'freedom.' Do you remember the sad tale that workmate of yours had just told you of a cousin brother who was turned back at Gatwick when it was still Gatwick? Caught in a vicious circle of doubt and hope, each feeling holding sway in your heart depending on who you had spoken to and what testimony they had shared with you regarding the fate of a relative or friend who had previously undertaken the journey ABROAD? This was the time before visas and the greatest challenge was raising the money for the air ticket, itself a living nightmare.
Sara Daspin acted, directed and taught as 'great lady of the theater'
When Sara Z. Daspin returned to Seminole Community College's theater department from a leave many years ago, she had a hard time understanding the fine print of the sabbatical process.
Why, she asked a young colleague, did she have to promise that she would work two full years or be liable for the cost of her time off?
Bobbie Bell tried to explain that the college was afraid its instructors might decide during their sabbaticals to leave the school for good.
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The Malu Pit
I'm jumping into the Malu Fernandez melee just as it's supposed to be ending with her apology and her resignation from the publications she wrote for. A triumph for overseas Filipinos and bloggers, it has been hailed. But it doesn't end there, does it? This isn't just about OFWs. Pinoy angst about class divides has been simmering for a long, long time. Two decades of "democracy" only seem to have made it worse. You need only to look at how names for the poor have evolved: they used to be masa (a political, though somewhat clinical, description of the majority), now they're jologs (poverty as synonymous with bad taste). So let me, for a few moments, join in the lynching of the Anti-Poor. First of all, a "socialite" called "Malu" is an oxymoron.
Movie review: 'Bratz'
The most horrifying film of 2007, "Bratz" is based on the popular line of collagen-lipped, doe-eyed slut-ette dolls and their male companions, "the boys with a passion for fashion ... and the Bratz!" (In other words, they're bi-curious.) These four young ladiez really know how to shop. Their fashion sense is "super-cute!" and do they have "bratitude"? And how! They are ready to own their first year of high school (representative dialogue: "Work that IQ, girl, but please don't lose your passion for fashion") and they are not going to let some evil poop of a "Legally Blonde" wannabe rule their lives.
And I thought "I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry" was hypocritical. That film simultaneously exploits and decries homophobia; this one, which shares a title with the animated Fox television series, talks about "keeping it real" and appreciating what's inside.
Tuesday August 28, 2007 - 14:31 EST
LAS VEGAS, Nevada -- Don't be fooled by acres of sport coats, dresses, slacks and shoes on the floor of the Las Vegas Convention Center. MAGIC, the most influential trade show in the fashion industry, really isn't about clothes. It's about advertising. Manufacturers are advertising to retailers. Retailers want clothes they can sell to consumers. And consumers want something that advertises themselves to their bosses, friends, families and lovers. "People always want to be noticed," said Sally Lohan, West Coast content director for Worth Global Style Network. "That is what fashion is all about. You want to tell your story." With about 4,000 exhibitors showing off 5,000 brands to approximately 120,000 attendees from 80 countries there's enough material at the Men's Apparel Guild in California show for a library of sartorial stories.
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