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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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Johnnetta B. Cole
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By JOHN NORTH
Fight against bigotry and discrimination, UNC Asheville’s class of 2008 was urged by Johnnetta B. Cole in a commencement address last Saturday morning.
In a whirlwind, folksy 15-minute talk, Cole congratulated the graduates by using a number of different greetings from different cultures, ending with American street slang — “You done good!”
Earlier, UNCA officials conferred an honorary doctoral degree on Cole
for what they termed “a long and distinguished career focused on
education, equality and social justice.” Chancellor Anne B. Ponder
referred to her as an esteemed educator and humanitarian.
Cole is the only African-American woman to have served as president of
Spelman College in Atlanta. Later, she was named the president of
Bennett College for Women. She is the first person to lead both
historically black colleges. She also is the author of several books.
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About 60 people protested plans to build a hotel on city-owned land in downtown Asheville at the “Save the Basilica” rally in front of the Civic Center last Thursday evening, prior to a public meeting on a new downtown master plan. The protesters want the city to keep the land and put a park in front of the Roman Catholic Basilica of St. Lawrence, across Haywood Street from the Civic Center. Daily Planet Staff Photo
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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From Daily Planet Staff Reports
Democratic front-runner Barack Obama swept to victory in the North Carolina presidential primary on May 6, while his rival Hillary Clinton narrowly won in Indiana.
Returns showed Obama winning 56 percent of the vote to 42 percent for Clinton in North Carolina. However, Clinton won in all Western North Carolina counties except Buncombe and Watauga. The latter is the home of Appalachian State University.
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