The inauguration of Devorah Lieberman as the 18th and first female president of the University of La Verne involved lots of pomp and circumstance. But the ceremonial correctness did not displace pride in student, staff and faculty achievement, the desire to focus on community and global outreach, the passion to transform students into effective lifelong learners or the accomplishments of a historical institution marking its 120th year.
Gov. Paul LePage talked about windmills, methadone clinics, taxes, child support and welfare programs Friday night before a feisty crowd of supporters and opponents. At his fifth Capitol for a Day town hall meeting since his inauguration in January, the Republican governor fielded questions at Camden Hills Regional High School. He was greeted by many people wearing "61%" stickers - a reference to the percentage of voters who did not support him last fall - and a strong contingent of supporters with LePage T-shirts and buttons.
The new Jefferson County Council held its first meeting Monday. There were only about 15 people in the audience, unlike the nearly 500 who attended the inauguration ceremony at Jefferson College on Jan. 6. At that event, well-wishers showed up to witness the swearing-in of the new council members and the county executive by Judges Darrell Missey and Shannon Dougherty.
There won't be a parade or gala ball, but Earl Ray Tomblin's swearing-in as governor Sunday will have most of the other accoutrements of a traditional inauguration. That includes an outdoor ceremony on the south steps of the Capitol, a processional of dignitaries, the state Army National Guard band, and an inaugural address, Tomblin spokeswoman Kimberly Osborne said Monday.
Rich Fitzgerald will borrow traditions from his predecessors and add one of his own at his inauguration on Tuesday as Allegheny County's third executive. Fitzgerald, 52, of Squirrel Hill plans to take the oath of office at 1 p.m. in the auditorium of Soldier & Sailors Memorial Hall & Museum in Oakland, the same venue that fellow Democrat Dan Onorato used when he took office in 2003.
I made plans in September. I had faith early on that [Barack Obama] was going to the White House with the "love of his Ufe," Michelle, and their two darling daughters, Sasha and Malia. I called two long-time buddies and former Chicagoans, Herwald ('?ß?") and Christine Morton, to reserve a space in their sprawling five-bedroom home in suburban Silver Spring, Md. (Chris and I are pals from college; Hal's a retired senior foreign service officer from the U.S. Information Agency; and their son, Keith, is my godchild. I had joined them in June when Chris and Hal celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.) There were an untold number of balls, receptions and parties, large and small, official and unofficial, mostly over-crowded, but all to celebrate Obama's super accomplishment. One of the mo...
Millions of people all over the United States cheer as Barack Obama walks to the the podium. Tripp students and teachers all await the speech our new president gives the country. On January 20, America got it's first African-American president and Tripp members were there watching. Throughout the school, classes watched projectors, televisions and laptops during the moments when Barack Obama gave his 17 minute speech. It was a joyous day for people all over America. From speeches, to music, to poetry-we were there to witness it all. It was a great event for us students to watch. A majority of the schools students didn't even know what an was. The last time that an event like this came around was when we were in third or fourth grade and we didn't really care much about who ...
From the moment Senator [Barack Obama] won the Democratic primary, Frank told me to call our friends Iantha and Kenny in Maryland and let them know that we'd be coming up for the inauguration, and to please hold our "guest room." Our wildest dreams realized when Senator Obama won the Presidential elections, we drove up to D.C. Jan. 17 for the inauguration in a disbelieving daze. As the biggest fan of our national parks whose vision is to see them known, loved, used and supported by all Americans, it was the realization of my life's goal to see a million or so African Americans on the National Mall, which is a national park. We took up our position way down at the back, close to the Washington Monument, just happy to be part of the crowd. There was only one jumbotron for the entire crowd...
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