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Pictured left to right are Academy Award winning actress Lupita Nyong'o, 'US' Movie writer,director and producer Jordan Peele, and Black Panther's co-star Winston Duke. Photos byNaomi Richard.

SOON TO BE RELEASED ‘US’MOVIE OPENS SXSW FILM

By Naomi Richard | VILLAGER ENTERTAINMENT EDITOR

(VILLAGER NEWS) - The “red people” invadedAustin, Texas on opening night of the SXSW FilmFestival 2019 at the packed to capacity ParamountTheatre. SXSW Film launched the epitome of a hor-ror movie showcasing monsters, killers, gory sets,twists and turns, gruesome bodies and surprisingtriumphs throughout the film.

Those fortunate to witness the festival’s pre-miere of US, laughed, screamed and applaudedthroughout the evening. The humour threadedthroughout the film helped offset the horror andcollectively, made for a highly entertaining night!

The Academy Award® winning Get Out vision-ary Jordan Peele returned with yet another origi-nal nightmare that he wrote, directed and pro-duced. Even Peele chuckled saying during a Q&ASession, “With a larger budget than Get Out, I wasable to do more with US!” And more is what wesaw.

Jordan’s dream lead actor for US was AcademyAwardÒ winning actress Lupita Nyong’o, who im-mediately joined the cast after reading the scriptfrom her agent.

Nyong’o only needed two words to explain whyshe agreed to star in US, “Jordan Peele,” she said inan interview with BuzzFeed News’ Profile at SXSWon Saturday, alongside Peele and her co-star, Win-ston Duke. The Villager Newspaper was invited toattend this sizzling hot interview by the ComcastNBC Universal House.

Nyong’o became a major fan of Peele afterwatching Get Out five times, which released while

she filmed Black Panther.The US film is set in present day along the

iconic Northern California coastline. Nyong’o starsas Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to herbeachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe(Black Panther’s Winston Duke), and their two chil-dren (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an idyl-lic summer getaway.

Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolvedtrauma from her past and compounded by a stringof eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoiaelevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly cer-tain that something bad is going to befall her fam-ily.

After spending a tense beach day with theirfriends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss,Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon),Adelaide and her family return to their vacationhome to discover the silhouettes of four figuresstanding in their driveway. US pits an ordinaryAmerican family against a terrifying and uncannyopponent: non-biologically related look-alikes ofthemselves!

The question might appropriately be asked,‘how far will you go to protect your family?’ In thisfilm, we see the main actors going to extreme endsto keep their loved ones alive in spite of overwhelm-ing obstacles.

This is a must-see film set to release nation-wide March 22. Kudos to SXSW and Universal Stu-dios for opening the festival with such an outstand-ing release!

Texas officials vowto increase

education funding.See GROUPS

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Alpha Kappa ZetaChapter adopts

Historical Institute.See CAMPBELL

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UT men’s head tenniscoach on administrative

leave afterbribery allegations

By Texas Tribune

Texas men’s tennis coach Michael Center walks awayfrom the United States Federal Courthouse in Austin,Texas, Tuesday, March 12, 2019. Center is charged ina scheme involving wealthy parents bribing collegecoaches to gain admissions for their children.(Ricardo B. Brazziell)

(TEXAS TRIBUNE) - The University of Texas atAustin has placed Michael Center, its head coachfor men’s tennis, on administrative leave after FBIdocuments revealed that he allegedly took a$100,000 bribe in 2015 to help a student gain ad-mission to UT-Austin by adding him as a recruit tothe tennis team.

The documents said the student did not playcompetitive tennis.

“Federal authorities notified us this morningthat we were victims of an organized criminal ef-fort involving admissions,” UT-Austin spokesman J.B.Bird said in a written statement Tuesday. “We havejust become aware of charges against our Men’sTennis Coach Michael Center and he will be placedon administrative leave until further notice whilewe gather information.”

Bird said the university is cooperating fully withthe investigation and that “integrity in admissionsis vital to the academic and ethical standards of ouruniversity.”

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UT AustinDDCE

AnnouncesWIELD Texas,

a Women’sExecutive

CareerIncubator(AUSTIN, TX) - The

University of Texas Divi-sion of Diversity andCommunity Engage-ment (DDCE) is launch-ing WIELD Texas, awomen’s executive ca-reer incubator. WIELD(or Women’s Initiativeon Entrepreneurshipand Leadership Develop-ment) Texas is an initia-tive of DDCE’s Office ofInclusive Innovation andEntrepreneurship.

In its inauguralyear, WIELD Texas willaccept 25 aspiring andremarkable women whowill be paired withAustin’s top femalementors across all sec-tors of industry. The ex-ecutives who are helpingshape this program in-clude SandersWingo Ad-vertising CEO LeslieWingo, District 2 CityCouncilwoman andMayor Pro-Tem DeliaGarza, and Patsi WoodsMartin, founder of

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You shouldnot have to be

rich to getInto college!

Most of America wasshocked this week whenit was revealed that someof our riches, mostfamous and popularpeople in our communityhave been willing to doanything and pay anyamount of money to gettheir kids in to the bestcolleges in America.This is at the expense ofstudents from less fluentcommunities. We can remembermany years ago when theUniversity of Texas wastaken to court forreserving places in theirfreshman class forstudents whose parentswere graduates of UT.The practice waschallenged in court. Theresults of the court actionwere that this practicewould be discontinuedand a new system ofadmitting studentswould be put in its place.What was decided was asystem that offeredautomatic admission toany student in Texas whofinished high school inthe “Top 10% of theirGraduating Class”automatic admission tothe University of Texas. And while moststudents could not affordto attend UT, they do havethe opportunity to apply ifthey so desire. But, latelythat system has comeunder attack and many arein favor of it beingdiscontinued. However,who would have guestedthat some of our moreaffluent parents would goto any extent to get theirkids into the best schoolsin the country and wouldpay large sums of moneyto make sure that ithappened. However, the mostrecent revelations of theamount of moneyexchanged in buyingthese students a seat at ourmost prestigious schoolsis a shame and disgracefor the rest of the country.But the people, who willsuffer most, will be thestudents of the parentswho chose to participatein this pay to play scheme.

Brown saga endswith $50M deal

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HAPPY BIRTHDAYRUDOLPHWILLIAMS

A TRUE LEGEND

(AUSTIN, TX) - Mr. Rudolph Williams, bornMarch 10, 1936, is truly a legend. GOD has blessedhim to see 83 years. His legacy has landed him chil-dren, grandchildren, great grandchildren, and a wifeof 17 years. Mr. Williams’ birthday party was heldin Fowler’s restaurant at 5811 Manor Rd. Austin,TX. We thank all who came out to help us celebrateand wish Mr. Williams a very happy birthday.

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Alpha Kappa Zeta AdoptsLee Lewis CampbellElementary School

(AUSTIN, TX) - The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority In-corporated Alpha Kappa Zeta chapter in Austin,Texas was honored to support the Lee LewisCampbell Elementary school 80th birthday party.The celebration was just one of the Finer Wom-anhood activities planned in the month of March.On this day of service, the Alpha Kappa Zeta chap-ter served cake and punch, coordinated registra-tion and were gracious hosts throughout the pro-gram. A special treat for the students was the Up-silon Alpha Undergraduate chapter from Huston-Tillotson University step routine. Principal KeithMoore, a Phi Beta Sigma, thanked his Alpha KappaZeta Sorors for their continued support.

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Members of Alpha Kappa Zeta

(AUSTIN, TX) - On March 6th, 2019 the LeeLewis Campbell Elementary Media and PerformingArts Institute celebrated their 80th anniversary witha big Welcome by Principal Keith Moore followedby the school scholars singing the School Song.Sheila Myainsi and Nolan Mills gave the history of80 years being a school. The Zeta Phi Beta Sorority,Inc. performed. Proclamations were read from theCity of Austin by City Councilmember NatashaHarper-Madison and Sharon Hudspeth-Holmes readone from Governor Abbott and Congressman LloydDoggett; other dignitary present Travis County Com-missioner Jeff Travillion. An excellent performanceby the Blue Dragon Step Squad.

The first Lee Lewis Campbell Elementary wasbuilt in 1030 and named after Dr. Lee LewisCampbell, educator and religious statesman, fromMilan County. It was located at 1600 Chicon Street.

In the spring of 1990, the citizens of Austinapproved a bond package to build five new elemen-tary schools. A new Lee Lewis Campbell Elemen-tary was to be built with the bond funds. Construc-tion began in September 1991. It was completed inthe fall of 1992 at 2613 Rogers Avenue.

When current administrator, Principal KeithL. Moore arrived (2014) he redesigned the campusinto a MEDIA and PERFORMING ARTS INSTITUTE,which began in the school year of 2016. Our schol-ars learn about: filmmaking, digital photography/printing, visual/art enrichment classes, printmaking,news casting, dance, choir, vocal arrangement,music production and so much more.

WE ARE DRAGON STRONG.The history of Lee Lewis Campbell

Lee Lewis Campbell (ca.1865-1927). Lee LewisCampbell, black Baptist pastor, was born in the mid-1860’s in Milam County, Texas. He attended BishopCollege in Marshall and then went to the Universityof Chicago. Sometime afterwards he returned toTexas and in 1887 married Ella Williams. They hadthree sons and one daughter. Campbell was or-dained into the Baptist ministry at Cameron, MilamCountry. In 1892 he became pastor of EbenezerBaptist Church in Austin, a position he held forthirty-five years. In Austin he founded the St. John’sInstitute and Orphanage. He was president of theGeneral Baptist State Convention and vice presidentof the National General Baptist Convention. He wasalso president of St. John’s Encampment ColoredAssociation, in which 10,000 African Americanscame to Austin to discuss race relations. Campbellwas also moderator of the St. John’s Association,which had over 230,000 members across the state.He founded the Austin Herald in 1889. It was pub-lished every Saturday by the Publication Board ofthe General Baptist Convention of Texas in Austin.Campbell was ill the last two years of his life anddied at Seton Infirmary on August 9, 1927, aftersurgery. His funeral on August 14 was attended byover 5,000 people. In 1939 L. L. Campbell Elemen-tary School in Austin was named in his honor.

80th AnniversaryLee Lewis CampbellElementary School

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Youth of TodayHope of Tomorrow

Last week a groupof us went to a confer-ence at the Palmer Cen-ter. One booth there hada table on AfricanAmerica Mental Health.I am always surprisedwhen I read things thatseem to imply that weare a different type ofhuman. To me it shouldhave said just "MentalHealth".

The first problem itstated was that therewere cultural biases thatwere preventing AfricanAmericans in generalfrom accessing properhealth care.

It said that acrossa recent 15 year period,

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High and Low Pressure

Have you went out-side and wondered whyit looks so gloomy orwhy there's no clouds inthe sky? Well, its simplyhigh and low pressureeffecting the weatheroutside and changingthe look depending onthe location. High pres-sure is the condition ofthe atmosphere in whichthe pressure is above av-erage. This means thatthe cold air will over lapthe air in the area and willgo to ground level and theclouds would disappearmaking clear skies. This isalso known as "HappyWeather" because of howit makes people feel re-lieved, happy, relaxed,etc.

High pressure daysare very common, butlow pressure days can becommon to but not asgood as high pressureweather makes you fell.

Low pressure is the con-dition of the atmo-sphere in which pres-sure is below average.This means the warmerair will overlap thecolder air and rise upinto the sky forming rainclouds and making a hu-mid moist air. High pres-sure and low pressureare used for weatherchannels during the day.But they use H and L indifferent locations andheat and cold waves willpoint in a direction thatmeans that that area isgoing to experience highor low pressure.

At my school(FPMS) everyone has togo outside and the firstto say if it was high orlow pressure that daywins a weather ticket. Soif you get 5 ticket youcan get ice cream fromthe cafeteria, its only aone time thing so youcan only get it once.Theywant us to realize thatweather and climate aretwo different things andthat they are cause bysomething to makethem happen. these arethe main types of cli-mate changes becausethere are more of themthat support the climatechange but doesn't effectthem as much but assists.Thanks for reading!

I’m Starting Tumbling

I’ve been beggingmy mom to put me intumbling classes forweeks, and now she putme in it! I have been re-ally eager to learn howto flip, especially sinceI’ve been practicing forcheer tryouts. A week orso ago I was with one ofmy friends out and

Captain Marvel Reviewabout, and we stoppedto drop her little sister ofat gymnastics practice. Iused to go to that sameplace a long time ago. Iwent inside to see if myold gymnastics coachwas there, and he was!He was so surpriesed tosee me. I told him that Iwas going to be tryingout for cheer, and hetold me that I shouldtake tumbling classesthere. I was already look-ing into classes at some-where else, but Ichanged my mind be-cause I would rather gosomewhere I have beenbefore, and be taught bymy former coach. Acouple days later, I findout I’m taking class.Thank you mom!

On Friday, March8th, 2019, the film “Cap-tain Marvel” opened intheaters everywhere.The movie stars BrieLarson as Captain Mar-vel and Samuel L. Jack-son as Nick Fury.

“Captain Marvel” isabout an extraterrestrialKree warrior who isfighting an intergalacticbattle between the Kreeand the Skrulls. Strandedon Earth in 1995, shekeeps having flashbacksof her past life as U.S. AirForce pilot Carol

Danvers. With help fromNick Fury, Captain Mar-vel tries to put togetherthe missing pieces of herpast while harnessingher full power to end thewar with the evil Skrulls.

“Captain Marvel”did a good job of settingup future movies withinthe Marvel CinematicUniverse with variousreferences and its postcredit scene. I thoughtBrie Larson had a greatperformance as CarolDanvers. She is definitelya good fit for the charac-ter and will help bringmore development infuture films. I’m lookingforward to future mov-ies to see how CaptainMarvel further developsher skills and power.

The movie is ratedPG-13. I would recom-mend watching thismovie with an adult be-cause it does have someharsh language and in-tense scenes.

Meteorologist

On Saturday, March9, I attended a career fair.It was hosted by Con MiMadre from 8:30 a. m. –12:30 p.m. at St.Andrew’s EpiscopalChurch. The guestspeaker of the event wasMeteorologist ErickaLopez. She works forKVUE in Austin, Texas.

After meeting

Ava RobertsPflugerville M. S.

Tyler AllenGus Garcia YMLA

Sarah RobertsonConnally H. S.

Ericka Lopez, I recog-nized that meteorologistis a Science, Technology,Engineering, and math(STEM) career. She told ofher upbringing and whyshe chose meteorology asa career. She informed usof her academic strugglesand the challenges ofworking in a male-domi-nated field. She gave usan overview of her dailywork routine. She saidshe loves her job!

In the end, Ilearned a lot about me-teorology. Although it isan interesting profes-sion, I will keep my medi-cal career outlook. If youlove learning about thescience of weather, me-teorologist could be acareer option for you!

suicide rates have in-creased 233 percentamong African Ameri-cans aged 10-14 com-pared to 120 percentamong Caucasians. Itsaid they metabolizecertain medicationsmore slowly than othergroups. Yet they receivehigher dosages of psy-chiatric medications.

African Americanscomprise 40 percent ofthe homeless popula-tion and are only 12 percent of the population.People experiencinghomelessness are at agreater risk of develop-ing a mental illness.Nearly half of all prison-ers in the United Statesare African Americans.About 45 % of fostercare population are Afri-can American. Thisgroup tend to most likelyto develop mental ill-ness. The informationwas quite revealing.

This informationwas compiled by the"National Alliance onMental health".

Mental Health

Connally Cougar Basketball

The road to playoffsfor the Connally Cougarsboys basketball teamwas a long and full withhard work. The firstround of playoff wasagainst the Hutto Hipposat Weiss High school, theCougars fought hardwon 60-41. The secondround the Cougars trav-eled to Huntsville, TX toplay against HuntsvilleHigh School, the compe-tition was tough butthen again, the Cougarsovercame and won 60-52. Finally, the thirdround the Cougars trav-eled to college station togo up against CollegeStation High school.Once again, the Cougars

won 55-47.Now the Cougars

were on their way toHouston for the 4thround. The fourth roundsaw a rough start for theCougars, however, at theend of the fourth quar-ter the Cougars weretied 46-46 and had to gointo overtime. The Cou-gars persevered andwon 53-47. Lastly the5th round that deter-mined if the ConnallyCougars goes to thestate championship. TheCougars were up againstanother local team, theManor Mustangs; theMustangs and the Cou-gars are two disciplineteams that are both hardworking and have in-credible athleticism. Thefight for the game wasclose but sadly theConnally cougars fellshort and lost a closegame 46-49 to theManor mustangs. I amextremely proud for myschool and the hardwork that was displayedin every game. I am ex-cited but will have towait until next year. GoCougars!

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Spirit Week

The week of March11th-15th marks my fi-nal school week beforespring break. The AnnRichards School forYoung Women Leaders isprepared for springbreak as we transformedour last week into a spiritweek. The purpose of

SaNaya WhiteAnn Richards

spirit week is to be rec-ognized and express ourschool pride before weleave. Each day of theweek includes some-thing new, a new activ-ity for us to participatein. Monday is meme day,in which we dress up inschool appropriatememes. For our advisoryactivity, we will partici-pate in the five womanrace.

The five womanrace is much like thethree legged race. Eachgrade level creates twoteams and we playagainst each other, thefirst to reach one side ofthe gym then back. Tues-

day represents alphabetday. For alphabet day,we dress up as some-thing with the first letterof our name. The advi-sory game is orangenecking, and the humanpyramid. For orangenecking, each grade willchoose a team of tenpeople. They will standin a circle and when timeis called will pass an or-ange to the person tothe side of them, whileonly using the space oftheir neck and shouldercrease.

For the humanpyramid, A team of sixpeople from each gradewill form a human pyra-mid. The first team tostay in formation forthirty seconds wins.Wednesday, is WesternWare. Advisory game,Five Minutes of Fame.

Grades will have thechance to put together afive minute perfor-mance and perform it onWednesday. Thursday isPathway Day, highschoolers dress in colorssimilar to their pathway.For example, my path-way is biomed, I willdress in blue along withthe rest of my peers. Theadvisory game is crabsoccer. Grades will pickteams of five to play soc-cer while crab walking,they will each haveseven minutes to accruethe most points.

Lastly, Friday markspirit day and pep rally.We were clothes thatmatch our school colorsto show our school spiritduring the pep rally. Thisweek will be a prettygood way to end the lastweek before break.

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Travis County Health and Human ServicesP.O. Box 1748, Austin, Texas 78767(512) 854-4100 Fax (512) 854-4115

TRAVIS COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENTBLOCK GRANT (CDBG)

Help Identify Community Needs in Travis CountyPublic Hearing & Survey

Travis County invites the public to attend a public hearing whereresidents will have an opportunity to present community needs andrecommend projects for Community Development Block Grant(CDBG) funds for usage in the Villages of San Leanna andWebberville and the unincorporated areas of Travis County. Theinformation collected will guide the 5 year strategic plan (October2019- September 2024) and the selection of CDBG projects for theProgram Year 2019 (October 2019-September 2020).The CDBG program is funded by the United States Department ofHousing and Urban Development (HUD) to benefit Travis Countylow- to moderate-income residents who live outside any city limitor in the Villages of Webberville and San Leanna. The programsupports community development activities aimed at revitalizingneighborhoods, improving affordable housing options, and providingimproved community facilities and services. For program year 2019,Travis County anticipates to receive an estimated $1,205,291.

The Public Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday,March 26, 2019 at 9:00 AM

at Travis County, Commissioners Courtroom, 700 Lavaca,Austin, TX.

Beginning March 6, 2019, those who can’t attend the public hearing,but want to provide information about their community needs willhave an opportunity to provide their input in writing by filling out aParticipation Form or survey. This form will be availableelectronically at the Travis County CDBG websitewww.traviscountytx.gov/CDBG, or a paper copy can be mailed.Alternately, neighborhood groups located in the CDBG service areathat would like to discuss their needs in more detail, may contactthe CDBG Office to request a meeting. For more information abouthow to access the survey or request a meeting, go the CDBGParticipate page at https://www.traviscountytx.gov/health-human-services/cdbg/participate or call 512-854-3460.Travis County is committed to compliance with the Americans withDisabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of1973, as amended. Reasonable modifications and equal access tocommunications will be provided upon request. Please call 512-854-3460 for assistance. To request that an American Sign Languageor Spanish interpreter be present at the public hearing, please contactCDBG staff at least five business days in advance

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Feminism in Jane Eyre

Charlotte Bronte’sfemale protagonist,Jane’s strong morals andethics, and her tendencyto break Victorian socialnorms makes Jane Eyre afeminist novel.

Charlotte Bronte’sbook has a female pro-tagonist. In the time JaneEyre was written, it wasa rarity that a book writ-ten with a strong femalemain character became

popular. Times were hardeven for Bronte, becausefemale authors were alsonot as popular during thistime. Bronte and her sis-ters often published theirbooks under men’snames, because criticswould not take the bookseriously if they knew thebook was written by awoman. At this time, Janeis still in her schoolLowood, and in the Victo-rian era, young girls wereat school and were ex-pected to be neat and tidy,to read the bible, and tohave polite manner to-wards everyone. Jane de-fies the traditional positionof women in the Victorianera even before she goesto school when she liveswith her aunt and cousins.

At a young age, Janedefies her aunt when sherealizes she is being mis-treated. In the Victorianera, children are supposedto be seen and not heard,but Jane makes sure heraunt hears her opinionloud and clear.Jane hasbeen mistreated herwhole life for as long asshe has been atGateshead. This quoteshows how Jane’s strongwill develops at a youngage.

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The Masked Singer

A couple of weeks agoI finished a show called theMasked Singer. My familyand me would watch it ev-ery Wednesday together.The show had three, some-times four judges whowould try to guess who themasked singer was. Everyweek performers wouldperform in costume so youwouldn’t see who theywere. At the end of eachshow the audience andjudges would pick their fa-vorite performer. The per-

former with the leastamount of votes was un-masked and had to gohome. The Finale had onlythree contestants left. Apeacock, bee and a mon-ster. I was so excited to seewho would win. The Pea-cock was unmasked and itwas Donnie Osmond. I haveno clue who that is. Nextwas the bee and it wasGladys Knight. Finally theMasked Singer winner wasthe MONSTER. T-pain wasthe monster. My mom wasall excited because she toldus from the beginning itwas T-pain and we didn’tbelieve her. It was such afun show to watch. Mybrother loved watching itbecause at the end of theshow when someone wasunmasked everyone wouldchant “take it off, take itoff”. That was fun to shoutwith the family. We had somuch fun as a family andwe are ready for the nextseason.

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International Women’s Day 2019

Friday, March 8th wasInternational Women’sDay, an annual holiday thatis over one hundred yearsold. This year’s theme was“Think Equal, Build Smart,Innovate for Change.” I ama member of the LadyCans, an all-girls roboticsteam, and this messagewas especially impactfulfor us as future engineers,creators, and innovators.In celebration of Interna-tional Women’s Day, ourteam’s CEO spoke on apanel at the art and tech-nology festival South bySouthwest, which hap-pened to start on March8th this year. There weredozens of other Interna-tional Women’s Dayevents at South by South-west as well, includingseminars, concerts, andparties.

In 1909, at a tur-bulent time when women

in industrialized countrieswere beginning to reallystand up for their rights,the Socialist Party ofAmerica declared the firstNational Women’s Day.This movement soon be-came international in 1910when the second Interna-tional Conference ofWorking Women decidedto establish an Interna-tional Women’s Day. Thefirst official InternationalWomen’s Day was held in1911. No particular coun-try or organization hasowned the holiday, but theUnited Nations began cel-ebrating it in 1975, andthey pick the theme eachyear. In the computer age,awareness of the holidayhas snowballed as famouscelebrities and companiespost about it on socialmedia. At this point, it’shard to get on the interneton March 8th and not readsomething about howpowerful women are. Eventhough many of the goalsthat InternationalWomen’s Day was origi-nally founded to raiseawareness about havebeen achieved, celebratingthe holiday is still neces-sary. The world as a wholehas a long way to go untilcomplete gender parity,and it is important tohonor the endless contri-butions women havemade to this planet.

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National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc.46th Xinos and 36th Kudos Southwest Regional Youth Conference

“Making A Change in the World”

DELTA BETA XINOS DELTA BETA KUDOS(VILLAGER NEWS) - The youth groups of the

National Sorority of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. (NSPDK,Inc.), Delta Beta Chapter, Austin, Texas attendedtheir annual Southwest Regional Youth Conferenceduring February 22-24, 2019 in Lawton, Oklahoma.The Xinos are the girls and the Kudos are the boys;all in grades 9th-12th. The conference host chapter,Epsilon Delta, prepared an exciting weekend of ac-tivities that challenged the intellect, inspired the cre-ativity and motivated the participation of nearly 400high school students from Arkansas, Louisiana,Oklahama and Texas.

According to Dr. Debra Y. Ward, SouthwestRegional Kudos Chair, “As educators we strive toproduce independent thinkers with endless ideasand strategies that will indeed change the world.Our continued support and dedication to our youthof the Southwest Region of the NSPDK, Inc. is a nec-essary contribution to the change we want to seein the world.” Quoting the great Nelson Mandela,“Education is the most powerful weapon which youcan use to change the world.”

Under the supervision of member sponsors

and parent chaperones the Xinos and Kudos par-ticipated in general sessions, developmental work-shops, and competitions in oratorical speaking, art,dance, basketball, step show and scrapbooking.

Delta Beta Xinos recognitions included Gradu-ating Seniors—Za’Nyah Walker and Olivia Cairo;Academic Honors—Kennedi Carter and KymorahCarter; Scrapbooking—2nd place; Basketball—3rd

place—Kalyn Owens; and Step Show—2nd place.Delta Beta Kudos recognitions included GraduatingSeniors—Geoffrey Agueze; Yanson Arline; ChristianMcCauley and Trevor White; Academic Honors—Sam Hill and Juanel Sippio; the Dorothy Scott Ora-torical Award—1st place—Christian McCauley; Bas-ketball—2nd place—Geoffrey Agueze and 3rd

place—Jamal Hardin; Talent Dance—3rd place—Christian McCauley; Regional Youth Choir Partici-pant—Sam Hill; and Artist Tyson was elected andinstalled as the Kudos Regional Chaplain!!

With the guidance of Delta Beta membersDorcas Seals, Xinos Sponsor, and Brenda KayFowler, Kudos Sponsor; along with other chaptermembers, and the love and support of their par-

ents, the Xinos and Kudos were able to learn, serve,encourage, inspire and help one another throughtheir sisterly and brotherly bonds which can pro-duce a lifetime of memories and networking. Spe-cial recognition goes to those parents who were ableto attend the conference and serve as chaperones—Rico Fresch, David Porter, Lenyka Howard, DarleneMcClintock, Debrah Cairo and Valerie Hill.

In addition to the Xinos and Kudos receiving edu-cational and developmental tools to prepare them forthe future, the parents in attendance were able to at-tend a parents workshop designed to provide themwith valuable information on preparing their child forcollege and understanding the importance of scholar-ships during the college years. Getting IN to college isnot the real challenge. The real challenge is to actu-ally GRADUATE with a degree.

The Delta Beta Chapter of the National Soror-ity of Phi Delta Kappa, Inc. continues to commit tothe pursuit of excellence in education for our youth.For further information about NSPDK, Inc. pleasecontact Delta Beta President Estelle Brooks at (512)940-6741 or email esbrooks55@aol.com.

Education GroupsMobilize

(VILLAGER NEWS) - Monday, March 11,2019, numerous educational groups held a rallyat the Texas State Capitol. It was an opportu-nity to inform the State Legislature about plac-ing education as a center issue of the session.Recently, the Legislature approved a Bill, whichwould increase salaries for educators.

Since Texas is ranked 36 out of 50 on theeducational standard there is a need for the Leg-islature to cover and pass numerous educa-tional friendly bills. For instance, there is a pro-posal seeking to get rid of the Texas STAARTest. House Bill 736 relates to eliminating therequirement to use public school assessmentinstruments as a criterion for promotion orgraduation or to make certain accountabilitydeterminations. In other words, it seeks toeliminate the STAAR Test.

Pictured left to right are: Charlie Torres andAugustus with education.

Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon | Villager Columnist

Melanated Market 2019by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon | Villager Columnist

(VILLAGER NEWS) -On March 9, 2019, theMelanated Market heldits kick-off event of theyear. For the past twoyears, the Melanatedmarket has given Afri-can-Americans, Hispan-ics, and other peopleminorities a secure plat-form in which, they canpromote their busi-nesses and products.According to an orga-nizer, "the MelanatedMarket offers a safeplace for people to shopand showcase locally."Not only does it givethem a platform to selltheir product but also anopportunity to tell thestory of their company.

Some of the prod-ucts range from jewelryto food. One vendorpresent at the event wasMay My Day Italian Ice.

According to co-owner Cressanda, "theItalian Ice offers a deli-

cious but low calorie/low sugar treat thatcome in various flavors,such as Peach, Blue-berry, Cherry, Mango,Grapes, Green Apple,and Pina Cola. This busi-ness was started inmemory of Sandra K.Day who is my motherand allows us to alsospeak out against ColoncanceR.

Organizers of thismarket say, "The solepurpose of the monthlymarket is to gather like-minded entrepreneursof the black and browncommunities in the Aus-tin, Pflugerville, RoundRock, and Killeen, Texasareas. Space available tous by way of an estab-lished black-ownedstorefront. This is an op-portunity for us to beseen, known, and appre-ciated for providing aservice or product to ourcommunity."

Kevin and Cresandra attend theMelanated Market Kick-off event.Photo by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon

Jamaican Dance-HallCome To Austin

by Tsoke (Chuch) Adjavon | Villager Columnist

(VILLAGER NEWS) -During the period of fes-tivity, Central Texas be-come the center of themusic and dance indus-try. Consequently, artistand musicians from allaround make their wayto Austin and showcasetheir talent. As a result,Pondi Beat is bringinganother choreographernamed Tango Leadazwho specializes in Jamai-can Dance Hall steps. Ac-cording to Tango, "I usedance-hall vocabularyand knowledge tospread joy and helpbring awareness to theculture. According to

Tango, the participantwill leave with knowingmore about the cultureand history of Jamaicaand the Caribbean.

Finally, the comingof Tango will solidify theCentral Texas area as acultural and dance mu-sic hub. Moreover, heplans to perform andhold classes on March17, 2019, at n'CalienteFitness in Round Rock,Texas. In addition tolearning new dancemove and burning calo-ries, participants willalso further their knowl-edge of the Caribbeanand Jamaica.

Tango

( V I L L A G E RNEWS) - The Youth Bri-gade held its monthly meet-ing on Wednesday, March6, 2019 at Kirk Library andMr. Wilton Harris, Jr. wasthe guest speaker. Mr.Harris (third from left side)is coordinator for the ACE(Afterschool Centers onEducation) program atDobie Middle School withAISD (Austin IndependentSchool District). Phototaken by Youth Brigadeparent Mrs. Sharron Hall.

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“He is innocent,”Center’s lawyer, DanCogdell, told reportersTuesday.

Center, who washired in July 2000 and isonly the fourth men’stennis coach at UT-Aus-tin, is one of dozens ofpeople named in agrowing national col-lege bribery scandal. Anindictment unsealedTuesday in Bostonnamed more than 50people — including ac-tors Felicity Huffmanand Lori Loughlin —who are accused of pay-ing bribes to ensuretheir children got intoprestigious universitiesincluding UT, Stanford,Georgetown, Yale,Wake Forest, and theUniversity of SouthernCalifornia.

At 2 p.m. Tuesday,Center appeared infront of U.S. MagistrateJudge Andrew Austin ata federal courthouse inAustin. Wearing a burntorange T-shirt, dark greysweatpants and houseslippers, Center wasrepresented by Cogdell,a Houston-based crimi-nal defense lawyer.

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MICHAEL CENTER

In court, Austinbriefed Center on hisrights and said he had 72hours to pay $5,000, or10 percent of his $50,000bond. Center will have tosurrender his passportand must limit his travel,Austin said.

Cogdell said it isstandard operating pro-cedure for the universityto place Center on leaveand that Center is disap-pointed but understandsthe decision. Center wasarrested at 6 a.m. at hishome, Cogdell said.

“He is devastatedby the accusation,” saidCogdell on the court-house steps after escort-ing Center to a waitingcar. “He’d have to bedumber than a bucket ofhair not to be devastatedby the accusation. Buthe’s a strong person, he’sgot great character, andhe’ll get through this.”

Center’s next courtappearance will beMarch 25 in Boston,where he will plead notguilty, Cogdell said.

Hours after the alle-gations were made pub-lic, the UT-Austin men’stennis team had a matchagainst Rice University.Padma Sunkara and her

husband, Ravi Arimilli,came to the match towatch their son, Nevin,a freshman on the team.Sunkara said she was“shocked” and “disap-pointed” when she firstheard the news aboutCenter earlier this morn-ing.

“We’ve knownCenter for many years,and he’s always been anupstanding coach, hu-man,” said Sunkara,who’s from Austin.

“We’re going to seewhat the courts have tosay, but we want to behere to support theteam and the players,who’ve worked reallyhard to be where they’reat right now.”

In addition to bribestaken by athletic coachesand other university ad-ministrators, the schemeinvolved parents paying acollege prep organizationto take the ACT or SAT col-lege admission tests on

behalf of their children orto correct their answersafter the test, according tothe indictment.

The indictmentsays a Houston highschool teacher who wasalso a standardized testadministrator tookbribes as part of thescheme. In July 2018,the teacher received a$5,000 check from Will-iam Singer, the founderof The Edge College &Career Network LLC,documents show.

Collectively, par-ents paid Singer roughly$25 million between2011 and February 2019to bribe coaches anduniversity administra-tors, designating theirchildren as recruitedathletes or other “fa-vored admission catego-ries,” according to thedocuments.

At a press confer-ence Tuesday, FBI offi-cials said Singer helpedor advised parents tostage photos of theirchildren engaged insports. In some cases,stock photos were used.

The indictmentalso lists Martin Fox, thepresident of a privatetennis academy and

camp in Houston, as akey player. Fox allegedlyintroduced Singer andCenter, for which he waspaid $100,000 by Singerfor “assisting with thebribe transaction,” andhe was also paid to helpfacilitate bribes for a var-sity sports coach at theUniversity of San Diego,the indictment states.

Lawmakers in Aus-tin on Tuesday said theywere shocked by the al-legations and planned tokeep an eye on the caseas it moves through thecourts.

“Students shouldbe admitted to collegesand universities basedon academic merit, char-acter and talent, notthrough bribes and law-breaking,” said StateRep. Chris Turner, aDemocrat from GrandPrairie who chairs theHouse Higher EducationCommittee.

Turner said he isconfident that UT-Austinis working to better un-derstand the situation.

“The House Com-mittee on Higher Educa-tion will be closely moni-toring this situationthroughout the sessionand beyond,” he said.

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(VILLAGER NEWS) -Antonio Brown stuck itto the PittsburghSteelers, before hisformer NFL team couldstick it to him.

Brown worked thesystem and forced theSteelers to trade him tothe Oakland Raiders. Oh,yeah, Brown made awhole lot of money inthe process.

Hip-hip hooray.‘Bout time!

Usually, it ’s theother way around. Nor-mally, the NFL has thelast laugh - not theplayer.

How many timeshas an NFL team an-nounced it signed aplayer to a lavish con-tract, only to see theplayer released with twoor three years remainingon his deal?

Contract? Whatcontract? Fans tell play-ers to suck it up all thetime, that it’s the cost ofdoing business in theNFL.

Well, Brown did thesame thing. He still had

three years remainingon his contract with theSteelers, but his contractwasn’t guaranteed. Ifthe Steelers so desired,they could releaseBrown at any time andnot be obligated to payhim a dime.

Brown consideredall of that when he tookthe Steelers to thewoodshed. His strategywas textbook. First, hedescribed quarterbackBen Roethlisberger as abad teammate whothinks like an owner in-stead of a player. Ouch.That got people’s atten-tion. Who’s crazyenough to criticize theSteelers’ franchise QBwho has won two SuperBowls when Brownhasn’t won any? AB,that’s who.

Brown was justwarming up. Next, heacted a fool on socialmedia, re-naming him-self ‘Mr. Big Chest’ anddemanding to be traded- warning all potentialtrade partners hewanted a new contract

featuring guaranteedmoney. Otherwise,don’t waste his time be-cause he already hasplenty of money andwould sit out next sea-son to make his point.

A lesser playercouldn’t have gottenaway with it. Brown,however, is a four-timeall-pro wideout with ProFootball Hall of Famecredentials who’s smartand brave enough tochallenge the system.‘Mr. Big Chest,’ indeed.When the Steelers at-tempted to trade Brownto Buffalo, he told Pitts-burgh to kick rocks.

In the end, Brownwas traded to Oakland,but not before receivinga new, three-year, $50million deal featuring$30 million in guaran-teed money when hisPittsburgh contract fea-tured 0 (zero) guaran-teed dollars. Sometimes,you just have to step outon faith the way Browndid. You can hate theplayer, but don’t hatethe game.

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