Charges stem from kissing incident at school

by Beth Maples-Bays
Equality Herald - Editor and Publisher

UNIONVILLE - A 16-year-old lesbian Bedford County student faces potential rape charges stemming from a kissing incident at Community High School (CHS) in Unionville. Reports indicate that Jane Doe Minor (not her real name) is currently being held in the Bedford County Juvenile Detention Center pending a hearing before General Sessions Court Judge Charles L. Rich. The proceedings are scheduled to take place on Monday, April 7, in Shelbyville, the Bedford County seat.

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The U.T. School of Journalism and Electronic Media is hosting a "Public Conversation on Web Journalism," beginning Thursday, April 3rd and continuing on Friday, April 4th at the U.T. Black Cultural Center.

There will be open forum panel discussions on a variety of topics related to web journalism and publishing, featuring a a diverse group of professionals and academics with a wide variety of backgrounds and experiences. I have been invited to participate on two of the panels.

Panel discussions are open to the public and admission is free.

The Tennessee Journalist has more details:

• Washington Post exec to headline April conference

• Tentative schedule for the Public Conversation of Web Journalism conference, April 3-4

• Guess who's coming to dinner? Participants in the Public Conversation Conference

An official Knox County Election Notice:

Election Notice
State & Federal Primary
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Offices open for this election:
•U.S. Senate
•U.S. House of Representatives: District 2
•Tennessee Senate: District 6
•Tennessee House of Representatives:
Districts 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
Candidate Qualifying Deadline: April 3 at 12 Noon

The afternoon of April 3 could be interesting.

The tangled web of rules thats got the Democrats in such a pickle didnt happen over night.For years the nomination had been WON early in the contest & the status quo enveloped the rules.

Some have argued that,in '92,Bill Clinton didn't win the nomination till June.I would argue that indeed Clinton didnt get the required delegates to clinch the nomination till June BUT he WON the nomination earlier by winning the NY primary.

Thats my point.After NY Bill Clinton was winning primaries over Jerry Brown with 70 to 80% of the vote.But because of the delegate selection rules it took Clinton a month & 1/2 to go over the top.

One could ask..What if Brown had won NY? My answer..we would have been in the same pickle we are in now.However the status quo is not interested in what if.So we kept the delegate selection rules as they were.The result of that,as adanovi has pointed out,here in the 2nd district of Tn.Clinton wins 58%..Obama 40%..but tied 2-2 in delegates.In Ohio Clinton wins big but only gets a net gain of 9 delegates;In Wisconsin Obama wins big but only gets a net gain of 10 delegates.The rules make it real real hard for a candidate to make any headway.

With respect to the super delegates..the status quo figured the convention dont matter,therefore delegates dont matter..so lets make every self important tom dick & harry in the party a super delegate.
The result is there are as many super delegates as there are elected delegates from NY+Tx+Cal.So if the race is tight there are not enough elected delegates to allow a candidate to clinch the nomination without winning the super delegates.

Futhermore,in Mich & Fla,the Democratic leadership bought into the status quo.It will be over Feb 5th..get a little piece of the action by moving up our primaries contrary to party rules but it wont matter because the winner Feb 5th will seat our delegations.Both states gambled & lost betting on the status quo & right now have 0 delegates.

I've kept up with the rules over the years because I have supported candidates that have tried to blow up a front runner late in the game(Brown'76,Kennedy'80 & Hart'84)& one that turned the rules upside down & won the nomination(McGovern'72).

So I've been aware for a long time that two candidates could stalemate & the candidate with the sharpest floor organization would win the nomination.

The tangled web of the status quo has got us in a pickle thats been years in the making.

6 cities that were caught shortening yellow light times for profit.

Both Nashville and Chattanooga are on the list. Surely this couldn't happen in Knoxville?

Concept / Execution, The University of Tennessee’s 61st Annual Student Art Competition, at the Ewing Gallery closes today at 5:00 PM. March 27.

It is one of the oldest student competitions in the United States, the exhibit features juried artworks in all media. You can see other photos from this exhibition on the Ewing page on Art Museum Touring.com (Link...).

The Ewing Gallery is located in the Art and Architecture Building at 1715 Volunteer Boulevard on The University of Tennessee campus and is open free to the public Monday-Friday, 10:00 AM-5:00 PM.

Sherrie

Wonderful.

Since when has sidewalk maintenance been considered a priority in this area? I suspect the vast majority of Knoxville pedestrians are much more troubled by the inadequacies of the sidewalk system than they are by a few pieces of art displayed thereon.

The passionate debate between the Democratic presidential candidates is putting important and long ignored issues back on the front burner of American politics, raising the consciousness of voters frustrated with the sound bite status quo and empty campaign sloganeering.

No better examples can be found than the latest developments from both camps: