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Raider Victory
Lone Star North
Eliza Jipp, a freshman
at CRHS, was at the game
cheering on her team from
the stands. “I really enjoyed the game, not only
because we won, but it
was fun seeing my friends,
from both Cedar Ridge and
Stony Point, play on the
field.” Stony Point is one of
our biggest rivals, so it was
great to see our boys beat
Cyrena Matingou
them through a wellCedar Ridge H. S.
earned win. Eliza says that
The Cedar Ridge her favorite moment from
Raiders’ Freshman base- the game was when “the
ball team played the Stony bases were loaded and
Point Tiger’s Freshman one of our players stepped
baseball team at Cedar up to the plate and hit a
Ridge High School (CRHS). triple. All of the players ran
The game began at 5:30 on home and the crowd was
Friday, March 31 and ecstatic.” This was our last
ended when Cedar Ridge time playing Stony Point in
had 12 points and Stony the district season, but the
Point had 2. Because of Cedar Ridge baseball playthe 10-point gap, the ers have more games to
game was ended early.
come. Go Raiders!
end of qualification
matches, which was an improvement since the previous competition. We were
picked to be on the sixth
seat alliance and advanced
to quarterfinals before we
were eliminated.
Woodie Flowers, the
Executive Advisory Board
Co-Chair and Distinguished Advisor of First
Robotics, attended the
Quinn Langford
competition on Sunday.
Cedar Ridge H. S.
He was able to sign our
From March 30th- robot and presented our
April 2nd, College Park High main mentor, Susan Rich,
School in The Woodlands, a with the Woodie Flowers
suburb of Houston, Texas, Award, an achievement
hosted the First Robotics for outstanding mentors.
Lone Star North Regional Our team also had the
Competition. 32 teams honor of winning the
from four states and three Chairman's Award, which
countries competed, includ- is awarded to a team who
ing my team, the Lady Cans is a model to other teams
of Austin, Texas. Our robot and spreads the message
ranked number 16 at the of First Robotics.
Urban Music Festival
Damon Luckett II
Hays High School
This weekend, I went
to the Urban Music Festival.
Urban Music Festival is an
event in Austin, Texas that
happens during the Clyde
Littlefield Texas Relays. The
music festival features
stages that focus specifically
on R&B, Jazz, Indie Soul,
Neo Soul, and showcases
local and unsigned artists.
The concert is family
friendly and is a lot of fun.
Unfortunately, it's only active for two days.
On Friday, the performers were LeToya
Luckett, TONY! TONI!
TONE!, MC Lyte, and TROY
NoKA. On Saturday, the
performers were Keith
Sweat, The Whispers,
Althea Rene, Kyle Turner,
and Michael Ward. Even
though I only made it to
the Friday concert, it was
worth it. My family and I
were out all evening. We
had a great time.
2017 Urban Music Festival - Pictured above is R&B Artist Latoya
My cousin, LeToya Luckett and back up dancers. Photo by Damon Luckett II
Luckett, did a great job!
She was one of the first She performed my favor- killed it! I'm proud of her such a good show. We are
performers to go on stage. ite song by her, "Torn", and and her brother for having a talented family and she
TORCH Wordy Girls:
Thunder Rose
Join us Sunday,
April 9th from 1:00 PM
to 3:00 PM at the
Bookwom, 5501 N
Lamar Blvd. Austin,
Texas for the next
TORCH Wordy Girls
group reading of THUNDER ROSE by Jerdine
Nolen. Wordy Girls – Saturday, April 15, 2017
Where Black girls and
11:00 AM | 2:00 PM
friends can read, write,
and play!
Door Prizes, Refreshments, and Activities. Free and Open to
the Public.
For more information isit their website
www.torchliteraryarts.org
ROSES 7th
Annual
Community
Easter Egg
Hunt
THE VILLAGER/April 7, 2017~ Page 5
Loyalty In Literature
Loyalty in literature
has been a characteristic
used by authors for centuries. Two stories that use
loyalty as a characteristic
of its characters are
“Antigone” by Sophocles
and “Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare.
In
the
plays,
“Antigone” and “Julius
Caesar,” loyalty is an attribute that certain people
possess
or
lack.
“Antigone’s” Creon and
“Julius Caesar’s” Brutus
both perceive loyalty as
thinking of other people
and not turning their back
on them. However, their
views differ in the fact that
Creon thought being demanding and ruthless was
for the good of his people.
On the other hand, Brutus
did the things he did out
of loyalty to Rome’s legacy
and power.
In “Julius Caesar,”
Brutus says, “I would not,
Cassius, yet I love him
well.” In this line, Brutus
shows loyalty to Caesar by
telling Cassius that he respects and loves Caesar.
However, later in the play,
Brutus would be one of
the conspirators to murder Caesar. This act was
not done out of jealousy or
hatred towards Caesar.
Brutus felt that Caesar
wasn’t serving Rome the
correct way and the only
way to take that power
away from him was to kill
him. Brutus showed loyalty to Rome, however,
this required him to turn
his back on Caesar for the
good of the people.
In “Antigone,” Creon
says, “I am aware, of
course, that no Ruler can
expect complete loyalty
from his subjects until he
has been tested in office.”
In this statement, Creon is
speaking about how he
will soon gain everyone’s
loyalty when he proves he
is a good ruler. However,
his subjects soon turn on
him and lose respect for
him when he sentences
Antigone to death. Creon,
as a result, turns cruel and
feels that his city has betrayed him. He even turns
on his own son who was
trying to warn his father
about the people of the
city. This sudden change in
behavior shows that Creon
lacked loyalty to his family
and to his people.
Loyalty is perceived
in many different ways in
literature. However, it
stays consistent in the way
that loyalty can be damaged through betrayal and
a lust for power or control.
definitely put light on the
family name. She had a
great performance and I
hope she can perform in
Austin again.
MC Lyte is one of the
greatest MC's of all time.
She performed her verse
from the hit song, " SelfDestruction" and a had
help from a woman from
the some audience. After
that song, She performed,
"Ruff Neck". She also
freestyled to show the audience she hasn't lost her
touch. Great all out performance.
Last but not least,
Tony! Toni! Tone! performed. They had everyone on their feet. They
performed their hit, "It
Never Rains". That was my
favorite song of the whole
performance. They did a
good job as well.
I didn't see TROY
NoKA due to my arrival.
Everyone's performance
that I did see was great.
The audience was energetic. Everyone was happy.
The food was good too.
If you have a camera,
make sure to bring that to
the concert. I brought my
camera and took some
good pictures. You could
take pictures of the show.
You could take pictures of
downtown from the field.
You could also take pictures of the people.
Urban Music Festival
was great. I advise anyone
who's interested in R&B,
Jazz, Indie Soul, Neo Soul,
Gospel, and or Hip Hop to
go see the show. This is an
annual event. This is also
a two day event. It will be
back next year so visit the
Urban Music Festival for
great music and a Great
Time!
Ira “T.J.” Williams
Cedar Ridge H. S.
We are gearing up for our ROSES 7th Annual Community Easter Egg Hunt! Grab your kids, and their baskets and “hop” on down to Alamo Park! There will be
prizes, snacks, money filled eggs, a “bounce house” and
tons of fun!! We will even have a special appearance by
the Easter Bunny!!
All children 12 years of age and under are welcome. Parents MUST accompany their children. Children will be divided into age groups to make the hunt
fair and enjoyable for every child. We will have prizes
for the girl and boy from each age division who finds the
most eggs. We will provide refreshments to all children
that attend. The age groups are as follows:
Ages 0-2
Ages 3-5
Ages 6-8
Ages 9-12
We will also have a Silent Auction for “unique” Easter Baskets for parents. The baaskets are donated by
individuals, business owners and groups with goodies,
gift certificates, and gifts of all sorts! All proceeds go to
ROSES to assist in the Annual Back To School Drive,
which provides 1,000 students with FREE backpacks
and school supplies!