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A L U M N I I N T H E N E W S C O N T D .Milwaukee, Wis., March 1, 2004Milwaukee Journal SentinelCity water, taxes divide 1 st District candidates:Hamilton, Varnado vie for Pratt’s old seatAshanti Hamilton, a 2003 Thurgood MarshallSchool of Law graduate, is running for aldermanin Milwaukee’s 1 st District. Hamilton is anattorney and former legislative aide to the city’sActing Mayor Marvin Pratt.Houston, February 29, 2004, Houston ChronicleKhan tries to unseat DuttonState Rep. Harold Dutton, a 1966 graduate ofTSU, drew an opponent in the Democraticprimary who claimed the legislator was unresponsiveto his district’s needs. Dutton wenton to defeat his opponent Chand Khan in theelection. Dutton also earned his J.D. from TSUin 1991.Houston, February 29, 2004, Houston ChronicleGuzman challenged by OliverIncumbent Justice Eva Guzman was in a contestwith lawyer and TSU alum Lloyd WayneOliver in the Republican primary for Place 9on the Houston-based 14 th Court of Appeals.Oliver earned his J.D. from TSU in 1976.Houston, February 29, 2004, Houston ChronicleAllen challenges WilsonLongtime legislator Ron Wilson was embroiledin a contest with state school board memberand TSU alum Alma A. Allen in the Democraticprimary race to represent Texas House District131. Allen holds a bachelor of science degreeand a master of education degree from TSU.Allen defeated Wilson in the election.Houston, February 21, 2004, Houston ChronicleDebate teams go urban; Grants help toestablish programs across stateShera Carter, once a member of TSU’sacclaimed debate team, was featured in astory about the growing popularity of highschool debate teams. Carter teaches debate atHouston’s Jones High School; she establishedthe squad just two years ago. In that time,however, the 14-member has team won 21 trophies.Houston, February 19, 2004Houston ChronicleIn honor of community service, outreach/Wheeler Baptist women’sguild names Impact award recipientsBillie Joe Johnson was honored with theWheeler Avenue Impact Award for her“impact” on the community.Rosenberg, Texas, February 8, 2004Herald-CoasterSt. John’s UMCTSU alum Vickie Keys presented a studyentitled “Exodus, The Journey to Freedom,”paralleling the Israelites’ slavery in the Bible tothe African-Americans enslaved in the UnitedStates and how African-American Methodistshave dealt with racism in the Methodist familyat the United Methodist Women’s general meeting.Beaumont, Texas, February 4, 2004, KBMT-TV,Channel 12KBMT News @ 6 p.m.TSU alum Rep. Joe Deshotel was the focus ofa Black History Month piece profiling AfricanAmericans in the community.Houston, January 2, 2004, Houston ChronicleRumor has Hall on mayoral staffThis article addressed the rumors that MayorBill White (who, at the time, was mayor-elect)would hold on to city attorney and TSU alumAnthony Hall as a key member of his newadministration. Hall earned a law degree fromTSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law. Heserved as a state representative from 1973 to1979, as a councilman from 1979 to 1989 and aschairman of the Metropolitan Transit Authorityfrom 1990 to 1992.Buffalo, N.Y., January 8, 2004Lockport Union-Sun & JournalLearn about customer serviceDavid Rosenwasser, a TSU Thurgood MarshallSchool of Law graduate, and president of theNiagara Tourism and Convention Corp. teachesa customer service course at the Kenan Centerin Lockport, N.Y.GENERATIONS OF PRIDE • Summer 2004 17