EARNIE GRAFTON / Union-Tribune
Gladys A. Williams was a freshman when she joined efforts to bring AKA to San Diego State University. |
OZZIE ROBERTS
Sisters for a century
AKA sorority members look back on 100 years of historic service
Dorothy Smith was a college freshman in Little Rock, Ark., when the historic drama of school desegregation there sealed her resolve to become part of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nation's oldest black sorority. That was more than a half century ago, in 1957.
OBITUARY
Niel Voigt; New Age mystic who lived colorful life on his terms
By John Wilkens
STAFF WRITER
Niel Voigt, a Benedictine monk turned New Age mystic, had been preparing for a decade to “ascend,” to move through spiritual enlightenment to a place beyond this planet, leaving no body behind. When the San Diegan disappeared last April after participating in a “Power of Oneness” ceremony on Mount Shasta, his friends thought maybe it had finally happened. They were happy for him.
