When the Khmer Rouge burned down Chrok Romeat village, 24-year-old Zahrah Sos, her husband, son and newborn daughter traveled to the countryside. It was 1973, and the beginning of a horrific era in Cambodia. Pol Pot, the leader of the Khmer Rouge, was gradually gaining power. Zahrah and her devout Muslim family ended up living […]
October 25, 2012
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July 6, 2011 Ron Thomas woke up at 3:30 a.m. to his blaring ringtone. Bad news. Half awake, Ron knew it could only be bad news. Looking at his phone, he saw it was his daughter Christina calling. “What, Tina?” “Kelly’s been beaten up,” his daughter said crying. “It looks like he’s going to die.”
September 11, 2012
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A Cal State Fullerton computer science master’s student wrote a program that accurately tracks parking statistics on all CSUF parking structures.
May 15, 2012
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Blake Danford has two alter egos. There is Danford, a 17-year-old high school student who is gay and trying to make it through his senior year. Then there is Rhea Sunshyne, a drag queen who is confident, sexy and outrageous. “My drag persona is a character. She isn’t who I really am, so to speak. […]
March 15, 2012
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Catherine VanRiette decided to go back to school immediately after her son turned his tassel at his UCLA graduation ceremony. She was 42 years old.
October 27, 2012
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