A Maverick at the LA Times
Dot Cannon
August 13, 2010
Tony Pierce discovered his passion for journalism in the middle of a party. Well, sort of. Pierce, who is the LA Times’ blog editor, told the Newspapers2 class on Wednesday that he’d attended UC Santa Barbara, rather than UCLA, because he thought he would study more. What he found instead, Pierce... Read more »
Features Editor Finds Human Approach
August 13, 2010
Teen is national fencing champion
Christina Ko
August 13, 2010
When Jenn Horowitz, 14, started fencing at the age of 9, she had no idea that she would become the best female fencer of the Y14 age division in the nation. It began as a hobby; now it is a lifestyle. “I started fencing because when I was 9, my 7-year-old brother Charlie’s favorite hobby became hitting... Read more »
Teen strives for the simple life
Meghan Legg
August 13, 2010
Asleep between her floral green sheets, Cinthia Gonzalez dreams of the spiritual Mother Earth. Mother Earth leans down and whispers to Gonzalez, preaching minimalism and charity. Gonzalez listens, turns in her bed and begins striving to “live a simple life, giving to the community,” having done so... Read more »
California high school student volunteers at Cambodian orphanage
Madeline Perrault
August 13, 2010
Mayfield Senior School junior, Alana Victor, traveled across the world changing lives April. Victor and ten of her classmates visited the Sprouting Knowledge Orphanage (SKO) in Battambang, a province in Cambodia. There, the volunteers used their fundraising money toward buying cots, water purifiers,... Read more »
Teacher Gives History of Newspapers2
August 13, 2010
Atia spreads her passion for science
Daniel Becker, Claire Song and Josephine Lien
August 13, 2010
“Say ‘park’ backward!” “KRAP, KRAP, KRAP!” Kristine Atia overhears some amusing conversations while working at the young scientists’ camp this summer at California State University Long Beach. “The kids are really fun, I don’t know what they will say,” Atia said. “Everyday is different.” Atia... Read more »
Forbidden Love at CSULB
Christina Ko, Priscilla Peralta and Griselda Acosta
August 12, 2010
Vergil and Marybelle Munoz, a content Filipino couple who work in the maintenance and financial aid departments of California State University, Long Beach, have a back story. “I met Vergil in the Philippines through my brother; he was my brother’s best friend. He started courting me when our families... Read more »
LA Times blog editor electrifies audience
Alana Victor, Leanna Bishop, and Nancy Herrera
August 12, 2010
Shocking the students of Newspapers2 with his high voltage personality, LA Times Blogger, Tony Pierce shed a new light on the ‘blogosphere’. Although he admitted, “most blog writers are losers in pajamas sitting in their basements,” he wanted to spread the word that there are still “some really... Read more »
Young vegetarian plans meals around ideals
Jessica Kwok
August 12, 2010
Four girls sit at a table, laughing and joking over their lunch. But while three are eating hamburgers, the fourth is cheerfully chowing down on a burger that consists of only bread, lettuce and tomatoes, but no meat patty. Although meals without meat may seem unappealing to most, Claire Song, a junior... Read more »
