By all accounts, Dr. Leslie Wong has had a distinguished career in higher education.
After serving as dean of Evergreen State College and provost and interim president at the University of Southern Colorado, Wong was appointed president of Northern Michigan University, a position he held for eight years. In August 2012, Wong became the 13th president
Hours before Texas could carry out the nation’s first execution since Oklahoma botched a lethal injection last month, the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals stayed the execution on grounds that the inmate’s
Police are trying to determine whether a firebombing at the Ramona Gardens
The Anti-Defamation League will present a “stand-up assembly” at Oak Park High School and invite a Holocaust survivor to
SAN FERNANDO >> When Janelly Jimenez was struggling with her grades in her first year of college, she decided to return to the Catholic Church where
Corona del Mar High School has palm trees, ocean breezes and a parking lot where students hustle out of shiny BMWs as they head to class.
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Personally, I’m grateful for Donald Sterling’s retro racism. One glance at this knuckle dragger shows how far most other people have evolved. It’s worth celebrating, particularly in California.
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Los Angeles Clippers co-owner Shelly Sterling said Wednesday that she believes she is legally entitled to maintain ownership of the NBA team and will attempt to do so, even as the pro basketball league pushes to remove her husband from the team he has owned for 33 years.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — Teenagers call it garage hopping. The goal was to sneak into an open garage, steal some beer or other items and slip away into the night. It was dumb and clearly illegal. It was not supposed to be deadly.
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The former lead disciplinarian for the school district where Corona del Mar High School students were conducting an NFL draft-style lottery for prom dates said students there personify Newport Beach’s entitlement culture.
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