Christie Gosch

The Indie Prof: 13 Reasons Why

The Indie Prof: 13 Reasons Why

The story of a high school student who commits suicide is not the kind of material usually targeted for mass consumption; the topic is mostly relegated to the darker edges of the indie world.

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Why is Bluff Lake empty when they just repaired the dam?

Why is Bluff Lake empty when they just repaired the dam?

Just as Bluff Lake was being improved to prevent leaks, the Bluff Lake Nature Center (BLNC) was informed by the state that they would have to drain the lake because the organization has no adjudicated rights to the water that flows into the pond from two storm drainage outfalls.

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The Book Worm

The Book Worm

Punctuated by blistering satire, Paul Beatty’s novel The Sellout is the story of an unnamed, pot-smoking urban farmer in Los Angeles who, by a tragic series of events, becomes the owner of a willing slave.

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This Is What Democracy Looks Like

This Is What Democracy Looks Like

In a sign of the times, a town hall meeting held by State Reps. James Coleman and Leslie Herod and State Sen. Angela Williams had to be relocated from the Whittier Café to a larger space at Manual High School.

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