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May 08, 2008
UCSC alumnus wins annual student-journalism award from Chronicle of Higher Education
Sam Laird--a 2007 UCSC graduate with a degree in American Studies--has been awarded the fifth annual "David W. Miller Award for Student Journalists" by the <i>Chronicle of Higher Education</i>. Laird received the $2,500 prize for three articles he had pu
April 02, 2008
Maximum Fun: Alum Jesse Thorn woos young listeners with a new brand of radio show
Jesse Thorn (B.A. American studies, Porter '03) has gone national with "The Sound of Young America," which first aired at UCSC in 1999.