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Wolf Return Stirs Up Strong Opinions

Gonzaga University, 2015

The numbers are in and the annual status report released by the Department of Fish and Wildlife on state endangered species reveals that four new packs of gray wolves have established their territory in Washington… Continue reading

Children Crossing the Border, Unaccompanied and Undocumented

American University, 2013

Ricardo Gambetta takes a seat behind a meticulously arranged desk. Pens and pencils are respectively divided between mugs labeled with South and Central American countries. The low rumbling of a nearby train intimates the story featured in the “Which Way Home” DVD lying on his desk. It is a tale of the harrowing journey unaccompanied child migrants make on a freight train across Mexico to the U.S. The documentary highlights a growing crisis on the U.S./Mexico border; the very crisis Gambetta and others are working diligently to end… Continue reading

The Children Magazine’s Perpetual Student

American University, 2013

Eileen O’Tousa-Crowson places the blue porcelain mug on the edge of her desk, its dark, liquid contents never out of reach, as she leans back into the couch. The lurid colors of the National Geographic Kids magazine layouts hanging from the wall offer a stark contrast to the soft light emanating from the lamp on her desk. At ease in her neatly arranged office at the National Geographic Society, she begins to toy with a strand of her blonde hair. Her crossed legs, adorned with black, animal-print tights, and relaxed posture give away no hint of the demanding schedule awaiting her return… Continue reading

Donor speaks on campus, flies under radar

The Gonzaga Bulletin, 2013

A generous member of the Gonzaga community spoke to a crowd of students in the Jepson School of Business Administration on Sept. 11, but unaware of the event, many students didn’t even know that a top GU donor and one of the most important players in the 2008 economic crisis — Angelo Mozilo — was in the building… Continue reading

Rally fights DOMA

The Gonzaga Bulletin, 2013

Brittani Bailey and Christine Kaila’s entwined hands rise up proudly over the crowd. Clad in a T-shirt with the widely popularized pink equal rights symbol printed on the front, Bailey, 22, holds a sign in her spare hand. It declares, in multicolored block letters, the commitment she hopes to one day make to her girlfriend of two-years: “I really want to marry her” with an arrow pointing to Kaila, 23… Continue reading

Guinness World Records

National Geographic Kids, 2013

This dog just might be man’s tiniest friend. Only six inches long, Heaven Sent Brandy holds the record for the smallest dog from nose to tail tip. About the same length as a dollar bill, this little pooch can’t even bark… Continue reading

Guinness World Records

National Geographic Kids, 2013

Harbor the coonhound must be a good listener. With an ear span longer than two feet, the pooch holds the record for the longest ears on a living dog. As a puppy, he used to trip over them! Bred as hunting dogs, coonhounds have long ears to help pick up scents… Continue reading