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...well as many other mature-reader-oriented titles—to move back in with his parents and start from scratch. The goal: become a comic book artist in his own right. The path: quite dark and twisted indeed. Chiang was a trailblazer in his undergrad days as a joint concentrator in English and Visual and Environmental Studies (VES). Chiang entered college thinking that he would be an English concentrator, but wasn’t satisfied with what the department had to offer. At the same time, he started going with friends to local comic book stores like Million Year...
Eighteen college papers published a joint editorial yesterday protesting the forced resignation of the editor-in-chief of the Daily Trojan, the student newspaper of the University of California (USC)—an effort intended to send a message to the USC administration and the collegiate journalism community. The piece, which also ran in The Crimson, opposed the suspension of USC senior Zach Fox’s application seeking reelection to the top content post at the school’s daily paper. Though the paper’s staff supported his election, Fox’s application, which...
Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), which compete with hospital outpatient departments for procedures that don't require overnight stays, like colonoscopies and some joint surgeries, are hollowing out hospitals as well. There are almost 5,000 ASCs today, nearly twice as many as a decade ago. Four in five are at least partly owned by physicians, many in partnership with hospitals seeking to minimize losses. The number of imaging centers has climbed to 6,037, up from 4,159 in 2001, according to the data firm Verispan. The scanning machines are costly to maintain, but once those costs are covered...
...Street, a grid of red-tiled colonial town houses that has evolved into one of the most eclectic entertainment zones in Asia. There's the inevitable Irish pub, numerous spots punning on the Angkor handle (including the semi-satirical Angkor What? Bar) and the Linga Bar, a solitary gay joint. Rather more eccentric, the Dead Fish Tower, besides hosting its very own crocodile pit, promises not to serve dog, cat, rat or worm. And there are some tasteful surprises, like Blue Pumpkin, a café with stark white tables, loungers and beds that are briskly attended by beaming, black-clad...
...presidential search committee, which includes all six Corporation fellows and three overseers, unveiled the list to the 30-member Board of Overseers when the boards held a joint session Sunday afternoon in Loeb House...