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Olmec head made out of volcanic rock turns 10

October 29, 2014February 25, 2020 The Guardsman olmec head, volcanic rock, art, El Rey, artists, Statue, diego rivera, Will Maynez, pacifica, muralist, aztec calendar, Latin America, nathaniel y. downes, Frida Kahlo Garden, mary strope, theatre, Mission Center

By Mary Strope The Guardsman Nestled in the Frida Kahlo Garden courtyard adjacent to Ocean Campus’ Diego Rivera Theatre sits

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Al Jazeera premieres documentary on youth

September 17, 2014February 25, 2020 The Guardsman Jazeera, 16, film, nursing school, premieres, producer, new york, christina, maurice, alex gibney, documentary, Edge of Eighteen, 18, Gibney, bullying, edge, chicago, director, violence, of, mary, Alexandra, mary strope, eighteen, strope, Peloso, high school, Al Jazeera America TV, poverty, review, Pollard, Sam, body images issues, pregnancy, youth, kid, alex, body, pregnancies, tv, kids, Al, issues, teen pregnancies, school, seniors

The diverse group of teenagers in Al Jazeera America’s new documentary TV series “Edge of 18” come from different backgrounds. But as they face independence, they all have one thing in common – intense, escalating pressure.

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Diversity Collaborative threatened by budget cuts

May 7, 2014February 25, 2020 The Guardsman class cuts, santiago mejia, mary strope, Diversity Collaborative, cancellations, downsizing, budget cuts

“The overall picture is that most of the students taking these courses have histories of not doing well academically,” Torres said.

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Actors breathe new life into Shakespeare classic

March 16, 2014February 25, 2020 The Guardsman play, diego rivera theatre, Ekevara Kitpowsong, mary strope, the tempest, william shakespeare

If you’re going to get shipwrecked, it might as well happen on a mysterious island where nothing is as it seems.