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Fashioning a cause

Makeovers, clothes help women get ready for interviews during economic hardships

For one day, sophomore Karla Alvarado felt like Rachel Zoe, the Hollywood “it” stylist to the stars. Her client, Flor Anorve, enters the stage to the pulsating beat of Lady Gaga’s “Just Dance.” Anorve stands proud, shoulders back, and struts onto the catwalk in a striking black skirt suit, stilettos, and beaded necklace with her dark hair slicked into a low ponytail. “This is my client, Flor, and she is interviewing to become a fitness manager or instructor,” Alvarado says to the audience of friends and family. Full story

New chancellor hired

After a months-long nationwide search for a new district chancellor, the board of trustees approved the hiring of a career education administrator from Stockton Calif. Raul Rodriguez, who ran San Joaquin’s community college district and served as president of San Joaquin Delta College, replaces Eddie Hernandez, who retired after 13 years.

Secrets of the Silk Road revealed

Three well-preserved mummies exhibited for the first time outside of Asia are now on display at the Bowers Museum. The mummies have European features and Western artifacts were found buried with them. Nearly 4,000 years old, the flaxen-haired Beauty of Xiaohe lies wrapped in a finely-made woolen shroud above a boat-shaped coffin made of curved poplar flanks.

New veterans center open for business

After twelve years in the Navy, Jeremy Roybal wanted to go to college. Under the G.I. Bill, Roybal was entitled to education benefits that would cover his tuition, but couldn’t access them without submitting an education plan to the Veterans Administration.