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Volume 59, Issue 2 - August 28, 2006
Prof writes sci-fi novel

ELIZABETH A. PEREZ/COLLEGIAN

Professor Thomas Fraga’s first novel deals with the mass arrival of aliens on Earth. Fraga teaches music and jazz appreciation.

By Hugo Rodriguez
Staff Writer

Tom Fraga, who teaches music and jazz appreciation at UTB/TSC, has written a science-fiction novel about the mass arrival of aliens on Earth.

“Book One: The Mass Arrival and the End of the Beginning” is one of a four-book series that Fraga plans, titled “Twice Upon a Time: The Epic Novel.”

A science-fiction and “Star Trek” fan, or Trekkie, since childhood, Fraga began studying the paranormal after receiving a doctorate in music from the University of Amsterdam in 1996. read more
 
 
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Student bound for fashion design school to unveil creations
By Marie Melendez
Staff Writer

Junior communication major Carla Rendon will host a fashion show Saturday in the SET-B Lecture Hall.

“The whole reason for this fashion show is because I was accepted to the Brooks College in Long Beach, Calif.,” said Rendon, who likes to call herself Karla Chaos.

She has been trying for a year to get accepted to the college and plans to pursue a degree in fashion design when she starts classes later this fall.

“I have a circus inside I have to spit out sometime,” Rendon said about the fashion show.
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