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Harvard Grad Student Becomes First Active Military Member Crowned Miss America Harvard Grad Student Becomes First Active Military Member Crowned Miss America
Harvard Grad Student Becomes First Active Military Member Crowned Miss America A graduate student at Harvard has made history as the first active duty member of the military to be crowned Miss America. Madison Marsh, who is working on her master's degree in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and currently a graduate intern with Harvard Medical School, was crowned on Sunday, Jan. 14. She is also the reigning Miss Colorado.  The 22-year-old graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in physics in 2023, according to her pageant bio. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Miss Ameri…

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Somerville Supports Trans Gunshot Survivor Somerville Supports Trans Gunshot Survivor
Somerville Supports Trans Gunshot Survivor A trans gunshot survivor described as "a light in this world" has received tens of thousands of dollars and an outpouring of emotional support from their Somerville community. Vic Hogg, of Somerville, was sitting in their car after Christmas shopping in Michigan on Dec. 23 when two men approached Hogg, pointing a gun at them, according to a GoFundMe fundraiser for Hogg. Hogg was shot while attempting to drive away from the men.  "I stepped on the gas and spun out on the ice," Hogg wrote in a Facebook post. "The first guy opened the door and tried to pull me out. I fought him off and as…

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by Morgan Gonzales
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Harvard Grad Student, 32, Died In Police Custody While On Indonesian Honeymoon Harvard Grad Student, 32, Died In Police Custody While On Indonesian Honeymoon
Harvard Grad Student, 32, Died In Police Custody While On Indonesian Honeymoon A 32-year-old transgender Harvard student died earlier this month from alleged police misconduct while on a honeymoon in Indonesia, his family said.  Rodrigo Ventocilla Ventosilla, a Peruvian-born Kennedy School graduate student, was arrested on a drug possession charge when he landed in Bali on Aug, 6, the Harvard Crimson reported. He was dead five days later. His spouse, Sebastián Marallano, and family say the outspoken trans-activist's death is the result of "racial discrimination and transphobia," and they demand a thorough investigation and independent autopsy.  Rodrigo Ventocilla …

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by Josh Lanier