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Christine Scalora is a news-editorial journalism major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She will graduate in December. In college, Scalora’s first journalism experience was covering the 2010 Special Olympics USA National Games, where she produced stories about athletes, fans and volunteers. She also worked for the university’s Office of Undergraduate Studies, where she wrote about undergraduate research projects and students who won nationally competitive scholarships. After a semester at the Daily Nebraskan as a reporter, Scalora reported for the Nebraska News Service. The news service is the College of Journalism and Mass Communication’s student-run wire service covering the Nebraska Legislature. She was the only reporter during the semester, so she had the opportunity to cover a variety of issues during the session. Scalora also interviewed all of the candidates in Nebraska’s 2012 Senate race. Last summer, she had a Dow Jones News Fund copy editing internship at The Daily Journal, Kankakee, Ill. In the fall, Scalora was a reporting fellow at the Omaha World-Herald. Scalora is a member of UNL’s chapter of the American Copy Editors Society and has studied at the University of Oxford.
WASHINGTON – Kadija Ash joined hundreds of others Saturday at one of 100 vigils across the country for Trayvon Martin. “This is the story of my life,” she said. “I have three sons.”
Ash, 62, a D.C. resident who works for the city, said lived through the fear that became reality for Trayvon Martin’s mother. Her sons are now in their 40s. “It didn’t for me, but it could have,” she said.
WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court handed supporters of gay marriage a pair of victories Wednesday on the final day of its term. The Supreme Court ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional and determined that it could not rule on California’s Proposition 8. Both decisions were 5-4. In United States v. Windsor, the DOMA case, Justice Anthony M. Kennedy said the act violated the equal protection clause of the Fifth Amendment. DOMA, enacted in 1996, defines marriage as between one man and one woman.