Author: Ava Yurchison
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Deaf Culture- Silent but Beautiful
By Ava Yurchison Rayburn Boland was born deaf to two deaf parents and a slew of deaf family members, and attended mainstream schooling until he was 8 years old. At that point, Boland’s parents felt that the mainstream education wasn’t fit for him any longer, because Boland was exceeding in the classroom faster than his…
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New Paltz Resident Finds Fresh Start as Taxi Driver
By Ava Yurchison Tina Marie Clayborne had no idea what she was in for as she entered her champagne-colored 2005 Saturn minivan. With her studded, pink Samsung Galaxy in hand, Clayborne set out to pick up a group of college students in the heart of Newburgh. The students, with slurred syllables, had called…