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      Misfire at Miss America? (STORIFY)

      Sam Vargas, News Editor|September 24, 2013

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      Sam Vargas, a major contributor to the Golden Veins section of Achona as a student in Creative Writing in Fall 2012, joined the Honors Journalism Class...

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