Diane Dunn knew her long-lost harp was somewhere behind Yorba Linda Street’s mile of locked doors. So she started ringing doorbells. She had recently found her first clues in 40 years: the street name, and an empty harp case with her name on it. Diane Dunn’s search for her lost harp didn’t end on Yorba...
‘Love, Laughter and Dreams’: Celebrating 65 years of marriage
In a 1947 Chicago suburb, a female lifeguard showed a young man just back from two years in the Navy how to do a reverse dive into the community pool. Now, the two are celebrating 65 years of marriage and the 12 children, 39 grandchildren, and 18 great-grandchildren their family has grown to include. “She...
Backpacking, hitchhiking, and freeze-dried dinners
The air sits on the tongue like a menthol cough drop, and two hikers inhale as they ford a river of glacial runoff. It’s a summer day in Iceland, with the temperature hovering at 40 degrees and the sky a pastel blue framing nebulous clouds. The hikers are hoping, most of all, not to freeze....
Honoring alumni achievements
As homecoming celebrated its 100th year and the alumni association celebrated its 150th year, the alumni board held its annual alumni awards banquet last Friday to honor three distinguished alumni and one honorary alumnus. The recipients, David Hough, Kevin Shinkle ’87, Beth Deer Walker ’87, and Hans Zeiger ’07, are thriving in their respective fields...
Freshman wins gold in Ultimate Frisbee World Championships, looks to Olympics next
Freshman Jordan Monnin loves wearing jerseys from different countries’ national ultimate frisbee teams — he owns jerseys from Russia, Taiwan, New Zealand, and Canada, among others. While they are for sale across the internet and in specialty stores around the world, he did not buy them. Instead, he traded his own Team USA jerseys for...




