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Theater student's play to be performed at Kennedy Center January 2011 MiraCosta College theater student Sassan Saffari (pictured far left) is the recipient of the Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival's Award and scholarship for his play "Beacons of Hope." Saffari, a graduate of the college's Actor's Academy, is one of only four undergraduate students nationwide to receive this honor. His play will be performed in concert reading format at the Kennedy Center on January 31 as part of The Presidency of John F. Kennedy: A 50th Anniversary Celebration and simulcast online. The piece blends history and fiction, illustrating a conversation between the late president and his father during a Red Sox - Yankees game, a topic close to Boston-born Saffari's heart.
Community College literary-art magazine wins national honors January 2011 The American River Review, a literary-art magazine at American River College, was recently named "Most Outstanding Community College Literary-Art Magazine for 2010" and "First Place with Special Merit" by the American Scholastic Press Association. Also in 2010, the publication was the only community college literary-art magazine to receive a 2010 Gold Crown Award by Columbia Scholastic Press and a Magazine Pacemaker Award from Associated College Press. The magazine is published annually by students in the English department.