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Hello! I graduated from Pomona College in May 2024, where I studied philosophy, international relations and neuroscience.
I am currently based in College Park, MD and just started as a contributor to the College Park Here & Now. I grew up in between Maryland and Vermont.
Below are a selection of publications from the past year and half. I have also highlighted some photo and video journalism.
The U.S. Holocaust Museum biographies lack a byline , they were edited by Museum editors and historians before posting, but I created the first drafts by interviews (none of the survivors had previously formally donated testimony) and fact-checking historical resources.
Drop me a line for any reason at hcfrasure@gmail.com.
Up to 65% of apartment buildings in College Park could be exempt from a 3% rent cap that the Prince George's County Council is poised to approve this month. [THIS IS A PIECE INVOLVING DATA ANALYSIS THAT I CONDUCTED ALONE.]
A yellow rope noose was found hanging from a tree near the Paint Branch Trail in Lakeland on June 2, according to Prince George’s County Park Police. [PHOTO IS MINE AFTER I DISCOVERED THE OBJECT, WRITING IS NOT MINE.]
Mark was born on September 12, 1933 in Dnipropetrovsk, Soviet Ukraine (present day Dnipro, Ukraine) to Grigory and Eve (née Litvinskaya) Khazanov. Grigory and Eve married in 1925 and Eve gave birth to their first son, Simon, in 1926.
Joan Da Silva was born Jonata Abend on May 31, 1937 in Przemyśl, Poland to Shmulek and Sala Abend (née Adolf). Joan's father Shmulek was born to Polish Jewish immigrants in New York, but the family returned to Poland a few years after his birth. At home the Abend family spoke Polish.
A feature-length story in the "World News" section. The failure of Lebanese politicians to reform the country’s banking secrecy law perfectly highlights how corruption fuels one of the worst financial crises in the world.
Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August 2021, the regime has put in place a series of policies severely restricting independent media and giving it all but total control over news outlets and their content.
Around the Claremont Colleges, anonymous posters denouncing Chinese policies and politicians have gone up and down since mid-October, as some students on campus find themselves disillusioned with the trajectory of the Chinese government.
Ania Drimer was born Franciszka Silbiger on April 16, 1942 to Adam and Ernestine (née Berglas) Silbiger. She was born in a Soviet forced labor camp (gulag) in the interior of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR or Soviet Union) in a town called Kharitonovo, near the Arctic Circle.
A recent breakthrough in the study of human brain organoids should turn our attention away from whether ChatGPT is conscious to whether these organoids are. In her column this week, Hannah Frasure PO '24 explains why.
On April 5, local police arrested 20 student demonstrators at Pomona College on different charges. This video shows that day's events as they took place. All the footage from the police department, including the release of the students, is mine.