September 13, 2007
OC Blog: Cal State Fullerton Anniversary Celebration
Vikki Vargas
ORANGE COUNTY, calif. -- Tom Green flagged me down in a Brea parking lot yesterday. Dr. Tom Green. Actually, he's a dentist.
"Hey, Vikki Vargas, with Channel 4 News."
I know from experience this can go one of three ways. Either the person despises television news, is enthralled with what we do, or is enamoured with the idea of television.
I waited for his next sentence.
"We went to school together."
Ah, some relief. This narrows it down to high school or college.
"Class of '81...Cal State Fullerton."
This brought a smile. I remember there were about 25,000 or so students at the University back then -- upwards of 36,000 now, so being named on sight is quite a compliment.
We talked a few minutes about how we both stayed in the OC, how he visits the campus often.
Then I mentioned I am chairing the school's 50th anniversary celebration, which kicks off this weekend.
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The small talk over, I finally asked if he had been a communications major.
"No. Biology."
That would explain why we never met.
I hope to see all you Titans this weekend.