Chapter 128: Chapter 38: The Birth of a Scumbag

Dressed in pure black crew-neck T-shirts, durable blue jeans, and a pair of ash-gray sneakers, Tommy, Jason, Holly, Mark, and Susan leaned on the hood of Tommy's vintage car covered in fancy graffiti, gazing at the camera with a gentle yet firm look.

The photographer from The Stanford Daily adjusted the lens and finally pressed the shutter.

The Stanford Daily is the university newspaper of Stanford University, run by a publishing company operated by Stanford students. It has a modest circulation of about four to five thousand copies, mainly targeting students and faculty of the university, relying on donations and advertising for its main revenue.

It's a serious newspaper, not like the kind Tommy saw at Lincoln High School, which only recorded the amusing happenings on campus.

The style of the paper changes with the graduation of its editors-in-chief, for instance, resembling The Washington Post in the past two years, and now, it seems more like USA Today.