A victory of the mind and the heart: Chess coach Salome Thomas-El watched three young men he had mentored for a decade graduate from Kutztown University.

From: The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA) | Date: May 14, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Susan Snyder

May 14--The skies turned black yesterday as the three young men in their Kutztown University graduation gowns and tasseled hats searched the crowd for their mentor and former middle school chess coach, Salome Thomas-El. Just as Earl Jenkins, Demetrius Carroll and Nathan Durant reached the suit-clad Thomas-El and, one by one, embraced him, the skies let loose. "It seems like it rains any time there's a big event," Jenkins said, as he, Carroll, Durant and Thomas-El scurried into a nearby university building, all dripping wet. "You know what my ...

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