<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/summer-1997/best-la-blues.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>The Best of the L.A. Blues</title><excerpt>Brian Bixler ’92 is proud to dress in blue these days–he graduated number one in his class from the Los Angeles Police Academy. The All-American and number two all time performer in the pole vault at Westmont says he’s “glad for the opportunity to influence kids on the edge” as he patrols his beat in Hollywood.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
            
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