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...achy joints and feverish dreams. That's when he got suspicious that he had dengue fever, the mosquito-borne virus that, in its deadly form, causes blood to seep from the bloodstream into tissue and eventually from the body's orifices. Several days later, doctors diagnosed the expat aid worker with a milder, non-lethal variation of the disease. Since there are no drugs or vaccines for dengue, Tind Simmons did what some 38,500 infected Cambodians did this year: he drank plenty of water and waited for his bout of "bone-break fever," as the disease is often called...
...said. “Oxford will allow me to try that field in a more intense way and see if it suits me.” The Marshall Scholarship, which funds two years of study at a British university, is funded by the British government in gratitude for American aid to Europe following World War II. Jenny J. Li ’08, who has been roommates with Galbreth since their freshman year in Pennypacker, describes Galbreth as a positive person who is always willing to help others. “She works really hard, and she?...
...important one, and one that can still occur under the new system. For instance, if students wanted to write a thesis in economics and psychology, they could still incorporate elements from both under the purview of a single department. Hopefully, professors and administrators in both departments would advise and aid any eager student in such an endeavor. Furthermore, without joint concentrations, students are not locked into the thesis requirement, even if they complete advanced coursework through a secondary field in a department outside their concentration. That being said, not all departments should rush to end joint concentrations—although...
...applications. Duke officials are uncertain whether the electronic intruder actually acquired the compromised data, but the admissions office has contacted people affected, warning them of the security breach. In one such e-mail sent Tuesday, William J. Hoye, Duke Law’s associate dean of admissions and financial aid, emphasized that while there is “no evidence that the intruders actually downloaded or acquired any of this information...the intruders had the opportunity and the tools to do so.” Admissions officers encouraged those whose Social Security numbers were compromised to closely monitor their credit...
...never want to make any assumptions about students just because they’re on financial aid,” Mueller says. “A student once said to me, ‘no one told me I was poor until I got into Harvard.’ Where this student was from, everyone made $60,000 a year. But at Harvard, suddenly that’s considered poor...