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...three- to five-page writing sample specific to the workshop. Often, the intensely personal nature of writing can make rejection from a workshop a singularly bitter experience, and application a sheer emotional impossibility.“The creative writing program discourages up-and-coming writers,” says Ashley R. LaPorte ’10, a prospective English concentrator. “It’s unlike applying to any other course. I feel some of the best writers are really uncomfortable sharing their work.” THE TIME MACHINEUnlike creative writing programs at other Ivies like Princeton...
...Saving an Angel I was appalled to learn from "Pillow Angel Ethics" [Jan. 22] that the parents of Ashley, a severely brain-damaged 9-year-old girl, mutilated her so that she would be less trouble to care for. Removing her uterus and stunting her growth without knowing what potential she might have had through future medical breakthroughs was merely self-interest disguised as love and devotion. Ashley should be placed under protective services to prevent any more atrocious mistreatment. Don Moss, Executive Director United Cerebral Palsy of Illinois Springfield, Illinois...
...body continued to mature. When the decision was made to place her in a facility, it was only because she was almost as tall as my mother and we were no longer able to lift her and provide her with the care she needed. If the options available to Ashley's parents had been available to us in the early 1980s, we would have done the same thing. She might still be alive today had we been able to care for her at home. Please do not condemn Ashley's parents until you have walked in their shoes. Kim Childress...
...Ashley is not an object, something to touch, snuggle, hug and feed. She shouldn't be reduced to a "pillow angel," a sort of living puppet to cuddle. Her parents, with the complicity of an ethics committee, violated not only Ashley's body but also her soul. Do the disabled have to undergo such procedures for their lives to be considered worth preserving? Everyone needs to be respected and loved for who they are. Ashley's case is a sign of the beginning of the end of a civilization. Pietro Dri Porpetto, Italy...
...position, dropped a tight five-game match on the adjacent court to make the remaining encounters must-wins. Grigg quickly dispatched her rival at No. 1, Vaidehi Reddy, 10-8, 9-2, 9-5, to turn all eyes on Duboc, who dropped the opening two games to Ashley Clackson...