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...Still, some undergraduates have managed to find a silver lining. On the website CollegeCandy.com, a student columnist from the University of Colorado at Boulder noted Monday that nerves about the outbreak may get students off the hook for skipping class. "While the rest of the world is freaking out, I couldn't be happier," she wrote. "The swine flu is the perfect excuse for just about anything this week and I plan to milk it for all it's worth...
...change in gender perception may also be a factor. While girls still make up 95% of children at orphanages, Josh Zhong, director of Chinese Children Adoption International in Centennial, Colorado, says that, too, has shifted. "People's attitude toward having girls is changing dramatically," Zhong says. "I have friends [in China] who have girls, and they are just so excited." It's part of a shift that, for the visible future, is keeping more of China's children closer to home...
...while New Hampshire implements its new policy, many are wary of the slowly growing movement toward pay-for-rescue schemes. Howard Paul, former president of the Colorado Search and Rescue Board, worries that people will hesitate to call for help if they know it will come with a price tag. He points to numerous anecdotes in which people, fearing costs, have refused rescue despite grim injuries: a climber who hobbled down a 3,000-ft. mountain with a broken ankle; a woman who set out on her own to locate her missing husband; a lost and bewildered runner...
...Going out into the real world next year, Witt has been accepted into a fellowship in politics in which he’ll be splitting time between Colorado and Washington, D.C. He also had an offer to return to the Wall Street firm where he interned last summer. Eventually he wants to go to law school...
Rocky Mountain High. At Colorado's Mesa Verde National Park, there's a two-night Indian Arts and Culture Festival package at the Far View Lodge, which includes a half-day ranger-guided tour of Cliff Palace and Chapin Mesa sites. Priced at $399, including full breakfast, the package is only valid for arrivals...