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Since the start of its new campaign, the BGLTSA has highlighted the severity of the problems potentially faced by avoiding bathroom breaks—with afflictions ranging from emotional distress, due to fear of harassment, to dehydration and kidney failure. Opening all 24 single-occupancy bathrooms to both sexes will greatly diminish the threat of these problems. Following the example of Currier House—which promptly relabeled its four single-stall bathrooms following the report’s release—we urge the immediate implementation of the BGLTSA’s recommendations...
...will be unable to graduate this June. That’s right. My degree will be sent to me in November. Not only did such misfortune jeopardize my previously formulated summer plans (though admittedly Cambridge weather is quite pleasant during the summer), it also failed to mitigate my academic distress. So, while my fellow classmates routinely indulge in the hedonistic pleasures of senior bar, I have been compelled to languish in Lamont, toiling over courses that have very little relevance to my professional aspirations. You can be sure that the countdown has started! I can even tell you how many...
...diet industry is in distress. Massive numbers of dieters have migrated to low-carb strategies in the past couple of years, exiting programs that emphasize portion control. The heavyweights of the diet industry, Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig, are feeling the pinch. "Any time there is anything new in the market, it is going to affect clients who want to lose weight quickly," says Cozette Phifer, spokeswoman at Jenny Craig. She concedes that new business is depressed but asserts that the dip won't last long. Both companies say they have refrained from introducing low-carb items because their nutritionists...
...Agronomist’s notes of distress provide some much-needed context and a new perspective to an American public intrigued by the recent political events of Haiti. Demme’s documentary provides a realistic picture of Aristide—who entered the political scene from Catholic priesthood amidst high expectations and who became entangled in the same corruption and tendencies toward despotism that had been the hallmark of previous governments. And through its effective use of interviews with a deceased subject and his relatives, a clear line is drawn between Dominique, the perennial advocate for the poor masses...
...eating or not eating as a way to deal with stress and what they’re going through.” In the gay community, Woods says he’s found that eating disorders can go hand in hand with the “emotional distress that happens with the coming out process...