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Pfoho’s version is a prominent swath of wall on the second floor of its dining hall. The HoCo’s message calls for students to “Pull out and iron out all of those job rejection letters and failed midterms wrinkled and inside your trashcan AND/OR think up all of your favorite recent pfail stories,” post them on the wall anonymously or signed, then “Smile & feel accomplished/cleansed” and finally “Read all the other posts and stop feeling like you are all alone...
...more than a week, much of the Angeles National Forest has been an inferno as a ferocious fire, spurred by abnormally high temperatures and single-digit humidity, ripped through steep canyons, dense brush and forest untouched by flames for 60 years. The advancing fire has cut a moonscape swath through the middle of the mountain range that forms a barrier between the greater Los Angeles area and the Mojave Desert...
...officials tied to the coup. But Honduras' provisional President, Roberto Micheletti, still insists that Zelaya's return is "impossible." To raise the heat, the U.S. needs to impose tougher economic sanctions (while remaining mindful of the 70% of Hondurans living in poverty), or enforce visa bans for a broader swath of the élite behind the coup. (See pictures of Barack Obama's family tree...
...Unfortunately, attitudes on the street are not so easily changed. Unlike the epidemic in parts of Africa, where the virus has cut a large swath through entire communities and few have been untouched, the number of HIV-positive persons in Vietnam is less than one percent. Most of the estimated 300,000 people who have contracted the virus are intravenous drug users and sex workers. Its association with "social evils" says Morch, makes it tough to combat the myths and ignorance around AIDS. "You can have wonderful policies and wonderful legislation," Morch adds, but without a proper campaign...
...there are incentives to plan ahead. Harvard’s “secondary fields,” or minors, typically require five to six classes, and foreign language citations require at least four courses past the introductory level. If you’re pre-med, there goes another swath of courses. Your concentration will likely require 12 to 16 classes as well...