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The world at our fingertips

The infamous Bolivian “Death Road” is closed to all but mountain bikes and the occasional lost traveler. For years it was dangerously packed full of trucks and buses as the only supply road between the...

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An old scarf ties past to present

iStockphoto.com Last year my mother moved into an assisted living home. Her frequent bouts of depression trumped any nostalgia she had for her old life, and she left behind a house full of belongings....

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Struggling with the college e(q)uation

istockphoto.com In high school I used to say I was going to lead a revolution in education, although I didn’t know what exactly it would look like. As a senior in high school I didn’t even know how to...

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Why I vow never to get MARRIED again

istockphoto.com In 2002 the University of Colorado at Boulder extended same-sex domestic partnership benefits to most of its faculty and staff, a fact that made it possible for me to take a job at CU...

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Beauty is in the life of the beholder

Was my life a total failure? This question blindsided me in a high school gymna­sium during a graduation ceremony. My niece, Caitlin, was up on stage about to make her salutatory address. That’s when...

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Fleeing Vietnam

Quynh Nguyen Forss (Jour’95) leans against her dad with her sister at left and her mom and newborn sister directly across from them as they fled Vietnam in 1979. Standing in the checkout line with a...

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Driving across the divide

When my daughter was little she once asked, “When did you become all grownup?” Years later I can finally answer. As she proudly slides her new driver’s license into the plastic sleeve of her pink...

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On the road

Malinda Miller-Huey (Engl’92, MJour’98) You say there is a horse in your bathroom, and all you can do is stand there naming Beatles songs?” asks my 15-year-old son, Zach. The sun is beating down, and...

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