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Article from: Chicago Sun-Times
Article date: March 11, 2007
Author: Daniel Passantino
As I walked home through Central Park one afternoon -- having
been expelled from Hunter College's Manhattan dorms that morning --
I was so emotionally drained that the bare trees seemed vivacious by
comparison. During my two months as a resident student I'd lost 15
pounds, slept maybe five hours a night, and had constant flashbacks
of my many humiliations. I spent my days feeling tense, fearing the
scornful gazes of students who shunned me. My self-esteem was
shattered.
Why? Because in this era of tolerance, on a campus where the mere ...
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