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Staying home: the silver lining

By Brian Lach · Thursday, Dec. 11, 2014

For the better part of a year, I sat on the wait list for the London Study Abroad Program. Having applied last spring, I still clung to a minute amount of hope that maybe, just maybe, Jimmy in Keenan Hall would get cold feet about flying and make way for my world traveling itinerary. However, this past fall I received an email thanking me for my patience, but regretfully informing me that there was still not enough space for me in the program.

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