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The Hendrix-Murphy Foundation awarded $147,716 in grants in the spring semester for 24 student cocurricular projects and three faculty-led study-travel projects in literature and language. Funded ...

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DEAR HARRIETTE: I need a change. I've lived in the same city my entire life and have the same friends I've always had. I even attended college in my hometown, thinking it would give me an advantage ...

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