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...cope with what she describes as the "torments of hell," Stark did what she does best: research. She spent months on the Internet reading about long-term marriages, what makes them work, what makes them turn sour and fall apart. She came up with a name for what she was going through, Wife Abandonment Syndrome - the pain and trauma of being left, after a lengthy and outwardly happy marriage. In November, Stark will launch a once-a-week online workshop and group-therapy session called Bouncing Back Better for women like her. Stark says, "I thought, if I'm suffering...
...Rachel E. Levy ’11 expressed her desire to “show that Israel is fun,” adding that this year’s I-Fest had even more food and activities than in the past. Attendees were able to make Hebrew name bracelets, purchase HSI t-shirts and shot glasses that proclaimed “Give peace a shot,” enter a raffle to win posters of Israel, and play “Pin Israel on the Map.” Students also had the opportunity to write notes for the Western...
...LOLcatz. When you shake a member’s hand, give him a firm wink and slip him a fiver. Make sure you’ve written a funny speech balloon coming out of Lincoln’s mouth. (Suggestion: “A club without [insert your name] cannot stand.”) Give him an extra copy of your résumé carried in your rolling backpack. (Mind the member’s shoes.) And if you don’t get an envelope for Round 2, slip your own envelopes under members’ doors with...
...shirts. She started making them in high school, specializing in “screen printing, lots of hand-stitching, embroidery, beading, and...a great attention to detail.” What began as a personal hobby has now become a full-fledged company called Port and Kit, a name inspired by the two protagonists from her favorite book, “The Sheltering Sky” by Paul Bowles. Sung created the company with her older sister Jennifer D. Sung, and says, “It started out as t-shirts I wanted to wear, and then my friends started...
...Maldives as his personal sultanate, awarding seats in government to members of his own family while, to this day, 40% of the population earn less than a dollar a day. Political parties were banned and dissent stifled while Gayoom periodically renewed his own mandate through elections with only one name on the ballot. "There was a catalog of human rights violations," says Abbas Faiz, a South Asia researcher for Amnesty International. "Authorities could detain anyone and treat them the way they wanted. Torture was widespread." Nasheed, a fiery critic of the regime who came to prominence as a writer...