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Anne Nagel, ne Weiss, is almost certainly in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease ("almost," because a definitive diagnosis can be made only after death). The disease probably also afflicts her sister Helen, 88, and her brother David, 94. Her brother Nathan and sister Sylvia, both now dead, also had Alzheimer's. That's half the 10 Weiss siblings suffering the memory loss and cognitive impairment of this terrifying disease...
...Sylvia Rivera, founder of the Street Transgender Action Revolutionaries, has said, “After all these years, the trans community is still at the back of the bus.” Queer and progressive activists need to acknowledge and work through their own transphobia, if they are to avoid a silent complicity with the violence that the Trans Day of Remembrance is meant to mark...
Mika C. Morse ’05 spent eight days in Nicaragua with her freshman seminar, “The Latin American Political and Economic Landscape,” taught by Sylvia Maxfield, a visiting professor. But their trip was hardly handed to them on a silver platter. Morse took the lead in seeking out funding sources and applying for grants to pay for travel expenses for the entire class, while other students oversaw the logistical issues of the trip. Eventually Morse was able to secure funds, primarily from the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American studies...
...Sylvia Martinez has owned and operated the Treasure Chest for ten years. A former psychotherapist, she now does psychic readings in the back of the store. She welcomes me into an extremely pink room, decorated with crystals and chimes. When I point out the cat curled up on the sofa behind her, she gestures dismissively, saying, “It’s a fake cat.” In other words, alive—just not anymore...
...Sylvia L. Clute, who is 60 years old and a student in the mid-career program at the KSG, said Haddock was an inspiration. “I look at her and I realize I have at least 30 years to make use?...