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My mission and that of the DCAA is, primarily, to build a better Cardinal for the future of newspaper reporting.

Part of executing this mission involves, for better or worse, seeking out assistance from alumni in the form of time or money.

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'I think I was shot'

Writing a story has always come easy to me. Understanding why I became part of a story has proven far more difficult.

On March 21, I was shot in Ramallah. It was my fourth day in the West Bank city, where columns of Israeli armor had invaded the hub of a nascent Palestinian state and woven a net that stretched just yards from the scarred, hilltop headquarters of Yasir Arafat and his decapitated government.

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