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Confidences, confessions, and advice (BYU continues)

chanson, February 18, 2008

I woke up to the most incredible feeling of dread. In those few moments of re-orientation while reaching consciousness, the full force of what had happened last night hit me. I ran my fingers along the side of my head, feeling the faint stubble on my fingertips and hardly believing what I had done.

“Ah, well, what’s done is done,” I sighed to myself, getting out of bed. Read the rest of the story »

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  1. Guy Noir Private Eye says:
    February 19, 2008 at 10:24 am

    Lesson #1 in How To Stand the Honor Code on its ear!
    Is there an ‘Honor Council’ to administer that FARCE of a policy? sent it to them!!

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