Letter: Fortunately, College Has Changed

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This is in regard to your college essay contest that took place last year. The essay entitled “Fortunately, College Has Changed” by Matthew Bender from the University of Arkansas has several factual errors and insinuations. Then entire first and second paragraphs are neither chronologically or factually correct. How do I know that there are


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