Downgraded to a Category 4 storm, Hurricane Dorian ground nearly to a halt with its eye just north of Grand Bahama Island, which was being pummeled Monday afternoon as storm surges rose 18 to 23 feet above normal tide levels. Forecasters said the hurricane was inching west at just 1 mph and turning slightly north as its winds swirled at 150 mph. It barely moved for several hours, and was about 105 miles off the coast of Florida, as of 2 p.m.
With school shootings now a part of the fabric of America, college admissions officers regularly find the tragedies they watched unfold on television being grappled with in the pages of the applications before them.
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