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Commenting on the CFN Site
Many of you have just completed another academic year, so we imagine that school may be far from your mind. But over the summer, all of us here at FIRE urge you to check in with your fellow CFN members by using the comment feature installed throughout the CFN site. By leaving comments, CFN members like yourself can share thoughts and plans, both on blog entries like this and school entries from FIRE’s Spotlight.
We’ll still be going strong throughout the summer, so keep in touch!
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