<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/magazine/winter-2005/wake-wave.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>In the Wake of the Wave</title><excerpt>As she ate breakfast on a quiet Sunday morning, Rehana Wijesinghe ’00 was unaware of the wild wave about to wash over the Sri Lankan coast. She first learned of the vicious tsunami when her father phoned from India where he was vacationing. He wanted more information about the Dec. 26 disaster.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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