<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/magazine/fall-2020/sharing-stories-courage-faith-and-hope.html" dsn="news"><pubDate/><title>Sharing Stories of Courage, Faith and Hope</title><excerpt>Dan Lagasse ’80 had a different Westmont experience than most students. Diagnosed with cystic fibrosis, he required intramuscular injections of antibiotics by the college nurse when he couldn’t afford to miss class by spending a week or two in Cottage Hospital. Armington Hall roommates also gave him chest-percussion therapy.</excerpt><author/><image>
            
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