Page 5 | : The Lion’ s Eye. | Api 29, 2009 Eve On “World and Local International Studies Program in High Gear For Fall 2009 Special to The Lion's Eye The Penn State Brandywine International Studies Program tg el tea Pein State. Pano, oe Penn State Penn State is pleased to announce their study abroad opportunities for the Fall SET pant = Brandywine FE, as Sa ts Brandywine 2009 semester, eres : December 29, 2009 rt te on A 3 | \ Students interested in studying on an international level are invited to = Ae Re — hye inquire about our Fall 2009 trips to London, England and a combina- Tan i [AE FRICE DOES NOTINGLIDE yw tion trip to Vienna, Hungary and Prague in the Czech Republic. | = PE Lori | The courses are scheduled during semester breaks, and stu- Eran EAE - dents may take up to two courses, for six general education credits, Ee Ennis SEER Thanksgiving usually from three or more offered. The timing and length of the Cr Ins Te November 20- 27, 2009 excursions make them particularly convenient for non-traditional es $1,19500 students. For traditional students, the trips provide a testing ground ode rig J for Penn State’s longer international education courses. il = sven lL.ondon Questions related to these trips can be directed to Gail Wray in Academic Affairs at gbwl@psu.edu or by calling at 610-892-1472. Students wanting to take a class that offers a study abroad option in the fall will be able to choose from trips to both Great Britain and eastern Europe. (photos courtesy of Celestial Voyagers) Honors Students Clip To Show They Care dhe ile Coupon clipping isn’t just groceries on Tuseday April 7. a big difference,” she exclaimed. for busy moms with hungry mouths Freshman honors scholar Each year the campus spon- to feed anymore. Under the direction Lauren Orner, of Brookhaven, said, sors a different U.S. base abroad. In of Penn State Brandywine’s honors “By sending the coupons we clip, 2008, with help from volunteers at students, members of the campus we can help military families get the ~~ Granite Farms Estates, the campus community clipped $13,022 in cou- supplies they need. This is a free and sent $156,819.02 worth of coupons pons, more than doubling their goal easy way to serve, and we would to the U.S. Navy base in Yokohama, for one afternoon, to benefit the U.S. like to share this opportunity with Japan. In 2007, the campus collected Navy base in Ikego, Japan. + the whole Penn State community.” and donated $5,835.70 to the U.S. For the Cooper Honors Dr. Laura Guertin, of Me- Air Force Base in Lakenheath, UK. a a Scholars National Honors Day of dia, adviser to students in the honors In February of this year, Students, stom, faculty, staff, and friends join to Service project, the group joined program, showed her support for the campus sent a shipment of : : = : : . clip coupons for the U.S. Navy base in Ikego, Japan in with hopes of clipping $5,000 worth the project with a play on a popular $16,588.79 to the U.S. Navy base in hl ; i : : eo the Tomezsko Classroom Building. The group raised of coupons that families on the base ~~ phrase used throughout the Univer- ~~ Sigonella, Sicily, which is the base $13.022 in coupons. exceeding their goal of $5.000 for can use to save on food and other sity community, “We are ... making the campus will sponsor for 2009. 2 pons, g 8 : the afternoon. (photo courtesy of Penn State Brandywine) Devastasting Earthquake ei “in Pescara, Italy Classmates Raise Money for Clean Water By Christina Furia - Lion’s Eye Staff Writer - cmf269@psu.edu | By Christina Furia - Lion’s Eye Staff Writer - cmf269@psu.edu In Women Studies 400 with Dr. Cole, After being informed of these issues, my classmates and I decided that we wanted our Women Studies class has worked dili- to help raise money to provide a village in gently in trying to collect the seven-thousand Afghanistan with clean drinking water. After dollars necessary for the pipes and essentials we met Aldo Magazzeni, former alumni of our needed to build a water system for a village. We campus, our class was inspired to help in any have made groups on Facebook, a poster that way that we could for this cause. When Aldo was displayed at Eureka, banners and papers told us about how he sold his car to help raise informing students and others of our cause, and money to donate to villages in Afghanistan collected more then half of the funds to hit our when he visited, it truly resonated with every goal of $7000. If every person on campus gave individual in my class. He told us about the only $3.50, the simply cost of two bottles of many women and children, men, and fami- © water in our cafeteria, we could accomplish our lies he met along his journey. His exhibit of © goal and you would have the satisfaction of help photographs was in our campuses Vario library ~~ someone by providing them with something we and showed the many people he met. He truly take for granted. Water is necessary for life. It | captured the essence of what life was like for is entitled to every human, and everyone should those people living in Afghanistan and Kenya. = be able to access it freely and easily. Aldo told us how so many women and children spend haurs of their day walking to get water for their families and haul it back to their villages. His organization called “Traveling Mercies” does work in trying to help under privileged villages and people. When Aldo moved to Afghanistan for about a year he told us about this woman that he met, Suraya Pakzad. Suraya is a woman who lives in Afghanistan with her family who fights for the rights of women through At the start of the month, Italy was demolished by a major earth- her organization “Voice of Women” so that quake on April 6th 2009. It struck Italy about 50 miles northeast of Rome. one day future generations will not have to The smallest town near to the earthquake was Pescara in the Abruzzo region. | endure what she has had to. She has talked The quake measured 6.3 on the Richter scale and hit at around 3:30 am. The to our campus as well as many others, and damage was significant as it had high damage to older buildings in the area, | €ven works with the UN to be a voice for and even newer buildings toppled to the ground. The death toll added up to the women back in her village who do about 300 people, though others were unaccounted for. Entire buildings col- | not have the courage OF Means {0 do what lapsed and roofs caved in. Officials estimated that 17,000 people were left she does to better their lives. She told our J homeless by the quake. The prime minister of Italy, Mr. Berlusconi, urged campus that even if her life is at risk every EEE those left homeless to take advantage of the governments offer to put sur- second and she receives death threats, she would rather fight to help for a better future for her country then to stay silent in fear. vivors up in hotels along the Adriatic coast. The Italian government has unfro- zen 8 billion euros for the reconstruction of the Abruzzo region.
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