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Formal Dress SaleLooking for a dress to wear at a dance???

Come to EIU to nd what you’re looking for!!!

Dresses will be sold for $30 or less and the prots will be donated to

When: Monday, March 30

Where: University Ballroom (located in the MLK Union)

Time: 4:30-7 PM

For more information, contact Kathy Smith @ kjsmith2@eiu.edu.

to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital!

*If you have dresses you would like to donate,

I will be collecting them on Friday, March 27 from 2-4

he Newman Catholic Centerhas organized Alternative SpringBreak programs or 17 years.

Doris Nordin, coordinator o   Alternative Spring Break at thecenter, oered 11 locations toEastern students this year.

  Among these were many thatinvolved working directly withchildren or the disabled. Othersinvolved home repair or working

 with those in poverty.  Among the 11 locations, nine

 were located in the United States,one in Canada, and one in Mex-ico.

“We try to cover all kinds o social issues that aect our lives;some directly and others indi-rectly, which sometimes we don’tsee,” Nordin said. “o raise aware-ness about the possibilities o mak-ing a dierence here or anywhereelse.”

Nordin has attended all the lo-

cations, but this year she chose toattend Glenmary Farm in Vance-burg, Ky.

  At this resort, team members worked with the emotionally chal-lenged and also helped with homerepair projects.

“I’ve been in other sites, andI really wanted to be part o theGlenmary Farm Program,” Nordin

said. “he exposure to dierentkinds o realities appeals to me.”

Emily Redmann, a junior ele-mentary education major, chose togo to St. Vincent Center in KansasCity. his is her irst year attend-ing Alternative Spring Break.

“I choose this because I ammajoring in elementary educationand I love working with children.”Redmann said. “I want to help

make a dierence, even i it is justone person, one person can makea dierence. I have traveled withone person rom my team beore,but that is it.”

It was not a hard decision orMax Van Byssum, a biological sci-ences major, when he chose Alter-native Spring Break. He has beenattending since his reshman year.

“I went on (Alternative SpringBreak) last year at the Big Oak Boy’s Ranch," he said. "I had agreat experience last year, it wasnot even a decision to return tothe ranch or a second time. My irst time to the ranch moved meso much because o the amazing

  work everyone at the ranch doesto make the lives o the boys therebetter and the opportunity they give them.”

It was Van Byssum’s second yearto attend Alternative Spring Break at Big Oaks Boy’s Ranch in Gads-den, Ala., and next year he planson returning as a site leader.

“I worked cutting down trees

  with my group rom 8 a.m. to 1p.m. and then had a break to getready to spend the rest o the day 

  with the house I was assigned,”Van Byssum said. “A house is madeup o house parents (married cou-ple) and 8 kids with a max o 2 be-ing biological ospring.

“he ranch is beautiul, all 167acres. he ranch provides a truly amazing environment or the kids

to grow.”Nate Atkinson, a graduate com-

puter inormation major, was oneo the students who went to Mex-ico. He was concerned about thesecurity warnings, but would be ina sae area o the country.

“he idea o a mission trip issomething new, an adventure that

  will be ulilling,” Atkinson said.“It’ll be a spiritual experience ol-lowing God’s work or Catholicaith and Christian ways.”

Upon returning to Eastern, At-kinson is already looking orwardto returning to Mexico next year.

“In the morning, we did arm  work and in the aternoon we

played with the kids," he said.“Playing with the kids was the bestpart. here are about 130 kids,and not enough adults to show them love and attention. We con-nected with the kids, and they connected with us.”

Jennifer Brown can be reached at 581-

7942 or at jebrown2@eiu.edu.

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“Te case is still under investigation… so we can’t speculate on charges,”Schneider said. “Right now, we haven’tlooked at a piece o paper.”

He said he would not theorize on what might result rom the case.

“Tat’s just not good policy,” hesaid. “We don’t do hypotheticals.”

Once the reports are received,they will need to be evaluated and re-viewed.

“It’s going to take a long time to getthis all together,” Schneider said. “Peo-ple hope and anticipate that we willmove quickly in these things, but ittakes a long time.”

Te memorial service or the ourvictims, which included interna-

tional graduate students Anitha Lak-shmi Veerapaneni, Anusha Anumoluand Priya Darshini Muppavarapu, washeld Wednesday at the Jay B. SmithFuneral Home in Maplewood, Mo.

Te victims’ bodies will next befown home to India. Te cost tosend the our bodies is estimated at$60,000.

Te elugu Association o St. Louisis raising unds to help pay or thiscost. Donations can be made onlineat www.tana.org/donate or can be sentto Suren Pathuri, president o the as-sociation, at 605 Ridge Woods ManorDrive, Ellisville, MO 63038. Te as-sociation asks that donors write “crashvictims’ und” on the memo line o checks.

Emily Zulz can be reached at 581-

7942 or at eazulz@eiu.edu.

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camPus grouPoffErs suPPort

Te Asian-American Associ-ation plans to help the amilieso their ellow international stu-dents.

Te association has planneda Ramen Noodle Contest rom5 to 6 p.m. Monday in theTomas Hall basement party room.

Te contestant who eatsthe most Ramen Noodles withchopsticks in three minutes willbe the winner.

Te cost is $3 to partici-pate, and proceeds will go to theelugu Association o St. Louis.

Reion warms slihtly today under partly cloudyskies. Expect a chance o rain showers tomorrow andSaturday with daytime temperatures hoverin in themid 50s. Sunday will be dry and cool.