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Show Your lews PAGEA5 MONDAY, JANUARY 24, 2005 Assisting Grenada's recovery Donations from UVSC help island nation hit by hurricane John Drtzler Your Opinion Editor Andy Hunt/NetXNews The International signpost is located by the P.E. building. International signpost unveiled on campus Michael Palmer News Writer On Jan. 19, UVSC and the Butler Institute for International Understanding unveiled a new global signpost on campus. The signpost is located on the east lawns near the Bunnell house, and holds signs stating the distance in kilometers to 16 different countries including Peru, England, Russia, and Ghana. The signs also point in the direction of each country as relative to UVSC. Each sign represents the home country for at least one UVSC student. "The signpost will remind us that we are inextricably linked to each other regardless of where we call home," said Brad cook, Vice President of Academic Affairs at UVSC. Louis Chidziva. president of UVSC's International Stu- dent Center, and Michelle Olsen-Smith, also gave remarks. Chidziva compared UVSC to a village. 'The more we are the merrier it is, in the sense that we are able to understand each other," he said. Michelle Olsen-Smith promoted study abroad opportunities available at UVSC by reflecting upon her own recent study-abroad experience to Ghana. "It taught me a lot about who I was and what I wanted to be," she said. After the unveiling, UVSC President William Sederburg gave closing remarks, pointing out the appropriateness of the location being near the Bunnell home, which was built in 1892 by immigrants from England. The UVSC Chamber Choir, directed by Dyanne Riley, also performed. International student Marlene Neptune is continuing her ongoing relief efforts for her native country of Grenada four months after Hurricane Ivan ravaged the country. Last semester, Neptune arranged a collection of necessary items from fellow UVSC students and the larger community of Utah Valley to be shipped to Grenada. "We did get quite a lot of support from the Orem community," Neptune said. "I'm really grateful for that. We had a collection of food items, just about anything you'd need after a disaster-clothing, food, hygiene items, medicine, non-perishables, etc." Since that shipment, Neptune was able to return home to visit her family over the recent holiday break. "The needs are different now," she said. "Last time it was more of a crisis issue. So we were just trying to get the basic things that were needed right after the hurricane hit." Now the long process of rebuilding homes, schools and other infrastructure needs to be addressed. Hoping to enlist the aid of the Utah Valley community again, she is now shifting the focus of her relief efforts from meeting immediate needs to more long-term concerns. With the advent of the rainy season in Grenada, Neptune is looking at shelter. "Many of the families I've identi- Courtesy Photo/Marlene Neptune The island of Grenada was hit hard by last year's hurricane season. Marlene Neptune, a UVSC student from Grenada, has been organizing a relief effort for her homeland. fied have wooden homes that have been destroyed," she said. "A lot of [families] need shelter because their roofs are gone." Neptune was able to identify certain families hit hardest by the hurricane, mainly single mothers and senior citizens who lived in two-bedroom wooden homes. She is raising awareness of the ongoing significant need for help. If you were to get a view from up high, she explains, you would see countless houses with blue tarps for roofs. Neptune has solicited bids from local homebuilders in Grenada, and estimates a new roof for the homes and families she has identified would cost approximately $2,0003,000 a piece. She is asking for people, groups of people, or businesses in Utah to sponsor a family, or help sponsor a family in their efforts to put a roof over their home. For more information, and for ways you can help, contact Marlene Neptune at neptumatabics@yahoo.com. Any contribution is welcome. *.*•• •*•£'', • • A - : '•-•'' i- y.-'i •-' - 1 » > <-'• •-• * '.' • , S « i W - , - " ' ; , - * - i ' •"••*•-- • - -• - • ' -'• - All ski & snowboard clothing • January 24-25,2005 VOntORCD BV THE CEfflfft FOR THE 5TUW OP fTKKJ ORCftniUD BV HflTKRVD PREACH, HARRIET HVKMIEV I UMOfl EDIKflTiOft ETHKS ffKUOV PlIlOW , . t . 20%-70% off All ski & snowboard equipment clearance priced Adult Ski Packages Salomon verse 500 skis Salomon C 509 bindings Salomon performa boots Scott ski poles mounting & adjustment Men's and Women's Snowboard Packages $249.99 total value $529.85 Lamar snowboard Lamar heat-moldable boots Lamar MX-5 bindings $ University Mall, Orem • 225-3000 GREAT SELECTION - LOW PRICES SKI & SPORTS |