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Show W.Tennis falls at home ... page 4 AT A GLANCE EDITORIAL ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT SPORTS CLASSIFIEDS 2 3 4 6 9 VOL 82 ISSUE 81 MONDAY, MARCH 26, 2012 WWW.WSUSIGNPOST.COM SignP 0 St WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY SAAC WSU goes homeless for a night sponsors Community Involvement Center teams up with charity Delta Chi Nu to raise homelessness awareness effort By Stephanie Simonson managing editor I The Signpost Dance raises money for orphans By Laurie Reiner news reporter I The Signpost The Student Athlete Advisory Committee held a benefit dance Friday night to raise money for an orphanage in Africa created by the Africa Heartwood Project. All proceeds will help the Refugee Orphan Home, located at the Buduburam Refugee Camp in Ghana, relocate to Liberia. Africa Heartwood Project founders Andy and Kayla Jones first opened the orphanage in 2008. It houses about 50 Liberian children. According to Kathy Gambles, who spoke about the relocation efforts, these orphans are See Dance page 5 After a rocky Homeless Awareness Week in which several events fell through, the Community Involvement Center hosted the Cardboard Campout on Friday night. Weber State University students spent the night in the Bell Tower Plaza with no shelter but cardboard boxes to partially simulate the experience of homelessness. Participants said Friday evening that, luckily, it had been a relatively warm night and they were not too worried about the cold. Jeff Robbins, a community outreach liaison with AmeriCorps Vista and the CIC, who was in charge of the event, said in previous years, the campout, originally hosted by STAND, fell on colder nights. "People are homeless all year round, not just in summer," Robbins said. "It's a chronic issue that happens throughout the year, and See Cardboard page 10 PHOTO BY AMANDA LEWARK I THE SIGNPOST Weber State University's sorority Delta Chi Nu and other WSU students build cardboard houses to camp out in at the Bell Tower Plaza Friday night. 'Cats rock it at gym By Nathan Davis editor-in-chief I The Signpost PHOTO BY AMANDA LEWARK I THE SIGNPOST Weber State University students and community members climb the rock wall at the Swenson Gym Friday night at Campus Recreation's annual Late Night at the Gym. Students build hope Community Involvement Center continues efforts with Habitat for Humanity to rebuild home Students, friends and families filled the By Shayli Lones Swenson Gym on Fri- correspondent I The Signpost day during Weber State Weber State University students from the CommuniUniversity Campus ty Involvement Center continued working with Habitat Recreation's annual Late Night at the Gym. for Humanity to remodel a Clearfield home Saturday. The remodel began on Feb. 24, when the team of volunSamantha Stratton, a sophomore who works teers worked from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. as part of the Martin Lufor the Campus Recre- ther King Jr. Day celebrations. Each Saturday since then, ation Office, said Late students and volunteers have contributed to this home. The house is two levels with four bedrooms and two Night at the Gym is a bathrooms. It was originally built in 1958 and was dofamily-friendly activity that encourages stu- nated to Habitat for Humanity last year. Single mothdents and families to er Consuela Gomez and her two boys, ages 4 and 7, get out and be active. will be the recipients of the newly remolded home. "I feel that this is a big blessing for me "It's a fun activity where you can bring and my kids," Gomez said. "After everyyour family, and it's thing we have been through, we are blessed." Saturday's indoor projects included painting some of for students," she said. the upstairs rooms and finishing the upstairs bathroom. "It's just something "We have come alongway, butwe still have alot to finish," that gets people out. It gets them to the gym said Lois Golde, the Habitat for Humanity proj ect manager. and lets them know "We have about four more weeks until we will be finished." Students and volunteers have torn out alwhat we have to offer." most all the walls throughout the house The activities started at 7 p.m. with dodge- and replaced them for better insulation. "Volunteering is awesome," said WSU student ball and an inflatable Jimmy Franco. "It's kind of like a drug, and I can't course set up for children in the gym, while get enough. I love this stuff. I've been coming out an egg dive took place for a month and have put in around 30 hours." Rooms were expanded and a patio was added for in the swimming pool. Stratton said they better access to the backyard. Some rooms weren't up plan family activi- to date with code, according to Golde, so volunteers ties earlier in the eve- added windows and new walls to a few of the rooms. "Almost everything was done by hand, withning, and most people show up after the fam- out the use of machinery," Golde said. "We had to ily activities are over. haul everything out, wheelbarrow by wheelbarrow." Volunteers also gave the garden, which had not "It usually starts picking up around 9," been maintained, and the backyard a makeover. "This is my second time coming out. Before we were Stratton said. "We have family activities that tearing out walls, and today I'm working in the garstart around 7, but the den," said WSU student Stephanie Ence. "Gardening See Gym page 5 See Build page 5 |