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Show Wednesday, January 6, 2010 ir 1 HE SIGNPOST Kenya continued from front ones being used by the politicians." Isaac Macharia, a volunteer with a Kenyan nonprofit organization, Fadhili Community, works with IDP camp members every week, making food drops and visiting with camp leaders. "After elections, your candidate doesn't win," Macharia said. "Mine does or mine doesn't win or yours does, so now I want to fight you. The leader that we are talking about is somewhere comfortable. He is seated eating and drinking when you and I are here fighting. That's where Kenyans need to grow up." The belief that politicians buy the youth of Kenya is popular. Kibe said politicians can come and buy youth for as little as 200 KSH, roughly $3, to start burning down homes and targeting other tribe members. Even in the more politi- Derbycontinuedfromfront cally stable capita], Nairobi, the slums of the city were enveloped in the national turmoil. Africa's largest slums, known as Kibiera, are part of Nairobi, but are still a separate world from the industrialized city. In one of the poorest areas in Africa, tribal lines exist among areas of the slums. When PEV took over the rural regions of Kenya, so did these slums. In a BBC report on PEV police forces and government officials are still at work in attempts to relieve continued tensions between tribes living in the slums. "You find that here in Kenya," Kibe said, "youth are not regarded, or considered, so if you find people that are unemployed, they are the youth. It is easy for them to be used because you can easily buy them." Kibaki is part of the Kikuyu tribe, accounting for approximately 22 percent of VVoodie Slaughter, a conference services and outside area scheduling liaison, said even though work was always a part of her life, she made time for her family. "She was a very focused female," Slaughter said. "She had two children that she adopted and she worked really hard to get those children and they (her children and her husband) were everything to her." According to Bemick's wishes, there was no formal funeral service, only a simple graveside service, where a poem called "My First Christmas" was read. Slaughter said Bemick had a simple service because that is the kind of person she was. "She didn't want the at- These feelings won't go away Proceed accordingly. Purr Better Quality... IUIIT licttcr Prior 2-t(»f. W.ishiMKlon JllviJ. • Oftden, UT Store Hours: Mon.-SaL 9:30-6:00 • Fri. 930-7:00 (801)621-7666 • www.farrsjewelry.com y 'RepairI GET A FREE T-SHIR1 ~ WHEN YOU OPEN AN ACCOUNT r ~ . GO Mwai Kibaki, the announced presidential winner, to place Raila Odinga as the new prime minister. Kenya now operates with two heads of state in constant contention between one another. In 2012 the next presidential elections will take place, leaving the UN and many non-governmental organizations wondering what instabilities could be repeated and if violence is likely. According to the BBC, illegal arms sales in the Great Rift Valley are on therise,and many of the perpetrators of the 2007 PEV remain unpunished. "Our leaders are always talking," Macharia said. "I don't understand why I've known some leaders since I started understanding life, and they are still leader right now. I feel like these are the people dragging us behind." Comment on this story at wsusignpost.com. found it a major part of her decision to join the team. "Seeing the bond, seeing that teamhood made me want to join," she said. "I look forward to Thursdays." According to Whitehead, the team accepts everyone. "It doesn't matter; big, tall, little or small, we will take anyone who wants to play," she said. This includes first-season player Wee Smasha, who stands at 5 feet 3 inches, a full foot shorter than Whitehead. Like Whitehead, Wee is known for her height. Danielle Ramos, a.k.a. Wee Smasha, a nursing major at WSU, said she enjoys the chance to dress up. The Roller Dolls use the term "burlesque" when describing their uniforms. "It's another chance to dress up besides Halloween; it's almost like role-playing," Ramos said. Besides the camaraderie and dressing up, Whitehead and Ramos enjoy the physical nature of the game. "It's kind of intimidating, but the lower you get, the more someone will miss you and mess them up," she said. "The bigger the person, the harder the fall." The recent movie Wliip It, starring Ellen Page and Drew Barrymore, chronicles the lives of Roller Derby girls. The film is helping people become reacquainted with the sport. "People don't know what it (Roller Derby) is so they are always asking," Ramos said. For fans, Roller Derby is about the physical contest, much like football. The girls all emphasized camaraderie and sisterhood as being a main focus for their involvement on the team. mentioned everyday she would go get her Diet Coke from Bemick in the morning and talk with her about how things were going. Dittmore said she was always excited to share stories about her family boating trips down at Lake Powell. She loved to get out and do things. "Any time she would talk about her kids or fun things, her face would light up," Dittmore said. "She was just very friendly, a very good worker," "You get used to seeing someone every day for 25 years and it is hard to have them gone. Sometimes you take for granted how much of your routine that person is (a part of)." Just as others enjoyed being a part of Bemick's day, Bemick enjoyed being a part of others'. "I think she so enjoyed the people that came in day after day and she got to know them," Slaughter said. "There were so many faculty and staff and students that knew her and they would come in and talk and get their morning coffee or Coca-Cola. If they came in all the time, she really enjoyed the interaction with the students and the faculty and the staff." Colleagues of Bemick said she will be missed every day. "She was just an all-around nice, pleasant, wonderful person to be around," Slaughter said. "It was always about the customer for her." * - • ' . ' - •.', CATS tention on her, it wasn't about her," Slaughter said. Bemick picked out the Christmas poem in advance to be read for everyone else so those attending would not be sad at her passing, according to Slaughter. "She loved Christmas, it was her most favorite time of the year," Slaughter said. Laura Dittmore, Scheduling Events and Conference Services coordinator, said this semester a part of her every day routine is now lacking without the cheerful food service worker greeting her. 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"The level of corruption is pretty unprecedented," said Weber State University professor Bryan Dorsey. "They have a really hard time getting that under control." Dorsey teaches African geography and served with the Peace Corps in Africa from 1985 to 1987. "It's common in most subSaharan African countries," he said. "But it kind of seems that Kenya has taken that to another level and part of that has to do with the fact that economically they're doing better than a lot of other surrounding countries. When there is more at stake, when there is more in the pool, it would make sense the corruption would be worse." Outside pressure turned to HUR5DAY WELCOME BACK BASH! E H T I N A U ROOT DOWN CONCERT: 8-9PM IN r N X U H Y m UNION BALLROOMS, OPENING ACT BY VADEN THURGOOD. W 'FROM 9-MIMKHT. 0XY<3EN BAR,! TATTOOS, CASH PRIZES. FREE! |