College students dig into pockets to help rebuild devastated areas.Byline: The Register-Guard College students aren't letting their tuition bills stop them from helping out Asian tsunami victims. Across the state, college students are holding fund-raisers, passing the hat and digging deep in an effort to aid relief efforts. The projects range from candlelight vigils A candelight vigil is an outdoor assembly of people carrying candles, held after sunset. Such events are typically held either to protest at the suffering of some marginalized group of people, or in memory of lives lost to some disease, disaster, massacre or other tragedy. to benefit basketball games. At the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is a public university located in Eugene, Oregon. The university was founded in 1876, graduating its first class two years later. The University of Oregon is one of 60 members of the Association of American Universities. , students are setting up donation stations at the UO Bookstore and the Erb Memorial Union amphitheater, where they'll will collect contributions between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. They also will hold a candlelight vigil at 5 p.m. in the amphitheater. Money raised will go to OXFAM to help with rebuilding and medical needs. The effort is sponsored by the Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group, student government, the International Student Association and other campus groups. Lane Community College students also are joining the effort. Student Resource Center snack kiosks will donate 100 percent of their profits today through Friday and along with the LCC (Leadless Chip Carrier, Leaded Chip Carrier) See leadless chip carrier, CLCC and PLCC. 1. LCC - Language for Conversational Computing. Written at CMU in the 1960's. Bookstore will sell "Students Reaching Out" paper dolls
The television drama Paper Dolls aired for 14 episodes on ABC from September, 1984 to December, 1984. . The bookstore also will give away popcorn in exchange for donations on Tuesday. Also, the LCC athletics department will hold a tsunami relief basketball game today, with the women's game starting at 4 p.m. and the men's at 6 p.m. Gate profits will go to the American Red Cross American Red Cross: see Red Cross. . Students at Oregon State University Oregon State University, at Corvallis; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1858 as Corvallis College, opened 1865. In 1868 it was designated Oregon's land-grant agricultural college and was taken over completely by the state in 1885. in Corvallis have set up a 7-foot-tall glass collection tower at the Memorial Union lounge for tsunami victims. A fund-raising event also is tentatively planned for Feb. 12, and donations will be collected at each of the school's campus cultural nights, starting Saturday. - Greg Bolt |
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