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Founder's Week 2010 will be a University-wide celebration of the life and legacy of St. Vincent de Paul. The theme of this year's Founder's Week is "Vincentian Legacy and Destiny: Changing the World with Charity and Justice," in honor of the 350th anniversary of his and St.
Students experienced the effects of poverty firsthand last week as the Hunger Awareness Month Initiative continued. The third annual Hunger Banquet took place in the UC Commons Nov.12. Two hundred students attended the event, which Campus Ministry organized as part of its annual campaign for hunger awareness.
Students looking to spend their spring studying abroad will have to wait another semester. According to the Office of Global Studies, this is the first year the department has had to wait-list students trying to go abroad in the spring semester. Global Studies said that students were wait-listed because of a higher number of applications.
Students got an inside look at the life of a Drug Enforcement Administration agent when St. John's alumni Lewis Rice spoke on campus Nov. 12. Rice, a former DEA agent and current vice president in charge of global security and trademark protection for Estee Lauder, spoke about his new book, DEA Special Agent: My Life on the Front Line.
The African and Latino Fraternal Sororal Alliance held its annual Colors Dinner and unveiled the first official ALFSA crest. The dinner was held in Marillac Terrace on Nov. 12. Junior Michael Molina, president of ALFSA, opened the evening by describing the dinner as "a staple event of the council that exemplifies the ultimate and most significant goal of the council: To unify the diverse fraternities and sororities within the Greek Life at St.
The Department of Multicultural Affairs held an International Culture Showcase on Nov. 11. Students and administrators gathered to celebrate diversity at St. John's through food, games and musical performances. The showcase was part of a long line of cultural events set to transpire throughout the year that includes International Education Week and various Heritage Month celebrations.
Student Government, Inc. sponsored an open forum with University administrators to discuss numerous issues including the residence hall visitation policy, cleanliness at Montgoris Dining Hall, student protection and the room selection process. The forum was held Thursday, Nov.
The popular Food for Fines program is back for the holidays in University libraries. The program allows students with overdue library books to avoid paying a fine by donating one non-perishable food item to a local food pantry. Students may void one fine for each food item that is donated.
St. John's University is collecting supplies to send to Haiti, which was devastated by a 7.0 magnitude earthquake on Tuesday. The first shipment of supplies will be sent this afternoon, and should arrive in Haiti this weekend, said Nashia Whittenburg, associate director of Multicultural Affairs, in an e-mail sent to the University this afternoon.
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