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Thursday: Seo/ember 21: 2000 NBC reporter to speak at WMC NBC reporter Bob Faw will dis- CLAINE AOAMS Grounds and Special Events for cuss trends in TV news coverage Physical PIML at 8 p.m. on Wednesday, October. Frequent power outages in director of 4, in McDaniel Lounge. WMC's PA homes continue Joseph Bentz, Currently the network's na- 10 Maintenance and Building Op- tional correspondent, Faw has hinder the daily activities of many erations was not avattah!e for residents, leaving them frustrated earned numerous awards for his on- and c.Qpcemed. comment, but Boob explained camera work, including a 1984 The outages, which mainly af- that power goes out when a cir- Emmy for his coverage of the Jesse cuit breaker trips-an automatic Jackson campaign, a 1986 Emmy fect house numbers 163, 185, and reaction to protect against hazards ill the resi- 189 have ulsooccurred for a series on racism and a 1988 such ax tires. Emmy for his report which aired dence hulls, Life coordinator, Many students feci the out- Residence on the newsmagazine "48 Hours." Shonda Wilson said that while ages arc an inconvenience to He also was awarded the [982 outages have not been a regular them. However, Iunior Christy Overseas Press Club Award for his problem, this is not the first year Dotson, who lives in the Unity coverage of the invasion of leba- they have atfectcd the houses. house number 163, explained that non by Israel. having the power go out is not the Faw, who received an honorary Residents have been asked to only hassle. degree for his journalistic work keep a list of the date and time Dotson and her housemntes goes out. so from WMC at its May 1999 com- when the electricity investigate the have waited for up to two-and-a- they can further mencement, previously reported problem, she said, half-hours for an electrician to for CBS News for 17 years as a The outages arc triggered by come and simply nip the switch. news correspondent based in New "It's just 1'1. big problem:' she the simultaneous use of multiple York and a Chicago-based reporter. said. "It goes out pretty much ev- appliances with heavy draw, such eryday and that's just ridiculous." He came to the national network Bob Faw received all honorary degree/rom WMC in 1999. A multiple as hairdryers and microwaves, from WBBM-TV in Chicago, EmmyAward winner, Paw will rell:lrn 10 campus on October a m lecture said Philip Boob, director of DOLSon, who shares the house continued on. page 2 . about his experiences as a journalist. c6lNlirnu:,d oi>.PIJKt' 3 Second annual Kenyan Shoe Expedition takes heart and soles 's a family thing ... JESSICA FITZGERALD so often throwaway shoes that are from high school," she said. "I StafJWriler still in good condition, it has been thought that it was a good idea to For the second year in a row, easy to find shoes to be donated. start off with a sense of commu- Western Maryland students partici- "I've heard so many students nity in a service project for the pated in a service project, not for say, "These are almost brand new!" whole campus, and it's easy to do." their immediate community, but for said Barb Horneff, dean of first- The program has quickly ex- a community on the other side of panded beyond the efforts of the the globe. freshmen class. This year, return- During freshmen orientation, students donated their used shoes to the Kenyan Shoe Expedition, a service project that provides foot- wear for many Kenyans who wear either unsuitable shoes or no shoes at all. According to Randy Rytter, as- sistant director of Alumni Affairs, students donated 720 shoes this year to needy Kenyans. These shoes will be sent to Texas, where they will be cleaned or, in the case of shoes in unusable condition, completely refurbished. The shoes will then be sent to Kenyans and handed out to those who most need th,em, including aspiring athletes, he said. "There's so much running tal- commentary 6 ent there," said WMC coach Doug Sara Hoover doubts the appeal of the CBS show "Big Brother" com- Renner. "For some of them, espe- pared with "Survivor" and the "Real World." cially early in their career, to have Features 7 access to running shoes is just great." Gabe Shulman shares his experience as a soldier in the Israeli army The collection effort was started before coming to WMC this fall. by a runner in Austin, Texas, who Sports 12 saw first hand the difficulties faced First-year students, faculty, and athletes donated an impressive 720 pairs of the women's the success by Kenyan runners without appro- 0/ shoes to needy Kenyan children and ashtetes for-the second Kenyan Greg Lederer highlights with a 6-0 record. soccer team IS they begin their season priate footwear. Since Americans Shoe Expedition. Many hope this program remains a WMC tradition .•