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APRIL 7, 2005 - Page 9 FEATURES The Top Five Reasons to Try and Make a Difference (Reporter's Note: Statistics, information, and facts all provided by Oxfam at the COOL conference; March 19, 3 About 1.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. 2005.) Hmm ...and how many bottles of water are sold on this campus? 5 Did you know that 65% of agencies surveyed reported an 2 One in twelve people worldwide is malnourished, including increase in requests for shelter over the past year? And as the 160 million children under the age of five. And you thought GLAR average residential college student, one has both a dorm room! food was bad ...something is better than nothing. apartment and a place elsewhere called "horne." 4 In 2003, 35.9 million people were living below poverty line. million people live in households without enough food. Just one 1Approximately 3.5 million people are homeless each year; 36.3 If you have a job, work-study or other, you probably make just last reason to appreciate those costs for room and board, and/or as much, or more than most of the working class in the world. your place of residence. -CHANAN DELIVUK What title would you give a movie or book about McDaniel and why? Compiled by Alyse Hollomon Sophomore Freshman Andrea Mandato: Paul Boyd: "Tiny Town, because "The Big Mystery it's as big as my high Freshman Freshman because no one has school" Paige Willoughby: Brendan Hodge: any idea where their "Mount Everest Freshman "Little House 011 the money is going." because I feel like Hayley McQuaid: Prairie because it's I'm going on a "The Four Seasons so small and journey when I go because the isolated." to class." buildings are so well equipped and the food is so great!" Don't Judge A Room by Its Dilapidated Cover "CRIBS BETH WILLIAMS STAFF WRITER When you first enter senior Sarah Reitz's bedroom, you feel as though you've come home. Decorated with love and comfort, the room sparks the urge to lounge on the bed and read a book. Reitz lives in the Garden Apartments, ~hich on the outside lea~e~ some questions as to the quality of the building Upon entering the s~ructure, your opmIOn onl.y wor~e~s as you see the old chipping paint a~d the cold, dull tiles .. How~ver, once.entenng Reitz s apartment, you get a feeling of relief. The a~artment IS spaoous an~ It ha~ character. There re pictures hanging on the wall, the pamt looks new, and the kitchen IS clean. ~e best part is the homey bedroon:' which belongs to both Reitz and her room- mate, Sarah GabelL The room is big, but fIlled,. The beds are made, t~e clothes are where they belong, and every book has its place. Km.ck-knac~s a~e s~ateglcall.y placed every- where .. There are copies of Monet art work, pillows WIth intncate details that look like they belong in another country, a beaded lamp and a clock to match. There are also many pictures of friends and family that add warmth and consolation. If you're in the mood for a book, there are plenty of places to find one: underneath' bed or in one of the two book shelves. Or maybe you're in the mood for to watch a little TV.' The -tube is set conveniently on top of the bookshelf. And of course, a necessity for any college student, there is a computer in the comer. . Reitz has got it all in her Garden Apartment: space, literature, technology; and a Wonderful roommate; but most importantly, the feeling of home. Sarah Reitz sits in here Garden Apartment room where she has "got it all."