5. Local Feature News

Columbia County 4-H and SAU students assists with Hurricane Ida relief

Families and friends of Columbia County 4-H members loaded an entire SUV with water, drink mixes, snacks, soft drinks, canned goods, cleaning supplies, and first aid kits to Southern Louisiana 4-H families.

Bethlehem Community Kids, Shiloh Lamartine, Taylor Roaring Tigers, Teen Leaders, and Unity 4-H all lent a hand to ensure a successful donation drive. An estimated $750 worth of supplies was collected within the first week of the drive. 

The Union County 4-H coordinated with Lafourche Parish 4-H to help distribute these supplies to the 4-H families there.

4-H

Students of Southern Arkansas University, also, came together to collect supplies to send to Lafourche, Parish. SAU began collecting items on September 7th. All the groups that are responsible for joining forces are the athletic groups, Greeks, Housing, AmeriCorps VISTA, Mulerider Market, Student Activities, Aramark Food Services, College of Education, and Human Performance, as well as, many other students and members of the community. 

Vice President of Student Affairs had this to say about SAU students, “I am so proud of our campus-wide effort. The unique caring that SAU is known for was evident and has come through for the people of Raceland in a huge way.”

A new faculty member with connections to Raceland, Arien Faucett, is the one to thank for calling attention to the needs of those stricken by the disaster. “I am completely inspired by and in awe of the SAU community,” said Faucett. “To say that they quickly rallied the necessary people would be an understatement."

Students and faculty members at SAU raised a collective trailer full worth of supplies. Items included in the hall were hygiene products, tarps, bottled water, cleaning supplies, and work gloves.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

11. Civics

Image
Florida Department of Education considers adding military hero worship to state civics courses Orlando Weekly Wednesday, The Florida State Board of Education will decide on whether they will adopt a bill that will reshape the way civic education is being taught in public schools. If accepted, the bill will be put into place next spring. Republican lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis made it clear that patriotism in school curriculum was a top priority during their campaign. DeSantis started his position by signing HB 5 into law in June that enforced that students are taught an “understanding of the civic-minded expectations, developed by the State Board of Education, of an upright and desirable citizenry that recognizes and accepts responsibility for preserving and defending the blessings of liberty inherited from prior generations and secured by the United States Constitution.” The proposed bill the state board will consider Wednesday would directly affect the state Department of Educatio
Read more

15. Entertainment & Pop Culture

Image
Is this 'Dune' adaptation going to be the one that sticks? After many delays spanned across the pandemic, Frank Herbert's classic novel "Dune" was finally released in theaters as the book's latest film adaptation. The movie came out on October 22nd nearly a year after the original release date. According to CNN, the film has been hyped up to be one of this year's highly anticipated releases. The film stars include Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Josh Brolin, and Oscar Isaac. It is directed by Denis Villeneuve, who is known for his work on Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and Arrival (2016). Both of which he directed. Dune (2021) The first onscreen adaption came out in 1984. Then, two decades later a TV mini-series followed. Critics and the audience alike found that the 1984 adaptation and TV mini-series were more than a little off the script from the original book. The 1984 version of the film was directed by David Lynch and faced defeat when the film brought in $3
Read more

17. Opinion (International)

Image
  Declining International Student Numbers Stabilize U.S. News In 2020, the pandemic interrupted everyone's lives from industries to economies. Travel became scarce and, sadly, for international students education was put on pause. According to statistics from Open Doors , the total amount of international students a U.S. universities dropped by 15% from 2019-2020 to 2020-2021. Within that year new international students enrolling in U.S. universities decreased by 45.6%.  In addition to economic challenges, others blame policies and political rhetoric that made international students feel unwelcome. Founder and president of Lakhani Coaching, Hafeez Lakhani, had this to say, "The Trump administration basically put out an unwelcome mat for international students." Despite the challenges international students faced this past 2 years, overall numbers are beginning to climb again. A popular college application portal, Common App , estimates prospects of international students
Read more