The Holy Cross Sisters teach handand machine-sewing to women in Kirinda and then sell their goods at a craft shop in nearby Fort Portal. All profits go to the craft makers. Starting in 2002, St. Edward’s also began receiving a shipment of the handmade goods — baskets, bowls, purses and wallets, to name a few — and students from St. Edward’s plan and market an on-campus sale each fall. Last fall’s sale, coordinated by five students in Assistant Professor of Theater Arts Sara Medina Pape’s Special Topics in Business Administration class, sent more than $3,000 back to Kirinda. — R.A.
MOWITZ, ’03
A: SE-Uganda, a project — now in its third year — benefiting the Holy Cross mission in the poverty-stricken community of Kirinda, Uganda.
ALLISON SLO
Q: What do you get if you put together St. Edward’s University and Uganda?
Holiday Helpers The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads …
ON, ’07
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“Red state/blue state” was voted the top phrase of 2004 by the Linguistic Society of America. The phrase, used by media broadcasters and political pundits to predict which states would go Republican and which Democrat in the general election, signals just how important the election was, with voter turnout at the highest rate since 1968. And in Associate Professor Jim Payne’s Current Political Controversies class, a section of Freshman Studies, students moved beyond political jargon and 60-second political commercials to unearth the economic, social and political dynamics of major election issues. In addition to debating issues in class, students gathered to assess the candidates’ debating skills and to watch election returns come in. — R.A.
STEWAR T JARM
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★★ a Political Payne ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★ ★★
The Dallas and Austin alumni chapters made sure children’s Christmas visions were fulfilled last December as alumni continued their holiday tradition of community service. About 30 alumni in Dallas, like Frank Moore, hs ’63 (above), volunteered with The Salvation Army, sorting gifts and supplies for the organization’s Angel Tree project to benefit local families in need. In the same spirit of service, eight volunteers from the Austin chapter collected 100 pounds of food — pasta, tuna, soup, veggies and more — and delivered enough food for 80 meals to Capital Area Food Bank. — L.M. ■
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