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Nepalese students seek help after quake hits home Austin Miller | @AMiller_DE Nepalese students here are reeling as tragedy struck their home more than 7,500 miles away. A 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Nepal about noon local time Saturday. The epicenter was less than 50 miles west of the capital city of Kathmandu. More than 2,700 have died in Nepal, China and India — the two nations that sandwich the small country of more than 27 million people. Rumbles were felt on the slopes of Mount Everest on the border
of China and Nepal, causing an avalanche that killed 17 people. Ramesh Neupane, a member of the Nepalese Student Society of Carbondale, said the nearly 50 Nepalese SIU students have been notified of their families’ safety. Neupane, a doctoral candidate in higher education, said he has talked with his mother and uncle, but electricity has since gone out across the country. He said a friend of his was killed during the initial earthquake while the friend was donating blood. Even after the initial earthquake,
Flyover Infoshop grows communal relationships
Epicenter of magnitude 7.8 earthquake
Nepal Katmandu
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aftershocks have worsened conditions. Neupane’s native city of Bhaktapur is some 8 miles away from the capital city. He said people
have been sleeping outside because the aftershocks make them afraid to go back inside. The situation has deteriorated with rainfall.
“It’s a very tough time for people in Nepal,” he said. “We all want to do something to help them and bring in the SIUC and Carbondale community.” He said the group has been in contact with International Student Council and Indian Student Association to set up a way for students to donate money to those in need, but is awaiting approval from the university’s administration on Monday. “Nepal needs help,” he said.” Everything counts — even a penny makes a difference.”
Memorial service sheds light on the battle against AIDS
sAM BeArd| @SamBeard_DE What was once bleak and concrete is now a space with a do-it-yourself feel. The Flyover Infoshop is a newly opened community center where people can explore the possibilities of life through networking, critical thought, good will and a little bit of elbow grease. Located at 214 N. Washington St., Flyover is a free-space where people can host small concerts, art shows, free schools, mutual aid workshops and seminars, according to its website. The Infoshop began its daily operations April 19 and will host a May Day poetry-slam, an open-mic for poets, the evening of May 1. The area once home to the Big Muddy Independent Media Center has served as a meeting ground for activist movements during the past several years, including Occupy Carbondale — the local manifestation of Occupy Wall Street in 2011. Since October, it has undergone a physical transformation to make the space more welcoming and useful, said Sarah Baumgarten, an Infoshop volunteer. Infoshops began emerging internationally in the wake of social movements and acted as a place where people could come together to secure their social, economic and political needs in a society where they are often ignored, she said. “We aim to see how we can transform the region, city or maybe just few blocks into something that doesn’t initiate exploitation, oppression, discrimination or marginalization of any and all people,” said Baumgarten, a senior from Chicago studying philosophy. Although it has only been fully open for about a week, it has attracted the eyes of many creative and intellectual people, she said. “It’s turning out to be a space that is going to harness a lot of musical, poetic, artistic and academic events that fall in line with our anti-oppression and anti-hierarchical ideologies,” Baumgarten said. Please see INFOSHOP | 3
h olidAy W Agner | @HolidayWagnerDE The Rev. Robert Flannery, priest at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church, forms a candlelit circle Sunday evening along with other attendees of The Southern Illinois AIDS Candlelight Memorial Service at the Church of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ. “We’re here for two purposes: One to remember those who have passed and to celebrate those who are still living, and to encourage people to stay involved in the fight against HIV and AIDS,” said Wally Paynter, chairman of the Southern Illinois AIDS Walk and AIDS Holiday Project.
Engineering professor arrested on charges of battery BrAndA Mitchell | @BrandaM_DE A professor was arrested on charges of battery on Thursday after an altercation with a student in the Engineering Building. Alan Weston, associate professor in the mechanical engineering and energy processes
department, posted a $160 bond and was released, according to the Department of Public Safety’s daily crime log. Rae Goldsmith, chief marketing and communications officer for the university, could not comment on the incident because it is a personnel matter.
“We take the safety of students very seriously,” Goldsmith said in an interview Friday. The unidentified 22-year-old student involved did not need medical treatment, according to the crime log. Two calls to DPS were not returned. Weston could not be reached for comment.
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