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By Mina Kim
The second semester has been in full swing and classes have been busy, busy, busy. But what have the clubs been up to? What are they planning this month? Here are three ND updates about what they have been working on.
Gwen Club The GWEN Club shot a commercial
Dry Ink Club This club has been collecting various
works of art, from poems to photographs, to publish into a small booklet. This club tries to promote teen creativity and provides an outlet for those who want to express their artistic capabilities. Senior, Jo Aquino, the president of the club, said, “I love literature and writing so I wanted to lead this club in helping other student do the same.” Along with her Senior Vice-President, Keelin Quigley, Aquino has been working hard collecting various works with the theme involving the year of fire. If you have any poems, drawings, photographs, or short stories, find Jo Aquino on the Dry Ink Facebook page and send in your work!
on campus with the co-founder of the GWEN organization, Tess Cacciatore. This commercial was made to promote the new GWEN app for iPhones. This free app allows people to program up to five people in their contacts list to contact in an emergency situation. In a click of a button, these five people known your location and that you are in trouble. It is essential to anyone who might find themselves in a tight situation. Although this organization promotes the empowerment of women, GWEN is a promoter in general social justice that fights against abuse.
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SriLankids Club This newly founded club is lead by
Juniors, Tara Haniffa and Tatiana Kassam who were inspired by Sri Lankan orphans and orphanages. It collaborates with the Lambesc Children’s Foundation, which raises funds to various orphanages in Sri Lanka, providing basic needs they are denied due to the loss of their parents. Haniffa said, “My sister and I both sponsor children there and when we visit Sri Lanka and we go and help out there to help orphans and underprivileged kids by giving them housing, medical care, education, and food.” The club is now designing sweaters to sell and raise funds for the LCF. Come and help out by buying a sweater!
The Knight Magazine
March 2013