Close your eyes. Imagine you are an 8-year-old child in Africa. Imagine living in fear of being taken away from your family by a rebel army. Imagine having friends that have disappeared who you know are now child soldiers and sex slaves. Imagine going to bed at night and wondering if you might be next. Imagine if no one knew.
Every quarter, for a week our school becomes a bazaar on Ring Road with the most popular wears for affordable, student-friendly prices. In preparation for the coming Mother's Day and summer, this quarter's vendor fair showed off the "ins" of fashion, the reality of the economy and the diversity of our campus.
Rebecca Westerman, left, was last year's Dalai Lama scholar; Ali Malik, center-left, and Moran Cohen are both 2008-2009 Dalai Lama Scholars. They met...