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… 2010, two University students decided to develop a club on campus to get students more involved with the organization. Club president and LSA senior Andrea Gregorka and LSA senior Mackenzie Lebeis said…

… Student United Way currently has about 30 members that help provide support for community members in need through volunteer activities throughout the year. Gregorka said while United Way of Washtenaw County…

… is more fundraising-based, Student United Way focuses on volunteer events in the community. Specifically, the club aims to provide students with volunteer opportunities outside of the United Way Day…

… of Action - a nationwide day of non-stop service events in June, which many students are unable to attend because it takes place after winter semester is over. Gregorka said the club's presence on…

… Way of Washtenaw County offered last semester. Gregorka added it's an easy way for students to get involved in the community because there is no ty service specific time commitment, and students can…

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… stopped. rkozy urges that if the Arab League initiative is not implemented, the interna- in leader Assad tional community will have to consider new measures to corm- to resign pel a halt to the regime…

… inattentiveness to students and workers, particularly in light of recent GOP comments at the par- ty's convention last week. Obama said Romney's recent speech at the Republican Nation- al Convention in Tampa, Fla…

… parents" remark. She said she couldn't borrow money from her parents for her degree because her mother and father are still paying off their own student loans, and she will likely graduate from college with…

… about $20,000 in student loan debt. "My parents can't give me money, so that struck right to the heart," Mohlke-Hill said. Like Devore, Mohlke-Hill said Romney doesn't understand how difficult it is for…

… the average American to pay for their chil- dren's education. "He just doesn't understand that we can't afford to go to col- lege without some scholarships or student loans," Mohlke-Hill said. "Our…

… will also probably leave college with debt, and expressed concern about Romney's plans for student loan debt. Carter added that there's a significant push for federal assis- tance with student loan debt…

… programming and outreach at LACS and native Bra- zilian, is also helping organize events for the trip and assisting students who are interested in doing internships or study abroad programs in Brazil. Caulfield…

… JOEY STEINBERGER For the Daily At the 12th annual Latin@ Cul- ture Show, University students will perform dances, poetry, monologues and piano piec- 12th Annual es. But unlike Wn previous years, the…

… that theme, Latin@ Culture Show will have other University groups such as the Amala Dancers - a West African dance group - and the Persian Student Assembly repre- sentingtheir respective cultures…

… from the influences of the Arab world and the West African world." The "@" ending is meant to represent the Spanish language's masculine "o" and feminine "a" suffixes. When spoken, it's called the…

… about marginalized groups such as undocumented students, stereotyped as "illegal immi- grants." "We want to display the inter- sectionality of the lives we lead," Alvarez said. "On top of being Latino on…

… these in societal norm views are stigmatized." This year, the Coalition for Tuition Equality will be pre- senting a monologue on undocu- mented students at the show. In addition to raising awareness about…

… these groups, the students who organize the show also give back to their community, locally and worldwide. "We're sponsoring a little girl in Mexico until she is 18," Alvarez said. "She is 5 now and…

… ... we're going to keep up with it every year and show where she is at." The group is also working with a student in the School of Social Work to bring 40 stu- dents from Detroit high schools to Ann Arbor…

…. The students will learn about applying to college and financial aid packages. The Latin® Culture Show is subsi- dizing tickets for the high-school students so they can attend. Students from the show…

… was an hour and it was free. Now it's at the Mendelssohn Theatre and has almost five hundred peo- ple in attendance." The Latin@ Culture Show aspires to be like Indian Ameri- can Student Associations…

…' Cul- tural Show, which has become one of the largest student-run cultural shows on the continent. Reaching that goal will be a chal- lenge for the Latin@ Cultural Show because Latina and Latino students…

… the regime must be judged by its actions. Also yesterday, Amnesty International said people are still being arrested across Syria, including 13 students who were beaten at their school in the Damascus…

… Arab League effort that included sending in monitors to promote a cease-fire collapsed in violence in Novem- ber. It also remains unclear whether rebel forces fighting government troops under the banner…