On Tuesday March 30, eleven students traveled to Washington DC to represent Costa Rica in the 2010 Model Organization of American States from March 30 to April 3. The OAS (Organziation of American States) is a governmental organization similar to the United Nations. It includes thirty-five countries from North America, the Caribbean, and South America and works to promote human rights, development, and democracy and to protect the environment.
Nineteen year-old Thomas Flood, known to his friends as Tommy, is now a vampire. Sure, it was alright when his girlfriend, Jody, used him as a blood source for her own vampirism, but now what was he supposed to do? Tommy is forced into the underground vampire scene of San Francisco with his girlfriend and his new senses—which have made him realize just how badly most people smell.
The “Digital Divide”. It’s a term being used often in the news, but according to the University of Minnesota Duluth’s website, the official meaning is, “The gap that exists between those who have access to Electronic and Information Technology, and those who do not.” For example, high-income, Caucasian, married, and well-educated individuals have more access to IT as compared to low-income, African American and Latino, unmarried, and less-educated individuals (National Telecommunications and Information Administration, 2000, 2002), according to Bnet.
The sense of community at Notre Dame is one of the things that makes our college special. It's one of the first things that prospective students notice when they visit, and one of the important factors that brought many of us here. For some previous students, it also drew them back to their alma mater as faculty or staff members. I was able to interview several of these special alumnae.
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