Students end up with their first credit card and have no idea how to use it responsibly, running up a huge balance more quickly than they can pay it off. The result can be a ruined credit history, or worse. Indian student horrified by earthquake, concerned over friends' well-being On January 23, an earthquake measuring 7.9 on the Richter scale hit Bhuj, in Western India. Not only was it one of the worst earthquakes in more than 100 years, but the area was unprepared for a catastrophe of this magnitude. Death tolls are estimated at more than 25,000 people and increase daily.
Basic necessities are almost completely inaccessible.
While we cannot control nature, we can help those who have been affected by it to rebuild their lives. Members of the Peace and Justice Studies Wintersession in India Trip, Pakistani Students Association, Wellesley Association of South Asian Cultures and students at large have organized a myriad of fundraisers. Even College President Diana Chapman Walsh recognized the importance of these efforts. Help us make the matching mark by donating money at dorm bell desks, Schneider Center, the Bookstore, and Campus Police. It was her lyrics that first grabbed me.