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Vol. 109, No. 6
Israel attack impacts students Violet Whitmore News Editor
On Saturday, Palestinian militant group Hamas fired over 3,000 missiles at Israel and launched a military campaign, invading from the Gaza Strip. Israel has likewise begun a military campaign against Hamas, making the border highly militarized and dangerous. Thousands are already wounded and dead in both Gaza and Israel. The war is already having an impact on one Grove City College student who was studying in Israel and could impact the study abroad program in the future. The College works with Jerusalem University College and hosts faculty-led intersession study courses in Israel. “The war in Israel is very likely to impact the January intersession travel course and Passages trip to Israel that has been planned for 2024,” said Jennifer Gilliland, Director of the Office of Global Programs. “It remains to be seen how future travel courses will be impacted. We have no travel courses planned to Israel for the May 2024 intersession period.” “Fortunately, we do not have a large group of students who are currently in Israel,” Gilliland said. Joshua Rodriguez, a student at Grove City College, is studying at Jerusalem University College in Israel this semester. Rodriguez will be returning to the U.S. this week on a charter flight arranged by the college’s insurance partner INext. JUC has made arrangements for this student to finish this semester’s coursework online. The Study Abroad Office prepares for emergency situations like these and has procedures put in place for students in danger or accidents. “This is a situation that definitely highlights the need for things that students usually don’t like to pay for when they travel, such as international travel and health inISRAEL 3
Fine arts professor at the college, Glen Sanders, repairs a broken chain on a donated mountain bike.
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Reservation rides College refurbishes bikes for Lakota tribe Violet Whitmore News Editor
Life on an Indian Reservation isn’t an easy ride. Glen Sanders, a Grove City Professor of Fine Arts, and teacher at George Junior Republic School knows all about it. For nine years, Sanders and Calvin Presbyterian in Zelienople, Pennsylvania have donated roughly 100 bikes every year to Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota and Nebraska. Sanders and his team refurbish the bikes in coordination with Communicycle in Beaver County, load and drive the bikes to the reservation. They’ve donated roughly one thousand bikes already. “Since we started in Au-
gust, we already have 17 bikes repaired and ready at a warehouse owned by Grove City College, and more bikes stored at George Junior. Communicycle has thousands of bikes they repair and give away locally, and we swap bikes and parts while working with them. We have access to roughly two thousand bikes, but some junky ones are sold or used for parts.” Two sophomore girls from the college work on the project with Sanders, Veronica Klein and Michelle Porter. “We coordinate with Glen and go to George Junior on Saturday mornings. The George Junior bikes facility gives the bikes to a tribe in South Dakota where they don’t have access to trans-
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A Lakota boy excited about riding his new bicycle. portation. Some of our bikes end up with Communicycle because we trade with them for different bikes; if we need
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ICO teams prepare for mission field Emma Rossi Editor-in-Chief
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Senior Caroline Garrett and junior Haley Miller prep for their trip.
Grove City students are preparing for another year of Inter-Community Outreach (ICO) trips, beginning on fall break. ICO held its annual fair in SHAL atrium on Monday, where student representatives from each of the 12 trips shared their mission experiences.
ICO sends students across the state, country and western hemisphere. Grove City has served Philadelphia, Buffalo and Atlanta, among other cities. “Each ICO partners with local churches and Christian ministries across the United States and internationally to serve communities with the love of Christ, and thus, the focus of an ICO is centered on establishing ministry
partnerships in a wide array of community contexts,” Director of Christian Formation Virginia West said. “Traditionally, ICO has been denoted as an inner-city outreach, but more recently, ICO trips have expanded to include ministry in the rural areas.” ICO trips with Project Rural Ministries send teams ICO 3