I Service trips off er opportunities to better community

"$4,ooq to review an introductory textbook," according to The Chronicle of Higher Education, as a kind of bribe to choose it. "[I am] very much against it, [I] wouldn't ever participate in it," Barenbaum said.

Dr. Katie Acker, assistant professor of mathematics, said she has never been offered money to use a particular textbook. Acker said, "[publishers J try to get you to use books in other ways supplements and online access." As far as if Acker offered money to use a particular book, she said she would have to know, "why [they] needed to bribe." Acker is looking for math books on a CD because most math books are so heavy and the publications on the CD must be cheaper. "Any publisher, who has [a math text on a CD] has a higher mark up for me; it'd be worth trying," Acker said.

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The West Virginia Project Appalachia and the New York City Immersion Experience are two opportunities in which students may give time to the less fortunate. Taking place during spring break, Feb. 29 through March 4, students will participate in numerous activities aimed at improving personal growth as well as community awareness.

Those involved in project Appalachia can expect to partake in "hands on physical work," Dr. Mary Laver, the coordinator of Community Outreach, said. Students will restore and reconstruct the homes and community building that sustained damage in Raleigh County, W. Va.

In addition to these services, students will take part in group building activities and must take responsibility for their personal living conditions.

The New York City Immersion Experience trip has a variety of service programs and activities that involve students helping others that are disadvantaged and providing them supplies and donations with which they may use. Originally co-founded by Dorothy Day, The Catholic Worker Movement works alongside the Cabrini Mission Corps to make these trips possible. In addition to these services, students will be visiting Cabrini High School as well as the United Nations to take part in a discussion about women and AIDS. The intention of these Outreach visits is to raise awareness of not only how one can help, but who to help.

Transportation is provided for both of the service trips. The students are also asked to bring an open mind and open heart, according to Laver. To sign up for either one of these trips, one would need to get a hold of Laver, at ext: 8409 or e-mail Laver at mlaver@cabrini.edu.

You can fill out an application and write a short essay about your views on community service. The cost of each trip is as follows; West Virginia is $250 per student and the New York trip is $110 per student.