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met to form The Ameriqan Lebanese Syrian Associated Charities, whose lone purpose is to raise funds for the support of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Hosting some of today's most gifted researchers, the hospital has been the location of many discoveries completely changing how the world treats pediatric cancer. To date, more than 19,000 children worldwide have been treated and all patients receive treatment regardless of their ability to afford treatment

• Due to work at the hospital the survival rate for the most common form of childhood cancer, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, has risen from four to 80 percent. Treatment in the hospital is free.

"It's magical what the hospital does, if you consider the mere cost of a check up at the doctor"

Beauduy said.

"Up Till Dawn" was created in 1998 and since then close to $3 miUion has been raised by more than 105 coJJeges across America. Cabrini hopes to contribute this year by recruiting between 50 to 60 teams of five students.

Primarily these teams will take part in a "letter writing party" on

Nov. 3, inviting friends, family and community to make donations.

Beauduy visited the hospital during summer break and was inspired by the wm and determination of the patients. "Cancer is a devastating disease that touches everyone in some way be it family or friends," Beauduy said.

"It's a wonderful feeling that just by addressing a letter you could be helping save a life."

The executive board will be recruiting fundraising teams around campus, during events such as the involvement fair. The deadline for registering a team is Oct. 29. The executive board hope to finaJize the year's fundraising with an 'Up till Dawn' late night party with various entertainment.

For more information contact the Student Activities Office or Pete Schauster at pls722@cabrini.edu.

Luge amounts of rains caused flooding around the entire local m:a. The rain came from the reml'lants of Hurricane Jeanne that slammedinto the North Carolina coastover the weekend. The SchuykiU CXJRsswaywas closed down due to huJeamounts of water. Some commuters bad to be rescued by the Philadelphia police. Many cars were abandoned on the side of the road. Amtrak was also affected due to the severe weather, according to NBC lONews.

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Gas prices SOIiedto $50 a barrel Ibis week. One causeof the prices rising is the recent hurricane activity in the Gulf of Mexico. Many oil rigs are placed in the Gulf and were forced to evacuate their workers several times due to the roughwaters.The rise affected the stock market, the Dow Jones was below the 10.000 mark. Tenorists are also playing a role in the rising prices. They continue to target oil destinations in order to disrupt world economics, according to the Washington Post.