Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down 05/06/04

• Thumbs up to only one more week of school.
• Thumbs up to Relay for Life for passing its fundraising goal.
• Thumbs up to the seniors. Congratualtions, you’ve survived college.

• Thumbs down to comprehensive finals.
• Thumbs down to the small job market. It’s hard to make a living when no one’s hiring.
• Thumbs down to the people who play ping-pong during performances in Tiger Inn .

Relay for Life to be held

Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
April 29, 2004, Page 1

The 3rd Annual Relay For Life walk will kick off at 5 p.m. on Friday.
Each team will have at least one representative walking throughout the entire night to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
“You don’t have to be on a team to walk,” said Faculty Advisor Rachel Schaefer. “It’s for everyone.”
Walking laps is not the only way that people can help raise money.
“Even if you’re not on a team, you can still make donations,” Chairperson Erin Cico said.
Relay For Life has grossed millions of dollars to fund cancer research. Doane is not only participating in the walk, but has other activities to help raise money as well.
Last Friday students participated in a Car Smash. Students paid $1 for three hits anywhere on the car. All proceeds made went to Relay For Life. A total of $159 was raised.
The evening will start at 5 p.m. with a tailgate dinner and will continue with games and activities throughout the night.
It will end at 6 a.m. Saturday morning.
Other fundraising activities include: basket auction, luminaries, 3rd Annual Miss Relay Pageant, and Jail’n’Bail.
Another organization on campus, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, has also helped with the cause.
The organization decided to auction off several males and whatever funds these gentlemen brought in would go directly into the Relay For Life account. One hundred and ninty dollars were raised through this activity.
This year there is Nebraska Wesleyan University challenged Doane to raise more money than them.
Cico said that the Doane and Crete communities have gotten more involved with Relay For Life each year.
“Most students don’t realize all treatments have come from the American Cancer Society,” Cico said. “We are a large part of that and it’s very important.”

Thumbs Up/Thumbs Down 04/29/04

• Thumbs up to Stop Day. It ran smoothly and people had fun.
• Thumbs up to only two more weeks of school.
• Thumbs up to Doane’s Relay for Life teams for raising money for a good cause.

• Thumbs down to the sunburns people got during Stop Day.
• Thumbs down to the wind on Stop Day.
• Thumbs down to all the projects that will be due next week.

HSSC represents students at Doane

Mandie Craven
Staff Writer
Mar. 11, 2004, Page 3

Every community has a form of leadership or representation present. At Doane there is representation as well: Student Congress and the Hansen Student Steering Committee (HSSC).
“HSSC is a group of students chosen to help steer the Hansen Leadership Program in the right direction, in what they think the college should be focusing its attention on,” said Rachel Schaefer, associate director of HLP.
HSSC is a group of students who are nominated by faculty or staff members.
“At the previous two schools I was at before I came here, they had components of what HLP is to Doane,” HLP director Jim Hermelbracht said. “But it was never a set program.”
In the past, HSSC has been involved in many aspects of leadership on campus.
They were strongly involved in the Relay for Life campaign and select programs and speakers for Doane.
“Doane's philosophy is that everyone is a leader,” Hermelbracht said. “This program is great because students don’t have to enroll in it, it’s open to everyone.”