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The independent weekly student newspaper at the University of Louisville since 1926. April 19, 2011 Vol. 85, Issue 28
Whir: most AmeriCans are f~rtunate enough to enjoy
- a relatively healthy childhood, others are not so lucky.
the country, children who suffer from medical
illnesses are confined to lengthy hospital stays for treat-ment
and are deprived of a normal childhood in the
process.
The picture painted may be dark, but there is a small
ray of hope in the form of a national philanthropic or­ganization
known as Project: SUNSHINE.
Last year, a chapter of Project: SUNSHINE was es­tablished
here at the University of Louisville through
contact with Bonner Leaders program coordinator. Kim
Shaver and Bonner Leaders Brian Wessel and Nick de"
Guzman, who are both senior biology majors .
. Since last year, the U of L chapter of Project: SUN:..
SHINE has been working with kids a,t Kosair Children's
I;Iospit~ several times a month in differing rotations of
members. The group's focus is currently on the patients,
they play games and do 'arts and crafts with fre­quently.
The chapter also inccrporates Star for a Day, a pro­that
selects one specific patie~n: and crowns them
"star" for one day as a way of giving a child special
atttention and letting them know that they are impor-
, --
"[Ntck and lJ are both ' biology maj0rs and we're
. pre-med," S'aJd Wessel, "You could go down [to
1\:osairJ an.d volunteer, but what was unique about Proj­ect:
SUNSHINE was that when you volunteered with
thetnl you work with the_patients. ¥au w.e.rk with
hang out with the kids."
As Bart of Bonner Leaders volunteering program,
and de Guzman were placed at different service
in August and September of theirjuruor year. How~
neither felt their current service sites were quite tht;
match for them.
'''For rne, 1 wanted to address something l'tlorehealcli
I.Ita;,uc•Li," said de Guzman. ''I wantegr;:o do someilii&lg
[Project: SUNSHINE] was an idea brought to
and Brian from our Bonner Leader ·supervisor, Kim
Shaver." .
As the Service-Learning Coordinator at the Office o£
Civic Engagement, Leadership>and Service, Shaver
plained that she was contacted by Project: SUNSHINE
t0 start a chapter here at'U ofL._ ·
The idea was supported by a local pediatrician who
believed it was i:mportant to have a Project: SUNSHINE
chapter in Louisville. Shaver then brought the ·idea to
Wessel and de Guzman. ·
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By Baylee Pulliam
The Louisville Cardinal
bpulliam@louisvillecardinal.com .
Emoticons and text jargon
they're not entirely uncommon
among college students. Slipped
into casual conversation, ema:ils and
- sometimes - term papers, the lan­guage
of texting has become a part of
everyday life for most young adults.
However, every once in a while,
people send a different kind of text
message.
In a- recent study by the National ·
Campaign to Prevent Teen an Un-planned
Pregnancy, 59 percent
young adults admitted to havthg
sent sexually explicit text messages.
Called 'sexting,' the trend is spread­ing
among college students in the
United States.
According w some, the students
of.the University o( Louisville are no
exception. ·
"It's pretty common on campus,"
said Jamal Thurston, a junior exercise
science major and employee of Cam- .
pus Health Services. '"It's around."
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