From (one of) the Editors' Desk

What can you do with 10 dollars? You can’t go for dinner at East Side Mario’s. You can barely go to the theatre to see a movie. You can’t even wash and dry 4 loads of laundry. One thing you can do is support a university student through the World University Service of Canada Student Refugee Program (WUSC-SRP). Grebel students have been supporting this cause since Fall 2007. We had a student from this program live in our community last year and it is the plan to have one next year again.

In case you didn’t know Grebel students are currently donating $10 per term to support this cause (look on page 60 in your constitution!!) but this commitment only lasts until Spring term 2009. It will be coming under review soon and the question will be put to Grebel students whether we want to continue to support the Student Refugee Program. As this time comes nearer I encourage all of you to think about those $10. All of us attending university have the privilege, the means and the resources to make it possible to go to school. The Student Refugee Program enables these students to go to university so they can bring their knowledge back to their home communities.

How much is your $10 worth to you? How much is your $10 worth to the refugee student who gets to come live at Grebel next year? Please think about this a little bit. For more information you can look on page 60 of your constitution, go to http://www.wusc.ca/en/campus/students/sponsor/refugee_program or you can go to the University of Waterloo Student Refugee Program website at www.uwsrp.ca. More details will be coming from Student council in the near future.

Written by Becky Klassen - GrebelSpeaks Co-Editor