The student led Organization for the Prevention of AIDS in Africa (OPAA) is highlighting its cause with a number of events and speakers this week. While events have been going on since Monday, there are plenty of things to attend today and tomorrow. Today, OPAA members and supporters will participate in a 12-hour hunger strike and collect donations to recognize AIDS victims and their families.
U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken visited St. Cloud yesterday as part of his "On Your Side" tour to talk with working families about problems they've been facing with the current sluggish economy. Franken engaged in a "roundtable discussion" at the home of Richard and Renee Ehlenz in Sauk Rapids.
With the Earth Day Celebration just around the corner, St. Cloud is doing what it can to become more eco-friendly. The kick off event for celebrations is a St. Cloud Metro bus fueled by vegetable oil that will be unveiled at 11 a.m. Friday at Herb Brooks Way by the National Hockey Center on the SCSU campus.
A part time job and student loans are not quite enough to pay for bills, school and leisure for many students. More and more college students have turned to card games like Texas hold 'em and blackjack to get their thrills. Forty percent of 18 to 22-year-olds gambled monthly in 2007, according to the Annenberg Public Policy Center in Pennsylvania.
Seventeen 3 to 5-year-old pre-school children at SCSU Lindgren Child Care Center helped the conservation program by collecting and selling used books April 16 and 17. This is the book sale's second year. "It was such a good idea to make it annual. The children are excited to take on the project," said Dennis Mergen, a pre-school teacher at the center.
With gas prices constantly increasing, commuting back and forth from the Twin Cities is become more expensive for students and staff at SCSU. Plans to extend the light-rail to St. Cloud have been talked about but may not be acted upon in the near future. So students need another options for travel in order to save money.