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Page 3 • Thursday, June 12, 2003
Trotting around the globe
Aggks share their experiences as Peace Corps volunteers
By Daniel Chapman
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Sarah Sampson, Class of 2002,
departed on June 1 for Suriname to work
as a health extension volunteer.
“1 decided to join the Peace Corps
because of both the organization’s serv
ice to humanity and for the adventure
involved with being a volunteer,” she
said. “The idea of going to another
country and learning a new culture while
having the opportunity to be inspired by
people intrigues me. I am looking for
ward to the challenge.”
In 1961, former President John F.
Kennedy signed into existence of the
now well-known and respected Peace
Corps. The organization spawned from
an idea that Americans would travel
throughout the world as volunteers to
promote world peace and friendship.
Four decades later, 436 Aggies have
joined to give their time, energy and love
to all parts of the world, and more con
tinue to do so every year.
Sampson will be working with a team
to identify the most pressing health
issues and will try to solve them.
“Texas A&M University has been a
great producer of volunteers in the
Southwest. The school often makes
Peace Corps’ annual Top 25 list of Top
Volunteer-Producing Schools,” said
Jesus Garcia, public affairs specialist
from the Peace Corps’ southwest region
al recruitment office. “We visit the cam
pus twice a semester, and the school is a
great resource of agriculture volunteers,
which is one of our biggest needs.”
A&M sends an average of 16 volun
teers to various areas of the world each
year. Although not everyone who
applies receives assignments, an
encouraging number of students apply
every year; however, not all applicants
receive assignments.
Since Sept. 11, the Peace Corps has
seen a 17 percent increase in applicants
for service. This trend has also been
reflected in A&M statistics. In the year
before Sept. 11, A&M had 207 appli
cants for the Peace Corps. The following
year 389 applications were submitted.
Alumni of the Peace Corps often
cite their experiences as life-changing
events that helped them choose a career
path. Dr. Bruce Herbert, a geology pro
fessor, said he would not have chosen
to come to A&M if it had not been for
the Peace Corps.
“The experience defined my life’s
purpose, which directly led me to
TAMU,” he said. “I decided that I should
use science to solve problems affecting
human society and the environment.”
For some, the choice to join the
Peace Corps is not a difficult one. Many
choose to go because of some ideal they
wish to pursue or simply to get out of the
country for some time.
“I wanted to see the world and have
a bit of an adventure,” Herbert said.
“But I had no money and I don’t look
good in a crew cut so the Navy was out.
I also thought the PC mission was a
good one.”
Stationed in Taveuni on the Fiji
Islands, where parts of the island
received 27 feet of rain a year, Herbert
witnessed the needs of the people and
learned that he could have an impact on
their lives.
“I was a secondary school science
teacher,” he said. “I also worked in com
munity development. For instance, we
were able to install a small hydroelectric
turbine in my village so we had electric
ity for lights and radio.”
Herbert added that not all those who
left with him were able to continue for
the duration of the assignment. Many
left because of homesickness.
Personally, he said he experienced
everything from serene sunsets that he
will never forget to a shark attack while
spear fishing.
In 1963, Kennedy spoke of the vision
of the Peace Corps that had come to
fruition. He believed in actions to help
the world’s problems that went beyond
financial help. The Peace Corps has
become a vital part to the United States
as well as to the 136 countries that its
volunteers have served in. As he signed
the executive order establishing the
Peace Corps, Kennedy commented on
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what was to become of the thousands
that would volunteer.
“But if the life will not be easy, it will
be rich and satisfying,” he said. For
every young American who participates
in the Peace Corps — who works in a
foreign land — will know that he or she
is sharing in the great common task of
bringing to man that decent way of life
which is the foundation of freedom and
a condition of peace.”
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Finding Nemo
Disney Pixar
“Finding Nemo,” the new
computer animated pet film
from Disney Pixar, is a stress
ful underwater version of
“Homeward Bound” meets the
fish chase scene in “The Sword
in the Stone.” Before the title
scene, there is already an emo
tional Bambi-like death, and
this tension is repeated
throughout the film, potentially
scarring every child in the the
ater.
“Finding Nemo” is exactly
what the title projects. A fish
named Nemo is taken from his
ocean home by evil humans,
and his father Marlin goes on a
Holy Grail-type quest to bring
him back.
The computer animation is
top notch and the elaborate
underwater coral scenes look
distinctly real. Overall, writer
and director Andrew Stanton
gave an adequate follow-up to
previous Pixar hits “Toy Story”
and “Monsters, Inc.” But if it
was attempting to appeal to
older fans, Pixar may have
inadvertently overlooked its
main audience — kids.
-by Ashley Marshall
The Italian Job
Paramount Pictures
“The Italian Job” is a fast-
paced action film that follows a
group of handsome gold
thieves in a spy vs. spy, thief
vs. thief game of wits, making
speeding and thievery look as
effortless and enjoyable as
watching the movie itself.
Unfortunately, the marketing
team put all the best parts of the
movie in its previews, so by the
time the movie is over, you feel
like you have already seen it.
“I trust everyone. I just don’t
trust the devil in them,” said John
Bridger (Donald Sutherland) dur
ing the opening gold heist in
Venice. Found to be brutally true
after a violent double-crossing by
Steve (Edward Norton), the gang,
led by Charlie Croker (Mark
Wahlberg), vows to reclaim its
gold and pay back Judas, a friend
from the first Italian job, now liv
ing in California.
The characters were well-
cast and believable. Seth Green
delivers an explosive perform
ance as computer prodigy Lyle,
who claims he created Napster.
Also starring are Charlize
Theron and Mos Def.
-by Ashley Marshall
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