Western Kentucky Brings ‘em In

February 4th, 2008 at 12:55 pm

Last week was a close competition for who could bring in the most new recruits, and this week was anything but.  Western Kentucky ran away with it, bringing in 274 new members.  Second place goes to Saint Anselm with a distant – though impressive for one week – 107.

We’ve rest the counter, so get recruiting this week and see if you can score 10,000 points for you school next Monday.

What’s an ROA Part VII: Rachel L.

December 13th, 2007 at 1:45 pm

For our next ROA we have the second West Coast Rachel, tricky.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” My name is Rachel Leuck, and I am the ROA for Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont. I am a freshman at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire; I am majoring in Politics, and I am pursuing my Environmental Studies Certificate. I will be going abroad for peace, conflict, and development studies in Rwanda and Uganda within the next few years, and the Peace Corps is definitely in my post-graduate plans. I hope to spend my life making a real difference in the area of sustainable human development, as far as it concerns the environment, poverty, and impacts on human rights, politics, and peace.

I am a native West Coast girl. I was born on Whidbey Island (just off the coast of Seattle) in Washington; at age 2, my family moved back to California. I have immense California pride; even so, I decided to go 3,000 miles away for college, just for the adventure! I am a humanitarian at heart. I am not afraid to stand up for what I believe in, even if that means time behind bars. I embrace all faiths and cultures, and I try to like everyone. I’d rather have laugh lines than regret wrinkles, so I am always smiling!

Other than that, I am your typical hug-loving vegetarian! I enjoy politics, traveling, hiking, camping, writing, photography, relaxing at the beach, riding horses, and cuddling. Running is my de-stressor and my anti-drug. I love learning about the world, and I love wolves. My favorite books are “Pride and Prejudice” by Jane Austen and “The End of Poverty” by Jeffrey Sachs. Everyone needs to watch these three films at some point: “The Girl in the Cafe,” “Yesterday,” and the BBC “Planet Earth” series.

Have a great holiday! I can’t wait to meet you all at the ONE Conference in January… and remember: “The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river.” The world knows that extreme global poverty is a problem; our generation can and will end it.