Starting today, students interested in Haiti relief can send shoes to the disaster-stricken country.
Some Western employees and students have partnered with Soles4Souls, the Shoe Charity, according to a faculty and staff email from Theresa Clark, coordinator for Prospect Research.
The shoe drive will last until March 5, and is sponsored by Covenant Ministries Baptist Church in [...]

Two weeks ago today, a 7.0-magnitude earthquake ripped through Haiti, destroying its capital and killing hundreds of thousands of people.
Since then, Haiti has been the center of international attention. News networks have been airing round-the-clock coverage of the damage, while celebrities have been urging people to donate to the relief effort.
But for one local family, [...]

21-year-old Sophia Sterlin, the Western freshman who has been in Haiti since last week’s catastrophic earthquake, should be returning to the United States on Monday, her uncle said.
Rob Bokkon said he’s communicated with his niece on Facebook, and spoken with other relatives who have talked to Sterlin and her parents on the phone. Sterlin’s parents [...]

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Posted: Jan. 14, 8:23 p.m.
Mary Ann Bokkon was in the middle of an interview with a local television station late Thursday when she got some news that dramatically changed her evening.
Her niece, 21-year-old freshman Sophia Sterlin, and her parents, were in Haiti just days ago when a devastating 7.0 earthquake ripped through the [...]