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Douglass said the organization
hopes to donate the money to dig 50
fresh water wells in Sri Lanka. One
well could serve a community of 300,
and Douglass emphasized that fresh
water is one of the most urgent needs
for tsunami victims.
“The students at the University
of Oregon could actually affect a
community in a really profound way
by keeping them alive with clean
drinking water,” she said.
The Day of Tsunami Relief con
cluded with a candlelight vigil, host
ed by ASUO, that attracted about
30 people.
Sophomore Remi Nagata was
moved to tears during the vigil be
cause she said she remembers what
it’s like to lose everything. Nagata
survived a 7.2 magnitude earth
quake in Japan almost ten years ago
that devastated Kobe and southern
Japan, killing more than 5,050 peo
ple and causing $200 billion in dam
age, according to a University of
Washington Web site.
“You don’t have anything,” she
said. “The only people you can ask
for help are the people around you,
even if they are total strangers.”
Nagata is a member of the ISA and
said she hoped the vigil would raise
more awareness about the tsunami.
“I personally know how hard it is,”
she said. “If people can know about
it more, the better it will be.”
Elsewhere, other student groups
found diverse and creative ways to
raise money.
Beta Theta Pi decided, in the
words of Daniel Occhipinti, former
fraternity president, , to do “one of
the things we know we do best”: host
a dance party.
On Sunday night, an estimated
300 students packed the fraternity
house’s basement for the Tsunami
Relief Party. Guests were asked to
donate at least $2 to get in, and the
fraternity committed to matching
the funds raised at the door. Social
Chair Dan Scheinman said the
funds would go to the Red Cross’
tsunami relief fund.
The Tsunami Relief Party was a
huge success, Philanthropy Chair
Kyle Liljegren said. The dance atten
dance exceeded his expectation
three-fold, and $600 was raised in
donations at the door.
Liljegren said the party raised
awareness of the tragedy as well.
“A lot of people gave more than
we expected,” he said. “There were
more people there for the cause
rather than people looking for
something to do on a Sunday night.”
The Presidential Scholar Student
Association took a more subtle ap
proach to raise funds. Last week,
the group began making buttons to
sell for $1 each to raise money for
the organization Doctors Without
Borders. The buttons, designed by
PSSA Co-President Sarah Koski, say
“Project Tsunami Relief” and fea
ture a single candle.
“We did this theme of bright colors
to represent the urgency of the need,”
she said. “The candle is both in
memory of the lives lost and ... a
recognition of hope for students
that wear the button that they can
make a difference.”
Koski said button sales have gone
so well that the group’s small cadre
of 12 volunteers has been unable
to keep up with demand because
the buttons can take up to 10
minutes each to make. The group’s
first 50 buttons sold out within the
first two days, and it has had
requests from Portland businesses
that want to sell the buttons.
Even University President Dave
Frohnmayer wears one.
Regardless of how students
support tsunami victims, Woodard
said their efforts benefit both the
volunteers and the victims.
“You kind of feel helpless when it’s
on the other side of the world,” she
said. “Volunteering gives you the
sense you can help.”
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