What if the flagpole light was your nightlight?
Qing Zheng
Issue date: 11/10/09 Section: Up Hill, Down Hill
In the weeks preceding our vacation marked by our overeating of turkey, stuffing and cranberry sauce, the Denison Community Association (DCA) brings to our attention the issue of Homelessness and Hunger. A group of students have chosen to give up their dorm rooms and, for some, their meal plans, to spend this week sleeping in cardboard boxes outside of Slayter, bringing awareness to this issue. Homelessness and Hunger (HnH) Awareness goes beyond Denison; it is a national event, typically falling just before Thanksgiving. Every year when this week comes, a number of communities, schools and groups all over the country participate in their own very different ways.
Homelessness and Hunger Awareness week is its own committee under DCA chaired by senior Betsy Fisher and sophomore Jessica Wilson. Denison has been involved in HnH week for at least seven years according to Fisher, from Toledo, Ohio. The week's events kicked off last night, Nov. 9, and continue through Friday, Nov. 13. All events will reflect this year's theme, "Consumption: the Monster within You."
"The goal of Homelessness and Hunger Week (HnH Week) at Denison is to help Denison's student body understand the issues of homelessness and hunger in Ohio, the US and the world," Fisher said. Fisher and Wilson hope that "as a result of this awareness, students will make changes in their lifestyle, reducing their own consumption and engaging issues of HnH through volunteerism."
In recognition of HnH Week, there are ten events scheduled over five days this week to get everyone involved and address issues of homelessness and hunger locally (see box for a schedule of events).
Last night's Hunger Banquet brought students and faculty to the annual feast in the Curtis Veggie Room where they were assigned a status: from the poor and starving to the rich and wealthy. The status students were assigned corresponded with what food they were served to illustrate how economic status dictates what one eats.
Homelessness and Hunger Awareness week is its own committee under DCA chaired by senior Betsy Fisher and sophomore Jessica Wilson. Denison has been involved in HnH week for at least seven years according to Fisher, from Toledo, Ohio. The week's events kicked off last night, Nov. 9, and continue through Friday, Nov. 13. All events will reflect this year's theme, "Consumption: the Monster within You."
"The goal of Homelessness and Hunger Week (HnH Week) at Denison is to help Denison's student body understand the issues of homelessness and hunger in Ohio, the US and the world," Fisher said. Fisher and Wilson hope that "as a result of this awareness, students will make changes in their lifestyle, reducing their own consumption and engaging issues of HnH through volunteerism."
In recognition of HnH Week, there are ten events scheduled over five days this week to get everyone involved and address issues of homelessness and hunger locally (see box for a schedule of events).
Last night's Hunger Banquet brought students and faculty to the annual feast in the Curtis Veggie Room where they were assigned a status: from the poor and starving to the rich and wealthy. The status students were assigned corresponded with what food they were served to illustrate how economic status dictates what one eats.
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