‘News’ Archives
Cooking for a Cause Raises Over 6k for Haiti
By: BREEN EITEL On the first Spring semester weekend at Eckerd College, a group of students dedicated their Friday and Saturday nights to raising money for disaster relief in Haiti through the first ever Crisis Kitchen - a late night restaurant with on-campus delivery, operating from 11 PM to 3 AM. With raw foodstuffs and a large propane [...]
The Little Things.
By: MAX BENJAMIN For more information, check out our article "Fighting For a Precious Penny" to read what YOU can do to protest Publix and end a situation that has created multiple cases of modern slavery according to the US Justice Department.
A Loving Thank You to the Eckerd College Community from the Parents of Holt Weeks
Dear Eckerd College Community, We are so grateful for the outpouring of love and so many kindnesses -- large and small -- you have shown us and our family in the aftermath of the tragic loss of our treasured sons, Holt and Stone Weeks. The Nov. 20 memorial service on the Eckerd campus was a beautiful tribute to a pair of extraordinary young [...]
My Time at Guantanamo Bay
By JOHNNY V. BOYKINS Very few people have been to the US Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and fewer people have been inside the wire of Camp America, the Detainee prison. What do you think about when someone mentions Guantanamo Bay? For many Americans it means the place where some of the world’s most dangerous people are held, [...]
That whole Baywalk deal
By DAVID TRUJILLO PENIS. Okay, now that I have your attention: The last few months have been pretty disappointing for local activists. In case you haven’t been following the aneurysm-inducingly frustrating Baywalk privatization catastrophe in downtown St. Pete, let me lay it out for you with my characteristically dispassionate [...]
Carousing For a Cause!
By The Ekurd Voice Publisher, BREEN EITEL One afternoon in late November, as I carelessly wandered through the business district of London with the goal of walking up to a remarkable building, the Gherkin, that had aptly been labeled “the giant pickle of London”, something else caught my eye. Across the street from this circular building [...]
Humane Borders: An International Student’s Experience.
By HISASHI SATO During the fall break, three of my classmates and I took a trip to Tucson to do volunteer work at Humane Borders with our professor Nancy Janus. Humane Borders has no political stance and offers humanitarian assistance to illegal immigrants from Mexico. One of the five classes I am taking in this semester is called Human [...]
Urban Panning: The 10 Meanest Cities In America?
By LINTON WEEKS To some people, the Land of the Free doesn't always seem so free. And America the Beautiful doesn't look so pretty. That's the viewpoint of two Washington-based groups — the National Law Center on Homelessness and Poverty, and the National Coalition for the Homeless — that have targeted the country's mingiest [...]
The Gaza Crisis: from a student in the West Bank
by BRANDON COOKE Back story: My Mother is a third grade volunteer teacher at The Jerusalem School: Bethlehem The Jerusalem School: Bethlehem (JSB) is a small Christian school in the town of Beit Jala. Beit Jala is Palestinian controlled area in the West Bank governed by the Fatah group. It is located about 10km south east of Israel's [...]
