Students of Service
By Hana Uman,April 22, 2010
After she placed a band around the arm of a young Mauritanian girl, Peace Corps volunteer Cindy Hunter measured its circumference, checking to see if the child was moderately malnourished. Hunter also looked for signs of an orange tint in her skin and hair. If caught early enough, Hunter could prevent further weakening of the child’s health, possibly preventing her from getting diarrhea and dying of dehydration. As May 8 quickly gains on the Class of 2010, many seniors are applying to join service... Read more »
The Good Bowl
By Hana Uman,March 4, 2010
Local and organic products combine with vegan, vegetarian and gluten-free choices to create A Bowl of Good Café. Co-owner Katrina Didot has sold natural products for more than four years and opened the Café in August. For no more than $7, Harrisonburg locals are now able to travel from continent to continent simply by stepping into a restaurant only a few minutes away. Customers sit around dark wooden tables and chairs, drinking fair-trade coffee from Nicaragua, munching on coconut chicken from... Read more »
Open Arms, Open Doors
By Hana Uman,February 1, 2010
Our Community Place Opens Its Doors to All Walks of Life It’s lunchtime. Eating quietly at the end of a table, a middle-aged man in a white shirt shares his plate of rice and beans with a bright green bird. Around a handful of tables sit people from all walks of life, eating together, passing down plates of cookies and bags of tortilla chips, and chatting about a movie playing later that night. A few people do not eat. They lie on couches, curled up in worn clothing, their faces tired and their... Read more »
Best of the 'Burg Supplement
April 29, 2010 Issue in Print
