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Lizzie Abshire
Alternative Fall Break in New
Orleans
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Meredith Grace Hawcroft
News Editor
Angelika Davis
Sports Editor
Mikaela Ransom
Events Coordinator
Ashley Conklin
Social Media Coordinator
Crystal Richardson
Lead Photographer
Aubry Melvin
Staff Writer
Joshua Imholte
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tudents who
participated in
Alternative Fall Break spent
four days in New Orleans,
Louisiana helping build up
the community.
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Study Abroad Program,
Leadership Exchange class
and an internship.
Those involved in the
leadership program must
also serve in five different
leadership roles on campus.
For those interested
in becoming part of the
leadership program, visit
the Leadership USC Aiken
webpage. All information
on how to apply and the
requirements can be found
difference,” Gross said.
The Alternative Fall
Break is just one of many
trips for those involved
in the Leadership USC
Aiken: Creating Career
and Community Leaders
program. Other trips
include the compass
Leadership Program,
Disney Leadership institute,
Alternative Spring Break,
there. Corey Feraldi and
Ahmed Samaha may also
be emailed for additional
information.
- Ashley Conklin
Orleans, but she does the
same here in Aiken.
“I am the Building
Coordinator for the USC
Aiken chapter of Habitat
for Humanity. I was excited
to go to New Orleans to
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attended Alternative Fall
Break in the past and was
grateful to get another
chance to do the same thing
again.
“I am definitely excited
to not only travel to a
new area, but to also be a
part of serving in another
community outside of
my own. Giving back
is important and this
trip opens the door for
college students to make a
Participants of alternative fall break pose for pictures before
they board the bus to travel (above), while working on the
house (below and to the right), and before enjoying a great
meal in New Orleans (bottom right)
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students spent October
13-16 helping build houses
with Habitat for Humanity
while experiencing New
Orleans. For many students,
both were new experience.
Senior exercise and sports
science major Daja Martin
was one of the students on
the trip. Not only did she
help build houses in New
work on building a Habitat
house as I already do here
in Aiken and network
with other Habitat for
Humanity members. I was
also interested in exploring
the city of New Orleans and
experiencing a new culture,”
Martin said.
Marissa Gross, who is a
senior biology major, has
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submitted and taken
by Angel Miano