"David Adewumi's plans for spring break don't look like those of most other college juniors. He won't be heading to a resort town for a week of beaches and bars, or home for a week of naps and TV-watching.And later:
Instead, he and 10 other students from Pennsylvania State University will fly south to Haiti, on an earthquake relief trip. They expect to spend a week helping with minor medical care, food distribution and shelter building. 'We know we're a tiny Band-Aid on a huge wound,' he said. 'But we're still doing what we can to help.'"
"We didn't invite ourselves to come. An organization on the ground decided they needed a certain number of nonskilled laborers. If they didn't want us, we wouldn't be there."
It does say that other Universities are not sanctioning trips, but did not list SBU as one of them.
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