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Students protest Nike, Purdue apparel
On Thursday afternoon members of Purdue Students Against Sweatshops whacked a papier-mâché Nike logo to protest an alleged sweatshop in Mexico that makes collegiate apparel. They were joined by members of the Lafayette Local 115 chapter of the United Steelworkers of America to support striking workers of the Kukdong International-Mexico factory in Altilixco, Mexico. The workers have been on strike since Jan. 9 to protest what they claim to be unfair working conditions. They shouted phrases like, "Can't take it no more," as they hit the 5-foot Nike logo. Students collect for victimsThe bodies piled outside of the hospitals fill the air with stench. The piles grow so high that there is a concern about not having enough wood to cremate them all. High-rise buildings, once tall and proud, are now just piles of dust, monuments to the dead and dying they entomb. People are so terrified of the ground shaking beneath them and their roofs falling in that they spend their nights in the street. These are just some of the images that students Payal Vora and Vishal Aslot have heard from their relatives in Ahmedabad, India. Candidate for provost compliments PurdueWhen asked what attracted her to Purdue, the third candidate for provost replied "What's not to love?" Joan Lorden, the dean of the Graduate School and the associate provost for research at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, is Purdue's third provost candidate. The provost will be the chief academic officer of the University and will replace Robert Ringel, the executive vice president for academic affairs, when he retires at the end of the semester. Lorden said that Purdue has done a lot to help take itself to the next level because the students are good and getting better, and the University has recognition and loyal alumni. |
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