ONE Webster makes national top 10
By: Andrea Ostendorf
Issue date: 3/19/09 Section: Lifestyle
Video, pictures an audio of the campaign will be submitted to OCC for consideration, Stevens said.
At the end of March, a panel from the ONE campaign will convene and vote on which campus should win the OCC. Along with the panel's vote, ONE members will be able to vote online, and student votes generally decide the winner, Stevens said.
"We really need people from WU to vote for us online," Stevens said.
The winner of the OCC will receive a concert on their school's campus in April by the band Vampire Weekend.
Although the prospect of having a big-name band play on campus is certainly appealing, Stevens said it is not the main draw of the competition. The real prize, he said, would be to know how much impact WU could have on poverty awareness.
Sandra Lemenaite, a junior Spanish and international studies major and co-vice president of ONE Webster, agreed the real reward for winning the OCC is not just a performance by Vampire Weekend.
"(Winning) would create greater awareness for ONE and through that, a greater awareness for global poverty," Lemenaite said.
WU has a good chance of taking first place in the OCC, Stevens said. This feeling is shared by other members, such as Krista Keirnan, a freshman broadcast journalism major and secretary of ONE Webster.
Keirnan said she feels WU has an advantage in the challenge because ONE Webster's campaign has reached not only WU students, but the Webster Groves community as well.
Lemenaite said ONE Webster's sixth place finish in only its second year of existence shows that people at WU have a great passion for the cause.
Though Keirnan hopes ONE Webster is able to take the top spot in the OCC, she said the impact it has had thus far is an accomplishment in itself.
"The main thing is not who is number one (in the OCC)," Keirnan said. "The main goal is making extreme poverty history."
At the end of March, a panel from the ONE campaign will convene and vote on which campus should win the OCC. Along with the panel's vote, ONE members will be able to vote online, and student votes generally decide the winner, Stevens said.
"We really need people from WU to vote for us online," Stevens said.
The winner of the OCC will receive a concert on their school's campus in April by the band Vampire Weekend.
Although the prospect of having a big-name band play on campus is certainly appealing, Stevens said it is not the main draw of the competition. The real prize, he said, would be to know how much impact WU could have on poverty awareness.
Sandra Lemenaite, a junior Spanish and international studies major and co-vice president of ONE Webster, agreed the real reward for winning the OCC is not just a performance by Vampire Weekend.
"(Winning) would create greater awareness for ONE and through that, a greater awareness for global poverty," Lemenaite said.
WU has a good chance of taking first place in the OCC, Stevens said. This feeling is shared by other members, such as Krista Keirnan, a freshman broadcast journalism major and secretary of ONE Webster.
Keirnan said she feels WU has an advantage in the challenge because ONE Webster's campaign has reached not only WU students, but the Webster Groves community as well.
Lemenaite said ONE Webster's sixth place finish in only its second year of existence shows that people at WU have a great passion for the cause.
Though Keirnan hopes ONE Webster is able to take the top spot in the OCC, she said the impact it has had thus far is an accomplishment in itself.
"The main thing is not who is number one (in the OCC)," Keirnan said. "The main goal is making extreme poverty history."
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