Minutes for October 31!

Hey there fellow SALT members!
It was great to see so many of you decked out in your best Halloween costumes at tonight’s meeting. In case you couldn’t make it, here are the minutes.

Anna opened up the meeting with a sweet devotion on Romans 12. Thanks Anna!

Announcements

An announcement about announcements: If you have announcements that are about activities that are not sponsored by SALT, please print them out and bring them to the meeting to pass around. Thanks!

Adopt a family sponsorship forms are now available. Campus organizations, floors, groups of friends, or individuals can adopt a family through the Hilltop House and purchase Christmas gifts for them. If you or an organization is interested in this, the sponsorship forms are due November 10. Please email Megan.Jesperson@valpo.edu if you have questions.
Peace and Social Justice Symposium will be from 8-5 on Saturday, November 4. You can come for an hour or two or the whole day. If you would like to be registered to receive free lunch, you can get a form from Katie Martin or fill out the one you received in your campus mail. The final half hour will be a student-led, student-focused debriefing session with food and social justice music led by SALT members. We hope to see you there! Katie also needs volunteers to help that day. For more info. contact Katie.martin@valpo.edu.
Keep saving your cereal boxes and scrap paper for Kirsten Keljo so that she can continue working on her notebooks project.
The movie “Invisible Children” will be shown Wednesday, November 1, at 7:45 in Niels. This movie talks about the child soldiers of Uganda.
The Sustainable Development group will be having a water campaign called Hydration 2 Others. In the campaign, participants will drink only water for 2 weeks and save the money they would have spent on other beverages and donate this money to the Engineers Without Borders group. The money will be used to help with Kenya water projects. The group will also be doing a large educational project with posters around campus and emails with water facts each day of the campaign. If you would like to be involved, contact Mallory.Dignin@valpo.edu
You should come to the new “Pepper” forums that are now being held before SALT meetings starting at 9 pm. This week a group talked more about the book The Irresistible Revolution. Next week, we will hear from deaconess Mary Mwara from Kenya.
Get excited, because the second edition of the Shaker is coming out on Friday!!!
If you’re interested in reading an article about LIRS and refugees from Sudan, check out cbsnews.com
The Consumer Consciousness group will be having a Fair Trade Fair on Dec. 1-2. This is great for Christmas shopping!

After announcements, we got into focus groups to set up new one on ones and make more plans for this semester’s activities.

Tonight, we discussed the five World Relief Campaign proposals that we heard last week and formed a list of questions. Next week we will make our final decision, so be thinking and praying about this. Here are the descriptions of the projects again.

Iglesia Luterana Costarricense (ILCO)
Cabagra, Costa Rica
The project would be to construct a technological access center for the promotion of the rights for the indigenous people of Cabagra.
www.geocities.com/erica_christine

Lutheran Refugee Services
Atlanta, Georgia
The project would be to provide money for a 3-year grant that will sponsor a day camp for refugee children who have recently resettled into the Metropolitan Atlanta area.
Lsga.org

TWISE (VU Engineering Senior Design Team)
Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
The project would be to find a team to design and install a supplementary power system for an orphanage on Ometepe Isalnd.

Union Community United Church of Christ
Valparaiso, IN
The project would be to construct a handicapped accessible ramp and entrance and provide sound and music equipment for the congregation’s music ministry.

World Harvest Mission, Nutrition Project
Bundibugyo District, Uganda
The project would be to provide a funding to conduct recipe trials to establish a standard recipe for a calorie-rich and protein-rich complementary weaning food that sues local ingredients.

We also had a contest for the best Halloween costume. Congrats to all the winners-you looked great!

We closed the night with the headlines to pray for.
Violence in Mexicohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6100864.stm
Human rights watch: Afghans against NATOhttp://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-31T000442Z_01_N30416115_RTRUKOC_0_US-AFGHANISTAN-CASUALTIES.xml&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-2
California Wildfirehttp://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-10-30T201632Z_01_N26443376_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-FIRE.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-5
FEMA funds misdirectedhttp://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/15880947.htm
Church World Service Appeal for earthquakes in Chinahttp://www.churchworldservice.org/Emergencies/international/2006/yunnan-quake.html
Well everyone, that’s the scoop for tonight. Have a wonderful week!
Blessings,
Paula Maust
SALT Secretary/Volunteer Coordinator
Paula.maust@valpo.edu

Minutes for October 31!

Hey there fellow SALT members!
It was great to see so many of you decked out in your best Halloween costumes at tonight’s meeting. In case you couldn’t make it, here are the minutes.

Anna opened up the meeting with a sweet devotion on Romans 12. Thanks Anna!

Announcements

An announcement about announcements: If you have announcements that are about activities that are not sponsored by SALT, please print them out and bring them to the meeting to pass around. Thanks!

Adopt a family sponsorship forms are now available. Campus organizations, floors, groups of friends, or individuals can adopt a family through the Hilltop House and purchase Christmas gifts for them. If you or an organization is interested in this, the sponsorship forms are due November 10. Please email Megan.Jesperson@valpo.edu if you have questions.
Peace and Social Justice Symposium will be from 8-5 on Saturday, November 4. You can come for an hour or two or the whole day. If you would like to be registered to receive free lunch, you can get a form from Katie Martin or fill out the one you received in your campus mail. The final half hour will be a student-led, student-focused debriefing session with food and social justice music led by SALT members. We hope to see you there! Katie also needs volunteers to help that day. For more info. contact Katie.martin@valpo.edu.
Keep saving your cereal boxes and scrap paper for Kirsten Keljo so that she can continue working on her notebooks project.
The movie “Invisible Children” will be shown Wednesday, November 1, at 7:45 in Niels. This movie talks about the child soldiers of Uganda.
The Sustainable Development group will be having a water campaign called Hydration 2 Others. In the campaign, participants will drink only water for 2 weeks and save the money they would have spent on other beverages and donate this money to the Engineers Without Borders group. The money will be used to help with Kenya water projects. The group will also be doing a large educational project with posters around campus and emails with water facts each day of the campaign. If you would like to be involved, contact Mallory.Dignin@valpo.edu
You should come to the new “Pepper” forums that are now being held before SALT meetings starting at 9 pm. This week a group talked more about the book The Irresistible Revolution. Next week, we will hear from deaconess Mary Mwara from Kenya.
Get excited, because the second edition of the Shaker is coming out on Friday!!!
If you’re interested in reading an article about LIRS and refugees from Sudan, check out cbsnews.com
The Consumer Consciousness group will be having a Fair Trade Fair on Dec. 1-2. This is great for Christmas shopping!

After announcements, we got into focus groups to set up new one on ones and make more plans for this semester’s activities.

Tonight, we discussed the five World Relief Campaign proposals that we heard last week and formed a list of questions. Next week we will make our final decision, so be thinking and praying about this. Here are the descriptions of the projects again.

Iglesia Luterana Costarricense (ILCO)
Cabagra, Costa Rica
The project would be to construct a technological access center for the promotion of the rights for the indigenous people of Cabagra.
www.geocities.com/erica_christine

Lutheran Refugee Services
Atlanta, Georgia
The project would be to provide money for a 3-year grant that will sponsor a day camp for refugee children who have recently resettled into the Metropolitan Atlanta area.
Lsga.org

TWISE (VU Engineering Senior Design Team)
Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
The project would be to find a team to design and install a supplementary power system for an orphanage on Ometepe Isalnd.

Union Community United Church of Christ
Valparaiso, IN
The project would be to construct a handicapped accessible ramp and entrance and provide sound and music equipment for the congregation’s music ministry.

World Harvest Mission, Nutrition Project
Bundibugyo District, Uganda
The project would be to provide a funding to conduct recipe trials to establish a standard recipe for a calorie-rich and protein-rich complementary weaning food that sues local ingredients.

We also had a contest for the best Halloween costume. Congrats to all the winners-you looked great!

We closed the night with the headlines to pray for.
Violence in Mexicohttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6100864.stm
Human rights watch: Afghans against NATOhttp://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-31T000442Z_01_N30416115_RTRUKOC_0_US-AFGHANISTAN-CASUALTIES.xml&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-2
California Wildfirehttp://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-10-30T201632Z_01_N26443376_RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-FIRE.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-5
FEMA funds misdirectedhttp://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/15880947.htm
Church World Service Appeal for earthquakes in Chinahttp://www.churchworldservice.org/Emergencies/international/2006/yunnan-quake.html
Well everyone, that’s the scoop for tonight. Have a wonderful week!
Blessings,
Paula Maust
SALT Secretary/Volunteer Coordinator
Paula.maust@valpo.edu

October 24 Minutes!

Hey there you SALTy people!
It was wonderful to see so many of you at tonight’s meeting. If you couldn’t make it, here’s what all happened…
Jay Ray led us in a great devotion this evening. Thank you! As always, if you are interested in doing a devotion for SALT, please email Libbi.Bartelt@valpo.edu.

Announcements:
Adopt a family sponsorship forms are now available. Campus organizations, floors, groups of friends, or individuals can adopt a family through the Hilltop House and purchase Christmas gifts for them. If you or an organization is interested in this, the sponsorship forms are due November 10. Please email Megan.Jesperson@valpo.edu if you have questions.
“Pepper” also referred to as the 9:00 forums, got off to a great start tonight. Bret led a great discussion on the book The Irresistible Revolution, which will be continued at 9:00 next week. If you can, you should definitely come for this new addition to SALT!
Peace and Social Justice Symposium will be from 8-5 on Saturday, November 4. You can come for an hour or two or the whole day. If you would like to be registered to receive free lunch, you can get a form from Katie Martin or fill out the one you received in your campus mail. The final half hour will be a student-led, student-focused debriefing session with food and social justice music led by SALT members. We hope to see you there! Katie also needs volunteers to help that day. For more info. contact Katie.martin@valpo.edu.
Keep saving your cereal boxes and scrap paper for Kirsten Keljo so that she can continue working on her notebooks project.
The movie “Invisible Children” will be shown Wednesday, November 1, at 7:45 in Niels. This movie talks about the child soldiers of Uganda.
SALT members will be going Trick-or Treating for paper products on Halloween from 5:30-7:30. If you dress up, you can wear your costume to the SALT meeting. The person w/ the best costume will get to pick out a cool piece of SALT gear. For more info contact Holly.Nelson@valpo.edu
If you’re interested in helping with the layout of the Shaker, contact Hannah.Cartwright@valpo.edu asap.
The Sustainable Development group will be having a water campaign called Hydration 2 Others. They need people to sit at the table in the Union on Wed. and Thurs. nights this week. In the campaign, participants will drink only water for 2 weeks and save the money they would have spent on other beverages and donate this money to the Engineers Without Borders group. The money will be used to help with Kenya water projects. The group will also be doing a large educational project with posters around campus and emails with water facts each day of the campaign. If you would like to be involved, contact Mallory.Dignin@valpo.edu
Shack City is this Friday! Contact Anna.Smith@valpo.edu for more info.
There is a Free Trade Agreement in Congress that the Consumer Conscious group would like several SALT members to write letters to congressmen about. If you’re interested, please talk to Abby.Norduane@valpo.edu or Kim.Hover@valpo.edu

Tonight we heard five awesome World Relief Campaign proposals! Here’s a brief summary of each one. We’ll be making a decision next week, so think about what you feel would be the best project for SALT to take on next semester for our World Relief Campaign.
Here’s what we heard about:
Iglesia Luterana Costarricense (ILCO)
Cabagra, Costa Rica
The project would be to construct a technological access center for the promotion of the rights for the indigenous people of Cabagra.
www.geocities.com/erica_christine

Lutheran Refugee Services
Atlanta, Georgia
The project would be to provide money for a 3-year grant that will sponsor a day camp for refugee children who have recently resettled into the Metropolitan Atlanta area.
Lsga.org

TWISE (VU Engineering Senior Design Team)
Ometepe Island, Nicaragua
The project would be to find a team to design and install a supplementary power system for an orphanage on Ometepe Isalnd.

Union Community United Church of Christ
Valparaiso, IN
The project would be to construct a handicapped accessible ramp and entrance and provide sound and music equipment for the congregation’s music ministry.

World Harvest Mission, Nutrition Project
Bundibugyo District, Uganda
The project would be to provide a funding to conduct recipe trials to establish a standard recipe for a calorie-rich and protein-rich complementary weaning food that sues local ingredients.

We have a hard decision to make next week, so you should all come!

Headlines to Pray For
International: UN envoy to leave Sudan/Darfurhttp://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=worldNews&storyID=2006-10-22T174537Z_01_L22747729_RTRUKOC_0_US-SUDAN.xml&WTmodLoc=IntNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-2
Nation: Politics in America… as we approach the midterm electionhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6072326.stm
Local: Sniper shooting in NW Indianahttp://cbs2chicago.com/local/local_story_293094323.html
Valpo: Family Weekend!http://www.valpo.edu/parents/activities/fw2006.php
Church: New members with Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme http://www.oikoumene.org/en/news/news-management/all-news-english/display-single-english-news/article/1637/twenty-five-new-ecumenica-1.html
Libbi closed the meeting in prayer. Have a great week everyone!

Blessings,
Paula Maust
SALT Secretary/Volunteer Coordinator
Paula.maust@valpo.edu

Minutes October 17

Good evening SALTers!
In case you couldn’t make it to tonight’s sweet meeting, here are the minutes.
Peter opened up the meeting with a great devotion focusing on SALT being a healing presence in the world. Thanks for getting us off to a super start!

Announcements:
You should totally get some cool SALT gear! T-shirts are $10 for short sleeves and $14 for long sleeves.
Abby put up an awesome bulletin board in the chapel that you should all check out sometime soon.
Speaking of chapel, for Morning Prayer on Friday, a group of SALT members have written and will be presenting the skit for the lesson. You should definitely come to see this during Chapel Break on Friday!
On October 22, there will be an Immigration Event at the Reiner Conference Center (at Walt’s Place) at 4:30. There will be speakers on immigration and border issues. For more info. email Katie.martin@valpo.edu.
The Peace and Social Justice Symposium (PSJS) will be on Saturday, November 4 from 8-5. You can come for any portion of the time, and you should have received info. about this in your dorm mailbox. If you register early, you can receive free lunch! There will be a variety of speakers on many cool topics, so you should come out for all or part of the day. Contact Katie.martin@valpo.edu for more info.
Katie Martin also needs help designing and decorating the carpet board in the union for the PSJS, so if you’re interested you can email her at Katie.martin@valpo.edu.
NEW SALT EVENTS!!! Beginning next week, SALT will be having speakers and discussions beginning at 9:00 p.m. This is an informal time of conversation and learning that all are invited to attend. Next week, the group will be discussing the books The Irresistible Revolution and The Revolution. SALT has 6 copies of these books, so you are encouraged to take a copy to read and come back next week at 9 for some great discussion.
The Viva la Vote event scheduled for Oct. 23 has been cancelled, but the campaign will continue.
If you’re into going Trick or Treating, you should do it for a social justice cause! Holly Nelson and Scott Osthus will be heading up trick or treating for paper products from 5-7 pm on October 31. If you are interested please email Holly.Nelson@valpo.edu or Scott.Osthus@valpo.edu. Then, wear your costume to the SALT meeting that night!!!
World Relief Campaign Applications were due tonight, and next week we will have the initial presentations, so make sure you come out to see what the prospective projects are
Shack City will be on October 27. Contact Anna.Smith@valpo.edu for more information
If you have cereal boxes or scrap printer paper that you would like to get rid of for a social justice project, contact Kirsten.Keljo@valpo.edu. She will be looking into putting together notebooks from these materials.
After the announcements, we got into focus groups to do some more learning and planning.
Tonight we heard an excellent presentation from the Life Basics group and learned a lot about what they have been working on in the areas of Health, particularly HIV/AIDS in Africa, Shelter, and Water. Thanks for a great presentation and for educating us so well!
We also made one on one appointments and Pastor Jim closed with a prayer from Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services for the refugees of Sudan.
Well, that seems to be about everything. I hope to see you all next week at 9:00 for the discussion!
Blessings on your week,
Paula Maust
SALT Secretary/Volunteer Coordinator
Paula.maust@valpo.edu

Headlines to Pray for Oct 17

International: new surge of violence in iraq
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6052432.stm

Americas: Ecuador votes for new president
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6052370.stm

General: youth of the world
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/education/orl-dying1506oct15,0,4042637.story?coll=orl-news-education-headlines

Valpo: engineering students participate in ethics competition
http://www.valpo.edu/news/index.php/display/2696/2006
first discernment retreat of the year

Church: Amish thanked for forgiveness
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6052758.stm

Minutes from October 10

Aloha SALT people!
That means hello and goodbye (since some of you may be heading out of town for fall break).

Thanks for those of you who made it out this evening in spite of the midterm crunch. Good luck to everyone with exams and projects!

Here’s what happened if you missed the meeting:

James showed us a video clip with social justice facts for the devotion. He reminded us that we can make a big difference in the world just by doing small things like asking people how they are doing (and listening to the answer) or being friendly.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
We are going to continue to pass around non-SALT announcements at meetings. Send these to Bret.Hassler@valpo.edu by Monday night so he can print them out.

Check out the first SALT Shaker if you haven’t yet done so. The next issue will be coming out before the Peace and Social Justice Symposium, so email Hannah.Cartwright@valpo.edu ASAP if you are interested in writing an article. Focus groups might want to write about something they studied, so think about that.
The Viva La Vote rally will be on Oct. 23. If you’re going home for fall break, it might be a good opportunity to vote absentee, or study up about local issues.
The Peace and Social Justice Symposium will be on Saturday, Nov. 4 from 8 AM to 5 PM. You can come for any portion of the day.
Marcus is collecting a list of local community organizations that are interested in the same things we are. Email him at Marcus.Chaffee@valpo.edu if you know of any organizations.
The film Invisible Children will be shown on Nov. 1. This is about child soldiers in Uganda.
There will be a speaker at the Reiner Community Center about Border Issues and Immigration Rights on Sunday, Oct. 22 at 4:30 PM.
The World Relief Campaign applications are due next Tuesday! Fill one out if you know of a project that needs $10,000-$12,000.
We’re going to do the skit for Friday Morning Prayer on Oct. 20. Contact Bret.Hassler@valpo.edu if you want to get involved. The scriptures for that day are Amos 5:6-7, 10-15 and Mark 10:17-31, which are both very social justicy passages.

Heidi from the Lutheran Volunteer Corps came to tell us about their opportunities. LVC currently has 91 volunteers in 10 cities. Their major tenets are: working in social justice jobs, living in intentional community, and exploring simple lifestyles. LVC pays for your rent, food, health insurance, and provides a stipend while you work for them. It is a good opportunity to get experience in the work force because all the positions are higher than entry level, so you will be given responsibilities.

The Campus Issues group shared what they’ve been researching:
Katie and Tezra investigated Valpo’s Strategic Plan and interviewed a member of the administration. They were pleased to see that Valpo is looking at diversity, although they hope to see more work in that area.
Linda researched the Crusader mascot and found out a lot of history. It’s not our first mascot.
Alan looked at janitorial supplies. He found out that potentially dangerous chemicals are being used by housekeeping and he also is going to try to get Valpo to use unbleached paper towels because bleaching is bad for the environment.
Anna talked about the Anti-Apathy calendar. It lists meetings and events of cultural and advocacy groups on campus. Pick one up to find out what’s going on. If you know of an event that should be on it, email Anna.Smith@valpo.edu.

The Consumer Consciousness shared a bit of their research too:
Marcus talked about different levels of consumer consciousness. We are concerned with where the raw materials come from, how and by whom they are processed, where products are sold, and who buys products.
Liz, Elyse, and Jessica talked about fair trade. Fair trade is good because the producers get a fair price for what they make (middlemen don’t get too much profit). Fair trade items are not necessarily more expensive than free trade items, and they are often better quality. Look for the Fair Trade Certified seal. SALT will be having a Fair Trade Fair the weekend of December 7-9!
Megan talked about some common brands. Here’s a summary of her info. Target is similar to Walmart, although it donates more money to the community than Walmart. Costco pays their workers good wages and benefits. Starbucks was the first to introduce fair trade coffee but now is behind other businesses in fair trade use. Nike has a lot of outsourcing in Asia. Taco Bell treats their produce workers unfairly.
Holly talked about consumer consciousness shopping tips. There are a lot of them to list so they will be publicized in other ways. All her info came from Coop America’s Green Shift at http://www.coopamerica.org/programs/rs/greenshift.cfm, so look there for more tips.

Here are the Headlines to Pray For:

International: North Korea tests nuclear weapons.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6034873.stm

National: Bus crash in Guatemalahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6035797.stm

Local: Family of Chad Hultgren, 15 year old found deadhttp://www.wndu.com/news/102006/news_53089.php

Valpo:FALL BREAK!!!

Church: Jesus Camp and its effects on the Church/Christian communityhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0486358/

Have a great week everyone! Don’t forget to do those One-on-Ones! We’ll be back next week for the presentation from the Life Basics group.

Social Action Leadership Team

Minutes from October 3, 2006
Hey SALTy people!

Glad to see so many people at the meeting tonight. Next week our goal is to have the chairs around the table filled. Let’s get up close and personal!

Here’s what happened if you missed the meeting:

J Ray led us in a devotion featuring passages from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5). He encouraged us to stay strong amidst our busy and distraction filled lives.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Please remember to send non-SALT announcements to Paula.Maust@valpo.edu by Monday nights so she can print them out to pass around at meetings. They will also be posted in the minutes.

Viva La Vote is having its major event on Oct. 23. If any of the focus groups have an issue that will be affected by this election, SALT can have a booth about these issues. Let Hannah Cartwright know if you’re interested.
The first SALT Shaker of the year is out! Read it!!! It features excellent pieces about summer experiences, Darfur, LIRS, and Study Abroad. If you have any ideas for the next Shaker, please let Hannah know.
Paula brought us some tangible volunteering opportunities at Spring Valley in the near future. Email her if interested.
World Relief Campaign applications are out! If you have an idea of a sustainable project that needs about $10,000, fill one out. You can get them at http://www.valpo.edu/chapel/salt.php . They are due to the Chapel office by Oct. 17.
The Gatekeeper will be showing tomorrow night (Oct. 4) at 7 PM in Neils 234. The Director will be there afterwards to answer questions about immigration and the border patrol. This is very relevant to today as legislation is being passed as we speak on these issues!
If you want to participate in Habitat for Humanity’s Shack City, sign-up in the Union by Saturday to assure a spot.

Professor Niedner led us in a discussion of the theology of social justice. We considered the basic questions of “why should we do social justice if we’re already saved by grace?”, “how should we do social justice?”, and “what makes Christian social justice different from non-Christian social justice?”. In answer to the first question Prof. Niedner said that often social justice is a vocation – what you’re called by God to do with your life. It is also a form of sanctification and God’s left-handedness at work. In response to the second question, Niedner reminded us that we should do social justice in such a way that the recipients know only to thank God. Our work is not about us, it’s about God. Christian social justice is different from non-Christian social justice because as Christians we do these things as a form of thanks for our lives. Also, we are able to be God’s right-handedness (forgiveness) to the world. We do social justice because the Holy Spirit calls us to.

We met in our focus groups again briefly to share information and prepare for presentations to the larger group in the next few weeks. Next Tuesday we will hear from the Consumer Consciousness group and the Campus Issues group. On Oct. 17 we will hear from the Life Basics group.

H2P4
National: Schools. shooting at Amish schoolhouse.http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNewshttp://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=domesticNews&storyID=2006-10-03T204059Z_01_N03251356_RTRUKOC_0_US-CRIME-SCHOOLS-SCENE.xml&WTmodLoc=USNewsHome_C1_%5bFeed%5d-2

International: Typhoons and unrest (pictures links)http://today.reuters.com/news/newschannel.aspx?type=worldNews%20&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-Top2-GoTo-2">http://today.reuters.com/news/newschannel.aspx?type=worldNews&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-Top2-GoTo-2>%20&WTmodLoc=NewsArt-Top2-GoTo-2

Local: NW Indiana residents with west nile virus.http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_269063809.html

Valpo: students involved in performance, especially those involved inPirates of Penzance as they close the show this weekend.http://www.valpo.edu/news/index.php/display/2576/2006

Leading story: (besides the school shootings) North Korea and nucleartesting.http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNewshttp://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2006-10-03T215939Z_01_SEO368511_RTRUKOC_0_US-KOREA-NORTH-1.xml&WTmodLoc=NewsHome-C1