What exactly is a prostitute? Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman? A beautiful woman finds true love after offering illicit sexual favors to Richard Gere for money. But is that a true representation of a prostitute? The Women Helping Women club and other members of the community dispelled the glamor of prostitution.
Humanitarian Joan Hecht first saw the diseased and famine-plagued bodies of Sudanese men, women and children on her television screen in the mid-eighties. Feeling overwhelmed with hopelessness, she did nothing. "I, along with the rest of the world, turned the channel hoping someone else would come to their rescue.
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Not only are Phi Theta Kappa members smart, they are generous as well. As Haiti struggles in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake, PTK club president, David Spencer, put together a fundraiser for relief efforts. "The Oakwood Wal-Mart across the street from Gainesville State College became a place of hope and inspiration," Ray-Lynn Snowden said, adviser for the Gainesville Rho Mu Chapter of PTK.
The Gainesville State College Forensics Interpretation Club hosted a tournament on January 15-16, 2010. The event, known as the Chicken and the Egg, hosted at least 15 colleges. This included 12 speaking events. The Chicken and the Egg was the largest parliamentary debate tournament held in the state of Georgia.