Citizens of the World

Former Dartmouth President John Sloan Dickey exhorted students to act like citizens of the world. At a fallterm luncheon several students reported on how they used Dickey Center for International Understanding internships to do just that.

• Liz Davison '98 spent five months in Australia researching how mining is affecting indigenous peoples and the environment. Among the many aboriginal people she interviewed was a 70-year-old man who told her that for most of his life he has watched mining companies destroy the land of his people.

• Kara Relyea '98 traveled around Zimbabwe selling solar cookers and teaching people how to use them. Since desertification has drastically reduced the amount of wood available for cooking fires, the cardboard and aluminum solar cookers are in great demand. For many women, Relyea said, the cooker is their most prized possession.

• Jaime Faye-Bean '98 worked in a women's embroidery cooperative in the West Bank city of Hebron. An Arabic major, Faye-Bean helped women market their products and taught them basic business skills, such as typing and filing.

• Heather Lew '98, interning at the United Nations Development Programme, helped assemble an exhibit on sustainable development, which was displayed in the lobby of the U.N. building in New York.

Kara Retyea '98 spread the sun in Zimbabwe.