A4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2010
MISSION REPORT
Adrian College students travel
to Nicaragua on medical mission
THE GROUP: Fifteen Adrian
College students, including
several who are planning
future careers in medicine,
dentistry, physical therapy,
health administration and
global health policy.
THE DESTINATION:
Managua, Nicaragua.
WHEN THEY WENT:
Over the winter break.
WHAT THEY DID: While in
Nicaragua, students assisted
local physicians and dentists
at walk-in clinics, at nursing
homes and in hospitals. On
arrival, students prepared for
these experiences by attend-
ing workshops and seminars
in tropical diseases, medical
assessment and other topics.
IN THEIR OWN WORDS:
“While in Nicaragua we
served in several different
venues. First, we set up a
clinic in a church (more what
we would call an open-air
pavilion) to serve a very rural
community. Many of the resi-
dents of this village had out-
houses, dirt floors, and
cooked over open fires. I am
pre-dental, so I was involved
with the dental side of things.
We did a lot of cleaning and
fillings, and some extractions.
We worked with a dentist
from Nicaragua who had a
practice a few hours north of
Managua, the capital city. ...
“We also were able to
work in the equivalent of a
nursing home. The cultural
connotations and realities of
nursing homes in Nicaragua
are quite different from those
in the U.S. They are basically
boarding houses, where you
get a bed, meals and some
very basic medical care. Most
of the aged in Nicaragua live
with family, and ending up in
a nursing home is a fate
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Madison winter homecoming
Madison High School will celebrate winter homecoming on Friday as the Trojans take on the Britton-Deerfield
Patriots. Homecoming court representatives include, back row, from left, junior Jerica Nichols, sophomore Taylor
Gonzales, seniors Briana Albright, Keenan Britt, Drew Theisen, Dustin Evans, Sheldon St. Gelais and Mychelle
Bayles; junior Jacob Halsey and freshman Alicia Drwencke. In the front row are sophomore Caleb Agruda, seniors
Jenna Gonzales and Cierra Flores, and freshman Zach Denig.
Shown during their medical mission to Nicaragua, from left to right, are Philip
Kaseska of Grand Valley State University and Adrian College students Jessica
Saunders, Adam Hull, Jae Oh and Mary Messing.
most fear. ... Living in one is
free, but it is really viewed as
a last resort and end of the
road. ... The people we met
there were so excited to see
young faces, and many of
them were delighted just to
have new people to talk to.
“We also got to tour
some hospitals while in
Nicaragua. The health care
system in Nicaragua is run
by the government, and both
of the hospitals we visited
were owned and operated by
them. The system is badly
underfunded, and infrastruc-
ture of the hospitals is in
disrepair. The first hospital
we visited would have been
almost unrecognizable as a
hospital to patients in the
U.S. Patients often have to
wait weeks to get the proce-
dures they need, even
though they are free. They
don’t have adequate sup-
plies. ... The second hospital
we visited was the national
children’s hospital. It was a
little better then the city hos-
pital we saw, but not much.
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They were operating with
insufficient resources as
well. They also have a pri-
vate hospital system, where
the facilities more resemble
the U.S., but they are not
free. Doctors in Nicaragua
make under $10,000 per
year ... many make between
$5,000 and $7,000.”
— Gabe Holdwick
“I enjoyed seeing a group
of students who shared a
common interest and became
friends over the course of two
short weeks. By the time the
trip was over, we all bonded
as we grew into the roles set
before us. We were definitely
pushed beyond our comfort
zones. It was an eye-opening
experience for us all. ...
Madison Middle
Submitted photo
“As part of our missions
work, we were also able to
hand out nearly 300 bilingual
tracts to the people of
Nicaragua. The Lord is defi-
nitely at work in Nicaragua!”
— Adam Hull
WHO PARTICIPATED:
Gabe Holdwick, Adam Hull,
Mary Messing, Dennis
DeSmet, Mike Barbati,
Vince Barbati, Anna
Pasternak of Blissfield, Matt
Thomas, Heidi Roberts of
Clinton, Emily Engle, Nick
Satterfield, Brantz
Brandenberger, Jae Oh,
Alemena Welker and Jessica
Saunders.
MORE INFORMATION:
Members of the group will
give presentations about trip
during Adrian’s annual
Ribbons of Excellence Day
on April 13. Holdwick said
the students are also inter-
ested in speaking to commu-
nity groups, and any group
interested in a presentation
can call 517-264-3175.
Submitted photo
THE DAILY TELEGRAM, ADRIAN, MICHIGAN
School second-
period honor roll
MADISON TWP. —
Madison Middle School has
released the honor roll for
the second marking period.
All A’s
Sixth grade: John
Ambrose, Colin Anschuetz,
Rachel Fogarty, Trent
Johnston, Michael Myers,
Katelyn Payne, Ivan Rainey,
Ashley Sullivan, Alexis
Thacker, Colby Weitenhagen.
Seventh grade: Jasmin
Casanova, Brady Fowler,
Alyssa Gillentine, Michelle
Hague, Gabrielle Hill,
Christopher Kangas,
Samantha McMahon, Collin
Mohler, Matt Pape, Desirae
Rosales, Shae Sessink,
Travis Sperling, Cassandra
Waldron, Ashlyn Wing.
Eighth grade: Nolan
Anschuetz, Amanda Blohm,
Janice Cabrera, Jordan
Fogarty, Conner Freshcorn,
Haley Mellon, Nicholas
Olden, Stevie Rosales, Collin
Slates, Chris Sullivan, Juley
Turpening.
Honor roll
Sixth grade
Alexis Brant, Taylor
Brown, Hannah Cheng,
Jarod Evans, Aaron Fowler,
Austin Gaydosh, Kali
Harrington, Kaitlin Hayes,
Kendall Hudson, Taylor
Jones, Dayton Klama,
Marianna Morin, Loreal
Perez, Haley Petrowski,
Elena Ramirez, Brennan
Roulo, Kyle Swinehart.
Katelyn Teague, Paige
Trevino, Marissa Villegas,
Andrew Warwick, Alyssa
Wright, Jamie Bird, Kyle
Bublitz, Nallely Cabrera,
Taylor Cartmel, Kevin
Caudle, Ernesto Dominguez,
Austin Forsyth, Taylor Hess,
Conner Jessee, RJ Ramirez,
Lauren Smith, Kaileah
Sweet, Max Trumbull,
Alex Vo.
Seventh grade
Anahi Amaro,
TECHNOLOGY STUDY
Boys vs. girls on phones
By Margaret Shapiro
The Washington Post
We’ve heard about the
gender divide in knowledge
and use of technology. It
seems the gap may start
with the simplest of
technologies — cellphones —
and at a fairly young age —
middle school.
For a study published in
December in the journal
New Media and Society,
University of Alabama at
Birmingham sociologist
Shelia Cotten asked nearly
1,000 middle school students
to rate the different ways
they used their cellphones.
The results showed boys
much more than girls used
their phones to play games,
share photos and videos,
listen to music and send
e-mails. Girls tended to use
their phones primarily
for talking and/or text
messaging.
To the researchers’
surprise, the boys used the
phones for talking and
texting just as much as the
girls — in other words, they
didn’t use the “complicated
Alexis Beeson, Prince
Benson, Alyssa Carmichael,
Richard Clees, Evie
Czajkowski, Brandon Flores,
Noah Fowler, Dallas Garcia,
Marcus Gomez, Lucas
Halsey, Kaylyn Lewis, Jason
McGinnis, Taylor Mohler.
Asia Moore, Leah Raburn,
Sierra Sanders, Andrew
Stuart, Paige Svoboda,
Keegan Sweet, Hunter
Teunion-Smith, Tony
Trumbull, Jon Vanderrhoer,
Alisa Vo, Caleb White,
Madison Wilson, Ian Witucki,
Shania Benschoter, Jennifer
Burgess, Melissa Cabrera,
Jordan Caldwell.
Emily Counts, Tyrell
Dillard, Tanisha Ellis, Alexis
Hamilton, Jacob Knisel,
Katelyn Lewis, Diamantina
Martinez, Ashley Morris,
Jared Proudfoot, Jessee
Ramirez, Robert Standlick,
Latina Villalobos.
Eighth grade
Riley Amador, Julia
Amaro, Gustavo Chavez,
Calib Copeland, Trevor Dopp,
Makyla Emmons, Christian
Everingham, Conner
Freshcorn, Marissa Fujarte,
Alissa Hamilton, Jacob
Hamilton, Sydney Hamilton,
Bryant Houghteling, Haley
Hudson, Chloe Kelley.
Nickolas Klemm,
Cheyenne Lulham, Darcie
Marion, Jacob Mathis,
Madelynn McNeil, Brett
Merillat, Jacob Meyers,
Devan Moralli, Kris Paul,
Rebecca Sears, Tyler Staup,
Chris Sullivan, Branda
Turpening, Shayla Villarreal,
Maricia Zapata, Lauren
Chapman.
Eduardo Coronado, Katie
Cowan, Accacia Enriquez,
Katelin Heaton, Juan Marty,
Danielle Mauss, Kaitlin
Negus, Amber Patterson,
Jessica Peters, Chris
Regalado, Tristan Smoke,
Austin Wilt.
features” instead of socializ-
ing, but in addition to it. “We
would’ve expected that girls
would use cellphones for
talking and texting because
females are socialized to
communicate more with oth-
ers than males,” said Cotten
in an online video presenta-
tion of her research, “but
there were no differences.”
“By these study results,
we aren’t saying that parents
should buy phones with
fewer features for girls,” she
said. “But it does point out
how much more needs to be
done to teach girls” about
technology. “Females
traditionally have perceived
themselves as less skilled
in terms of technology,
especially with regard to
computers.”
Cotten said that 60 to
70 percent of middle school
kids report owning a
cellphone.
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