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...students are really interested in urban education,” she said. “It’s a great opportunity for them to look at a new model and teach.” Despite these shifts, Meunier said that the budget for the ASB program—totaling approximately $50,000—will be “substantially smaller” than last year’s due to the economic climate. Operating costs for this year’s program will be about 25 percent lower than last year, partially because of cheaper plane tickets...

Author: By Evan T. R. Rosenman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: PBHA Spring Break Trip Demand Surges | 3/9/2009 | See Source »

...amazing how one game of “Whoosh and Bong” can make up for dragging your suitcase into the Littauer parking lot at 4 a.m. to go to the airport. I’m not sure what higher force decreed for our freshman Alternative Spring Break (ASB) trip to leave for Biloxi, Miss.—which had been in the direct path of Hurricane Katrina—before dawn on Housing Day. But sharing housing assignments in Chicago’s O’Hare Airport?...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: I Believe in a Thing Called Love | 4/24/2008 | See Source »

...these students was Carrie, a junior in Winthrop House. Carrie felt the application—which asked vague questions such as “Why do you want to participate on an ASB trip?” and “Do you have experience with tools?”—was “fairly random.” The 10-minute interviews trip leaders conducted with applicants, moreover, left Carrie asking her own questions. “How do you determine from an application who is better at doing community service,” she writes...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When Success Encounters Failure | 4/8/2004 | See Source »

...that the brief interview serves as a useful, albeit incomplete, indicator. “It does say something about how committed, enthusiastic and flexible [an applicant] is,” she says. “I hope that the limited number of spots motivates others to propose and lead ASB trips of their...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When Success Encounters Failure | 4/8/2004 | See Source »

...majority of students FM spoke with, rejection has been useful in steering them down other productive avenues. Horan is now considering smaller firms in addition to the larger ones Harvard students gravitate toward. Carrie’s rejection from ASB allowed her to participate in another service trip. And Jennifer—who was rejected from the Undergraduate Council and The Crimson Key Society—now runs a student group concerned with diversity. “All that rejection helped streamline my attitudes and goals,” she says...

Author: By William L. Adams, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: When Success Encounters Failure | 4/8/2004 | See Source »

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