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The Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area is a United States Army Corps of Engineers’ Facility and a unit of the County of Los Angeles Department of Parks and Recreation System Campus Circle 5.5.10 - 5.11.10 3 NEWS FILM MUSIC CULTURE EVENTS DVD GAMING SPORTS MEDIA BLOGS Campus News College Central Local News U.S. News CAMPUSNEWS Campus Circle > News > Campus News States, around one-third of whom are domestic servants and in some cases, children, says the National Human Rights TRAVEL AND Center in Berkeley, Calif. Programs such as NBC’s “Dateline” have chronicled human trafficking. The show detailed the revelation that TRAFFICKING pregnant women in brothels are sometimes forced to have abortions, or their children are sold into prostitution or How Students Can Avoid the servitude as well. Perhaps the most harrowing images were those of authorities rescuing small girls from a child brothel International Slave Trade in Cambodia as American “tourists” waited to purchase sex with them. Olivier Douliery/Abaca Press/MCT BY EBONY MARCH, NEWS EDITOR Celebrities have galvanized and worked to put an end to this form of exploitation. Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher WHEN 2008’S TAKEN WAS RELEASED, THE FILM have created a non-profit organization called DNA (short soared to the top of the box office. The thriller starred Liam for “Demi and Ashton”). The main goal of their foundation Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore created a non-profit Neeson and told the story of a father going to great lengths to is “protecting the freedom of the world’s most vulnerable called DNA to eliminate child sex slavery worldwide. save his teenage daughter, who had been kidnapped and sold citizens by forcing sex slavery out of the shadows and into the into sex slavery. spotlight.” While advocacy and activism are two of the best to anyone, and also be careful about doling out too many For some, the premise was hard to believe. However, illegal ways to put an end to human trafficking, those who travel details pertaining to lodging arrangements. Since many travel slave trading or human trafficking is a reality. According to abroad can also take steps to ensure their own safety. groups offer patrons a significant amount of personal time the UK’s Channel 4, it is the world’s most lucrative criminal There are a number of companies that cater to 18- to to explore parts unknown, it is also necessary for students activity, bringing in an estimated $42.5 billion (U.S.) each 34-year-olds who are interested in exploring Europe, Latin to inform others (not in their immediate circle) of their year. U.S. State Department’s figures are even more staggering, America and Asia without fear of exploitation. Contiki, STA plans – no matter how mundane. This way, in the event that estimating that 600,000 to 820,000 men, women and children Travel and Explorica offer trips to many popular international a social invitation with a local is extended and accepted, are trafficked across international borders each year. travel destinations. Strength in numbers can be a powerful someone within the home base will be able to account for Traffickers are often strategically placed in areas such deterrent to criminal activity, so it is wise for students and each individual. as airports, train stations and hotels. They are successful in even single individuals to align themselves with respected Finally, understand that not all criminals and sex coercing or manipulating foreigners, drifters or financially organizations that have a pre-established itinerary in place. traffickers are dark and swarthy. Many are well dressed, well strapped travelers into their local syndicates. Some have been Students should remain mindful that while embracing mannered, educated and adept at making their victims feel at known to use force. But it’s not just something that happens the local color and enjoying good times with friendly young ease. They also don’t discriminate when it comes to race or in other countries. Even in the United States, people are sold men and women, they should never abandon common sense economic background. A great smile and a charming accent into slavery for forced labor and work in the sex industry. practices such as “the buddy system,” or refusing drinks may be enticing, but neither is worth the prospect of never There are currently about 10,000 forced laborers in the United from strangers. Never surrender passports or identification returning home. SPECIALFEATURES Campus Circle > Culture > Special Features for peace between both sides of the Civil War. Yet, it was the efforts of Anna Jarvis, who wished to continue her mother’s I LOVE YOU, legacy, that the celebration of mothers became a nationally recognized holiday. Ironically, Jarvis spent the later part of her life criticizing the holiday she started for losing its initial MOM meaning. “I wanted it to be a day of sentiment, not profit,” says Celebrating Mother’s Day Jarvis, who called greeting cards “a poor excuse for the letter you are too lazy to write.” BY S DENI E GUERRA So how do we make for a more meaningful Mother’s Day for 2010? First, Jarvis does have a point about greeting cards.