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"I have gone on trips to the rain forest in Puerto Rico and, most recently, Iguassu Falls in Brazil," Werth said via e-mail, which she checks while in port.

"I try to eat some local food and to see what normal people see there, not just the tourist places." Also scheduled are stops in India, Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), Vietnam, Hong Kong, China and Japan.

Keeping in contact with Werth hasn't been an easy job for her mom, Jean Nitschke of Granton.

"You can send mail two weeks ahead of the day they're supposed to arrive in their port," Nitschke said.

"Semester at Sea program gives out a list saying when the kids arrive in port.

I can't just pick up the phone and talk with her about any little thing.

That's the only way I know what she's doing, is by checking her blog." School is important for Werth, who is taking a global studies class to learn about the countries she's visiting as well as listening to lectures from locals about their home.

"Currently, we have political activist and former Robben Island prisoner Dennis Brutus, who has spoken about corporate globalization," Werth said.

"A man from (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) is also on board releasing oceanography devices off of the ship." Her other classes are ornithology, modern Britain and drawing, taught...

Demeaning, excessive.

The Wisconsin Catholic bishops hope that "individuals with a homosexual orientation will be treated with compassion and civility" by Wisconsin residents, and "repudiate words and deeds that demean" them.

What could be more demeaning or lacking in compassion than the proposed amendment to the state constitution?

The constitution already defines marriage as a union between a man and a woman.

What more needs to be said?

This effort to outlaw a legal status for unmarried individuals, whether homosexual or heterosexual, is another act of seeking to marginalize and alienate a whole group of people, in society and within the church.

For the bishops to urge Catholics to vote for the proposed amendment is an example of their interference in affairs of the state.

Let the bishops make the rules regarding marriage within the church, but not try to dictate the rules for civil unions.

If the bishops are concerned about the sanctity of marriage perhaps they should focus on adultery and divorce.

Statistics tell us 21 percent of Catholic marriages will end in divorce.

There are many reasons for failed marriages today, but the issue of homosexuality is rarely one of them.

And if citizens and the government are as concerned about the sanctity of marriage as they claim to be, perhaps there should be a constitutional amendment outlining regulations that must be met before a marriage...

A Phi Betta Kappa honoree, Schorr is one of Darmouth’s Rufus Choate Scholars, an honor reserved for students in the top five percent of their class.

Debbie Newman, a senior co-captain on the 2005 UNH women’s soccer team, has been awarded one of 58 NCAA postgraduate scholarships that the organization awards to student-athletes who competed in a fall sport.

Newman is the fifth UNH student-athlete to receive this distinguished scholarship.

Allison Edgar (women’s ice hockey) was a 2004 recipient preceded by Amy Agulay (field hockey, 2001), Ori Farkas (women’s basketball, 2000), and Michael Dix (men’s swimming and diving, 1993).

Newman was an Academic District I University First Team honoree in 2005 and 2004 and a four-time selection to the America East Academic Honor Roll.

She was also the recipient of the UNH women’s soccer Student-Athlete Award (highest GPA) three consecutive years.

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