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CHICAGO, IL (March 23, 2007) \u2013 An upcoming MTV news feature on what college students did on their spring break will include a group from North Park University (NPU), but the focus will be on their mission work in New Orleans, not wild beach parties.
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\nMTV is slated to run a news feature on \u201calternative spring breaks\u201d at 1 p.m. CST on Saturday, says Nicole Daniels, NPU director of external relations. While preparing the show, the camera crew discovered the work being done by the students.<\/p>\n

Daniels says it is ironic that MTV is doing a feature including the NPU students, because although the school had conducted a media campaign highlighting the trips, they had not targeted the MTV network. The publicity effort had focused on other media outlets.<\/p>\n

North Park students were featured in a Chicago Sun-Times<\/em> column<\/a> on Wednesday, and more students are scheduled to be interviewed live on Friday by one of the city\u2019s most popular AM news stations, WGN Radio News\/Talk 720.<\/p>\n

In her Sun-Times<\/em> column, Cindy Richards focused on the work done by North Park University women who provide a counterpoint to the \u201cgirls gone wild\u201d image. She features 18-year-old freshmen Kiera Johnson and Ruth Blider. Johnson dug trenches and fixed houses in Oaxaca, Mexico. Blider worked with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans.<\/p>\n

Richards also quotes Ginny Olson, co-director of the Center for Youth Ministry at North Park, who told the columnist that she sees \u201cmore of a trend toward responsible compassion. More and more girls are seeing they really can do something significant.\u201d Olson is the author of Teenage Girls: Exploring Issues Adolescent Girls Face and Strategies to Help Them.<\/em><\/p>\n

To order a copy of the book online, visit Covenant Bookstore<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Junior Stina Peterson and freshman Tanikia Thompson are scheduled to be interviewed on WGN sometime between 1 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Saturday The interview can be heard online at WGN Radio Interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Peterson also traveled to New Orleans, and Thompson traveled to Oaxaca and Tiacolula, Mexico. Rich Johnson, the director of University Ministries also will be interviewed on the program.<\/p>\n

For more information on mission trips organized through North Park, visit the University Ministries Global Partnership<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

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