Posted Wednesday, March 7, 2007, The OG, multimedia

DURING THIS YEAR'S Agora Days (the week of Feb. 20-23), 18 Uni students participated in the school's annual Habitat for Humanity trip to Clarksdale, Miss. They were accompanied by history teachers Bill Sutton and Chris Butler, PE teacher Doug Mynatt, 1972 alum Rob Zych (who served as construction supervisor), and 2002 alum Helen Miller. The students and their chaperones met up with 2006 alums Colette DeJong and Katie Carmody, who have taken a year off before college and were spending a month in Clarksdale. Throughout the week, the students worked on siding, drywalling, mudding, and sanding as they helped build a Habitat house.

The students who participated were juniors Rachel Hurley and Ruthie Welch and seniors Emma Anselin, Jonathon Baron, Benjamin Fu, Mandy Grill, Maddy Hamlin, Nicole Helregel, Bethany Hutchens, Devin Johnson, Emily Kamm, Josh Mitchell, Krista Olson, Nick Pratt, Emily Rosengren, Scott Sapp, Abby Sobh, and Bianca Zaharescu.

In this audio slideshow, several of the Habitat participants reflect on their experiences in Clarksdale.