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USC to host prayer vigil for Haiti quake victims
USC students and employees will hold a prayer vigil on campus Tuesday for the victims of the earthquake in Haiti, the school announced today.
The noon prayer vigil will be hosted by the USC Office of Religious Life. Donations for the American Red Cross for earthquake relief will be gathered at the event, the school said.
"As an American university with the most international students and dozens of activities around the world, USC faculty, student, and staff join in unity in sending our condolences to the nation of Haiti in the aftermath of the earthquake,'' said Varun Soni, Dean of the USC Office of Religious Life.
Soni said there will be a "teach-in'' to raise awareness about the needs of the people of Haiti after the earthquake.
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