mercer|unbc
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The other day, Rick Mercer (Canadian comedian, for any non-Canucks reading this) made an appearance at UNBC.
He came because our little university raised the most money for the Spread the Net campaign. Considering that we were up against institutions that were five or even close to ten times our size, this was an amazing accomplishment.
After a bit of a pep rally, everyone went outside with Mr. Mercer to the Agora and cheered as a helicopter flew over us, filming us for part of an upcoming TV show.
All-in-all, it was quite a publicity coup for our little school. And, more importantly, the charitable donations from UNBC will allow for purchase almost 1900 mosquito nets (not to mention the many more because of generosity at other universities, colleges, and high schools) and an important reduction in malaria rates.
