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CAMPUS REPORT> “Hotel Rwanda” HeroShares His StoryA former hotel manager who saved the lives of more than1,200 people during the Rwandan genocide askedstudents to get involved in the global community.Paul Rusesabagina, whose story is told in the Oscarnominatedfilm “Hotel Rwanda” and in his autobiography,“An Ordinary Man,” visited campus in November.Addressing students in Rogal Chapel, Rusesabaginaencouraged the audience to petition the U.S. governmentto intervene in Africa to promote peace.“Many times people think that to help, we need machine guns and missiles.Me, I believe … in the powers of words. Words can be the best and the worstweapons in a human being’s arsenal,” Rusesabagina said.“MANY TIMES PEOPLE THINKTO HELP, WE NEED MACHINEAND MISSILES. ME, I BELIIN THE POWERS OF WORusesabagina was one of several guests of RMU’s new Diversity Speaker Series. The program, whichhas also featured WTAE-TV anchor Andrew Stockey and consultant Joyce Bender, was launched byPaul Spradley, assistant director for student life and multicultural affairs. The Rwandan hero alsospoke at Heinz Hall as part of RMU’s Pittsburgh Speakers Series.Rusesabagina also praised Americans for choosing Barack Obama, whose father was African, as theirnext president. "This is a very good lesson of democracy to the whole universe, the whole world.All those minorities who are always threatened by the majorities should learn the lesson ofdemocracy from this country," he said.> FOR MORE INFORMATION ON THESE STORIES VISIT> Goose Your GooglingAlumni of RMU soon will have a powerful Internet search tool at their fingertips, free of charge.This semester the library will begin offering alumni online access to the ProQuest database service.Now available only to students, ProQuest includes the full text of more than 6,000 magazines,journals and newspapers. Users can browse or search The Wall Street Journal, The New YorkTimes, PC Magazine, Consumer Reports and many specialized journals in nursing, education,and many other fields. “We’re very happy to offer our most popular database to alumni,”said librarian Jackie Corinth. For more information, call the reference desk at (412) 397-3272.2 • W W W. R M U . E D U