NE Iowa Students Learn About Hunger in Simulation

EPWORTH, Iowa (AP) — Students at Western Dubuque High School in Epworth recently learned about hunger through a simulation that determined their status in society.

The Western Dubuque Hunger Banquet held Monday was a student-led school assembly to increase local and global awareness about poverty issues.

Half of the students received a "low class" card, given one-fourth of a graham cracker and were told to sit on the floor. Thirty percent of students received a "middle class" card, received half of a frosted graham cracker and sat on the bleachers of the gymnasium. The remaining students were presented with "high class" cards and ate ice cream sundaes at tables.

The banquet, modeled after the Oxfam America Hunger Banquet, kicked off the school National Honor Society's annual food drive.