The Northwestern University community has rallied around its exchange students from Ukraine and painted the Rock the Ukrainian flag's colors.
Freshman chemistry major Inna Sokolenko is from Kyiv. This weekend her family drove 24 hours west to safety, for now.
"We kept almost crying at every donation that came in because we were like, these people are not Ukrainian, they don't know Ukrainians, yet they are still showing up and they are giving us kind words," said Sonya Voloboi, sophomore. "It is very hard to rationalize it or it is very hard to push it away because it threatens the entire architecture of the West," he said.Electronic contributions poured in from others who said they are privileged.
While Ukrainian students are comforted by the support they're receiving from their peers, there's still anxiety that returns every time a news feed pings.
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