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WVU students and religious studies coordinator Aaron Gale stand in front of a 9th century B.C. city gate in Israel. Gale traveled with the student volunteers to Israel in the summer of 2007 to participate in an archaeological dig at the biblical city of Bethsaida. Pictured (from left, seated) are Lexie Reed, Julie Macklin, Ashley Echard, and Stephen Fernandez. Top row (from left) are Richie Symes, Andrew Hard, David Fogarty, Aaron Gale, Freya Swanson (on top), Annemarie Delagarza, Curtis Conrad, and Daniel Opatut.