By Gia Vang

EUGENE, Ore. -- A University of Oregon professor is waiting for responses from his friends and colleagues near Haiti.

Associate Professor of Anthropology Philip Scher said he's playing the waiting game right now.

Scher sent out several e-mails Wednesday to his friends in the Carribean.

He was on sabbatical at the University of the West Indies in Barbados last year. He says he has several friends still in the area. He said he believes none of the folks he knows were in Haiti when the quake hit, but he is waiting to hear if that's the case.

"At least that's a relief for me on a personal level, but certainly on a level of my concern for the country, you know, trying to keep abreast of things as quickly as we can," said Scher.

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