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4 Albright: redefined JOHN R. ROBICHAUX guest writer Recently, US Secretary of State, Madeleine Albright received confirmation of rumors that her family descent was not Catholic, as she believed growing up, but Jewish. About the time her name became popular in world news, The Washington Post reported that her parents were actu ally of Semitic descent. This affirmed the rumors. Albright, no stranger to change, was raised in four different countries and speaks five languages. Such an iden tifying change, however, did take the first female Secre tary of State by surprise. The world has been her easel since her appointment to the position. Every national news paper runs several articles on her work every week. In ad dition to her powerful place in the world ring, people ev erywhere watch carefully the highest-ranked woman in US history. Her every move is analyzed and it is important that she react with great care. "[This is] a good opportunity for constructive relationships to be built," says religious stud ies professor John Stoneburner. Albright's work with the Middle East has produced better relations between Middle East leaders and the US, but now she must deal with the area on a very personal level. One of the most identifying qualities of an individual is his/her religion or lack thereof. Such a change could be traumatic. Albright has handled it with her usual compo sure. f % DOLLEY'S V ! S ®J2A: \ GREAT r---------- -1 BAR ( al , i Night Owl Special i o lro % Pun! i L—nL^! § ' Bijy ONE appetizer ! | and 9 et a SECOND | \°B" f | Sunday: 10pm - 2am | QUAKER VILLAGE A* BESIDE QUAKER CINEMA \ I Dine-in Coupon 292-8833 G OVVL !■ J The Guilfordian Since Vatican II in the early sixties, the Catholic church has encouraged its mem bers to work with people of other faiths, learning all they can about their doctrine and traditions. For Albright, this now rings more true than ever. world /& Her grand parents were among the at least six million Jews who died in concentration camps during the Jewish Holo caust of 1933-45 under Nazi Ger many. Her par- ents converted to the Catholic faith growing up and tried to hide their Jewish roots from their children by never telling them the truth about their heritage. Jessie White is a Quaker student at Guilford who sympathizes: "If you are feeling unsafe, you have to decide what risks are acceptable for your individual situation." Alit Bedik, a Jewish student took a different tack in commenting, "Being Jewish is very important to my family. We never try to hide it because we con sider every person equal, no matter what faith." In the end, Albright's parents felt the risk was too great to tell even their own children. Wsete Those who make revolution impossible violent revolution inevit —John F. Kennedy February 21,1997 get over the initial shock, but it wouldn't How would a discovery, such as Madeline Albright's, affect you? Gwyneth Jessica Cliver Robertson Sophomore First-Year "I think how a "I don't think it person identi- changes who ties themselves you are or that is more impor- your religion is tant and not a who you are. label that some- She is still the one else puts on same person." you."
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