Volume 84 No. 8
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Child traf
ficking is
not a new
issue;
however,
it has
become a universal
concern. We must all
do our part to save the
lives of innocent
children, regardless of
where they live or
how they live.
p. #4
Lindsey Stadler
Earth Day calls
for celebration and a
chance to learn helpful
tips for saving and
appreciating our planet.
page #2
Popularity of
Facebook loses its edge
due to overexposure of
personal information
and risk of college
rejection. page #4
Calendar points out
that Prom is just around
the comer. Have you
covered all of the details
to ensure a great night?
page #9
Senior athlete
Jordan Hartsoe speed
skates his way from one
tournament to another.
page #12
News
2-3
Opinion
4-5
Spread
6-7
Features
8-10
Sports
11-12
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April 18, 2008
Good news travels fast
in Whirlie community
Congratulations to math teacher Roberta Rohan, who
is the proud recipient of the 2009-2010 Siemens Award
for the Advanced Place Teacher of the Year in North
Carolina. Only one candidate wins per state. Because
of her achievements, the school receives $1000, which
she and principal Anna Brady have designated to
improve the school’s technology resources. Joining
Rohan to celebrate a;nd display the banner she received
are (from left to right) brother Mitch Simril,
father Tim Rohan, mother Elieen Rohan, niece Patty
Simril, and brother Tom Rohan.
Seniors Jannat Khan and Emily Neas participate in an exercise
on the Destiny Bus on January 26, which was parked behind
the media center. Sponsored by the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, the project provided an opportunity for AP/IB
biology students to conduct a GeJ Electrophoresis, in which
they used electric charges to separate DNA strands of varying
length. Staff from the Destiny Bus cut the DNA strands by certain
enzymes to isolate particular regions on the complete DNA
molecule. Then the students transferred the provided DNA and
a particular mixture of DNA + enzymes into the well located on
the negatively charged side of the gel used diuing electrophoresis.
Jewish teens visit Poland, Israel,
witness past tragedies, future hope
BYKATHERINE PHILLIPS
Editor-itvChief
More than 10,000 Jewish high
school students from over 60
countries will travel to Poland
and Israel April 7 through April
22 to participate in March
of the Living.
To honor Yom Hashoha, Holo
caust Remembrance Day, on
April 10, participants will walk
the three kilometers from
Auschwitz to Birkenau, World
War n's largest Nazi concentra
tion camp. There they will fol
low the "March of Death," the
path Birkenau prisoners fol
lowed to the gas chambers. A
memorial service takes place in
the gas chamber involving a
song of hope.
While in Poland, those indi
viduals marching will visit the
Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw, the
Jewish Quarter m Cracow, and
the Yeshiva in Lublin. Other his
torical sites they visit in those cit
ies include Warsaw's Ghetto Me
morial, Nozyck Synagogue, and
Cracow's Ramah Synagogue.
Concentration camps Treblinka
and Magdanek are also on the
tour to honor the Kves of many
lost in the Holocaust.
Following the visits to concen
tration camps, the group will fly
to Israel. On April 20, they will
celebrate Israel's 62nd Indepen
dence Day, Yom Ha'atzmaut.
According to the March of
the Living website, this jour
ney is intended to be "a study
of contrasts." Exploring
Israel's beauty and culture is
for visitors to rejoice at being
alive after honoring the dead.
"I'm looking forward to
Israel the most because dur
ing that part of the trip, we
celebrate life and Judaism, and
it's much happier," said senior
Carrie Brown, who has been
to Israel once previously and
will participate in the March.
"We travel around and see all
of the sites."
Participating teens will join
with Israelis in celebrating the
country's progress and resilience.
They will visit Tel Aviv, Jerusa
lem, Masada, the Golan Heights,
the Galilee, and the Negev Desert.
Both Temple Emanuel and the
Jewish Federation support the
March and encourage their mem
bers to donate money to create
scholarships for local teens.
Greensboro rabbis Eli
Havivi of Beth David Syna
gogue and Fred Guttman of
Temple Emanuel will both ac
company the group.
Participants completed 500-
word essays explaining why
they wanted to attend the March
as part of their applications.
"I want to go because the pic
tures of concentration camps just
don't do them justice, and I want
to see where a part of Jewish
history took place firsthand,"
said Brown.
Letters of recommendation are
also requirements for students to
participate, as are personal inter
views. Local preparations also oc
cur before embarking on the trip.
"We attended a class on Sun
days at the temple that famil
iarized us with aspects of the
Holocaust: what the Jews went
through, what the camps were
like, and the uprisings that the
Jews carried out like at the
Warsaw ghetto," said senior
Josh Katz, who participated in
the 2009 March.
March's posting on the
March of the Living website
reads: "The goal of the March of
the Living is for these young
people to learn the lessons of the
Holocaust and to lead the Jew
ish people into the future vow
ing Never Again."
The goal has been successful.
"Each image I saw at the con
centration camps we visited re
ally sunk in," said Katz. "This
trip has helped me with estab
lishing more of a Jewish iden
tity and given me a sense of
pride about being Jewish.
It helped me in weighing the
wants, needs, and 'hardships'
in my own life because of what
the people who experienced
[the Holocaust] went
through daily."
In addition to learning about
themselves, teens are able
to mingle with Holocaust sur
vivors as well as other Jews
from the United States
and worldwide.
For more information, read
ers should visit www.motl.org.