Remembering Gerald F. Ford

By: Lauren Bucsko

           Gerald F Ford took the oath of office in August 9, 1974. Gerald was the only vice president chosen under the terms of the 25^th amendment, during the aftermath of Watergate scandal. He succeeded the first President ever to resign from office. Ford had a reputation for integrity and openness had made him very popular in the 25 years of congress. The controversies by granting former Pres. Nixon full pardon. Ford established his policies in the fist year in office. One of Fords major goals was to help businesses run smoothly by lowering the taxes. In foreign affairs he worked hard to maintain U.S power. Also preventing a mew war in the Middle East was a major objective. Ford won the Republican nomination for presidency in 1976. He lost the election to Democratic opponent, former Governor Jimmy Charter of Georgia.

          He was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 1913. Gerald grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He earned a law degree from Yale. In world war two he became a lieutenant commander in the navy. After the war ended he went back to Grand Rapids and practiced law where he entered republican politics. Before he ran for congress 1848 he married Elizabeth Boomer. They had four kids named Michael, John, Steven, and Susan.

Trouble in Darfur

By: Kristen Stump

         Darfur has been embroiled in a deadly conflict for over three years.  At least 400,000 people have been killed; more than 2 million innocent civilians have been forced to flee their homes and now live in displaced-persons camps in Sudan or in refugee camps in neighboring Chad; and more than 3.5 million men, women, and children are completely reliant on international aid for survival. Not since the Rwandan genocide of 1994 has the world seen such a calculated campaign of displacement, starvation, rape, and mass slaughter.

        In Darfur, hundreds of people a day are raped, starved and murdered by the Sudanese armed forces and a Sudanese government militia known as the Janjaweed. At least 400,000 people have died and more than 2 million of them have been left homeless. The United Nations Security Council authorized that peacekeepers be taken to Darfur, but the Sudanese government has not yet allowed them to come in, but it still continues while they make up their mind. There’s many foundations that are trying to come in and help out but haven’t been allowed to enter, they have been collecting money from all types of foundations to help them out.

Thoughts on the Hussein hanging

By Allen Heater

        On Dec. 29th 2006, people all over the world watched as Saddam Hussein was hung for his heinous crimes against humanity and the world. The crime was murder of over a hundred people. I’m saying he should have gotten more. Some people are saying that the fighting is going to get worse in Iraq but we should not be there in the first place. Saddam ran his country from 1979 to 2003. That country has been fighting forever; why should Team America world police have the right to stop them? Justice was served a little bit. More should have been done. It wasn’t and that’s all I got to say about that.