Week 7 Part1- 3 of CNN Student News Stories

Inner city kids travel to South Africa

CNN's Soledad O'Brien has followed 30 youngsters, ages 11 to 16, since August,

since she traveled with them from Bushwick, Brooklyn, to Johannesburg, South

Africa on a volunteer mission to serve the impoverished and AIDS orphans. Half of

the children under age 18 still live below the poverty line. the ninth grade and more

than half adults never graduate from high school in South Africa.Forexample,Jeremy

Baker,15, was one of the youngmen on the journey.Even he's really poor,who was a

leader in South Africa, dreams basketball will lead to his success.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/26/btsc.journey.change/index.html


Hard economic times a boon for libraries

In times of recession,many people going to the library for free sevices,such as look

up job openungs and use the Internet . Whenever you have tough economic times,


public libraries are a place people go because they have no other alternatives or

because they know they are going to get the kind of powerful information that will

make a difference in their lives.Also,use public libraries are able to help many people

in this hard economic.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/28/recession.libraries/index.html?iref=nextin


Slain reporter's father fearful of anti-Semitism on campus

Judea Pearl, whose son, Daniel Pearl, was kidnapped and killed by al Qaeda

extremists while on assignment in Pakistan in 2002, told reporters at

a newsconference that anti- Semitic e-mail and verbal threats have escalated since

Israel's three-week invasion of Gaza in January.Judea Pearl received hate messages

from someone at UCLA who did not identify himself .It was concern I saw you in

Ackerman Union and I know where your office is and I'm going to beat the (expletive)

out of you ,from someone who gave hate messages to Judea Pearl.

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/27/anti.semitism.campus/index.htmiref=nextin