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MLK Assembly By Alex Jonokuchi (1, 5) Socrates Visits Brunswick By Diego Golzalez‐Bunster (1,11) Iceland’s New Prime Minister By Oliver Sall (1,17.)
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Issue 8: February 2009
Students MLK Assembly: Interpret
Reaching Beyond Barriers Socrates
By Alex Jonokuchi ‘10 Junior Editor
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wice delayed due to snow, this year’s Martin Luther King,
By Diego Gonzalez-Bunster ‘09 Staff Writer
divisions gathered together in celebration of the great American values of diversity and racial equality. Mrs.
Les Mis Preview By Addison Bennett (P. 2) Brunswick Beacon (P.3) By The Lower School Journalists Eat the Runt Preview By Gus Ruchman (P. 4) Interview With Mr. Kirby‐Smith By Addison Bennett (P. 6)
Brunswick Sports/Arts
XC Season Revealed By Brian DeAngelo (P. 7) Big East Predictions By Mike Forester (P. 8, 17) Legends Clash at Aussie Open By Will Seaton (P. 9) Stars Shine at Oscars By Michael Marx (P. 10)
Student Editorials
Good Bye, Blago By Oliver Sall (P. 12) Mid‐East Crisis By Nikhil Menezes (P. 13) France’s Labor Strike By Oliver Sall (P. 14) US Getting Serious On Emissions By David Blumenthal (P. 15) So Much for Bipartisanship By Spencer Dahl (P. 16) Hooligan Fans By Henry Welsh (P. 18) Re‐Investing in America By Jake Matthews (P. 19) The “Czar of Czars” By Scott Matthews (P. 20)
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Jr. Assembly at King Street featured a collection of Brunswick students from all
Barnum and the Diversity in Action club overcame a See “MLK” Page 5
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orn several hundred years before Christ, Socrates is one of the great original thinkers in human history. His
ideas have lasted over 2000 years and are still studied today. At the time of his trial, Socrates was accused of corrupting the youth and failing to acknowledge the See “Socrates” Page 11
Iceland Elects First Gay Prime Minister
By Oliver Sall ‘10 Junior Editor
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he first government to fall victim to the global economic crisis is about to yield the world’s first openly gay leader. Following the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde, who resigned due to the collapse of Iceland’s main banks, currency and stock market, Johanna Sigurdardottir is on track to become the first openly gay prime minister. Sigurdardottir, the 66-year-old minister of social affairs and social security, is on track to succeed the recently-resigned Prime Minister as long as negotiations between Sigurardottir’s Social Democratic Alliance
Party and potential coalition partners are successful. If negotiations are successful, Sigurdardottir will become interim prime
minister until Iceland next goes to the polls, which must happen by May. The news is being welcomed by gay rights groups
all over the world. According to Gary Nunn, spokesperson for Stonewall UK, a British gayrights group, “We really warmly welcome that [development]. At a time when we’ve just seen a black man elected to the highest office in America, it gives us hope that we will see an openly gay prime minister here some day.” Sigurdardottir has been a member of Iceland’s Parliament for 30 years, and is in her second stint as minister of social affairs. If the negotiations develop as expected, Sigurdardottir would also become the first female prime See “Iceland” Page 17