Today I learned that we have a presentation due monday in which we only have an hour to work on and make a powerpoint of Sudan's gaining of independence and that I have to read to page 150 of "They Poured Fire on us From The Sky"

Research Paper

Today I learned... I still have a lot to do in my paper!!! :o Anyways, I also learned some important tips for writing research papers such as you need to cite everything that's not yours, not just the quotes. Paraphrases as well as the quotes, which means I have to cite an insane amount of work still. Spencer, if you are reading this I won't submit my paper to turnitin.com until I fix the citations and bibliography. I'd rather have full credit of late work than low credit of on time work.

Majur Malou

Back on Friday Nacho and I interviewed a Sudanese torture survivor named Majur Malou. From him we learned a lot about the genocide occurring in Sudan. The U.N has been deployed into Sudan but they are, as Majur put it, "a tiger without teeth, powerless" Omar Al-Bashir, the president of Sudan, and the person responsible for the genocide is getting away with these horrific crimes. No one tries to stop him because if you speak out, you die. Majur is one of the few who lived, he protested the government and was tortured for doing so. After awhile he fled Sudan and came here to America. I'm not afraid to say that during the interview I teared up twice and became nauseated once.

Benjamin had to cancel the interview because he's been traveling a lot. But there are two other Sudanese people we can interview instead. They're torture survivors named Majour Malou and Ajeing Deng Chol.

Benjamin Ajak

Now I have confirmation that Benjamin can be interviewed, I only need to schedule the interview now

Benjamin Ajak

While we were thinking of how to get ahold of Benjamin to interview, I remembered Mrs. Lynne Bolton worked with Benjamin! So I e-mailed her asking about him.