Bronwen Vogel 3

International:
A 3,000 year old beehive was discovered in Jerusalem, where the ancient city of Rehov formerly was. The beehive was in the center of the city, which archaeologist though strange, but supposed it was for religious purposes or for more efficient government control. The city had an approximate 2,000 inhabitants made up of Jews, Canaanites, and others. It was known that bee keeping was common in ancient times, but historians never would have expected something so orderly. The hives were made with straw and unbaked clay. They had a hole at the bottom to allow bees to enter and exit and a lid at the top so the bee keeper could access the honey. In each room were about 100 hives in rows and stacked about three high. In 900 B.C., at the time when the hives were teeming and alive, the Israelites would have used the honey for food, medicine, beeswax, and possibly religious purposes.

I cannot recall reading about any religious need for honey; only that it was a favorite food. Maybe they ate it with their unleavened bread. People 3,000 years ago were not ape like or incompetent. They were organized, building towards their future and providing for each other- just as we do today. It's also interesting that Jews and Canaanites were living together in peace. The Israelites were instructed by God to completely wipe the Canaanites from the face of the earth, but instead they coexisted and made honey together.

National:
Galareka Harrison was arrested in Tuscon, Arizona. She is accused of stabbing her roommate, Mia Henderson, fatally. Harrison was taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries and following her release she was arrested by University of Arizona police. The fight between the two women started in their dorm, but details are not known. Both are 18 and of American Indian decent. Henderson was from the Navajo Nation town of Tuba City, and Harrison also was a Navajo from the northeastern Arizona reservation.

This emphasises the need for Christians to surround themselves with other Christians. It doesn't mean one has to go to a religious school, but having a close, Christian roommate is essential. "Iron sharpens Iron" according to the Bible and this story is an extreme case of the opposite. This is true for more situations than roommates, but a roommate is a controllable factor of a person's life whereas coworkers or peers may not be. I also wonder how much of a scholarship the women got for being a minority. I bet U of A doesn't pair any two together again because of race.

National:
An eighteen year Rebecca Woods is facing endangerment charges after throwing a two year old child out of a window. The drop was about fourteen feet, but the child was caught by two boys standing outside. The toddler's brothers who are ages eight and nine instructed the babysitter to drop the little boy. Woods said she thought it was a bad idea, but proceed to drop the child anyway. The little boys has no serious injuries.

What are the parents thinking? There must have been some noticeable hint to allude to Miss Woods lack of intelligence and reason. I hope she never is around children alone. And I hope that little boy survives growing up with his two brothers! I would sentence Rebecca Woods to a little bit of jail time and community service. Something like this is understandable happening without adult supervision, but not with the help of an adult. Think twice before taking instructions from little kids.

International:
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan named a new cabinet to try to regain public trust. One week after he was confronted with another scandal: misreported political funds. Six scandals in the cabinet have been unearthed in the past year and four members have resigned thus far with one killing himself in May. The latest scandal involves Ichiro Kamoshita. He lent $103,000 to an organization, but only reported lending $86,200. Later, the group borrowed a total of $200,000, but Kamoshita only claims to lending them $130,000. The organization is also managing Kamoshita's political funds. He claims it is only a clerical mistake, but if he is lying he could face 5 years in prison and fines in addition. The case is currently being investigated, but it does not appear that Ichiro Kamoshita intends to step down.

This could have been prevented had the responsibility of selecting the cabinet and the position Kamoshita held as agriculture minister been spread out to a larger group instead of one individual. This is a prime example of how money and power corrupts a person. The penalty is not very long for a person accused of attempting to steal such a large sum of money. If the laws were more extreme and better enforced there might be a smaller number of cabinet members having to step down. It sounds like it is time for a new Prime Minister.