About Dawn Weseli

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Stories by Dawn

	How would you react if you found out your best friend had AIDS? By Sarah Williams, 13, Dawn Weseli, 13, Becky Goss, "I would probably help them get through it. I mean, help them stop being sad about it. I'd probably still be their best friend." Amy Leavell, 12 Decatur Middle School Indianapolis "I'd still be friends with him. It'd be OK. I wouldn't really care. I couldn't catch it or anything." Alex Gifford, 12 Krueger Junior High Michigan City "I'd be scared." Laura Wagen, 11 Ivy Hall School
	High school cheerleaders finding an identity of their own By Becky Goss, , Sarah Williams, 14, Dawn Weseli, 14 Cheerleaders say their sport is hard work. Kirstie Alley, Meryl Streep, Cybill Shepherd and Steve Martin make us smile and laugh through their performances on TV and in the movies. What may have prepared them for their professions was a sport rather, than a drama class. It takes a special personality to devote one's time and energy to a sport where one can never frown. These performers were a
	Holocaust survivor By Julie Lynch, 14, Dawn Weseli, 14, Becky Goss, Nothing in our history books prepared us for the horror stories we heard from Holocaust survivor Alex Lande, who lives in Fishers, Ind. To listen to him speak was unlike anything you would hear in a history class. He was intriguing while discussing his experiences during World War II _ as if he were living it all over again. During an interview, tears sporadically welled in his eyes. The deep
	WHAT DO YOU THINK? By Sam Perry, 14, Dawn Weseli, 14, Laura Berlier, 7 Do you think children should be aware of U.S. politics? "Well, yes, because if some people didn't know anything about (politics) they wouldn't be able to carry on a decent conversation when they get older." Rebecca Whitesell, 16 Greensburg Christian Academy Columbus, Ohio "Yes, so they know what's going on in the world." Penny Moffitte, 13 Carroll Junior High Fort Wayne, Ind. "Yes, becau