About Rachel Goertemiller

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Stories by Rachel

	Sisters with albinism see it not as a disorder, but just . . . a part of who they are By Elizabeth Stringer, 16, Rachel Goertemiller, 15 "I'm not a genetic freak. I'm a genetic phenomenon,'' says Jennifer Oklak. Jennifer, 19, and her sister Heather, 13, are among about 18,000 Americans affected by albinism, a genetic condition in which a person has little to no pigment, or coloration. Jennifer graduated from the Indiana School for the Blind last spring and is studying graphic design at Ivy Tech State College. Heather is a seventh-g
	10-year-old adjusts to life minus sunlight By Brian Reissaus, 16, Megan Minkner, 16, Rachel Goertemiller, 17 Sweet and optimistic, Katie Mahar is a typical 10-year-old girl. The Craryville, N.Y., resident is the youngest of four children. She jumps on her trampoline, listens to the Backstreet Boys and plays with her kitten, Pumpkin. She also has a disease called xeroderma pigmentosum, a genetic disorder also known as XP.
	Frontier of change offers opportunity By Rachel Goertemiller, 15, Tyler Smith, 13 The Opium War, fought between Great Britain and China, ended in 1842 . It was waged because of China's discontent with the British sale of opium to an increasingly addicted Chinese population. The victor received Hong Kong. But the British, who prevailed, were hardly overwhelmed by the spoils. British Foreign Secretary Henry John Temple Palmerston III called Hong Kong "a barren island with hardly