On May 19, 1896 thirty-three-year-old Franz Ferdinand became heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. Two years before, in 1894 Franz Ferdinand met the beautiful Countess Sophie Chotek, who was a lady-in-waiting. He quickly fell in love with Sophie and in 1899 decided to marry her. There was much strife over the wedding as the two were of different political ranks. But Franz Ferdinand, who by this time was Archduke of Austro-Hungary was very persistent. And so, after he denounced his descendents' rights to the throne he was allowed to marry Sophie Chotek. These two politically powerful characters would soon become the center of a calamity that began the second largest war the world has ever known.

In 1911 a revolutionary movment began that soon came to be known as the Young Bosnia. The members were mainly school students, primarily Serbs, but with a few Bosnians, and Croats. Their main idololegy was called Serbian Nationalism, which claims that all Serbs are a nation, and promotes the cultural, and political unity of all Serbs. In 1878 Serbian nationalists merged their goals with those of Yugoslavism. Yugoslavism, put simply, is an ideology supporting the idea that all South Slavs (Bosnians, Croats, Macedonians, Montenegrins, Serbs, Slavenes, and Bulgarians) belong to a single Yugoslav nation. The Young Bosnia often received help from the Black Hand – a secret organization founded by members of the Serbian Army.

In the year 1914 a small group of seven Young Bosnians decided to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The goal of the assasination was to free Bosnia, and Herzegovina from Austria-Hungaian rule. The six young men were named Muhamed Mehmedbašić, Vaso Čubrilović, Nedeljko Čabrinović, Cvjetko Popović, and Trifko Grabež. The assassination was organized by Danilo Ilić. When Dragutin Dimitrijević chief of the Intelligence Department of the Serbian Army and head of the Black Hand heard that Archduke Franz Ferdinand was going to be in Bosnia and Herzegovina he ordered the assassination. Each man was given either a revolver or a bomb. Each was instructed to commit suicide after Franz Ferdinand was killed. When Nikola Pašić, the prime minister of Serbia, heard about the plot he gave intsructions to arrest the men if they attemted to leave the country. His orders went unheeded.

One hundred and six years ago on June 28th 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie Duchess of Hohenberg arrived in Sarajevo. They were loaded into a car in a procession headed for City Hall. All six men, along with several other Young Bosnians, were stationed along the route and each had been ordered to kill Franz Ferdinand when he passed. The car first passed Muhamed Mehmedbašić.

Mehmedbašić allowed the car to pass due to his close proximity to a near by police guard. The next man along the route was Nedeljko Čabrinović. He flung a grenade at the Archduke's car. When the driver saw the object flying towards him he accelerated, successfully dodging the bomb.

After the close call it was decided to change their route. No one told the driver this and he continued down the original route. He quickly realized his mistake and stopped the car in order to turn it around. At that precise moment one of the Young Bosnians, named Gavrilo Princip, was on his way walking home. When he saw the royal car at a stand still he quikly drew his Browning semi-automatic pistol and shot into the veicle. He hit Archduke Franz Ferdinand through the neck and Sophie through the abdomon.

Before he could get off a third shot the gun was wrestled out of his hand. He managed to swallow a capsule of cyanide, which failed to kill him. Both Gavrilo Princip, and Nedeljko Čabrinović refused to release any information under firm questioning. Muhamed Mehmedbašić managed to escape into Serbia, but Danilo Ilić was captured, and during interrogation he lost his nerve and informed them of everything. Twenty-four other conspirotors were captured along with the remaining assassins Vaso Čubrilović, Cvjetko Popović, and Trifko Grabež.

The law forbade executing anyone under the age of 20. The only people in the party who were that old were Muhamed, and Ilić. Muhamed had escaped to Serbia and so as a result the only people executed for the crime were Danilo Ilić, along with two other conspiretors. The other five, along with Gavrilo Princip were given the punishment of twenty years in prison. Although it should be noted that Princip, Čabrinović, and Grabež all died from the almost uninhabitable prison conditions. Both Cvjetko Popović, and Čubrilović were released from prison after the end of World War 1.

It is commonly thought that the assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand started World War I, but it would have likely happened anyway. That being said, it was the single event that launched almost all of Europe into fighting one another. Because the Black Hand supplied the weapons for the assassins the Austro-Hungarian Empire held the Serbian Army responsible for the attack. As a result, they declared war on Serbia. The problem was that Russia backed Serbia up as an ally. As a result, the Austro-Hungarians asked for the assistance of Germany in case of an attack from either Russia, France, or Great Britain.

By Josiah Patrick

Plot Overview:

Boba Fett has a life without friends, mom, or school; he only has his father, Jango Fett, and his father's lessons on bounty hunting. But when his father dies he must survive on his own. His father left him enough money to live for years. But in order to find the money Boba must use his training to work his way to his dad’s fortune.

Language:

”Stupid“ and “hate” are both said twice, and “dumb” once. All of them describing Obi Wan Kenobi.

Romance:

None.

Positive Elements:

Boba’s friendship with Whirr and his great bond with his father are the few positive elements in the book.

Spiritual Elements:

None.

Violence and Gore:

Slight description of an eel gulping down a mouse.

Mouse screams as it is eaten by a creature.

Sea monster eats eel and mouse; “flash of teeth” is the only description here.

There is a description of The Battle of Geonosis and Jango Fetts's death.

Snake being ripped apart.

Blood running down a creature face.

Darkness:

Count Dooku is described as cold, dark, and evil.

Other Negative Elements:

Zam (a friend of Jango's) dies.

Jango Fett is a bounty hunter, as are his friends, and Boba tends to follow in his footprints.

Boba lies often.

By Seth and Susanna Patrick

I walked slowly down the dusty trail, clutching the leather pouch close to me. I was scared. I didn’t want to go into town but I didn’t dare defy my guardian. He had told that from now on I would walk to the nearest village and buy food with the gold coins he gave me.

So, there I was, a four-year-old girl, walking down a small road in the middle of no where with no idea how to get to Ukarth, the closest village. I was told to take the first left in the trail and follow it to the town square.

After half a mile my keen eyes spotted a branch off to the left. I left the trail and worked my way along the overgrown path. I could tell it wasn’t frequented but that more than animals used it occasionally.

Turning a corner, I entered a wooded clearing. A rough well-trod dirt path led to the front of the well-kept little cottage. Off to the side of the house was a lush, vibrant garden full of ripening vegetables and the largest, most colorful flowers I had ever seen. From the garden, clear, bright, and cheerful, like the many birds in the trees, came the sound of a girl singing. Mixed in with the girl’s song I heard a stream gurgling in the distance and the whinny of a horse. Small and dilapidated, a shabby barn stood in the back corner of the clearing where the whinny had come from. A warm spring breeze brought a myriad of smells to my nose: the unpleasant smell of animals, the beautiful fragrance of flowers, and the wonderful smell of fresh baked bread.

A woman came out of the house carrying a basket of laundry on her hip. She carried herself with a confidence that made her look like a queen, even dressed plainly in a brown cotton dress with her hair in a messy bun. Then she saw me and a friendly smile came to her happy face.

“Hello, Darling. What can I do for you?” Before I could answer my stomach growled. “Ahh, hungry I see. Well, I can fix that, I just made bread. Follow me.” Then turning to the garden, she called “Rosy, get your brother and come to the house for a snack of warm bread." The singing in the garden stopped and the girl, Rosy, ran off, presumably to get her brother.

The kind woman led me into the house. It was small, but neat. In the middle of the far wall was a mud brick fireplace. To the left was a kitchen counter and pantry. To the right two beds, one bigger than the other. There were two windows at the front of the house under one of which was a chest. And near the center of the room was a table with four chairs around it, and a fresh loaf of bread sitting atop it.

“Sit down” she said, pulling out a chair for me. Then she sliced the bread and handed me a piece slathered in butter. Then a young boy about a year older than me ran in, covered in dirt, and snatched a slice for himself.

By Susanna Patrick

1 Corinthians 13:1-3 If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have love, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have love, I gain nothing.

Hi! I am Seth Patrick. Today I chose love to discuss and I chose to take a classic approach. What is love? Well, there are multiple different types of love and the one we are dealing with here is the one that’s really God. I mean He is love, but we’ve changed the description so it is not according to what God says. We know that the Bible is perfect and all other types of love are not right. So I think this means that…

If I speak in the tongues of men or of angels, but do not have GOD, I am only a resounding gong or a clanging cymbal. If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have GOD, I am nothing. If I give all I possess to the poor and give over my body to hardship that I may boast, but do not have GOD, I gain nothing.

By Seth Patrick.