Using the news offers amazing opportunities for teachers

November 10, 2000

What amazing history we have witnessed this year. On October 5, we could watch on television as Yugoslav citizens stormed their parliament and demanded that their voices be heard. In a popular vote that favored Vojislav Kostunica over the despotic ruler Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslavs demanded the will of the people reign over the political strength of an unpopular president.