CONTENTS AUGUST2016 THE CHALDEAN NEWS VOLUME 12 ISSUE VII on the cover: 2016 school guide 24 2016 SCHOOL LISTINGS Our indispensable guide to Catholic and private schools 25 MEET THE COVER KIDS 28 SCHOLAR WITH A ‘FULBRIGHT’ FUTURE BY VANESSA DENHA GARMO Chaldean is headed to Malta in prestigious program departments 6 FROM THE EDITOR BY VANESSA DENHA GARMO Ready to Learn 6 YOUR LETTERS 8 IN MY VIEW BY MICHAEL SARAFA Marriage Requires Deliberate Effort 10 GUEST COLUMN BY SR. THERESA ALETHEIA NOBLE Five Reasons to Stay Until the End of Mass 12 NOTEWORTHY 13 COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD 18 CHAI TIME 20 RELIGION 21 OBITUARIES 21 HALHOLE 44 CLASSIFIED LISTINGS 46 EVENTS Independence Day at Shenandoah ON THE COVER: THESE CHALDEAN HIGH SCHOOLERS WILL HELP LEAD THEIR STUDENT GOVERNMENTS THIS FALL. PICTURED CLOCKWISE ARE MATTHEW TOMA, NADINE ABRO, RITA RASHO, RENNA SARAFA AND MADDY KIZY. PHOTO BY ALEX LUMELSKY 46 30 THE PAPER CHASE BY PAUL NATINSKY Competition reigns in college admissions 34 CHALDEAN ON THE STREET BY HALIM SHEENA What’s Your Advice for New Students? special section: iraq today 14 ISIS TIGHTENS GRIP ON CAPTIVES HELD AS SEX SLAVES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 15 BAGHDAD BOMBING RECEIVES LITTLE NOTICE BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 16 ‘DECADES TO RECONSTRUCT’ BY WEAM NAMOU Government official talks Iraq challenges 17 ‘YOU CAN DO EVERYTHING’ BY WEAM NAMOU Iraq’s Foreign Affairs Minister expresses hope features 36 A CHALLENGE, THEN A CALLING BY VANESSA DENHA GARMO Fr. Bryan reflects on his path to priesthood 38 A SPIRITUAL SCIENTIST BY GIAVANA KASSAB Meet St. Peter’s newest nun, Sr. Anahyd Mariam 40 A GARDEN OF IDEAS Hardwired stresses human rights in the classroom BY WEAM NAMOU 42 GOOD SPORT BY WEAM NAMOU Nadhir Zoma looks back at an amazing career AUGUST2016 CHALDEAN NEWS 5
