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(CNN Student News) -- April 25, 2007 Answer the following questions about today's featured news stories. Write your answers in the space provided. 1. Who was Pat Tillman? Who is Jessica Lynch? * * 2. What is the purpose of the congressional hearings featured in the segment? * * 3. According to the program, what accusations were made against the U.S. military during yesterday's hearings? * * 4. Do you think that the U.S. military should respond to these accusations? If so, how? If not, why not? * * 5. Who is Russell Simmons? What ban does he want the recording and broadcast industries to institute? Why is Simmons calling for this action? * * 6. According to the segment, what are Reverend Conrad Tillard's and Simmons's views on the impact of hip hop? * * 7. What is your opinion of the proposed voluntary ban? * * 8. Why do you think that text messaging is popular among young people? * * 9. How do you think that abbreviations like "LOL" and "BRB" become part of the text-messaging lexicon? * * 10. In what ways, if any, has text messaging impacted your life? Explain. * * CNN STUDENT NEWS |