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SALEM, Mass. - Students from 10 North Shore high schools took part in Salem State College's annual history conference Thursday, May 16.

Sponsored by the History Department, the conference challenged local students to debate the pros and cons of current event issues, using history as the basis of their arguments. The students broke up into sub groups of pro and con to debate the following five questions:

1. With immersion and other techniques now available, is the concept of bilingual education now the best means of educating non-English speaking children in the United States?
2. Have governmental anti-terrorism actions since September 2001, such as luggage and body searches at transit centers and border crossings and scans using data-based individual photographs, become as great a threat to the personal freedom and quality of life of American citizens as terrorism itself?
3. Should the U.S. limit its foreign policy initiatives to try to minimize the alienation of other peoples and resultant hostility toward, and possible attacks upon the U.S. and its population?
4. If equitably enforced, are dress codes for high school students more important in helping to avoid acts/incidents of socially irresponsible and offensive behavior than they are a threat to a student's right to freedom and expression?
5. In such times as major societal crisis as an economic depression, the events of Sept. 11, 2001, or the devastation stemming from natural disasters, should government aid focus primarily on helping businesses instead of victimized citizens?

Students taking part in the conference, by school, were:

• Danvers High School
  Andrew Blanchette, Daniel Bourgeois, Emma Driskill, Kevin Grant, Jarrett Hanely, Nicole Lally, Maura O'Keefe, John Peabody, Jessica Powell and Kyle Sullivan. Faculty members were Dr. Rene Desjardins and Diane Morey.
• Georgetown High School
  Stephanie Adams, Katherine Arnold, Adrienne Fedele, Elizabeth Hill, Meredith Hill, Jennifer Hudson, Montoya Kim, Erin Matthews, Andy McLaughlin and Astrid van Breda. Faculty member was Bonnie Collins.
• Ipswich High School
  Jennifer Ashely, Danielle Blades, Heather Bradstreet, Sara Delande, Audrey Emerson, Adrienne Greenough, Daisy Hackett, Erica Hanson, Jennifer Lindquist, Brittney Sullivan and Erica Sullivan. Faculty member was Scott Ames.
• Lynn Classical High School
  Leocadia Archhambault, Molly Carmody, Matthew Coombs, Ari Garcia. Jessica Leong, David O'Donnell, John Panagiotopoulas, Gissette Polanco, Maggie Singleton, and Makordoh Souh. Faculty member was Ms. Patricia Lee.
• Lynnfield High School
  Elizabeth Kelley, Reid Lavoie, Andrew Lingel, Monica Rober, Brendan Walsh and Patrick Walsh. Faculty member was Susan Breen.
• Pentucket Regional High School
  Laura Bevilaqua, Sara Brescia, Danielle Dombrowski, Orlando Montalvo, Emily Morse, Ryan Murray, Samantha Putnam, Sarah Stanton, Emily Teague and Ashley Tiller. Members of the faculty were David Evans and Michael Stevens.
• Rockport High School
  Daniel Carr, Nicole Copper, Magee Giarrosso, Ryan McGuinness, Jonathan Merringer, Nathanial Merringer, Brady Ressel, Matthew Rose, Atrrienne Shfner and Hannah York. Faculty member was Neil Dineen.
• Salem High School
  John Balentine, Victor Escalante, Janine Evans, Peter Harrington, Lelia Michaels, Amy Pelletier, Robert Pelletier, Erin Rydgren and Ashley Tracht. Faculty member was Patrick Schultz.
• Saugus High School
  Raymond Ball, Sabrina Cataldo, Erin Cronin, Andrew D'Aloisio, Ashely DeRuosi, Elizabeth Donahue, Julianne Manoogian, Tyler Palimeno, Danielle Ralic and Michael Sinclair. Faculty member was Richard Lavoie.
• Swampscott High School
  Alina Andreyeva, Brian Drummond, Arielle Dworkin, Whitney Fisher, Victoria Gorelitis, Maura Graul, Svetlana Konfino, Julie Kostenko, Maddie Phillips and Rebecca Posner. Faculty member was Allan Shapiro.