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“Striving to Report the News S! N$ S" , 6, 7 Accurately, Fairly and Fully” TheTheThe Campus Press Student Newspaper of Camden County College www.camdencc.edu Volume 28, Issue 7 December 2015 CHRISTMAS DAY : Five Famous People Celebrate Happy Holidays From The Campus Press Birthdays on Dec. 25 By TJ_G1 PU+J Campus Press Co-Editor and Columnist or anyone who celebrates Christmas, the F first thing many would like to say is “Happy birthday, Jesus!” But believe it or not, there is widespread speculation that Jesus was actually born in August. With that said, how many people do you know who were born on December 25? Not many, right? Well, since there are many more people on the planet than there are days in the year, there’s no reason why someone can’t be born on December 25. Here are five famous figures that were all born on Christmas Day, along with the day of the week on which each person was born. Clara Barton (Tuesday, December 25, 1821). Perhaps the most famous female figure Graphic: cliparthut.com of the Civil War, Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and served as that organization’s first president. During the Civil By J7``A7 CGY BG`7 it’s still widely recognized as the actual date. However, a day that was once for the sole War, she served as an independent nurse and Campus Press Co-Editor and Columnist purpose of remembering the start of an cared for soldiers wounded at Fredericksburg, Virginia and Antietam, Maryland. Barton’s he winter is a time of midterms for some, important life, it has turned more towards a work in nursing during the war earned her the finals for others, and most highly would be commercialized affair of gifts, Christmas lights, nickname “the angel of the battlefield.” Later, T the celebrations! and Santa’s cookies. No matter how you celebrate this holiday, it is a happy time for the as president of the American Red Cross, she We study hard, eagerly awaiting the payoff it whole month. oversaw assistance and relief work for the will bring with the vacations and holiday Another holiday is Hanukkah, or as some call victims of the 1889 Johnstown Flood. celebrations with our friends and loved ones. All Humphrey Bogart (Monday, December around the world we find different festivities and it Chanukah. This is an eight-day, Jewish 25, 1899). Humphrey Bogart is best known for traditions followed, either out of religion or celebration of rededication Holy Temple in his role as Rick Blaine in the movie family customs, it’s a joyous time of Jerusalem after the Maccabean Revolt (second Casablanca, remembrance, laughter, and coming close to the century BCE). Hanukkah rituals include the lighting of the Menorah, which consists of nine which won ones you care for, according to unitedplanet.org. the Oscar for Most commonly known and participated in candles in a holder. One candle is lit on each of Best Picture would be Christmas. On December 25 th , is a the eight nights of Hanukkah, and the center in 1943. His holiday called Christmas, which derives from the candle is used for lighting the others. Other Hanukkah family customs include singing most famous literal meaning of “Christ’s Mass”. It’s a day of Hanukkah songs, reciting Psalms, and, quote occurs remembrance of the birth of Jesus Christ, and at the end of though the actual date of the birth is unknown, Continued on Page 6 Casablanca, when he says, “I think this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship.” Bogart’s most celebrated Graphics: windows.com performance after Casablanca was the 1951 film The African Queen, in which he co-starred with Katharine Hepburn and for which he won his first and only Academy Award for Best Actor. Conrad Hilton (Sunday, December 25, 1887). When was the last time you stayed in a Hilton Hotel? Well, the hotel business as we know it today would never have come to fruition had it not been for Conrad Hilton. Hilton believed that every hotel should be built in its own unique style, rather than as part of a chain. After founding the Hilton Corporation in Continued on Page 6 I`J37: • Pixar Animaon Studios, page 3 • Food and Coat Drives, pages 4, 5 • Criminal Jusce Majors’ Road Trip, page 5 • Photo Essay of CCC Students pages 1, 8 ALL SMILES — Students gather outside the Cougar Café. See more photographs on page 8. Photo: Bob Fina Bridges...Poetry Corner. Page 5. 2 The Campus Press ▪ December 2015 By H1 S-G`Y7,7 Join The Campus Press Staff Music Scene at CCC Campus Press Music Columnist and Share Your Ideas The Camden County College Music Department has so many great things ave you got the slightest want or need happening. From events to new to share your creavity and opinion? programs and classes, don’t miss out H Self-expression, accuracy, and on your chance to be a part of one or community involvement are valued deeply by more of these awesome opportunities. Camden County College’s own newspaper, The Events in early December at the Campus Press. 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