[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 151 (2005), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Page 13697]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                   CONGRATULATING CHRISTINE HENNEBERG

 Mrs. FEINSTEIN. Mr. President, today I wish to congratulate 
Christine Henneberg of Palo Alto, CA, for winning Second Prize in the 
prestigious Elie Wiesel Prize in Ethics Essay Contest. This represents 
a tremendous achievement, and I am pleased to recognize her today.
  Rooted in the memory of the Holocaust, Elie Wiesel and his wife, 
Marion, started the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity to combat 
indifference, intolerance, and injustice through international and 
youth-focused programs. Each year, they sponsor the Prize in Ethics 
Essay Contest to challenge college students to analyze the urgent 
ethical issues confronting them in today's world. Now in its 17th year, 
the contest encourages our Nation's students to submit personal essays 
that raise questions, single out issues, and are compelling arguments 
for ethical action.
  As a senior at Pomona College in California, Christine entered the 
national essay contest under the sponsorship of Pomona College 
Professor of Philosophy N. Ann Davis. In her prize winning essay, ``The 
God on my Grandfather's Table,'' Christine explores the role of the 
elderly in our society and the implications of the unfortunate and 
frequent negative perception of the elderly.
  Chosen from over hundreds of essays from more than 200 colleges and 
universities nationwide, Christine's work demonstrates her tremendous 
maturity and devotion to important issues facing our society.
  Christine now plans to attend medical school. I want to wish her the 
best there and in all she does. She has made our great State proud, and 
I am happy to commend her today.

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