1. What is a problem/issue that our entire student body (our school, community, country, etc.) faces today?
Darfur and Sudan as a whole are suffering from a genocide that nobody is doing anything about, few people are even aware of the extent to which this region/country is suffering. China is not doing anything about the problem for fear of losing a main oil source, and they are the country who would have the most impact.

2. What is your view/position on the problem or situation?
The U.S. needs to put more pressure on China, if China was to threaten Sudan with walking out on their oil trade,it would provide an incentive for Sudan's government (who is connectewd to the janjaweed!) to reconsider their actions at the threat of losing a primary business source. The same goes for Russia as wel.

3. What would you like to achieve with your editorial? (What is the desired result?)
I want to bring awareness to an issue that most people are ignorant of. Nothing is being done for these innocent people and it is ridiculous that we are allowing another genocide to happen after saying "Never again" after Pol Pot, Hitler, etc.

4. How will you persuade your audience to adopt your viewpoint as theirs? List at least 4 persuasive points.
I will place focus on needless suffering and an easy solution, also on how oil controls so much of the world, and how fuel becomes a justification for the slaughter of people.

5. How will you motivate your readership to action in your conclusion?
I will throw in a few references to my favorite advocate groups supporting the Darfur cause.

6. How will your editorial serve a public purpose?
Even if people will not act on something, they should at the very least be aware of what is going on. The public should not just be aware of what is going on in their community or country, people need to be aware of world events, or else history's most terrifying events will just keep repeating themselves.