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(CNNStudentNews)--April12,2013THISISARUSHTRANSCRIPT.THISCOPYMAYNOTBEINITSFINALFORMANDMAYBEUPDATED.***CARLAZUZ,HOST,CNNSTUDENTNEWS:SowhileFridaysmaybeawesome,thesevereweathermovingacrosspartsoftheU.S.thisweekisnot.Butitisleadingofftoday`sshow.Earlierintheweek,somestatesgothitwithhugesnowfalls.AblizzardwarninginDenverandSouthDakota;thesnowandiceknockeddownpowerlinesandtrees.Thestormsystemmovedeastbringingwind,rain,andreportsoftornadoeswithit.Atleastonepersonwaskilled.SeveralotherswereinjuredwhentwisterstoucheddowninMissouri,Arkansas,Mississippi,andAlabama.Wildfires,tornadoes,snow,ice,flooding-allofthatprobablysoundscrazythatit`sallhappeningatthesametime.Thisisasymptomoftheseason,andastemperatureschange,sodoestheweather.CNNmeteorologistssaythatinspring,weshouldexpecttheunexpected.EmilKapaunservedintheU.S.ArmyduringWorldWarIIandtheKoreanWar.Hedidn`tcarryarifle.Heneverfiredashot.Kapaunwasacaptain.HewasalsoaRomanCatholicchaplain-FatherKapaun.DuringtheKoreanWar,whenhisunitmoved,CaptainKapaunstayedbehindtohelpthewounded.Heknewtherewasariskofbeingcapturedbytheenemyandthat`swhathappened.Asaprisonerofwar,CaptainKapaunhelpedsaveotherprisonersfrombeingshot.Hesnuckaroundthecamp,ministeringtootherprisoners.Hesnuckoutofthecamp,stealingfood,andsneakingitbackforothers.Eventually,hediedasaprisoner.Thisweekhisactionsearnedhimthemedalofhonor,themilitary`shighestawardforvalor.PresidentObamapresentedKapaun`snephewattheWhiteHouseyesterday,sayinghecouldn`timagineabetterexampleforallofus,whetherinuniformornot.UNIDENTIFIEDFEMALE:Isthislegit?TheRomanEmpireoncecoveredpartsofAfrica,Asia,andEurope.Totallytrue.Theempiresstretchedacrossareasofthreecontinents.AZUZ:Onamodernmap,youcangofromEnglanddowntoEgypt,andfromSyriaacrosstoSpain.AllofthatwaspartoftheRomanEmpire.Twothousandyearsago,oneoutofeveryfourpeopleonearthlivedunderRomanlaw.Theempire,ofcourse,islonggone,butarchaeologistsaredigginguprelicsfromtheempiretothisdayandwhattheyfindcangiveaglimpseatwhatlifewaslikebackthen.ErinMcLaughlinlooksatsomerecentdiscoveries.(BEGINVIDEOTAPE)ERINMCLAUGHLIN,CNNCORRESPONDENT:ThesearetheverybeginningsofRomanLondinium.SADIEWATSON,SITEDIRECTOR:ThiswasahugelyimportanttownfortheRomansevenwhentheRomanswerebasedinRome,acrosstheempire.SowearelearningmuchmoreaboutthedevelopmentofamajorcityintheRomanEmpire.MCLAUGHLIN:Pottery,jewelry,andtools,cluesastohowanancientpeopleoncelived,buriedinwhatisnowaverymoderncity.ThisistheheartofthecityofLondon.YouhavetheGherkin(ph)overthereaswellastheBankofEngland,andoverhere,youhaveaconstructionsite.Insidethatbuildingsite,ateamofarchaeologistsisintheprocessofuncoveringthousandsofartifactsdatingallthewaybacktotheRomanperiod.Artifactspreservedintheliningofwhatwasonceanoldriverbed.WATSON:Thedepositsweareexcavatingarewaterlogged,andtheyhaveanaerobicconditions-whichmeanstherewasnooxygengettingtothem.Sometalworkdoesn`trust.Soitcomesuplookingasshinyasthedayitwasdumpedordroppedin.MCLAUGHLIN:Thefindincludesrareobjectslikeatinyamberamuletintheshapeofagladiator`shelmet.Archaeologistsbelieveitoncebelongedtoachild.WhatwaslifelikebackintheRomantimes?WATSON:Well,we`velearnedthatlifeintheearlyRomanperiodwasprettyhardforlotsofpeople.Veryverysmallrectangularswellingsthrownupquitequickly,lotsofsmall-scaleindustrialactivitygoingon.Verybusy,verysmelly.MCLAUGHLIN:Thousandsofyearsofhistory.Archaeologistssaythere`slikelymoreouttherelysingrightunderourfeet.ErinMcLaughlin,CNN,London.(ENDVIDEOTAPE)UNIDENTIFIEDFEMALE:SeeifyoucanIDme.I`mawell-knownlegalcase.IstartedinKansasandeventuallywentinfrontoftheU.S.SupremeCourt.Myoutcomein1954ledtotheintegrationofAmerica`spublicschools.I`mBrownv.BoardofEducationandIcontributedtotheU.S.CivilRightsMovement.AZUZ:Thatcasesaiditwasunconstitutionaltohaveseparatebutequalschoolsforstudentsfromdifferentraces.So,schoolsintegrated,butinsomeplacessomeschool-relatedtraditionsremainseparate-likeprom.InWilcoxCounty,Georgiatherewasoneforwhitestudents,andoneforblackstudents.Thesewereprivateeventsorganizedbyparentsandstudents,sotheyweren`torganizedbytheschoolsystem.Thisyear,someWilcoxstudentsareorganizingoneoftheproms,butthey`rechangingthetradition.(BEGINVIDEOTAPE)GARYTUCHMAN,CNNCORRESPONDENT:TheseteenagersareattemptingtodosomethingthathasneverbeendonebeforeintinyWilcoxCounty,Georgia,homeoftheWilcoxCountyHighSchool.KEELABLOODWORTH,PROMORGANIZER:We`rebasicallymakinghistoryinWilcoxCounty.BRANDONDAVIS,PROMORGANIZER:Thispromisintegrated.TUCHMAN:WilcoxCountyHighhasneverhadanintegratedprom.Instead,foraslongasanyoneremembers,therehasbeenonepromforwhitekidsandonepromforblackkids.Therewillstillbeawhitepromthisyear,buttheseteensareorganizinganotherpromthatwelcomeskidsfromallraces.MARESHIARUCKER,PROMORGANIZER:Weshareeverythingelsetogether,whynothavethisonemomentthatmeanstheworldtoustogether?TUCHMAN:Aftersegregationinschoolswasruledillegal60yearsagointhiscountry,manyhighschoolsstoppedsponsoringpromssotheywouldn`thavetoworryaboutlegalrepercussionsofprivatelysponsoredhighschoolproms.HereinWilcoxCounty,promsremainprivatelysponsored.Somesay,it`sjustama