ISSUE 15 VOL.

15 FEB 2024

THE
CONCORD
EYE
STORIES | ARTICLES | WORLD CANCER DAY

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CONTENTS
EDITOR’S NOTE ARTICLE:HISTORIA
01 Introduction to the edition and
03 CARVED IN STONE: THE COVER
welcome to the month GIRL

STORY TIME WORLD CANCER

04
02 NIGHT NOISES
RAISING AWARENESS.
 FEBRUARY 2024

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EDITOR’S NOTE

Here we are with another intriguing edition of our magazine.

Every edition is published with the aim of entertaining and
informing our dear readers to the best of our ability. February
is fast approaching, along with stories and news columns to
spark your interest. So, keep your eyes peeled, and welcome to
February!

ENIOLUWAFE ADELOPO
EDITOR CONCORD EYE

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 STORY TIME
NIGHT NOISES

In the middle of the night Philip heard a
sound. It was a slight snap, probably from
the branches outside his bedroom window,
he thought and lay back in bed
comfortably.
But then another noise made him rise. This
time it was a flat pitter-patter, like a dog
thumping its tail. That Must be the pipes
after the rain, he said to himself. And tried
to go back to sleep.
Miles into the Dreamland, another
disturbance appeared
It was a horrendous sound, cats scratching
on the wall outside, surely, he concluded,
and rolled to his side.
Only then there was a loud creak, pulling on
like some annoying teenager chewing gum.
Philip convinced himself it was the sun, just
stretching itself for its forthcoming duty.
But before he could doze off again, there was
a blinding light and a sovereign voice which
boomed ,”Get up, lazy bones, or you’ll be late
for school!”
 CARVED IN STONE:
‘THE COVER GIRL’
HISTORIA
ADAPTED FROM DAILYNEWSHUNGARY.COM

Erika Szeles (1941–1956) was a Hungarian
nurse and freedom fighter who became a
symbol of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
against Soviet occupation and Hungarian
communist rule. Her life was short but
Impactful and she became an emblematic
figure of the resistance.
Erika Szeles was photographed wearing a
white nurse’s coat while also holding a
sub-machine gun. It captured the essence
of ordinary citizens taking up arms against
oppressive forces. She was just helping the
injured when a Soviet soldier attacked her.
He rifled a series of shots that killed the girl

On the 13th of November, 1956, a red- immediately. According to her death

haired, freckled, quilted coated, 15-year-old certificate engrossed by the hospital of
Hungarian girl looked at the readers of the Péterfy Sándor Street, she died from a
Danish Billed Bladet from the cover, with neck shot.
proud defiance in her eyes. She held a
Russian cartridge-disc rifle in her hands. Adél Tossenberger found out Erika’s
The photo of Erika Szeles went around surname based on Henning Schultz’ and
world press. Tamás Földes’s recollection. She then
found the grave of the girl, who died a
Erika Szeles was born in Budapest, hero’s death at the age of 15, in the
Hungary, in 1941. When the uprising began
Kerepesi cemetery. “My dear little girl, my
in October 1956, Szeles, at the age of 15,
Erika, never to be forgotten, 1941. I. 6. –
volunteered as a Red Cross nurse. She
1956. XI. 7.” as her epitaph says.
treated wounded freedom fighters and
Back in Russia, where her name was not
civilians during the conflict.
known, she was simply called ‘The Cover
Freedom fighters were the people who
Girl’.
battled against the invasion of Russia and
spread of Communism(a system of
government) in Russia.
 World Cancer Day
(4 February)

World Cancer Day is an international day marked on 4 February to raise awareness of

cancer and to encourage its prevention, detection, and treatment. World Cancer Day is
led by the Union for International Cancer Control to support the goals of the World
Cancer Declaration, written in 2008. The slogan for this year’s WCD has been known to be
‘Close The Care Gap’.

The term cancer first came about by the discoveries of Greek scientist Hippocrates (460-
370 B.C) who was able to deduce that cancer generally develops where the balance of
the four body humours(blood, phlegm, yellow bile and black bile) were lost.

Since then,there have been many breakthroughs and discoveries focusing on the causes
and prevention of cancer. A well- known example is that of Marie Curie, who invented
radiation as a method of treating cancer, as radium killed diseased cells faster than
healthy cells. Other scientist involved in these major feats include Rudolf Virchow,
Giovanni Morgagni, John Hunter, Johannes Muller and Stephen Paget.

Today we have been assigned with this task: To help save lives by spreading awareness
against cancer, and take action against the disease.
So, why don’t you go out there and ‘Close The Care Gap’