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Issue Date: Friday, June 30, 2006 Issue: Volume 3, Issue 3 Last Update: Thursday, August 17, 2006
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  • Aspartamesweet but safe?

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Christina Atkinson

    Sugar and spice are supposed to be nice, but most fear the effects of sugar: cavities

    and fat. So many turn to sugar alternatives such as aspartame.

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  • Scary tales from teens on Kauai

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Christina Chuckas

    Ghost: The spirit of a dead person, one believed to appear in bodily likeness to living persons or to haunt former habitats. Ghosts, apparitions, spirits… do you believe in themor not?

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  • JUMP turns trash into treasures for Kenya fundraising

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Juli Blachowiak

    The J.U.M.P club turned trash and treasures into dollars at their recent fund raising

    garage sale. J.U.M.P stands for “Juveniles Use Media Power.”

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  • Global teens' rights at risk

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Eddie Sanchiz

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  • Since when did the ocean become a boxing ring?

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Andrew Rowen

    “I’m going to kill you! Get out of the water!” These expressions are being heard moreand more often in the line up. With the sports of surfing and body boarding becoming more popular, the crowds keep

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  • Aloha Switch readers!

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Paige Blagg

    These past few weeks, the thought ofgraduation and leaving high school hasbeen on my mind 24/7. But it wasn’t untilrecently that I started thinking about allof the smaller things that I am going losew

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  • Exchange student prepares to go home

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Eddie Sanchiz

    Like most of you already know, I’m Eddie and I’m an exchange student from Spain. I got here at the end of August and, sadly, I’ll leave on June 12. I went to Island School and I lived with the Sakai f

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  • College: to go or not to go: Yes

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Paige Blagg

    Ever since I started middle school, I’ve been thinking about college. Actually, it was in second grade, and my goal in life was to become a marine biologist. I knew that I wanted to work at the Monter

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  • College: to go or not to go: Nope

    Thursday, August 17, 2006 By: Brian O'Brien

    From grammar school, I always knew that college came after high school. I was always taught that if you wanted to make money in life you needed to go to college. Going to college was always the ‘smart

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At-a-glance

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For many people, being tolerant is easy.For others it is hard. The definition oftolerance is being accepting and open ofall races, religions and sexual orientations.
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Debt is what you create from a credit transaction and are obligated to pay back. For many teens today, having debt means borrowing from the future in an attempt to live betterin the present.
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Have you ever sat down at your desk and felt so overwhelmed you dreamed it would all just end? The piles of homework, the countless shifts at work, and the random sports and clubs that you belong to a
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“Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt,” recited every Special Olympicathlete at the 2005 track and fi eld event held at Vidinah Stadium. Special Olympics is a world-wide org
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It seems like it was just yesterday when I was introduced to a tall gorgeous woman with orchids in her long brown hair. Her name was Pua Kaholokula and she was very my fi rst kumu hula.
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Deciding on what college to attend will probably be the biggest decision a senior in high school will make. There are so many aspects of the decision making process that it became overwhelming. There
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Imagine your dog was kept in a cage only a little bigger than itself so it could not eventurn around. Imagine your cat was kept in small quarters with 20 other cats and hadto fi ght for space. Imagine
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From grammar school, I always knew that college came after high school. I was always taught that if you wanted to make money in life you needed to go to college. Going to college was always the ‘smart
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Ever since I started middle school, I’ve been thinking about college. Actually, it was in second grade, and my goal in life was to become a marine biologist. I knew that I wanted to work at the Monter
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Like most of you already know, I’m Eddie and I’m an exchange student from Spain. I got here at the end of August and, sadly, I’ll leave on June 12. I went to Island School and I lived with the Sakai f
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