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  • Look ma, more roadkill!

    Friday, May 25, 2012 By: Hannah Sarmiento

       “Basically, what this is, is road kill that gets turned into something we can use,” explained Jeff Karlin, Biology, Zoology, Marine Biology, Astronomy teacher. Karlin uses unique objects

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  • Shrimp krilling the environment

    Friday, May 25, 2012 By: S.M. Capetian

    Today's cheap commercialized shrimp wrecks more havoc on the environment.

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  • Drawing for coins

    Friday, May 25, 2012 By: Cynthia Araradian

    Draw Something is an addictive social game that has become very popular among teens and even adults. It allows the player to play with a friend or someone random by drawing as well as guessing drawing

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  • Good shoppers are green shoppers

    Friday, May 25, 2012 By: Tina Stephens

    Although shopping for the latest trends are inevitable, there are alternate ways of finding fashionable and eco-friendly clothes.

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  • Book Review: Cracked Up to Be

    Friday, May 25, 2012 By: Katherine Frye

    “Perfect” Parker Fadley seems to have fallen from her spot as the top girl of St. Peter’s High, and everyone is on high alert.

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  • Music Review Pablo Alboran

    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By: By Jasmin Ramirez

    Pablo Alboran, a Latin pop artist, was nominated in three categories in the 2011 Latin Grammy Award, just released his debut self-titled album titled. His name may not be as familiar as Selena’s or Ri

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  • Bullying blurs lines

    Thursday, May 24, 2012 By: NancyandKaia

    When 15-year old Meagan Allen at Leander High School walked into a bathroom stall at 12:30 p.m., April 4, 2011 and shot herself with a .22 handgun hidden inside her backpack, her death led to a Texas

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  • My Hero, My Soldier, My Big Brother

    Thursday, May 24, 2012 By: Sam Shaw

    When the soldiers come home...

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  • Sounds like teen spirit

    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By: Quinton Couch

    Country music icon Brad Paisley brought his Virtual Music Tour to the Riverbend Music Center on Sunday, May 20, sweeping the crowd and kicking off summer 2012 with a boom.

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  • Proposed changes in honors diploma creates uproar

    Tuesday, May 22, 2012 By: Bonnie Hamilton

    “I cannot imagine it affecting the class of 2013.” Shelby Richardson Guidance Counselor

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Issue Date: Monday, May 28, 2012 Issue: Week of May 28, 2012
 
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News
The Illinois Legislature's consideration of a bill banning minors from tanning beds is worrisome to teens who rely on their bronzing powers and is cheered by those concerned about cancer risks.
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Illinois officials, apparently as eager to properly feed young bodies as young minds, have agreed to legislation that will improve nutritional standards in school cafeterias.
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Cicero's serious crimes declined in number last year, but many students at Morton East High School still fear gangs and violence.
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Officials would like to increase standardized test requirements for an honors diploma at Harbor Springs High School, alarming juniors on track for the recognition since freshman.
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U.S. Senate Republicans, determined to double student loan interest rates, are trying to block a Democrat rate freeze.
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Venice High won't have its very own police department, but having the local constabulary move into empty classrooms might seem a lot like it.
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Features
Sure they tickle your tastebuds, but the environmental havoc wreaked by today's commercialized shrimp demands a new culinary delight.
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The cost of clothes and concern for the environment make this the fast-fashion era, and nobody is more earnest in the cause than young buyers.
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Bullying blurs lines
Texas' anti-bullying law was a step in support of besieged teens, but, so far, a lack of penalties for the various subsets of bullying have dulled the law's effectiveness.
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A Lush cosmetics demonstration of animal cruelty, employing an actress in the part of a mistreated animal, clicked with Downers Grove South students; some of them vow to avoid offending companies.
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