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The Vox Box archive for Sept. 25, 2007

TUESDAY, SEPT. 25, 2007

Is Facebook so safe after all?

The New York attorney general, Andrew M. Cuomo, is investigating whether Facebook, the online social networking site, is misleading users by promoting itself as a place where high school students and younger children are safe from adult sexual predators. By Anne Barnard/NYT Full article...

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The anarchists got some lawyers...

Oh we gotta discuss this one. Don't let me down, gang...I'm sure you remember the anarchists who were arrested on July 4. They were protesting police brutality and stopped for a picnic in the park on an American flag. There were complaints, and things got…

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College newspaper prints a no-no.

The Rocky Mountain Collegian newspaper is in trouble this week after printing an editorial that began "Taser this...F--- Bush," however their version didn't include the censorship. Editor-in-chief, J. David McSwane, plans to defend their decision in front of the Board of Student Communications today. The…

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Oooh... Check this one out, kids...

Stop Childhood Obesity Now, a campaign from Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, has a new commercial it plans to start showing this week, which will excoriate Congress for taking money from the meat and dairy industry, then making it easy for schools and food assistance…

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Poor Britney...

I dunno if I'd trust the story of a fired bodyguard who only worked for her for two months, but here is his tale of woe. He says here in this clip that he saw Brit using drugs. I hope he doesn't plan on getting…

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Campaign Against Anorexia

I just had to repost this--It is originally from the Huckleberries blog just next door...Alberto Pellaschiar/AP PhotoA woman looks at a giant poster showing a naked emaciated woman, part of a campaign against anorexia by Italian photographer Oliviero Toscani, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday. The campaign,…

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In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.