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The Vox Box archive for Feb. 23, 2009

MONDAY, FEB. 23, 2009

The Green Hereafter 17 

If you're like most Americans, you'll want to be buried or creamated.But exactly how safe is this for the environment?Burial requires a decomposition below the surface, without oxygen, producing a sloppy mess that emits carbon dioxide into the soil. It is estimated that americans use…

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What's on your Record? 

How about a 9-year-old boy charged with murder? You might've heard about the Arizona boy who confessed on video to killing his father and another man last November with a .22-caliber handgun obtained from his house. At the time he was 8-years-old, and heading home…

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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.