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The Vox Box archive for Feb. 25, 2009

WEDNESDAY, FEB. 25, 2009

Are Kids Getting More Dangerous? 21 

Eleven-year-old Jordan Brown has been charged as an adult for a crime that is becoming more and more common in the news: shooting a family member. In this case, the family member was Kenzie Marie Houk, the twenty-six-year-old fiancée of Brown’s father (shown with her…

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Generosity at its best 

Today the government of Mumbai, India accounced that they would built real houses for two of the small children of the movie, Slumdog Millionaire. Fabulous considering the two darlings were STILL living in the poverty stricten slums of India.Now help the other Indian children in…

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A sign of definite intelligence - The Vox Book Club (The Spokesman-Review)

Wrapping it up

Chloe and I figure we've dragged this out for long enough, so we might as well end it with a bang. As she said, we hope you'll continue to break down the novel and discuss it with others, and we hope you'll enjoy this last…

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Former first lady or Secretary of State?...Definitely both.

Which View?... 

Last night, Obama's address not only challenged the economy and our current state of financial affairs, but also questioned our level of patriotism and involvement as a population.This is a very serious matter, I agree. Yet the question on my mind was about Hilary; Which…

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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.