The Vox Box

Wed., Jan. 21, 2009

It’s the Most Depressing time of the Year!

Someone has done the math (it even has a formula, on paper, it looks like this: W + (D-d) x TQ)and found that the saddest day of the year was the 19th, the third monday of January.

And November 27th, 2008, was the happiest of the year. Studies showed 67 percent of Americans reporting they had a "lot of happiness/enjoyment without a lot of stress/worry” on that day.

The Gallup Daily records the "well-being index" of America since January 2008.

One day that didn’t show any unusual movement in the national mood: election day, Nov. 4.

Posted Jan. 21, 2009, 8:50 a.m.

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.