Straight edge lifestyle back in the spotlight
The 1980s straight edge movement advocating no alcohol, tobacco, or drugs is resurging with teens embracing pacifism, environmentalism, and diversity. Amid varied examples from Wheaton College’s X house to online forums, advocates stress a positive image while officials worry about militant fringes and past violent incidents.
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Salt Lake City
Monika Seitz
San Diego
Columbus
Ohio
Schuyler Brown
Brad Harmon
Salt Lake County
Conference for Young Women inspires Lawrence youths in Overland Park
More than 500 girls from Lawrence junior high schools attended the annual Conference for Young Women titled Finding Balance in Your World in Overland Park on April 29. Forty speakers across 14 fields offered three 40 minute sessions plus life skills talks. Gov. Kathleen Sebelius and a surprise keynote speaker encouraged attendees as students like Becky Hall and Kelly Simmons shared career curiosity in fields from FBI to engineering.
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Overland Park
FBI
Becky Hall
South Junior High School
Kelly Simmons
Ing
Courtney Taylor
Southwest Junior High School
Kathleen Sebelius
LHS student poems showcased in Journal World reading
Lawrence High School teacher Joy Clumsky guides 11th and 12th grade writers. A sampling of their poems appears in the Journal-World, featuring pieces by Kassia Mosher Eric Hyde Valerie Thomas Christine Wolgast Katie Bates and Gina Lorenz. The selections span themes of night, rain, garden secrets, pollution imagery, love and transformation with vivid imagery and strong emotion.
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Lawrence High School
Joy Clumsky
Journal-World
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