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Newspaper
Ottawa Herald
Location
Ottawa, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 2007
Page
2
Editorial cites alarming American TV habits and youth exposure to ads, noting children watch extensive TV weekly and accumulate screen time alongside video games and computers. It argues TV contributes to obesity, illiteracy, smoking, drinking and violence, urging a week to start cutting back.
Guest editors publish diverse opinions for reader consideration. The Herald notes views expressed are not official positions of the newspaper or its editors.
Ottawa Herald pagination editor Tommy Felts reports on the Displace Me campaign where about 60,000 youths across 15 cities, including Chicago and Kansas City, sleep in cardboard boxes to spotlight Uganda's internally displaced population and press for peace talks and aid. Participants, led by Invisible Children Inc, aim to end the war and halt child abductions by engaging government action.
A reader voices frustration with Tom Beaver's columns on Indigenous peoples and sports icons, noting historic injustices and suggesting some Indians disagree with promotional uses of Indigenous imagery. The letter argues for fairer representation and questions humor derived from Native stereotypes.
In a plea to Ottawa Herald readers, Tom Beaver defends Indian names as symbols of school spirit and argues for continuing their use. The letter condemns calls to stop using Indian names and cites Ottawa and various places across the country as examples of enduring Indian-named labels.
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