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1 About the Cover
2 Letter to the Editor
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4 Letter to the Editor
5-6 My Turn
7 Perspectives
7 Toon Time
8 Person of the Year
9-10 This Year in Photos
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Letter to the Editor
You live in a neighborhood where you are
scared every time you walk outside. You are
simply scared that somebody close to you or even yourself will get
killed or harmed. You live in the Chicago projects, in a “four-bed-
room apartment had become their fallout shelter.” (Kotlowitz 26).
There is no one but your family that you can really trust. Most
kids don’t even have that. This is the life that Pharoah and Lafeyette
Rivers are growing up in. A childhood that really isn’t a childhood. Even
their mother, LaJoe agrees that they are not children, the Chicago proj-
ects stole that from them a long time ago. “But you know, there are no
children here. They’ve seen too much to be children.” (Kotlowitz x). The
world that the Rivers family is in is not fair to anybody. They are caught
in this social world that limits kids hopes and dreams. Most “normal”
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“I feel good not understanding.” (Kotlowitz 280). “But you know, there are no children here.
Pharaoh on how he likes to hide behind the fact that he is
They’ve seen too much to be children.”
still a kid and that he doesn’t want to grow up.
(Kotlowitz x).
Mother of Pharoah, LaJoe on how children living in
“We’re gonna die one way or another by killing the Chicago projects have seen too much pain and suffer-
or plain out.” (Kotlowitz 51). ing to still be children at heart.
James to Lafeyette showing he has lost all hope.
Toon Time
President-Elect Barack Obama
has promised his two daughters that when they
move into the white house that they will be getting
a dog. Adoption groups all over the country have
been pushing the fact that the Obamas should adopt
a dog rather than buying one from a breeder. This
way they are helping an animal in need. The Ameri-
can Kennel Club has taken a poll and the public has
decided that the Obamas should choose a Poodle as
their breed of choice for their presidential pet. White
House Chief floral designer Nancy Clarke is fully
prepared to begin taking care of the new presidential
pet after taking care of Barney for many years. Will
the new addition to the Obama family be a Poodle?
I guess only time will tell. This comic is funny be-
cause it depicts Obama trying to pick out his new pet
purely based on looks.
Update: January 11, 2009: Obama has announced
the new pet will be a Labradoodle or a Portuguese
Water Hound.
Story From Issue Dated: Dec 1, 2008
NEWSWEEK | JANUARY 15, 2009
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Person of the Year
Criteria: To be nominated for person of the
year, a person must show extreme helpfulness
or care towards a group of people or persons.
This can include taking care of people, donat-
ing to charity, and fighting for people’s rights.
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Photos:
A=Oct 6, 2008; B=Nov 10, 2008
9 NEWSWEEK | JANUARY 15, 2009 C=Nov 17, 2008; D=Jan 12, 2008
IN PHOTOS
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Invasion of Gaza - Over in the Middle East Israel and Palestine have been at
war for as long as many of us can remember. This year however, things escalated. The
Palestinians have decided that it is their time to take back Israel, a place that is considered
a holy land for number of religions. Previously both the Israelis and the Palestinians had
a truce that included a cease-fire order, a order under which they were trying to bring
peace and order back to their countries. However, recently Palestinians have decided
that peace is not good enough and they have invaded the Gaza Strip in Israel. Through
all the fighting many civilians have been killed and it is creating a world-wide concern
for the people of Israel.
Global Warming - This year global warming was a huge topic of discussion. Cit-
ies across the entire world have experienced mild weather and climate changes. Even Se-
attle had experienced some out of the ordinary weather for the area. In Alaska and around
the North Pole, glaciers are constantly melting and pushing polar bears and penguins to
starvation and death because they don’t know how to adapt to the constantly shrinking
land that they normally take for granted. We as a planet need to step up our game and
start taking action to help save the animals and people of this earth and to make efforts
to try to stop global warming. This story is important because it effects the entire planet.
The Year of the Hybrid - Despite the recession the hype about hybrid cars
was one of the major topics this last year. Car companies were getting badmouthed for
creating “gas guzzlers” and so in response, car companies started coming out with bigger
hybrid vehicles. For example, Cadillac now makes a Hybrid Escalade, one of the largest
SUVs available. Hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius can get up to around 40mpg
and the 2010 model is getting 50mpg, a record for the industry. This is included in the top
10 stories because soon enough, all we will be able to get is hybrid vehicles, and everyone
will be helping to make the earth a little bit greener.
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