March – April 2006 Issue

In all the protests over the Danish newspaper cartoons mocking Islam, the true meaning of 17-year-old Beeta’s religion—peace—was lost.

Selina, 16, says that the freedom of the press should take precedence over religion in the case of the Danish newspaper.

When Jenny, 16, gave in to peer pressure and played the ‘choking game,’ she had no idea how dangerous it was.

Jessica, 17, says that some teens have an unjustified fear of seeing a good movie.

Tired of being called a chatterbox, Sue, 17, wanted to prove she didn’t need to talk. It was harder than she thought.

Nattalie, 15, couldn’t eat, even though she knew she was wasting away.

Kat, 17, tried to get into the whole video game thing, but it didn’t work for her.

After all Jasmine’s planning for prom, everything went wrong from her hideous dress to the limo.

A special inner-city program helps teens pursue the sport