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Here in Bloomington, Kirkwood

Avenue serves as a popular attraction

to local residents and nearby Indiana

University students. Running from the

Indiana University Sample Gates to

Adams Street, Kirkwood Ave is a go-to

entertainment hot spot with its shop-

ping opportunities, bars, and variety of

multicultural restaurants.

Kirkwood Avenue takes its name

from Daniel Kirkwood, an astronomer

and Mathematics professor at IU in the

late 19th century. The street originally

ran through the IU campus until 1987,

when the Sample Gates were construct-

ed, turning the eastern part of the street

into a walking path. 13 years later, the

Big Dip project was initiated, spanning

from the summer of 2000 until October

of that year. This undertaking was set

out with the purpose of renovating the

ancient 100-year-old sewer system lying

underneath Kirkwood.

But what was a typical day walk-

ing along historical downtown Bloom-

ington like before the major renovations

took place? Well, ask almost any regu-

lar of Kirkwood Ave how things were

before the Big Dip project was launched,

and he/she would most likely tell of

how the streets would frequently flood

before the sewer systems were recon-

structed, which presented a problem

for many of the small shop owners.

Several of the shops along Kirkwood

were previously owned by their origi-

nal businesses, as well. For example,

the original Von Lee building was a

vintage-style movie theater, which was

purchased by Kerasotes in 1976, and is

currently a Noodles & Company res-

taurant. Also, The Discount Den, oth-

erwise simply referred to as “The Den”,

was previously a convenience store car-

rying everything from CDs to snacks.

The Den was a popular stop for nearly

anybody searching for almost anything

under the sun, up until recent years,

when a shop selling IU apparel replaced

the store. Directly above the original

Den, a small restaurant called “Burritos

Big as Your Head” resided, until it too

was closed down and replaced.

Along with several popular shops

and various business establishments,

Kirkwood houses a large variety of

restaurants whose menus are influenced

by many different cultures, inspired by

the slew of international families and

students that have visited and studied

in Bloomington. This broad selection of

different cuisines available along Kirk-

wood incorporates cultures from many

different parts of the world into one

popular center of entertainment, and

gives the entire area a unique, lively,

and upbeat feeling when one visits

Kirkwood Ave.

In addition to the multitude of

shopping opportunities and wide array

of restaurants, Kirkwood Ave is home to

a number of historic landmarks, includ-

ing the Buskirk-Chumley Theater, the

Odd Fellows Building, and Allen Build-

ing; all of which were constructed in

the early 1900s. These vintage-looking

buildings all contribute to the histori-

cal authenticity of Kirkwood Ave, with

their old-style architecture and aestheti-

cally pleasing appearances.

Starting at the Sample Gates, one

would also come across the Monroe

County Public Library, Fountain Square

Mall, Peoples Park, the Kirkwood Ob-

servatory; attractions which accomodate

almost any interests of the local crowd

in Bloomington.

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Entertainment Section Editor

Morgan Trial

Early Kirkwood Avenue Attractions Create Historic TimelineA Peek into Early-20th Century Downtown Bloomington

When locals of Bloomington, Indi-

ana need a place to go to hang out with

friends, grab a bite to eat, or keep up

with current fashion, there is no doubt in

their minds that Kirkwood Avenue is the

place to be. Kirkwood does not only ap-

peal to locals. Visitors of the Indiana Uni-

versity campus find it the best place to go

without getting too far from where they

need to be.

With foods ranging from Chinese,

such as Panda Express, to a mostly Mexi-

can menu, such as the Laughing Planet

Café, there is a meal for every appetite.

These restaurants are nothing short of

creative.

“It’s really convenient how every-

thing’s in one place; especially for col-

lege students who walk everywhere,” said

incoming freshman at Indiana University,

Josh Hobson.

Which Wich Superior Sandwiches,

a delicious sandwich shop with great,

speedy service, allows customers to

choose a sandwich bag from a wall of

about ten options such as “Deli” or “Ital-

ian”. After choosing their bag, customers

borrow from a bucket of red Sharpie mark-

ers and mark their meat, veggie, dressing,

and bread selections on the side of their

brown, paper bag, hand it to the cooks,

and let them take it from there.

“I got a buffalo chicken sandwich

for lunch today from Which Wich and it

was really good. We got our food really

fast, too,” said Hobson.

Chipotle has certainly captured the

stomachs of many. This is the place to go

if stomachs are growling for some grub.

They give customers their complete mon-

ey’s worth, stuffing some of the biggest

burritos and other Mexican masterpieces

possible.

Nick’s English Hut is a very strong

Indiana University-supporting bar and a

popular place amongst students. Besides

being a good restaurant, they are great

friends of the community. Nick’s online

site provides visual tours of both floors of

the bar along with a calendar of events

and a photo gallery displaying guests. They

have a pretty broad menu consisting of

seafood, steaks, sandwiches, strombolis,

sub sandwiches, and burgers. There are

daily drink and food specials and prices

aren’t too high. So, expect to see a lot of

money-saving college students!

“Getting something to eat on Kirk-

wood was probably the best part of my

college visit!” said Hobson.

Cally Frazier

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Section Editor

KirkwoodFood for Thought

Ashton Gruhlke[Opinion Editor]

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Design-Trevor Jin Saint Louis Priory School-Mandy Packnett Avon High School

News-Kara Beard Floyd Central High School-Sarah Redman Zionsville Community High School

Sports-Kaitlyn Cain William Mason High School-Jack Witthaus St. Louis University High School

The murder case of a two-year-old child is finally over. For most Americans, how-ever, it is not truly and completely over. The name “Casey Anthony” seems to have become a common household name. Most people know of Anthony because the death of her daughter, Caylee. According to huffingtonpost.com, a majority of citizens believe that twenty-five-year-old Anthony murdered her own daughter, no matter what the jury says. Since the jurors announced Anthony not guilty of the murder of her daughter, angered citizens have had no problem voicing their opinions. Many anti-Casey Facebook pages have appeared such as “Fry Casey Anthony,” “Casey Anthony is Guilty” and even “CASEY ANTHONY” which shows a picture of Antho-ny’s mug shot with added devil horns and the word “Guilty” written across her forehead. Some positive reactions have surfaced because of Anthony. Petitions have been created to pass “Caylee’s Law” which would make it a crime to not report a missing child to police in a timely manner. I came across a Facebook event called “Porch lights on for Caylee Marie Anthony” also. The event is “a world wide memorial for all children” but seems to mainly focus on the death of Caylee. Although there are some who agree with the jurors in saying that Anthony is not guilty, the overwhelming opinion seems to be that she is a killer. I, like most Americans, believe that Anthony murdered her little girl. I think the evidence is too condemning to let her walk. She already lied to the police four times and got away with it temporarily. In my opinion, winning this case is just another lie to her. My opinion does not matter, though, and the verdict has been made. Just because the case is finished does not mean it will not affect many people for the rest of their lives. The jurors, for example, will most likely be hated and ridiculed for a long amount of time. To be honest, I do not think that mistreating the jurors is completely fair. Like I said, I do not agree with their final decision, but it only takes one juror saying she is not guilty to let her go free. Jose Baez, Anthony’s attorney, will always be despised by many because of what he did to help Anthony. I personally believe he helped Anthony get away with murder. The person affected the most will be Casey Anthony. She was sentenced to serve four years in jail for lying to the police. She is currently an inmate at Pinellas County Jail in Clearwater, FL but will be released on July 17th because of time already served and for good behavior. I have read rumors of Anthony going into disguise and lying low for a while. I have also seen rumors that she might be doing interviews about her experience and could pos-sibly even write a book or make a movie. Honestly, I think she is better off staying in prison, where she is safe and protected from the millions of enraged Americans.

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Entertainment-Cally Frazier Greenwood Community High School-Morgan Trial Chesterton High School

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The Kirkwood Staff

Casey Anthony’s Aquittal Shockwave

“CASEY ANTHONY” is one of the many recent hate pages on Facebook promoting Anti-Casey Anthony beliefs. Here, the group has posted a photo of Anthony and O.J. Simpson to compare the two.

The monster plagues people of all ages, from minor errands to important projects. But why does procrastination sneak up on its victims so often if we know the resulting aches and pains? Why do we keep de-laying our important tasks un-til the very end? It is not clear what the psychological reasons are because of how diverse our minds and reasons are. Some say, “hard work often pays off after time, but laziness always pays off now.” Strangely enough, we sometimes create our best work when we save it for the last minute, fueled by adrena-line. This common thought pro-cess is shared by HSJI student Amanda Packnett: “I write to the last minute because I feel that when I’m under stress I do better,” she said, “ Sometimes I think it helps.” Our important task can drown in a sea of mi-nor tasks that we deem more worthy of our time and effort. However, another reason is that we expect ourselves to be per-fect. Procrastination and perfectionism can some-times be the exact same, forcing ourselves to keep retrying and rebuilding instead of completing the project. In a demanding society of educational ex-pectations rising as fast as GPA’s and tuition, it makes sense to be a perfectionist. Parents loathe not hav-ing the Internet when they were in school, being forced to go to something called a “library” to do their research. However, with great power comes great responsibility - something that some of us lack. Our minds flut-ter like a butterfly from site to site: Facebook, Twitter, games, etc. Millions of little distractions pollute our research area, di-recting our attention away from the important tasks all day, every

day. “There are more fun things to do than work,” e x p l a i n e d HSJI student Sarah Kissel when asked why she pro-crast inates, “One time I physically had to delete the Solitaire icon off of my computer, but it worked.” These minimally stimulating sites, although boring and monotonous, still manage to be capture our attention above anything else. Susceptibility to procrastination stems from fear - a fear of success, failure, or pressure. These “tense-afraid” types of procrastinators usu-ally are uncertain about their goals, their tasks, or even time. Then there are the “re-

laxed” types who view their responsibilities with malice or indifference. These types, who we all know examples of, would rather divert their en-ergy and attention to other tasks such as maintaining their social lives or keeping up with the mind-numbing websites, or worse, mind-numbing televi-sion shows. They create their own fantasy world where re-sponsibilities and deadlines do not exist, a world with the dis-creet ticking of a time bomb.

We know all about pro-crastination and its rampant abundance throughout our lives, but how do we fix it? “Telling someone who procrastinates to buy a weekly planner is like tell-ing someone with chronic de-pression to just cheer up” says Dr. Joseph Ferrari. Procrastina-tors know how to tell time, they

just overestimate the time they have left to perform tasks, and underestimate the time it takes to com-plete tasks. “I start on projects early, I get organized,” ex-plains local HSJI stu-dent Jack Witthaus,

“I look over the rules or guide-lines several times so I know ex-actly what the question is ask-ing or what the project needs. I really think that the key is to start early and be disciplined.” The best fix would be to make a list of everything you have to do. It keeps everything realistic. Likewise, set realistic goals for yourself. Don’t feel the need to make everything perfect. Final-ly, promise yourself a reward. Give yourself a reason to break through and you will make it.

Trevor Jin

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[Design Editor]

Procrastination:The Enemy of Success

Procrastination leads to a world of pain.

“Telling someone who pro-crastinates to buy a week-ly planner is like telling someone with chronic de-pression to just cheer up.”

The Numbers

95%Percent of people who

procrastinate.

5%Percent of people who

are chronic procrastina-tors (1978)

26%Percent of people who

are chronic procrastina-tors (2007)

52%Percent of students who have a moderate to high need for help concern-

ing procrastination.

20Number of hours I pro-crastinated while mak-

ing this article.

Olivia Paredes [Features]

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Pink cheeks and embarrassing giggles erupt from each partici-

pant asked the question; “Should the boy ask the girl out? Or, should

the girl ask the boy out?”

“Guys should ask the girls,” said Rachel Fisher a senior at Avon

High School, “boys are more decisive then us.”

“It’s a right of passage, guys have just been brought up that way,” said

Deshawne Willox, a freshman at I.U. Troy Willsey, a senior at Cinder

Grove High School, agrees, “The guy is supposed to take care of the

woman, I have to make the first move.”

Whether or not it is a right of passage or tradition, not every-

one agrees. Kellen Hubert a counselor at HSJI, dose not see a problem

with a girl asking out a guy,

“My wife asked me out first. It was flattering. If you like, some-

one go for it. Don’t just sit around.” Nate Heagney a senior at St. Louis

University Institute agrees, “If the girl is attractive, why not?”

Derah Patton, however, a counselor at HSJI is completely against girls

asking a boy out first, “It makes the girl look too desperate and easy.

Besides, boys need to work at the relationship too, make her feel val-

ued.”

Technology Love?

Everybody wants to feel valued, however can technology com-

plete this task?

“I wouldn’t object if a girl asked me out, but it has to be face to

face,” said Taylor DeHon, a junior at I.U., “Its fun to play games and

flirt, but I hate text flirting.”

“Don’t just ask for my number, ask for a date,” said Patton

Andrew Turner, a junior at I.U. said, “Give me a number, I’ll

take it from there.”

William Jones, alum of I.U. said, “Social media is the way of life.”

One thing that everyone agreed on is, never be afraid to show your

feelings. Raul Flamenco a freshman at I.U. said,

“I’m bad at hints, if you tell me, I’ll ask.” Heagney said, “always

be honest with your with your feeling and tell them.”

Sarah Redman

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[Copy Editor]

Calming down the College Chaos

Most incoming college students antici-

pate quite a lot of excitement: parties, new

friends, athletics, Greek life, dorms, different

schedules, activities, and no more parents.

However, every year there are students who

do not realize how challenging the process

of graduating from high school to attending

college will be. College students tend to have

a difficult time adjusting to harder academic

classes and not having parents to watch over

them. The responsibility of this newfound

freedom can cause stress, depression, and

anxiety. That is when people, such as Molly

Burke and René Henry, step in to help.

Molly Burke works at the Student Aca-

demic Center, at Indiana University, which

supports a range of services. The Student

Academic Center role is to provide Academic

support to students at Indiana University.

The students she helps are all different;

anyone can become overwhelmed during col-

lege.

“There are a lot of students who meet

the requirements to get in to IU but who for

one reason, or another, struggle academi-

cally once they get here. And that can happen

to students who maybe didn’t have strong

grades in high school or had lower SAT

scores, but it can happen to students who

had really high SAT scores or who did well in

high school,” Burke said.

René Henry is the Assistant Director

of the Student Advocates Office located on

Indiana University’s campus. She acts as an

advisor to students who have encountered an

academic problem. The Student Advocates

Office helps students to withdrawal from

class, works with students to get a medical

request, gives out grade change requests, and

offers support to students who have been ac-

cused or a victim of a crime. Henry also sees

many students battling depression, anxiety,

or bipolar disorder. Her office has a high suc-

cess rate of helping the students and getting

their lives back on track.

“I would say eight out of nine times,

we can help the student out,” Henry said.

Both women agree that the earlier the

better to seek help for an emotional issue.

They recommend communicating with a pro-

fessor if there is a problem in the classroom

as soon as possible. The more days students

skips the farther and farther they fall behind

on schoolwork.

“I am a lot more understanding to

someone who communicates early than

someone who skips and waits,” Teresa White,

an Indiana University Journalism Professor,

said.

Burke and Henry agree that students

who show up to class do significantly do bet-

ter on their assignments and tests than those

who frequently skip. They strongly advise

students to give their best and communicate

if needed.

“If you’re not taking care of yourself, it

doesn’t matter what your grades are,” Henry

said.

The women strongly advised a group

of High School Journalism Institute students

to forget about the stress and take some time

for themselves. They recommended signing

up for intramurals or going to a music the-

ater to relax. The Student Academic Center

and the Student Advocates Office are both

willing to help any student with any sort of

emotional issue.

If you’re not tak-ing care of your-self, it doesn’t matter what your grades are.“”

René HenryStudent Advocates Office

Marah Harbison[A&E Editor]

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Kirkwood Avenue is the epicenter of entertainment in Bloomington. The shopping is absolutely unparalleled

anywhere else in the area. Sure visitors can go to the union and buy

all kinds of sports gear to show off their Hoosier pride, but if they are looking to buy something unique to wear Kirkwood is the place to kick it.

Starting at the top, the one- stop shop for all things cool is Urban Outfitters. It offers clothes for students to wear at any occasion.

If students are looking for something ca-sual to stroll around campus in, there are endless amounts of jeans, shorts, v-necks, and cool backpacks. These styles are sure to make shoppers the most picturesque pupils in class.

Those looking to dress to impress will be pleased with Urban Outfitter’s selection as well. For ladies planning to look lavish, there are wide selections of form-fitting, floral dresses and flowing skorts. For fop-pish fellas there are cardigans, corduroys, and khakis which will make them look nothing short of sharp.

Urban Outfitters does not stop there. Shoppers who have fashion phobia will find things to look at as well. There are wide

varieties of novelty gifts such as mustache cups and fish eye cameras. Not to men-tion, a selection of unique books such as The Indie Rock Poster Book and Stuff White People Like are also offered at this store. Urban Outfitters even of-fers to outfit your apartment with ultra-hip comfort-ers, furniture, and posters.

Urban Outfitters may sound like the only place you will ever need to shop, but Kirkwood offers many more outlets for the campus fashionista.

Pitaya is one of those outlets. While this store is much smaller than Urban Outfit-ters, it has just as much personality. With oodles of bright colored tanks and tees and bold patterned skirts, skorts, and dresses, Pitaya appeals to the daintiest of docents.

If shoppers are looking to browse bou-tiques that are unique to Bloomington,

their needs will be met as well. Cha-Cha is a store very similar to Pitaya,

but with fewer locations buyers are less likely to accidently match a fellow acade-

mician. Not to mention, buyers will feel great about support-ing a locally owned business in a struggling economy.

Another locally owned land-mark on Kirkwood is The Cac-tus Flower. This store is the best of both worlds. With a modern boutique downstairs and a vintage vault upstairs, it is sure to be a crowd pleaser.

If shoppers are looking for trendy dresses the downstairs shopping section at Cactus Flower is for them.

For shoppers interested in something one of a kind, the vintage section is vital. Even if shoppers are not looking to buy, they will have a blast rum-maging through the random finds at The Cactus Flower.

Kirkwood Avenue is a hot spot for arts and entertainment. Its first-class food, su-preme shopping, and laid-back vibe make it a campus Mecca and visitors to Bloom-ington are advised to make the pilgrimage.

Its first-class food, supreme shop-ping, and laid-back vibe make it some-what of a campus Mecca and visitors to Bloomington are advised to make the pilgrimage.

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Urban Outfitters is among the many interesting shops that offer unique styles for Bloomington visitors from all walks of life located on the campus gem, Kirk-wood Avenue. Photo by Hillary Slotten.

Kickin’ it atKirkwood

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[News Editor]

Overwhelming stressraises concern

As people pour into the con-ference room, the two guest speakers sat anxiously waiting for everyone to take their seat.

On the far left end sat the HSJI director, Teresa White, who would be asking the questions throughout the conference. To her right, with a clean cut blouse and pink skirt sat Molly

Burke, an employee at the Stu-dent Academic Center. She sat comfortably with her hands crossed waiting for everything to get started. The other guest, René Henry, sat at the end with her brown bag clutched against the side of her chair, waiting patiently for everything to take place.

It was around 7 o’ clock when the conference took off, start-ing with the first question asked by White, asking the guest speakers to kindly pres-ent their names and a short de-scription of their jobs and what they do. Burke was h a n d e d the micro-phone first and spoke about her position as a leader in trying to help stu-dents achieve their individual academic assessments. Next up was Henry, who said she works with more than just helping stu-dents with schoolwork.

“Aside from academics, we help students with the Univer-sity Judicial System. We work with students who may have been accused of certain things, and also students who may have been victims of misconduct,” said Henry.

However, it is not just the misconduct of students that seems to be an issue on college campus, but other trends such as depression, and major anxi-ety. These problems, according to Burke, can stem from many reasons.

“Many reasons students have trouble is because they are ad-justing to new surrounds and getting used to being without their parents,” said Burke.

In fact, it is not uncommon for many students to experi-ence an overwhelming anxiety within the first few weeks while being on campus. According to Henry, they help around 600 to 800 students each semester and the numbers are still rising. But she commented that this was

not something that should be looked down upon.

“The moment you feel that something isn’t right you need

to get help with it…in society we sometimes tell people to just suck it up, but sometimes you can’t just not be depressed, so the sooner you get help the better.”

After Hen-ry stated her thoughts about students be-ing depressed,

she handed the microphone to Burke.

“There is this mindset in a lot of peoples’ minds that I have to be perfect and just because you got one “F” does not mean you won’t get into grad school. It doesn’t make you a bad person either; it just means that you are different,” said Burke.

Adding to the stresses that bring about the problems stu-dents face in school is the sometimes, yet constant, ste-reotyping. White hands the mi-crophone to Henry and she be-gins to tell her favorite one.

“One of the biggest stereo-types that I have heard over the years is that in college every-body parties. This is not true. Although I do believe everybody has went to a party at least once in their life because I think that is a part of the experience, not everybody parties.”

As the conference began to wrap up, Henry told a last piece of advice for the incoming stu-dents that will be attending col-lege in their future years.

“Peer pressure really sets in during college. You have to be who you want to be and not who people want you to be. College is a place to be yourself.”

Two speakers share their thoughts about depression, anxiety , and process of help-ing students through their college career

In society we some-times tell people to just suck it up, but sometimes you can’t just not be depressed, so the sooner you get help the better.“”René Henry

Student Advocate Office

St Louis Priory High School student Luke Slabaugh asks a question at the press conference held in the Teter building at IU on July 12th.

Photo by Grace Runkel

Anna Boone[Features Editor]

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IU faculty offer insight and tips to make the change from high school to college easier.

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Anxious students fidget beside their parents, ready for one last good-bye. Unlike other times when goodbye was a short moment before a

sleepover or a weeklong camp, goodbye now represents an ending. Stu-dents preparing to enter college are saying goodbye to their homes and securities and saying hello to a life full of responsibility and freedom.

“I’ve never really been that far away to get homesick,” said incoming IU freshman Tate Billieu. “I’m sure at first it will be a new experience and kind of scary, but I’ll adjust to it.”

Molly Burke from the Student Academic Center believes that for most students, changing schools and going through many switches can be a stressful time. Different transitions when moving from home to college, such as school size, being away from home, and amounts of responsibility tend to overwhelm new students.

“Students run into a lot of trouble managing their own lives,” said Burke.

Burke, along with Assistant Director of the Student Advocate Office René Henry, recommends creating a good support network on campus. Henry suggests reaching out to others when students feel lonely or like some-thing is not right. Resisting the urge to go home whenever they are home-sick and trying to connect with students and faculty on campus helps to make the transformation easier.

Henry and Burke also encourage new students to engage with others. Henry said there is a huge difference between “facebooking” and texting someone versus seeing them and talking to them face-to-face. Henry also said social networking can make it easy to avoid casual conversations and sometimes creates lacking social skills. Students should communicate with new people instead of hanging on to hometown relations and neglecting to participate in their new environment. Burke suggests students “really take the time and effort to create friendships.”

Burke also said it is very important to cultivate your different rela-tionships while you are at a college campus. Creating relationships with campus counselors and with doctors in the local area is beneficial because students do not have to rely on hometown doctors, who will be farther away.

Billieu’s father, Rob, is concerned about his son moving to a new place with unknown people. He said that he is “worried about him finding friends.” Billieu said that he plans on joining differ-ent intramural sports teams to stay involved and help meet new people.

Mason High School senior Megan McCormack is excited to attend college and is not too worried about the side-affects of living away from home for so long. She is worried, however, about forg-ing a relationship with her teach-ers.

“I’m used to being away from my parents for extended periods of time and I’m a very indepen-dent person in general, so col-

lege isn’t going to be a problem for me,” said McCormack. “I think what stresses me out more is that if I go to a big school I’m not sure how easy it will be to maintain a relationship with professors.”

Burke emphasizes the importance of creating a partnership with the instructors. She suggests visiting the professors during their “office hours,”

a certain time each week when the professors are in their office and students are encouraged to stop by if they have questions. Burke said that professors will be more willing to work with students if they try hard and put effort into the relationship.

“Make yourself known to your professor from the get-go,” said Burke.Henry has recently seen an increase of students who are experiencing

the negative effects of too much stress. IU has been raising its admission standards, and students feel the anxiety of trying to keep up with a more difficult workload and putting more time into their work than when they were in high school. Although Burke believes that college is difficult, it should never be seen as impossible.

“College is extremely stressful … but I don’t want to give students the idea it’s out of their reach, because it absolutely is. It is stressful, but it is doable.”

Molly Burke holds a microphone and answers a question while René Henry watches. Burke and Henry took part in a press conferance at IU dealing with “Trends in Students’ Emotional Health.” Photo by Anna Boone.

College is extremely stressful … but I don’t want to give students the idea it’s out of their reach, because it abso-lutely is. It is stressful, but it is doable.“”Molly Burke

Student Academic Center

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Sports Editor

Painstakingly long practices, gru-eling workouts that leave bodies immovable, and screaming coaches that expect the best results. These are all phrases that could describe the highly competitive world of gymnastics. For most, the work and the sacrifices that gymnasts make is all for their chance at making the Olympic gymnastics team. For senior HSJI student Abby Ad-ams, who grew up believing that she would be on the USA Olympic gym-nastics team, her dream came to a halt when she had a dream-crushing injury during an eighth grade soccer game. “It was a 50/50 ball and I went for the ball and slid and landed on my neck. Later, when I went to the hospital, the doctor said that I had broken the third bone down in my back, and after that, I couldn’t do any gymnastics.” Adams said when she realized that she would never fulfill her dream; it was hard to cope with. “I felt like I couldn’t do anything.

[The injury] took an emotional and physical toll on me, because in my head I felt like I was never going to get back into sports,” Adams said. “It was upsetting then and it still is upsetting to think that I can never do gymnastics.” Adams said the worst part of her injury was that it took her away from her favorite sport. “Gymnastics has always been the sport I loved the most. I’ve played so many different sports, but gym-nastics was always so perfect for me. And the injury didn’t prevent me from playing any other sports that I did, it was just gymnastics.” According to Adams, despite the fact that her injury took her out of gymnastics, she moved on by fo-cusing on other sports, like soccer, in which Adams is going to Baylor University to play. “It was really hard at first to cope with it, and I had to wear a back brace, but the way I moved on from it was to just focus on soccer, which is my second favorite sport,” Adams

said. “After my injury, I kept trying and trying to get back into gymnas-tics, but my doctor said that gym-nastics was out of the picture, so I put my focus on soccer and used my anger from my injury to make me better.”

Broken DreamsAn HSJI senior’s olympic dreams are crushed by a back-breaking injury

photo by Katelyn Cain

photo by Katelyn Cain

Abby Adams demonstrates one of the only gymnastics stunts she can do with her injured back.

Adams is also able to do a hand-stand for only a few seconds

It was a bitter beach vol-leyball defeat. Last July, 16-year-old campers Noah Allison and Reed Brown sat in the sand, agonizing over the loss to counselors Kellen Hubert and Jake Wright. For the counselor duo, the victory iced the cake on a six-year winning streak. But for Allison and Brown, the deep roots of defeat have brought them back to the High School Journalism Institute (HSJI) one year later for an-other chance against the counselors. “Kellen and Jake left a bad taste in our mouths,” Allison coughed inside his Teter dorm room as he arched back on his chair next to Brown. Brown, sitting on his mattress, looked at Al-lison and then pressed his pillow together like a stress ball. “And we are just motivated (to beat them) by vengeance,” Brown added. “We just have a disdain of Kellen and Jake.” Oblivi-ous to 16-year-old Allison and Brown, 16-year-old Abby Adams, trained under the hot sun in St. Louis’ South County for another season of Lindbergh High School sports. Adams, really, had been training since she was two-years-old when she was an aspiring gold medal gymnast. Her dreams, however, came to a screeching halt during her eighth grade year. “While I was working out, I broke my back,” Adams said. “It was disappointing because I never got to finish gymnastics.” To cope with the loss, Adams turned to other sports. During her freshman year at Lindbergh, Adams made a name for herself, playing

soccer, swimming and softball, and bas-ketball. On top of those sports, Adams began playing beach volleyball for fun.During her junior year, Adams became solely focused on soccer, which freed up some of her time. “With all this extra time, I decided to try the newspaper,” Adams said. “And it turned out to be the right choice. I’ve really enjoyed writing for (Lindbergh’s school newspaper) the ‘Pilot.’” With the positive experience of a newspaper, Adams decided to attend HSJI this summer to help her senior year as an editor on the Pilot.

East on I-70, Allison and Brown’s relationship began before working togeth-er on their school newspaper last year. The athletically-inclined pair met in their freshman year at South Side High School in Fort Wayne, IN at the school’s weekly ul-timate frisbee meeting. They had been on the lookout to meet each other since both of their older brothers had been friends in high school. According to Allison, Brown introduced himself and asked for a drink from his water bottle. “Being the kind soul that I am, I gave it to him,” Allison said. “But then all of the sudden he uncorks the lid and

dumps the water all over him.” At first, Allison was offended by the water-hogging Brown. Through shared classes and hanging out, however, Allison began to like him better. Soon, the duo was doing everything together from watching the Fort Wayne TinCaps Baseball squad to attending church together on Sundays. When summer rolled around again, the volleyball duo agreed to attend HSJI to enrich their journalism skills and, more importantly, to beat Hubert and Wright. In their quest for a victory this year, Allision and Brown were told to select two more players for the 3-on-3 volley-

ball game. In a stroke of luck, they ran into a new teammate their first week, Abby Adams. “When we heard about her impressive back-ground in sports and that she played beach volleyball, we knew right away that she’s a game changer,” Allison said. “An ace in the hole, if you will,” Reed added. Underdogs Adams, Allison, and Brown, re-spectively, have been plotting to thwart the po-tent Kellen-Jake attack all week long, holding strategy meet-ings after lunch and dinner. Al-

though they haven’t found a fourth player, the meetings have brought out a bit of Joe Namath-esq confidence inside the Allison-Brown camp. “We aren’t going to try to beat Kel-len and Jake, we are going to beat them,” Allison said. On the flip side of the net, Kellen recalled last year’s game and their six-year win streak. “(Allison and Brown) lost pretty bad last year,” Kellen said. “I think (Brown) even cried.” On Thursday night at 5 p.m. the of-ficial 3-on-3 campers-counselors game will take place outside of Teter Hall.

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Noah Allison and Reed Brown hunker down this week at HSJI camp. Photos by Agnes Zhu

When students graduate high school, college is their next step. They take on their classes and then what? According to campuscalm.com, “Stress is the biggest life issue that students say affects their studies.” Did you know, 85 percent of students reported feeling stressed on a daily basis, that means 17 out of every 20 students feel stressed every day. At Indiana University (IU) students have the ability to seek help through the Student Advocates Office and the Student Academic Center. The Student Academic Center and the Student Advocates Office both help students who may be struggling with something on campus. The Student Academic Center offers classes to help them with study skills, become more organized, and show them resources. Workshops are also offered to help

students; two of the workshops offered are “Overcoming Procrastinating Now” and “wwNote Taking Made Easy.” Students who don’t follow the rules and laws could end up on academic probation. As a student, they have the ability to work one-on-one with one of the staff members to identify their issue and help fix the problem. Assistant director René Henry said, “The Student Advocates Office is more of a last resort, people say if they can’t help you, then you must really have a problem.” Students get stressed over a lot of different things. IU freshman Jordan Lowe said transportation and just trying to get around is really stressful. Students do not have the ability to drive from one building to another to get to their next class; so many students walk, ride the bus, or ride their bicycles to get around the campus. IU freshman Kerri Reese said

time management is probably the biggest problem on campus, because there is a lot to do. You want to go out and have fun, but you also have homework and other projects to do. IU is known as a big party school, but once you get there, you kind of realize you have the option not to go. There are not really parties every night. A student’s mental and emotional health is very important. No one wants to see these students fail. Retention programs and services director Molly Burke said there are so many resources on a college campus, so it is really kind of sad to see a student dismissed from the campus. No one likes hearing about the fact that they have a problem, whether it is stress, issues with time management, or an eating disorder. Henry said, “If you aren’t healthy and ready to go, nothing else really matters.”

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Students encountering complications in college

Student Advocates Office assistant director René Henry talks to High School Journalism Institute attendees about what the Student Advocates Office does and how they can help students on the Indiana University campus. Photo by: Julia Couch.

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Adjectives used to describe 21st-century America all begin with mis-: misin-formed, misguided, and missing the point. Between Jon Stewart’s handy domi-nance over “real” news networds and the steady decline in SAT scores, these

upside-down predicaments beg the question: is there hope?

of andFACTS FALLACIES“Good evening I’m John Stewart, and

welcome to The Daily Show.” Statistics show that the average American hears this phrase much more often than those resembling: “Live from Baghdad, I’m Anderson Cooper for CNN.” Though Mr. Stewart has been quoted claim-ing that he is a comedian first, many would argue that he is, in fact, a journalist. Although “journalist” is a dignified term usually re-served for the brow-furrowing, politician-ha-rassing, truth-seeking martyrs who suffer for the citizens’ right to know, research reveals that this prestigious, romantic title is actually much less exclusive.

Among the pages of a Mirriam-Webster dictionary can be found this entry: journalist (noun): a person engaged in journalism, espe-cially a writer or editor for a news medium. The Daily Show offers a review of recent news delivered from a predetermined script, and is broadcasted through the increasingly-popular television medium. By Mirriam-Webster’s definition, Stewart technically qualifies as a journalist.

But does his humor simply taint his cred-ibility, or completely revoke his theoretical journalistic label?

Mandy Packnett, a senior at Avon High School, said: “There’s all different types of journalism, but my definition of a journalist is someone who puts out information for the public to hear, be it credible or not.”

Supporting Packnett’s opinion, Katelyn Cain, a junior at Northview High School, said: “I mean, I think he is because in the end he does inform people. He makes a joke about it but that doesn’t mean he’s not getting informa-tion out to people. He’s not necessarily lying about the information, so he is.”

Within an article entitled “The Daily Show” found in an online encyclopedia, there is reference to a quantitave/qualitive study as-sessing Daily Show viewers: “In late 2004, the National Annenberg Election Survey at the Uni-versity of Pennsylvania ran a study of Ameri-can television viewers and found that fans of The Daily Show had a more accurate idea of the facts behind the 2004 presidential election than most others, including those who primar-ily got their news through the national net-work evening newscasts and through reading newspapers.”

In addition to this testament to Stewart’s credibility, statistics show that nearly 3.5 mil-lion people watch The Daily Show every time it airs, which is twice the 1.5 million tuning into Fox, and nearly 5 times the 725,000 who follow CNN. Therefore, it would appear that not only are Jon Stewart and his cohorts jour-nalists, but they are delivering the real truth to more Americans than Fox and CNN are

delivering bias, combined. Stewart was once quoted saying, “If you

watch the news and don’t like it, this is your counter-program to the news.” News with a twist is news, so journal on, Stewart, journal on.

With one bad test, in our minds, the future seems to dim.

However, bemoaning this predicament is always countered by the almighty “however.” However, all of this stress likely brings out the best in students, right? If everyone demands perfection, perfection is produced, right? Wrong.

In a study done in 2010 by USA Today, it was revealed that the United States is lag-ging painfully behind the rest of the world in academic achievement. Since the enactment of “No Child Left Behind” in 2003, SAT scores have declined sharply: reading has dropped to an average 501 from the previous 508, math 516 from 518, and writing 492 from 497. If one were to create a line graph displaying the average SAT scores in America between 1988 and 2009, there is a distinct sag in that line, and I’d wager you’ve already guessed over which years that line sags. Between 1992 and 2001, SAT scores in America were downright awful, right around the time that young adults currently about 30 years old were taking their SATs. The average generational gap is exactly 30 years, so this is indeed our – my – genera-tion’s problem.

Or is it? Certainly we’re suffering from an educational deficit, but is it our society that inflicts the sting of academic defeat?

Molly Burke, an employee of the Student Activist Service and adviser to students on Academic Probation, was quoted saying: “There should be a wide-range understand-ing that not everyone is going to be perfect. I think it’s more of a world view and less of the standards that the school puts out. It’s more fostering an understanding that not everyone is going to be perfect in everything. If you’re not perfect at everything that doesn’t mean you’re a bad person, that doesn’t mean you’re a lazy person, that just means you’re differ-ent. I think that needs to be more understood and portrayed to the students in general.”

It’s clear that students are under too much pressure – from a variety of sources – during their pre-collegiate years. Even more crystal-line is that the demand for a sterling resume and glowing report card simply to earn the chance to be “higher-educated” is having a detrimental effect on the performance these stressors so strive to perfect.

“The instinct for parents is that they want to see their children do well so they want to be involved, but parents need to start to think about well what is that kid going to do when he’s living in a dorm room 500 miles away from me,” Burke said.

So Mentoring Mom, Doting Dad: back off! We love you, we appreciate your investment in our future, but if you’d truly like to see that future become a reality… take two big, diploma-sized steps back. And that includes the gilded frame.

You know the feeling: the weight in your stomach, the heat in your cheeks, the desire in your heart… to simply sink into your chair and disappear. The paper clutched in your moistening palms has a large red F scrawled next to your name. Jane Doe, F. Failure.

Experts agree that the generation cur-rently receiving their educations is under far more pressure to excel – from multiple sources – than those which have preceded us.

Renee Henry, assistant director of the Student Advocates Office at Indiana Univer-sity, said recently during a press conference: “Our office is made up of mostly retired faculty and staff … so you can imagine them talking about ‘what is it with this genera-tion?’. They’re always talking about why it seems that there are so many more people that are depressed today than there were back when ‘I was a professor.’ And it does bring up an interesting question. Recently I’ve looked at the statistics and cases that we see, and a good majority of the students that come to our office are experiencing some sort of emotional health problem: depression, anxiety, or something in their bipolar disorder, we see that a lot.”

This rising decline in student emotional health, without a doubt, can largely be attributed to the astronomical level of performance that is expected of us by our parents, teachers, coaches, councilors, and even peers. While students around us are blossoming into visions of academic suc-cess, who hasn’t experienced gut-wrenching shame of failure?

the ofFACES FAILURE”“What is it with this

generation?

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The taste of a cold, sugar-filled butterscotch beverage being sipped in a “fantasy-filled” amusement park, the sight of flying brooms speeding under their acroamatic riders into the atmosphere on a movie screen and the sensation of a symbol being tattooed onto skin that will remain there for years to come are all experiences and stimulations derived from one book series: “Harry Potter”.In July 1997, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” was published in the United Kingdom. Similar to multiple other novels, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone” contained cream-colored pages, words printed in black ink and a cover inhabited by artwork when it was first published. However, the “Harry Potter” series has expanded to more than just mass-produced bound-parchment. The “Harry Potter” culture contains seven books, an amusement park, a developing online interactive website named “Pottermore” and seven full-length films. The seventh film, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”, was released in England on July 7, 2011. From the theaters to the bookstores, there are numerous, committed fans of the Harry Potter novels worldwide. For Rachel Riggle of Cathedral High School, this interest was taken to a more permanent level. “[Getting my tattoo] was just one of those things,” Riggle says as she examines her right ankle containing a Deathly Hallows tattoo, “I got it because I’m 18 and I have always been a ‘carpe diem’ person, so I live in the moment. I just really like “Harry Potter”. It’s something that defines my era. My parents can say that they ‘grew up in the ‘Star Wars’ era. I can say that ‘I grew up in the ‘Harry Potter’ era’.” Riggle’s tattoo, the Deathly Hallows symbol, is an image that represents the Wand, the Stone, and the Cloak. These objects are found to be vital for Harry Potter, the protagonist, and his friends therefore

they search for them throughout the plot. While not every fan shows their “Potter” support through body ink, others invest in traveling to Universal Studio’s Wizarding World of Harry Potter, a section of rides, shops, and attractions created in the image of the “Harry Potter” book series. From the candy-filled sweet shop recognized as “HoneyDukes” to the “Forbidden Journey of Harry Potter”, an enclosed ride experience contained in a replication of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry that overlooks the park, Universal Studios: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter immerses it’s visitor’s in “magic” and “wizardry” explained in the series. Universal Studios’ The Wizarding World of Harry Potter is visited by several “Potter” fans, theme park-goers and sightseers. Rachel McKinney of Avon High School visited this haven of “Harry Potter” culture and attractions in June 2011. “[‘The Wizarding World of Harry Potter’] made me feel more involved in the “Harry Potter” books, as well as the culture,” McKinney said. “Everything was put in real-life. It made everything about the “Harry Potter” books more exciting.” The basic plot of the “Harry Potter” series is fundamentally comparable to many other novels due to the fact that they contain archetype characters of literature. An antagonist, protagonist, scapegoat and shrew are included in these New York Times Bestselling novels, which is similar to other literature pieces. However, Jennifer Lee of Maumee Valley Country Day School believes that there are aspects of the “Harry Potter” book series that other novels do not possess. “[The best part of ‘Harry Potter’] is the characters. You can actually see them as young kids in the first book, and then in the last book they are much older and grown up,” Lee said. “You get to see them grow up. It’s just different from other books.”Lee has read all of the “Harry Potter” novels

and plans on seeing the film, “‘Harry Potter’ and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2”. “[I think ‘Harry Potter’s intriguing to society because] J.K. Rowling made a whole fantasy world,” Lee said. “She named all the spells, created the actual of castle of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, thought of the treats like chocolate frogs, and made the game of Quidditch...all in her mind.” On July 7, 2011, the final Harry Potter, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” was released in England and is to be released in the United States on July 14, 2011. With the last movie now available to moviegoers, and the concluding novel of the series already read by several fans, the original sources of the “Harry Potter” culture will no longer produce fresh material. Some fans believe that the “Potter” interest will die down, such as Lee.“ I think for the whole society in general, the whole idea of ‘Harry Potter’ will die down,” Lee said. “I think with the last movie coming out, people will forget about it more.” However, there are opposing enthusiasts who claim there are other “Potter” sources, such as the Universal Studios: The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, that will perpetuate the phenomenon. “I think the Wizarding World of Harry Potter will allow and help the Harry Potter society to survive and not die down,” McKinney said. “It will preserve the phenomenon and Potter-craze, especially if The Wizarding World of Harry Potter expands and flourishes.” As for Riggle, the word “phenomenon” is a synonym for immortality, in the case of Harry Potter and his “wizarding” life.“Even after the last movie comes out, [“Harry Potter”] will never die. It’s going to be just like “Star Wars,” Riggle said. “It is a world phenomenon, you know. No, it will absolutely not die.”

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Beauty is when you’re “not afraid to show who you are” as Katherine Hansen who is studying as a student at Mason high school said. Beauty is being “comfortable in your own skin,” according to Amanda Packnett who is currently a senior at Avon.“When you’re comfortable, it really shows through in your personality,” said Meghan Poff, sophomore at Floyd Central. It’s like how Miranda Carney, currently a senior at Mason, puts it, “It’s not about wearing certain clothes, but being your-self.”

However, in society today, beauty is strict-ly defined as the “cookie-cutter” girl as Chandler Johnson, a junior at Maumee Val-ley Country Day School, stated. The “cook-ie-cutter” girl is the girl that is perceived as the image of beauty: thin, a perfectly symmetrical face, tall, and young. Essen-tially, it is these girls that are the faces of ads, magazines, and TVs, and it is these girls that most teenage girls strive to be. As a result, many teenagers believe that they are not good enough unless they are like the “cookie-cutter” girl.

“I would change my nose,” said Chan-dler Johnson “If it was different, my face would just come together and be pret-tier.” Statistically, about seven out of ten girls feel that they just aren’t good enough in some way or form according to the article, “Girl Self-Esteem & Image Is-sues & Parents”.

“When you’re constantly around those skinny cheerleaders, you want to be like that too. I wanted to lose weight,” said Poff. Because that perfect girl’s picture is etched in the minds of girls, they say things like “I need to lose weight” or “If only, my eyes were bigger.” If regular girls define true beauty as confidence, our society is causing girls to be less beautiful as they lose self-esteem.

When the media and the model aren’t affecting the body image, the confi-dence is then tested by the hurtful words of others. “In December, a guy that I really liked told me that I was ugly and that I de-served to be single,” as Andrea Trach, a junior attending McAuley, said “He said that all his friends wondered why he was friends with me.” It’s times like these where people are often the cause of the low self esteem. “A few years ago, I was in a marching band, and the seniors would put down the freshman. That whole year, I just didn’t really feel good about myself,” shared Carney. However, when you have hit that low, there are ways to regain yourself.

“I look at the things about myself that I like,” said Trach, “I like my eyes.” Other times, people have relied on friends and family like Poff. “Surrounding yourself with people you love really helps too,” said Trach, and when all else fails, Amal Mohamad, a junior at Maumee Valley, offers one last piece of advice. “Listen to music that makes you feel good. You know what I’m talking about? The ones that go like ‘you’re beauti-ful’.”

- Jennifer Lee

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Beauty is a tricky word to define. After interviewing many girls, one common trait seemed to be found in all of their answers: confidence.

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Most people do not gain the

excitement of a new relationship

until it is “Facebook Official.” Little

do they know that this social net-

working phenomenon is increasing

their chance of changing it back to

“single” in no time.

Since its establishment in

2004, Facebook has been a source

for people to express themselves

in order to keep connected to the

outside world. Although the site pro-

vides much to do, the only informa-

tion on one’s profile that is directly

associated with another person is

the relationship status. This tech-

nological declaration of unity has

turned out not to be so simple.

Facebook now offers 11

relationship status options: single,

in a relationship, engaged, mar-

ried, it’s complicated, in an open

relationship, widowed, separated,

divorced, in civil union, and in a do-

mestic partnership. If someone else

is involved in the desired status, a

request will be sent to their account

and the new relationship will be

proclaimed to the Facebook world in

the ever-so-romantic Newsfeed.

The technicality of forming

a relationship is simple but it only

provides more emotional stress for

individuals, especially teenagers.

“In my relationship, we tried

to keep in on the down-low because

we worked together. When we did

decide to make it Facebook official

it changed because of the fact that

everyone knew we were together

and it made me check his page more

and what he was saying to other

people. Right when you change your

relationship status it’s having that

title in black and white,” said Ches-

terton High Schoolsenior Morgan

Trial.

This need to know the activi-

ties of a significant other is common

though and often times is the root

of many relationship woes and even

breakups.

“There are a limited set of cues available

on sites like this. You don’t get the subtleties of

voice tone, facial expressions or body language

you usually have when interacting with others

and that can make interpreting the meaning

of messages difficult. You can write something

flippantly, which others take seriously, or come

across as aggressive when that’s not your inten-

tion at all. I can see how relationships can be

damaged as a result and when that happens

people will want to leave to put things right,”

said senior researcher at the Institute of Work

Psychology and Management School at Sheffield

University Carolyn Axtell in an interview with

The Sunday Times.

Facebook also can be an easy place to

immediately and publicly display feuds and end

relationships.“I was actually dumped on Face-

book chat. He even changed his status before he

broke up with me. It was hard because every-

thing was immediately public. It was bound to

get out, but I didn’t want it to that fast, espe-

cially through Newsfeed,” said Floyd Central

High School sophomore Jessica McNally.

With the technological and social net-

working movement rapidly growing, it becomes

hard to not get caught up in the virtual world.

Before logging in to change a relationship status,

one must ask if they are showing their com-

mitment to someone else or just “selling their

hearts” to Facebook.

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[Feature Editor]

PHENOMENONfacebookthe social network site started as a way to get connected, but the cyberspace lifestyle is caus-

ing relationships to crumble.