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Proposed Boy Scout Change To Include Gay Youth Must Also Include Adult Leaders
By Eli Winter Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – The Boy Scouts of America today announced a proposed amendment to their ban on gay Scouts. If the proposition is approved by the organization’s National Council, the Scouts will no longer deny “youth … membership … on the basis of sexual orientation or preference alone.” On the surface, this might seem a positive change. After all, children throughout the whole nation would now be able to put on … Read entire article »
Filed under: Boy Scouts, Eli Winter, Houston, Texas
New Strokes Album Rivals The Band’s Best
By Eli Winter Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – The Strokes have never been known for their predictability. Comedown Machine, their new album released today, proudly reaffirms that idea. With this latest record, you hear the New York band evolving, slowly but surely, from their scruffy, apathetic threads of a decade ago to some nice, shiny, New Wave clothes from the 1980s. A quick refresher on the history of The Strokes – their debut EP started a bidding war to sign the band to a major label, which RCA Records won out. Their debut album, Is This It, released in 2001, as expected, received a huge amount of praise and many placements on best-of-the-decade lists. Their second album two years later, Room on Fire, attempted to expand their sound slightly with the incorporation … Read entire article »
Filed under: Eli Winter, Houston, music review, reviews, Texas, The Strokes
Scouts Must Do Their Duty And Accept Gays
Boy Scout Oath On my honor I will do my best To do my duty to God and my country and to obey the Scout Law; To help other people at all times; To keep myself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. By Eli Winter Reporter And Isaac Winter Junior Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – As former Boy Scouts, we know the Scout Oath by heart, but over our six years spent in scouting, its meaning faded for us. Many other boys don’t have the choice we did whether to put on the Boy Scout uniform – the tan Scout shirt, the muddy olive green Scout pants – or have a chance to say that Oath themselves. The Boy Scouts of America recently announced that they would review their long-standing policies – unwritten rules to some – forbidding gay boys … Read entire article »
Filed under: Boy Scouts, Eli Winter, Houston, Isaac Winter, Texas
Snoozing, Snacking And Tweeting: What Really Happens In A High School Lockdown
By Natalie Tarrant Junior Reporter Youth Journalism International ARLINGTON, Texas, U.S.A. – We were in the middle of first period, about 9 a.m., and reading aloud the first pages of Romeo and Juliet, (Act 1, Scene 1: “Do you bite your thumb at us, sir?/ I do bite my thumb, sir.”) Just then, a voice from the intercom announced: The lockdown drill had started. Our teacher gathered us up into a little group (it was a fairly small class) and put us in a corner of the room away from the door. She covered up the door’s window with some paper and sat down with us. After that, we managed to stretch out into more comfortable positions, whispering quietly to one another in a relaxed way. I even managed to lie down and take a quick … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arlington, lockdown, Natalie Tarrant, school security, Texas, U.S.A.
In Texas, It’s The Night Before Christmas
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Filed under: Christmas, Eli Winter, Texas
Austin Tree Lights Up Texas Night
Eli Winter / youthjournalism.orgThe Austin, Texas, Christmas tree, from a distance TweetShare#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;} … Read entire article »
Filed under: Austin, Christmas, Christmas Around the World, Eli Winter, Texas
Austin Tree Lights Up Texas Night
Eli Winter / youthjournalism.org The Austin, Texas, Christmas tree, from a distance TweetShare#call_to_action h4{padding:0px 5px;} … Read entire article »
Filed under: Austin, Christmas, Christmas Around the World, Eli Winter, Texas
Shofar Sound Signals Rosh Hashanah
youthjournalism.org Eli Winter demonstrates how to blow a shofar By Eli Winter Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – So guys, you may know (well, if you’re Jewish, you sure do) Rosh Hashanah (??? ???) starts tonight, and millions of kids are happy that they don’t have school on Monday. Well, at least those in the Houston Independent School District are happy, because we don’t have school on Monday. Rosh Hashanah is, to oversimplify, the Jewish New Year. The name comes from the Hebrew for “Head of the year” (??? Rosh means “head”; ???? means “the year”) which means the beginning of it, but in a more literal way. Maybe that’s what the guy who gave Rosh Hashanah its name thought, anyways. When you tell people about what it literally means, you tend to get confused looks. It’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: Holidays, Houston, Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Texas, U.S.A.
Shofar Sound Signals Rosh Hashanah
youthjournalism.org Eli Winter demonstrates how to blow a shofar By Eli Winter Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – So guys, you may know (well, if you’re Jewish, you sure do) Rosh Hashanah (??? ???) starts tonight, and millions of kids are happy that they don’t have school on Monday. Well, at least those in the Houston Independent School District are happy, because we don’t have school on Monday. Rosh Hashanah is, to oversimplify, the Jewish New Year. The name comes from the Hebrew for “Head of the year” (??? Rosh means “head”; ???? means “the year”) which means the beginning of it, but in a more literal way. Maybe that’s what the guy who gave Rosh Hashanah its name thought, anyways. When you tell people about what it literally means, you tend to get confused … Read entire article »
Filed under: Holidays, Houston, Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Texas, U.S.A.
Shofar Sound Signals Rosh Hashanah
youthjournalism.org Eli Winter demonstrates how to blow a shofar By Eli Winter Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – So guys, you may know (well, if you’re Jewish, you sure do) Rosh Hashanah (??? ???) starts tonight, and millions of kids are happy that they don’t have school on Monday. Well, at least those in the Houston Independent School District are happy, because we don’t have school on Monday. Rosh Hashanah is, to oversimplify, the Jewish New Year. The name comes from the Hebrew for “Head of the year” (??? Rosh means “head”; ???? means “the year”) which means the beginning of it, but in a more literal way. Maybe that’s what the guy who gave Rosh Hashanah its name thought, anyways. When you tell people about what it literally means, you tend to get confused … Read entire article »
Filed under: Holidays, Houston, Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Texas, U.S.A.
Shofar Sound Signals Rosh Hashanah
youthjournalism.org Eli Winter demonstrates how to blow a shofar By Eli Winter Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – So guys, you may know (well, if you’re Jewish, you sure do) Rosh Hashanah (??? ???) starts tonight, and millions of kids are happy that they don’t have school on Monday. Well, at least those in the Houston Independent School District are happy, because we don’t have school on Monday. Rosh Hashanah is, to oversimplify, the Jewish New Year. The name comes from the Hebrew for “Head of the year” (??? Rosh means “head”; ???? means “the year”) which means the beginning of it, but in a more literal way. Maybe that’s what the guy who gave Rosh Hashanah its name thought, anyways. When you tell people about what it literally means, you tend to get confused looks. It’s … Read entire article »
Filed under: Holidays, Houston, Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Texas, U.S.A.
Shofar Sound Signals Rosh Hashanah
youthjournalism.org Eli Winter demonstrates how to blow a shofar By Eli Winter Reporter Youth Journalism International HOUSTON, Texas, U.S.A. – So guys, you may know (well, if you’re Jewish, you sure do) Rosh Hashanah (??? ???) starts tonight, and millions of kids are happy that they don’t have school on Monday. Well, at least those in the Houston Independent School District are happy, because we don’t have school on Monday. Rosh Hashanah is, to oversimplify, the Jewish New Year. The name comes from the Hebrew for “Head of the year” (??? Rosh means “head”; ???? means “the year”) which means the beginning of it, but in a more literal way. Maybe that’s what the guy who gave Rosh Hashanah its name thought, anyways. When you tell people about what it literally means, you tend to get confused … Read entire article »
Filed under: Holidays, Houston, Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah, Texas, U.S.A.
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