Scholastic Choices articles from January 2001

Scholastic Choices archives from January 2001

Oscar De La Hoya: From Fighter to Lover.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Boxing champ Oscar De La Hoya has a soft side that nobody knew about -- until he released his debut CD last fail. The self-titled album of love songs in Spanish and English left no question that the feisty fighter's concerns reach far beyond...

A Dirty Secret.(American hygiene habits)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Americans have a dirty secret: They don't wash their hands after going to the bathroom as often as they claim they do. Though 95 percent insist they always scrub up after using a public restroom, only 67 percent actually do so, according to...

More Teens Drug Free.(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Fewer U.S. teens are using drugs, says a new government survey. Drug use by 12- to 17-year-aids fell 21 percent over the two-year period ending in January 2000, according to the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. Marijuana use by the same...

Start Saving the World!(volunteerism Web site)(Brief Article)
January 1, 2001... Do you want to do something good for humanity,' but you're not sure where to start? Here's what to do: Log on to www. servenet.com -- the Web address for Youth Service America, an organization dedicated to making a volunteer of every young...

Pickle Power!(hydration properties of pickle juice)
January 1, 2001... Last summer, Steve Burkholder, trainer for the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, found a new way to keep his football players hydrated (retain water in the body). On a tip from a fellow trainer, Burkholder had the Eagles swallow a pickle-juice brew...

SMOKING KILLED MY FATHER.
January 1, 2001... Erica Lynn's father smoked cigarettes for more than 20 years. When Erica as 14, her dad died of lung cancer. Four years later, Erica still mourns for her father -- and she wages war against the cigarettes that took his life. I remember the...

Get What You Want From Your Parents.
January 1, 2001... Follow these expert tips to put mom and clad on your side -- and get what you need. Everyone you know is going a way o n a ski weekend. You deserve a leather jacket. You want to take the car out on weekends. But there's one important...

Comedy on Wheels.(disabled cartoonist)
January 1, 2001... Pelswick creator John Callahan wants to take the mystery out of disabilities -- and make you laugh. There's never been a TV show about a disabled teenager. John Callahan, a syndicated cartoonist, did something about that. He created one....

3 ways not to diet.
January 1, 2001... You may feel desperate to lose weight, but don't fall for these dangerous fads A growing number of teens are overweight -- 11 percent today, compared with 6.5 percent 20 years ago. Still more kids think they're fat, even though they're...

Georgia Teens Take On the Issues.
January 1, 2001... Late last summer, Victoria and Brittany Cawthon were sitting on the curb of an Atlanta-area college waiting for their parents to take them home. But instead of chit-chat typical between sisters, the two were talking about the Confederate flag,...

How to Zap Zits.
January 1, 2001... Eighty-five percent of young people suffer from acne. Here's how to deal with it. 1. Don't Scrub! Scrubbing your face like a maniac won't stop pimples from popping up, and it may irritate your skin. Normal hygiene -- washing your face...

Stickly Situation Students Helping Students.
January 1, 2001... The Problem: Dear CHOICES, I have a friend who always borrows stuff from me and never gives it back. First, it was just pencils and little things, but recently she borrowed a CD and a Walkman and refuses to return them. I don't her as...

Big questions Real answers.
January 1, 2001... Q My friend's mother just died from breast cancer. What should I say to him? A Tough situation. Nothing makes us feel more helpless -- and useless -- than death. Most of us go through our days without being confronted by the sobering...

Gonorrhea.
January 1, 2001... There's a sexually transmitted infection (STI) lurking out: there among teenagers, that you should know about. It's been around for years, but it's probably not the first disease you think about when someone mentions STIs. The name of this...

Cheaters.
January 1, 2001... How far would you go to ace a test? Cheating among high school students is on the rise. A recent survey found that 80 percent of top students -- those listed in Who's Who Among American High School Students -- admitted to cheating in school...