Scholastic Update articles from May 1991

Scholastic Update archives from May 1991

Where do we stand? (a look back on the year 1990-91)
May 3, 1991... WHERE DO WE STAND? LOOK INTO THE EYES OF the young soldier pictured on the cover and you'll see a spark of exuberance that has swept the nation. For many Americans, the United States and allied victory over Iraq has rekindled feelings of...

Riding high. (George Bush)
May 3, 1991... RIDING HIGH EVER SINCE GEORGE BUSH shot into the national spotlight as a Presidential contender in 1980, he has battled a stigma that came to be known as the "wimp factor." Until recently, critics said he had no consistent platform, avoided...

Who's smiling now? (ups & downs for world leaders)
May 3, 1991... Who's Smiling Now? BORIS YELTSIN Few politicians have had as mercurial a career as the Soviet Union's Boris Yeltsin. Two years ago Yeltsin was in disgrace--dismissed from his Communist Party job for publicly criticizing Soviet...

New world order? (outlook for the post-Gulf War world)(includes article on students' predictions)
May 3, 1991... NEW WORLD ORDER? ONLY A YEAR AGO, THE world was a different place. Forty-five years of Cold War hatred between the United States and Soviet Union had finally come to an end. The euphoria of a democratic revolution was sweeping through...

Updating the news. (updates on 2 Live Crew, the savings & loan scandal, proposal to give away condoms in New York City schools)
May 3, 1991... UPDATING THE NEWS DURING THE PAST SCHOOL YEAR, UPDATE has done its best to keep you up-to-date on what's happening in America and around the world. Some of these issues, though, were only beginning to unfold when UPDATE wrote about them....

What do you think? (how 6 teens feel about the historic events of the past year)
May 3, 1991... WHAT DO YOU THINK? As far as the United States is concerned, things are getting better. People are more tolerant of each other. And people have the power to change things if they get involved. If you have enough people behind you, you can...

Cartoons with a point. (recent political cartoons)
May 3, 1991... CARTOONS WITH A POINT In 1949, the United States, together with Cananda and 14 European nations, formed the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). NATO was a military alliance designed to counter aggression by the Soviet Union. In 1955,...

Tomorrow's news: with the Gulf crisis over, Americans are starting to focus again on issues in their own backyard.
May 3, 1991... TOMORROW'S NEWS IN THE WAKE OF THE PERsian Gulf war, many Americans have begun to shift their attention away from foreign affairs and back to domestic issues. Once again, problems in the economy, environment, and education are making their...

U can't watch this. (ethical issues in popular music: sexual content of music videos, lip-synching, heavy metal influence)
May 3, 1991... U CAN'T WATCH THIS IT SEEMED AS IF MUSICIANS WERE MAKING K news in the past year for everything but their music. Florida police arrested the rap group 2 Live Crew on obscenity charges. The singer Sinead O'Connor caused an uproar with her...