Scholastic Update articles from November 1998

Scholastic Update archives from November 1998

Tough justice.(adult prison sentences for teenagers)(includes related article)(Cover Story)
November 2, 1998... Once, Paul would have gone to reform school for his crime. Instead, he got 17 years in prison. Is getting tough the answer to teen violence? "When I think about the free world, I think about what it would be like to have something to...

Cleaning up crime in Boston.(successful anticrime program helps keep teens out of trouble)(Cover Story)
November 2, 1998... BOSTON -- With the beat of a bass drum, the Crosstown Marching Band falls into step behind the mayor. Most of the spectators at the Allston-Brighton Day parade this sunny Sunday in September aren't aware the young musicians might just as...

Up in arms.(two sides of gun control debate)(Panel Discussion)
November 2, 1998... The bloody massacres in schools last year added new fuel to the debate over America's gun laws. Are laws restricting access to guns needed to prevent such tragedies from recurring, or does the problem lie with a lack of values among young...

The school of the future?(building safer schools)(Brief Article)
November 2, 1998... Images of violence during the 1997-98 school year are seared into the nation's consciousness: students and teachers gunned down on a playground, in a cafeteria, in a school parking lot, on a school sidewalk, in a school lobby during morning...

The muckraker vs. the millionaire.(John D. Rockefeller and Ida Tarbell)
November 2, 1998... The late 19th century was a time of great innovation in America. Cities and railroads were born, and manufacturing dominated the economy. Huge corporations such as U.S. Steel and International Harvester flourished, as did the bankers and...

Clash in the Congo.(revolution brewing in Central Africa)(Atlas Update)(Brief Article)
November 2, 1998... When rebel troops prepared to march on the capital of Congo this summer, residents of the country had a strange sense of deja vu. Just 15 months earlier, a rebellion led by Laurent Kabila had overthrown the tyrannical dictatorship of President...

Tough choices.(Supreme Court tackles free speech and sexual harassment)
November 2, 1998... Sex harrashment in school. Free speech vs. a free press. The U.S. Supreme Court tackles two tough cases. Read them and decide for yourself. Is a school district responsible for a teacher's illegal affair with a student? Does a former...

SPECIAL REPORT: THE PRESIDENCY IN CRISIS.
November 16, 1998... These are strange and historic times. For only the third time in American history, the U.S. House of Representatives is considering impeaching the President of the United States--a process that could lead to his removal from office. ...

FROM WHITEWATER TO HOT WATER.
November 16, 1998... The House of Representatives is investigating the President of the United States and may impeach him over an affair he had with a young intern. How did we ever get to this point? Here's the story of an investigation that started with a...

ARGUMENTS AND EVIDENCE.
November 16, 1998... Here's the case against Clinton, point by point. Decide for yourself if he should be impeached. The intimate details of President Clinton's affair with-former White House intern Monica Lewinsky are all over the news. But what are the legal...

THE IMPEACHMENT PROCESS.
November 16, 1998... The U.S. Constitution provides for the impeachment of the President and other federal officials for "treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors." But the Constitution does not list the other crimes and misdemeanors that would...

CAST OF CHARACTERS.
November 16, 1998... The impeachment proceedings will be a real-life drama with many actors. Here's a guide to who's who. Bill Clinton President Clinton, 52, has survived many crises in his political career, but none have been as serious as this one. In...

SHOULD HE STAY OR GO?
November 16, 1998... If President Clinton did in fact commit the offenses he is accused of, should he be forced from office? UPDATE reporter Liza Featherstone asked a leading Clinton critic, Christine Todd Whitman, the Republican Governor of New Jersey, and a...

DOES LYING MATTER?
November 16, 1998... Many Americans don't seem to care whether the President lied under oath. What does that say about public morals--and what message does it send? Everybody knows by now that President Clinton lied about his affair with Monica Lewinsky. But...

OBSESSION!
November 16, 1998... Of all the things a Washington reporter can cover, nothing beats a good scandal at the White House. So when allegations of President Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky came to light last January, the media went berserk. Sex, lies, and...

The Fall of a President.
November 16, 1998... WATERGATE HAS BECOME THE YARDSTICK FOR PRESIDENTIAL SCANDALS In the early morning hours of June 17, 1972, police in Washington, D.C., burst into the offices of the Democratic Party's national headquarters to investigate a burglary. What...

SOUNDBITE.
November 16, 1998... Here are a few quotable quotes on the Clinton scandal. What do you think about each statement? Do you agree or disagree with the speaker? "The President betrayed his wife. He did not betray the country. God help this nation if we fail to...

Key Words.
November 16, 1998... ALLEGE: To say that something is true without offering definitive proof. CENSURE: Similar to a reprimand. An official criticism of a public official for misconduct, which does not result in removal from office. FELONY: A class of...