New York Times Upfront articles from April 2001

New York Times Upfront archives from April 2001

letters.(Letter to the Editor)
April 2, 2001... Witch Hunt? I think Brandi Blackbear is a witch ("The Tulsa Witch Trial," 2/19/01), but as the First Amendment says, you have the right to any religion you want. If she's not, then it's even more unfair that she got suspended and called a...

The Dead Cop Was My Father.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... WOODBURY, N.J.--My senior year was going great until October 18, 2000. The morning started out just like any other day except that my dad, a police officer, had to go for a test at the gun range. He left for work while I was in the shower, so I...

Pushing the Pain Envelope.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... A man in Singapore has his cheek pierced with a skewer during the Hindu holy festival of Thaipusam. The festival recalls the story of the god Murugan, who used an invicible spear to fight evil demons. Before Thaipusam, Hindus fast and pray in...

A New King of the Road.(Germany')(s Unimog)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... If you thought SUVs were tough, get a load of the Unimog. A German universal motorized machine, the go-anywhere Unimog is 20 feet long, nearly 10 feet high, and weighs more than 6 tons. The basic $84,000 Unimog looks like a pickup crossed with...

Catching the Copycats.(students arrested for planning violence)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... In the aftermath of the killings at Santana High School in Santee, California, on March 5, one development has encouraged the experts: Further tragedies were averted. Eight students at five schools in Southern California were arrested for...

Will the SAT Drop Out?(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... The SAT is being put to the test. University of California President Richard Atkinson wants to scrap the SAT I, the college aptitude test, as well as the alternative ACT, as admission requirements for the state university system, the country's...

Kicks Nixed.(Johan Peretti and Nike e-mail exchange)
April 2, 2001... Forwarded around the world, Jonah Peretti's e-mail exchange with Nike was no hoax, but a true shoe feud. Peretti, 27, ordered shoes in Nike's "Personal ID" promotion on its Web site. Instead of his name, he requested the word "sweatshop"...

THE SPYING GAME.
April 2, 2001... Who is spying on us and what do they want? Are top secrets vulnerable? A blockbuster spy case raises alarms. Robert Hanssen, a veteran agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, had a single assignment for most of his 25-year career in...

VIEW TO A THRILL.(why 15-year public employee sold top-secret files)
April 2, 2001... He was a churchgoing suburban dad--but for 15 years he allegedly sold top-secret files to Russia. The big mystery: Why? Call him the spy who loved to take the garbage out. The spy who went to church every Sunday, whose greatest...

BACK TO BAGHDAD.(Iraq winning public opinion)
April 2, 2001... A decade after Iraq lost the Gulf War to a U.S.-led alliance, it's winning the war of public opinion karar is 11 years old, his sister Nawaz just 8. Together, they work at a brick kiln in an arid hinterland about 200 miles southeast of...

SITE-SEEING ON THE NET.(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... THE PURPLE PAGES The Web bust was big news this past year, but dot-coms are far from dead. With the weaker sites getting weeded out after the boom, there are still plenty of great online destinations for information, entertainment, and...

POP CULTURE.(Web sites)
April 2, 2001... movies www.dfilm.com/ index_moviemaker.html Movie Maker lets you choose your characters and their setting, write some dialogue, pick a musical score, and title your masterpiece. Within minutes, you'll have an animated movie scene that...

PLAY.(Web sites)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... sports www.athletesedge.com This could be your big shot as a college athlete. Create a free online athletic profile of your stats, awards, coaches' comments, and academic information. Athlete's Edge provides the searchable info to...

PEOPLE.(Web sites)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... www.ihigh.com Plug into the vast network of high school students across the country. Find out what's going on at other schools, get and give tips on practically any topic, and sound off in the "rant & rave" section. ...

PRACTICAL.(Web sites with college information)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... college www.petersons.com Peterson's can help find the college you're looking for. Search by school name, location, or your own miscellaneous criteria, and you'll find info on student body size, academic difficulty, what percentage of...

PLACES.(Web sites with recreational destination information)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... www.roadsideamerica.com When it's time to plan your family's next summer road trip, point them in the direction of this site highlighting some of the United States' less famous tourist destinations, like the World's Largest Sycamore Stump,...

POWER.(Web sites with information on volunteering)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... activism www.helping.org Whether you're looking to make the world a better place by giving your money or your time, helping.org will direct you to organizations accepting both financial donations and volunteer assistance. ...

PLANTS.(Web sites for vegetarians)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... www.planetveggie.com Struggling to be a vegetable-eating idealist in a meat-eating world? Planet Veggie can help with info on shopping, cooking and eating, and staying healthy while doing it. www.famousveggie.com If you need a...

PAGES.(e-zines and other writing-related sites)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... journals www.lettersfromhomeroom.com Follow the true story of best friends Alix and Claire, from letters passed in class to video diaries. www.globo.org Go here if you'd rather publish your own diary, and post it alongside...

Secrets for Sale.(ex-altar boys betrayal in 1970s)(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... Was it the disillusionment of the 1970s that made two ex-altar boys betray their country? They were two young men looking to find themselves. But when Christopher Boyce and Daulton Lee became Soviet spies, they found themselves in big...

Should College Be a Right?(Brief Article)
April 2, 2001... California offers B students tuition YES California Governor Gray Davis has taken the dramatic step of saying to the state's high school students, if you do your part academically, we'll do our part to ensure that you have the money...

Just Another Day at Santana High.(student recounts school shooting)
April 16, 2001... SANTEE, CALIFORNIA--March 5 was supposed to be just another day at Santana High, a typical suburban school where I felt safe. Little did I know that my world would do a 180 when the clock hit 9:20 a.m. The shots rang out like firecrackers....

Fanning the Flames of a Farm Epidemic.(foot and mouth disease)
April 16, 2001... Mad cow disease was only the beginning for Britain. Now, not just cows, but pigs, sheep, and goats are subject to the latest epidemic: foot-and-mouth disease, named for the places where it causes blisters. The government has burned more than...

The Silence of the Man.(19-year-old takes a vow of silence)(Brief Article)
April 16, 2001... Brett Banfe is truly the strong, silent type. The Haddonfield, New Jersey, 19-year-old has vowed not to speak for an entire year, and hasn't uttered a word since September 1. Brett claims the stunt, inspired by a friend, is about sticking to...

Apster-Nay?(Napster users finding ways to skirt regulation)
April 16, 2001... Better brush up on your Pig Latin. After losing its latest legal battle with the recording industry last month, Napster began blocking file-sharing of an initial list of 135,000 copyrighted songs. Creative fans circumvented the song filter by...

Making the Band, China Style.(hip-hop music in China)
April 16, 2001... In the U.S., hip-hop grew from the streets. But in China, a campaign to create homegrown hip-hop performers was, like so much in this Communist country, the product of scientific planning, government intervention, expert input, and tests. A...

Manson Faux Pas.(boy kicked out of school for wearing Marilyn Manson shirt)(Brief Article)
April 16, 2001... You can now add Marilyn Manson to your list of dress-code don'ts. Nicholas Boroff was a high school senior in Van Wert, Ohio, in 1997 when he wore a Manson T-shirt to school. An administrator said it was offensive and told him to turn it...

DIVERSITY HEYDAY.(US population statistics)
April 16, 2001... The race to be the nation's largest minority is a virtual dead heat. New figures from the 2000 U.S. Census show there are 35.3 million Hispanics (considered an ethnicity that includes any race) to 35.4 million non-Hispanic blacks. For the...

WHEN WILL IT END?(school shootings)
April 16, 2001... Despite a concerted effort to stop them, school shootings have become a tragic hallmark of this generation FOCUS: Why School Shootings Persist TEACHING OBJECTIVES To help students consider the phenomenon of school shootings: why,...

A SILENCE ON GUNS.(gun control)
April 16, 2001... Columbine produced an outcry for gun control--but the mood in Washington has changed FOCUS: The Push for Gun Control Loses Steam in Washington TEACHING OBJECTIVES To help students understand the politics of gun control, and why...

INDIA GETS BY.
April 16, 2001... With ingenuity and blind faith, citizens of the world's largest democracy navigate a sea of contradictions, conflict, and corruption FOCUS: The World's Largest Democracy Is a Land of Contradictions TEACHING OBJECTIVES To help...

Rescuing the Heroes.(comic book industry seeks revival)
April 16, 2001... With supermovies booming, the aging Spider-Man and friends seek a rebirth in comic books Jessica Vasquez, 17, flies by shoppers at a video store in New York City to grab the last X-Men DVD, then sighs with relief. "My X-Man-wannabe...

Is the Politics of Rage Played Out?(music and politics)
April 16, 2001... Music with a message battles on, though it's no longer in your face Rage Against the Machine's contemporary anthem "Guerrilla Radio" mobilized action for action's sake. "It has to start somewhere," singer Zack de la Rocha mutters in the...

Mix Artist.(pop singer Nelly Furtado)(Interview)
April 16, 2001... Singer Nelly Furtado creates her own wild blend of new music Welcome to the mixed-up world of Nelly pop, where rock meets hip-hop, Canada meets Portugal, and Courteney Cox glamour meets a Lilith Fair-y glow. Its star is Nelly Furtado, a...

The War That Won't Go Away.(effects of Civil War on modern society)
April 16, 2001... The bloody, four-year conflict that split the nation in two ended in 1865. So why, in 2001, are Americans still battling over it? FOCUS: The Civil War, Which Ended 136 Years Ago, Still Creates Controversy Today TEACHING OBJECTIVES ...

Preventing the Next Columbine.(zero-tolerance policies)
April 16, 2001... Can zero-tolerance policies stop violence before it happens? YES The angel of death comes in the shape of a teenage boy. He goes around unnoticed, and he goes around angry. He boils in the shallow pool of pop culture and peer pressure...

Guns and Teens: What's the Law in Your State?
April 16, 2001... With the rise in the number of school shootings over the past five years has come new attention to gun, control laws and a new concern about how to prevent potentially violent young people from gaining access to guns. Use the information on...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
April 30, 2001... Fighting Fire With Fire The view of your writer on the situation in the Middle East ("Aiming to Die," 3/19/01) is preposterous. If one were to throw rocks and Molotov cocktails at you, would you stand there and wait for someone to get hurt...

Losing Friends, Losing Weight, Losing Control.(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... WOODBURY, NEW JERSEY--I never thought I was fat. I never cared enough about my appearance to be that superficial, but I still fell prey to an unrelenting passion to destroy myself--anorexia. About six years ago, I began to suffer from...

Shopping for a Family of Four ... Hundred.(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... The next time the Statue of Liberty has to run out for milk, she might want to hit the aisles with the 13-foot-tall "Big Cart." Built as a marketing gimmick for grocery stores, the motorized cart zipped around the recent International Auto Show...

A Hammock or a Hammer?(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... A vacation of sun and surf may benefit you, but what about the world? More students, spurred on by a rise in volunteerism, are going on summer trips and making the planet a better place. It's not too late, if you're at least 16, to pursue these...

Galaxy Quest.(International Space Station as next hot tourist spot)
April 30, 2001... With a ride more thrilling than a roller coaster, freeze-dried meals better than snack-bar food, and never a cloud in the sky, the International Space Station could be the next hot tourist spot. Airfare, though, is a little steep. Dennis...

Double Trouble.(proposal to ban human cloning)(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... The Clone Wars are about to begin in the Star Wars movies, but they're also heating up not so long ago and not so far away. The U.S. Congress held a hearing on human cloning last month after a handful of private groups said they planned to...

Cut to the Quick.(judgement of men and women based on their hairstyles)(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... No offense to all you long-haired guys, but as soon as people see you, they think you're careless and unpleasant. That's one of the findings of a new Yale University study that confirms what you've always feared: People do judge you by your...

Nu Speling Be.(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... Does trying to spell "business" drive you nuts? Try "biznis." Richard L. Wade, a retired British television writer, wants us to spell words more like they sound. He calls it freespeling (yep, one "l"), and he's launching a revolution on...

IS ALASKA THE ANSWER?(President Bush proposes Alaskan oil drilling)
April 30, 2001... Faced with power blackouts in California and rising energy prices across the nation, President Bush wants to drill for oil in an Arctic wildlife refuge Few Americans have ever visited the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, a vast,...

THE FIGHT OF THEIR LIVES.(world's indigenous tribes rallying to survive)
April 30, 2001... In a modern world trying to overrun them, indigenous people are rallying around their ancient ways They've been around since the Ice Age, but their time may be running out. The world's indigenous tribes, who existed for centuries before...

WILL TO WIN.(athletes striving for excellence)
April 30, 2001... These five athletes are striving to be supreme outside the mainstream The fame may not be the same, but the rewards of nontraditional sports can be even greater than those of traditional sports. From surfers to wranglers, alternative...

Those Crazy Rockin' Teenagers.
April 30, 2001... In the 1950s, a new creature appeared on the American cultural scene: the teen The police decided they had to act. Connecticut adolescents were going wild at dance parties with a new kind of music. So Bridgeport's police superintendent...

Should Humans Be Cloned?(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... New methods can create a baby who is your genetic twin YES The cloning of human beings is now possible. Scientists can take an egg cell, remove its DNA, insert DNA from a cell of any person, and create an embryo who is that person's...

Drawing on the News.(Humor)(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... GLOBAL WARMING DOES SEEM HARDER AND HARDER TO DENY YOUR SCHEDULE, SIR: * 9:00 AM - THE SOFT MONEY LOBBY * 10:00 AM - THE OIL DRILLERS LOBBY * 11:00 AM - THE POLLUTION LOBBY * NOONISH - YOUR STANDARD SPEECH ON RESTORING...

GRAPH EXERCISE.(greenhouse gases charted)(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... Clouds Over Greenhouse Gases Environmentalists were distressed by President Bush's reversal of his campaign promise to cut emissions of carbon dioxide ([CO.sub.2]). Most scientists agree that carbon dioxide is one of the major "greenhouse...

QUIZ 1.(environment)(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... Use with NATIONAL, pages 8-13 MULTIPLE CHOICE: Choose the answer that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1. Environmentalists fear that oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) would interfere with...

QUIZ 2.(indigenous peoples)(Brief Article)
April 30, 2001... Use with INTERNATIONAL, pages 14-17 SHORT ANSWER: Write the correct answer on the line provided. 1. About how many indigenous people are there living around the world today? 2. Like many indigenous people, the Dani have had little...