New York Times Upfront articles from April 2008

New York Times Upfront archives from April 2008

A herd of camels.(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A HERD OF CAMELS surrounds a man holding a bag of sugar at Saudi Arabia's largest camel market, just outside the capital, Ridayh. Camel breeding is a multimillion-dollar industry in Saudi Arabia, where the animals...

What would Obama say?(THE CAMPAIGN)(Barack Obama )(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When Jon Favreau first started working for Senator Barack Obama in 2005, he took down almost every word the Senator said and tried to absorb it. The effort paid off: Favreau, 26, is now Obama's chief speechwriter and...

Flunking out of the dorm.(COLLEGE)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... If their grades dip below a 2.0 average, students riving on campus at the State University of New York at Old Westbury can start packing: They will be kicked out of the residence harts. "If you want to five in the dorms, you have to be serious...

Wheels for women only.(MEXICO)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Body-to-body contact is inescapable on Mexico City's crowded buses and subways. But many women complain that not all the contact is incidental. Among the 22 million daily passengers, they say, are men who take advantage of the crowds to leer...

How many watts in a walk?(TECHNOLOGY)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Some people exercise by "power walking," but now, walking can actually provide electrical power: Researchers have developed a knee-mounted electrical generator that turns walks into watts. The device, resembling a knee brace, harnesses power...

Don't blame Columbus.(CRITTERS)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... Scientists had tong thought that Christopher Columbus and his crew were responsible for bringing lice to the New World, along with diseases like measles and smallpox. But DNA evidence has absolved Columbus from responsibility for the lice. Two...

Numbers in the news.(NEWS & TRENDS)(Brief article)(Statistical data)
April 14, 2008... PERCENTAGE OF PEOPLE in the U.S. ages 5-24 projected to own a cell phone by 2010, up from 53 percent in 2005. 81% SOURCE: THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER OF WOMEN who have flown in space, out of 466 people overall,...

Shamila's goal: she survived the brutal rule of the Taliban to become a star of Afghanistan's women's soccer team. Now, 19-year-old Shamila Kohestani is a high school student in New Jersey, focused on going to college in the U.S.(NATIONAL)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Some of Shamila Kohestani's classmates at Blair Academy know that she's the captain of Afghanistan's national women's soccer team. Some students are aware that she is Muslim. But most know Shamila only as the young...

Darfur's agony: does even more misery lie ahead for this wartorn region of Sudan?(INTERNATIONAL)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SINCE THE HORRORS BEGAN IN 2003, at least 200,000 civilians have been killed in Darfur--a vast, arid region of western Sudan with a population of about 6 million. More than 2.5 million people have been displaced and...

So who'll be number 2? The vice presidency is now much more important than many people realize.(ELECTION 2008)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Memo to voters: Of the 46 Vice Presidents of the United States since 1789, 14--nearly a third--have become President, and nine got the job without being elected. One was Theodore Roosevelt. Thrust into the job...

Changing faiths: more Americans than ever are leaving childhood affiliations behind and making their own decisions about religion.(Cover story)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Americans have never been hesitant about moving among religions--or even starting new ones. Now, a new survey indicates that almost half of adult Americans have left the faith of their childhood to join another...

1948 the birth of Israel: in May 1948, the Jews of Palestine declared an independent state in their ancient homeland. Arab armies immediately attacked, and the conflict drags on six decades later.(TIMES PAST)(Country overview)
April 14, 2008... In a simple, solemn, emotional ceremony at a Tel Aviv art museum that began with the singing of Hatikvah," the national anthem, the state of Israel I was proclaimed by the new Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, at 4 p.m. on May 14, 1948. ...

Teens and decision making: what brain science reveals.(HEADS UP REAL NEWS ABOUT DRUGS AND YOU BODY)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Picture this: Your finger is poised on the send button, your eyes scanning an angry e-mail you've dashed off to a friend who has upset you. Some things you've written are a little harsh. In your brain a little red...

The ethics of ethanol: Brazil has led the way in developing this alternative to oil, but it needs to make sure the wealth is shared.(OPINION)
April 14, 2008... Seldom has a country seen an image makeover quite as radical, as Brazil's in recent years. The land of samba, slums, soccer, and smoking rain forests has forged ahead in ethanol. production, flex-fuel cars running on any combination of ethanol...

Should illegal immigrants be able to get driver's licenses? Six states currently allow them to do so.(DEBATE)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] YES People are frustrated with our broken immigration system. But denying driver's licenses to undocumented immigrants won't solve the problem and is a distraction from the real issues that states face in promoting...

Cartoons.(Cartoon)
April 14, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] DANA SUMMERS * Orlando Sentinel (Fla.) * TRIBUNE MEDIA SERVICES [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Can you believe gas may go to FOUR DOLLARS a galloon?! Are you kidding?... They still accept the DOLLAR? JIMMY...

Giving peace a chance.(GRAPH: INTERNATIONAL)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... As the article "Darfur's Agony" reports, the United Nations views the situation in Sudan as "the world's worst humanitarian crisis." Of the $6.8 billion the U.N. spent this year on peacekeeping missions, the Largest share went to Darfur. The...

Game show.(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... * USE with articles identified. The statements are answers to questions [modeled after the TV show Jeopardy!]. Students must answer in the form of questions. * DIVIDE the class into teams. * READ the statements. * CALL on the...

Political cartoon.(CARTOON ANALYSIS)(Brief article)
April 14, 2008... 1. Who is the soldier, and what does he represent? 2. How is "Democracy in Iraq" characterized? 3. How woutd you describe the sol.dier? What do you think is the cartoonist's view of the situation in Iraq? 4. How do you think...