New York Times Upfront articles from May 2003

New York Times Upfront archives from May 2003

Antiwar protests shocking. (letters).(Letter to the Editor)
May 9, 2003... I have seen the "shock and awe" of the war. It was the masses of people protesting the invasion of Iraq that jolted me beyond belief ("The Fight for Peace," 3/28/03). People should be allowed to voice their opinions; that's what makes the U.S....

Lousy lunch? Blame the feds. (letters).(Letter to the Editor)
May 9, 2003... Many schools allow vending machines that sell junk food because that is the only way they can earn the money needed to give their students textbooks to take home ("Flunking Lunch," 3/7/03). The issue rests with the government. I find it...

Don't punish truants' parents. (letters).(Letter to the Editor)
May 9, 2003... Parents should not be fined for their children's excessive absences from school ("Punishing Absentees' Parents," 2/7/03). If parents are punished for their children's crimes, then the children will never learn to take responsibility for their...

My body needed help to grow. (voices).(person with deficient growth hormone)
May 9, 2003... CENTERVILLE, MINNESOTA--All my life I've been called names like shorty, shrimp, short stuff, and half-pint. Then a few medical tests changed my life. My parents started to worry about me in fifth grade. I wasn't average height. I was...

An epidemic and its fashions. (Photo).(severe acute respiratory syndrome)
May 9, 2003... In Hong Kong, people are wearing a variety of face masks to protect against a disease known as SARS--severe acute respiratory syndrome. The illness, caused by a highly contagious virus, was first detected in November in China's Guangdong...

Virtual handout. (Society).(people use web sites to beg for money)
May 9, 2003... Forget begging on street corners. The latest place to hold out a tin cup is online. The CyberBeg.com directory links to more than 200 e-panhandling Web sites. (Yahoo and Google offer similar, smaller lists.) Karyn Bosnak, a...

Singin' in the game. (Arts).(song introduded in video game, not on the radio)
May 9, 2003... In a first for the music Industry, a major record label is introducing new songs on a video game, not the radio. The goal is to lure young, male consumers into buying the entire CD when it is released in stores later. The record company, Island...

Asia fattens. (Health).(increase in number of obese people in Asia)
May 9, 2003... Obesity is sweeping through Asia as its population shifts into vast new cities where the food is faster and fattier and the lifestyle more sedentary. Obesity is bringing with it cardiovascular disease and other ailments, as it did in the West a...

States may ban cross burning. (Upfront Update).(Supreme Court ruling)
May 9, 2003... States can prosecute someone for burning a cross with the purpose of intimidation ("Is Hate Free Speech?" 9/27/02), the Supreme Court ruled last month. The vote was 6 to 3. The Court ruling said that the First Amendment permits the government...

Coming to life. (Q&A).(singer Amy Lee of Evanescence)(Interview)
May 9, 2003... Evanescence isn't a household name yet, but due in part to prominent placement of its songs in the film Daredevil, the quintet from Little Rock, Arkansas, recently scored a No. 1 modern rock single ("Bring Me To Life"). UPFRONT talked to lead...

Volunteers for war: two American heroes show how the military reflects the nation's population, economy, and ethnic changes. (National).(Jessica Lynch and Lori Piestewa)
May 9, 2003... Jessica Lynch and Lori Piestewa had more in common than most roommates, besides being two small-town women in the Army together. Both were looking for something. Lynch, who enlisted just out of high school, wanted to see the world beyond...

She got game: boosted by a federal antidiscrimination law, more and more female athletes are challenging men on the field. How far will they go? (National).(effects of Title IX amendments)
May 9, 2003... In January, a 13-year-old girl named Michelle Wie tied for 47th place in a field of 96 men in a professional golf qualifying event in Hawaii. Two months later, 17-year-old Kim Salma became the first girl to win a wrestling match in the New...

Humiliation & range stalk the Arab world: to many Arabs, even Saddam Hussein was better than defeat by the American-led coalition. (News Analysis).(Cover Story)
May 9, 2003... DAMASCUS, Syria--Sure, Saddam Hussein ranked up there in the pantheon of world-class tyrants, a torturer and mass murderer who slaughtered thousands of his people. But he was still an Arab leader ruling an Arab country. The Americans, on...

United no more? The U.S. went to war in Iraq without the UN's blessing. Does the world's only superpower need the UN? In a changing world, is the UN still relevant? (International).(United Nations )
May 9, 2003... UNITED NATIONS--When U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell addressed the UN Security Council before the war with Iraq, he spoke with the fire of a prosecutor offering a summation to an international jury. But it was the jury he was putting on...

All the news that's fit to click? More teens are turning to nontraditional sources for news. Who do you trust? (media).
May 9, 2003... It's not that Nathan Hornback doesn't trust the news media. But the 15-year-old from Bonnieville, Kentucky, isn't so sure how different ABC is from NBC or CNN. As he sees it, the way the major media players have merged over the past several...

The first United Nations: "a tragedy of disappointment": after World War I, President Wilson helped create the League of Nations to avoid future wars. Then the U.S. all but doomed it. (times past).(history of the League of Nations)
May 9, 2003... The USS George Washington neared the French coast by mid-December 1918. World War I was over--at least the shooting part. Now U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was sailing to the peace conference with dreams of how to avoid future worldwide...

Should students be allowed to use cell phones in school? As cell phones pop up everywhere, some schools are prohibiting them. But others say the phones are useful in emergencies. (opinion).
May 9, 2003... YES I found out about the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11 while I was in school. My first impulse was to pull my cell phone out of my purse to call my father. He was in Boston at the time, and when I heard that two of the hijacked planes...

Title IX boosts girls' participation in high school sports. (Graph Exercise).
May 9, 2003... Thirty two years ago, girls' sports were but a blip on the athletic radar of high schools and colleges across the U.S. Few people paid much attention to traditional girls' sports--field hockey, fencing, archery, and gymnastics. Even girls'...

Upfront quiz 1.(military personnel)
May 9, 2003... MULTIPLE CHOICE DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter next to the best answer. 1. The article reports that Jessica Lynch and Ruben Estrella Soto joined the military because they a were patriotic. b wanted to overthrow Saddam Hussein....

Upfront quiz 2.(United Nations)
May 9, 2003... MULTIPLE CHOICE DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter next to the correct answer. 1. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell criticized the UN for failing to make Iraq a disarm. b admit weapons inspectors. c use its oil revenues to...

Upfront quiz 3.(League of Nations, World War I)
May 9, 2003... MULTIPLE CHOICE DIRECTIONS: Circle the letter next to the best answer. 1. Many Americans feared that if the U.S. joined the League of Nations, the League could a influence the makeup of the U.S. government. b impede the growth...

Upfront quiz show.
May 9, 2003... Use with articles throughout the issue. Divide the class into 2-4 teams. Read the statements below, which are answers to questions. In this game, modeled after the TV show Jeopardy!, students must give their answers in the form of questions....