New Moon articles from November 1 2001

New Moon archives from November 1 2001

Dear Readers.(coping with trauma of terrorist attacks)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Dear Readers, The terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, D.C., on September 11th have changed our lives forever. Our hearts are breaking for the people who lost loved ones. In this scary time for our country and our world, it's OK...

Girl talk.
November 1, 2001... Hey readers! What do sports and stories have to do with each other? Probably not much, but that's why we like them together! We picked these themes because sports have a lot to do with your physical body while stories have more to do with...

Flying blind.(blind dogsledder)
November 1, 2001... Before the 1970s, it was unheard of for a woman to compete and do well in sled dog racing. That changed in 1974 when Lolly Medley and Mary Shields both finished the Iditarod, a 1,150-mile race through Alaska's interior. In 1985, a three-time...

Do the funky chicken. (Science Side Effects).(bone experiment)
November 1, 2001... HI, I'M ALLY, I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU HOW TO MAKE A RUBBER CHICKEN! WELL, SORT OF. THIS IS REALLY ABOUT CALCIUM AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN YOUR BODY. YOU'LL NEED ABOUT SIX OF ANY KIND OF BONE (CHICKEN WORKS BEST), VINEGAR, WATER, AND TWO BOWLS...

Tricks and tails.(legend of lying rabbit)
November 1, 2001... Storytelling is a way to express how I feel and think about the things around me. It can open up a whole new world or it can just be entertaining. All indigenous people tell stories differently. I am Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, and Muscogee...

I am from sports. (Poetry).(Poem)
November 1, 2001... I AM FROM SPORTS I'm from basketball, the foul line that is as straight as a ruler, the hoop, net and basketball. I'm from the scoreboard and the shot clock. The fouls and whistles, refs and coaches, yelling,...

Paradise between the pages. (Poetry).(Poem)
November 1, 2001... PARADISE BETWEEN THE PAGES Here amongst the dust and the quiet, A musty smell hangs in the air, Enveloping me in its warmth. The late afternoon light filters in Through dirty windows and torn curtains, Giving the...

Starving for sleep: do you know you'll spend about 24 years of your life asleep?(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... That might seem like a lot of wasted time, but don't be fooled. That crazy dream about flying isn't the only exciting thing happening while you snooze. While you soar over distant lands, your brain sorts information, your body restores itself,...

Ask a girl.
November 1, 2001... Ask a Girl is an advice column for you and by you. We help each other and take our problems seriously. Here's how it works: we publish letters that ask for help and advice. In later issues, we publish your replies--advice or personal...

Check it out: dear readers: bat, kick, 'and run your way through these great resources about girls and women in sports. Love, Luna.(A Hero For Daisy, Game Face: What Does a Female Athlete Look Like?, Throw Like a Girl: A Revolution in Women's Sports)(Review)
November 1, 2001... Mary Hazzio's film A Hero For Daisy is an inspirational documentary that tells the true story of the 1976 Yale women's rowing team. Yale was newly co-ed then, and the women's rowing team was being treated unfairly. Their practices were...

Change in Bangladesh.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... In "Girls on the Go," we explore the world with girl and woman adventurers. Share your adventures by sending a description to Girls on the Go, New Noon, P.O. Box 3620, Duluth, NN 55803, or e-mail girl@newmoon.org Include your name, age, street...

Flyer, flyer, woods on fire: when a fire breaks out in the wilderness, chances are good that it will be put out by smokejumpers. They're Firefighters who parachute from planes and work in places where fire trucks can't go. Deborah Yoder is a smokejumper in California. I talked with her about her cool job.(Deborah Yoder)(Interview)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... New Moon: Is smokejumping dangerous? Deborah Yoder: There are elements of danger. There's the danger that comes with fighting fire of being burned. There can be problems with parachutes or landing in trees. We land in small spots with...

Lightning bugs rising: summer's my favorite time. School's out, and my birthday comes. It's also swim team and lightning bug season.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... I know--swimming and lightning bugs have nothing in common, but for me they'll always be connected. The first time I saw them, I was 6. My little sister and I were on our back porch when she started yelling about pixies in the woods. We'd...

Blue Jeannes.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... WHAT'S WRONG JEAN? I DIDN'T GET PICKED FOR THE SOCCER TEAM AFTER SCHOOL TODAY. COME HERE AND LET ME TELL YOU A STORY. WHEN I WAS YOUNG, GIRLS WEREN'T ALLOWED TO PLAY ANY SPORTS. MANY OF THE GIRLS KNEW IT WASN'T FAIR SO WE...

A girl named George.(George Eliot, Louisa May Alcott)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... Imagine you're a writer and your name is Mudpie or something hard to pronounce, like Blafqy. You might use a different name than your own on your book. Some authors use pen names because they don't like their own names. They might also use pen...

Sports: no laughing matter.(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... So you think sports are Fun? What's wrong with you?! Every serious girl athlete knows that she must do WHATEVER IT TAKES to be #1. Fun isn't even an option. If you've been laboring under the idea that sports are fun for too long, follow this...

Fun down under.("My Place")(Brief Article)(Excerpt)
November 1, 2001... Hi, My name is Hannah, and I'm 9 years old. I live in the city of Warrnambool on the southwest coast of Australia. Warrnambool is in the state of Victoria and has a population of about 30,000 people. I live with my mum and my clad and my...

Considering customs.(Australia; facts and figures)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
November 1, 2001... What's it called? Commonwealth of Australia. Nicknamed "The Land Down Under." How big is it? 7,686,850 square miles. It's the world's sixth largest country, slightly smaller than the U.S. How many people live there? 19 million ...

How aggravating.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2001... The ancient Greeks had no respect for women. They kept a lot of information on the Olympics but not on another ancient sporting event called the Heraea, which was especially for women. Since the ancient Greeks didn't care about women, they...

Howling at the moon.(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2001... I was pleasantly surprised a couple of weeks ago when I was looking through a friend's copies of Teen People. Since it was prom season, they were advertising lots of dresses. In almost every ad, there were two shots of the dress--one on a girl...

Don't be a blockhead.(writer's block)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... I'll bet you've been in this situation: you're trying to write but can't seem to get anything down. Or maybe you're writing something incredible, but you suddenly draw a blank. Look out, it's writer's block! Getting on Track Writer's...

Play it again.(history of women and sports)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... We all know that girls and women compete in sports today, but did you know that women played sports as early as 1500 BC? A long time ago, most girls and women didn't get to play, but a few stood their ground and got in the game no matter what...

Pen pals.
November 1, 2001... PICKING A PEN PAL 1. Choose a New Moon girl(s) from the list and write to us for her address. Remember to tell us which issue your pen pal was in! 2. Attack a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope (SASE) to your letter to New Moon. A SASE...

Draw Luna.
November 1, 2001... Luna is the spirit of New Moon. What do you think she looks like? Every girl's idea is different, and that's the way we like it! Let your imagination run wild, and send us a drawing in dark pencil or ink on white, unlined paper of what...

In the wild.(unusual sports)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... NEWER SPORTS YOU MAY NOT KNOW ABOUT EARTHWORM DARTS TURTLE CRUNCHES MOLE BALLOONING CROCODILE SCATEBOARDING BOAR BOWLING [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED]

The last word.(magazine contributors)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2001... It's time to raise a generation of participants, not another generation of fans Janice Kaplan is a writer and television producer. The author of six books for adults and teenagers, she has also written for dozens of magazines. Her career...