From jail to hotel
After a five year, $150 million renovation, a jail in Boston is now a luxury hotel.Here is the full article.Would you feel comfortable staying here? Would you mind spending $319-$5500 a night?
The Vox Box archive for Nov. 7, 2007
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7, 2007
The Call To Action
60 percent of Americans, according to approval rating, will want to see this video.
Tired of cell phone yappers? Are "jammers" the answer?
Kumaar Thakkar of India says he exports 20 jammers a month to the United States. His clients include a school bus driver./Prashanth Vishwanathan for The New York TimesToday from Poynter:Cell phone lovers may see a rise in cell phone "jamming" as pocket-sized cell phone jammers…
In 2006, then-editor Steve Smith of The Spokesman-Review had the idea of starting a publication for an often forgotten audience: teenagers. The Vox Box was a continuation of the Vox, an all-student staffed newspaper published by The Spokesman-Review. High school student journalists who staffed the Vox made all content decisions as they learn about the trade of journalism. This blog's mission was to give students an opportunity to publish their voices. The Vox Box and the Vox wrapped up in June 2009, but you can follow former staffers' new blog at http://voxxiez.blogspot.com.