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The Vox Box archive for Sept. 10, 2008

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10, 2008

Totally Random Game!

Do you ever get mad at your computer for any problems it might have? Ever feel like you could just smash it to smithereens? Well now you can in this awesome, random, online game! My brothers and I came across it during a period of…

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"Lipstick on a Pig"

Republicans have been screaming foul since Obama's ill-fated use of this analogy after McCain's acceptance speech promised to bring about change."'We're really gonna shake things up in Washington,'" Obama said, mocking McCain's supposedly-empty promises of change. "That's not change. That's just calling something the same…

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The power of chicken poop!

Georgia will soon become known for more then it's peaches. With construction taking place about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta, Georgia is gearing up for the arrival of the 'first poultry litter-to-energy' electricity plant. Ya...that's right. Poop power.The state will buy 20 megawatts (MW) of…

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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.