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The Vox Box archive for Jan. 12, 2009

MONDAY, JAN. 12, 2009

Websites of the Week 

You can go to http://wordsmith.org/anagram/ and enter your name, someone else's name (or any word for that matter) in to the search box to find anagrams derived from the name/word. Its really fun to see what comes up. After typing in your name/word, did any…

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Who are you going to chuck in the name of the Whopper?

Sacrifice for the Whopper? 45 

Sacrifice your friends for food.No - there's no spears, cavemen, or giant people-roasting fires involved: Just one popular website and an equally famous hamburger.Burger King has now launched a new customer-seeking iniative through users of FaceBook, (a popular 'teen networking' site ranking more than 150…

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Is this the Next Big Thing?... 

One of my favorite sites for teens is Channel One News. (Some of you may get the broadcast at school.) They have a poll on their homepage entitled "The Next Big Thing." Well, this could be one of the next big things: From Channel One:…

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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.