Monthly Archives: September 2003

Troubled Waters

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Anna Barnes

As a child, I would often find myself staring at the name on the front of the barn on my family’s farm. At some time, I reasoned, someone must have painted over an E at the end of the name … Continue reading →

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Alternative Education resources: The Teenage Liberation Handbook

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Sehvilla Mann

The Teenage Liberation Handbook is one of the most important books I have ever read. For me, like hundreds or possibly thousands of other teenagers, this guide gave me the essential empowerment I needed to decide to leave the compulsory … Continue reading →

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Annual Journalism Conference Will Focus on Indymedia

Posted on 09/21/2003 by David Porreca

Thanks to volunteers from the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center and other indymedia outlets, some 500 high school students from around the state will be exposed to alternative ways of doing journalism. The occasion is the fall conference of the Illinois … Continue reading →

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Alternative Education Resources: The Educational Journal Review

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Jan Kruse

Now more than ever teachers and those interested in questioning the current educational reform movement mandated for our public schools may want to turn to the non-profit, independent publication: Rethinking Schools. This publication has offered ideas and inspiration for 17 … Continue reading →

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Children’s Liberation

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Gina Cassidy

We don’t need no education/We don’t need no thought control/No dark sarcasm in the classroom/Hey, teacher,leave them kids alone.” – Roger Waters, Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2 Here’s a thought for you. Suppose every day you were forced … Continue reading →

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Adjunct Professors Organize, Demand Recognition

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Dan Chambers

Being an adjunct instructor is hard work. Educators, regardless of where they fit in, work harder than most folks at their professions.Adjuncts instructors in today’s universities and colleges face extra hurdles that most educators would balk at. Built into the … Continue reading →

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What’s Good for the Goose…

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Michael Feltes

The current brouhaha between Illinois Comptroller Dan Hynes and many of the state’s judges over the latter’s financial compensation finds all of our political leaders tiptoeing around a fundamental hypocrisy underlying the debate. Article 6, Section 14 of the Illinois … Continue reading →

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The Conflict Between the First Commandment and the First Amendment

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Matt Hlinak

Chief Justice Roy Moore of the Alabama supreme court is courting controversy by defying a federal court order to remove a large monument to the Ten Commandments from the rotunda of the state courthouse. So why is there a conflict … Continue reading →

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Be the Media! Word on the Street at Sweetcorn Festival

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Public i

The Question: What should be covered in the mainstream media that isn’t? After a period of confusion about whether any local media outlets other than The News Gazette would be allowed to distribute their materials during the annual Urbana Sweetcorn … Continue reading →

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Libraries and the USA Patriot Act

Posted on 09/21/2003 by Leigh Estabrook

On August 19, Attorney General Ashcroft began a national tour to defend the USA PATRIOT  Act. The complex 342 page law, passed less than 7 weeks after the events of September 11, 2001, gives law enforcement wide authority to monitor … Continue reading →

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