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October 2011 Volume 88, Issue 2
Creek’s Journalism staff presents Mix It Up Day By Ellen Gaudet Editor-in-Chief On Friday, November 4th the HiLife Newspaper and Den Yearbook staffs are breaking down barriers in all lunches with Mix it Up Day, a day that encourages students to recognize and eliminate social boundaries that isolate different cliques and groups at school. Mix It Up is a national campaign that was launched in 2001 by Teaching Tolerance, a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center. Thousands of schools in the United States will celebrate Mix It Up Day by providing a welcoming atmosphere for students to step outside of their comfort zones and cliques and meet somebody new. This year’s Mix It Up Day is also emphasizing awareness o f N a -
tional Anti-Bullying month. Bullying is the most common form of violence in schools. The Josephson Institute of Ethics in Los Angeles recently released a study on bullying showing that of the 43,000 teens surveyed between the ages of 15 and 18 attending public and private schools, over half of them had bullied other students or had been victims of bullying. While the Creek journalism team puts in hours of planning and organizing to feature this national movement in our cafeteria, the actual event at lunch is very simple—all students are given different colored candies as they enter the cafeteria and are asked to sit at tables with the coordinating colors, switching seats to meet new people. “Studies have shown that interactions across group lines can help reduce prejudice. When students interact with those who are differe n t from
them, biases and misperceptions can fall away,� Teaching Tolerance’s website said. Mix It Up Day is intended to break up students from their rigid friend circles and invite them to talk to people who they would normally only pass in the hallways or share classes with. The event OHYHOV WKH SOD\LQJ ÀHOG JLYing all students something in common. Many activities are planned to get people pumped up and ready to interact with each other. Students will have the opportunity to feature talents like beat-boxing, dancing, and more during every lunch at Creek’s Mix It Up Day. The hosting staffs will rank the top three performances. The student with most impressive and unique performance, will be awarded ZLWK DQ L3RG 6KXIà H IRU WKH ÀUVW place prize. The second and third place winners will be awarded with Berrylicious gift cards, and other participants will be given free Mix It Up Day T- s h i r t s . The purpose o f the
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Apple CEO, Steve Jobs, passes away at age 56 By Arlen Addison Reporter On October 5, 2011, Steve Jobs, former CEO and co-founder of Apple Inc. passed away at age 56 after a long batthle with pancreatic cancer. Jobs was born on February 24, 1955 in San Francisco, California and adopted by Clara and Paul Jobs. Jobs attended Homestead High School in Cupertino, California. After graduating, Jobs attended Reed College in Oregon, but soon dropped out. He continued to attend a few of the college courses, while he slept in friend’s dorm rooms, collected coke bottles for money and received free weekly meals at a local Temple. He soon took a job as a technician for the game company Atari to save money for a trip to India. Jobs and a friend from Reed College, 'DQLHO .RWWNH WUDYHOHG WR ,QGLD WR ÀQG enlightenment. When they returned to America, Jobs continued to work for Atari where he met the future co-founder of Apple, Steve Wozniak. In 1976 they left Atari, and sold hand-made personal computer kits with Roinald Wayne. After WKH UHOHDVH RI WKHLU ÀUVW FRPSXWHU WKH
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