Decade 2000-period 9

NRN PEOPLE The biggest things that happened in the 2000s

Cover: Jennifer Aniston and her love life (page 9)

Book Review: The best book of 2000 (page 21)

Inside the lives of your favorite celebs, and more...

Authors: Rachel Simmons, Nico Gurdjian and Nina Cecchi

Table of contents Education……………………………………………………………………………….…..2 Fashion……………………………………………………………………………………..3 Craves of the ‘00s…………………………………………………………………….…….5 Culture……………………………………………………………………………………...6 Hit Films……………………………………………………………………………………8 Celeb Gossip…………………………….………………………………………………….9 Athletes of the Decade……………………………………………………………….…….10 Music of the ‘00s…………………………………………………………………………..12 Way we Lived…………………………………………………………………………...…13 Government and Politics…………………………………………………………………..14 Justice and Law……………………………………………………………………………15 Foreign Affairs…………………………………………………………………………16,17 Domestic Affairs…………………………………………………………….………….19,20 Book Review………………………………………………………………………………21 Game……………………………………………………………………………………….23

EDUCATION

By: Nico Gurdjian

In the world of education during the 2000s many events happened in the early years that paves a way for bigger, and better schools. Google provided fingertip access to all types of information resources on the Web. Wikipedia replaced library encyclopedias. This revolutionized the whole concept of student research. Also because of 9/11 in 2001 schools responded with stricter security policies, entrance door buzzers, and cameras.

Another big phenomenon was the Harry Potter series by J.K Rowling. The seven-book series,Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows had just come out in 2007, created a new generation of readers and gave the printed word a second chance with children.

A huge invention that have spanned and advanced onto the 2017 society was the SMART Board. One-to-one laptop system was mostly in rich private schools but with this introduction of SMART Boards in the early 2000s many schools bought this "interactive whiteboard" technology and much more affordable one-per-classroom model.

fASHION Many people would way that the 2000’s was a global mash up with fashion. Trends saw the fusion of previous styles, global and ethnic clothing, as well as the fashions of many music based subcultures. Hip hop fashion generally was the most popular among young people, followed by the retro inspired indie look later in the decade. In the early 2000’s, many mid and late 1990’s fashions remained fashionable around the globe, while simoun times introducing newer trends.

Although the 2000’s did not have one particular style, they revived clothes primary from the 80’s and 90’s. Some of the leading fashion designers between 2000-09 included the late Alexander McQueen, Vera Wang, Christian Louboutin, Vivienne Westwood, and Karl Lagerfeld. The top supermodels were, Kate Moss, Gisele Bundchen, Adriana Lima, etc. Some people think that the trends going around this time were horrendous and that these 10 years have been some of the worst years fashion has seen, but others still dress with this style to this day. One of the most popular trends was black blazers. People of both sexes found a way to incorporate this into their outfits, both casual and fancy. Towards the beginning of this decade, the Juicy Couture Tracksuits were very in, people wore them to award shows and on a casual day out. In the later years, it was almost maturing in a sense that celebrities started to wear nicer items to the bigger events.

Craves of the ‘00s

By: Rachel Simmons

The 2000’s were all about food. Here are the most popular craves of this decade. In 2000, Carrie Bradshaw ignited the cupcake trend when she hit New York City’s cupcake mecca Magnolia Bakery in the show Sex and the City. Over the next several years, popular New York and Los Angeles based cupcake shops expanded into multi state franchises. Local cupcakeries sprout up on street corners and by 2009, the number of cupcake cookbooks reached to what publishers call a “deluge”. 2001 was the rise of Rachael Ray. In the fall of 2001, America met accessible Rachael Ray as 30 Minute Meals debuts on Food Network. She branded EVOO which stands for extra virgin olive oil. The Food Network helped propel a new generation of effervescent, telegenic chefs to multimedia celebrities over the course of the decade. In 2002, comfort food was introduced.

After the county suffered one of its worst disasters on September 11, 2001, Americans turned to meatloaf, chicken pot pie, mac n cheese, pizza and all foods that are comforting. In 2003, people said goodbye to carbohydrates. The South Beach Diet by cardiologist Arthur Agatston was published in 2003 and it remained on the bestseller list for more than 96 weeks in a row. Agatston’s carb reducing plan was just one facet of the low carb craze that swept the nation.

2004 was the end of super sizing. Super Size Me, director Morgan Spurlock’s documentary film in which he undergoes a self imposed experiment to eat fast food exclusively for one month, made its way to theaters. In the movie, Spurlock’s Mcdonald’s diet leads to a weight gain of nearly 30 pounds, a major hike in his cholesterol level, and other effects ranging from liver damage to sexual dysfunction. McDonald’s ended it’s super sizing menu that year. 2005 was the year of coffee. Starbucks achieved world domination as the number of its coffeehouses surpassed 10,000.

Organic foods started to sweep the nation in 2006.

The organic food movement went mainstream in a big way when Wal-mart began to stock quality organic products. Annual sales of organic food hit $24 billion by 2009. In 2007, Michael Pollan’s novel was released which revealed the scary truth behind industrial food production. It encouraged Americans to source food from local farms. In 2008, more than 2,800 whole grain products were introduced to the market. In the wake of 2009’s economic recession, families tightened their budgets by packing brown bag lunches and preparing home-cooked meals. 61% of 6,708 people who polled in the survey revealed they cooked more at home as a direct result of the economic downturn. 2010 was the year of food trucks. All over the country, food tricks dominated the restaurant scene with forward-thinking flavors.

culture

By Rachel Simmons

In 2001, Apple’s ipod was released and it was the largest thing the country had seen. The Backstreet Boys and NSYNC performed at the same time, on stage at the American Music Awards. Scarlett Johansson and Thora Birch made outcasts cool in the film adaptation of Daniel Clowes’ “Ghost World”. R&B star Aaliyah tragically died in a plane crash at 22 years old.

Wearing flip flops was very in style. Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman were in love and were the couple of the year. Halle Berry became the first black actress to win an Oscar for “Best Actress” for her role in “Monster’s Ball”

“Fast Food Nation” scarred everyone but it prevented no one from eating burgers. TV became infinitely weirder because of “Adult Swim” on Cartoon Network. Middle parts, fur coats and charcoal eyeliner became cool because of Miss Margot Tenenbaum. The world fell in love with Amelie.

HIT FILMS By: NINA CECCHI

The 2000’s, was a huge year for film. The movies released during this time were filled with action and thriller.

People like Martin Scorsese and Clint Eastwood, really shined this time around. The highest grossing film was Mission Impossible. A story about a spy who had his identity stolen to assist a criminal is his work. Because of the films popularity, Tom Cruise became one of the most highly respected actors of this decade.

Films like American Psycho got tons of attention from critics. This hit horror film was about a young man named Patrick Bateman.

He works by day on Wall Street earning a fortune. At night he descends into madness, as he experiments with fear and violence. The great Christian Bale worked very hard to get into character and build suspense. He got over one million dollars for his earning off this film. Besides classic horror films, the 2000’s was home to some of America’s favorite romantic comedies. One of the most liked films, was Love Actually. It's a story following the lives of eight couples in dealing with their live lives a month before a frantic Christmas in England.

CELEB GOSSIP WINONA RYDER SHOPLIFTS AT SAKS On December 12, 2001 Ryder was arrested for shoplifting $5,560 worth of goods from the Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. Cameras around the store caught her stuffing socks and accessories into a hat. She was convicted on counts of felony grand theft and vandalism, sentenced to 480 hours of community service, and required to pay a fine and restitution.

BING! A NEW LOVE INTEREST FOR JENNIFER ANISTON?!

The whole rumor about Kevin Federline never really materialized. But the love life of Jennifer Aniston is once again being talked about. So goes the world of a recently single Hollywood beauty. In 2006, the most recent man to make his move on Vince Vaughn's ex is billionaire playboy Steve Bing. According to Intouch, Bing approached Jennifer and gave her his phone number while she was at dinner at West Hollywood's Madeo restaurant.

"They have known each other socially, he saw an opportunity and made a move," said a source.

But Aniston is not the first actress Bing has gone for. His rich charm has helped him date such well-known, attractive actress as Nicole Kidman and Elizabeth Hurley.

Everyone just wants Jen to be happy. But going from Brad Pitt to Steve Bing, however? Sounds like more of a step down than going from a salesman to Lindsay Lohan.

By: Nico G and Nina C

BRANGELINA? WHATS GOING TO HAPPEN TO JEN?!

In early 2005, after almost 5 years of marriage, Jennifer Aniston filed for divorce from Brad Pitt, and rumors flew saying Angelina Jolie was the reason for their split. Brad and Angelina met each other on the set of Mr. and Mrs Smith, while people denied that she was the cause of the spilt, Jolie later admitted that her and Brad fell in love while working together.

Athletes of the decade

By: Rachel Simmons

The 2000’s was the age of athletes.

Continuing, the 2001 Laureus World Athletes have improved since the 90’s and Sportsman and Sportswoman of the on this page is a list of our favorite athletes Year Awards were awarded to golfer and what they are doing, on or off the field. Tiger Woods and Marion Jones, Ray Lewis, the superstar linebacker of the though her award was later reversed Baltimore Ravens has been up to no good. after she admitted to using On January 31st, he was seemingly involved performance-enhancing drugs. in a bar fight and was indicted of charges of murder. Lewis faced one year of probation and a $250,000 fine. In 2000, Tiger Woods won his first US Open with a 15 stroke lead over the runner up. That win remains as the biggest winning margin in any major championship. He also won the PGA Championship that year.

Ray Lewis Pete Sampras Pete Sampras, who dominated Wimbledon, won the title again for the seventh straight time. At this time, he was the only tennis player to win the title for seven years in a row. Cyclist, Lance Armstrong won his second consecutive event in the tour de france in 2000.

Tiger Woods Marion Jones

Lance Armstrong

Music of the '00s

By: Nico Gurdjian

In the 2000s, music was changing and despite the new hip hop dominance such as Southern hip hop which lasted for most of the decade, rock music was still popular mostly alternative rock and in some cases indie rock. In 2001 artists like Alicia Keys, Train, Lifehouse, Gwen Stefani, Ricky Martin, and Christina Aguilera emerged and debut their new music. In 2004 many artists had major rock hits like Maroon 5's This Love and Avril Lavigne's Don't Tell Me. In 2000,Britney Spears' Oops!... I Did It Again sells over 23 million copies and becomes the best-selling album by a female artist of the decade. In 2006 ,Taylor Swift releases her debut album, Taylor Swift. In 2009,Phoenix release worldwide hit Lisztomania centered around the fan-frenzy towards composer Franz Liszt.

WAY WE LIVED BY; NINA CECCHI

Despite bearing through economic hardships forceful enough to drown the United States in another recession and an act of terrorism so shocking its effects still linger today, the 00s gave a worthy fight and proved itself to be frontrunners in the race to emerge as the superior decade.To grow up in the 00s was to have access to the most technological utilities and advances in history while still enjoying the best of decades. The 00s introduced modern society with an unforgettably diverse, collaborative and advanced ten years. Plus, due to the vast opportunities solidified for people of all socioeconomic classes during the 00s, even those born without riches, can afford to have fun. With the rise of the 00s, the entire concept of fun has been unbounded and the playing field of entertainment leveled. Music appreciators, film enthusiasts, billiard fanatics, club goers, athletes, gamers and bookworms alike have begun to find themselves faced with relentless opportunities to enjoy life, even in the professional world.The growth of the Internet contributed to globalization during the decade, which allowed faster communication among people around the world. One of the most known the colonial inventions that became very popular this decade, was the Razr Flip phone. This was used by mostly kids in their young ages, but once Apple became the huge ompan it is today, everyone switched over to ipods and iphones.

GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS BY: NINA CECCHI In the 2000’s the president from 2000-2009 was George W. Bush.

Starting off with the year of his elections. Bush was an unsuccessful business executive who defeated Al Gore. In 2001, Bush ran on a platform of lower taxes and less government; he wasn't interested in governing. As a result, Bush failed to pay attention to early warnings, and on September 11, terrorists attacked. In 2002, America's got angry. When our forces failed to apprehend those responsible for the attacks, the White House launched a propaganda campaign to convince Americans that Iraq was the guilty party.

Then, in 2003, America got even. The Bush administration persuaded Americans that Iraq was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and constituted an imminent threat. On March 20th, US forces invaded Iraq and on May 1st, Bush declared “ mission accomplished . ” 2004, The year that White House propaganda convinced a slim majority of Americans the US was winning the Iraq war and Bush was a competent president

In 2005, as it became apparent the US occupation of Iraq had formed a civil war, Bush’s approval ratings fell below 50 percent and continued to deteriorate for the rest of his term. Now, 2006. As Bush’s approval sank, so did those of the Republican dominated congress. In the midterm elections, Democrats retook control of Congress, This ended the destructive Bush legislative agenda. In 2007, the economy tanked. Through the first year of this decade, America had a negative savings rate as families borrowed against their home equity to maintain their lifestyle. In 2007, the housing bubble burst, resulting in the collapse if the financial system. In 2008, came the election against Obama, which changed everything.

Law and Justice (Supreme Court Case) By: Nico Gurdjian The 2000 presidential election was Al Gore, a democrat against George W. Bush, a Republican. As the election results were counted, it became clear that the vote would be very close, and that the results in of Florida would decide the election. Bush was declared the winner by just a few hundred votes which is a tiny bit in a state with millions of voters.

However, reports of problems with ballots (for instance, conflicting ballots that were designed so that people who thought they were voting for Gore ended up casting votes for another candidate) soon decided the results were questionable. Gore's supporters were upset and sued the state of Florida for a recount. Bush's supporters sued to prevent it.

Also Florida's election laws set an unchangeable deadline for announcing the final results, so the recount had to be begun quickly if it was to be done at all. When the Florida Supreme Court decided in favor of Gore, and ordered the recount to be completed, Bush appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court. The U.S. Supreme Court, in a 5–4 decision, stated that the Supreme Court of Florida had violated the U.S. Constitution so there was no way to hold an acceptable recount by the final election deadline. So Bush the winner of the national election.

The Court's decision ended the speculation on who would be president, but it remains a highly controversial moment in the Court's history. Even the Justices themselves couldn't agree on many aspects of the case. The details of Bush v. Gore will probably be argued over for a long time. However, the decision was made, and history was made with it.

FOREIGN AFFAIRS By: Rachel Simmons

President George Walker Bush was in office from 2000 to 2008 and in those eight years, he has done a lot for the foreign affairs of the United States of America. He was part of the Republican Party.

President Bush quickly formed a war cabinet on September 11, including Vice President Dick Cheney, National Security Advisor Condoleeza Rice, Chief of Staff Andy Card, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and Secretary of State Colin Powell. The principal target of U.S. military intelligence following 9/11 was identifying and addressing the source of the attacks. The immediate efforts of George Tenet, director of the CIA, successfully identified al Qaeda, a militant Islamic terrorist organization and its leader, Osama Bin Laden. The Taliban, an extremist Islamic regime that controlled Afghanistan, offered bin Laden sanctuary and al Qaeda trained thousands of terrorists in camps located in that country.

Before 9/11, the US had funneled CIA funds to the anti-Taliban group, the Northern Alliance, to combat the Taliban and al Qaeda forces in Afghanistan. After 9/11, the war cabinet quickly acted to target al Qaeda camps in Afghanistan, but, by late September, the Bush administration had yet to determine the scope of the military response to 9/11. Some of his advisors argued for broad military action in both Afghanistan and Iraq. Bush believed that the threat of U.S. power had lost credibility with terrorists due to irresolute responses to attacks during the 1990s.

Terrorists felt that they had an open invitation to attack, only expecting minimum retaliation According to Osama Bin Laden, the Americans were “paper tigers” who could be made to “run in less than twenty four hours”

President Bush responded with American troops in Afghanistan to defeat the Taliban and al Qaeda. Congress passed a joint resolution authorizing the use of force against those responsible for the 9/11 attacks. Bush signed this resolution on September 18, 2001. On October 7, the United States began airstrikes against Taliban military installations and al Qaeda training camps in Afghanistan. By early November, Special Forces and the Northern Alliance had liberated Mazari-Sharif, a strategic city in northern Afghanistan; most of the major northern cities fell soon after, forcing the Taliban to retreat from Kabul into the mountains of the South and East. The Bush administration soon had to deal with the fact that rebuilding in Afghanistan had drastically increased.

The Bush Doctrine: Before a joint session of Congress on September 20, 2001, President Bush declared a new approach to foreign affairs in response to 9/11. He said, “our war on terror begins with al Qaeda, but it does not end there.

It will not end until every terrorist group of global reach has been found, stopped, and defeated.� Bush declared that the United States considered any nation that supported terrorist groups a hostile regime. In January 2002, President Bush called out an Axis of Evil, consisting of North Korea, Iran, and Iraq. He declared these countries a threat to American security. The Bush Doctrine generally focused on three points. The first point was preventive war, in which the United States would strike an enemy nation or terrorist group before they had the chance to attack the United States. The second point was unilateral action in which the United States would act alone if necessary to defend itself either at home or abroad. The third point embraced spreading democracy and freedom around the world, focusing on concepts such as free markets, free trade, and individual liberty.

Domestic affairs By: Nico Gurdjian

In 2000 the decade started with a tight election where George W. Bush defeated Al Gore seasoned political servant — in an election decided by the US Supreme Court. In 2001 Bush ran on a platform of lower taxes and less government. But Bush failed to pay attention to early warnings and, on September 11th, terrorists attacked. On September 11, 2001, at 8:45 a.m. on a clear Tuesday morning, an American Airlines crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. The impact left a gaping, killing hundreds of people and trapping hundreds more in higher floors. What appeared to be a freak accident was actually not America was under attack. 18 minutes later a second United Airlines plane sliced the second tower and caused a massive explosion. Then everyone got note of another flight that slammed into the west side of the Pentagon. Meanwhile, a fourth California-bound plane was hijacked about 40 minutes after leaving Newark International Airport in New Jersey. Because the plane had been delayed in taking off, passengers on board learned of events in New York and Washington via cell phone. Knowing that the aircraft was not returning to an airport as the hijackers claimed, a group of passengers and flight attendants planned and managed to crash the plane into a rural field in Pennsylvania.

In 2002 our forces failed to catch those responsible for the attacks, the White House launched a propaganda campaign to convince Americans that Iraq’s Saddam Hussein was guilty. Voters bought into this deception and, in the elections, supported Republicans, resulting in them controlling Congress. In 2003 the Bush administration persuaded Americans that Iraq was responsible for the 9/11 attacks and was a threat. On March 20th, US forces invaded Iraq and, on May 1st, President Bush declared, “mission accomplished.” In 2005 the US occupation of Iraq had become a civil war, Bush’s approval ratings fell below 50 percent and continued to deteriorate for the rest of his term. In 2006 as Bush’s approval ratings sank, so did those of the Republican-dominated Congress. In the elections, Democrats retook control of Congress. America had a negative savings rate as families borrowed against their home to maintain their lifestyle. In 2007 the housing bubble burst, resulting in the collapse of the financial system.

In 2008 there were increasing signs of financial panic. Meanwhile, the country was thrilled by the presidential contest, won by Barack Obama.

In 2009 Before Obama was inaugurated and unemployment rose and business activity declined, the mood of the US soured. And finally in 2010 a earthquake occurs in Haiti killing 230,000 and destroying the majority of the capital. Also up to 260 million gallons of oil spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of three months when the Deepwater Horizon oil platform exploded in April, killing 11 workers, and solidifying the accident as the worst oil spill in history.

Book Review By: Nico Gurdjian

The book, Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo, (published in March 2000) is about Opal and her father, the preacher, who during the summer move to Naomi, Florida. Opal goes into Winn-Dixie and comes out with a new friend, a dog. The dog she names Winn-Dixie and he is a big, ugly, dog with a excellent sense of humor. Because of the dog her father tells Opal ten things about her absent mother, one for each year Opal has been alive. Winn-Dixie is great a making friends so together they meet the local librarian, Miss Franny Block, Gloria Dump who is nearly blind but sees with her heart, and Otis an ex-con who sets the animals in his pet shop loose after hours, then lulls them with his guitar. Winn-Dixie helps Opal learn to let go, just a little, and about friendship-and forgiveness.

This is a great book for middle grade kids and the adults in their life who are looking for a sad and sweet read. It is great for discussing family, community, and more. This book touches on both dark and light as well as happy and sad. A well told story that brings everyone together as friends.

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