7th grader sues school to wear pro-life t-shirt – A California family says their 1st Amendment rights were violated when the assistant principal ordered the daughter to remove her graphic t-shirt on ‘National Pro-life T-shirt Day.” “During the Vietnam War, the Supreme Court ruled that wearing black arm bands [at school, to protest the war] was OK,” UCLA law professor Eugene Volokh said. “If students can wear armbands in protest, why can’t they wear a pro-life shirt?” (Fox News)
Engineering summer program targets teens – 81% of TexPrep participants are minorities, 84 percent graduated from college, where nearly half majored in science, math or engineering. (Star-Telegram) photo by Matt Slocum
Car accidents: ‘Number one teen killer’ – Interview with Atlanta mother who wants law requiring teen drivers to have a ‘Newly Licensed’ sticker on the back of their cars. (AJC)
LA teen nears end of sailing odyssey - 17-year-old Zac Sunderland has spent the past year sailing solo around the world. (LA Times) photo by Al Seib
Harold & Kumar actor works for Obama – Kal Penn began his new job as an associate director in the Office of Public Liaison, with a focus on connecting President Obama with the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities. (N&O)
Using chess to reach at-risk youth – Profile of Orrin “Checkmate” Hudson. The game offers many lessons, he said: To win, you need patience, focus, and the ability to see beyond the short-term. (Philly.com)
Oregon teen hijacks social websites – Guessed passwords, demanded nude photos to release personal websites, now faces charges of theft by extortion. (Seattle PI)
Co-ed college dorm rooms – A new policy allows male and female students to live together in undergraduate housing at the University of Chicago. The change in policy was debated for the last couple of years after advocates for transgender students pushed the university to allow “gender neutral” housing. (Chicago Sun-Times)
T.V. review: 10 Things I Hate About You – There is not much to hate about “10 Things” and quite a few likable things. But there is a difference between like and love…. (NY Times) photo by Vivian Zink
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