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Teen Ink Magazine, May 2004 : Opinion Articles

(in)Justice by Josh C., Bellingham, MA Incarcerated criminals should receive fewer benefits while the homeless should receive more help to provide them with basic necessities. You may have walked downtown and noticed people sitting in the cold, unwelcoming doorsteps of closed stores. Continue...	Are We on the Brink of a Depression? by Glen G., San Antonio, TX What object worth an equivalent of 100,000 pennies can be stacked 480 miles high? If you don't know, the answer is a one-thousand dollar bill. Continue...
The Importance of Music in Schools by Nigel Y., Hemet, CA "Music helps the mind develop and grow," my dad often says, and I have found this to be very true. It is a proven fact that participating in a music program in school will help develop your brain to a higher level and faster than other students. Continue...	The Same Soundtrack by Bonnie K., San Antonio, TX A few days after September 11, 2001, Clear Channel Communications, Inc. released a memo to its radio stations of 150 "lyrically questionable" songs not to be played. You need to know that Clear Channel owns or operates 1,165 radio stations in the U.S. Continue...
War on Terrorists? by Marielle D., Suffern, NY Hurt Anger Frustration Loss Pain Is this the image of ourcountry? Vengeful War-crazy Impatient Is this the image of our country? Barbaric Deceitful Evil Should this be our view of ... Continue...

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