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We are not used to this happening in high schools: Mash Reporters on teen suicides in Chicagoland

By sarah.e.lu
on 1:55pm, Monday, May 14 2012

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We continue our series on mental health issues affecting teens with The Mash in this conversation about suicides in high school.

 

 

It's really, really unfortunate that they have to come to this ultimatum that they either improve their situation, which isn't happening, or take their own life...

 

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Teen Journalists on knowing teen angst from depression

By sarah.e.lu
on 9:21am, Monday, March 5 2012

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Each month, The Mash brings Vocalo hot topics in youth culture.

This month: mental health.

Is a teenager's acting out just part of a normal angst-ridden teen phase? Or could it be a symptom of full-on depression?

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Vocalo Features: Teen Journalists on Stress

By sarah.e.lu
on 3:52pm, Monday, February 6 2012

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High school: the best days of our lives.

More like the stressed days of our lives.

In a round table discussion, teen reporters with The Mash revealed that  your typical high-achieving teenager is probably losing sleep...and hair...due to academic demands and external pressures.

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Vocalo Features: Teen Journalists on Cheating in High School

By sarah.e.lu
on 10:15am, Thursday, December 1 2011

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In this Vocalo feature, we present true tales of dishonesty, as students get real about the cheating that goes on at their schools.

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Junior Walk on Protecting Coal River Mountain

By sarah.e.lu
on 1:08pm, Thursday, November 17 2011

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(Photo taken in 1974 by Jack Corn, from the U.S. National Archives)

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Junior Walk grew up in the shadows of Coal River Mountain.

After graduating from high school, one of Junior's few job prospects was working as a security guard for a coal mine. The same coal mine that he believes caused pollution-related health problems for him and his neighbors.

Getting his paycheck from the mine made him feel 'like a miserable human being.'

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Teen Journalists from The Mash on Education Budget Woes

By sarah.e.lu
on 11:22am, Thursday, November 3 2011

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Journalists, politicians and education experts often talk about the troubled state of our schools.

But they don't go to class everyday at 8am, they don't sit through biology, they don't eat cafeteria food, or play on the softball team.

So, if you do experience school firsthand, what do you notice about problems in education? 

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Claudia Garcia-Rojas of Gozamos Interviews Hip Hop Artist and Son of Libyan Exiles, Khaled M

By sarah.e.lu
on 4:15pm, Tuesday, October 25 2011

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Claudia Garcia-Rojas, a contributing writer with Gozamos.com, interviews Chicago-based hip hop artist Khaled M.

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How Well is our Aquifer Doing? Testing Water Levels in Deep Water Wells

By sarah.e.lu
on 11:17am, Thursday, October 20 2011

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This month, the Illinois State Water Survey called on all the communities in northeastern Illinois that draw their water from deep water wells (wells deeper than 500 feet) to measure their water levels.

This group effort tells us how our regions' aquifers--which take thousands of years to recharge--are responding to all that water pumping we've been doing lately. (Read more about Well Monitoring Day here.)

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