Marcus Leach is a poor kid from one of Kansas City's worst neighborhoods, but his gangsta debate brilliance has universities across the country clamoring for him. Unfortunately, Leach's achievement is lost on state education activities bureaucrats, offended that his coach would try to break their rules to take her team to the most prestigious debate event in the country. Staff writer Joe Miller tells how Central High school's debate squad is losing its "War of Words." (First in a series)
Nigel Jaquiss of Willamette Week and Pete Kotz of the Cleveland Scene win special citations in the 2002 National Awards for Education Reporting. Kotz' citation was for opinion writing in the 100,000 and above division for "Welcome to Cheaptown." Jaquiss was recognized for feature writing in the under 100,000 division for his story “Anywhere, U.S.A.: Portland is in Danger of Losing the One Thing That Makes It Unique." He won a first place in this contest last year in investigative reporting.
It's a tale of two cities, tale of two concerts, as one reporter covers the Dixie Chicks' first stateside concert since singer Natalie Maines, well, you know, while the other heads one county over to cover rightwing radio host Mike Gallagher's anti-Dixie Chicks show. "From the saber-rattling, baby-with-a-rattler antics of talk show host Mike Gallagher and his fellow Goebbeldygook-spouting rightwing radio rip-and-readers to the bait-and-tackle interrogations of Diane Sawyer, discussing and dismissing the Dixie Chicks has become an industry unto itself."
On April 26, 50,000-plus members of the National Rifle Association descended on Orlando for their annual meeting. They came to wave the flag, salute Charlton Heston, pat themselves on the back for getting George W. Bush elected, and check out tons of guns. Orlando Weekly Editor Bob Whitby spent three days embedded with the NRA and lived to tell the tale. A message from a woman speaker to the ladies: "I say if you are strong enough to carry a man's groceries and strong enough to carry a man's baby, you are strong enough to carry a man's gun."
Former LA Mayor Richard Riordan is looking for additional investors and has pushed the launch of his new weekly from June to September, the LA Times reports. Riordan now plans to put up only $1 million of his own money for the publication, leading some to question his commitment to the project, the Times reports. (Registration required)
The specialty coffee giant, which expects a record $4 billion in sales this year, has Seattle's Best Coffee and Torrefazione Italia in the fold now and sees no end to its growth. Rick Anderson looks at the java giant's stranglehold on the world market for latte in a cardboard cup. Starbuck's goal: 25,000 shops by 2013. "At this rate, Starbucks likely will challenge ubiquitous McDonald's (currently 28,000 restaurants in 118 countries) for Most Annoying Expansion," he writes.
Brad Aaron has resigned his position at Flagpole Magazine in Athens, Ga., due to "issues with some of our management practices and decisions," Editor and Publisher Pete McCommons writes in the April 23 edition (second item). Aaron's popular column, "City Dope," is "in abeyance," but "may reappear at some future time when government has run amuck and the bat signal beams to the sky," McCommons says.
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