Of Mice And Men- Banned from KCK Curriculum

So I am sure most people know about banned books. Apparently Of Mice and Men is next on the chopping block for the KCK school district.

A Concerned parent told the school that she and her son were uncomfortable reading the book Of Mice And Men By Jon Steinbeck. Dana Washington says that the book,"uses the N word more times than a rap song" and is very offensive. But why? isn't historical fiction a big part of literature and understanding how people lived in the past?

When a student at Washington high school rejected the use of the N word in the story an unnamed teacher stated in effect that he did not see any reason to be upset about it because the students use it in the hallway all of the time.

I personally have read books and seen movies that have used the N word more times then in Steinbeck's book. And I see my African American classmates seemingly glorifying the use of the N word. Not to completely defend the English Teacher but I have heard students use the N word many times and they regard it as a term of endearment. When we read a 'Of Mice And Men' type of book they complain about how it is offensive and how we are reading it because the teachers are racists.

The book is currently on review by the school board as to whether it should stay in the curriculum or not.

Dana Washington mother of the offended student has said, "Why is it that only [racial terms are]the ones used for African Americans that are used as a teaching tool?" I somewhat remember students reading books in class talking about Jews and how they're are oppressed which include terms that are use to degrade them.

My Answer?  Do not talk unless all the facts are presented to you and learn that this is a part of our history that is going to be around forever. You might as well live with the fact that this is part of the curriculum and they only have to read this one time. Also if your child goes to college then they might have to read the book again. If they choose not to then they have the choice of an alternative. If that choice is not presented to them then they have the choice to leave the class.

Sanctuary Gets Hype

SCI FI laid out its biggest show for the fall. Sanctuary, a series about protecting the things that go bump in the night. Stargate SG-1's Amanda Tapping stars as Dr. Helen Magnus. a Doctor within the Sanctuary. She hires a man named Dr. Will Zimmerman (Dunne) to help her protect the various creatures that walk the Earth.

Sanctuary used to be a Web Series that premiered Spring of 2007. it gained popularity very quickly and people asked for it to be put on television. i guess that SCI FI heard the call and answered it because May of 2008 the SCI FI channel played its first teaser trailer for the show.

Do not forget to Tune into the SCI FI channel Friday October 3rd for the Premiere starting at 9:00 CST

More Palin V McCain

Palin announced today that She did not believe that the media coverage in the past has not been sexist or gender motivated. this is in exact contradiction to the statements that have been coming out of the McCain Campaign calling things like SNL and even the regular news has been sexist.

She states that the coverage is fact in that she is not "part of the Washington crowd"

Public Displays Of Affection

Public Displays of Affection (PDA) is a common act among people in love. Especially in their teenage years. Many people scorn this calling it inappropriate. But why? How? How can it be inappropriate? How can you deny the most basic show of love as something that is wrong?

PDA is usually harmless. Holding hands, a short kiss, carrying the other person’s book bags. How could this be seen as an act of a malicious nature?

Some of the most reoccurring arguments for PDA are that it disturbs the workplace. It creates an adult like environment, or that it will grow into more inappropriate behavior. I guess, not really, are you kidding me?

I can see a little bit of truth in the argument that it will disturb the workplace. The main place that PDA is seen is in high school. I guess that if I am really to think about it I don’t want to see an entire hallway full of couples kissing. I have seen Public Displays of Affection in school but I have to say that I am not disturbed and I am sure that the kids that have also witnessed this will agree that they have not been disturbed or mentally scarred for life.

The second argument of it creates an adult like environment. I have to somewhat disagree. If you think about it then you could see that we are pretty much adults, especially when we are 17. Being that age creates a grey area as to whether you are an adult or not.

The third and last common argument, I have to say is downright BS. There is no better way to put it. PDA will not lead to more inappropriate behavior. We will not all of a sudden have public displays of sexual relations. There is no way to possibly water down this rant. This is probably the most overused, incomplete and worthless argument ever known to combat this topic.

In my opinion PDA is something that is going to happen and should happen with minimal to no moderation. Let us be the judges of what is proper to do. There is no other way to put this. Kids will be kids and we will do kid things. 

Web Blocking

The KCK School district’s plan to allow Internet access to the laptops was a necessary move and a smart move. But all somewhat good plans can go down the drain straight after conception. The KCK District uses Barracuda Web Blocking software to monitor and prevent students from going to sites that are deemed inappropriate. But then again with too much power comes corruption. “We follow the basic guidelines of the Children’s Internet Protection Act so that we may give our students as much ability to visit websites.” The Children’s Internet Protection Act states that precautions must be taken in schools and libraries to prevent children from viewing pornography. That is the basic guidelines of the act. So why does it seem that every website is blocked? Well it pretty much is. Last year during the second semester there is an incident is known as the great blocker where almost every website was blocked. Yes, even Google, Yahoo, and MSN. These are search engine sites or e-mail websites that are very popular among people.

This incident lasted weeks. Almost every website was blocked and it made teaching and completing assignments very difficult if not impossible. When asked about why so many websites were being blocked the head IT man at the district headquarters Joe Fives would not comment. Now even with some of the sites put back on the allowance list. There are still some that are blocked that does not make sense. Blogger, a part of the Google Company is currently on the blocked list. But after some surfing a discovery of at least three unblocked porn sites a conclusion has come about that the district has not correctly identified web sites that have the need to be blocked but the district has blocked websites that kids can use to further their abilities. We have the opportunity to do great things but we will not have teh chance if our abilities and movements are controlled.

Pre Debate Analysis

It seems that there are some big things that are going to come from the first in two Presidential Debates.

what will be the main topics? probably the economy and the war.

1. John McCain has not been running a good campaign. The last thing people want to hear is that a candidate is suspending their campaign to be able to help the economy. Shouldn't you be working to run the country so you can fin it yourself.

     2. McCain made a risky move choosing Palin. this will upset the conservative base.

     3.  The Maverick Persona will not work. Obama has a strong anti maverick Ad that is   working very well even swaying the republican opinion.

  

    4. Obama has been keeping the campaign going even when working to make a bailout plan.

    5. Obama has it McCain hard on the Economy. and McCain has not had a good economic plan.

    6. Obama has an exit strategy for Iraq. McCain has an entrance strategy for Afghanistan.  (the     word Draft comes to mind.)

there will be another post after the debate.

Calif. court won't delay gay weddings until vote

Justices deny appeal for stay until voters decide on ban initiative

SAN FRANCISCO - California's highest court on Tuesday refused to stay until after the November election its decision legalizing same-sex marriage in the state.
Conservative religious and legal groups had asked the California Supreme Court to stop its order from becoming effective until voters have the chance to weigh in on the issue.

An initiative that would amend the state constitution to ban gay marriage has qualified for the ballot. Its passage would overrule the court's decision.
The Supreme Court says its ruling will be final at 5 p.m. on June 16.
Wednesday's denial clears the way for gays and lesbians in the nation's most populous state to get married starting June 17, when state officials have said counties must start issuing new gender-neutral marriage licenses.
On Monday, the initiative that would again outlaw gay marriage in California qualified for the state's November ballot.
California Secretary of State Debra Bowen said a random check of signatures submitted by the measure's sponsors showed that they had gathered enough names for it to be put to voters.
The measure would amend the state constitution to "provide that only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or recognized in California."
If approved by a majority of voters on Nov. 4, the amendment would overturn the recent California Supreme Court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the state. It is similar to gay marriage bans that have been adopted in 26 other states.
"This signifies the fact that California voters really do favor and will come out to vote for the protection of historic marriage," said Ron Prentice, executive director of ProtectMarriage.com, a coalition of religious and social conservative groups behind the initiative.
In response to the court's May 15 ruling, California public health officials already have amended marriage license applications to read "Party A" and "Party B" instead of bride and groom. Local officials have been told to start issuing the revised licenses to same-sex couples on June 17.
Gay men and lesbians would still be able to get married between then and the election, even with the initiative pending, unless the court agrees to stay its decision until after Nov. 4, as the amendment's sponsors have requested.
If the marriages proceed during the next five months, it is unclear whether they would be nullified if the amendment passes. Some legal scholars have said the state Supreme Court might get called on again to settle that question.

Kate Kendell, executive director of the San Francisco-based National Center for Lesbian Rights, said gay marriage advocates have already launched a campaign to defeat the measure.
"There is just so much at stake, now, in terms of what kind of state we are going to live in and what values we are going to uphold," Kendell said.
To qualify for the ballot, the measure needed 694,354 petition signatures, an amount equal to 8 percent of the votes cast during the last governor's race.
Proponents submitted 1,120,801 signatures in late April, and county clerks determined the measure qualified by verifying the validity of 3 percent of the signatures they received, according to Bowen.
Recent polls have found California voters are about evenly split on whether gay couples should be allowed to marry.

Lesbian kiss stirs debate in gay-friendly city

Usher at Seattle ballpark allegedly asked women to stop smooching

SEATTLE - Most of the time, a kiss is just a kiss in the stands at Seattle Mariners games. The crowd hardly even pays attention when fans smooch.
But then last week, a lesbian complained that an usher at Safeco Field asked her to stop kissing her date because it was making another fan uncomfortable.
The incident has exploded on local TV, on talk radio and in the blogosphere and has touched off a debate over public displays of affection in generally gay-friendly Seattle.

"Certain individuals have not yet caught up. Those people see a gay or lesbian couple and they stare or say something," said Josh Friedes of Equal Rights Washington. "This is one of the challenges of being gay. Everyday things can become sources of trauma."
As the Mariners played the Boston Red Sox on May 26, Sirbrina Guerrero and her date were approached in the third inning by an usher who told them their kissing was inappropriate, Guerrero said.
The usher, Guerrero said, told them he had received a complaint from a woman nearby who said that there were kids in the crowd of nearly 36,000 and that parents would have to explain why two women were kissing.
"I was really just shocked," Guerrero said. "Seattle is so gay-friendly. There was a couple like seven rows ahead making out. We were just showing affection."
Complaint of 'groping'On Monday, Mariners spokeswoman Rebecca Hale said that the club is investigating but that the usher was responding to a complaint of two women "making out" and "groping" in the stands.
"We have a strict non-discrimination policy at the Seattle Mariners and at Safeco Field, and when we do enforce the code of conduct it is based on behavior, not on the identity of those involved," Hale said.

The code of conduct — announced before each game — specifically mentions public displays of affection that are "not appropriate in a public, family setting." Hale said those standards are based on what a "reasonable person" would find inappropriate.
Guerrero denied she and her date were groping each other, saying that along with eating garlic fries, they were giving each other brief kisses.
On Tuesday, Guerrero said a Mariners director of guest services had apologized to her. The team spokeswoman could not immediately confirm that.
Call for 'kiss-in'After the story broke, the Mariners were blasted by the sex-advice columnist Dan Savage, who wrote about the incident on the blog of the Stranger, an alternative weekly paper.
"I constantly see people making out," Savage said. "My son has noticed and asked, `Do they show the ballgame on women's foreheads?'"
Savage called for a "kiss-in" to protest against the Mariners.
Web sites have been swamped with blog postings for and against Guerrero and her date. And the story has people talking in Seattle.
"I would be uncomfortable" seeing public displays of affection between lesbians or gay men, said Jim Ridneour, a 54-year-old taxi driver. "I don't think it's right seeing women kissing in public. If I had my family there, I'd have to explain what's going on."
"It all depends on the degree," Mark Ackerman said as he waited for a hot dog outside Safeco Field before Wednesday's game. "Even for heterosexual couples."
Past under scrutinySince the incident, Guerrero's job and her past have come under scrutiny. She works at a bar known for scantily clad women and was a contestant on the MTV reality show "A Shot at Love With Tila Tequila," in which women and men compete for the affection of a bisexual Internet celebrity.
"People are saying it's 15 more minutes for my career," Guerrero said of the ballpark furor, "but this is not making me look very good."
In 2007, an Oregon transit agency chief apologized after a lesbian teenager was kicked off a bus when a passenger complained about her kissing another girl.
Also in 2007, a gay rights group protested a Kansas City, Mo., restaurant they said ejected four women because two of them kissed, and a Texas state trooper was placed on probation in 2004 for telling two gay men who were kissing at the state Capitol that homosexual conduct was illegal in Texas.
"There's a double standard. That's the bottom line," said Pat Griffin, director of the It Takes a Team! Education Campaign, an initiative from the Women's Sports Foundation to eliminate homophobia in sports.

Florida And Michigan. The Right Decision?

Did the DNC make the right decision when dealing with the States of Florida and Michigan? some people say it seems fair and others say it was a rip of and they should not be counted at all.

This is a very unique situation. Florida and Michigan decided to make their primary dates earlier, which the DNC said that they could not. as punishment the DNC took away their delegate count and the Democrats needed delgate count was lowered.

But after much protest and campaigning. The DNC met on Saturday to decide what to do. The final decision was to give each of the delegates half a vote.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania


April 22 will mark the date of the Pennsylvania primary. This is going to be an important primary as this is a delegate rich state. This is going to be a difficult state for the candidates to win. As this has a small Black population but a Black mayor of Philadelphia, where it give Barack Obama the advantage. But since it is a delegate rich state it gives Clinton the advantage by pattern, as she has been winning all of the delegate rich states. According to USA TODAY Hillary Clinton is backed up by three political powers in that state, surprisingly by the Mayor of Philadelphia. Other supporters include, Gov. Ed Rendell and Rep John Murtha. On the Obama side Rep, Chaka Fattah and Rep. Patrick Murphy. Sen. Bob Casey is currently uncommitted.

This is an important state as this also can take out any other remaining candidates that do not win. So many will be tuning in to see mainly whether this will be another straight win for the Obama Campaign and the end of Clinton’s or another change of fate and a win for Clinton.

Stargate Atlantis Season 4

Season Synopsis: Familiar faces say goodbye and a new leader emerges, as the conflict with the Replicators becomes a galaxy-wide crisis -- and an alliance with an old enemy may be the only way to stop them



Review: As we exit the most popular 4th season of Stargate Atlantis we get some new plot twists and some character changes. The season lasted the average 20 episodes and every time an episode ends viewers seem to go through withdrawal symptoms until next week when the newest episode comes out. In the third season episode First strike the commander of the expedition Dr. Elizabeth Weir is injured while trying to take Atlantis off the current planet. O in the forth season Dr. Weir is captured by the Replicators, Atlantis newest enemy. This calls for a new leader. And who else comes for the call of duty? Gen. Samantha Carter from the parent show Stargate SG-1. In this season the expedition members team up with one of the enemies to stop a replicator strike, learn that top-secret groups on Earth are creating their own Replicators, and learn that one of the team members is pregnant. We see some new building storylines that will we concluded in the newest fifth season. Including the last episode The ‘Fifth Man’ (Part 1 of 2) over all Stargate Atlantis has an average tv.com rating of 9.2 (Superb). And has very positive viewer ratings of “Classic,” by user Angel2408 “A fun show. Unlike its mother show "Stargate Atlantis" really hooked me from the very first episode.” Stargate Atlantis premier’s new episodes at 9:00pm Fridays on the Sci-Fi Channel, and reruns old episodes at 4:00pm weekdays on the Sci-Fi Channel.

Knight Rider

Summary: 24 year-old Stanford University Ph.D. candidate Sarah Graiman is set to follow in her genius father Charles’ footsteps. Her life takes a dramatic turn when men try to abduct her. She receives a mysterious phone call from KITT, a car of her father’s creation, letting her know that her father is in danger. Sarah and KITT set off to recruit her childhood friend Mike Tracer into helping them figure out who has her father and is trying to steal KITT. Mike, having just returned from serving in Iraq is jaded and reluctant to help, but eventually agrees.


Review: Have you seen the 1980’s Knight rider and wondered, “What happens after that?”. I did. Upon hearing the announcement of the new Knight Rider premiering on NBC I quickly went to my friends and to Rental Stores to get the DVD’s of the old Knight Rider and sat down and watched it. I really loved it and was hoping that this one would live up to expectations. Well I am here to say it did. Instead of making it like a Knight Rider part 2. It skipped a few years and had the Son of the original Knight be the new driver. As of March 13, 2008 TV.com showed the viewer Rating of Knight Rider at an 8.7 (Great). And some viewer reviews like “It's shameless, hokey fun!” (mccar29), “This film was awesome. I was so hype for it. I give it 10 out of 10!” (The_Star_Treker). I must say I agree cause I kept an open mind and really didn’t try to connect the new and the old. My Score? 10/10

Terminator: The Sarah Conner Chronicles

The synopsis: The series picks up a year after the events of Terminator 2: Judgment Day with John and Sarah Connor (Thomas Dekker and Lena Headey) hiding from the government. After two years in one place Sarah decides they need a change of scenery and in doing so they expose themselves to FBI Agent James Ellison (Richard T. Jones) and Skynet's army of Terminators including Cameron Phillips (Summer Glau) a reprogrammed Terminator sent to protect John. She informs them that Judgment Day was not stopped and will take place in 2011. John convinces Sarah to stop hiding and fight so Cameron takes them to a time machine the resistance has set up to take them to the year Skynet was created 2007.


The review: this is a very action packed series. While staying true to the original Terminator movies. The fun thing is that we learn more about the terminators so we can go “well why didn’t they do that” in one of the movies. There is great potential in the show and I am very happy to see it come back for a second season.

Super Tuesday

Super Tuesday is The biggest day in Primaries and Caucases. 20+ states Choose their Candidates. One on the republican side and one on the Democartic side. The reason this day is so important is that it can decide which candidates stay and which ones go. This is gong to be and interesting race on the Democratic side considering two special groups are still in the race. Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York. And Sen. Barak Obama of Illinois. On the repulican Side is Sen John McCain of Arizona, Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas, And Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachusetts.

All of the candidates are very certain that they will win no matter how behind they are. One thing we have learned so far this year in politics is that Polls can not be trusted. Especially in the democratic race.


On the democratic side Sen. Clinton has gotten states like California, her home state of New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Arizona. Sen. Obama has Georgia, Connecticut, Utah, Minnesota, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Missouri.

Political strategy: Clinton did not get as many states as Obama but Clinton got the delegate rich states. That will help to be chosen as the democratic nominee.

On the republican side Sen. McCain won California, Missouri, Conneticut, his home state of Arizona, Illinois, New York, Oklahoma,New Jersey and Delaware. Gov. Hukabee has received Georgia, Arkansas, Tennesee, Alabama, and West Virginia. Gov. Romney received Utah, Miinesota, Massachusettes, Colorado, Montan , and North Dakota.

All of the candidates are still going to run as they said on their Super Tuesday Speeches. Even Mitt Romney, who is falling behind. Is still saying he is going through to the end.

Here are the delegate numbers per party
Democratic (2025 needed To Win)
Clinton 825
Obama 732

Source: CNN= Politics daily Podcast

Republican (1191 Need To win)
McCain 619
Romney 269
Huckabee175

Politics. We hear that word every day. It is something that drives our every day actions. It affects our country as a whole in what we get to do in our lives and what freedoms we like to express. This is an election year so major decisions are about to be made. How will our country be run? Who will run our country? Where do I stand on different issues? Here in this article we get a look at how some of the Wyandotte High students think about some of the more important issues. I interviewed 6 Wyandotte high school Students on some issues that seemed to make a bigger impact.

Should abortions remain a legal option in America?

Wyona Tobler P
Sydney Carter C
Antoinette Scott NC
Shakela Brantley NC
Hank Sinclair P
Tabitha Morris C

Wyona Tobler said “some kids. They be real young and be havin babies and they don’t want them”

Sydney Carter “I don’t think that they shouldn’t remain legal cause if you don’t want no babies you shouldn’t do what it takes to have one.

Antoinette Scott and Shakela Bailey both took the position of not clear because they it was Gods creation but the child could be born with certain social defects. Like being a “crack baby”

Hank Sinclair “I think it should because it’s a decision for the people having kids not the governments”

Tabitha Morris said “No Way! Because you are killing humans when you do it. That’s not cool. ”

Should the Death penalty remain a legal option in America?

Wyona Tobler P
Sydney Carter C
Antoinette Scott P
Shakela Brantley C
Hank Sinclair P
Tabitha Morris NC

The issue was pretty well divided since we come back to the Gods creation argument. But then it was raised that there are people out there who do reall bad things in the world and there should be a punishment for such crimes. “It should. For the fact that I believe someone cold hearted enough to take anothers life shouldn’t have the right to live.” Said Hank Sinclair when asked the question


Are more federal regulations on guns and ammunition needed?

Wyona Tobler P
Sydney Carter P
Antoinette Scott P
Shakela Brantley P
Hank Sinclair NC
Tabitha Morris C

Many had the agreement that there should be more federal regulations due to the fact that the guns are getting on the streets and killing people. but Tabitha Morris said “No not really. I don’t think they do, I think its just a waste of time. ”

Are illegal Aliens helping or hurting the US economy

Wyona Tobler C
Sydney Carter P
Antoinette Scott PC
Shakela Bailey P
Hank Sinclair PC
Tabitha Morris P

This is a very good question that impacts many people in Wyandotte High School. When I interviewed Wyona, Sydney, Antoinette, and Shakela there was some discretion as to which race class that was being referred to. After that little clarification all four were able to give a clear answer as to their opinion on this subject. As all of you can see that the issue can go both ways .


Was it a mistake to attack Iraq in 2003?

Wyona Tobler P
Sydney Carter P
Antoinette Scott P
Shakela Bailey P
Hank Sinclair P
Tabitha Morris P

All believed that that it was a mistake to attack Iraq in 2003 feeling that it was Bush’s mission to finish his fathers work.


Has the no child left behind act been effective in improving public education?

Wyona Tobler C
Sydney Carter P
Antoinette Scott C
Shakela Bailey C
Hank Sinclair NC
Tabitha Morris NC

Many brought up both sides of the issue including mentioning Benchmarks, which is a big part of the no child left behind act.



Should Marijuana be a medical option?

Wyona Tobler P
Sydney Carter P
Antoinette Scott P
Shakela Bailey P
Hank Sinclair P
Tabitha Morris C

When making the descision many mentioned the use it don’t abuse it viewpoint which is why the issue is always heavily debated.


Should interrogation techniques that some consider torture such as waterboarding be a legal option?

Wyona Tobler C
Sydney carter C
Antoinette Scott C
Shakela Bailey C
Hank Sinclair P

Tabitha Morris NC

This is a new subject that has been brought up because of the CIA “losing” tapes of using waterboarding on suspected terrorists. It was going to go before the supreme court as to rule whether foul play has occurred.

Winter Formal at Wyandotte

On Saturday February 9th 2008, Wyandotte high school hosted its Winter formal dance. This year’s theme was Mardi Gras Madness. The colors for the dance were purple, green and gold. The music was good and well selected, and the Cafeteria was well decorated. People were dressed very bright and nice. In the beginning there wasn’t much dancing as many people were waiting to meet up with their friends and show off their formal wear. It seemed that many people decided to go with the Dance colors. But about 30 minutes after, many students started dancing. After about an hour the royal or two court was presented to the dancers. The King and Queen of the Mardi Gras dance were Joshua Wright and Jazmyn McDonald. As the Royal Court was announced many people cheered on and were happy with the winners. All of the members of the Royal Court had their own dance where everyone got to watch or go and get something to eat. Energy was high and people were happy. I didn’t want the dance to end because it was very fun and entertaining. This turned out to be a great dance. I personally liked the Winter Formal but hearing some people in idle conversation they didn’t enjoy it as much as the homecoming. I think that they were both very well planned.

Myspace. Is It Really That Worth It?

Myspace is a popular Social Netowrking site that has more than 200 million profiles total. it is the sixth most popular English language website and the sixth most poular website in any language. It is the third most popular website in the the United States. It is only second in traffic sometimes to the new popular social networking site, Facebook. Myspace has nearly 80% of all social networking traffic. Myspace has been in a tradeoff for the top according to alexa.com, a site where you can compare internet traffic for up to 5 websites. I compared the traffic of Myspace, Facebook, Bebo, and Orkut and saw that Myspace and facebook were always fighting for the top spot every day. Myspace has a US user base of 46%.




So why are we writing about Myspace? Well heres the deal. There have been many security Flaws in the Myspace’s system for people like Sexual Predators to expose. Myspace is always heard about in the news as the “bad site” and “don’t go there” has been said enough to be the newest phrase in a dictionary. I like most people have just put this off and said that they don’t know what they are talking about. Then we got a news report of a Missouri girl that commited suicide in her own home. This has had a huge impact on the members of both the St. Charles, MO community and the members of mysapce.

Megan Meier, a teenage girl who was just starting to fit into her lifestyle as a teenager and feeling comfortable with herself decided to join the bandwagon that almost everyone has, Myspace.

Now there were some very strict rules in her house when her parents finally let her get the Myspace site, like a parent had to always be in the room when she was logging on to the site, only her parents had the password to the site, and they must approve who she added as a friend.

After about a month of having the Myspace site Megan received a friend approval request. Even though she did not know him she convinced her mother to let her add him because he was “very cute”. Unfortunately after asking to meet this “cute boy” which went under the name of Josh Evans started to say that she was a mean person and was mean to her friends. After consistently saying that it wasn’t true Josh broke all contact with her, last saying 'I don't know if I want to be friends with you any longer because I hear you're not nice to your friends'".

With that Megan finally left the computer and went up into her room. During dinner Megan parents noticed that Megan wasn’t there. Going up to see what was wrong they come to find that Megan had hung herself.

After six weeks of the incidents occurrence it was made public that one of Megan’s former friends, her mother, and an employee of where the mother works make up this Myspace character as a means of finding out if Megan was saying anything about her former friend.



Now the question here is Myspace really worth it? It has been in many lawsuits concerning fake identities. Later the accusers being paid off to drop their complaints and settle. Myspace has continued to show its lack in security upgrades and is instead improving the way we receive our mail and getting messages about Myspace events.

So before you create an account or log in ask yourself. Is it really worth all of the trouble?