Teen Ink Magazine, February 1996 Edition
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Articles from this Issue
College Guide
My Heart Is Pounding By Meredith G., Killingworth, CT
Overcoming... By Anonymous
Boston University By Victoria G., Chelmsford, MA
University Of New Hampshire By Diane C., Alton, NH
Wesleyan By Paula H., Alton, NH
West Point By Michael V., Woburn, MA
Overcoming... By Anonymous
Boston University By Victoria G., Chelmsford, MA
University Of New Hampshire By Diane C., Alton, NH
Wesleyan By Paula H., Alton, NH
West Point By Michael V., Woburn, MA
Fiction
An Island By Beverly P., Ayer, MA
Escape By Rebeccah S., Scituate, MA
Joseph's Day At School By Beth S., New Windsor, NY
Someone I Met By Alice K., Sanbornton, NH
Yech Broccoli! By Mike D., Westford, MA
Escape By Rebeccah S., Scituate, MA
Joseph's Day At School By Beth S., New Windsor, NY
Someone I Met By Alice K., Sanbornton, NH
Yech Broccoli! By Mike D., Westford, MA
Hot Topics
An Outside Look At La Jaguita By Jeanine H., Westford, MA
Basketball By Craig C., Hyde Park, MA
For Whom The Bell Tolls By Nicole G., Presque Isle, ME
We Must Save The Homeless By Mike W., New City, NY
Being Biracial By Shana L., Rosedale, NY
Black Sisters By Tanika B., Stamford, CT
Basketball By Craig C., Hyde Park, MA
For Whom The Bell Tolls By Nicole G., Presque Isle, ME
We Must Save The Homeless By Mike W., New City, NY
Being Biracial By Shana L., Rosedale, NY
Black Sisters By Tanika B., Stamford, CT
Nonfiction
Definitely Not Phonaphobic By Rachel D., Weston, MA
Driving Deaths? By Erin J., Hillsboro, NH
Grumman X-29a By Anthony S., Pembroke, MA
Humidity By James L., Bradford, MA
Life Before My Eyes By Jane S., West Simsbury, CT
My 17th Birthday By Megan B., Duxbury, MA
My Favorite Web Site By Dyanna R., Brunswick, ME
Pentium Pete By Josh M., Camillus, NY
Perceiving Reality By Angela R., Worcester, MA
Recycling Shower Water For Use In Toilets By Jordan A., Setauket, NY
Sheldon the Fisherman By Andrea T., Duxbury, MA
Stormy Night Music By Renee B., Salem, NH
Tears In The Window Eave By Anonymous
The Accident By Alycia S., Pembroke, MA
The Land Of Dmv By Neil F., New City, NY
Top Down By Jackie A., Nanuet, NY
Another Heartbreaking Season By Jason A., East Longmeadow, MA
Skiers & Snowboarders By Nathan A., Foster, RI
The Swim Meet By Jaime B., Clarence, NY
Their New Home By Tyler N., Exeter, NH
Sister! Momma! Africa! By Jennifer M., Manhasset, NY
Driving Deaths? By Erin J., Hillsboro, NH
Grumman X-29a By Anthony S., Pembroke, MA
Humidity By James L., Bradford, MA
Life Before My Eyes By Jane S., West Simsbury, CT
My 17th Birthday By Megan B., Duxbury, MA
My Favorite Web Site By Dyanna R., Brunswick, ME
Pentium Pete By Josh M., Camillus, NY
Perceiving Reality By Angela R., Worcester, MA
Recycling Shower Water For Use In Toilets By Jordan A., Setauket, NY
Sheldon the Fisherman By Andrea T., Duxbury, MA
Stormy Night Music By Renee B., Salem, NH
Tears In The Window Eave By Anonymous
The Accident By Alycia S., Pembroke, MA
The Land Of Dmv By Neil F., New City, NY
Top Down By Jackie A., Nanuet, NY
Another Heartbreaking Season By Jason A., East Longmeadow, MA
Skiers & Snowboarders By Nathan A., Foster, RI
The Swim Meet By Jaime B., Clarence, NY
Their New Home By Tyler N., Exeter, NH
Sister! Momma! Africa! By Jennifer M., Manhasset, NY
Opinion
Can We Trust The Media? By Arif S., Westford, MA
Confessions From The Cesspool Of Conformity By Anonymous
Holocaust Memorial By Anonymous
It Can Be Anyone By Natasha C., Bellmore, NY
Solutions: Drugs By Ben H., Auburn, NY
Talk Shows: Love /*Em Or Leave /*Em By Jessica S., Highland Falls, NY
Who Would Be Without It? By Jay L., Mapleton, ME
Confessions From The Cesspool Of Conformity By Anonymous
Holocaust Memorial By Anonymous
It Can Be Anyone By Natasha C., Bellmore, NY
Solutions: Drugs By Ben H., Auburn, NY
Talk Shows: Love /*Em Or Leave /*Em By Jessica S., Highland Falls, NY
Who Would Be Without It? By Jay L., Mapleton, ME
Reviews
Carmen By Elyse K., New City, NY
Stomp By Christina T., Arlington, MA
The Great Train Robbery By Steven D., New City, NY
An Eye For An Eye By Mary M., Milton, MA
Dracula By David B., Auburn, NY
Twelve Monkeys By Bryan M., Framingham, MA
Two If By Sea By Sean S., West Roxbury, MA
The Police, Live! By Review by Julie A., Scituate, MA
Stomp By Christina T., Arlington, MA
The Great Train Robbery By Steven D., New City, NY
An Eye For An Eye By Mary M., Milton, MA
Dracula By David B., Auburn, NY
Twelve Monkeys By Bryan M., Framingham, MA
Two If By Sea By Sean S., West Roxbury, MA
The Police, Live! By Review by Julie A., Scituate, MA
Summer Guide
Poetry
A Song Of Thanks To Harold, True Ruler Of England By James K., Dedham, MA
A Valentine's Proposal By Alyssa F., Framingham, MA
Ballroom By Sabrina R., Congers, NY
Battlefield By Carolyn L., Windham, NH
Did You Ever Wish... By Melanie B., Randolph, VT
For Cubes And Squares And Other Such Materials By Bobbi A., New City, NY
Hey Stoopid! By Wendysue S., Huntington, CT
Medusa And Other Angels By Jennifer M., Manhasset, NY
Screams Of Silence By Marisa S., New City, NY
She By Stephanie M., Fitchburg, MA
Spark Of Madness By Eric B., Methuen, MA
The Gift By Sarah M., Tenants Harbor, ME
The Ones Who Refuse By Crystal H., Orange, MA
To Kiss A Best Friend By Kristie G., Gorham, ME
To The English Teacher's C+ By Erica C., Watertown, NY
When Will I Be Able To Cry? By Meredith C., Getzville, NY
Zombie By Kate R., Bristol, CT
A Valentine's Proposal By Alyssa F., Framingham, MA
Ballroom By Sabrina R., Congers, NY
Battlefield By Carolyn L., Windham, NH
Did You Ever Wish... By Melanie B., Randolph, VT
For Cubes And Squares And Other Such Materials By Bobbi A., New City, NY
Hey Stoopid! By Wendysue S., Huntington, CT
Medusa And Other Angels By Jennifer M., Manhasset, NY
Screams Of Silence By Marisa S., New City, NY
She By Stephanie M., Fitchburg, MA
Spark Of Madness By Eric B., Methuen, MA
The Gift By Sarah M., Tenants Harbor, ME
The Ones Who Refuse By Crystal H., Orange, MA
To Kiss A Best Friend By Kristie G., Gorham, ME
To The English Teacher's C+ By Erica C., Watertown, NY
When Will I Be Able To Cry? By Meredith C., Getzville, NY
Zombie By Kate R., Bristol, CT
