Teen Ink Magazine, April 2008 Edition
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Articles from this Issue
College Guide
A Road Awakening By McKenzie N., Cabin John, MD
Community By Michael B., Hull, MA
Confidence in College By Kayla K., Macomb, MI
Dear Roommate By Allison W., San Diego, CA
Five-Letter Words By Tracy U., Woburn, MA
Gateway to College By Caitlin J., Stockbridge, GA
In the Bathroom By Martin B., New City, NY
Junior Year Blues By Cassandra C., Greenville, OH
Just a Trim By Stephanie K., So. Plainfield, N
My Generation By Kari D., Mooresville, NC
Panic Like You Mean It By Emma F., Essex, CT
Say “No” to Summer School By Leah R., Pacific Palisades, CA
The Highway By Harrison J., New City, NY
Tiny Influences By Kristen H., Freedom, WY
Community By Michael B., Hull, MA
Confidence in College By Kayla K., Macomb, MI
Dear Roommate By Allison W., San Diego, CA
Five-Letter Words By Tracy U., Woburn, MA
Gateway to College By Caitlin J., Stockbridge, GA
In the Bathroom By Martin B., New City, NY
Junior Year Blues By Cassandra C., Greenville, OH
Just a Trim By Stephanie K., So. Plainfield, N
My Generation By Kari D., Mooresville, NC
Panic Like You Mean It By Emma F., Essex, CT
Say “No” to Summer School By Leah R., Pacific Palisades, CA
The Highway By Harrison J., New City, NY
Tiny Influences By Kristen H., Freedom, WY
Fiction
Black Coffee By Cathy C., Damascus, MD
Muhammad Ali By Nadia M., Painfield, IL
Neighbors By Ally R., Yutan, NE
Shadows By Christine H., Enfield, CT
The Cloak By Caitlin H., Winston-Salem, NC
The Future Is Coming By Melissa H., Sheboygan, WI
The Ugly Kid By Cory S., San Clemente, CA
Muhammad Ali By Nadia M., Painfield, IL
Neighbors By Ally R., Yutan, NE
Shadows By Christine H., Enfield, CT
The Cloak By Caitlin H., Winston-Salem, NC
The Future Is Coming By Melissa H., Sheboygan, WI
The Ugly Kid By Cory S., San Clemente, CA
Hot Topics
Better Pesticides By Matt G., Grove, OK
Draw In the Fishing Line By Kyle C., No. Platte, NE
Just a Color By Carl B., Boise, ID
Make a Wish By "Sarah", Needham, MA
Miles Levin By Peyton R., No. Platte, NE
My Epiphany By Alison G., Phoenix, AZ
No Laughing Matter By Nicole L., Miami, FL
Paper or Plastic? By Sophia A., Medford, NJ
Poetry By Jamie D., Newark, DE
Poetry Submissions By Lillie W., White Bluff, TN
Proverb Man By Daria C., Brooklyn, NY
Secrets and Mistakes By Fancisco C., Glendale, AZ
Silent Cry By Meghan S., Phoenix, AZ
Step Outside By Cliff M., Cohasset, MA
Sweet Sixteen By Courtney L., Locust Valley, NY
The F-Word By Sara W., Indiana, PA
The Silenced Sorcerer By Sammie R., Boise , ID
Value By Kirslyn S., Fredericksburg, VA
What Remains By Courtney W., Jenison, MI
Wheat-Free By Brittney H., Phoenix, AZ
Woes of a High School Singleton By Leah N., Phoenix, AZ
Draw In the Fishing Line By Kyle C., No. Platte, NE
Just a Color By Carl B., Boise, ID
Make a Wish By "Sarah", Needham, MA
Miles Levin By Peyton R., No. Platte, NE
My Epiphany By Alison G., Phoenix, AZ
No Laughing Matter By Nicole L., Miami, FL
Paper or Plastic? By Sophia A., Medford, NJ
Poetry By Jamie D., Newark, DE
Poetry Submissions By Lillie W., White Bluff, TN
Proverb Man By Daria C., Brooklyn, NY
Secrets and Mistakes By Fancisco C., Glendale, AZ
Silent Cry By Meghan S., Phoenix, AZ
Step Outside By Cliff M., Cohasset, MA
Sweet Sixteen By Courtney L., Locust Valley, NY
The F-Word By Sara W., Indiana, PA
The Silenced Sorcerer By Sammie R., Boise , ID
Value By Kirslyn S., Fredericksburg, VA
What Remains By Courtney W., Jenison, MI
Wheat-Free By Brittney H., Phoenix, AZ
Woes of a High School Singleton By Leah N., Phoenix, AZ
Nonfiction
A State of Wonder By Caity Rose V., Chester, CT
Aid Workers Lisa Dougan and Matt Wood By Catherine N., Wheaton, IL
Alfresco in the Tetons By Warren K., Essex, CT
Arachnophobia By Corianne H., Naperville, IL
Barbie Dolls and Hot Pants By Ave T., Palm Bay, FL
Brother, Rohan H. By Shefali H., McLean, VA
Defining Sisters By Lauren R., West Chester, PA
Disenchanted at the Discothèque By Antonio R., Monroe, CT
Emergency Room 11 By Malcolm L., Plano, TX
Everyday Heroes, Ordinary People By Jenny W., Sunnyvale, CA
Girl Power By John T., Auburn, NY
Grandfather, Gerard T. By Keegan W., Dallas, TX
How It Feels to Heal By "Susie", NH
Kidnapped By Rachael V., Champlin, MN
Life With a Killer By Bethany L., Georgetown, DE
Major League Gaming By Jacob N., New Lisbon, WI
Miss Red Cliff By Mariah D., Ashland, WI
My First Day of School By Sai P., Newark, DE
Night By Erica F., Farmington, NY
Pioneers By Heidi H., Rockville, MD
Popular Misconceptions By Lauren M., Tucson, AZ
The Boy Who Lived By Chris D., So. Plainfield, NJ
Tough Love By Evan M., Madison, WI
Under the Lights By Chris D., Nanuet, NY
War Heroes, Tuskegee Airmen By Daniel C., Glendale, AZ
World War II Survivor Shizue Kobayashi By Rachel N., Macomb, MI
Aid Workers Lisa Dougan and Matt Wood By Catherine N., Wheaton, IL
Alfresco in the Tetons By Warren K., Essex, CT
Arachnophobia By Corianne H., Naperville, IL
Barbie Dolls and Hot Pants By Ave T., Palm Bay, FL
Brother, Rohan H. By Shefali H., McLean, VA
Defining Sisters By Lauren R., West Chester, PA
Disenchanted at the Discothèque By Antonio R., Monroe, CT
Emergency Room 11 By Malcolm L., Plano, TX
Everyday Heroes, Ordinary People By Jenny W., Sunnyvale, CA
Girl Power By John T., Auburn, NY
Grandfather, Gerard T. By Keegan W., Dallas, TX
How It Feels to Heal By "Susie", NH
Kidnapped By Rachael V., Champlin, MN
Life With a Killer By Bethany L., Georgetown, DE
Major League Gaming By Jacob N., New Lisbon, WI
Miss Red Cliff By Mariah D., Ashland, WI
My First Day of School By Sai P., Newark, DE
Night By Erica F., Farmington, NY
Pioneers By Heidi H., Rockville, MD
Popular Misconceptions By Lauren M., Tucson, AZ
The Boy Who Lived By Chris D., So. Plainfield, NJ
Tough Love By Evan M., Madison, WI
Under the Lights By Chris D., Nanuet, NY
War Heroes, Tuskegee Airmen By Daniel C., Glendale, AZ
World War II Survivor Shizue Kobayashi By Rachel N., Macomb, MI
Opinion
Get Out the Vote By Jessica C., Pittsburgh, PA
Hamocide By Steve E., Upland, IN
Never Again? By Shampa P., Greenville, NC
The New Age of Politics By Caroline M., Astoria, NY
Top Five Reasons... By Kaylee C., Lincoln, NE
Unfair Taxes By Keith B., Pittsburgh, PA
Hamocide By Steve E., Upland, IN
Never Again? By Shampa P., Greenville, NC
The New Age of Politics By Caroline M., Astoria, NY
Top Five Reasons... By Kaylee C., Lincoln, NE
Unfair Taxes By Keith B., Pittsburgh, PA
Reviews
"Juno" Soundtrack By Lauren C., Los Angeles, CA
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah By Emily H., Wyckoff, NJ
Blink-182 - "Blink-182" By Allison S., Hull, MA
Demon Hunter - "Storm the Gates of Hell" By Ben M., Sturgis, MI
Into the Wild By Alexis A., Cedar Park, TX
Kelly Clarkson - "My December" By Sarah W., Brantford, ON, Canada
Super Size Me By Kathryn W., Calver, England
The Amityville Horror By Jessica St. A., Ottawa, ON, Canada
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls By Sarah M., Galesburg, IL
The Great Debaters By Rebecca C., Phoenix, AZ
The Taker by J.M. Steele By Ari A., Bedford, NY
Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes By Max Z., Bloomington, IN
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix By Elizabeth H., Carlsbad, CA
Waitress By Halley B., Springfield, OR
Wooden by John Wooden By James M., Glendale, AZ
A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah By Emily H., Wyckoff, NJ
Blink-182 - "Blink-182" By Allison S., Hull, MA
Demon Hunter - "Storm the Gates of Hell" By Ben M., Sturgis, MI
Into the Wild By Alexis A., Cedar Park, TX
Kelly Clarkson - "My December" By Sarah W., Brantford, ON, Canada
Super Size Me By Kathryn W., Calver, England
The Amityville Horror By Jessica St. A., Ottawa, ON, Canada
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls By Sarah M., Galesburg, IL
The Great Debaters By Rebecca C., Phoenix, AZ
The Taker by J.M. Steele By Ari A., Bedford, NY
Ultramarathon Man by Dean Karnazes By Max Z., Bloomington, IN
Uprising by Margaret Peterson Haddix By Elizabeth H., Carlsbad, CA
Waitress By Halley B., Springfield, OR
Wooden by John Wooden By James M., Glendale, AZ
Poetry
A Single Bird By Lisa K., Port Washington, WI
Eyes of Paradise By Elisha L., Canton, OH
Grandfather By Mariangela D., Edison, NJ
Grateful By Nikki S., No. Andover, MA
Hush By Oriah A., Los Angeles, CA
I'm Watching By Mary A., Rockwall, TX
In the Eye of the Beholder By Lindsey P., Middletown, CT
Mad-Libbing Your Life By Susan S., Louisville, KY
Math Notes By Kaylie H., Mesa, AZ
Perfection By Priscilla A., Spring, TX
Perseverance By Kathrin D., Rocky Hill, CT
The American Dream By Delaney M., Montclair, NJ
The Rose By Andy K., Overland Park, KS
The Unspoken By Meredith S., Roslyn, NY
to tend to you By Kathy T., Philadelphia, PA
To the Government, Regarding Katrina By Devon R., Goshen, CT
White as Poisoned Snow By Amanda B., Grand Falls-Windsor, NL, Canada
Eyes of Paradise By Elisha L., Canton, OH
Grandfather By Mariangela D., Edison, NJ
Grateful By Nikki S., No. Andover, MA
Hush By Oriah A., Los Angeles, CA
I'm Watching By Mary A., Rockwall, TX
In the Eye of the Beholder By Lindsey P., Middletown, CT
Mad-Libbing Your Life By Susan S., Louisville, KY
Math Notes By Kaylie H., Mesa, AZ
Perfection By Priscilla A., Spring, TX
Perseverance By Kathrin D., Rocky Hill, CT
The American Dream By Delaney M., Montclair, NJ
The Rose By Andy K., Overland Park, KS
The Unspoken By Meredith S., Roslyn, NY
to tend to you By Kathy T., Philadelphia, PA
To the Government, Regarding Katrina By Devon R., Goshen, CT
White as Poisoned Snow By Amanda B., Grand Falls-Windsor, NL, Canada
