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    Teen Violence in Chicago

    “This will not be the last of this whole thing. Someone else will get killed,” said an anonymous source about the Ulysses Simmons shooting which took place this past June. Simmons was fatally shot on the 700 block of East 92nd Place, around 2:30 p.m. on June 16, [...]

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    Welcome to the new site of Youth Communication, publisher of New Expression newsmagazine. Our site is currently under construction, so some of the links have not bep set up yet. Feel free to browse our active links and stories. We expect the site to be completed by April 1, 2008.”

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News

Their Vision is back! Salem Baptist gives back to the community

      After a successful Vision in 2007, Pastor James T. Meeks has chosen to do it again. For anyone who ...

The 79th Annual Bud Billiken Parade

 The Bud Billiken Parade was first held August 11, 1929. It is the largest African-American parade in the United States. ...

The bankrupt cookie jar

Maurice Lenell, known for their famous pinwheel cookies and jelly stars , is going bankrupt. ...

Upcoming Events

New Expression and Teens Mean Business Meetings

The first meetings of the year are coming up fast. Both will be held at 619 S. Wabash Ave., Room 205. Staff for New Expression will be meeting on Friday, August 15 from 1:00 - 2:30 PM to discuss expectations for the upcoming year and plan out their first stories. Teens Mean Business will be [...]

Features

Is Yoga Your Fit?

      About 3,000 years ago, yoga originated in India. Yoga comes from the language “Sanskrit”, it means “yoke”. It means to bring together the mind, body, and soul. For teenagers, there is pressure from parents, friends, and siblings about school, work, and other problems. According to kidsheath.org, “yoga is disciplining your mind, body, and connects [...]

Editorial/Opinion

Lil’ Wayne Sets a Bad Example

When I turn on the news in the morning I hear the weather, the sports cast and most of all the crimes committed in Chicago each day. The funny thing about that is the crime reports take more time then the local weather and the sport cast put together. The amazing thing is so many [...]

Entertainment & Sports

Book Review: Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

The book “Twilight” by Stephenie Meyer stars a seventeen-year-old girl named Bella Swan, who unfortunately ends up moving into her father’s house once her mother finds a new beau. Bella Swan doesn’t exactly find the rainy, dreary town of Forks, Washington so amazing when compared to the large, hot city of Phoenix, Arizona, the city [...]