School Survival

'An Anonymous Coward writes "US senators today made a bipartisan call for the universal implementation of filtering and monitoring technologies on the Internet in order to protect children. Their statement came at the end of a Senate hearing in which civil liberties groups were not invited."'This was posted on Slashdot, but I think many of […]

MySpace is in a public beta test of software it calls "ParentCare" designed to let parents keep an eye on their kids' profiles. According to the FAQ, ParentCare squats on the family PC to "automatically track any access to myspace.com from all the user accounts on your computer. The parent may run a check on […]

I changed the site search to use Google Site Search. It seems to get better results, looks nicer and displays nicer descriptions for every page. Also, if you use the web search function, Google is supposed to automatically pick results more relevant to this site. Not sure how well that will work, but there's only […]

A Lewis S. Mills High School student who was barred from running for class office after she called administrators a derogatory term on an Internet blog is accusing top school officials of violating her free speech rights.Avery Doninger, a senior at the school in Burlington this fall, was removed as class secretary in the controversy […]

The curfew policy going into effect at Valley View Mall has some teens up in arms. The mall's managers announced everyone under 18 will need adult supervision when they visit the mall on weekend nights after 6:00.----At 6:30 Friday evening, 17-year-old Byron Hart strode into Valley View Mall to collect his paycheck.He came face to […]

Writing "I love Alex" on a school gymnasium wall brought a 12-year-old the same punishment as if she had made terrorist threats.The Katy Independent School District rated the message, written with a baby blue marker by sixth-grader Shelby Sendelbach, as a Level 4 infraction - the same as for threats, drug possession and assault.Only murder, […]

Whether parents like it or not, video games are a big part of many young teenagers' lives, but sometimes these games get a bad rap. A new study hopes to change that.Researchers looked at more than 1,200 seventh and eighth graders who play video games regularly."We found that most boys 12-14 years old are playing […]

Scientists have converted an organism into an entirely different species by performing the world's first genome transplant, a breakthrough that paves the way for the creation of synthetic forms of life.The team, led by Craig Venter, the man who raced to sequence the human genome, wants to build new microbes to produce environmentally friendly fuels.The […]

NEW BEDFORD, Massachusetts (AP) -- A man accused of biting off the lip and ear of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter pleaded not guilty Thursday and was ordered held without bail. Bryan James, 34, was charged with assault and battery upon a child causing substantial bodily injuries. Police said the attack left the girl so mutilated […]

An official of the Florida Bar proposed late last week that controversial Miami attorney Jack Thompson submit to psychological testing and accept a 91-day suspension of his law license, according to an e-mail GamePolitics received from Thompson himself.The claim has not been verified by the Florida Bar, which did not respond to our request for […]