Sex Education - Yay or Nay?

Sex Education is a touchy subject when it comes to the McCain Administration. Like many Republicans, McCain is all about "abstinence only"and if he is elected we won't be getting anymore Sex Ed and see more "abstinence only until marriage" programs. Taking away Sex Ed is most definitely not going to make teenagers abstinent, it will probably do the opposite. Personally, I think that Sex Ed is a good way to get young adults to learn. In one day: 1,377 teenage girls get pregnant; (80 of those girls are raped) 1,106 teenage girls get abortions; and 4,219 teenagers get STD's. If Sex Ed is taken away I'm pretty sure that all those numbers will increase (as if they aren't high enough already.) McCain's VP, Sarah Palin is also a Republican and is also all about abstinence. The ironic thing is that Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter, Bristol Palin is 5 months pregnant. The Palin family wrote a statement saying "Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned." I'm pretty sure that she didn't "plan" on getting pregnant, especially since the baby's father, Levi Johnston's Myspace page claims "I don't want kids."

Education Beat - Greenwich Village High School

Greenwich Village High School is one of the two new high schools opening up in Lower Manhattan next fall. $3 million dollars has been donated by a board of 18 for the start-up costs and plans to raise $12 to $17 million over the next five years. Aimee Bell, an editor at Vanity Fair came up with the idea for the high school after joking about it when asked what school her daughter was planning to go to after middle school. Aimee and her neighbor, Sara Goodman got together and composed a plan for the new high school by drawing from artsy inspirations of the neighborhood its named after. The school will start accepting applications in October for next fall.

Newsworthy Values - Impact on People

Two car bombs outside the American Embassy in Sana, Yemen killed sixteen people Wednesday (September 17th) morning. Six of the deaths were the Yemeni guards who guarded the entrance and the others were all civilians waiting to be let in. No Americans or embassy officials were killed or harmed. Gunmen dressed in camouflage began firing rifles at 9:15 a.m, the guards began firing back as the suicide bombers drove through the concrete barriers near the front gate. A Yemeni group called the Islamic Jihad were responsible for the bombings. Barack Obama released a statement on this incident. "We must do more to strengthen the military, police, and intelligence capability in nations like Yemen that are on the front lines in the fight against terrorism.” - I think that this article rates a four out of five for Impact on People in the Newsworthy Values because it has a big impact on the people living in Yemen, and also the U.S because the incident happened right in front of the American Embassy.