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...still fascinating kids in high school and college. But the programming is shrewd in the way it affirms the identity of its listeners. At its heart, Jack is a nostalgia station for Generation X, but it disguises that fact with carefully selected obscure tunes (Walking Away by Information Society, Pop Goes the Weasel by 3rd Bass) that make listeners feel erudite and hip. Then there are the laconic, faux-rebellious promos. On Los Angeles' 93.1 Cogan recently announced, "If you're easily offended, maybe we're not for you." Immediately after which, the robot DJ segued into...
Where has Martin been thiscentury? The first single from his upcoming album (scheduled for October) provides no answers, just a reminder of his stock-in-trade--superpolished pop songs that exist in a universe entirely their...
...What it means to be a nonprofit today is different than what it meant a hundred years ago,” Kelley said. “[Harvard and MIT] are not nonprofits in the sense of mom-and-pop nonprofits...
Other youth ministers caution against the tendency to boil Scripture down to a series of updated commandments about not listening to pop music or not hanging out with friends who swear. Gregg Morris, an Episcopal youth worker, remembers being an adolescent in an evangelical congregation. The stricter teachings kept him acting Christian outwardly, but God seemed like more of a "celestial bean counter." If God becomes just another parent to rebel against, says Morris, then the 13-year-old's spiritual journey may end before it even begins. Morris' search for a more inclusive Christian curriculum for adolescents...
...promise I will become a spokesperson, if you allow me to ... on your behalf. I will defend you and try to get rid of any stereotypes." RICKY MARTIN, pop star, offering to help change negative perceptions of Arab youth in the West