http://www.thedailystar.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:48:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_192084851.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_192084851.html Hello, good citizens of Earth. It’s me, Adam, with another review for you. Once more, I’ve skimmed the edges of my deadline to bring you the most recent movie possible. Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_082041513.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_082041513.html "If joy were a color, it would be purple pastel pretty, like old women and young children both wear on Easter, smiling while having deviled eggs and drinking Kool-Aid. Chasing blown bubbles in the backyard, the young ones' distracting hats fly off."This portion of poet Bradley Hathaway's poem "On being joyful and content" casts a perfect image of Easter Sunday. Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_075041509.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_075041509.html Welcome to the Ides of March. Since we've had a few "off-beat" columns recently, I figured I'd return to a little bit of normalcy. This month, we'll be taking on the movie "Jumper," along with the novel "The Walking," by Bentley Little. Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_068041521.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_068041521.html There has recently been a fierce but fruitless debate across the news over the rightful legality of water torture. Some would call these persuasive essays; others would call them the rightful editorials guaranteed to all Americans by the First Amendment _ except for those who disagree with the opinions a la mode (for all of you who've taken your regular morning dose of vitamin American Stereotype, those would be the opinions with ice cream on top). Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_061041509.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_061041509.html My best friend of four years has a little problem I think. No one really likes him but me, and I'm afraid that this might lead him into trouble later on in life. He is very polite, and very selfless, but he still doesn't really know how to act in front of people in general. Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_054041507.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_054041507.html Confusion twirls like a dancer in all her grace. Even when she stills, the head doesn't stop its spinning immediately as equilibrium hurries to catch up. So the political scene this year demands our attention, yet the spinning sensation sometimes takes over. With candidates promoting themselves earlier than necessary this year, some of us may already feel bored or tired of hearing about the race for the presidency even before we dive into the facts and research for ourselves. Fri, 08 Feb 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_040041526.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_040041526.html Like most people, I have a secret wish. It burns deep within my being like some clandestine fiery madness; it gnaws at my soul. It is the wish that someone will in my lifetime take footage from the 2008 presidential nominations race and narrate it in Kentucky Derby-commentator style. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_033041518.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_033041518.html I am constantly fighting with my parents; I like this guy and they don't approve of him. They don't like him because he is not planning on going to a college after he gets out of high school. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_026041527.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_026041527.html "Oh!, there go the 'Po Po'!""The what?""You know, the 'Po Po,' the police." Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_019041552.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_019041552.html Hello, dear readers. I would like to say to you all Happy New Year, and a Merry Wintereenmas season to all (those curious about the holiday should research a Web comic called Ctrl Alt Del, to be reviewed in next month's article). Fri, 11 Jan 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_012041542.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_012041542.html There are many things in this world that possess little to no rationality for existing. In an atheist's view, they would be accidents of evolution; in a Christian's view, they would be the spoils of a hobo digging through God's waste bin. Fri, 04 Jan 2008 23:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_005041519.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_005041519.html I'm going out with this guy, and none of my friends seem to like him. Mon, 26 Nov 2007 12:59:00 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_330130022.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_330130022.html Ahh, Halloween passed. It was such a glorious time of year. Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:00:56 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_314041522.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_314041522.html I heard of your advice column from a friend. I do hope you can help me. See, I have this friend that is a guy, he also happens to be my ex-boyfriend, and he really wants me to get close with his current girlfriend. He thinks it will help out his relationship. I honestly don't have a problem with being her friend, but I feel like he is asking too much of me. Please help! Sat, 03 Nov 2007 00:00:58 +0000 http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_307041507.html http://www.thedailystar.com/teentalk/local_story_307041507.html Is there even such a thing as a bored teenager _ or even a bored person, period?