Profiles

CHECKING OUT THE POLITICAL SCENE

03.28.08 | Permalink | Comment?

Will wants to be President of the United States.
As a Sophomore at American University in Washington, D.C., he’s already on his way to career in politics. Talk to Will and he’ll answer in sound bites, firing back politically perfect one-liners on any subject.
Sex: “Without love, not worth it.”
Drugs: “Never really tried them. Never wanted […]

Articles

9 YOUNG AMERICANS IN NEWSWEEK

03.19.08 | Permalink | Comment?

The March 24th edition of Newsweek includes an article about the Millennial generation that features nine teens from 100 Young Americans. Jennie Yarbroff writes in Here’s Looking at You, Kids:

Flip through the photo book “One Hundred Young Americans,” and you see a collection of pretty young things prepping for fame, not life, such […]

Titus, Profiles

HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLER HOPES TO PARACHUTE INTO THE FLAMES

02.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

You probably haven’t heard of Titus’s hometown unless you’re a golf fanatic and know about its Resort Golf Course’s 14th hole—the world’s only movable floating green—or unless you’ve made a fast break from Boise to Canada. Coeur d’Alene, Idaho has about 50,000 residents, 1,521 of which attend Titus’s high school.

Dynamics at […]

Titus, Profiles

TITUS DODGES MARRIAGE AND KEEPS IT AWKWARD

02.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

ON SOCIAL SITUATIONS: “I just like making things awkward for people. I’ll just mess with people.”

ON HIS BODY: “Every once in a while I just, like, give a good flex in the mirror, but I don’t look that good because I’m all pale and pasty.”

ON SCHOOL: “The […]

Brooks, Profiles

SKATE PARKS: MAKING 11 MILLION AMERICANS HAPPY ONE HALF-PIPE AT A TIME

02.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Brooks’ hometown is known as the “Horse Capital of the World” and is heralded on wikipedia (without citation) as home to the largest peanut butter factory in the world. But neither of these things matter much to Brooks. His life revolves around the city’s public skate park, located right across the street from where […]

Brooks, Profiles

WHAT RULES AT BROOKS’ FAVORITE SKATE PARK?

02.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

As long as cities create parks, they will create rules. The following are the rules posted at Brooks’ skate park:

Know your abilities and skate at your own risk.
Children, 17 and under, should have parental supervision.
This is a skate […]

Brooks, Profiles

BROOKS QUESTIONS THE MOTIVES OF THE JACKASS CREW

02.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

ON BIG CITIES: “I don’t understand how LA is so big. I can walk across downtown [in his hometown] and be anywhere I want to be in less than an hour.”
 
ON HIS PARENTS’ DIVORCE: “I didn’t think it was possible. Like the world trade center, you didn’t think it was possible.”
 
ON […]

Nate, Profiles

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE MOSH PIT. THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE MOSH PIT.

02.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

It’s not surprising that a 16 year old boy like Nate loves music. What is surprising is that most of his favorite bands were at the peak of their careers nearly a decade before he was born. These bands, including Minor Threat, Agnostic Threat, Million Dead Cops, the Dead Kennedys and Bad Brains, marked […]

Nate, Profiles

RAISE YOUR MOSH PIT IQ

02.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

THE BASICS
• Originated in L.A. hardcore music scene during the early ‘80s
• Crowd surfing is illegal at most festivals and concerts in Europe

PLAY OR GET OUT OF THE WAY
• Huntington Beach Strut- Swing your arms around and hit anything and everyone in your way. You’re on your way to becoming a Mike Marine […]

Nate, Profiles

NATE HATES CELL PHONES AND POLITICS

02.15.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

How he describes himself on myspace: im nate i go by many many nick names that no one seems to use such as -dunde -tic -nate-a-late -fork <–(this one is questionable) -and so much more i enjoy music and reading horror novels. also video games and riding my bike long distances. drinking with my […]

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