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theLake Stevens High School JanuaryValhalla 25th, 2011 Vol #83 Issue #5 [email protected] 2news Profi le pictures on Facebook linked to awareness and pedophiles by Hannah Bartow A popular post has people wondering the campaign came from and what it means Sports Editor Many have heard of Facebook and a majority of “Although the NSPCC did not originate the child- students even manage an account. Of those with hood cartoon Facebook campaign, we welcome the attention it has brought to the work we do,” said the group according to their Twitter posts. anagainst account, child someabuse.” recently The campaign changed that their started profile on About halfway through the week and 90,000 picturesDecember to 5th,cartoon urged characters people to to changesupport their the “fight pro- “likes” later, reports arose that pedophiles started the photo fad. cartoon shows in order to trigger fond memories “The rumors are now sweeping the net that the filefrom pictures Facebook to pictures users’ childhood. of their favorite childhood campaign is actually a smokescreen for pedophiles The original message posted on Facebook for hoping to narrow down which users are children,” Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org according to Sarah Nelson from DailyMail.com. no human faces on Facebook, but an invasion of After the articles broke out, chain posts were the shows on TV when we were little. If a picture the profile picture swap read, “There should be found all over Facebook warning people about tures with their favorite childhood cartoon char- changing their pictures. it probably is a little kid,” said sophomore Louie memories.acter.” Everyone is to swap their profile pic- “Did everyone hear about the group asking ofTayag. SpongeBob is a person’s profile picture then Although the campaign brought great publicity child abuse campaign was started by the chil- favorite cartoon characters is actually a group of to organizations hoping to stop child abuse many dren’sMany charity people National believed Society that forthe the fight Prevention against everyonepedophiles? to They’rechange doingtheir profileit because picture kids towill their ac- of Cruelty to Children, NSPCC. However, the NSP- cept their friend requests faster if they see a car- “Putting a post on Facebook isn’t really going CC organization denied any involvement with the toon picture. It has nothing to do with supporting found it an ineff ective solution. photo craze. child violence; it was on tonight’s news, please stop child abuse then they should go out and talk copy and paste,” posted sophomore Chelsea Hunt to peoplemake ato diff help erence. support If thepeople cause,” wanted said sopho-to help on her Facebook wall. more Aaron Piega. Facebook spokesperson, Simon Axten, was An article on CNN.com pointed out that child quick to deny the claims of the originators of the abuse awareness should not be limited to just cartoon campaign. one time in the year. However, the National Child “The rumor [about pedophiles starting the child abuse campaign] is false,” Axten told Fox- abuse is in April. News.com. “Thousands of people have taken up Abuse“I don’t Prevention see why Month a campaign for the fight would against come child out almost half a year before the actual designated month. It just doesn’t make sense to me,” said thechosen.” campaign, none of whom can be identified as Tayag. eitherSome young disagree or old with based the on claims the profile made pictureby Ax- Although the Cartoon for Child Abuse Campaign ten, while others were unaware of the allegations became a top search on Google, the originators of spreading by the messages being posted on their both the cartoon swap and pedophile allegations walls. are still unknown. Even though no one has taken “Well, if someone puts up a picture of Rugrats claim to starting these viral announcements, it did or The Wild Thornberry’s then it’s going to be Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org someone our age because those were some of tures to support child abuse. not stop people from changing their profile pic- The Korean confl ict escalates Keeping Connected: by Connor Wilson US troops are sent to South Korea Staff Reporter News around the world Recently, North and South Korea South Korea to participate in war -Death toll expected to reach 1,000 after a landslide in Brazil: With 207 still games with the South Korean mili- missing and 741 already found dead, the landslide on January 19th is one of the over disputed areas near the border tary, which further frustrated North worst landslides in decades (www.reuters.com). betweenhave been the exchanging two countries. artillery This hasfire Korea. North Korea recently stated raised international tensions to the that military action will be taken if -Italian prosecutor’s, Silvio Berlusconi, reputation is damaged in sex scandal: highest in decades. South Korea encroaches on the bor- The seventy-four year-old man is accused of hiring an underage prostitute (www. “It was kind of a [rude] move on der by even “0.001 millimeter,” ac- reuters.com). North Korea’s part. The whole thing cording to huntingtonpost.com seems uncalled for and almost un- The United States has stated that -Starbucks’ new Trenta size: Starbucks has come out with a new cup size. Trenta provoked,” said senior Miles Titland. it will defend South Korea from an is Italian for thirty, but the cup really holds 31 ounces and is only available for cold Four South Korean citizens have attack by their communist neighbors drinks and only in 14 states (www.bsckids.com). been killed and some are wondering from the north. The U.S. presence in -Vietnam’s communist goverment blocks Facebook: As the government begins whether or not war will break out, South Korea is raising tensions, not to fear self expression on the web, different blogs and sites have been locked. New and if the United States will become only in the North, but has also raised legislation could force cyber-cafes to install monitoring software on their computers involved. questions about China: Whose side (us.oneworld.net). “It might lead to more of the com- will they be on? Well, China recently bat training we’ve been participating stated that they would not defend -A Philadelphia doctor charged with murdering babies: Dr. Kermit Gosnell is be- in with South Korea,” said Titland. “If North Korea in the event of a new Ko- ing charged with performing late-term abortions as far into the pregnancy as eight the shelling continues it might even rean war. China said that they would months and even killing newborns after inducing labor (www.bbc.co.uk). lead to a war between North and no longer remain North Korea’s ally, South Korea.” unless they cease their “spoiled child -A third suicide attack kills 15 more people: The �irst attack occurred when a Since the artillery strike, U.S. non- attitude,” according huntingtonpost. man drove an ambulance packed with explosives into a police training center, killing combat troops have been sent to com. 13 and injuring 70. The second attack, in which a man in an explosive vest detonat- ed the bomb near a convoy, killed two more people (tothecenter.com). -Mental health screening for troops: Screening troops for mental health problems before they deploy has been shown to signi�icantly reduce the chance of developing behavioral or psychiatric problems (healthland.time.com). 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For several years came just as tensions in the North and perhero costumes were found now the site has been circulating dif- South Korea rose amid a particularly roaming the streets of Seattle. ferent documents which are intended Police say that they have been to show things not intended for the several South Koreans in an artillery patrolling the streets at night general public. In the past, Wikileaks’ coldstrike. standoff, after North Korea killed trying to save people from founder, Julian Assange, has been un- Also in the leaks was a key Saudi of- crime. der scrutiny by the United States and The group of ten call them- other governments for his release of selves the Rainy City Super- information. The “Iraq War Diaries” ficialwhile recommendingtalking about Iran. that the US “cut hero Movement Thorn, Bust- and “Collateral Murder” videos were offHowever, the head not of theall studentssnake” if hereneed atbe, er Doe, Green Reaper, Gemini, Photo courtesy of creativecommons.org - LSHS share the opinion that the re- No Name, Catastrophe, Thun- zation sparked controversy. der 88, Red Dragon, Penelope go anywhere in the world theRecently first times however, Assange the and controversy his organi thing. A lot of controversy has come and Phoenix Jones the Guard- whenever I want, like super- comes from the release of over 250,000 leaseover ofa fewclassified of the documents diplomatic is acables good ian of Seattle are the names man,” said junior Jessica Mc- which have given details on US troops’ that the group members go Gee.

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