PHOTO/CAITLIN LIDDLE
Romance in the Halls
High School relationships scrutinized
Everyday between classes, the hallways transform into theaters of triumph
and tragedy, love and loss. Bystanders witness seemingly endless eruptions
of teenage emotion: from bitter tears and angry accusations to long hugs
and quick kisses, anything can happen in the course of one high school
couple's day.
These highs and lows of adolescent romance prompted a study by sociologists
Kara Joyner of Cornell University and J. Richard Udry of the University
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. They researched teen depression by studying
the responses of 8,200 12- to 17-year olds across the country. The study
consisted of two interviews from each subject about their feelings and
irritations over the past week ...
200 Years and Still Kickin'
Where UAHS now stands, 200 years ago stood a forest. Community members
are commemorating this change with Ohio bicentennial celebrations, Upper
Arlington's Ohio Bicentennial Committee member Jeanie
Auseon said ...
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