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BRsq's grade for Canton
by: BRsq staff on September 05, 2010
published in Commentary >> The Soapbox
Instead of relying on Good old Forbes magazine to determine the worth of Canton, Ohio, BRsq has graded the city based on our own criteria.
Teens make mark on Canton art scene
by: Amadeus Smith on September 05, 2010
published in Citizenship & Activism >> Dirt Under the Nails
*AGoG Teen Art Gallery owners will soon put ArtsinStark grant money to use. *The money will be used to create a marketing video that is intended to get more teens involved in Canton's art scene.
Kent State remembers 1970 shootings
by: Maranda Shrewsberry on September 05, 2010
published in Citizenship & Activism >> Acting Out
A brief history, as the students at Kent State University, as well as around the nation, remember the events of the May 4, 1970 shootings.
House passes sexting legislation
by: Amadeus Smith on September 05, 2010
published in Local News >> Politics
The Ohio House passed legislation banning minors from “sexting."
Canton's young voters
by: Torean Snell on September 05, 2010
published in Citizenship & Activism >> Acting Out
Young people discuss if they will vote and why.
Community says no to layoffs
by: Amadeus Smith on September 05, 2010
published in Citizenship & Activism >> Acting Out
The avoided police layoffs and remaining firefighter layoffs have garnered strong opposition from the community.
Latest death makes 15 murders for Canton in 2009
by: Hillary Schneider on September 04, 2010
published in Local News >> Crime
*Christopher Anderson's murder puts the number of murders in Canton this year to 15. *Christopher Anderson was 22 years old. * Murders in Canton for 2009 include deaths in Canton that resulted from injuries which occurred in different places and years.
Basketball team raises money for Haiti
by: Amadeus Smith on September 04, 2010
published in Local News >> The Hodgepodge
Editor's note: The following story details how a Brainerd, Minn. sixth-grade basketball team will raise funds to provide victims of the earthquake in Haiti with clean water. This is a good example of what young people in Canton can do to help without spending the fortune they don't have.
Illegal Thinking
by: Hillary Schneider on September 04, 2010
published in Commentary >> The Soapbox
BRsq staffer Hillary Schneider debates the pros and cons of hate crime legislation.
Bad government not a reflection on Obama
by: Allen Hines on September 04, 2010
published in Commentary >> The Soapbox
It's easy to criticize Obama because the United States has been failing for so long, and he is the latest manifestation of that failure.