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...They're not runaways, Kayoko and her friends, they're just a group of girls who still live at home but have formed this clique, group, O.K., call it a gang, that goes out on enjo kosai dates?pay dates?and pools the money. They share their secrets and fears because that makes them feel safer, somehow, like they're not alone. Kayoko, Ah and her gang live in the Western district of Osaka, a 40-minute train ride from the city center. An outsider just passing through might think their neighborhood looks quaint. There's a brook crisscrossed...
...turns out that Harry Potter has spawned an enormous output of "fan fiction," original stories featuring the Hogwarts gang written by aficionados and posted on the Internet. A curiously large proportion of the stories are in what is called the "slash" category, describing Harry's heretofore unpublicized gay liaisons in stories such as Night of the Round Table. Harry is one of the most popular protagonists in this underground literary form, although he's not alone. (Others include Don Quixote, Ben Hur, Nero Wolfe and, less imaginatively, Frank and Joe Hardy.) Warner Bros. has no plans to include this...
...moral vacuum. Inspiring teachers are prohibited from discussing their moral or religious convictions with their students, and some students absorb this sour nihilism in dangerous ways. Recently, four teenagers in the Boston area were arrested for plotting a sick, heartless killing spree in their high school. Mass murders, gang activity and violence in public schools are now all too common. When will we learn that students in schools without positive moral aspirations will sink into festering amorality, alienation and even sociopathy...
...like any public place, can be dangerous at times. According to recent reports, some have allegedly attempted to use the Pit as a gang recruiting ground, and Nachtwey is believed to have been killed because she resisted those attempts...
Several councillors discussed the two-part nature of the pit: the area has long been a hot spot for alternative youth culture, but recently a more dangerous group has frequented the area, a group which has been recently linked by police to a gang formation, a kidnapping, and a murder...