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Playwright
Arthur Miller signs copies of his play "Broken Glass" at Atticus
Bookstore in New Haven in March 1994. Miller, who lived in Roxbury, Conn.,
died Feb. 10 at the age of 89.
Paying
respects to Arthur Miller
I
I once read that the written word can surpass all
boundaries. Now, I don't know if that's exactly true, but it is with this
frame of mind that I begin this letter to you, Mr. Miller. –
By Zach Brokenrope
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Iraq
War protesters feel lucky Amidst
the ocean of green hats
and balloons of St. Patrick’s
Day in Hartford last month,
there were also banners and
cries of discontent. Gathering
around the state Capitol,
dozens of dissatisfied protesters
marked the second anniversary
of the invasion of Iraq
in the middle of Connecticut’s
St. Patrick’s revelry. –
By Steven Durel
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Tattoo writers and cartoonist nab awards
SPRINGFIELD, MASS. — Seven writers for
The
Tattoo captured awards last month in
the annual Scholastic Press Forum contest at
American International College.
All of the first place winners were Bristol
Eastern High School students: seniors Katie
Jordan and Joe Keo, along with junior
Kate Haire.
Jordan also won the first-ever Professor Melvin
Williams Award given to an outstanding high
school writer.
Honorable mentions winners included students
from Ireland, Canada and Minnesota
as well as Eric Simmons, a senior at
Eastern who recently moved to Florida.
Teague Neal, a 17-year-old from Oakville, Ontario,
won an honorable mention for his news
story about the Second Harvest
food program in Toronto.
Tattoo writer
Marese Heffernan, 13,
of Ireland captured an honorable mention
in the columns category for
a piece she wrote called, “Teachers
make or break us.”
Minha Lee of Minnesota took an honorable
mention in the first-person category
for a piece called, “My freshman
love affair with The Wall” that
ran in The
Tattoo’s annual Insider’s
Guide to High School last fall.
Keo won a first place in the cartoons category
for a “Daily Sketch” he
drew about airport insecurity.
Jordan and Haire shared a first place award
in the opinion category for
a humorous piece about high-school
gym class that ran last fall.
J o r d a n also
nabbed a
first place win
in the sports
feature category for
a story she
did about
an Afghan
girls soccer
team that
had come
to Simsbury. An accompanying personal account
of what it meant to her got an
honorable mention in the first-person essays
competition.
All of the winning stories, as well as more
than 100 full issues of The
Tattoo dating back
to 1994, are available on its popular web
site at www.readthetattoo.com.
The Tattoo is
always looking for talented teens
anywhere in the world with an interest
in journalism, photography or cartooning. The
Tattoo is
all-volunteer and it is
free to join.
Bristol Press reporters
Steve Collins and
Jackie Majerus donate their time to serve
as advisors of the organization. Its local
staff meets weekly at the Press.
 
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