Below are photos of CORE Winter '05 students and peer teachers, and links to commentaries written by the students.

News peer-teacher Musa and Karime take a quick pose

Clothes As An Expression of You
"Clothes can describe people, they make a statement."
By Joshua Grubbs

Mexican Food Going Mainstream
"Most of the taqueria food here in the Bay Area is not authentic Mexican and has a California twist to it."
By Sam Ross

Sneaker Freak
"The shoes I usually purchase are Nikes and Air Jordans, but I still like the classics such as Adidas and Pumas."
By Oliver Rodriguez

R.I.P Shirts
"R.I.P. shirts are becoming really common and an urban tradition."
By Amy Saechao

Backpack Trends
"Five years ago, students with backpacks were often considered nerdy. Now, many students wear them because they are considered ‘cool’."
By Sam Ross

Boxing
"Boxing requires much stamina, speed, strength, and believe it or not, strategy."
By Starr Stansberry

Chopping it up during break

Sam making beats with Reason

Coping With the Death of a Parent
"I’d rather go to the bowling alley with my daddy to watch football than go shopping with my mother for stuff around the house."
By Ayesha Walker

Dealing with Death
"Of course I felt pain and hurt because I would never be able to see or talk to my aunt, but on the other hand I found myself relieved."
By Gamelia Johnson

Dreads
"This is not only popular in black culture, but amongst other races as well."
By Jamal Pinkney

Juvenile Crime
"There’s a lot of violence surrounding our youth, corrupting their minds with violent thoughts."
By Mark Brown

Sagging
"It is considered stylish in many urban areas, and you can se it everywhere from music videos to school."
By Oliver Rodriguez

The American Nightmare
"People migrate to the U.S. because they think it’s the land of opportunity. They come to experience the American Dream, when what they get is the American Nightmare."
By Karime Blanco

Oliver on the mic in studio KPFA

Starr and Jamal making beats with Reason

Super Bowl 39
"This victory won’t come easy, for championships usually don’t, but the Patriots should win another – without relying on Adam Vinetari’s clutch kicks."
By Nico Savidge

My Love for Hip-Hop
"There’s a lot of violence surrounding our youth, corrupting their minds with violent thoughts."
By Oliver Rodriguez

School Violence
"School violence is a major problem around the United States, but do we really know the reason why teenage students can only take out their aggression...by resorting to violence?"
By Starr Stansberry

School Finals
"The ever popular 'cramming' is the art of having to study all the cumulative work of the past year all the way back to September on the night before a final."
By Sam Ross

A Good Friend
"Looking back on it, I now know there was nothing wrong with playing with someone of a different race."
By Gamelia Johnson

School Security
"I wish more schools had more frequent metal detector searches."
By Mark Brown

Ayesha and Erica working on a commentary

CORE team leader Hevanya managing the board in studio KPFA

Youth Radio in My Life
"The thing about Youth Radio is that they are always there if you needed someone."
By Abdullah Hussain

Teen Suicide
"America needs to be more aware of what teens are going through."
By Starr Stansberry

Life Lessons
"I feel like I created a safe zone for her, where she could ask questions and get informed answers."
By Karime Blanco

The Reality of Racial Profiling
"Cops are supposed to be there to protect people, not harm them."
By Abdullah Hussain

Attending A Church Conference
"I felt like I got a chance to meet a lot of uplifting teens at the conference."
By Ayesha Walker

Why the Story of Red Lake Came and Went
"Sadly, the story will soon disappear from the mind of the public."
By Nico Savidge

Amy and Nico writing commentaries

Oliver and Marcy go over equipment

My Father's Sacrifice
"That’s what my dad goes through every day just so that he can get some money for his family."
By Abdullah Hussain

My Love for Drill Team
"It brings different people form different backgrounds together to form something creative in the language of dance and drill."
By Amy Saechao

Favorite Moves in Basketball
"When playing three on three, four on four, or five on five, it makes the game easier because you have a person to pass the ball to when you’re stuck."
By Joshua Grubbs

Football is Here to Stay
"Football is more complicated than most people think. It’s all about strategizing and, of course, human ability."
By Mark Brown

What are You?
"It seems strange to me that people have the need to categorize others into certain genres, just to have the security of knowing what they are."
By Karime Blanco

Girls in Videos
"Back in the day when rap first came out you would hardly ever see a woman in a video, let alone see a half naked one dancing around at a party or around a pool."
By Reyna Markham

Jamal and Karime practicing their new skills

Leon peer teaching on the computer

Asian in America
"Despite a bit of diversity in popular music, one primary ethnic group in America is not being exposed to the media."
By Justin Park

Hot Times
"It makes you miserable and uncomfortable. I find it much easier to warm up than cool down."
By Jamal Pinkney

The Cancer of Hip Hop
"Hopefully history doesn’t repeat itself because it is somewhat reminiscent of the 2Pac and Biggie beef."
By Oliver Rodriguez

Hip Hop Story
"As days and months passed by in the garden, I started to get better and had my first battle."
By Justin Park

Ecstasy for the Next Generation
"I don’t understand why youth are so obsessed with these drugs. They say it takes away some stress, but I don’t believe it."
By Amy Saechao

What Makes a Good Friend?
"A good friend is someone who would try to keep you out of trouble, not get you into it."
By Joshua Grubbs

Starr and Amy take a quick break

Nico recording in the studio

Finding the Promised Land
"Yemen is safer than America is because of the fact that America has a higher crime rate than any other country."
By Abdullah Hussain

Understanding Air Jordans
"Parents buy these shoes for their kids because if you have a pair of new Air Jordans you are cool."
By Reyna Markham

A Common Dream
"There aren’t many options available to a young man growing up in the streets, so most of them set their eyes on being a rapper or a sports player."
By Amy Saechao