MTV portrays teens as reigning celebrities rather than acceptable parents
Julianne Cauley News Editor It’s 8 p.m. and Maci trips over a toy car in the middle of the living room carpet. Her 2-year-old son Bentley begins taunting her, screaming, “Mommy, you ain’t tough enough. Cry!” Maci’s boyfriend, Kyle, has just been released from the hospital because of a surgery and is therefore unable to watch their son. Maci, a teen mom, is left to tend to her ill boyfriend, raise a child, cook and clean, all while needing to submit her untouched college paper due at 10 p.m. that night. This is the typical setting of MTV’s popular reality show “Teen Mom.” This series portrays the lives of four teenagers as they cope with their…
Blink182 returns to the Neighborhoods
By Jordan Bickham Staff Writer Blink182′s popularity as a pop-punk band was booming in 2005, when suddenly, the band announced an indefinite hiatus. While the band wasn’t breaking up, this announcement was horrible news to its thousands of devoted fans. After taking a few years to reflect upon life to and mature as musicians, the group is back and better than ever, coming out with a new hit album and a United States concert tour. Guitarist and vocalist Tom Delonge started another band, Angels and Airwaves, during the break. With hits such as “The War” and “The Adventure,” the band has become immensely popular during Blink182′s absence, but that’s about to change. Blink182′s new album…
Where is the line drawn?
Madison Ford Staff Writer Child pornography laws were originally inacted to protect children. However, as society has, shall we say, “progressed”, child pornography laws have expanded. When one hears the term “child pornography” they have a pretty distinct idea of what it is referring to. However, in recent years, child pornography laws have grown to encompass concentual sexual messaging (more commonly known as “sexting”) involving a minor. The designation of this act as child pornography has brought with it much controversy. Some argue it being labeled child pornography, for a law created to protect minors, would in turn lead to their arrest. Some may be surprised to hear that sexting involving a minor can lead to…
MTV dance contest
By Abby Drake Staff Writer If you are an amateur dancer and want a chance to showcase your individual dance moves and talents, then you’re in luck. MTV holding a contest for amateur dancer to show off their individual talents and win outstanding prizes, money, and opportunities. The contest is this Sunday October, 24 at Studio 22 (14902 Preston Road, Suite 400, Dallas &5254) from 2-3 P.M. Anyone from the ages 13-30 are welcomed and all forms of dance: lyrical, hip-hop, freestyle, and jazz, is encouraged. Each contestant is expected to perform an original one minute, family-friendly routine to the music found on the official website in front of a panel of celebrity judges. The…
The Jersey Shore: Stupid but Funny
Chase Porter Staff Writer The extremely popular show, The Jersey Shore, that airs on Thursday nights at 9 p.m. is at the middle of its second season on MTV. The show is full of fights between the roommates and the crazy drama which happens when you put a bunch of people in the same house with each other. The episode that aired last night took a turn for the super dramatic when two of the girls, Jewoww and Sammi, got into a fist fight and the house was split into new alliances. Many viewers that I know who watch the show religiously say that the episode last night was the best yet of the season purely…
How MTV’s VMAs kinda got its groove back
By Chris Nguyen Features Editor After several years of pain in Miami and Los Angeles with a listless ceremony in New York in between, last night’s VMAs on MTV rebooted itself back in New York City. MTV kept the stage big, the celebrities camptastic and the performances coming. It’s far from the glory of, say Madonna’s “Like a Virgin” performance, but it did keep my celebrity-hungry brain with a lot of nourishment to keep watching. Here’s a recap of the amazingly awesome, the bad and the excruciatingly painful (I’m looking at you, Kanye!): The Good Michael Jackson tribute Madonna opened up the show with a simple and fitting remembrance of pop icon Michael Jackson. She…