http://hamptonroads.com/taxonomy/term/440 Category: Teens en-us Copyright 2008 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 15:19:23 -0500 By Shonette Hunt Teen correspondent They didn’t have to be there, especially at 9 a.m. on a Saturday. But a group of 40-50 teens and their parents couldn’t be stopped late last month from giving their ideas and opinions for a new skate park to be located at Northside Park in Norfolk. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/12/norfolk-calls-skatepark-ideas Tue, 02 Dec 2008 17:20:31 -0500 By Marissa Simon Teen correspondent WASHINGTON, D.C. The hundreds of hand-painted tents showed hope. The low attendance did not. Still, earlier this month, 300 people gathered at the National Mall in Washington, D.C., for the “Tents of Hope” rally to recognize the persecution of people in Darfur, Sudan. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/teens-rally-dc-darfur Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:26:12 -0500 By Kayla Fussell Teen Correspondent http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/giving-thanks-grandma Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:23:55 -0500 By Claire Diamonstein Teen correspondent I never thought I would agree to travel all the way to Brick, N.J., for a date. Not that I’ve done a lot of dating; I’m only 16. But an opportunity is an opportunity and you never know … so I said yes. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/meet-harry Wed, 26 Nov 2008 17:13:09 -0500 By Chris Jones Teen correspondent Consider your local high school's football and scholastic bowl teams. Although the football team starts conditioning over the summer, both seasons are about the same length. They both compete on a weekly basis through the Virginia High School League for the same number of regular-season matches. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/athletics-vs-academics Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:01:00 -0500 Watch "By & About 757," a show for teens, by teens from Cox Communications and The Virginian-Pilot's 757: Teens Cover the Code section. Check out the latest episode in which gold-medal Olympian LeShawn Merritt and several Hampton Roads teenagers who met the Dalai Lama are interviewed. The show airs on Saturdays at 3:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 7 p.m. on Cox Cable Channel 11. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/and-about-teens-teens Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:01:00 -0500 Barry Hicks Grade: 12 School: Woodside High School City: Newport News Age: 17 Unit: Peninsula Length of participation: 9 years (2008 Boys & Girls Club State Youth of the Year)   Who would you consider to be your hero? http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/boys-girls-club-positive-place Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:01:00 -0500 Find more Rock'in Comics http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/funnies-rockin-comics-dudley-pittman Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:01:00 -0500 Four former correspondents have moved on from the 757, making new friends and new memories.   Hey 757! I am having a wonderful COLLEGE life here at UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON in Ohio! It is far away from home - more than 400 miles! I thought I would get homesick. Well, it has been more than 12 weeks since I got here, and I have not been homesick yet. http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/freshman-greetings Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:12:08 -0500 Frank Rodriguez, left, a 2008 graduate of Manteo High School in North Carolina, voted early in a slow, yet manageable line. The first-time voter from Manteo cast a ballot for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama because “Obama has better views.” - Nikki DeBrango-Jensen, 757 correspondent   http://hamptonroads.com/2008/11/election-day-notes-757-teens Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:27:48 -0500