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WHYVILLE HELP : GALLERY : DR. LEILA : SEARCH : SUBMIT : STAFF : HOME Jul 18, 2003

 

The Trouble At Akbar's

Superid delivers City Hall's good news.

Two weeks ago, as many of you know, we made an initial announcement in the Whyville Times that the Whyville staff was trying to find a solution to a growing clothing crisis at Akbar's. The problem, put as simply as possible, is that you Whyvillians are simply too successful in producing more and more face parts, and as a result the storage space (database) at Akbar's is filled to overflowing. Also, with so many designs in Akbar's, new designs by new designers are often buried in deep piles and hard to find.

What we thought would make sense was to have face parts last for only a certain amount of time. In the real world, no clothes last forever!! (Yes, real world noses don't disappear, but you also can't pick and choose your nose without expensive and risky surgery...! Heheh.) If each new design lasted for only 3 months, for example, then lots of Whyvillians would have many more opportunities to make designs, and poor Akbar could come out from under the deep pile of old designs. read more...

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Summer Staff Submissions 2003
TIKE sends in his pieces for the contest.

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The Decline of Whyville
QUISP asks, WHY have you come?

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For Learning or Playing?
Luvnboyz1 seeks Whyville's meaning.

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Potter Mania Banishment?
Bettyjoe prefers her imagination.

 

 

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Hacking Opens My Eyes
Pyra shares her discovery.

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The Doshas
Kirbie393 investigate Indian philosophy.

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Do Our Parts Go To Grandma?
Sugarz asks where you think your donations go.

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What's New This Week
Plans for the Senate, face parts, and the Times Summer Staff contest.

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What's This Food Thing Really About?
Naarf raises a question.

Black Like Me

SamGirl21 runs an experiment.

In the late winter of 2002, I wrote an article about Black History month and posed this question: is there racism, alive and active, in Whyville? I never really found my answer just by asking ethnic Whyvillians whether they were persecuted or not. Most provided quick answers, just a simple yes or no, and a short explanation. I was never really satisfied with the article. I hadn't really found the answers that I set out to find.

So, I began a project just two weeks ago. I decided to actually BECOME a minority, and see how other people reacted. I decided to become a black Whyvillian and see how my friends, and strangers, would respond.
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