Posted on June 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Ryan Carter
The Record Herald
Bullying can take many forms- physical abuse, name calling, tormenting, etc.
And now, it has even expanded to the Internet as bullies use social networking sites and email to make threats. Even cell phone calls and texting can become vicious. Sometimes, the effects can be devastating as suicide among those who are [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By David Allen
Techwatch.co.uk
Firefox will be stepping up the fight against cyber bullying according to the company behind the browser, Mozilla. It will be releasing a new purpose built browser in conjunction with the organisation Beatbullying.
The Firefox browser will be available for both Macs and PCs, and will lead the organisation’s campaign to make the internet [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By David Allen
Techwatch.co.uk
Firefox will be stepping up the fight against cyber bullying according to the company behind the browser, Mozilla. It will be releasing a new purpose built browser in conjunction with the organisation Beatbullying.
The Firefox browser will be available for both Macs and PCs, and will lead the organisation’s campaign to make the internet [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Kim Carrigan
My Fox Boston
So young and yet so wise. That certainly can be said about Brigitte Berman. At the ripe old age of 14, she felt an urgent need to raise the consciousness and take action on the topic of bullying.
So what did she do? She put pen to paper and wrote a book. [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
Newswise.com
New research shines a light on the phenomenon of “cyber bullying,” suggesting that nearly 1 in 10 children are bullied through electronic means such as text messages, and girls are more likely to be victims than boys are.
Other kinds of bullying remain much more common, however. Large numbers of kids continue to harass each other [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2009 by heygrrrl
The Baltimore Sun
AP — The keynote speaker at a school law enforcement conference urged his colleagues Monday to develop ways to track and record bullying.
Hundreds of school administrators and on-site law enforcement officers are gathering this week for the National Association of School Resource Officers conference in Baltimore, where the theme is “anti-bullying.”
Monday’s keynote speaker, [...]
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Posted on June 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
www.teksquisite.com
There was a question posted over at TwiTip regarding Twitter Bullies which is how this particular post started.
I have to admit that I’ve been privy to a few episodes of bullying on twitter since I joined in early February of this year. I am sure that there are always plenty of other bully shenanigans [...]
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Posted on June 27th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Margaret
Heygrrrl editor
My son came home from summer day camp the other afternoon and told me he’d helped alert counselors to a fight that had broken out between two other campers, both about age 11. Without any prior provocation, one boy hit another boy in the head with his key chain and keys. The assaulted [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
(Blog editor: Dr. Borba provides excellent advice. I can’t recommend this column strongly enough.)
Dr. Michele Borba
It’s been ten years, but I am still haunted by the memory. It was in Ottawa, Canada. I had just finished giving a keynote address on bullying to a large group of educators in Ottawa. A gentleman was quietly waiting [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
(Blog editor: Dr. Borba provides excellent advice. I can’t recommend this column strongly enough.)
Dr. Michele Borba
It’s been ten years, but I am still haunted by the memory. It was in Ottawa, Canada. I had just finished giving a keynote address on bullying to a large group of educators in Ottawa. A gentleman was quietly waiting [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By MELISSA LEE
Lincoln Journal Star
The attorney representing an alleged hazing victim at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln said Friday he also has filed a tort claim against the university regarding UNL’s failure to enforce anti-hazing rules.
Attorney Thomas White made the comment during a 10-minute hearing for a civil lawsuit filed by the alleged victim’s father. The [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
Agence France-Presse
TOKYO (AFP) — Most school children in Japan have experienced bullying, both as the victim and the perpetrator, a government report indicated on Friday.
Some 86.9 percent of elementary school pupils questioned said they were bullied — including being shunned by friends, ignored or talked about behind their backs — at least once in the [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Peter Hegarty
San Jose Mercury News
ALAMEDA — Local leaders of the United Church of Christ are calling on their fellow pastors and ministers to support teaching diversity and multicultural education in public schools in response to the issue coming under fire when it was proposed here and in Castro Valley.
The local representatives are asking 900 [...]
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Posted on June 26th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Lynn Bonner
Raleigh News & Observer
A flood of calls and mail from social conservatives who don’t want gay students on a list of potential bullying targets helped stall votes on a proposed school safety law.
Legislators have been working on a bullying bill for more than a year, and until Tuesday morning thought they had a [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 by heygrrrl
Examiner.com
School is out, but the need to feel “in” is not. Gossiping, name-calling and teasing are the weapons of power girls in cliques utilize during their tween years. Boys are not invincible to these weapons either, and can become the target of girl clique power plays. This is a form of “bullying” [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 by heygrrrl
The BridgeportNews.com
Middle-school students at Thurgood Marshall Middle School completed a mural in the style of artist Keith Haring to illustrate the importance of respect in the school community.
The project was in response to an anti-bullying assembly that took place in the spring at the school, which is a regional, public magnet school that is affiliated [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 by heygrrrl
By Jaimee Lynn Fletcher
The Orange County Register
LOS ALAMITOS — Eighty-six percent of about 600 readers said they believe schools do not handle bully attacks and threats seriously, according to a Register online poll.
The poll looked for reader insight on the story surrounding a mother who alleged that bully attacks on her 11-year-old son were ignored [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 by heygrrrl
ComputerWeekly.com
Four Google executives are to appear before an Italian court tomorrow in a trial that could affect the future of online video-sharing services.
The trial, which has been delayed several times after it began February, relates to a video posted on Google’s Italian video sharing website in 2006 of four teenagers mocking a disabled classmate.
The video [...]
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Posted on June 25th, 2009 by heygrrrl
Associated Press
LONDON — A British woman with a prosthetic arm has filed a discrimination claim against Abercrombie & Fitch Co., alleging the U.S. retailer made her work in the stockroom because she didn’t conform to its “look policy.”
Riam Dean is seeking up to 25,000 pounds ($41,000) in damages at an employment tribunal that began Wednesday.
Dean, [...]
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Posted on June 24th, 2009 by heygrrrl
IndyWeek.com
Editor’s Note: Rep. Darren Jackson is a freshman legislator from Wake County. As Bob Geary posted on the Citizen and Triangulator blogs Monday night, Jackson, a Democrat, was part of the 59-57 House majority that passed the anti-bullying bill. The House was holding a final reading at press time Tuesday. The Senate already has passed [...]
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