of The Complete Sermons of Ralph Wal-
do Emerson), "A friend is a person with
whom I may be sincere. Before him, I
may think aloud."
Think aloud, indeed. The Brainstorm,
by any other name, would not mirror
its content quite so well. For what is the
Brainstorm if not a virtual
chamber resounding with the
echoes of thoughts dared to
be expressed? The ordinary teen-
ager's ideas and opinions
are too often relegat-
ed to the confines
of text messages
and "Who Wore It
Better?" polls. To
that we say, "Nay."
Why not shatter
the glass ceiling
of mediocrity?
Why derail
a metaphor
b a r r e l i n g
d o w n ... .
this
very
sentence? Why attempt to cage
the potential of teen writing
once it has finally been
unleashed?
In this edition, our
writers are the
voice of progress.
Brandishing their
commas
like
spears, their
a l l i t e r a -
tion
like an
a v a -
lanche
o
f
arrows,
their
i r o n y
l i k e
i r o n -
c l a d
s h i e l d s ,
t h e y
s u r p a s s
s t a n d a r d s .
"What's at the
Root" gets right
to the root of
idioms we employ
perfunctorily, in blind
ignorance
of
their color-
ful origins.
We put
the brakes
on
sci-
ence fic-
tion preju-
dices with
" B r e a k -
ing the
Code(x)" while "Do Our Tallest
Athletes Need Higher Education?"
shoots and scores. We come to terms
with our inner "gleeks," expose "An
IMAX-Sized Scandal," and tumble
headfirst into erstwhile uncharted di-
mensions. Faux leather is all the rage in
"Winter? Faux Sure" as we explore our
monotonous Floridian climate. Delv-
ing into the nuances of the Twilight
phenomenon, we sink our teeth into
the cultural juggernaut which is the
Vampire Renaissance.
Read on and celebrate--celebrate the
quirks and the conventions, the typing
and the backspacing, the wording and
the re-wording that is the writing pro-
cess. Fueled by creative juices, we ban-
ish contrived five paragraph essays and
"go-get-`em grabbers" harking back to
the inspired feather-in-inkwell days of
yore. Read on, raise your glasses, and
toast a revolution.
LETTER
continued from page 1
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
-Two-
"In this
edition, our
writers are the
voice of
progress"
We
want to
hear what
you
have to
say!