*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Welcome to the early February'98 issue of: *O*U*T*T*A* *S*I*G*H*T*!*!* The Voice of Talk City's The InSite on chat.talkcity.com, #TheInSite /theinsite/ http://www.theinsite.org/ Volume 2, Number 3 February 5, 1998 *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* In this issue: * Comments * New Additions to our Website * Conference updates * Getting to know The InSite Web site * Bits and pieces ************************************************************************* Comments ************************************************************************* Valentine's Day will be here soon. It is always nice to receive a reminder in the form of a card or a box of chocolates or a bunch of flowers that someone loves you. To be loved is a beautiful thing. There is a darker side to Valentine's Day unfortunately. There is a lot of pressure surrounding Valentine's Day, especially for teens and young adults. A person who does not receive a Valentine's Day greeting is often considered somehow inferior -- there is something wrong with them if they cannot attract at least one Valentine's Day greeting from an admirer. This attitude is further fostered by the images and attitudes of popular culture, particularly those portrayed in film and TV. But is this true? Should a 12 year old girl have a boyfriend just because her friends put pressure on her to do so? Should a fifteen year old boy be called "gay" by his class just because he doesn't have a girlfriend? (For that matter, why should "gay" be considered an insult?) Why should a person's self esteem be at the mercy of the whims of the crowd? Should we not instead allow people to determine there own needs as far as relationships go, rather than put pressure on them to accept a situation for which they may be unprepared, and which may ultimately cause them unnecessary emotional pain? The transition from childhood to adulthood is fraught with difficulty -- let's not make it more difficult for them by putting unnecessary and inappropriate pressure on them to perform, simply because popular culture and peer group pressure would have us believe "There's something wrong with you because you don't have a relationship." ************************************************************************* New Additions to The InSite Website ************************************************************************* *Your opinion is important!* *Your opinion is important!* The Story The Story The Story The Story The Story The Story ~o~ Chaz's encounter with the homeless man has raised some uncomfortable thoughts. He had always thought similar thoughts as those expressed by the two well dressed women, but were their opinions the truth? -o- Becca is also suffering some uncomfortable thoughts, but these are about her mother. She loves her, of course, but she doesn't really like her. And why does her mother only tell stories about her childhood when Becca's father isn't around? And why did she lie about Chaz's phone call? -o- Uh oh! Dee has also had some uncomfortable thoughts. This time about life and death. Her sister could laugh about the incident that provoked these thoughts, but the incident made Dee extremely sad. Why? -o- And why has Miguel been suspended from school? He hadn't been looking for any trouble, in fact he'd been feeling great. Then *wham*! life took an unexpected turn and here he was, on a two day suspension! -o- Find out for yourself at The InSite -- and you can send them your advice! Visit the site for The Story listed below and email any one of them (or all of them!) about what you would do in their shoes. Your advice can influence the direction that The Story takes. So bookmark the site and help them...now! The URL for The Story is: /theinsite/gallery/the_story/the_story_alias.html and let them know what you think about the way their lives are going. *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* New Addition to the site! -------- New Addition to the site! This week we have two new transcripts in the Transcripts section of The InSite. With Valentine's Day coming up, what could be more appropriate than a Hey Terra! transcript. Don't expect this to be a light and fluffy look at Valentine's Day though -- Terra does not pull any punches when it comes to matters of the heart! -o- Also this week -- an excellent conference with Bill Arigi, a psychotherapist in the field of addiction and recovery treatment. Don't miss this transcript of an excellent conference! Here is an excerpt: "....yes it is possible to get addicted to pot. You can tell by tolerance which means they need more to get high, and by withdrawal, meaning they can't go a long period of time without using. And more importantly, their ability to relate to their family and friends diminishes." ************************************************************************* Conference Updates ************************************************************************* MONDAY 2:00am - 4:00am - Language Trivia 11:30am - 1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 3:00pm - 4:00pm - The InSite: TBA 4:00pm - 5:00pm - KatieCCC's Korner 5:00pm - 6:00pm - Astronomy Conf. - The Cosmos and Beyond 6:00pm - 7:00pm - About Face - Learning to Love Your Looks 7:00pm - 8:00pm - The InSite: Young Adult Book Chat (with guest Librarians) 8:00pm - 9:00pm - The InSite: Soap Box (A Chance to Rant!) TUESDAY 11:30am - 1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 2:00pm - 3:00pm - The InSite:Bipolar Disorder and Depression Info/Support 3:00pm - 4:00pm - Teens and Tobacco with John Coxford 4:30pm - 5:30pm - The Drug Zone (Conference may be changed slightly to include guests) 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Student Rights Chat 7:00pm - 8:00pm - Hey Terra! 8:00pm - 9:00pm - The InSite: THE Conference for Young Men WEDNESDAY 4:00am - 5:00am - General Trivia (a variety of subjects e.g. science, animals, geography) 11:30am - 1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 3:00pm - 4:00pm - The InSite: Making the Peace - Eliminating Racism 4:00pm - 5:00pm - The InSite: Healthy Relationships - Taking Action 5:00pm - 6:00pm - The InSite: Spaceship Earth 6:00pm - 7:00pm - TheInSite: Worlds2Share (New conference sharing lifestyles, customs, traditions among people of various nations of the word. Guests will be Talk Citizens from various countries.) 7:00pm - 8:00pm - The InSite: Your Voice - Current Topics for Teens/Young Adults 9:00pm -10:00pm - The InSite: Saving Our Cities - Urban Environs Conference THURSDAY 2:00am - 3:00am - World Events 11:30am - 1:30am - EuroTeen Chat 3:30pm - 4:30pm - The InSite: Some Body - A Definitive Owner's Manual for Your Bod with Shafia Zaloom 4:30pm - 5:30pm - Planned Parenthood 5:30pm - 6:30pm - The InSite:Money Talks! (New) 7:00pm - 8:00pm - InterMezzo (VivaCCCe's conference on Metaphysics) 8:30pm - 9:30pm - Volunteering On-Line (new topic) FRIDAY 11:30am - 1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 3:00pm - 4:00pm - You and the Crowd 4:30pm - 5:30pm - The InSite: Viewpoint 5:30pm - 6:30pm - The InSite: You and Your Parents (Discussion on various topics involving teen/young adult - parent issues and communications) SATURDAY 11:30am - 1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 5:00pm - 6:00pm - The InSite:Drop-In Center 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Trivia!! 7:00pm - 8:00pm - SportsFest for Teens/Young Adults SUNDAY 2:00am - 4:00am - Music Chat 11:30am - 1:30pm - EuroTeen Chat 4:00pm - 5:00pm - Coping with Peer Pressure (to begin in February) 5:00pm - 6:00pm - The InSite - OnScreen 6:00pm - 7:00pm - Mirror, Mirror 7:00pm - 8:00pm - Endangered Animals Conference 8:00pm - 9:00pm - Ask Carmel - Making Relationships Work (New Conf) ************************************************************************* Getting to Know The InSite Web site ************************************************************************* Have you been trying to access the discussion boards at The InSite and been greeted with a message that says the boards are down because of a software problem? Yep -- it's annoying, especially if you want to see your contribution to the discussions, or you want to browse the Hey Terra! mail. However, the problem should be fixed soon, and the new software being installed should make access to the boards a lot quicker. We apologize for the delay -- but when the new software is installed, you will agree -- the wait was worth it! ************************************************************************* Bits And Pieces ************************************************************************* Congratulations are due to two of our hosts -- NerioTIS and MezzoTIS -- who recently successfully completed their CCC training. NerioTIS will now be known as VenusCCC, and MezzoTIS continues the musical theme of her nicknames by becoming VivaCCCe. Congratulations!!! :) *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* That's it for this edition. Do your friends a favor -- tell them about The InSite and #TheInSite. The next edition of "OuttaSight!" will be posted on 2/18/98, and an archive copy of "OuttaSight!" vol2 no3 will soon be available from The InSite home page: /theinsite/ or http://www.theinsite.org/ *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* |
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