Yung Joc gets fans "goin' down"
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Robert K. Pietrzyk
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Yung Joc and Chingy played the University of North Florida Arena with special
guests Shot Out and The Feedback Project Sept. 15. The performances were the first of several
planned this year by Osprey Productions. The Spinnaker snagged Yung Joc backstage for an interview
that revealed some unlikely musical influences and exposed the artist's softer side.
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Predator exposés prove controversial
By Jason Trahan and Chris Colgin
THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS
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Melissa Slater and Robert K. Pietrzyk
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Police in Murphy, Texas are working with Perverted Justice to corner Web
predators who solicit meetings from children in online chat rooms. While many support their methods,
some have criticized them as too harsh and humiliating to offenders.
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For a while this summer, it seemed that the usually quiet town of Murphy, Texas, was overrun with men trying to
meet underage girls for sex. In separate incidents, police arrested four men on charges of online solicitation-all
within about a week.
None of the men actually lived in Murphy. And it was hard to imagine that this small Collin County town had suddenly
spawned an epidemic of cyber-pedophilia. So why were so many alleged child predators interested in traveling there?
Perverted Justice.
This summer, the Murphy police began working with
Perverted-Justice.com, an Internet watchdog that received
nationwide attention after helping NBC's "Dateline" run stings on dozens of men caught trolling chat rooms to meet
children for sex.
Some say the volunteer organization is a selfless grass-roots movement that helps stop potential molesters before
they can hurt children. Others call it a vigilante outfit that uses harassing tactics that tromp on privacy rights -
including posting online the names and addresses of innocent family members who are related to potential pedophiles.
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Festival celebrates many faiths
By Matt Coleman
ASSISTANT NEWS EDITOR
On Sept. 17, The Lazzarra Performance Hall was host to a variety of different religions for a celebration of unity
and diversity. The Festival of Faiths, an event sponsored by the Interfaith Council of Jacksonville and the
University of North Florida's campus ministry department, took place in the Fine Arts Center from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Over 100 people took part in the festival, according to the office manger of the campus ministry department, Angela
Davis.
"The event went very well," Davis said. "Six different religions took part and were represented on stage."
The festival offered a wide variety of religious information for any interested observers. Tables were set up
outside the theater where participants could speak to representatives of different faith-based organizations, and
informational brochures and pamphlets were readily available.
The main event consisted of readings, songs, speeches and other presentations that were created by the various
religious groups to present their own unique beliefs and viewpoints.
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