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January 17, 2008

Ypulse Essentials: Fans Fight For Scrabulous, Kids Freaked By Clowns, Pepsi Rolls Out The 'Blue Carpet'

Alice FraasaWill model for free Tees (meet Alice Fraasa, the 19-year-old face of Snorg Tees) (USA Today)

- 'Degrassi's' gay Marco (is gay in real life) (After Elton)

- Hasbro and Mattel give the finger to the next generation of Scrabble players (by attempting to shut down Scrabulous -- just get them to pay for a license or something...And fans are fighting back) (USA Today) (BBC)

- Kids are freaked out (by clowns. I know my generation was permanently damaged by "Poltergeist") (Izzy Neis)

- Just another cheerleader (Hayden Panettiere may take the lead in the teen coming-of-age movie "I Love You, Beth Cooper.") (Reuters)

- Teacher resource alert (Library of Congress photos now on Flickr)

- How can the BBC engage youth? (with an "out of the black box" online video experience. Maybe this will help, too) (Mobile Youth) (Paid Content)

- Pepsi rolls out the 'Blue Carpet' (for young Latinos in a series of events related to upcoming Latin awards shows) (BrandWeek)

- Target misses the bull's eye (when it comes to PR by dissing our friend Amy over at Shaping Youth) (Gawker)

P.S. If any of you are at Sundance and plan to check out the doc "American Teen," let me know, I'd love to get a Ypulse reader review.

P.P.S. 14 days left until the Ypulse College Mashup...

Posted by anastasia


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Comments

Kids are freaked out by clowns? No kidding. This hilarious story is a perfect example of why I will not step foot in a circus tent today. (Get the willies just thinking about it.)

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