For most teenagers, the idea of waking up at the crack of dawn, getting poison ivy, sleeping on the floor, showering in a gym locker room and eating peanut butter and jelly for lunch every day is not an ideal way to spend a week of summer vacation. Yet 51 area teenagers chose to spend a week in July under these conditions.

Jennifer Jones has been politically active since she was a high school freshman. Since then, she has worked passionately for the Democratic Party. She sees no problem with continuing her activism after high school, as she will be attending American University in Washington, D.C., in the fall.

It took a while, but the Blunt Youth Radio Project has helped Gavin Bauer find his voice.