Given the relatively small number of refugees arriving in Indiana -- fewer than 4,000 in the past decade in a state of more than 6 million -- it is difficult to identify refugees' influence on the state. Exodus and Catholic Social Services are the only two Indianapolis agencies resettling refugees. Both help new arrivals find jobs and housing, enroll children in school and find language classes. J

When Mohamed Shogar, 14, arrived in New York after fleeing Sudan's civil war, he thought he had found a safe place. But there, he faced a new kind of violence -- shootings in his neighborhood. To find a safer home, his family moved to Lincoln, Neb. When his father decided to buy a house there, he ignored the advice of local Sudanese. "(They) told us to not live in the neighborhood because it's not

Almost everyone plays games -- from Chutes and Ladders as a preschooler to Monopoly and chess as an adult. But according to the Toy Industry Association, board game sales declined by 10 percent in 2001, while video game sales rose 43 percent. To find out what kinds of games kids appreciate, and if they still play board games, Y-Press recently interviewed a group from IPS School 84's after-school p

Imagine this: Next Jan. 1, the United States stops printing dollar bills and issues a new currency, Americos, which also is used in Mexico, Canada, Belize, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and El Salvador. You would have to adjust. A soda from a vending machine no longer would cost a dollar, but 2.5 Americos. And instead of George Washington's face, the new currency would have an image of

A castle in France. The Amazon. The Australian Outback. The big stage in Hollywood. These settings form the backdrop of "reality" TV for you, the viewer in Indiana. Most reality TV shows feature so-called ordinary people competing for money, fame and/or love. It is becoming the dominant genre on television today. According to Nielsen Media Research, from Sept. 23 to June 22, reality TV shows accou