Greta Herbertz
Current Age: 15Favorite YPress Story: 8th Graders Came Through for City
Stories by Greta
Language evolves, says IU linguist
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Allison Albrecht, 14, Kara Williams, 15, Naomi Farahan, 15
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Allison Albrecht, 14, Kara Williams, 15, Naomi Farahan, 15
Girls and boys use different curse words, says Kamen Rose, 18
Fresh from the national conventions
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Hannah Zimet, 18, Sigal Tavel, 16, Isaiah Treadwell, 17, Shanze Tahir, 15, Ali Tahir, 17, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 17, Izabella Robinson, 14, Priya Mirmira, 15, Naomi Farahan, 15, Carmela Verderame, 12, Alaina Bradds, 17
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Hannah Zimet, 18, Sigal Tavel, 16, Isaiah Treadwell, 17, Shanze Tahir, 15, Ali Tahir, 17, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 17, Izabella Robinson, 14, Priya Mirmira, 15, Naomi Farahan, 15, Carmela Verderame, 12, Alaina Bradds, 17
Lots of excitement and pomp at the conventions.
Cubs discuss pros, cons of tiger mothers
By Sigal Tavel, 15, Allison Albrecht, 13, Priya Mirmira, 15, Greta Herbertz, 14
By Sigal Tavel, 15, Allison Albrecht, 13, Priya Mirmira, 15, Greta Herbertz, 14
Immigrant parents "are driven by the expectations of their own parents and the fact that their parents have worked so hard to give them good lives,” says Victoria Xiao, 16.
No one had to ask them twice
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Ellen Flood, 14, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16, Greta Herbertz, 14
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Ellen Flood, 14, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16, Greta Herbertz, 14
Some decisions were hard to make, but not for Joey Coachys, seen here with his mother.
8th-graders came through for city
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16, Ellen Flood, 14, Greta Herbertz, 14
By Quinn Andrews, 17, Hrishikesh Deshpande, 16, Ellen Flood, 14, Greta Herbertz, 14
“I felt like I did my part."
Vox Pops: The 2012 Election
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Justin Herring, 12, Pete Shirley, 18
By Greta Herbertz, 14, Justin Herring, 12, Pete Shirley, 18
"Did you vote for Obama in 2008, and will you vote for him in 2012?"
Befriend a child, save a life
By Greta Herbertz, 13
By Greta Herbertz, 13
Brenai Stockton, 12, says mentor Tonja Eagen helps her make good decisions. She’s somebody to talk to about things that I really don’t like to talk to my mom about.”
Helping hands give children a leg up
By Victoria Kreyden, 16, Greta Herbertz, 13
By Victoria Kreyden, 16, Greta Herbertz, 13
“The research is pretty clear that youth who are in positive, long-lasting, intensive relationships do better over time in all of those areas we talked about: academic, behavioral and psychological,” according to Professor Jean Rhodes of the University of Massachusetts, Boston.