About Joe Isbell

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	Gilbert MOVES ON By Joe Isbell, , Ryan Neal, , Stephanie Dodge, As the Indianapolis Public School system begins another year, many things have changed, including its leadership. This summer Children's Express spoke with former IPS Superintendent Shirl Gilbert about his superintendency and some of the controversies that surrounded his resignation. During 1993, Select Schools was the plan that Gilbert implemented to allow parents more choices in the schools
	CREATORS ARGUE VIOLENCE NOT MAIN THEME By Rebecca Oberg, , Joe Isbell, A coven watches in delight as its leader stands over a table, brandishing an unusual dagger. A pure soul is chained to the table, about to be sacrificed to an evil god. The leader speaks and plunges the knife into the victim's chest. A scream escapes his lips, and the leader cuts out his heart. In another company's comic book, a monster has incited a riot. A special power has allowed him to g
	LASAGNA is his favorite dish By Anne Coffey, 13, Alex Edgecombe, , Joe Isbell, , Misty Moore, , , He's fat. He's lazy. He's selfish. He's cynical. He's generally endearing, because those kinds of things are forgivable in a cat. According to cartoonist Jim Davis, that is why we identify with his creation, Garfield. Not only do we like him because he's a cat, but because we see ourselves in him. "All I do is just create a mirror to life and show it back with a humorous twist," Davis admitted
	In this game, you have fun even when the chips are down By Paul Bohnert, 13, Joe Isbell, , Scott Richley, 21 What are round, can't be put in a vending machine, are the hottest new items to be traded, and are big as half dollars? Slammer Whammers - or you may have heard them called POGs. "You can pretty much collect these caps, and (the manufacturers) plan on (them) being as popular as baseball cards," says Joshua Huff, 14, of the Indianapolis Children's Choir. He and some friends from ICC - Dan Carlso