Everywhere we look, our lives are surrounded by sex. Madonna writes a $50 book about it, The Bodyguard and other movies glorify it, and Sir Mix-A-Lot's risque song Baby's Got Back bluntly talks about it. Meanwhile, parents and educators encourage abstinence. Confused by these contradictory messages, many teens choose to idolize the beautiful actress and millionaire rock stars and see sex as be

The members of the band Petra say rock 'n' roll music is the best way to get kids to think about God. "For such a long time," says singer John Schlitt, "the church . . . saw rock 'n' roll as a terrible, demonic style of music. And we really didn't believe that. We believed it was a music style that kids our age could relate to. And that's the people that we were trying to reach." The group D.

"You can find drugs in the school." Chris Moore, 12 Pittsboro School Pittsboro, Ind. "Some people are sort of racist." Katy Coffman, 12 Center Grove Middle School Greenwood "I guess vandalism." Kate Lewis, 13 Carmel Junior High School Carmel "I guess racial problems." Doug Thorber, 17 Highland High School Highland, Ind. Poll conducted by Jade McGillem, 12; Justin Kle

Where's Waldo? It took us six months, but we finally found the adventurous traveler and star of the Where's Waldo? books _ and his busy creator, Martin Handford _ in England. Waldo is 5-foot-8, in his late teens or early 20s, thin and wears a stocking cap _ even on the beach. "He's a happy-go-lucky, friendly adventurer. He always sees the good in people, never the bad," Handford said recently