Kickin' it old school...or something like that.

I belong to a group known as Society for Creative Anachronism, an international medieval re-enactment group, and I thought it might be fun to write my blog on that. I searched through USA Today and found an interesting article about a teenage boy who belongs to the SCA.

The USA Today posted an article about Patrick Agin, a 17-year-old boy who wanted to submit a picture of himself in chain mail with a board sword over his shoulder for his school’s yearbook. The school refused to allow him to have the picture in the yearbook because he was posing with a weapon. The school said it went against their weapons policy. While those who support Agin said that him wanting to pose in chain mail is the same as wanting to pose in a boy scouts uniform, or with a skateboard. It expressed his personality. The article then went on to describe the SCA and the kinds of activities one can do through the organization.

The New York Times also ran the same article. However, they focused more heavily on the issue of Agin and the yearbook picture. They talked to the American Civil Liberties Union, who stepped up in support of Agin, as well as the schools lawyer.

What I found interesting about this, is both articles cover the exact same story, yet they took it in completely different directions. USA Today talked for a few paragraphs about their initial topic, than went onto more of a feature type story. The New York Times remained more of a hard news story, focusing on the issue at hand. It was neat to see how one story can be spun differently; I like being able to see the different angles.