Wis. school violence leads to cell phone ban

Iria · Jan 27, 2007, 05:35 PM

Source: MSNBC
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MILWAUKEE - School brawls have gone high tech, with students using cell phones to call in reinforcements — in one case requiring police and pepper spray to break up a fight that swelled to about 20 family members on school grounds.

The fracas earlier this month, in which six students and three adults were arrested, was the latest in a surge of cell phone-related fights and prompted Wisconsin’s largest school district to ban cell phones in its 217 schools beginning Monday.

ET3D · Jan 28, 2007, 12:15 AM

The shortened US place names always confuse the hell out of me in news. Often I know the states or cities, but I can never connect them to the place when reading the news. I though when reading this that "Wis" is "Wii's" with a missing 'i'.

Wii-related school violence -- that makes perfect sense!

Jan 27, 2007, 05:35 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Wis. school violence leads to cell phone ban Source: MSNBC ________ MILWAUKEE - School brawls have gone high tech, with students using cell phones to call in reinforcements — in one case requiring police and pepper spray to break up a fight that swelled to about 20 family members on school grounds. The fracas earlier this month, in which six students and three adults were arrested, was the latest in a surge of cell phone-related fights and prompted Wisconsin’s largest school district to ban cell phones in its 217 schools beginning Monday.

Jan 28, 2007, 12:15 AM	#2
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	The shortened US place names always confuse the hell out of me in news. Often I know the states or cities, but I can never connect them to the place when reading the news. I though when reading this that "Wis" is "Wii's" with a missing 'i'. Wii-related school violence -- that makes perfect sense!