cB News____issue #3, August 2005 Options

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Editors’ Notes

As always, we would like to take this time to thank our readers that encourage us to keep this newspaper consistent, by PM, viewing regularly, and applying. We hope all our readers understand how hard we are working to bring cB News to createBlog. Even with school starting, a few of our team members gave extra effort to write more than one article required of them to bring you all this excellent third issue. Though we've pulled through in the past two publications together, this issue truly says a lot about our team work.

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- The cB News Team

Administrators: Fae [uninspiredfae], James [MarchHare2UrAlice]
Editors: Anna [Azarel], Justin [CrackedRearView], Ruth [suddenly she]
Runners: Kiera [mzkandi], Sidney [ItzOnlySydney]

(Note: Recent additions to the cB News Team are not listed.)

Table of Contents
01 Editors' Notes
02 Unveiling: krnxswat- cB News Staff
03 The Push for a News Archive - cB News Staff
04 The First cB Debate Competition - cB News Staff
05 Xanga of the Month: July 2005 - Ruth [suddenly she]
06 Unneccessary Rap Battles - Radhika [not_your_average]
07 YOU'RE Hosted? - Sammi [headphones]
08 The Celebration Has Been Cancelled - Justin [CrackedRearView]
09 School of Thought Scores - Justin [sadolakced acid]
10 College Tips - Fae & Anna [uninspiredfae & Azarel]
11 Not Your Parents' Rock 'n' Roll - Ashley [antix10_kos]
12 Summer Concerts: Warped Tour, Ozzfest, & Sounds of the Underground - Brie [Despise]
13 Album Review: In Between Dreams - Anna [Azarel]
14 Featured Films - Anna [Azarel]
15 Featured Poem- cB News Staff
16 Advice Abby - "Abby"

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Xanga of the Month: July 2005
Ruth [suddenly she]
August 2005

Xanga of the Month: July 2005

Xanga of the Month is one of createBlog's awards; it is a contest hosted by createBlog in search of the best xanga layout. CreateBlog members check out xangas, looking for ones that are the best designed, most unique, and most original. Monthly winners also are also given a chance to be showcased as the Xanga of the Year.

This month's cBn issue features a brief interview with the July XotM winner: Fragrance. We figured by asking her about her design history and other sorts of general things, some of you prospective winners could be able to improve upon your skills. To view the July XotM winner's xanga, click here!

cBn: When did you become interested in design?
Fragrance: Actually createBlog (it was cbstaff.com at the time) was the thing that seriously sparked my interest in design. I had AsianAvenue and stuff like when I was 13 and I'd do some minor designs, but I was not as serious with it as I am now.

cBn: What got you interested?
Fragrance: I guess it was more of an inspiration than interest. Seeing how creative I could get, for FREE.. man that did it for me!

cBn: How long did your current layout take to create?
Fragrance: It took forever, maybe three days max. 2 days for the vexel (it's my first attempt at a vexel) and the rest took a long, long time. 140+ layers.

cBn: What programs do you usually use?
Fragrance: Good ol' Adobe Photoshop 7.

cBn: What advice would you give to budding designers?
Fragrance: Make use of your resources (but never abuse them), EXPERIMENT on your own because thats when you get your most rewarding outcomes, let other people's creations inspire you but never steal them, and know that it takes a lot of time, patience, and practice. Develop your own style so that you can grow as a designer rather than sticking to the usual junk like most people do. In other words: BE UNIQUE!