About Quinn Andrews

Age: 14
School: Westlane Middle School
My name is Quinn Andrews. I am 13 years old. I have been a Y-Press member for about 1.5 years. I am currently working on convention coverage.

Interests: I enjoy collecting Jones soda, watching TV, spending time with friends, and just messing around. I like Myspace and Facebook,too.

Hobbies: I love sports and watching them. Some of my favorites are tennis, golf, basketball and football.
Favorite Color: green/Black
Favorite Book(s): Cover Up by John Feinstein
Favorite Movie(s): The Simpson's movie
Favorite Food: barbeque ribs
Favorite YPress Story: convention coverage 2004

Stories by Quinn

	Group for youth was a response to violence By Quinn Andrews, 12, Max Gabovitch, 14, Bekie Stergar, 12 As a college student, Eboo Patel was dismayed as he looked around the world and saw young people of different faiths fighting and killing each other. He was saddened that so few young people attended international conferences that brought together people of various faiths to talk about peace. Patel and other like-minded young adults founded the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core in 1998. Patel, 3
	Young political activist: Spokane, Wash. By Quinn Andrews, 13 Nic Morden is an officer in the Junior State of America chapter at Central Valley High School in Spokane. JSA is a nationwide, non-profit organization composed of more than 500,000 high school students who are interested in politics and current events.
	Young political activist: Portland, Ore. By Quinn Andrews, 14 Jennifer Jones has been politically active since she was a high school freshman. Since then, she has worked passionately for the Democratic Party. She sees no problem with continuing her activism after high school, as she will be attending American University in Washington, D.C., in the fall.
	But will they vote? By Quinn Andrews, 14, Jordan Denari, 17, David Glass, 17, Jake Thornburgh, 14 Much has been written and reported on the throngs of youth involved in the presidential primaries and caucuses. But will youth actually have an impact on the general election? Will activism translate into votes?
	Prepare for record turnouts By David Glass, 17, Jake Thornburgh, 14, Jordan Denari, 17, Quinn Andrews, 14 According to CIRCLE, the Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning and Engagement at the University of Maryland, more than 32 million youth ages 18 to 25 will be eligible to vote in the upcoming election. If 55 percent of these young people vote – a record turnout, attained only once, in the 1972 election – more than 17.6 million ballots will be cast.
	Democratic 2008 Convention By Hrishikesh Deshpande, 13, Max Gabovitch, 15, Jonathan Gainer, 16, David Glass, 18, Mallory St. Claire, 17, Sarah Zabel, 15, Millie Cripe, 15, Jordan Denari, 17, Quinn Andrews, 14, Katie Bolinger, 18 Considering how important young people have been to this election cycle, it's not surprising that their journalistic peers have the same enthusiasm for covering it.
	Denver: A lesson in public transport By Quinn Andrews, 14, Max Gabovitch, 15 After reporting from the Democratic Convention in Denver, we realized teens there can be more independent than us. We used the bus system in the center of the city. There are more than 100 bus routes, compared to 28 in Indianapolis. To us, it seems like it should be the other way around, considering that the urban population of Indianapolis is 200,000 more than Denver’s.