Kittieme interviews Whyville's musicians.

Listening to music is a wonderful way to relieve stress and feel happy, but some may argue that playing the music yourself is even better. Communities all over the world have been encouraging children and adolescences to gain the skill of being able to playing an instruments. Through schools and other youth activities, this fun, musical art form has been thriving. After traveling to various places on Whyville, I found several citizens who know how to play an instrument (or two) and are willing to share with us what they feel it takes to become a musician, and how it has impacted their life for the better.

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Xoxkitkat gets the scoop on the long shirts debate.

Even mention the term 'long shirts', and you'll be sure to spark a debate the size of Texas. Most of us know the long shirts argument has been around since forever, but it has recently made its reappearance with great fervor. Simply looking around Whyville, you can find petitions to get long shirts back at the poll booth, copious long shirt suggestion threads in the forums, and citizens talking up the subject left and right in the chat rooms.

For days, Whyvillians pushed for change to the long shirt rule and, as the fire developed, many citizens were surprised to find out they were now being punished for wearing long shirts and shirt extensions to lengthen their bodies. Although it was common knowledge that these body extensions were against the rules, citizens found this rule to be generally glossed over and therefore continued the practice without a second thought. The punishments for wearing long shirts, however, came as a shock to many. These new reinforcements seemed to add fuel to the fire, and the protests of the citizens rapidly increased.

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