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By Jacob Martinez and Antonio Sotelo-Orbe of Humboldt Junior High

Instead of fighting in the hallways at school, students at Humboldt Junior High take their conflicts into the bathrooms and do “60-second body shots,” in which one person gets to hit the other one in the body or face for 60 seconds without the other person fighting back.

By Paris Porter

Richard Terrell, 21, was the kind of junior high student that was more interested in fighting than studying. But with the support of his grandparents, who fostered him and his siblings, and other strong support, Terrell didn’t fall prey to the troubles that claim so many at-risk youth. Today, he works multiple jobs, including an internship at a prestigious law firm in downtown Minneapolis, and dreams of one day becoming a judge.