Forget the cookies - Today's Girl Scouts get with the '90s. From: The Boston Herald | Date: March 16, 1998| Author: Urich, Stacey | COPYRIGHT 1998 Boston Herald. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Take heed, young women. This is not your mother's Girl Scouts.

As the millennium approaches, more than cookie names have changed.

Remember those hideous green snap-on ties? Gone.

Merit badges for macrame? Never heard of 'em.

Many of today's Girl Scouts, especially teenagers, have ditched the uniforms for stylish sweats and scrunchies, and are earning merit badges in Web surfing and stress management.

"I don't even own a uniform...

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