The James Logan Courier

By Charles Yi, Courier Staff Writer
Mark Hefrich, editor of the Rush Hour films, makes his directing debut with the comedy "Good Luck, Chuck". The movie stars stand-up comedian Dan Cook, "Balls of Fury" star Dan Fogler, and the lovely Jessica Alba.

The movie revolves around Charlie (Dan Cook), who possess a curse. Or maybe a blessing. Women believe that once they go to bed with him, the next man they meet will be their true love and future husband. Dan Fogler plays Charlie's best friend, who enjoys the benefits of knowing a legend and the envy of all women.

By Toshinao Ishii
The Yomiuri Shimbun (MCT)

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The failure of China and Taiwan to reach a consensus on the route of the Olympic torch can be attributed to their respective refusals to compromise on the issue of the territory's "national flag," according to observers.

The announcement that the torch for the 2008 Beijing Games will not pass through Taiwan came after China and Taiwan failed to resolve their differences about whether Taiwanese would be allowed to raise or wave the flag Taiwan claims as its own.

By Susan Ager
Detroit Free Press (MCT)

Oh, those crazy college journalists.

Who is sillier, they or we older Americans, so prone to outrage for dumb reasons?

I'm referring to the four-word editorial that appeared four days ago in the Rocky Mountain Collegian, captivating CNN, raining down disdain on its editor, and losing the paper $30,000 in advertising so far.

The editorial, in type about 20 times bigger than this, read:

"Taser this ... (F-word) Bush."

By Linda Steadman, Courier Staff Writer

Loud Music, unique decorations, and tons and tons of people; all factors that go into a perfect dance.

Unfortunately, James Logan High School has no sense when it comes to actually throwing a dance. The dances the school puts on seem to always have the decorations and the music, but few students seem to want to go.
Why is that? Is it because it never seems to be publicized well? Or is it because the students already know that no one will be attending? Maybe it is because James Logan is so enormous and cliquish that many students feel they’re to “cool” to attend these dances?

I went to Washington High Schools’s Back-to-School dance last Friday. Unlike our dances, it looked as if it was prom or something. Everyone was there.

Reviewed by Howard Yang, Courier Staff Writer

Fans of the classic Western film genre will not be disappointed by 3:10 to Yuma, the latest offering from director James Mangold, whose past works include the critically acclaimed Walk the Line.

Based on a 1957 film of the same title, 3:10 to Yuma takes place over the course of a whole day that began with the capture of Ben Wade (played by Russell Crowe), the leader of a notorious gang of bandits. Meanwhile, Dan Evans (played by Christian Bale) is a rancher who’s on the verge of losing his home and land due to a bad drought and a bad break with the railroad company. Desperate for money, Evans takes up the task of escorting Wade to the town of Contention, where he will board a 3:10 train to Yuma prison. Over the course of this short journey, the main characters experience a number of events that challenge the their morality and sense of true justice.

From wikipedia:
Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803–September 23, 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. He is perhaps best known for his novella Carmen, which became the basis of Bizet's opera Carmen.

Prosper Mérimée was born in Paris. He studied law as well as Greek, Spanish, English, and Russian. He was the first interpreter of much Russian literature in France.


Read Colomba, by Prosper Mérimée, one of six of his works, in French and English, available free from Project Gutenberg.