This is the archive for February 2008
By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Sports Writer
Colts Varsity wrestling captain, Senior Ruben Baca took home the North Coast Section title on Saturday night.
When Ruben Baca began wrestling at Logan four years ago, he set some difficult goals: Win a section title and place at state.
On Saturday at Newark Memorial, Ruben accomplished his first goal with a come‑from‑behind 7‑6 victory over Dylan Phillipy of College Park in the 125‑pound championship match of the North Coast Section tournament.
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By Christina La,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
Written and directed by Adam Brooks, "Definitely, Maybe" follows Manhattan advertising man Will Hayes (Ryan Reynolds) who is has to implore the curiousity of his daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin) just after his ex-wife presents him with the papers for thier divorce.
Having just taken her first sex education class at school, Maya is perplexed by all the complications that adults deal with and eventually is determined to find out how her dad and mom met and fell in love. She also wants to know if there were any other women her dad was romantically involved with. Attempting to not tell everything specifically, Will disguises the names and identities so that Maya has to guess which of the women in his past he finally married and is her mother. "A love story mystery," is how the daughter describes it, and that's the way things unfold in the film's extended flashbacks.
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By Bobbi Maas, Courier Staff Writer
Starbucks across the nation have decided to retrain their employees to perfect the frothy, creamy, flavorful drinks that Americans have grown addicted to. Local Union City shops embraced this new training. Carlos, a barista at the shop located on Decoto Road said, “Even the way we steam the milk is different. We take more time in creating the drinks and as a result the drinks are tastier.” Sara his co-worker said, “Working here you get used to the way each drink tastes. You know it better than anyone. The drinks were good to start with but now they are even better.”
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
Alvarado Elementary School teacher Kim Pratt has been selected to represent educators - and communicate the importance of teaching children about the environment - in a video by the production company that will release the movie “Nim’s Island” this spring.
Ms. Pratt will travel to Monterey on Monday (March 3) to be part of a live webcast from the research vessel Fulmer. The webcast, “Nim’s Island Adventure,” will explain that although Nim's Island isn’t real, students should be aware of special places in the ocean called national marine sanctuaries and be good stewards of the environment.
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By Christine Surna Khayat, Courier Staff Writer
Let's face it - Palo Alto may not be everybody’s town (especially not a high schoolers). Many of the overpriced shops, galleries, and restaurants that line the streets of Palo Alto target the highly paid citizens of the town.
And that's fine. In fact, I'm only writing this article to remind people that there are, in fact, a few small gems hidden in the gaudy opulence of Palo Alto.
The Stanford Theater is one such treasure. I'm a junior at Logan and, for three years, I have almost bi-monthly walked along University Avenue, passed underneath the theater's marquee on my way to Pluto's or American Apparel and not stopped once to take in a film at the historic venue. Finally, last week, I decided to take advantage of Stanford Theater's Hitchcock Film Festival and bought my ticket for an evening showing of "Dial ‘M’ for Murder." It turned out to be my best cinematic experiences in years.
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By Howard Yang, Courier Staff Writer
In this age of digital film technology and computer generated special effects, audiences often grow tired of seeing the same old “awe-inspiring” explosions and “epic” landscapes offered by today’s movies.
Be Kind Rewind, directed by Michael Gondry, provides audiences with a refreshingly creative perspective movie-making and entertainment.
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Overwrought Vantage Point Entertains Anyway
By Charles Yi, Courier Staff Writer
"Vantage Point", directed by Pete Travis, details the story of eight strangers with eight different points of view, each trying to piece together the truth behind an assassination attempt.
The movie takes place during a global anti-terrorism summit in Spain, when a double of President Ashton is shot. Terrorists bombard the podium and also attack the actual location of the President, who was moved due to information about a potential threat at the summit. Secret Service agent Thomas Barnes (Dennis Quaid), who took a bullet for the President six months prior, attempts to piece together the evidence and uncover the truth as he faces memories of the previous assassination attempt and betrayal from within the security detail.
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From wikipedia:
Augusta Savage, born Augusta Christine Fells (February 29, 1892 – March 26, 1962) was an African American sculptor associated with the Harlem Renaissance. She was also a teacher, and a voice for equal rights.
Augusta Fells (Savage) was born in Green Cove Springs (near Jacksonville), Florida. She began making clay figures as a child, mostly small animals, but her father would beat her when he found her sculptures; at the time, he believed her sculpture to be a sinful practice, based upon his interpretation of the "graven images" portion of the Bible. After the family moved to West Palm Beach, she sculpted a Virgin Mary figure, and, upon seeing it, her father changed his mind, regretting his past actions. The principal of her new school recognized and encouraged her talent, and paid her one dollar a day to teach modeling during her senior year. This began a life-long commitment to teaching as well as to art.
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By Christine Khayat,
Courier Staff Writer
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon, Devendra Banhart’s fifth album, still features the sort of music that have established him as a charismatic, mischievous, and nonetheless, strange figure.
When I was first introduced to him on his first album,
Oh Me Oh My. . ., as an 8th grader, Banhart came across as a somewhat creepy, supernatural figure. Soon, however, I was addicted to his folkish psychedelic nature, a leader of “freaks”, a hippy it was OK to like. I found it silly how Banhart sang of little yellow spiders and taking his teeth out dancing. Real life did not seem to stop much of his strangeness, and I was drawn into his make-believe world.
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Come see the Logan Track and Field teams against defending State champions Mt. Pleasant High School. Start time is 3:15 pm today.
Spring football starts May 19th. Anyone interested in joining must pick up an information packet in the weight room at 3:45 pm on Tuesday, March 4th.
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By Sarena Bains,
Courier Staff Writer
The Alison Rules, by Catherine Clark
Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 272 pages
Publisher: HarperTempest (8/10/2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0060559802
ISBN-13: 978-0060559809
In
The Alison Rules, by Catherine Clark, Alison, is mourning the death of her mother. The only way Alison thinks that it is possible to get over this situation is to set her self a set of rules. She thinks that as long as she follows the rules she won't get hurt. She tries to live day by day following each and every one of these rules in order for her to deal with her mother's death.
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By Abhishek Saluja,
Courier Book Editor
The Sun Also Rises, by Ernest Hemingway
Country: United States
Language: English
Genre(s): Novel
Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons
Publication date: June 1926
Pages: 259 pp (hardback first edition)
by Ernest Hemingway is a complicated novel which takes the reader on an adventure overseas. The story revolves mainly around the characters Jake Barnes and his love Brett Ashley.
Jake Barnes is a World War I veteran who lives in Paris, and one day he runs into his love Brett Ashley. Their relationship discontinued shortly after the war and the author foreshadows that it will develop further in the near future.
Brett Ashley is easy on the eyes and is liked by many of her friends. Hemingway creates a circle of men that try to woo Brett at one time or another and most fail in their attempts.
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By Krystal Henderson, Courier News Editor
Yesterday, many of our homes received a letter in the mail that began: "Dear Parents: Last month, Governor Schwarzenegger declared a fiscal emergency in California..." Perhaps that was when you stopped reading and dropped the letter in the trash bin.
Be informed:
—"If the governor gets his way, the New Haven Unified School District would receive $7 million less in state funding in 2008-09."
—"We will be issuing layoff notices to employees next month and making plans to increase class sizes and cut classroom instruction and other critical services."
—"We were forced to close Cabello Elementary School last June and must close Barnard-White Middle School at the end of the current school year. Now we may be forced to accelerate consideration of closing another elementary school."
—"California already spends $2000 less than the national average, ranking 46th in the country."
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All students performing in the Black History Celebration must meet every day after school in the Spot.
Come see the Logan Track and Field teams against defending State champions Mt. Pleasant High School. Start time 3:15 pm on Friday, Feb. 29.
Come and enjoy the Black History Month Celebration today at 6:00 pm in the Spot!
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Courier Staff Report
Logan Principal Don Montoya will be reassigned to unspecified duties next year as part of an administrative purge announced today.
Montoya announced his reassignment, effective July 1, to the school's staff at a hastily called staff meeting after school. He didn't say what his new duties would be. He added that the district will conduct a search for a new principal.
In a press release, the district announced that David Pava, Deputy Superintendent of the New Haven Unified School District since 2001, and former Logan principal, will retire in the fall.
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By Benjamin Pimentel
MarketWatch (MCT)
SAN FRANCISCO — As the stalemate over Microsoft Corp.'s bid to buy Yahoo Inc. enters its third week, some analysts are already pointing to a winner in the impasse: Google Inc.
Two weeks after Yahoo rebuffed Microsoft's merger proposal and the software giant's vow to explore all options, it remains unclear how the situation will play out. But the uncertainty in what could turn into a protracted battle is giving crucial openings to the two titans' common rival, Google, some analysts said.
"In the interim, we foresee disarray at Microsoft and Yahoo," analyst Marianne Wolk of Susquehanna Financial Group wrote in a note. "We believe the deal has distracted the engineers."
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The Wii Balance Board will
build Nintendo's muscle.
When the term "video games" comes to mind, normally people immediately think of Nintendo, Microsoft, Sony, and of course, the hundred of millions of game-addicted teenage boys around the world. However, it is very rarely that people think of the casual every day gamer.
More and more, people are getting into games beyond the big name consoles. Now, thanks to rapidly developing technology, we can play games anywhere anytime, with almost anything. From playing Tetris on our cellphones to playing blocks on our iPods, everyone seems to be becoming a "casual" gamer.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
"THE CLUB"
For: Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC
From: Bizarre Creations/Sega
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood, strong language, violence)
"The Club" is a fun game stuck in an obnoxious game's body. And if you can will yourself into ignoring the obnoxious part — which, incidentally, is also the game's purported selling point — you might find a way to enjoy what's left.
At its base, "The Club" is a typical third-person shooter with a typical premise: stay alive and reach the end of a level — in some cases, before time runs out.
The hook, in this case, is that in addition to being shot at, you're being scored as well. "The Club" rewards you points for stylish and impressive kills, and rewards you exponentially more for stringing those kills together. Achieving a target score is as paramount as staying alive. Total mastery means constantly sprinting through the levels, taking down enemies as quickly as possible without any thought to taking cover, finding secret areas or doing other things that come naturally in other shooters.
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Come and enjoy the Black History Month Celebration on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6:00 pm in the Spot.
All students performing in the Black History Celebration must meet every day after school in the Spot.
Come see the Logan Track and Field teams against defending State champions Mt. Pleasant High School. Start time 3:15 pm on Friday, Feb. 29.
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Courier Staff Report
Troubles with the New Haven Unified School District's web server continue to hamper
The Courier's efforts to produce a daily online newspaper.
The trouble started last week, when editors discovered that they could no longer access
The Courier from school, where much of the production of the paper occurs.
Would-be
Courier readers are also blocked from accessing the paper from school.
The problem and its solution are out of the hands of
The Courier and its staff.
Pleas for assistance have been made to the district's technology department. No estimate of when or even if the problem will be solved have been offered.
Readers from off-campus and around the world are still able to access the paper, which is hosted off-site by Visionhead Technologies.
The Courier will be operating at a reduced level until the problem is fixed.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Come and enjoy the Black History Month Celebration on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 6:00 pm in the Spot.
Congratulations to the following wrestlers for placing at the NCS Championships this past weekend. NCS champions - Lawrence Blanco and Ruben Baca, 3rd - Jonathan Laureta, 4th - Eric Perez, 8th - Danny Mai and Toni Pole. The top 4 qualify to the CIF State meet next weekend.
Come and support your boys’ volleyball teams as they square off against Foothill today. JV starts at 4:00 pm, varsity immediately follows.
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CHICAGO — Many Roman Catholics and Protestants in America are leaving the churches of their childhood and either embracing other faiths or claiming no religion at all, according to an extensive national survey released Monday.
The findings from the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life illustrate the fluid dynamics of American religion. More than a quarter of adults, or 28 percent, said they had left the faith in which they were raised. If changes among types of Protestantism are included, 44 percent have switched affiliation.
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By David Collins,
Courier Opinion Editor
First I must say to all of my readers, no, I have not lost my intellectual marbles and no, I did not name this column after what I had for breakfast this morning. And yes, I do eat the universe for breakfast. Other than my odd diet, I wish to cover a debatably ever-present topic, reality. Now, within the feeble understandings of the numerous cogs and pistons that this existence is made from, I have come to recognize a few things as plausible. And so I pass these theoretical blue prints on to you.
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All students performing in the Black History Celebration must meet every day after school in the Spot.
Attention all football players: the 2008 season parent meeting is tonight@6:30 pm in the Student Union.
Juniors & Seniors! Show your class spirit and participate in Powderpuff on April 4. Applications are now available in Room 305 or the Activities Office during lunch.
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Musically Mindedby Kimberly Low
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Digital art by Jeremy Lam
A bear and his wife lived inside a cavernous den deep in the woods.
One day, the wife told the bear, "Let us take a stroll in the woods," and the bear replied, "My stride is not majestic. I will appear weak and feeble to the other bears."
Then the wife suggested, "Let us go fishing by the river."
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By Jasmeen Banwait, Courier Staff Writer
Jumper, released on Valentine’s Day this year, is based on the 1992 science fiction novel titled
Jumper written by Steven Gould. This movie begins by describing the life of young David Rice, a submissive teenager who lives with his father; his mother abandoned the family when David was merely five.
David is not a social butterfly at the age of 15, but he has one good friend he is able to trust, and who he has a secret crush on. David one day decides to present Millie with a gift that he bought at a nearby yard sale.
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By Rick LaPlante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a presentation about the effectiveness of Professional Learning Communities at Eastin Elementary, where the “Cycle of Inquiry” process is producing results that are being used to support student learning and inform staff for professional development.
Principal John Mattos and teachers Sandy DeMuri and Jennifer Freeman, both of whom also serve as curriculum leaders, discussed pre-assessments, charting data, analyzing results, setting a “team goal,” selecting instructional strategies and determining results indicators. Mr. Mattos emphasized that these strategies are being used not only at Eastin but throughout the District.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Special Correspondent
This coming weekend, the 80th Academy Awards will be celebrating last year's successful movies. As the movies are being put to rest, it is time to look forward to see and wonder what will be nominated for next year's Oscars Awards.
March's
10,000 BC has created quite some hype with its amazing effects. On a quest to save one's people from extinction, the characters stumble onto many prehistoric creatures, such as mammoths and saber-toothed cats.
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Alicia Keys performing live
in Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
in 2002.
wikipedia image,
Courier Special Correspondent
A new year means new music. With the 50th Grammy Awards just days away, it is definitely time to say goodbye to last year's music. However, it is also welcoming a warm hello to 2008's music.
One R&B singer who is starting to have success again is none other than Alicia Keys. She released her latest album, As I Am, in November 2007. Since then, she is currently riding on the two top-charting singles, "No One" and "Like You'll Never See Me Again." There is no word on her third single just yet. Keys will be touring around the world, including the U.S., throughout the first half of 2008.
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By Krystal Henderson, Courier News Editor
Every once and awhile, a musician will create such a masterpeice that it can be transformed into a sort of motion picture called a musical. This was done in
Across the Universe, a musical based on a compilation of songs made famous by The Beatles. The
Across the Universe soundtrack was quite unnecessary.
If Beatlemania was to be revived by the "all new recordings" of the old favorites, then surely Beatlemania is in the Intensive Care Unit. On life support.
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By Christina La, Courier Editor-in-Chief and
Cameron Lacson,
Courier Sports Writer
The James Logan Colt's boys' Varsity basketball team had a chance to get into the North Coast Section tournament Tuesday, but fell short.
Last Thursday, the Colts lost to the Newark Memorial Cougars for the third time this season. Similar to the past two games that Logan played against Newark, the Colts managed to stay side by side with the Cougars leaving behind close scores at end of the first, second, and third quarter. However, Logan fell under the anxiety of the game where Newark broke through with a victory. The score was 59-70.
Furthermore, since Logan still stood a chance in qualifying for the North Coast Section (NCS) tournament they were pushed to play in another play-off game against the Antioch Panthers on Tuesday night to help determine the seating.
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Courier Staff Report
Network troubles, presumably based in the New Haven Unified School District's system, have hampered The Courier's operations and readers' access to the online high school newspaper's website since yesterday, and there's no indication of when the problems will be resolved, the faculty advisor said Thursday.
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Attention all football players: the 2008 season parent meeting is on Monday night, Feb. 25, @6:30 pm in the Student Union.
Good luck to the ten wrestlers competing at this weekend’s North Coast Section wrestling tournament. Wrestling starts at 9:30am this Friday and Saturday.
Ballet Folklorico is having its 18th annual Sabor Latino Dance is this Saturday, 2/23, in the Pavilion. Tickets are $6 in advance at lunch in Colt Court, and $9 at the door. For more info see Mr. Huertas in the counseling office.
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Attention all football players: the 2008 season parent meeting is on Monday night, Feb. 25, @6:30 pm in the Student Union.
Good luck to the ten wrestlers competing at this weekend’s North Coast Section wrestling tournament. Wrestling starts at 9:30am this Friday and Saturday.
Ballet Folklorico is having its 18th annual Sabor Latino Dance is this Saturday, 2/23, in the Pavilion. Tickets are $6 in advance at lunch in Colt Court, and $9 at the door. For more info see Mr. Huertas in the counseling office.
Juniors & Seniors! Show your class spirit and participate in Powderpuff on April 4. Applications are now available in Room 305 or the Activities Office during lunch.
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Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
When the Game Stands Tall: The Story of the De La Salle Spartans and Football's Longest Winning Streak by Neil Hayes.
Paperback: 402 pages
Publisher: Frog Books (August 23, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1583941304
ISBN-13: 978-1583941300
From North Atlantic Books:
By 2002, The Streak—a historic 13-year run of consecutive wins by the Spartans, a high-school football team from Concord, California, that couldn't be beat—was still going strong. In this revised edition of When the Game Stands Tall, author Neil Hayes, who had unrestricted access to the De La Salle team, writes from the inside about the games, the players, and their visionary coach, Bob Ladouceur, who managed to amass the highest winning percentage in football history (.995) through standing for something greater than winning. The book, which also features interviews with major sports figures like Bill Walsh and John Gruden, is a revealing portrait of the coach who believed above all in instilling basic life skills where winning is not the goal, but merely the byproduct of playing the game.
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By Julia Keller
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
I hail from a family of arguers. Recreational arguers, you might call them. Most would rather argue than eat. My kinfolk are the kind of people who, if you say, "White," will automatically say, "Black," even if they don't know to what you are referring.
Scratch that: Make it especially if they don't know to what you're referring.
The goal is to oppose, to counter, to rile up, to square off, to nitpick, to irk, to goad. They want to keep an argument going as long as possible, like kids on a beach vacation trying to keep a plastic ball aloft forever with a series of strategic taps. My childhood memories include the spectacle of various red-faced relatives as they wrangled over politics, sports, cars, music, war, free will versus predestination — and those were just for starters. I don't seem to have inherited that yen for contentiousness, but nor does it trouble me overmuch; the earliest lullaby cooed in the midst of my infant ears surely was a surly, "Oh, yeah? Well, lemme tell you what I think about that."
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By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Editor
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Country: United Kingdom
Language: English
Genre(s): Dystopian novel
Publisher: Chatto and Windus (London)
Publication date: 1932
Media type: Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages: 288 pp (Paperback edition)
ISBN: 0-06-080983-3 (Paperback edition)
A world in which one’s class determines one’s features, social stature, and line of work; this is the world that Aldous Huxley creates in his novel B
rave New World.
Humans are created artificially in bottles and controlled from the moment of their creation. The society strips many and most freedoms through its very design. Things out of the set ordinary are discouraged and punished by banishment from the regular society.
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By Sarena Bains, Courier Staff Writer
Someone Like You by Sarah Dassen
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Puffin (June 1, 2000)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0141302690
ISBN-13: 978-0141302690
Scarlett and Halley are best friends who grew up together. These two girls love each other and will always care for each other.
In high school everyone knows Scarlett as the popular, loud, energetic girl and her best friend Halley as her tag along best friend. Scarletts boyfriend dies in a motorcycle accident leaving her alone carrying their baby. Scarlett seeks all the comfort from her best friend. Scarlett eventually decides to keep the baby and gets support from her best friend unlike her own parents who are pushing her to have an abortion. Scarlett introduces Halley to her late boyfriends friend Macon. Macon is a party boy, barely at school who jumps around from girl to girl. Macon eventually begins to fall for the innocent Halley and they go out.
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Ballet Folklorico is having its 18th annual Sabor Latino Dance is this Saturday, 2/23, in the Pavilion. Tickets are $6 in advance at lunch in Colt Court, and $9 at the door. For more info see Mr. Huertas in the counseling office.
CLUBS:
Club SAVE will be meeting in Room 444 today after school. We look forward to seeing you there!
There is a Leo club meeting tomorrow in the Reference Room. We’re going to a carnival!
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Bethany Stringer with a bag o' cats.
Jennifer Torres/Courier Photo,
Courier Staff Writer
As the new semester begins, the pungent odor of formalin begins to drift from the physiology classes as they start to dissect cats. Fresh off their unit on muscles, the students must apply their knowledge of anatomy and physiology to that of cats.
The dissection of cats is not a newly implemented practice. In fact, Logan physiology classes have been dissecting cats for over 20 years. The tools and procedures may have changed since then, but the students first reactions have remained the same. Emotions typically range from nervousness to excitement on the first day of dissection, but over time the students become more comfortable. However, one aspect may be hard to overcome, the smell.
"I hate the smell, it makes me hungry!" says Shirley Cheung, grade 12.
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By Emily Low, Courier Staff Writer
Turn on the television, flip open the newspaper, or walk down the streets without earphones in your ears, and you will inevitably see, read, or hear about the state of the American economy. Recession, you say? A new policy—why, that sounds great for them. Ah, funding for the schools? Grants? Oh no, they can’t cut the budget.
But recently, that is exactly what has happened. Educational funding has suddenly been swept away, leaving superintendents blinking at the disappearance of what was once the thinning lining of money underneath their busy feet. This sudden move has not only caused a whirlwind of problems for recent programs and activities, but also those of old—namely, previous grants that have not yet been acted upon.
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"Rez HD"
For: Xbox 360 Live Arcade
From: Q Entertainment/Microsoft
ESRB Rating: Everyone (mild violence)
Perhaps the best side effect of downloadable games coming to consoles is the second chance it affords niche games that never really had a first chance when $50 was the asking price.
The most textbook example yet may lie with "Rez HD," which resurrects a seven-year-old game in grand fashion while giving it a price tag — $10 — that's far more inviting for those who couldn't justify purchasing the Dreamcast or Playstation 2 versions.
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By Stacy Downs
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
The on-demand world is in demand.
Thousands of movies and TV shows are available for instant viewing online. Just go to a (legal) downloading Web site, click on "Batman" and the tale of the Caped Crusader begins in moments. No schlepping to the video store or waiting for discs to arrive in the mail Kansas City artist Van Sneed prefers paying Apple iTunes to download "Lost" episodes he has missed to watching the free versions on abc.com.
"It's free of ad interruptions," the 24-year-old Sneed said. "And the quality of the picture is better."
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By Stephen J. Hedges
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Sunday that a California meat packing company had launched the recall of 135 million pounds of beef — the largest meat recall in U.S. history — following questions about the company's treatment of cattle that were slaughtered even though they could not stand up.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
Number three seed Amador Valley showed off their top-ranked defense Saturday night by blanking the Colts 1-0 and eliminating them from the North Coast Section playoffs.
Amador’s George Mayer scored the potential game-winning goal eight minutes into the contest thanks to a nice feed from Michael Janjigian to lift the Dons over the Colts in the NCS Quarterfinals.
The Dons’ defense sparkled yet again at Logan Wednesday. In games that Amador has been able to get on the scoreboard, their opposition have been denied the right to score all season long. As a team, they have allowed only two goals in their last fourteen games.
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By Charles Yi,
Courier Staff Writer
For seniors, this time of the year is one that requires patience and instills both relief and anxiety. Relief comes from the fact that college applications have been submitted and seniors no longer need to stress over the laborious and repetitive admissions process, while anxiety comes from the fact that they now have to wait for acceptance letters which may very well determine the substance of their future lives.
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Logan students celebrated love with a spirited
game of "Singled Out" today at lunch, but it
wasn't St. Valentine's Day
David Collins/Courier Photo,
Courier Opinion Editor
Now I hope that for my regular readers they don’t see the title of this column and turn away from my writings forever, screaming betrayal and bloody murder. In defilement of this holiday, which is the Second Place Trophy holder for the highest suicide rate in a 24-hour time span, I must say, Valentines Day is one of the worst days of the year.
Once a year, every February 14th, people all around the world buy hundreds of thousands of gifts for one another to show how much they love their spouse. Now, in essence, this is a horribly flawed idea. Just think about it this way: You show your love to another under the foundation that material objects are the representatives of love. Therefore, without a romantic dinner, or a bundle of roses, or a hot air-balloon ride over the Italian countryside, love is not present. People measure their compassion for others by how many chocolates they can give out, or how many teddy bears they receive.
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By Emily Low,
Courier Staff Writer
Blood red roses, their velvety petals falling open in a gentle cascade of fragrance…sparkles of confetti, littered about in glistening shapes of crimson, pink, and silver…smooth chocolates, filled with creamy insides that taste of exotic fruits and rich, deluxe confections…Little handmade cards, with curly handwriting inside inscribing x…o…x…o…
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Courier Photo,
Courier Entertainment Editor
Valentine's Day is the one day that I actually dread being tall.
Every year, girls shorter than I am (let's face it, that's just about every one of them) lug around mountains of flowers, piles of candy and bunches of balloons that hide almost their entire bodies from view. And I always seem to get impaled by crinkly, red, heart-shaped balloons, which gives me the intense urge to whip out a pair of scissors and impale every single balloon that comes in my path.
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By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Staff Writer
The Colts Varsity Soccer Team played their first game of the NCS Championship last night against the Washington Huskies and beat them.
Washington was one of just two teams to beat Logan this year. The other was East Bay Athletic League's Amador Valley.
Roberto Padilla scored the game-winner on a perfectly placed shot from 25 yards in the 29th minute to give the Colts the only goal they would need, and Jorge Hernandez scored a late goal to cap the win for Logan as they advance to the quarterfinal with a 2-0 win.
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By Sandhaya Mansfield,
Courier Staff Writer
La Villa Restaurant
Bethel Island, CA 94511
(925) 684- 9531
Cuisine: Mexican
Looking for some great mexican food and a pleasing road trip? Make your way up to La Villa, located on the beautiful Bethel Island. La Villa is an authentic Mexican food restaurant with a friendly staff and praiseworthy food.
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By Christina La,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
“Step Up 2 The Streets” is the follow-up to the smash hit “Step Up,” which was in theaters August 2006. Unlike the original where the main character was a male (Channing Tatum), the sequel stars a teenage girl named Andie (Briana Evigan), who is a member of the 4-1-0, a hip hop dancing crew that is known to be the best in their neighborhood. Having just lost her mom to cancer, Angie refuses to behave, spending too many nights competing in underground dance battles called the Streets.
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By Krystal Henderson, Courier News Editor
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By Ashley Carter,
Courier Staff Writer
February is Black History Month, when every day you should be able to learn a little more about the history of Africa, Africans and their descendents, not only their struggles but their accomplishments as well.
Even though at Logan we have the Black Student Union (BSU) and also Logan Live doing something in honor and recognition of this month, some think the school and the nation give the month short shrift.
"I really like Black History month," said eleventh grader Nate Medhane, "I don't think the school does enough to acknowledge it, and I also don't like the fact that it had to be the shortest month of all the the 12 months we have."
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By Glenn Gamboa
Newsday (MCT)
It should be a no-brainer.
Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the biggest-selling album in music history by reworking several of its best-known hits with today's hottest singers and producers should really be a sure thing.
And it would be — if it didn't involve Michael Jackson.
However, with the high-profile reissue of "Thriller" (Epic) Tuesday, it appears the King of Pop is ready to recapture his crown, after his acquittal of child molestation charges in 2005 and years of unusual behavior that has eroded his once-mighty fan base.
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Josphat Karanja, 30, a Kikuyu,
and his Luo wife Everlyn Adoyo, 25.
(Evelyn Hockstein/MCT)
KINOO, Kenya — In the six weeks that intertribal fighting has ripped through Kenya, Josphat Karanja hasn't once called his father, not even after clashes erupted near the family home in the turbulent Rift Valley.
"I know what he's going to say," said Karanja, a 30-year-old computer systems manager. "I can't hear that right now."
Karanja is a Kikuyu, the dominant tribe in Kenya. Three years ago, against his father's wishes, he married a woman from the smaller Luo community, Everlyn Adoyo, whom he'd courted by showing up at her home unannounced almost every day for several months until she agreed to go out with him.
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By Cameron Lacson,
Courier Sports Writer
The Colts Varsity boys’ basketball team played their first play-off game of the Mission Valley Athletic League, throwing down a win against the Washington Huskies at Newark Memorial's home court Tuesday night.
The Huskies stood no chance against the Colts, who led the game from the beginning to the end. At half time, Logan’s score was 27 to Washington’s 18. As the Huskies continued to fight back, third quarter ended with a close 37-35. However, as determined to win the game, Logan came out with victory at the end of the night with 62-53.
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Sign up to play Singled Out this Friday and get a chance to win a date! Prizes will be movie tickets and dinner for two at Fuddruckers.
Ballet Folklorico is having their 18th annual Sabor Latino fundraiser dance on Saturday, 2/23. Advance tickets-$6 & $9 at the door. See Mr. Huertas in the Counseling Office.
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James Hansen
Christina Karma/Courier Photo
James Hansen, an Economics and American Political Systems teacher at Logan has donated a collection of presidential biographies to the school library.
Hansen may qualify for a tax deduction for his donation, but he said he did it only to benefit Logan's student body.
“I want the kids here at James Logan to be able to have access to these books. Many of these books are well written, and I’d be glad to share it with them,” said Hansen. “Knowing that I wouldn’t get any money in return for donating these books to the library, I still went on and did it. I strictly donate books to help save the library and school money for other things,”he said Hansen.
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By Jessica Rosales,
Courier Special Projects Editor
A new program called
Zangle that will debut as the New Haven Unified School District's new student information system (SIS) next school year will increase communication between teachers and parents and also replace the outdated HP program that has been used for over 20 years.
When the new program comes online next fall, parents will be able to check their students' grades and attendance via computers at any time.
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Office aide Paul Lim sorts
report cards for mailing Tuesday.
Courier Photo,
Courier Staff Writer
Following the end of the first semester of the 2007-2008 school year, a lot of students are concerned about their grades, or, more precisely, what their parents will do when they see report cards.
Some students have found ways to keep their parents from seeing them, hoping that maybe if their parents don’t see their grades they would forget about them.
The most obvious way is to intercept the report card in the mail, before parents can get their hands on it. Intercepting report cards is a Logan tradition that has going on for many years, but it won't work much longer.
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Author: Dan Brown
Country: United States
Language: English
Genre(s): Religion, Thriller, Crime, Fiction, Mystery novel
Publisher: Doubleday (U.S.)
Publication date: 18 March 2003 (U.S.)
Media type: Print (Hardback & Paperback) also Audio book
Pages: 454 p. (US hardback edition)
ISBN 0-385-50420-9 (US hardback edition),
& ISBN 1-4000-7917-9 (US paperback edition)
By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Editor
One of the most famous and talked about writers of recent times, Dan Brown is considered by many as an incredible storyteller. Simultaneously many comment and denounce the thoughts involved in his writing. However, from a reader’s perspective his novel The Da Vinci Code unfolds intriguingly.
Jacques Sauniere, is shot in cold blood and dies inside the Louvre Museum of Paris. His granddaughter Sophie Neveu, is now without her only known relative. Professor Robert Langdon is approached with the request to decipher Sauniere’s last message.
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By Charles Yi,
Courier Staff Writer
For seniors, this time of the year is one that requires patience and instills both relief and anxiety. Relief comes from the fact that college applications have been submitted and seniors no longer need to stress over the laborious and repetitive admissions process, while anxiety comes from the fact that they now have to wait for acceptance letters which may very well determine the substance of their future lives.
"Yea, I'm really nervous about acceptance letters. I mean, to me, there's a huge difference between attending UC Merced and UC Berkeley. Not to put down those who choose to go to UC Merced, but your best case scenario after attending UC Merced looks bleak in comparison to UC Berkeley," says Huu Nguyen, grade twelve.
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Ballet Folklorico is having their 18th annual Sabor Latino fundraiser dance on Saturday, 2/23. Advance tickets-$6 & $9 at the door. See Mr. Huertas in the Counseling Office.
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Game Informer Magazine (MCT)
Nyko Zero Wireless Controller for PS3
Passable, 5/10
For every quality we like about the Zero, it has some fault that brings its score back down. The extra-long USB cord and removable rechargeable batteries are nice, but we don't find its horseshoe design very comfortable.
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)
"Boogie Bunnies"
For: Xbox 360 Live Arcade
From: Artech/Sierra
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Sometimes, all it takes is one idea and some very good timing.
"Boogie Bunnies," the first puzzle game to hit Xbox Live's Arcade service since November, definitely is gifted with good timing. Gamers starved for some simple, familiar puzzle action will find absolutely that with "Bunnies," which apes the match-same-colored-falling-blocks-to-clear-them genre about as well as one could without having to pay royalties.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The Colts found out from Sunday’s North Coast Section soccer seedings meeting that they will be slotted in the 6th playoff spot and will face No. 11 Washington in the first round of NCS playoffs.
With this said, one might be thinking how can a team that has allowed only 4 goals throughout the MVALs, own a 10‑1‑2 record and have shutout their opposition throughout the Shaughnessy playoffs can only manage to be in the sixth place spot.
That only shows how tough the Boys NCS 3‑A playoffs plan to be.
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Amir Amiri and his instrument.
Harrison Lee/Courier Photo
With over 4,000 students making up the James Logan population, it surely isn’t easy to make yourself stand out. One fellow student, however, has done enough to stand apart from the overwhelmingly large student body and score honorable recognitions. Currently a full time student at Logan, senior Amir Amiri still makes time to hold a second occupation as a professional musician.
Amiri has been a musician since the age of 10. He plays multiple instruments, but is particularly focusing on the string bass since he is part of the top Logan Jazz Ensemble. Additionally, Amiri plays brass and percussion instruments during other seasons of the year. Besides being part of the Jazz Ensemble A, Amiri has made contributions to the James Logan wind symphony, marching band, and string orchestra. He also plans to play in the musical occurring later in the school year.
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A frame from the Humane Society
video which revealed the alleged abuses.
James Logan's food services are steering clear of serving beef caught up in a scandal involving animal cruelty and unhealthy cattle.
The action came in response to directives from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the California Department of Education last week.
The department placed an administrative hold on all products from the Westland Meat Co., a main supplier to the National School Lunch Program.
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Ballet Folklorico is having their 18th annual Sabor Latino fundraiser dance on Saturday, 2/23. Advance tickets-$6 & $9 at the door. See Mr. Huertas in the Counseling Office.
Is the cold bringing you down? A hoodie from Colt Necessities will bring that frown upside down! Located at the Career Center, open both lunches.
Stop by Colt Court through Wed. to send someone a flower for Valentine’s Day & support the Garden Club!
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By Christina La, Courier Editor-in-Chief
Recently, many High School Seniors who attend James Logan or Conley-Caraballo have received newsletters home regarding the New Haven Schools Foundation Scholarship Program for the 2008 school year. For many years, this program has been designed to help students with financial needs and provide them with an opportunity to earn money for college.
Perri Darweesh
Courier Photo
A tutoring program designed to boost the grades of freshman struggling to succeed in their first year of high school has yielded some unexpected results: generally lower grades for those in the program.
At the start of this school year, new programs to help freshmen cope with the transition from middle school, such as the freshman families, were instituted.
Believing the freshman year is a student’s most pivotal year, Logan teacher Perri Darweesh started a formal tutoring program, held during zero period, to provide help for freshman who failed one or more classes in their first quarters at Logan.
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By Cameron Lacson,
Courier Sports Writer
On Thursday night, the James Logan Varsity boys’ basketball team scored a win over American in their last home game this season. Before the game, the Colts’ seniors were recognized in celebration of “Senior Night.”
The seven seniors on the team were each called up individually and honored with gifts from family and friends. Logan’s Varsity seniors are: Kevin Aujla, Felipe Bobino, Hunter Hayden, Howie Manzo, Christian Okeze, Isaiah Moore, and Zachary Smith.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
The Colts knocked off League rivals Newark Memorial 1-0 on Wednesday night to win the MVAL crown and to lock up a NCS playoff spot.
Jorge Hernandez scored in the first half of the contest and that goal proved to be all Logan�s defense needed.
"This feels really good to win in my senior year,"said Logan Senior Hernandez. "If everybody keeps working together, we�ll keep playing well."
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
The Lady Colts were perhaps one win away from pulling off the unthinkable Friday night. But that would have to be delayed as the Newark Cougars shutout out the Girls Soccer team 1-0.
At the 35th minute of the contest, Newark Memorial's Emily Kirk fed a leak-out pass to Sarah Biser who netted a goal on the breakaway to give all the scoring the Lady Cougars needed for the 1-0 victory.
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By Rick LaPlante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
James Logan High School students will celebrate the Chinese New Year and the coming Olympic Games by taking part this evening in a domino chain that will link the United States and China.
Students in teacher Sarah Du’s C4 Club (Chinese Connections to Community and Culture) will make up one of four groups from Bay Area schools, linked by computer, that will sequentially topple dominoes. When the chain is completed at one school, the final domino will trigger a computer that will send a signal to the next school, prompting a computer to start the next chain. The signal then will be passed to Hong Kong, where more student groups will topple dominoes, before the chain ends in Beijing, site of the 2008 Olympics.
Click here to see the domino bridge fall tonight.
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The Lady Colts celebrated the seniors'
last home game of the regular season.
Denay Harris/Courier Photo,
Courier Sports Writer
The James Logan Lady Colts played their last home game of the regular season in the Guy Emanuele Pavilion Wednesday night. It was Senior Night, when the seniors in the basketball program are honored before the game begins.
The six seniors on the varsity team received special gifts , such as balloons and flowers, from their friends and families. When the girls were recognized in center court, their goals and plans were announced along with some of their favorite memories of playing basketball for Logan.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
After a long and exhausting 110 minutes of soccer, Logan’s Gabe Stange lifted the Lady Colts on Thursday night to the 3-2 victory.
Logan and Washington both played solid defense throughout the first half as the score was knotted at 0-0.
But the scoreless trend would not continue. Logan star Chris Garigan scored in the opening minutes of the second half as the Lady Colts took the early 1-0 lead.
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By Linda Steadman,
Courier Staff Writer
"The Orphanage," is a movie that will make your arm hairs stand on edge. Juan Antonio Bayona's direction of this film will leave you thrilled on the edge of your seat with goosebumps.
The film was made in Spanish and originally title "El Orfanato." Its U.S. release features subtitles, so if you don't like reading this is not the film for you.
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Congratulations to the Logan Girls Soccer Team, advancing to the finals in Shaugnessy Playoffs, beating Washington 2-1 in a shootout!
Ballet Folklorico is having their 18th annual Sabor Latino fundraiser dance on Saturday, 2/23. Advance tickets-$6 & $9 at the door. See Mr. Huertas in the Counseling Office.
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By Bethany Stringer, Courier Publications Editor and
Roberta Maas, Courier Staff Writer
A beautiful story about love, loss and a journey for forgiveness, Atonement is perhaps one of the finest depictions of the strength of the human heart. Set in
the mid 1930's and spanning to the early 1940's the film fully embraces the decadent air with costume designs, sets, locations, and overall beautiful cinematography.
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By Jessica Rosales, Courier Special Projects Editor
"Rocket Science", released in August of 2007, has been available on DVD since January 28, 2008. Many actors that star in this dramatic comedy are from the small screen, such as Reece Thompson, who plays the main character, and his eventual accomplice, Nicholas D’Agosto.
The film begins with the downfall of D’Agosto’s character, Ben Wekselbaum, and the ending of the relationship between Hal Hefner’s (Thompson) parents. A symbolism is noted as both Ben and Hal, who don't know each other, are silenced at the same time; Ben at a Forensics tournament, with his almost winning speech, and Hal with his family problems.
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By Christina La, Courier Editor-in-Chief
“How She Move” follows the story of Raya Green (Rutina Wesley) who is the daughter of David (Conrad Coates) and Faye (Melanie Nicholls-King), upwardly mobile Caribbean immigrants living in Canada. By the time their elder daughter, Pam, commits herself to drug abuse, Raya's parents have lost their life savings trying to rescue her from that addiction.
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By Jasmeen Banwait, Courier Staff Writer
"Meet the Spartans" is a parody in which the main characters and plot are based on 300, a movie released last year that proved to be a success at the box office. Like 300, "Meet the Spartans" basically tells the story of the battle between King Leonidas of Sparta and his army of 300, and King Xerxes and his army of Persian warriors.
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By Charles Yi,
Courier Staff Writer
"The Eye", directed by David Moreau and Xavier Palud, is an American remake of the popular Hong Kong horror film "Gin Gwai".
The story revolves around Sydney Wells (Jessica Alba), an accomplished Los Angeles concert violinist who has been blind since childhood. After years of patience, Sydney finally finds a donor and undergoes a double corneal transplant, thus restoring her sight and exposing her to a strange and foreign world.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Boys Soccer team had no trouble handling Kennedy Wednesday night as they shutout out the Titans 4‑0.
Abran Gonzalez notched a pair of goals and Juan De La Cruz added yet another dominating goaltending performance to his resume.
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Last year's Lohri celebration
Courier Photo
According to Wikipedia.org, Lohri is “the Indian version of an annual thanksgiving day and an extremely popular harvest festival in India, especially Northern India. Come January, and the fields of Punjab are filled with the golden harvest of wheat and farmers celebrate Lohri during this rest period before the harvesting and gathering of crops. Lohri is usually celebrated in the outdoors by friends and family who get together and have a bonfire in the evening.
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Students and others marched
for peace last week.
Krystal Henderson/Courier Photo,
Courier News Editor
The Youth Violence Prevention Coalition found in a comprehensive survey that 70% of the youth in Union City are aware and affected personally by violence. Five shootings within the last seven months of 2007, and the murder of Vernon Eddins at Barnard-White, has left the whole community shaken. In response, concerned community members met at James Logan at 6:30 p.m. January 29 for a "Silent Peace March Recognizing Young Adults who have been Victims of Violence in Union City".
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By Najia Qadir, Courier Staff Writer
The Reminder is the latest CD by indie-rock artist Feist. However, its not surprising that people didn’t even know that
The Reminder is her third CD. Leslie Feist, has been singing her own original music for three years now, and is fairly well-known in Canada and the UK. Her fame has been greatly boosted in the US by the popular iPod Nano commercials. Her hit single "1234" was played in the commercial.
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By Bethany Stringer, Courier Publications Editor
The soundtrack of the movie
Once is more than just a soundtrack made to fit a film. On its own, it is one of the most inspirational and true albums that I have ever had to the pleasure of hearing. All songs were written and sung by Glen Hansard of The Frames, and Markéta Irglová, a Czech Rebublican-born immigrant.
Both starred in the movie as well and have been dating for a few years. Hansard provides music on the guitar while Irglová accompanies him on the piano.
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Come support the boys soccer team tonight in the championship match for the MVAL playoffs vs Newark at 7 pm.
All p.e. students: check the bulletin boards in the Locker Room for the top ten list for the 1600 meter run. Congratulations to all boys & girls who made this list.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
The James Logan Girls Soccer team played out their hearts Tuesday night to knock off the formerly undefeated Newark Cougars 1‑0 in the Shaughnessy playoffs.
Newark jumped out early on the Lady Colts, controlling the tempo of the contest. But soon the tide would shift. After the first twenty minutes of action, Logan carried on the game. The match would remain scoreless after the first half.
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By Emily Low, Courier Staff Writer
With the second semester of the 2007-2008 school year now running in full gear, I count myself as one of the lucky ones who does not have to fight through scrambles of anxious, frustrated students attempting to recreate their schedules. This chaotic mess, as any student or faculty member at James Logan will know, is a semi-annual event that has come to be accepted as an inevitable hurdle in the first week of each new term. It is so widely accepted, in fact, that one can now find students and teachers preparing for it long before the new semester even begins.
At the beginning of the year, schedule-induced problems set snares for teachers, students, and counselors alike for nearly a month. Halfway through, the problems are no different. Classes are missing, courses are doubled, classrooms are wrong…
…and I want a teacher who is not an absolute jerk who hates my guts.
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By Rick LaPlante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a report on the fiscal emergency declared last month by Governor Schwarzenegger and its potential impact on New Haven schools.
The governor’s proposal means the District must make an immediate reduction of $377,542, an amount that could increase to as much as $755,084 by June 30, and prepare for 2008-09 reductions of $5,293,345 on the unrestricted side of the budget and $1,642,531 on the restricted side of the general fund.
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Senior Howie Manzo, 33,
takes a hard foul.
Cameron Lacson/Courier Photo
The James Logan Varsity Boys basketball lost to Newark Memorial on Tuesday night in the Cougar’s home court. This is the Colts’ second Mission Valley Athletic League loss this season, and they have both been to the Cougars.
Logan put up a good fight through the first, second, and third quarter. First quarter ended with 12-14, second quarter with 32-33, and third quarter with 49-50.
The Colts were at their best at 6:31 left in the third quarter when they were leading 38-33. However, when fourth quarter approached Newark’s intensity grew to its highest level, as they were non-stop scoring and leaving Logan with little time to catch up.
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Spicy Chicken Salad with Cheddar, Tomatoes, and Ranch Dressing,
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ACTIVITIES:
Congratulations to the varsity girls soccer for defeating Newark 1-0 on the first round of Shaugnessy playoffs!
Boys volleyball tryouts today from 6:30-9:30 pm in the Old Gym.
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The James Logan Varsity Wrestling Team finished off their regular season last Saturday when they attended the Mission San Jose Invitational.
The Colts were not able to place in their final tournament as a team. However, they had two wrestlers who were able to place in the tournament individually.
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By Jowell Caballero,
Courier Staff Writer
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, Book 1) by Stephenie Meyer
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 544 pages
Publisher: Little, Brown Young Readers (September 6, 2006)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316015849
ISBN-13: 978-0316015844
“I’d never given much thought to how I would die- though I’d had reason enough in the last few months- but even if I had, I would have never imagined in like this.”
In the style of Shakespearian star crossed romances and Anne Rice’s thrilling vampire chronicles,
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer takes flight and sweeps its readers up off their feet.
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By Christina Karma,
Courier Staff Writer
Like Water for Chocolate, by Laura Esquivel
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Anchor (October 1, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 038542017X
ISBN-13: 978-0385420174
When I first got issued the novel
Like Water for Chocolate,by Laura Esquivel, I assumed it to be boring like the other books issued here at James Logan. After reading the first chapter, I realized that this book was quite
interesting and knew right away that it would only get better and better
as I read.
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By Sarena Bains,
Courier Staff Writer
Family Tree by Barbara Delinsky
Paperback: 400 pages
Publisher: Broadway; Reprint edition (October 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0767925181
ISBN-13: 978-0767925181
In this novel by Barbara Delinsky, she creates a twisted drama about characters trying to maintain a “ perfect family “ when things don’t look perfect.
Dana is married to Hugh Clarke an attorney living in New England. His family generation is well known and he is a successful businessman. His family has been in America since the Mayflower arrived years ago.
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By Abhishek Saluja, Courier Book Editor
The Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Original title:
Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Country: Colombia
Publication date: 1981
Mass Market Paperback: 160 pages
Publisher: Ballantine Books (February 12, 1984)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0345310020
ISBN-13: 978-0345310026
The Chronicle of a Death Foretold, by Gabriel Garcia Marquez is written differently than the standard novel. It is narrated by an unnamed citizen of the town in which the story is set, who tells the story in a pseudo-journalistic style 27 years after the events related occurred.
Santiago Nasar is leading a peaceful life when one day a terrible calamity befalls upon him. This calamity is fatal and in the end claims his life. The title of the book is based upon this event.
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By Rebecca Soltau, Entertainment Editor
After a long, cold winter of never-ending pictures of picket lines amidst the palms of Hollywood, the ice coating the signs proclaiming award show cancellations and halted productions is finally beginning to thaw.
The seemingly endless writer’s strike may finally be coming to an end.
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Clockwide from upper left:
Candidates Barack Obama,
Mitt Romney, John Mccain and
Hillary Clinton wikipedia images
WASHINGTON — Democrat Barack Obama heads into Super Tuesday's voting with apparent momentum in several big states where Hillary Clinton has been the longtime leader, raising hopes in his camp for upsets that could give him the edge in delegates and enthusiasm coming out of the primaries' biggest voting day.
Republican John McCain, meanwhile, maintains solid leads in the Northeast, but faces scattered threats from Mitt Romney in the South, Midwest and particularly in California.
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By Jeffry Bartash and Moming Zhou
MarketWatch (MCT)
WASHINGTON — Google Inc. has attacked Microsoft Corp.'s bid to acquire Yahoo Inc. as an effort to extend its software monopoly to the Internet, but Microsoft brushed off the criticism Monday, saying competition would benefit from its proposed deal.
Yahoo, meanwhile, said it has made "absolutely no decisions" about Microsoft's lavish $44.5 billion proposal. The company also said it will explore all options, one of which reportedly could be a partnership with Google.
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A student aide helps another student
use the Media Center after school Tuesday.
Courier Photo
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed budget plan threatens a ten percent cut to education is affecting public schools all over California. As a result, the budget for the James Logan Media Center has been frozen, leaving librarians and students to work with what they have, for now.
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By Cameron Lacson, Courier Sports Writer
On Tuesday night, the James Logan Varsity boys’ basketball team will get another chance of victory in a head to head dual against Newark Memorial. This is going to be the second game that the Colts will be playing the Cougars this season.
Logan’s center, Hunter Hayden said, “We have been working hard all week for this game so hopefully we will perform to our best potential.”
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By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)
"TUROK"
Reviewed For: Xbox 360
Also available for: Playstation 3
From: Propaganda Games/Touchstone
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood and gore, intense violence, language)
Outside of perhaps "Tomb Raider," no series went from must-play to must-avoid quite like "Turok: Dinosaur Hunter," which needed only five years to unload whatever goodwill it had accumulated when it first debuted.
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Reviewed by Howard Yang,
Courier Staff Writer
Need for Speed: Prostreet
Reviewed for: Playstation 3
Developer: EA
Rated: Everyone
With the introduction of next-gen gaming consoles like the XBOX 360 and the Playstation 3, it is without doubt that gamers will discover a massive number of new racing titles.
One of the most well-advertised releases out there is “Need for Speed: Prostreet” by EA Games. Fans of past titles such as NFS: Most Wanted or NFS: Carbon wil surely appreciate the refinement and graphical detail of this next-gen console game, but those new to the series will most likely be attracted to the EA’s new direction in the “Need for Speed” series: track racing and real aftermarket tuning.
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Egg Roll with Fried Rice, Milk, Fresh Fruit, Fun Chips
Sausage and Veggie Pizza
ACTIVITIES:
Come see the Olympians this Saturday here at Logan. Meet some of the greatest athletes that ever lived!
Interested in track & field? See Coach Webb on the Track after school.
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Cheeseburger, Milk, Fresh Fruit, Fun Chips
Turkey Ham and Pineapple Pizza
ACTIVITIES:
Congratulations to the boys soccer team for their 1-0 win over Newark! Danny Zermeno scored the winning goal with 30 seconds left sending the Colts to the League Title. We host Kennedy Wednesday night in the playoffs!
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The 1968 Olympic Games, best remembered for the black-gloved fists of Tommie Smith and John Carlos, would have been unforgettable even without that controversial salute on the medal stand, after Smith won the gold medal and Carlos the bronze in the 400-meter dash.
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SJSU President
Don Kassing
SJSU photo
SAN JOSE, Calif. — In a bold but highly controversial move believed to be the first by a U.S. college, San Jose State University President Don Kassing has suspended all campus blood drives because of a longstanding U.S. Food and Drug Administration policy that bars gay men from donating blood.
The FDA's policy "affecting gay men violates our non-discrimination policy," Kassing said in a lengthy e-mail sent to faculty, staff and students earlier this week.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The Colts rallied late Friday night to knock off Newark 1-0 to clinch the Mission Valley Athletic League's regular season soccer championship.
Logan only needed a tie against Newark Memorial, but inside the final minute of play co-captain Danny Zermeno scored to put the exclamation point on the season.
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Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh
Team Strikedown by Pepper Moto
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By Hafizullah Gardesh and Jean MacKenzie
The Institute for War & Peace Reporting (MCT)
KABUL, Afghanistan — A journalist in northern Afghanistan, Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh, has been sentenced to death for blasphemy in a summary trial in which he had no legal representation and no opportunity to defend himself.
Sentencing took place in a closed session of the lower court of Balkh region Tuesday.
"It was about 4 p.m. when guards brought me into a room where there were three judges and an attorney sitting behind their desks. There was no one else," Kaambakhsh said. "The death sentence had already been written. I wanted to say something, but they would not let me speak," he said.
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Note: Today's "Saturday Showcase" is the start of what The Courier hopes will be a weekly feature spotlighting exemplary student writing and art. Today's work is by sophomore Laurel Brodzinsky, who wrote it for her Honors English Two class.
By Laurel Brodzinsky
Pale white orchids with blushes of pink sat delicately on the table. Small vine flowers crept up the outdoor walls and in arches across the garden walkways. Murmurs of pleasure and excitement rose off the herds of friends and family standing on the open lawn by the rows of chairs. The last remains of morning dew still sparkled in the rays of sun.
I, honestly, was quite bored. In my family there are not very many cousins my age, and none I knew were coming here. Samantha and David’s wedding was wonderful for them, and I was happy for them, but I wanted to crawl back into bed and enjoy my weekend.
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By Samuel Jue, Courier Sports Editor
Despite being shutout by Newark Memorial 1-0 in the most crucial game of the season, the Colts clinched a playoff birth with help from an Irvington loss.
The James Logan Girls Soccer team showed a great deal of teamwork, determination and grit Thursday night, but fell short to undefeated Newark.
Newark star Sarah Biser and Alyssa Trujillo teamed up to net the only goal of the contest, as goaltender Vanessa Baumann made six saves to complete the shutout for the win. Newark picked up their ninth shutout of league action.
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Tomorrow, the Union City Youth Commission is hosting their 3rd annual Youth Summit. It will be held at the Ruggieri Senior Center, across from the UC Library, from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm. This year’s theme is called “Future in Hand,” where the youth are encouraged to take control of their lives and be more involved with the community.
Previous Youth Summit meetings included important information on violence preventions and college initiatives. For this "Future in Hand" summit, the Youth Commission has planned to have workshops on health and nutrition, the environment, and careers. Guillermo Willie Lopez will be present as a guest speaker on the topic of “Taking Charge of Your Life.”
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California State University Chancelor
Charles Reed speaks to the 23 campus
presidents about changing the enrollment
deadlines due to the impending budget cuts.
,
Courier Staff Writer
On January 10th of this year, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger presented his plan to the public for a 10 percentdecrease in funding for the California State Universities. This means a $312.9 million cut for the 2008-2009 budget, a significant damage to the already faltering funds that were reduced by $500 million in 2002.
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Spicy BBQ Chicken Pizza, Milk, Fresh Fruit, Fun Chips
ACTIVITIES:
Come join our football players, Blake Lebeau and Rashad Evans as they sign their division one football scholarships this Wednesday at 6 pm in the Spot. Refreshments will be served.
Congratulations to the varsity and j.v. wrestlers for defeating Newark last Wednesday. The varsity won 38-27, and the jv’s won 46-30.
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By Vicente Marcelo, Courier Sports Writer
The Logan Colts Wrestling Varsity Team defeated the Newark Memorial Cougars in their showdown last night at the Guy Emmanuel Pavilion. The Colts won by a total score of 38‑27.
Mark Taia, Logan’s heavy weight kicked off the Dual meet by being the first match of the night. His match remained very close through three rounds. Unfortunately, at the end of the third and final round, Mark Taia wounded coming up short and losing by three.
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By Vicente Marcelo,
Courier Sports Writer
The Colts will have plenty of challenges as they head over to Mission San Jose Friday morning to attend the Mission San Jose Invitational. The Colts will be competing against 59 other High Schools and over 200 wrestlers will be competing.
The Mission Invitational is a two day tournament which consists of top wrestling schools from all over California, such as Clovis West High, Granada, De la Salle, Deer Valley, Mount Diablo.
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By Samuel Jue,
Courier Sports Editor
The Colts came back to defeat the Titans 2‑1 Wednesday night to stay in first place in the MVAL standings and set up a crucial season finale against Newark on Friday.
The pair of Jorge Valdovinos and Abran Gonzalez provided all the scoring the Colts needed to secure the victory.
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Musically Minded by Kimberly Low
