The James Logan Courier

By Karen Mui, Courier Staff Writer
Photos by Karen Mui

Hope Connections is known for its charitable aid in the communities surrounding James Logan as well as in the tri‑city area. However, the club recently reached further heights, lending out its generosity to the needy halfway around the world in Eastern Africa.

After meeting to discuss various projects the club could have been involved in, they finally decided to partner with Global Partners for Development to assist a poor East African Village. The club contacted the organization and spoke with the CEO in hopes of determining the area most desperate for aid and donations. They finally settled on a rural area near Kenya, deciding the villages were in need of clean water and a school.

By Tom Maurstad
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)

DALLAS — Thin is cool. Thin is sexy. Thin is chic. The thinner, the better.

If I were talking about us, about people, that whole "our bodies, ourselves" kind of thing, then I would be shouted down, pilloried as a dangerous disseminator of a wrong-headed and hurtful bias that has distorted our society's definition of beauty and driven countless young women and men into eating disorders in pursuit of an impossible ideal.

But relax. I'm talking about our electronic gadgets, where the pursuit of absolute, ultimate thinness is not only acceptable, it's celebrated.

By Etan Horowitz
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)

Imagine a world where your cell phone or iPod never runs out of power and you can leave all your clunky chargers at home.

I tested three solar-powered devices that aim to make this world a reality: a backpack that lets you charge a variety of devices, a Bluetooth headset and a small, handheld electronics charger that clips onto your bag. And if the sun isn't shining, all of these devices can also be charged through conventional means.

By Debbie Ly, Courier Staff Writer

Having worked at James Logan for the past thirty‑one years, teacher Victoria Medina is almost ready to retire. As an all‑around English teacher, teaching English One, American Literature, and Honors American Literature, Medina plans to retire in June.

Medina has been a part of Logan in one way or another her entire career. She first began her experiences by student teaching at Logan, then substituting for three years, and finally becoming a full‑time instructor in the 1977‑1978 school year, working at Logan until present day.

By Sandhaya Mansfield, Courier Staff Writer

Spring break is a time that many high school and college students look forward to - school is out and vacation begins. For most, this means a week of relaxing and spending time with family and friends, and for others it means a week of partying and drinking, even for some high school seniors.

Spring break is when vacation planning companies lure students into buying spring break packages. Companies that specialize on selling spring break tours encourage students to travel to the spring break capital of the world - the infamous Mexico. Mexico seems to be the most popular spring break oasis because the legal drinking age is only 18 and is rarely enforced. Another company offers trips to places like Cancun and Mazatlan promising “50 hours of free drinking” over the seven day period of the vacation package.

By Jamie Maxfield, Courier Staff Writer

The new 400 buliding was opened up for use on Tuesday, January 22. Some teachers were eagerly awaiting a chance to have their own classroom for the first time and others we glad to get the proper class environment.

Lucio Vazquez, a Spanish teacher, used to teach his classes in the staff lounge and he is glad to be back into a regular classroom. Before the staff lounge he was split into four separate rooms, so the new 400 building helped him out a lot.