The James Logan Courier

By Etan Horowitz
The Orlando Sentinel (MCT)

In honor of the month that brings us Earth Day, here are some tips on cutting down the amount of electricity you use to power your gadgets.

POWER MANAGEMENT: Set your computer to go into standby, sleep or hibernate mode after between 30 and 60 minutes of inactivity. This will conserve power and allow you to quickly get back into what you were working on. The less time it takes for your computer to go into standby or hibernate, the more power you will save. Using the power management features on your computer can save between $25 and $75 per year per computer.

By Stanley A. Miller II
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)

Despite better battery life in today's gadgets, a little backup power is always best — and what more suitable source than the sun?

The Solio Hybrid 1000 from Better Energy Systems is a solar panel and battery in a light, slender case that can charge mobile phones, music players, digital cameras or portable gaming systems.

By Debbie Ly, Courier Staff Writer

April is National Autism Awareness Month and a toy drive is currently being held at Logan by
Asian American Studies teacher, Tina Bobadilla, through affiliation with her nephew, Mario Bobadilla, who is currently attending Irvington High School.

As a part of his year‑long community service project called QUEST, Mario is presently holding a toy drive benefiting the Autism programs and classes in the New Haven Unified School District. His group has chosen “the education of children with autism during the elementary stages of their school career” as their area of interest.

By Rebecca Soltau, Entertainment Editor

As short hairstyles become progressively more popular, students who don’t make the cut are finding ways of putting their locks to good use.

Teenagers are swarming to hair salons who work with the public, non-profit organization Locks of Love to donate their hair toward the making of all-natural wigs for financially disadvantaged children under the age of 18 suffering from long-term medical hair loss from any diagnosis.

By Rob Manker
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

CHICAGO — Technology is making us dumber. How else can I explain my willing invitation to anyone with Internet access that they invade my home and take my family's stuff?

See, I finally joined a "social-networking" Web site. OK, Facebook. I once proudly and prudently vowed never to do this, but after the bosses urged us all to join, it soon became clear that resistance was futile.

By Jowell Caballero, Courier Staff Writer, and
Rebecca Soltau, Entertainment Editor


As seniors wander the halls in our last months at Logan, we are constantly bombarded with questions about what we’re going to do with our lives. “College, of course,” we reply nonchalantly, but as we smile and nod at the encouraging words, we wonder if we actually are going to go to college.

Air Force recruiters visiting Logan this week have an alternative.

“Often times when I ask students who stop by about their plans for the future, the generic ‘college’ answer pops up” says Staff Sergeant Charles Davis of the Air Force.

By Josh Noel
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

CHICAGO — This must be what torture feels like, Jamie Nieto thought during six weeks in 2003 of physical therapy for burns covering more than half his body. He bore the pain by telling himself that every day he inched closer to going home.

Unlike Nieto, who could only close his eyes to cope, patients at Loyola University Medical Center's burn unit in Maywood, Ill., in the next few weeks will be able to distract themselves by gliding through a world of snowy canyons, launching snowball fights with snowmen and watching penguins cartwheel across icy plains.