The James Logan Courier

By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

Kari McVeigh, whose experience in improving student achievement and enthusiasm for focusing on literacy mirror the goals and strategies of the New Haven Unified School District, tonight was named by the Board of Education as the District’s new Superintendent.

“Kari’s experience and her skill set are a remarkable fit for our district,” Board President Kevin Harper said. “She understands our needs and priorities – she has more than 30 years of experience in dealing with such issues – and she also understands that we’ve started on a course here, with our Strategic Plan, and we need someone to step in and take us to the next level.”

By Jenelle Gallardo, Courier Staff Writer

Though I've been to only two of the sixteen Pizza My Heart franchises the actual pies don't rival each other in comparison. I ordered a mushroom pizza and iced tea, and my friend ordered a supper veggie slice. The pizzas were overloaded with vegetables that actually tasted like vegetable and not that generic frozen stuff and they tasted as if they were picked from the farm that morning.

By Mia Tungol, Courier Staff Writer

Recently, "Spring Awakening", directed by Michael Mayer, was shown at the Curran Theatre in San Francisco.

Based on the play by Frank Wedelkind, "Spring Awakening" takes the audience back to Germany during the 1890's while discussing teen sexuality through rape, masturbation, and homosexuality. It's able to show the ignorance of the children that are raised by parents who are either too embarrassed of their child or too strict. Besides having sexual themes in this musical, "Spring Awakening" also demonstrates teen struggles with education through the success of some and the failure of others.

James Logan's choir director, Erin McShane said, "Spring Awakening is this generation's version of Rent. However, I would recommend it for mature audiences."

By Mei-Xin Yang, Courier Staff Writer

Good news! The Fremont, Dublin, San Lorenzo, Union City, Castro Valley, Albany and Newark, or any the libraries in the Alameda County, are now "lending" tickets to the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco to anyone who has a library card. Each ticket allows two adults and every child under 12 years-old to visit. You can also make reservations for the tickets.

Visit the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco's webpage.

By Jessica Stewart, Courier Editor-in-Chief

“Here he waits and suffers, offered to a column of fire that may weaken but is never-ending—never-ending, just like his life. His existence is to burn to death repeatedly, only to have his dogged immortality revive him again.

Detailed fantasies of retribution have gotten him this far; nursing the rage in his heart is all he has.

Until her.”

A story about a werewolf and a vampire, A Hunger Like No Other is one of the best paranormal romances I have ever read. It is the first in Cole’s new series about a mystical world within our own, filled with werewolves (or Lykae, as they are often referred to in this novel), vampires, Valkyrie, demons and witches. It is the perfect read for the romantic soul on a chilly Halloween night.

The Tao of Halloween by Idy Tao, Courier Daily Editor

Click "Read More" blow to see Part One of this comic.

School Days by Jamie Maxfield, Courier Editor-in-Chief