The James Logan Courier

LUNCH
Check out the new menu items in “Creations.” Tuesday is a Potato Bar and Pasta Bar!

MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations to the Varsity Wrestling Team for winning the Falcon Dual Tournament this past Saturday. Wrestling well for the Colts were Kristian Blanco, Lawrence Blanco, Danny Mai, Aaron Boone and Allen Chan.

By Judith Graham
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

You may think your attentive spouse, your loving children and your good friends are what make you happy. But something else may be going on: The people they're connected with are making you happy too.

So suggests a new study proposing that happiness is transmitted through social networks, almost like a germ is spread through personal contact. The research was published Thursday in BMJ, a British medical journal.

By Caitlin Baca, Courier Staff Writer

Holiday shopping is definitely in full swing. Malls are full with chaos as shoppers attempt to find the best deals and sales as they shop for others.

The intensity of shoppers seems to be at an all time high this year, especially with the horrific events that happened Black Friday 2008. Two were killed during a shoot-out in a Toys "R" Us of Palm Desert, California. In addition, a 34 year old Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death by sale-hungry shoppers.

From wikipedia:
Zelma Watson George (December 8, 1903 - July 3, 1994) is a well known African American philanthropist who is famous for being an alternative in the United Nations General Assembly and the first African American headliner in Gian-Carlo Menotti's opera The Medium to play a role that was typically cast by a Caucasian actress.

Early life
Zelma Waston George was born to Samuel E.J. and Lena (Thomas) Watson in Hearne, Texas on December 8, 1903. Her father was a Baptist minister, which caused them to move frequently. In 1917 the family moved to Topeka, Kansas from Dallas, Texas because the white citizens of Dallas did not approve of Samuel E.J. Watson assisting African-American prisoners.

Read an interview with Zelma Watson George, free from the University of Michigan.