The James Logan Courier

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

October was Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Youth Advisory Board sold ribbons for $1.00 in Colt Court to help support the cause and raise awareness, as well as encouraging people to wear purple. The purple ribbons are seen as symbols of “courage, survival, honor and dedication to ending domestic violence” (http://dvam.vawnet.org/about/index.php). The Youth Advisory Board meets at the Health Center on Tuesday afternoons.

Domestic violence is a serious issue in the world, and should be important to teens at Logan because it is the late teen age group most likely to be abused. The federal government has passed legislation dealing with domestic violence, but it continues to exist.

By Alexys Cran, Courier Staff Writer

The murals painted on the Berlin Wall were first painted months after it came down on November 9, 1989. They are currently being recreated by the 90 original artists from around the world, so that they may bring new life to the murals. Pollution, weather, and time had eroded the images. Only five of the original group of artists refrained from the restorations and six others have died, their murals being renovated by the rest of the artists.

For many of them, this is an emotional matter as the Berlin Wall is representative for a complete loss of freedom people had at the time preceding November 9, 1989.

By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic

At James Logan High School, a school with a population of more than four thousand students, it seems like the one thing that they can agree on is the value and necessity of homework. Many students are able to agree that homework contains many fewer pros than cons, for a variety of reasons.

Twelfth grader Ian Phillips said “I believe homework is a waste of time because students aren’t forced to try as hard as they possibly can. Students see homework as a task rather than a learning opportunity and gain nothing from it.”

By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer

No matter how many schools you’ve attended there are some things that never change. There are qualities instilled in all adolescent environments.

Being a student who’s transferred to 15 different schools throughout her life (James Logan being her fourth high school), I’ve discovered several indisputable truths. Entering a new high school is like entering the land of opportunity. At first, everyone is nice. And ultimately you can be whoever you want to be. Unfortunately, 99% of the time you don’t know who that is. It may be refreshing at first, but reinventing yourself is risky. In the high school society, students always pay closer attention to the unknown.

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

In a high school campus of 4,000 students, it is inevitable that every school day there will be students who do not have their homework to turn in, for whatever reason. Usually these reasons include forgetting to do it, misplacing it, or not doing it in favor of something more interesting. The part I want to call attention to here isn’t the fact that the student didn’t do his/her homework, but the excuse they give. If you aren’t going to have your homework ready, the least you can do is come up with a more creative excuse than “my dog ate it’, which while classic has lost it’s charm. So here are 25 various excuses, in no particular order, to make your excuse making a little bit more interesting.


1. The cicadas outside the window make it impossible to read Plato’s The Republic.
This is for those AP English students who procrastinate reading almost every single book.
2. Had to rescue a kitten from a tree. Fire department unavailable due to mysterious arson in usual class building.
I think we can all appreciate this one after all the fire alarms school has been having.
3. Trying to master catching flies with chopsticks. Limited success.
Everyone needs a life goal.

Got a good excuse? Share it in the Comments section.