The James Logan Courier

By Philip Hersh
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

Michael Phelps is at least as tech savvy as most people in his generation. He certainly knows that 1) almost every person his age carries a cell phone and 2) that nearly every one of those phones has a camera.

Yet Phelps, surprisingly, either did not know about or chose to ignore the ramifications of all those camera phones. A celebrity whose tens of millions in sponsorship money depends on image cannot do anything stupid in public, because someone will have taken a picture or video of the indiscretion.

By Elise Ackerman
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)

SUNNYVALE, Calif. — Soon after he was named chief executive of Yahoo, Jerry Yang turned to Steve Jobs for advice.

On stage before several hundred senior Yahoo executives, Yang asked the Apple CEO how he had pulled Apple out of a death spiral a decade earlier. Jobs replied that he'd made decisions: He got out of the hand-held business, consolidated product lines, decimated Apple's work force, and made a deal with Microsoft.

It was the end of September 2007, and Yahoo was losing ground to Google. What should Yahoo do? Yang asked.

LUNCH
Salsa Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!

MISCELLANEOUS
Job Alert! Gate attendant, 16+ with California driver’s license, $11.95+. East Bay Regional Park District. For more info go to www.ebpark.org

Job Alert! Library Page (part-time), salary $13.21/hour. Must be 16 by 2/13/2009. For application information see the job board in the Career Center. Application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m., Friday, 2/13.

By Jericho Faustino
Courier Daily Editor

Activision, one of the lead publishers, based the famed franchise Call Of Duty on the Quake III Arena engine, on October 29, 2003.

It started out as a first-person PC, shooter game, but has quickly grown to be one of the biggest names in video games today.

The latest game released in the Call of Duty franchise, Call of Duty World at War, has gained a lot of criticism.

By Lorisa Salvatin, Courier Staff Writer

The first impression you get from Logan student Gabe Ocampo, is of a young, somewhat typical, yet charismatic guy who wants what most teenagers want and does what most teenagers do. Seems pretty simple, yes? Until you hear his beats.

Gabe practices the intricate urban art of beat-boxing and has been since the 8th grade. He became inspired when his brother made him listen to Rahzel’s “If Your Mother Only Knew.” He was struck by how he could sing and beat-box at the same time, and badly wanted to learn the skill himself. He began a month later and it has now become one of his passions.

By Tawab Fakhri, Courier Staff Writer

The largely popular and successful Gears Of War, has a true and blue sequel. Gears Of War 2 does the saga justice with the same amazing gameplay, beautiful enviroment, and deep storyline as the original.

Although GOW2 does not hold all the original fun micro-aspects to the game, such as instant targeting of your partner, it is replaced by wonderful doozies such as the all-too-fun chain-saw-duels, or the new brutal ways to execute your enemies. But the favorite by far is the use of the “meat shield” where you can use a downed locust as a mobile defense until it dies.

From the New Haven E-News:
Members of the staff at Pioneer Elementary School donated nearly 200 hand-made blankets to children at Raphael House, a shelter for homeless children and families in San Francisco. Para-professional Linda Cordano taught several others how to make the fleece-cut blankets and teacher Adrienne Alexander made the connection with Raphael House after hearing from a neighbor about the shelter’s work.