This is the archive for September 2010
By Farah Ali,
Courier Staff Writer
So fresh, fierce and flawless. The spunky Katy Perry has left all in awe of her sparkling and sassy summer songs from the newly-released album “Teenage Dream”, now in stores.
Whether it's from melting popsicles to melting hearts, Perry always turns up the heat in all aspects of the music industry. Perry’s song “Teenage Dream” was ranked #4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
“I called the album ‘Teenage Dream’ because I feel like I will always want to be the pin-up poster,” Perry said. “I definitely want to be in everybody’s dreams at all times until I get to Liz Taylor’s age when I’m not in your dreams anymore, and I’m just a diva!”
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MISCELLANEOUS
Lifetouch student photos are here! You may pick them up at the Main Office Windows during open window hours before school, after school and at lunch!
No student parking along the fire lane in back of school. This area is for staff only!
Students are your weekends boring? Then how about trying something new like volunteering? Check your student e-mail or stop by the Career Center for all kinds of different FUN ways to give back, make new friends, maybe even lead to a real job and fulfill your 20 hours graduation requirement!
Get fit! Join Cross Country on the track each day.
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Math Teacher Steve Fletcher
James McDonald/Courier Photo
Logan Math teacher Steve Fletcher walked in memory of his mother to raise money to fight Alzheimers Disease, which took her life, in San Jose Saturday.
The walk, part of the Alzheimer's Association's Walk for Memory day, was just one of many throughout the nation. More than twenty such walks were conducted in California alone.
The date of the San Jose walk, September 25, held special importance to Fletcher because it was on that day in an earlier year that his mother passed away due to Alzheimers.
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From wikipedia:
José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón (September 30, 1765, Valladolid, now Morelia, Michoacán – December 22, 1815, San Cristóbal Ecatepec, State of México) was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811. He was later captured by the Spanish colonial authorities and executed for treason in 1815.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Lifetouch student photos are here! You may pick them up at the Main Office Windows during open window hours before school, after school and at lunch!
Lifetouch will be on campus to shoot Photo IDs today, September 30th, starting at 7:30 a.m. All new and continuing students who do not already have photos must have them taken. All students who want reprints or who want their photos retaken should go to the Pavilion Foyer during lunch.
No student parking along the fire lane in back of school. This area is for staff only!
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Way of the Peaceful Warrior
by Dan Millman
Paperback: 240 pages
Publisher: HJ Kramer
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1932073205
ISBN-13: 978-1932073201
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Courier Staff Writer
Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman tells his story as a world champion and college student who does not feel satisfied with his life until he meets a strange man. This man - given the nickname Socrates - changes how Millman perceives the world around him.
The story revolves around Millman's change from being a regular person to becoming a peaceful warrior. Socrates, Millman's teacher, guides him to happiness. Socrates begins his instruction by showing Millman how his previous methods of thinking were the root cause of all his unhappiness. The author uses insightful anecdote and clever quotes to help explain complex concepts that Socrates taught him. Once Millman realizes his errors, Socrates gradually teaches him how to find joy in everything life has to offer.
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From wikipedia:
Thomas Edward "Eddie" Tolan (September 29, 1908 – January 30/31, 1967), nicknamed the "Midnight Express", was an American athlete and sprinter. He set world records in the 100 yard dash and 100 meters event and Olympic records in the 100 meters and 200 meters events. He was the first Afro-American to receive the title of the "world's fastest human" after winning gold medals in the 100 and 200 meters events at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. In March 1935, Tolan won the 75, 100 and 220 yard events at the World Professional Sprint Championships in Melbourne, Australia to become the first man to win both the amateur and professional world sprint championships. In his full career as a sprinter, Tolan won 300 races and lost only 7.
Read about one of Eddie Tolan's most controversial races, free from FrankWykoff.com.
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Madden 11
For: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
From: EA Sports
ESRB Rating: Everyone
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Courier Staff Writer
Madden 11 has the classic Madden feel with an easer interface.
The franchise, started in 1989, is now the best selling football game in the world. The most recent edition has many new features.
Madden 11 has all the basic game modes such as "play now", "franchise" and mini-games. However, the new game also has new modes such as "Madden moments". This mode allows the player to complete a challenge, which comes from certain big moments or plays during the previous season.
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By Milto Ungashe,
Courier Staff Writer
The rise of the digital age has influenced society in numerous ways such as new ways of acquiring information, simplifying everyday tasks and most notably transforming means of communication. But with the increase in popularity of websites like Twitter and Facebook - in addition to the subsequent increase of users online - some experts wonder if social networking is bad for the brain.
An Ohio State University study suggests that students who use websites like Facebook or Twitter had grade point averages a full grade lower than non-users. Facebook users also studied on average one to five hours a week, in contrast to the 11 to 15 hours of non-users.
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Students gather at Logan's annual
Club Recruitment Fair in Colt Court.
James McDonald/Courier Photo
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Courier Staff Writer
Logan's annual Club Recruitment Fair was held last Thursday and Friday.
Club recruitment is a place where students can browse different clubs, enjoy good food and snacks and find out more information on clubs and groups that they are interested in.
Joining the new activities group is Monique Walton, Logan’s new activities director. She said that Logan will be hosting the fair in two different places this year, in Memorial Square and Colt Court. Logan has roughly forty returning clubs, and five or six new ones. When asked why students should join clubs, Walton said that students should join because they need a connection to other students and the school. She also said that the students should be engaged in some sort of extra-curricular activity other than just the regular academic curriculum.
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From wikipedia:
Richard Berry Harrison (September 28, 1864 - March 14, 1935) was a renowned actor, teacher, dramatic reader and lecturer. He was featured on the cover of TIME magazine on March 4, 1935. The son of fugitive slaves, Harrison was born in London, Ontario, Canada, on September 28, 1864, the eldest of five siblings.
Read "When the Lord was a Black Man: A Fresh Look at the Life of Richard Berry Harrison," by Andrea J. Nouryeh, free from the Richard B. Harrison Library.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Need extra help in Math or Science? Do you get stuck on your Math or Science homework? Well, you’re in luck! Logan has free tutoring by Logan teachers in Math and Science. Tutoring starts next week, on Tuesday in the Reference Room after school. We also have tutoring in Math and Science on some Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Look for signs all around campus, and ask your counselor, friendly office staff, or your Math and Science teacher for more details! Tutoring in Math and Science on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school in the Reference Room starting next week!
Posted by courier at 03:21 PM. Filed under: Daily Bulletin
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James McDonald/Courier Photo
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Courier Staff Writer
Logan has a new student teacher, 26-year-old Bellamy Liu.
Liu is currently studying at California State University East Bay (CSUEB) and joined a one-year program last summer to reach his goal: to become a high school physics teacher.
In order to earn his teaching credentials, Liu must do a variety of things. First he must gain teaching experience by working with students. He then needs to observe how another teacher runs a classroom. Finally he needs to passes two standardized tests, the CSET and CBEST. The CBEST is a general knowledge test, while the CSET is specific to the subject Liu wants to teach.
Liu has already completed some of the requirements. He has gained some teaching experience through after school tutoring, and is currently observing Julie Chuang's physics class everyday for three hours.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The New Haven Adult School, in collaboration with Centro de Servicos, has been selected to receive a $100,000 grant to promote citizenship education and immigrant integration.
The grant was announced by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), which last week awarded a total of $7.8 million to 75 organizations from 27 states and the District of Columbia. USCIS seeks to expand citizenship preparation programs for lawful permanent residents, to ensure that those committed to the goal of U.S. citizenship receive the support they need to be successful.
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Courier Staff Report
Names and places in this narrative have been changed or removed, including that of the author.
Part Two of Two:
Five years had gone by since he joined the gang. Five long years and he is now tired of running the crazy life. He is tired of hating and the way he feels when white folks discriminate against his “Raza”. He knows that he won’t be happy for the rest of his life.
Chito is surprised when Chuco rejected a shot of Tequila.
“Listen man I’m going to East L.A. this weekend,” says Chuco.
“That’s OK with me hommie, but what are you going for?” Chito asks.
“I’m going because I have something to do.” Chuco takes out his Italian stiletto and hands it to Chito. “Here, keep it, Carnal. You might need it more than I do,” he said.
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From wikipedia:
Mamie “Peanut” Johnson (born September 27, 1935) was one of three women, and the first female pitcher, to play in the Negro Leagues. She was born in Ridgeway, South Carolina in 1935. She was signed by the Indianapolis Clowns in 1953, played with the team from 1953 to 1955, had a 33-8 won-loss record and a batting average of .273.
Read "Mamie Johnson: Peanut Who Stood Tall in Negro Leagues," by Pat McManamon, free from MLB Fanhouse.com.
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From wikipedia:
Alexander Lucius Twilight (September 26, 1795 – June 19, 1857), born free in Vermont, was the first black person known to have earned a bachelor's degree from an American college or university upon graduating Middlebury College in 1823. An educator, minister and politician, he was licensed as a Congregational preacher, and worked in ministry and education all his career. In 1829 Twilight became principal of the Orleans County Grammar School. There he designed and built Athenian Hall, the first granite public building in the state. In 1836 he was the first African American elected to public office as a state legislator, serving in the Vermont General Assembly.
Read more about Alexander Twilight, and read one of his sermons, free from the Old Stone House Museum.
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By Alonyia Godfrey,
Courier Staff Writer
From slave days to the modern days of hip-hop and the Hyphy Movement, the N-word has brought about controversy in regards to its use. Oftentimes, these debates have boiled down to whether or not a change in definition or purpose truly changes the meaning of a word?
Some believe that no matter how the word is altered, its meaning will always be the same. “It’s derogatory to my people and my culture. I don’t think anyone should use it,” said senior Breanna Coleman.
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From wikipedia:
Gloria Jean Watkins (born September 25, 1952), better known by her pen name
bell hooks, is an American author, feminist, and social activist. Her writing has focused on the interconnectivity of race, class, and gender and their ability to produce and perpetuate systems of oppression and domination. She has published over thirty books and numerous scholarly and mainstream articles, appeared in several documentary films and participated in various public lectures. Primarily through a postmodern perspective, hooks has addressed race, class, and gender in education, art, history, sexuality, mass media and feminism.
Read "Postmodern Blackness" by bell hooks, free from the University of Pennsylvania African Studies Center.
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By Nataniel Lazaga and Jazzmine Bates,
Courier Staff Writers
The New Haven Unified School District has been named in an American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) lawsuit against the state of California and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger alleging that schools statewide are illegally charging students fees for books, uniforms, classes and other basic supplies.
The ACLU filed the suit on behalf of two southern California high school students, called "Jane Doe" and "Jason Roe" to protect their identities and their families.
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From wikipedia:
Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (September 24, 1825 – February 22, 1911) was an African American abolitionist and poet. Born free in Baltimore, Maryland, she had a long and prolific career, publishing her first book of poetry at twenty and her first novel, the widely praised
Iola Leroy, at age 67.
Read Iola Leroy by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, free from Project Gutenberg.
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MAROON 5 -
Hands All Over
Grade: B-minus
Is there a band more maddening than Maroon 5?
Yes, Adam Levine has a distinctive, soulful voice. Yes, the band, especially guitarist James Valentine, knows how to lay down a great groove. That's what makes the haphazard, half-finished results they turn out on
Hands All Over (A&M/Octone) all the more exasperating.
One minute, Maroon 5 is firing on all cylinders, with the '80s throwback "Give a Little More" and its undeniable dance hook. The next minute, Levine is whining as he counts down from five and rhymes "zero" with "hero" in "Curtain Call."
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received a student achievement report for the 2009-10 school year from the Division of Teaching & Learning.
Chief Academic Officer Wendy Gudalewicz told the Board that while New Haven students as a whole are meeting state proficiency goals, the District is not closing the gap between its highest -and lowest-performing subgroups. As a result, the Division is in the process of establishing specific goals for subgroups in 2010-11, in both English/language arts and math.
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From wikipedia:
John William Coltrane (sometimes abbreviated "Trane"; September 23, 1926 – July 17, 1967) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was beatified by the African Orthodox Church as Saint John William Coltrane.
Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz. He was prolific, organizing at least fifty recording sessions as a leader during his recording career, and appeared as a sideman on many other albums, notably with trumpeter Miles Davis and pianist Thelonious Monk. As his career progressed, his music took on an increasingly spiritual dimension. His second wife was pianist Alice Coltrane, and their son Ravi Coltrane is also a saxophonist.
Visit JohnColtrane.com.
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Need extra help in Math or Science? Do you get stuck on your Math or Science homework? Well, you’re in luck! Logan has free tutoring by Logan teachers in Math and Science. Tutoring starts next week, on Tuesday in the Reference Room after school. We also have tutoring in Math and Science on some Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Look for signs all around campus, and ask your counselor, friendly office staff, or your Math and Science teacher for more details! Tutoring in Math and Science on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school in the Reference Room starting next week!
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Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor
Reading level: Young Adult
Paperback: 272 pages
Publisher: Hyperion Book CH
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1423108507
ISBN-13: 978-1423108504
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Courier Staff Writer
Girlfriend Material by Melissa Kantor is the perfect twist on finding one's first love to the hardship of family and friends.
16-year-old Kate wishes for nothing more then her perfect planned out summer- from hanging out, playing tennis with her best friend to writing fiction. Anything to keep her away from the troubles at home with her fighting parents.
Everything changes when Kate's mother tells her that they are going to Cape Cod to visit her rich friends on their seaside home. To make it worse, Kate thinks her mother is doing this to make her father jealous. The only thing Kate can think of to make this summer suck less is the Cooper-Melnich family's daughter Sarah. Sarah is the totally opposite of Kate: gorgeous, outgoing and confident. But Kate's “perfect” summer is ruined when she learns that Sarah sees Kate as an unwanted houseguest.
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Sundays at Tiffany's by
James Patterson
Mass Market Paperback: 320 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446536318
ISBN-13: 978-0446536318
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Courier Staff Writer
What if you could meet your imaginary friend again but he wasn’t imaginary anymore?
James Patterson, author of
Alex Cross, shies away from his thriller novels to write a love story in
Sundays at Tiffany's. Pretty odd, right? But Patterson’s writing style in his mystery books is different from this romantic comedy. With the same short, easy to read chapters, he makes this novel a page-turner.
Jane Marguax’s life isn’t simple. She’s rich, smart and has the perfect boyfriend, but behind all those qualities she has her own insecurities and flaws. James Patterson describes Jane as a lonely only daughter to an overbearing mother and no-show father. Jane’s only friend as a child was a charming, handsome man named Michael; that changed when she turned nine. As Michael leaves, he tells her that she would soon forget him because that’s how imaginary friends worked. They would be a friend until they simply couldn’t anymore and the child would forget about them. But that didn’t happen to Jane.
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Hundreds of Heads (MCT)
Need help getting into college? Here's some advice about scholarships, financial aid and loans from the book "How to Survive Getting into College" (Hundreds of Heads Books, www.hundredsofheads.com, $13.95), straight from people who've done it:
"A main reason I stayed in my home state of Michigan was financial. I didn't want to put my parents through more expenses, and there are good schools here. I'm getting financial aid and I got student loans, and that's how we're paying for college now."
— Jessica Newman, West Bloomfield, Mich.; Michigan State University
"Go for it, whether you think you'll get it or not. Apply for those $1,000 and $2,000 scholarships for writing a paper. I know people who have gotten a few of those, which added up to $5,000. That's a good amount of money to help pay for college."
— Trent, Grapevine, Texas; University of Colorado
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Photo:Smithsonian American
Art Collection
Alma Woodsey Thomas (September 22, 1891 – February 24, 1978) was an African American Expressionist painter and art educator.
Born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, Thomas moved to Washington, D.C. with her family in 1907. In 1924, she was the first graduate of Howard University's art department.[3] In 1934, Thomas became the first African American woman to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University. She was also the first African American woman to have a solo exhibit at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Read more about Alma Thomas and see examples of her art, free from the Smithsonian American Art Collection.
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Students gather to form a peace
sign to wear on International Peace
Day.
James McDonald/Courier Photo
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Courier Editor-in-Chief
Organizers estimate that between 700 and 800 Logan students participated in the school's International Peace Day observance on Tuesday.
Students donned t-shirts emblazoned with peace slogans and formed the peace sign with the bodies in the school's stadium.
Teacher Stephanie Papas, the driving force behind the annual observance at Logan, said she was pleased at the turn out. She estimated that between 300 and 400 students participated during the school's first lunch period, arranging themselves on the turf to spell out the words "One Day" and forming the peace sign.
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Students and staff gathered around
the Logan flagpole this morning to pray
as part of the national See You At the
Pole movement.
James McDonald/Courier Photo
Need extra help in Math or Science? Do you get stuck on your Math or Science homework? Well, you’re in luck! Logan has free tutoring by Logan teachers in Math and Science. Tutoring starts next week, on Tuesday in the Reference Room after school. We also have tutoring in Math and Science on some Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Look for signs all around campus, and ask your counselor, friendly office staff, or your Math and Science teacher for more details! Tutoring in Math and Science on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school in the Reference Room starting next week!
Lifetouch student photos are here! You may pick them up at the Main Office Windows during open window hours before school, after school and at lunch!
The new and improved Logan P.E. sweats are now available at the Main Office window. Sweatshirts with hoods are $20, and sweat pants are $18. Get yours today!
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Naughty Bear
For: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
From: Artificial Mind & Movement/
505 Games ESRB Rating: Teen (violence)
Every year, a few games surface that belie the prerequisite that a game must be good in order to be any fun.
This year, the leader of that pack has to be "Naughty Bear," a thoroughly bizarre, poorly-coded and very arguably reprehensible game that might, because of how easy it is to exploit as well as how strange it is in the first place, be something you might wish to see anyway.
"Bear" stars players as the titular Naughty Bear, who, after getting ostracized by the other bears in his village, decides to turn his hurt feelings into a murderous rampage. The bears look and sound like your prototypical stuffed bears, and the village in which they live is similarly saccharine. The only difference is that players can use a range of weaponry and nearby objects — from toilets to grills — to turn the village into a crime scene. The truly skilled can even traumatize the other bears into turning on themselves.
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A 1927 self-portrait of
John W. Hardrick.
John Wesley Hardrick (September 21, 1891 – October 18, 1968) was an American artist. He painted landscapes, still lifes and portraits.
Hardrick's grandfather, Shephard Hardrick, was a land-owning farmer in Kentucky who fled to Indianapolis with his family in 1871 due to activities of The Night Riders, a forerunner of the Ku Klux Klan. Hardrick's parents were Shephard Hardrick, Jr., and Georgia Etta West, who were married on October 10, 1888 and lived on South Prospect Street in Indianapolis, Indiana.
See paintings by John Wesley Hardrick, free from the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
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Heritage Theatre, Campbell
1 W. Campbell Ave.
Campbell, CA 95008
(Free Parking)
Friday, 7:30pm; Saturday, 7:00pm;
Sunday, 3:00pm
http://www.fantasia-pac.org/
For those interested in traditional Chinese performing arts, Fantasia Performing Arts Center welcomes you to its largest show of the year taking place this weekend.
Fantasia, a nonprofit organization, wants to preserve and promote traditional Chinese arts by regularly performing free show to the public. This year’s annual performance will be held at the historic Heritage Theater in Campbell.
The core drama will be "The Magic Lotus Lantern" (
Bao Lian Deng in Chinese); the program will also include classical, ethnic and fan dances, as well as opera kung fu and sword dances.
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Courier Staff Report
Names and places in this narrative have been changed or removed, including that of the author.
Part One of Two:
He walks through the apartment complex with his hands in his black Dickies’ pockets. He walks with a slight limp because the week before he was jumped by rival gang members and they hit his right knee with a baseball bat. There is a scratch on his elbows, couples of stitches on his eyebrows and a deep cut on his chest made by a knife. He doesn’t care about anyone except his homeboys and “hood”. He is now walking to his homeboy Huero’s house with an Italian stiletto in his pocket and a .22 in his waistband. He stands there outside the door in his Nike Cortez Shoes waiting for his homeboy to come out and welcome him back from the hospital.
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Lifetouch student photos are here! You may pick them up at the Main Office Windows during open window hours before school, after school and at lunch!
The new and improved Logan P.E. sweats are now available at the Main Office window. Sweatshirts with hoods are $20, and sweat pants are $18. Get yours today!
School year work permit applications are now available in the Career Center, House 1, 2 & 3 Offices, and online at the Logan website. Summer work permits expire September 20th. Requirement minimum 2.0 GPA and good attendance to qualify for school year work permit. Return to Mr. Richberg in the Career Center office or Room 63.
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Logan students painted tshirts
last week to wear during
tomorrow's Day of Peace.
James McDonald/Courier Photo
Students at James Logan High School will join people throughout the world Tuesday in celebrating International Day of Peace.
International Day of Peace, as designated by the United Nations, is an annual observance of global ceasefire and non-violence, celebrated each Sept. 21. It is promoted by the organization Peace One Day (www.peaceoneday.org).
At Logan, students have been making signs, painting a mural and decorating t-shirts to promote the effort and signing “affirmation cards” outlining what they are willing to do to further peace. As part of their activities Tuesday, students will gather on the football field and organize themselves into “peace messages” during the school’s two lunch periods, from approximately 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
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From wikipedia:
Ferdinand "Jelly Roll" Morton (ca. September 20, 1885 or October 20, 1890 – July 10, 1941) was an American ragtime pianist, bandleader and composer who is considered to be one of the originators of jazz music.
Morton was a colorful character who liked to generate publicity for himself by bragging. His business card referred to him as the "Originator of Jazz", and during his life he was regarded as a source of rare historical information, despite his penchant for hyperbole.
Learn more about Jelly Roll Morton, free from redhotjazz.com.
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PSAT & PACT tickets will go on sale tomorrow for $25.00 each test. Tickets will be on sale during lunch only!
School year work permit applications are now available in the Career Center, House 1, 2 & 3 Offices, and online at the Logan website. Summer work permits expire September 20th. Requirement minimum 2.0 GPA and good attendance to qualify for school year work permit. Return to Mr. Richberg in the Career Center office or Room 63.
There will be a mandatory Boys Basketball meeting on Wednesday, 9/22, at 4:00 p.m. in Room 121. All young men are welcome to attend.
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It's a Lulu, by Lulu Zhong, Courier Comics Editor
The Adventures of Bemily, by Emily Yi, Courier Comic Artist
©2010 Courier Comics
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From wikipedia:
Lovie Austin (September 19, 1887 – July 10, 1972) was an American popular Chicago bandleader, session musician, composer, and arranger during the 1920s classic blues era. She and Lil Hardin Armstrong are often ranked as two of the best female jazz blues piano players of the period. Mary Lou Williams cites Lovie Austin as her greatest influence.
Born Cora Calhoun in Chattanooga, Tennessee, she studied music theory at Roger Williams University and Knoxville College in Nashville, Tennessee. In 1923, Lovie Austin decided to make Chicago her home, and she lived and worked there for the rest of her life. A fancy dresser and a well-liked person, she was often seen racing around town in her Stutz Bearcat with leopard skin upholstery, dressed to the teeth. Her early career was in vaudeville where she played piano and performed in variety acts.
Learn more about Lovie Austin and hear some of her songs, free from redhotjazz.com.
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The Heisman Trophy is awarded
annually to the nation's most
outstanding college football player.
image:wikipedia
Reggie Bush's gifts as a running back helped him win the Heisman Trophy in 2005. But there was one tackler Bush couldn't shake: the egregious rules violation the NCAA says he committed as a Southern Cal Trojan. According to the association's investigators, sports marketers plied Bush with cash and gifts, as well as picking up the tab for tens of thousands of dollars worth of housing for him and his family.
In addition to saddling the USC football program with a whopping penalty, that transgression almost certainly would have led the Heisman Trust board to reclaim Bush's trophy. So it's hardly noble that Bush chose to surrender his prize Tuesday &:8212; the day the board was meeting to discuss his case &:8212; sparing himself the indignity of having it confiscated. Nor does Bush deserve any praise for his statement of faux contrition, in which he admitted no wrongdoing and hinted that he'd simply been ignorant about the rules.
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By Andrea Higares,
Courier Staff Writer
Resident Evil 4: Afterlife made $27.7 million in sales last weekend alone. The movie follows Alice (Milla Jovovich) on her quest to take down the Umbrella Corporation, who created the deadly T-virus that brings the dead back to life as zombies and can infect others that are bitten.
The movie starts with Alice in the Tokyo Umbrella Corporation with her clones, trying to kill one of the head honchos Wesker. They fail; in the process, all her clones are killed and Alice herself loses her superhuman power due to an antidote made specifically for her by Umbrella. But throughout the rest of the movie, she still seems to have superpowers.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PSAT & PACT tickets will go on sale tomorrow for $25.00 each test. Tickets will be on sale during lunch only!
School year work permit applications are now available in the Career Center, House 1, 2 & 3 Offices, and online at the Logan website. Summer work permits expire September 20th. Requirement minimum 2.0 GPA and good attendance to qualify for school year work permit. Return to Mr. Richberg in the Career Center office or Room 63.
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By Julia Ortiz,
Courier Staff Writer
Canadian singer and song writer Lights Poxlietner released her first album in September of 2009. Titled
The Listening, her album contains a variety of catchy electropop tunes.
She has been featured in songs by The Tremulance, The Febuarys, and Canadian films such as One Week. Since then she has also won Indie Awards for Single Solo Artist and Favorite Single catagories and Best New Artist in the 2009 Juno Awards.
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By Marcus Agraviador,
Courier Staff Writer
Friday evening the James Logan Colts played against the San Leandro Pirates, shutting them out 25-0 for their second pre-season game.
The Colts made a statement with their defensive and offensive line, dominating the line of scrimmage up and down the field all night long. The San Leandro Pirates had dificulty with Logan’s defense, finishing with only 95 total offensive yards.
The Pirates are known to be a passing team, but Pirates' quarterback Chris Musni was under pressure for most of the game: he completed just 7 of 20 passes for 55 yards and was picked off once. Both of the team's sophomore running backs had a big role in the win against San Leandro, ending with 324 rushing yards.
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By Timneat Ghebray,
Courier Staff Writer
Flying Lotus released his third album, Cosmogramma, in May 2010, and five months later it is still nothing short of spectacular.
An uprising producer from Southern California, Flying Lotus is not a common household name. He proved yet again that his fusion of jazz, electronica and hip hop can harmonize into perfection. Some compare his abstract style to that of the late Sun Ra; admittedly, the album starts off true to its name - spacey and a bit out there - but gains glorious momentum with the passing of each song.
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By Milto Ungashe,
Courier Staff Writer
Hawaii native Jack Johnson’s most recent studio album
To the Sea sounds like a tribute to the easygoing island lifestyle he left behind. The mellow, breezy and beachy feel of his music is complementary to his use of instruments like the ukulele and tambourine, giving the album a very summery feel.
Fans of Jack Johnson always know what to expect: some calm and comforting music that makes listeners want to relax. He always delivers and this album is no exception.
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image:wikipedia (born September 16, 1921) is an American jazz lyricist and singer. He is considered one of the originators of vocalese, which adds lyrics to existing instrumental songs and replaces many instruments with vocalists (such as the big band arrangements of Duke Ellington and Count Basie). Furthermore, he is considered one of the best practitioners of scat singing, which involves vocal jazz soloing. For his work as a lyricist, jazz critic and historian Leonard Feather called him the "Poet Laureate of Jazz" while Time dubbed him the "James Joyce of Jive." Al Jarreau has called him "pound-for-pound the best jazz singer on the planet—maybe that's ever been".
Watch Jon Hendricks perform "Vocalese" with the Manhattan Transfer, free from YouTube.
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Reading level: Young Adult
Hardcover: 305 pages
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0525478183
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Courier Entertainment Editor
John Green has become a popular author in young adult fiction.
Paper Towns is a mystery revolving around Margo Roth Spiegelman. Green often creates strikingly beautiful and adventurous female characters in his novels; Margo is no exception. She can’t function the way society expects her to. Her impatience makes it impossible for her to wait for things to get better, and where there is impatience, there is impulse. Everyone regards her as someone who provides adventure. What they didn’t realize was that she only developed her impulsive qualities to escape the “paper towns,” the thin in genuine aspect of her life.
Margo refuses to get trapped in the plastic walls of the dull premeditated futures of her peers.
“College: getting in or not getting in. Trouble: getting in or not getting in. School: getting As or getting Ds. Career: having or not having. House: big or small, owning or renting. Money: having or not having. It’s all so boring,” said Margo on page 33.
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By Jericho Faustino, Courier Staff Writer
Logan Science teacher Michelle Galaria is in charge of a grant for $20,000 from James Logan, for greener ways to recycle and store the school's trash.
The grant will be used to add new trash and recycling bins around the James Logan campus. Made by NexStation, the new Hex Stations are a greener alternative to average trash cans. They have 3 separate compartments for trash, recyclable bottles and cans. They keep trash out of sight and lock odors in. They are easy to identify and are more attractive to students, so it is hoped they will be more likely to dump their trash and recycle their cans and bottles, than to litter.
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By Arthel Cargill,
Courier Staff Writer
Logan implemented a new email system that is similar - although not the same - as the one form previous years. The system, called SoGo, was founded by New Haven's technology expert Chris Hobbs and seems to be a sufficient way of contacting teachers and staff members.
Rhonda Neagle, the Logan vice president of operations, said, "The previous email system cost us a maintenance fee, which runs twenty to fifty thousand dollars. The SoGo system is free and open source people make it work. Mr. Hobbs looked at many, but picked SoGo because it had an easy learning system. I can use it: it's fairly simple to learn. For me, it's a bit different in terms of how it is operated. I understand they'll be setting up SoGo on Thunderbird and the Mail program on Macs, but I think we're waiting for technicians to set it up. You know how it is, every little dollar counts these days."
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From wikipedia:
Edward Alexander Bouchet (15 September 1852 – 28 October 1918) was an African American physicist who is most notable for having been the first African American to earn a Ph.D. from an American university. He graduated from Yale University in 1874 as the first black person to graduate from Yale. He completed his dissertation in Yale's Ph.D. program in 1876.
Edward Bouchet was born in New Haven, Connecticut to parents William and Susan Cooley Bouchet. At that time there were only three schools in New Haven open to black children. Bouchet was enrolled in the Artisan Street Colored School with only one teacher (who nurtured Bouchet's academic abilities). He attended the New Haven High School from 1866-1868 and then Hopkins School from 1868-1870 where he graduated first in his class.
Read excerpts of Edward Bouchet: The First African-American Doctorate, edited by Ronald E Mickens and free from googlebooks.com.
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Super Mario Galaxy 2
For: Wii
From: Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone
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Courier Staff Writer
Mario is one of the oldest and most popular game characters in game history. The character found his start in 1981 with “Donkey Kong (arcade)" and his legacy goes on this year with his most recent game, "Super Mario Galaxy 2."
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Courier Staff Writer
Along with the new school year comes a new coach and director for the boy’s soccer team.
James Williams has been a prominent figure in this school for many years. He is an alumnus of the school, played on the soccer team all four years, and has taught and coached for nine years. Along with coaching, he also teaches Life Skills to freshman.
However, the new position wasn’t much of a surprise for him. Former coach Matthew Sills said, “The decision to step down was easy because I had my family in mind.”
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By Rick La Plante,
New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
For the second time in three years, students at Hillview Crest Elementary School recorded eye-opening gains, according to standardized-test results released today for the New Haven Unified School District, while Eastin Elementary continued its climb toward the top of the list of the state’s highest-scoring schools.
Emanuele Elementary and Alvarado Middle also made double-digit gains on the state’s Academic Performance Index (API), and the District as a whole continued its steady ascent.
But in an example of the disconnect between the state’s API standards and the federal Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) standards – and “a pretty good demonstration of one of the problems with the No Child Left Behind Act,” in the words of Superintendent Kari McVeigh – New Haven has been labeled a Program Improvement district by the feds. New Haven is one of 45 districts across the state designated Program Improvement for the first time this year.
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Crackdown 2
For: Xbox 360
From: Ruffian Games/Microsoft
ESRB Rating: Mature (blood and
gore, strong language, violence)
Conventional wisdom would suggest that while "Crackdown's" combination of open-world freedom and superhuman powers made it a deserving cult sensation in 2007, enough has happened since for more of the same to not be enough. "Infamous" and "Prototype" trotted out similar ideas with deeper storylines, "Assassin's Creed" sped up rooftop bounding with its parkour controls, "Just Cause 2" blew the roof off the limits of verticality, and "Red Faction: Guerrilla" raised the environmental destruction bar considerably.
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From wikipedia:
Frederick Madison Roberts (September 14, 1879 – July 18, 1952) was an American newspaper owner and editor, educator and business owner who was the first African American elected to the California State Assembly. He served there for 16 years and was known as "dean of the assembly." He has been honored as the first African American elected to public office among the states on the West Coast. He was the great-grandson of Sally Hemings and allegedly President Thomas Jefferson.
Read more about Frederick Roberts, free from the African American Registry.
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MISCELLANEOUS
TODAY is the last day to add or drop classes.
PSAT & PACT tickets will go on sale next Tuesday for $25.00 each test. Tickets will be on sale during lunch only!
If you have books for any classes that you are not enrolled in (especially foreign language), please return them as soon as possible.
School year work permits are now available in the Career Center, House 1, 2 & 3 Offices, and online at the Logan website. Summer work permits expire September 20th. Requirement minimum 2.0 GPA and good attendance to qualify for school year work permit. Return to Mr. Richberg in the Career Center office or Room 63.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Wednesday, September 15th is the last day to add or drop classes.
If you have books for any classes that you are not enrolled in (especially foreign language), please return them as soon as possible.
School year work permits are now available in the Career Center, House 1, 2 & 3 Offices, and online at the Logan website. Summer work permits expire September 20th. Requirement minimum 2.0 GPA and good attendance to qualify for school year work permit. Return to Mr. Richberg in the Career Center office or Room 63.
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By Farah Ali,
Courier Staff Writer
On Saturday, a church located in Gainesville, Florida planned to host an “International Burn a Quran Day” to commemorate the ninth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Pastor Terry Jones said he planned to cancel the burning, but then reconsidered that decision.
Jones said that Imam Muhammad Musri tricked him prior to his creation of “International Burn a Quran Day”. Jones also said he made a deal with Musri: Jones would put his Koran burning to a stop if the New York City mosque's establishment was halted. However, since the mosque is still being built, Jones is reevaluating his judgment.
In New York, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf and his ally, a real estate developer Sharif el-Gamal, stated that they never made any deal to break off their plans for the mosque and also said that they never spoke to Musri or Jones.
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By Amanpreet Tatlah,
Courier Staff Writer
According to Alameda County Sheriff J.D Nelson, a decomposed body of Francisco Lopez was found about a mile down Niles Canyon Road in Fremont on August 26.
Police believe there are two suspects connected to the case, 47-year-old Mohammed Kahn and 62-year-old Manuel Trujillo.
It is believed that Lopez was killed six months ago.
Police say they believe Lopez was killed because the suspects believed Lopez was stealing their cannabis plants.
So far nothing has been proven completely and it is still a cold case. Police hope to find more answers soon.
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From wikipedia:
Alain LeRoy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts. He is best known for his writings on and about the Harlem Renaissance. He is regarded as the "Father of the Harlem Renaissance". His philosophy served as a strong motivating force in keeping the energy and passion of the Movement at the forefront.
Learn more about Alain Locke and his legacy, free from the Alain Locke Society.
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It's a School Life by Satpreet Kaur, Courier Comic Artist
Bemily's Adventures by Emily Yi, Courier Comic Artist
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Crispus Attucks Wright, born in 1914 to a former slave, rose from selling newspapers on streetcorners to become a prominent Beverly Hills attorney and businessman especially noted for his generosity.
His father, Warner Wright, Sr., was born enslaved on a Louisiana plantation and freed at the age of eight. He attended a college founded for ex-slaves and established himself with a career in education, serving as the principal of a school in Alexandria, Va. He had eight children, naming several of them after African-American heroes. Crispus was named after Crispus Attucks, the first African-American to die in the Cival War. Warner Wright, Sr., died when Crispus was six years old.
Read more about Crispus Attucks Wright, free from people.com.
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By Ben Fritz
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES - On what's historically been the slowest weekend of the year at the box office, only one new movie will try to tempt audiences across the country.
"Resident Evil: Afterlife" is the fourth entry in a series of consistently solid performers based on the horror video-game series.
It's the only movie opening nationwide. In the past, the weekend after Labor Day frequently has produced the lowest box-office receipts of the entire year, according to data compiled by Hollywood.com. As a result, few studios tempt fate by trying to get a share of what's likely to be a small pie.
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By Marcus Agraviador,
Courier Staff Writer
James Logan's Varsity football team, coming off a pre-season victory over Arroyo High School last Saturday, takes on San Leandro tonight at the Pirates home field.
Last weekend, the James Logan football team traveled to San Lorenzo to face off Arroyo high school in their first pre-season game.
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From wikipedia:
Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson better known as
Georgia Douglas Johnson (September 10, 1880 – May 14, 1966) was an American poet and an important member of the Harlem Renaissance.
Johnson was born in Atlanta to Laura Douglass and George Camp (her mother's last name is listed in other sources as Jackson). Her mother was of African and Native American descent, and her father was of African-American and English heritage.
Read more about George Douglas Johnson, free from the University of Minnesota.
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By Beatrice Esteban,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
The beginning of the 2010-2011 school year at James Logan High School arrived with much success, according to students.
Many students are approaching the school year with a positive attitude, citing new opportunities for friendship.
“It’s interesting to meet new people and discover the different aspects of the school,” said junior Angela Thomas.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Attention all students: The Attendance Office is no longer located at the windows in the front office. If you have an attendance issue, report to your House Office.
Parking: Student parking is in the swim center lot, in the spaces marked by white lines only. Parking permits are available at the Main Office window, during posted hours. There is limited staff parking in the new lot next to the Performing Arts Center. Please park in your designated spots. Example: Clerical is reserved for clerical employees only. There are a number of generic staff spots.
All students: If you were issued a locker and you don’t want it or won’t use it, please turn it in to Mrs. Whitaker in the Main Office.
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By Linh-Chi Nguyen,
Courier Staff Writer
The seamless blending of soul and hard-hitting rock 'n' roll is hardly ever pronounced in music today. Emerging from the post-hardcore scene, the band Emarosa produces an album nothing short of disappointing. The sextets' self-titled sophomore album integrates a more structured sound while still maintaining the melodic rhythm expressed in their first full-length album titled Relativity. With several alterations that could be made in the next album, Emarosa could definitely be one of the most diverse sounding bands known today.
A positive contribution to the band is vocalist Jonny Craig's beautifully refined voice. Craig destroys all scene cliches with his unbelievable tone Since joining in late 2007, Craig perfectly fuses his euphoric R&B sound with the addition of Emarosa's crushing guitar riffs, resonating synth and complementary drumming.
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By Julie Mendoza,
Courier Entertainment Editor
The Runaways was an all girl American rock band in the 1970s established by the infamous Joan Jett. After meeting music producer Kim Fowley the two recruited Cherie Currie, Lita Ford, Sandy West, and Jackie Fox into their psychedelic music experience that became a commodity throughout the country. None of the girls were even eighteen when the band was formed which greatly increased their popularity. These young ladies refused to be underestimated by intimidating artists who assumed they didn’t know how to play their instruments. Their first appearances were at house parties, where they were taught how to handle the ruckus. The Runaways rocked to music that matched their raw qualities. Their lyrics consisted of rebelling against school and parental control. Some of their particularly enjoyable hits include “Cherry Bomb” and “Queens of Noise.”
During their road to fame the girls were treated like “dogs", a term that Kim Fowley often called them by as a high form of insult. He kept their earnings, put them in cheap motels, and rarely spent money nourishing them with proper meals. It wasn’t until they were signed and well into the life of stardom did they decide to turn on him, a decision any smart and rebellious girl would make.
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From wikipedia
Otis Ray Redding, Jr. (September 9, 1941 – December 10, 1967) was an American soul singer. According to the website of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (where he was inducted in 1989), Redding's name is "synonymous with the term soul, music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm and blues into a form of funky, secular testifying."
Visit OtisRedding.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Attention all students: The Attendance Office is no longer located at the windows in the front office. If you have an attendance issue, report to your House Office.
Parking: Student parking is in the swim center lot, in the spaces marked by white lines only. Parking permits are available at the Main Office window, during posted hours. There is limited staff parking in the new lot next to the Performing Arts Center. Please park in your designated spots. Example: Clerical is reserved for clerical employees only. There are a number of generic staff spots.
All students: If you were issued a locker and you don’t want it or won’t use it, please turn it in to Mrs. Whitaker in the Main Office.
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Dreaming in Chinese: Mandarin
Lessons in Life, Love and Language
by Deborah Fallows;
Walker & Company, NY
208 pages, $22
Since China is now the second-largest economy on the planet, any book offering insight into its language, history and culture is welcome. "Dreaming in Chinese" is an easy way to be introduced to the Middle Kingdom.
Written by Deborah Fallows, it is a memoir of her three years in China when her writer husband, James.
Fallows, who has a PhD in linguistics, decided to learn China's most common language, Mandarin, and found it more difficult than other languages. "Since Mandarin has an inventory of only about 400 syllables, about a tenth of English, the language is simply flooded with homonyms _ words that sound alike but have different meanings ... Tones are a way to get a lot more mileage out of each syllable. If you slap a rising tone onto a syllable, it has one meaning; if you pronounce that same syllable with a falling tone, it means something else."
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Norman Rockwell's painting, The
Problem We All Live With, depicts
Ruby Bridges being escorted to school.(born Ruby Nell Bridges September 8, 1954, in Tylertown, Mississippi) moved with her parents to New Orleans, Louisiana at the age of 4. In 1960, when she was 6 years old, her parents responded to a call from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans School system. She is known as the first African-American child to attend an all-white elementary school in the South. She attended William Frantz Elementary School.
Visit RubyBridges.com.
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Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker
For: Playstation Portable
From: Kojima Productions/Konami
ESRB Rating: Teen (blood, drug reference,
language, suggestive themes, use of
tobacco, violence)
From the optional-but-recommended pre-game data installation to the offering of three imposing control schemes to the tutorial and eventually the game itself, "Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker" stakes its claim as perhaps the most demanding game in the PSP's five-year-old library.
But if you're part the intended crowd, and if you have company, the good news is that Kojima's latest wholeheartedly justifies that demand with an experience that's as filling as any of the big-screen "Metal Gear Solid" games.
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May Howard Jackson, an African American sculptor, was born in Philadelphia on September 7, 1877 to Floarda Howard and Sallie Durham.
After attending public schools in Philidelphia, Jackson entered an art school. In 1895, she became the first black student to receive a scholarship to attend the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. There she studied under artists Charles Grafly, William Merritt Chase, and John Joseph Boyle. She was graduated in 1899.
Read more about May Howard Jackson, free from the African-American Registry.
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From wikipedia:
Joel Augustus Rogers (September 6, 1880 — March 26, 1966) was a Jamaican-American author, journalist, and historian who contributed to the history of Africa and the African diaspora, especially the history of African Americans in the United States. His research spanned the academic fields of history, sociology and anthropology. He challenged prevailing ideas about race, demonstrated the connections between civilizations, and traced African achievements. He was one of the greatest popularizers of African history in the 20th century.
Read Joel Augustus Rogers: Negro historian in history, time, and space, free from the Free Library.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Attention all students: The Attendance Office is no longer located at the windows in the front office. If you have an attendance issue, report to your House Office.
Parking: Student parking is in the swim center lot, in the spaces marked by white lines only. Parking permits are available at the Main Office window, during posted hours. There is limited staff parking in the new lot next to the Performing Arts Center. Please park in your designated spots. Example: Clerical is reserved for clerical employees only. There are a number of generic staff spots.
All students: If you were issued a locker and you don’t want it or won’t use it, please turn it in to Mrs. Whitaker in the Main Office.
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It's a Lulu by Lulu Zhong, Courier Graphics Editor
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From wikipedia:
Larry Neal or Lawerence Neal (September 5, 1937 – January 1981) was a scholar of African-American theatre. He is well known for his contributions to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
Neal was born in Atlanta, Georgia. He graduated from Lincoln University in 1961 and received a master's degree in 1963 from the University of Pennsylvania. From 1968 to 1969, Neal taught at the City College of New York. The following year he taught at Wesleyan University. He taught at Yale University from 1970 to 1975. Neal is known for working with Amiri Baraka to open the Black Arts Repertory Theatre/School. His early writings—including "The Negro in the Theatre" (1964), "Cultural Front" (1965), and "The Black Arts Movement" (1968)—were influential in defining and describing the role of the arts in the Black Power era. His essays and poems appeared in publications such as
Liberator, Drama Critque, Black Theatre, Negro Digest, Performance, and
Black World. He also uncovered Ed Bullins's plagiarism of Albert Camus's play
The Just Assassins. Neal died from a heart attack in 1981.
Read more about Larry Neal and his books at the African American Literature Book Club.
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Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an African-American author.
Wright, the grandson of former slaves, was born on the Rucker plantation in Roxie, Mississippi, in Franklin County, just outside of Natchez.
His family soon moved to Memphis, Tennessee. While in Memphis, his father Nathaniel, a former sharecropper, abandoned the family because of a hard time finding a job. His mother, a schoolteacher, had to support herself and her children. In 1914 Ella Wright became ill, and the two brothers were sent to Settlement House, a Methodist orphanage. The mother then moved with her children to Jackson, Mississippi, to live with relatives. In Jackson, Wright grew up and attended public high school. In 1916, Wright, his brother, and their mother returned to Mississippi, moving in with Margaret Wilson, Wright’s grandmother.
Read Richard Wright's 12 Million Black Voices, free from Google Books.
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House three office, located in Memorial
Square.
James McDonald/Courier photo
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Courier Editor-in-Chief
The house system at James Logan High School has been modified, starting the 2010-2011 school year.
Students are assigned to one of three “houses” with two principals each. House one, located next to the Counseling Center and otherwise known as the “purple house”, is overseen by Grace Kim and Francis Rojas. The “green” house, house two, is overseen by Yvonne Hull and Abhi Brar and is next to the Career Center. Meanwhile, the administrators in charge of house three (whose color is orange) are Ramón Camacho and Jessica Lange; the office can be found in Memorial Square, by the Little Theater and the 200’s wing.
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By Julie Mendoza,
Courier Entertainment Editor
This summer I spent two hours of my life watching Sunshine Cleaning. If I must say, it was two hours well spent.
The film is directed by Christine Jeffs, starring Amy Adams (
Enchanted) as the struggling single mother having a love affair with a married man. Her life became a downward facing rollercoaster after being head cheerleader in high school.
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From wikipedia:
Prudence Crandall (September 3, 1803 - January 28, 1890), a schoolteacher raised as a Quaker, stirred controversy with her education of African-American girls in Canterbury, Connecticut. Her private school, opened in the fall of 1831, was boycotted when she admitted a 17-year-old African-American female student in the autumn of 1833; resulting in what is widely regarded as the first integrated classroom in the United States.
Prudence Crandall was born on September 3, 1803 to Pardon and Esther Carpenter Crandall, a Quaker couple in the Hope Valley area in the town of Hopkinton, Rhode Island. At the age of 17, her father decided to move the family to the small town of Canterbury, Connecticut. She attended the Friends' Boarding School in Providence, Rhode Island and later taught in a school for girls in Canterbury. In 1831, she returned to run the newly established Canterbury Female Boarding School, which she purchased with her sister, Almira.
Read more about Prudence Crandall at ConnectKids, the official State of Connecticut website for children.
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By Farah Habad,
Courier Music Editor
Wale Folarin, a prominent rapper under Jay-Z's label Roc Nation, released yet another mixtape with a Jerry Seinfeld theme. Entitled “More About Nothing” he brings about a new, distinct style to his work.
Twenty one original songs, many of which have sampled beats, defy the new wave of music played on hip hop radio stations. With no autotune and no cliché rhymes, he reinstills realness into his music.
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By Kevin C. Johnson
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
There was a time early in the career of folky-pop group She & Him when all anyone wanted to talk about was the involvement of front woman Zooey Deschanel.
Initially, she was yet another movie star who dared to step out and be in a band.
"When we were doing press a few years ago," says guitarist-producer M. Ward, "about half the questions were about how bad Bruce Willis' records were and stuff like that."
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From wikipedia:
Horace Silver (born September 2, 1928), born Horace Ward Martin Tavares Silva in Norwalk, Connecticut, is an American jazz pianist and composer.
Silver is known for his distinctive humorous and funky playing style and for his pioneering compositional contributions to hard bop. He was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, notably gospel music, African music, and Latin American music and sometimes ventured into the soul jazz genre.
Visit HoraceSilver.com
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MISCELLANEOUS
Parking: Student parking is in the swim center lot, in the spaces marked by white lines only. Parking permits are available at the Main Office window, during posted hours. There is limited staff parking in the new lot next to the Performing Arts Center. Please park in your designated spots. Example: Clerical is reserved for clerical employees only. There are a number of generic staff spots.
All students: If you were issued a locker and you don’t want it or won’t use it, please turn it in to Mrs. Whitaker in the Main Office.
P.E. Clothes are available at the windows in the Main Office before school, after school and lunchtime.
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BAGHDAD - The U.S. military Wednesday marked the end of its combat mission in Iraq amid a series of conflicting messages that underscored the mixed feelings many here, both American and Iraqi, have toward a seven-and-a-half-year effort that cost tens of thousands of lives but left the political outcome undecided.
"The problem with this war for, I think, many Americans is that the premise on which we justified going to war proved not to be valid, that is Saddam (Hussein) having weapons of mass destruction," Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters as he hopped from one stripped-down U.S. military base to another greeting American troops.
"So when you start from that standpoint, then figuring out in retrospect how you deal with the war - even if the outcome is a good one from the standpoint of the United States - it will always be clouded by how it began."
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MRI of same brain slice at monthly
intervals. Bright spots within the
brain tissue indicate active lesions.
U.S. Brookhaven National Laboratory image
LOS ANGELES — Multiple sclerosis, a disease in which a person's own immune system attacks the brain and spinal cord, is a lifelong problem — but its effects can be highly seasonal, researchers say.
Between March and August, patients suffering from multiple sclerosis were two to three times more likely to develop brain lesions than during the rest of the year, according to the paper published in the Aug. 31 issue of the journal
Neurology.
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Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins
Scholastic
(400 pages, $17.99)
By Susan Carpenter
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
Almost two years after Suzanne Collins first burst onto bestseller lists with her dystopian young-adult thriller in which 24 children are dressed up in costumes and forced to compete to the death before a television audience, "Mockingjay," the final act of the "Hunger Games" trilogy, has arrived, bringing a wrenching conclusion to the tale of a country in chaos and the 17-year-old protagonist who caused it.
Fans aren't likely to be disappointed.
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From wikipedia: Ron O'Neal (September 1, 1937 in Utica, New York – January 14, 2004 in Los Angeles, California) was an American actor, director and screenwriter. O'Neal is most remembered for his starring role as Youngblood Priest in the blaxploitation film
Super Fly, although he also had recurring roles on the television show
Living Single as Synclaire's father and as Whitley Gilbert's father on
A Different World.
Watch an interview with Ron O'Neal, free from WGBH.
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