The James Logan Courier

By Cody Mongoso, Courier Staff Writer

Logan's Suavecito dance, hosted by the school's Mecha Club, helped introduce a new type of rhythm and beat by playing a variety of culturally-preserving tunes. Held last Saturday, the dance showcased such genres as meringue, bacchante, reggaeton and salsa. It also included hiphop to keep people interested.

In previous years, Logan held the Sabor Latino dance. The difference is that the Suavecito dance--whose name is derived from the Spanish word for smooth--played softer, slower music. Some artists whose songs were played included Alacranes Musical, Pitbull and Nancy Flores.

Students said they were pleased with the dance.

MISCELLANEOUS

Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday, December 20, 21 & 22, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Applications are now available in your house office, or see Mr. Caruso in Room 77 for both an application and details.

ACTIVITIES

Come see this year’s fall play, Taming of the Shrew, set in the 1920s Chicago area, November 4th, 5th, 10th and 12th at 7:00 p.m., and November 7th and 14th at 2:00 p.m. See Ms. Hughes in Room 722 in the new Center for Performing Arts for information and tickets, which are $7 with ASB and $8 without.

By Beatrice Esteban, Courier Staff Writer

James Logan graduate and author Shawn Grady returned to his alma mater Tuesday to talk to current English Two students about his careers as a firefighter and an action-novel writer.

Grady, who was graduated from Logan in 1994 and currently works as a firefighter in Reno, told the sophomores who gathered in the Little Theater for the event that he had wanted to write a novel ever since he was a student here, but that idea daunted him until he jotted down the first lines of his first novel, Through the Fire, on a napkin while on a dinner date with his wife.

During his first presentation of the day to first period English Two students, Grady told them he didn't know how to begin his novel until he read Ernest Hemingway's book A Movable Feast, about Hemingway's days as an ex-patriot writer in Europe.

From wikipedia:
David Adkins (born November 10, 1956)[citation needed], better known by the stage name Sinbad, is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He became well known in the late 1980s and 1990s from being featured on his own HBO specials, appearing on several television series, and starring in the films Houseguest, First Kid and Jingle All the Way.


Early life
Sinbad was born in Benton Harbor, Michigan, the son of Martha and the Baptist Rev. Dr. Donald Adkins. He has five siblings, named Donna, Dorothea, Mark, Michael, and Donald. Sinbad attended Benton Harbor High School, where he was in the marching band as well as the math club. He attended college from 1974 to 1978 at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado, where he lettered two seasons for the basketball team.

Watch Sinbad perform, free from YouTube.