The James Logan Courier

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A big “THANK YOU” to the students who eat lunch in the 400s during 4th period for throwing away their garbage. On Friday there was only one confused seagull wondering what happened to all the trash. Good job! Keep it up!

Summer School Applications Now Available! Students, do you need to make up a failed class, or improve a pesky “D” you may have on your transcript? Well, summer school applications are now available in the counseling center. Adult School offerings will be limited this summer, so be sure to submit your signed summer school application by April 30th for preferred placement and registration. We have some interesting new offerings available this year, so check it out. See your counselor, Mr. Brar or Mr. Smith for more information.

By Alexys Cran, Courier Staff Writer

If Congress passes President Obama's proposed 2011 budget, then American astronauts will not return to the moon by 2020 as planned. The budget would cancel NASA's Constellation Program which also intended to explore the concept of establishing a moon colony.

Still, the budget reinvests in space science research and even focuses on nations to work together on space exploration. Although it cuts the Constellation program, the proposal would actually increase NASA's overall budget by $6 billion over the next five years.

From the New Haven E-News
Services will be held this week in memory of former James Logan High School teacher and coach Al Roderigues, who died Friday morning after a long battle with cancer. Mr. Roderigues, beloved by colleagues and former students and after whom the “old gym” on the Logan campus is named, was 67.

Visitation will be at 5 p.m. Wednesday at Our Lady of the Rosary, 703 C Street, Union City, to be followed by a rosary at 7 p.m. A funeral mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday at Our Lady of the Rosary, followed by a reception in the church hall.

By Jessica Guynn and David Pierson
Los Angeles Times (MCT)

SAN FRANCISCO — With negotiations over censorship at an impasse, Google Inc. shut down its search engine operation in China on Monday and redirected users to uncensored results — a move certain to anger the Chinese government and jeopardize Google's future in the world's most populous country.

In taking the extraordinary action, Google said it was making good on a promise it made two months ago, when it said it would not self-censor the site as demanded by Chinese officials. At the time, Google also complained that it had been a victim of a sophisticated cyber attack originating from China.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

All the important bullet points that were present in 2008's "Battlefield: Bad Company" — and, fundamentally, just about every "Battlefield" game in the series' magnificent lifetime — are present in "Bad Company 2" as well. Mechanically, there might not be a better military first-person shooter, and the multiplayer component that is the franchise's hallmark has only improved with the refinements DICE has made.

This is good, maybe essentially so, because the single-player campaign that was such a major surprise in the first "Bad Company" has taken a slight turn into sophomore slump country this time around.

From wikipedia:
Wendell Smith (March 23, 1914 - November 26, 1972) was a noted African American sportswriter was influential in the choice of Jackie Robinson to become the first African American player in Major League Baseball in the 20th century.

Read more about Wendell Smith and his efforts to integrate baseball, free from the Charleston Gazette.