The James Logan Courier

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The deadline to turn in applications to your counselor for summer school is Friday, April 29th.

Hallways at Lunch: Students, the 60s, 70s & 80s hallways are closed for use during lunch time. Because of disruption to classroom instruction and learning, students are no longer permitted in the hallways during lunch time. Please make sure you exit the hallways as quickly as possible and do not use them during lunch.

Due to STAR testing, the after school math and science tutoring program on Tuesday and Thursday will meet in different locations. Math tutoring will take place in Room 453, and science tutoring will take place in Room 423. Mark your calendars. This is only for the week of STAR testing. See you there!

By Milto Ungashe, Courier Staff Writer

Imagine a world in which every year, 24 teenagers fight to the death, with only one victor remaining. This is the world which Suzanne Collins has created in her post apocalyptic novel, The Hunger Games, the first novel of a trilogy.

Sixteen-year-old Katniss Everdeen lives in the nation of Panem—formerly North America—a country divided into twelve districts. Each year, the members of Panem’s city Capitol hold an annual televised event in which one boy and one girl from each district are chosen to fight to the death in an arena. These games are a part of the Capitol’s large plot to demonstrate the extent of its power of its citizens, and to prove that even the nation’s children cannot escape its control.

Collins’ novel is the first of a trilogy and echoes such novels as George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 452, in which the government seeks complete dominance. The barbaric nature of the games and the heartlessness of the people, who mindlessly watch them on their televisions, make it an infuriating experience to read about. And if that’s not enough, all of the twists and turns and unpredictable moments that Collins creates makes reading it incredibly brutal on the mind yet somehow so worth it.

By Arthell Cargill, Courier Staff Writer

Broken Date by RL Stine is the short yet thrilling tale of a girl named Jamie who lives a seemingly perfect life. She is completely in love with her poor yet sweet boyfriend Tom, and with her graduation looming ahead, life seems to be going her way. Unfortunately, things take a turn for the worse. Jamie is worried when Tom doesn't show up for their date to the roller skating rink.

To take her mind off of worrying about Tom, Jamie's best friend, Ann-Marie, a witty red haired girl, decides that a trip to the mall would be just what she needs. While shopping, Jamie witnesses a robbery which results in the murder of the shop clerk. When Jamie tries to get a closer look at the killer, she is astonished to discover that it is Tom.

From wikipedia:
Walter Benjamin Lantz (April 27, 1899 – March 22, 1994) was an American cartoonist, animator, film producer, and director, best known for founding Walter Lantz Productions and creating Woody Woodpecker.

Lantz was born in New Rochelle, New York to Italian immigrant parents, Francesco Paolo Lantz (formerly Lanza) and Maria Gervasi. According to Joe Adamson's biography, The Walter Lantz Story, Lantz's father was given his new surname by an immigration official who Anglicized it. Walter Lantz was always interested in art, completing a mail order drawing class at age twelve. He saw his first animation when he watched Winsor McCay's cartoon short, Gertie the Dinosaur.

Read a news story and interview with Walter Lantz, free from googlebooks.com.