The James Logan Courier

By Eric Benderoff
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

LAS VEGAS — Something's missing from this year's Consumer Electronics Show during all the pitches for new HDTVs, digital cameras and other gadgets. Where'd the geek speak go?

Instead of focusing on megapixels, RAM and lines of resolution, product makers are trying to remove the intimidation factor by focusing on how their gear can meet people's needs.

It's a "catch-up" moment in technology, with companies realizing their products do a lot more than most consumers want, and often turn them away in the process. So rather than strictly touting more powerful products, they are removing steps and adding both new design elements and reassuring words to lure everyday consumers.

By Mike Fitzgerald
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — The scene: A desolate street in an Iraqi city.

As night gives way to dawn`s first light, you walk warily, the M-16 in your hands pointed at every alleyway and door you approach.

From your left you hear a baby screaming. From somewhere off to your right you hear a man`s voice echoing eerily, endlessly, in the morning call to prayers.

And then it happens. An abandoned truck up ahead disappears into a ball of yellow-and-red flame. You hear a man scream, and then your radio crackles to life.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

Student safety and school-site security will be the primary topic of discussion at the January meetings of all School Site Councils in the New Haven Unified School District, following the recent shooting death of a James Logan High School freshman outside Barnard-White Middle School.

By Krystal Henderson, Courier Staff Writer

The California Teacher's Association's elections committee has ordered a new local union election to replace a botched one held in September, despite local union leaders' assertions that irregularities in that election were of little consequence.

In September, the New Haven Teachers Association (NHTA), the local branch of the California Teachers Association representing Logan's teachers, held an election to choose a representative to the state council of the CTA. The current NHTA president, Logan computer science teacher Charmaine Kawaguchi, won the state council seat, defeating Teri Hawkins, the Alvarado Middle School teacher who ran against Kawaguchi for the NHTA presidency in 2006.

By Jamie Maxfield, Courier Staff Writer


After reports of licentious behavior at October's Homecoming Dance, school officials imposed stricter supervision standards at last month's Winter Ball, putting a damper on fun at the event for some who went, while others had fun anyway.

To Principal Don Montoya, though, "the dance was a success."