The James Logan Courier

MISCELLANEOUS
LOV Newark needs 67 volunteers to help at their annual Elegant Affair on Friday, February 12th. For more information, check your Logan e-mail or pick up a blue flyer in the Career Center.

Congratulations to the JV Boys Soccer Team for finishing in 1st place. Good season, Boys!

Congratulations to the Varsity Boys Soccer Team for winning the Mission Valley Athletic League for the 9th time overall, and the 3rd time in the last 5 years. We beat Irvington Friday night behind 2 goals by team captain, Juan Alvarado.

By Michael Aquino, Courier Staff Writer

To celebrate the end James Logan's first semester and the end of finals, I decided to attend an open mic — an everybody's-welcome performance of spoken word, poetry, and maybe a guitar serenade — at Paddy's Coffee House, just next to the Alvarado Park.

By Kathleen Mcgrory
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Seven months ago, University of Miami medical student Elizabeth Greig helped create a plan to get doctors to Haiti in the event of a natural disaster.
She never imagined it being put to use so quickly.

Greig, 31, a fourth-year medical student, is now the site director at the busy UM field hospital in Port-au-Prince. She coordinates efforts to transfer critical patients out of the country and works with nonprofit agencies to bring supplies in.

She is the only medical student working there.

From wikipedia:
Joseph Black (February 8, 1924 - May 17, 2002) was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro League and Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Cincinnati Redlegs, and Washington Senators who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game, in 1952. Black died of prostate cancer at age 78.

A native of Plainfield, New Jersey, he starred at Plainfield High School.[1][2] Black attended on a baseball scholarship and graduated from Morgan State University in 1950 and later received an honorary doctorate from Shaw University. He was a member of Omega Psi Phi fraternity, inc. He appears prominently in Roger Kahn's classic book, The Boys of Summer.


Read Joe Black's obituary in Jet Magazine, free from googlebooks.com.

MISCELLANEOUS
LOV Newark needs 67 volunteers to help at their annual Elegant Affair on Friday, February 12th. For more information, check your Logan e-mail or pick up a blue flyer in the Career Center.

Credit Recovery is here! If you need to make up credits, we have two after-school credit recovery classes starting the week of February 8th. The two classes are Drawing with Mr. Kolesnikov, and Creative Writing with Mr. Seaton. The classes run 3:45 – 5:15 on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and are worth 5 credits each. If you’re interested, pick up an application from the counseling office or your house office.

Happy Birthday to our 9th President, William Henry Harrison, born this day in 1773.

Bubble Jim by Sabina Singh, Courier Comics Editor


Faux Real by Christine Moon, Courier Staff Artist


Daily Life by Anjelica Ramos, Courier Staff Artist


Mini Clips by Devante Harris, Courier Staff Artist

From wikipedia
Curtis Ousley (February 7, 1934 – August 13, 1971), who performed under the name King Curtis, was an American tenor, alto, and soprano saxophonist who played rhythm and blues, soul, rock, and soul jazz.

Curtis was born in Fort Worth, Texas. During the 1950s and early to mid 1960s he both worked as a session player on such records as Yakety Yak and recorded his own singles. His best known singles from this period are "Soul Twist" (Enjoy) and "Soul Serenade" (Capitol). In 1965 he moved to Atlantic Records, where his most successful singles were "Memphis Soul Stew" and "Ode to Billie Joe." He led Aretha Franklin's backup band, The Kingpins, and produced records, at first with Jerry Wexler and then by himself.

Hear free samples of music from the Rhino Records CD, King Curtis Live at the Fillmore West, including "A White Shade of Pale," from www.rhino.com

Celebrate Black History Month with The Courier

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

Justin Chen, senior at James Logan, recently won second place in the black and white category in the UC photo competition.

He first got interested in photography when his family got their first camera, and he started playing around with the camera and settings, and finding out “photography is actually an art form”. He is in the Photography class, as well as Photo Club. Though partly due to scheduling issues, Chen took Photography to learn more about and develop his interest in photography, at higher levels than point and shoot snapshots with a cheap digital camera.


Bulb by Justin Chen

From wikipedia:
Robert Nesta Marley, February 6, 1945 – May 11, 1981) was a Jamaican singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is the most widely known performer of reggae music, and is famous for popularising the genre outside Jamaica. A faithful Rastafari, Marley is regarded by many as a prophet of the religion.

Marley is best known for his ska, rocksteady, and reggae songs, which include the hits "I Shot the Sheriff", "No Woman, No Cry", "Three Little Birds", "Exodus", "Could You Be Loved", "Jamming", "Redemption Song", and one of his most famous love songs, "One Love". His posthumous compilation album Legend (1984) is the best-selling reggae album ever, with sales of more than 12 million copies.

Visit bobmarley.com, the official Bob Marley site with video and song samples, and more.

Celebrate Black History Month with The Courier.

By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer

One of my favorite heartfelt movies is Life as a House. It's not a new film, having been released in 2001, but don't let that be an excuse to miss it. You can watch it free online via YouTube.

Every aspect of this film pulls you into the dysfuctional family and how suddenly everything can change.Hayden Christensen plays San Monroe, the rebellious, destructive, scared, and confused teenager wreaking havoc at home.

His life might have stayed dangerously broken if his father, played by Kevin Kline, hadn't made an unexpected appearance in his life. After discovering he has terminal cancer, Sam's father suspiciously decides to take him for an entire summer to help him build a house.

For the past five years, the Bombay Ice Creamery in the Mission District has been voted as one of the best places to dine in San Francisco. This place has been in the media and publicly recognized at a wonderful and unique place. Mr. & Mrs. Sureshand Bharti Parmar are the sole owners of this place and have been for the past 25 years.

I have been here many times and this place has a variety of different flavored ice creams and not just the regular chocolate or vanilla. The ice cream at the place tastes very tasteful. The tastes are strong and yummy. Bombay ice cream comes in a wide range of flavors such as mango, cashew raisin, chai (Indian tea), cardamom, green tea, and much. I think it’s a cross of Indian/American flavored ice cream with sorbet.

By Zola Boyd, Courier Staff Writer

If you're in the mood for some tasty Indian and Pakistani food but you're not in the mood to be spending some big bucks, you should probably head over to Daa'wat tonight (but not between three and five p.m. because it's closed).

If you're into appetizers, samosas are the way to go at Daa'wat. Personally, I've never been a big fan and was hesitant to try them. I was pleasantly surprised by what I tasted. The potato filling was super tender and slightly spicy, and dipping it in the tangy sauce it came with was a delightful combination.

By Julie Mendoza, Courier Staff Writer


We live in a world where, despite the fact that everybody is different, we're forced to follow the same rules. Students, both social and anti-social, are obligated to spend seven hours a day in school. What some people don't consider is that everybody learns differently. Some students prefer to teach themselves the curriculum, other students are too distracted by high school drama to concentrate properly on their work.

Fortunately, Independent Studies is an organization that enables students to do work to the best of their ability. It's a program with many pros and cons, the decision to switch from public school to Independent Studies is one that deserves much thought.

By Shamal Asnani, Courier Movie Critic


The latest movie to star Denzel Washington, The Book of Eli, was released January 15. The movie takes place in an apocalyptic world and follows Eli (Washinton), as he travels west on foot.

Eli travels alone and carries only a few items along with him including his iPod, his wipes, his hunting knife, and his book. He possesses amazing fighting and survival skills, which can be seen after he kills a group of bandits with ease, despite being outnumbered. As he is traveling, he crosses a town, in which he is forced to get into a fight at a bar, due to being harassed by a gang of bikers.

Henry Aaron (February 5, 1934 in Mobile, Alabama) is a retired American baseball player and member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. Aaron is best known for setting the Major League record for most home runs in a career (755), surpassing the previous mark of 714 held by Babe Ruth. Aaron also holds the career marks for runs batted in (2,297), extra base hits (1,477), total bases (6,856), and consecutive seasons with 150 or more hits (17). He won one World Series ring with the Milwaukee Braves in 1957, and the National League Most Valuable Player Award the same year. He also earned three Gold Glove Awards and made 24 All-Star appearances.

Visit Henry Aaron's page at the Baseball Hall of Fame website.

Celebrate Black History Month with The Courier