This is the archive for October 2006
By John Chau, Courier Staff Writer
Photos by Dana Llarena and Jessica Rosales
Despite the recent gang fights and heightened enforcement of Halloween rules, this year Logan students show no decline in their festive dress for Hallow’s eve. The celebration remains as enthusiastic as ever with the introduction of new and exciting costumes.
Members of the Courier staff dressed up for the holiday (Jessica Rosales-Dana Llarena/Courier Photo)
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By Pamela Gutierrez, Courier News Editor
Halloween has always been an exciting time on the Logan campus as hundreds of students dress up to celebrate the holiday. This year however, the festivities may be stifled by a few extra rules.
Logan students Aprille Barzaga, left, and Heather Enrile wear costumes that conform with this year's rules. (Courier Photo)
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By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — It is a rite of fall almost as familiar as Homecoming: Excited Stanford students decorate their new rooms with desktop computers, laptops, printers, game consoles, wireless routers and assorted electronic gizmos built at home over summer vacation.
Then something breaks. Or freezes. Or takes down an entire dormitory's network.
Melissa Schirmer, left, and her roommate, Stephanie Swenson, laugh at a printing mistake with Xuan Smith, a member of Stanford University's residential computing staff which helps students with computer tech support. (Jim Gensheimer/San Jose Mercury News/MCT)
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Recently, about 55 Logan Juniors and Seniors had the opportunity to attend an informatioinal meeting about California State University East Bay and San Francisco State University.
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By Christine Spolar
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
VIENNA, Austria — When more than 100 ambassadors gathered at the United Nations nuclear agency to mark its 50th year of juggling global arms and energy demands, organizers were surprised by the ambitious agenda that the envoys had in mind:
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By Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
For students too bored, too busy or too burdened to write their own term papers, it's tempting to turn to the Web for a little help.
As teachers wise up to the popular cut-and-paste method of Internet plagiarizing and the use of myriad online essay banks, some students determined to outsource their papers are taking a more unusual route: paying for custom jobs.
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By Susan Muramoto, Courier Staff Writer
That time of the year has come for all college-bound seniors to stress over college applications and the "personal statements" some universities require their applicants to write.
A personal statement "is an essay about yourself, used to address things about yourself not previously expressed in an application," said Career Center Technician Barbara Hart.
Career Center Technician Barbara Hart (Jessica Rosales/Courier Photo)
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By Maria Orozco, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan Principal Don Montoya met with his Principal's Advisory Committee today and reassured them that student safety is his top priority.
Extra Union City Police patrolled the campus today to help keep the peace (Bobbi Maas-Courier Photo)
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Two extra police officers will guard James Logan High School today, and teachers have been asked to be extra vigilante, the day after administrators locked down the school to hunt for weapons they learned of after a rash of fights broke out around the sprawling campus.
Posted by courier at 07:13 AM. Filed under: News
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Students were ordered to clear the James Logan High School campus quickly this afternoon after being locked in their classes while administrators and police searched for and arrested at least two students, one for possessing a knife and another for assaulting a CST, according to Principal Don Montoya.
Logan staff dispersed milling students after fights broke out.
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Logan students were locked in their classrooms Wednesday morning after several fights broke out during the morning.
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By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
PALO ALTO, Calif. ‚ Like a roll of the dice or a sip of bourbon, the glow of the computer screen has an irresistible and dangerous allure to many people, according to a new nationwide study by Stanford University.
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The Seattle Times
(MCT)
SEATTLE — Mozilla will release the latest version of its browser, Firefox 2, today, the company said Friday.
The Courier recommends Firefox for viewing The Courier.
Posted by courier at 07:36 AM. Filed under: News
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James Logan Principal Don Montoya threatened to end the popular "one-minute" bell next week unless students get to class on time more often.
"If tardies don't go down far enough, the one-minute bell goes away," he said via the school's public address system Monday morning
Posted by courier at 07:15 AM. Filed under: News
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By Priya Jagannathan, Courier Staff Writer
Teachers at James Logan today handed out red rubber wristbands to students with the molded-in motto "I Pledge to be Drug Free" to kick off this year's Red Ribbon Week.
Wristbands similar to this one, but with a different motto, are being distributed at James Logan today.
Posted by courier at 07:49 AM. Filed under: News
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By Michelle Raskin, Courier Staff Writer
Many Logan students are displaying their fashion senses, or, some might say, their runaway materialism, all over campus.
Crystal Garcia poses as a "fashionista." (Michelle Raskin/Courier Photo)
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By Zachary Gorchow
Detroit Free Press (MCT)
DETROIT — Ginnnah Muhammad of Detroit was looking for her day in court.
Instead, she said she felt as if a judge forced her to choose between her case and her religion in a small-claims dispute in Hamtramck District Court.
A devout Muslim, she wore a niqab — a scarf and veil to cover her face and head except for her eyes — Oct. 11 as she contested a rental car company's charging her $2,750 to repair a vehicle after thieves broke into it.
A Yemeni woman, but not Ginnah Muhammad, wearing a niqab. (wikipedia photo)
Posted by courier at 08:19 AM. Filed under: News
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By Carl P. Leubsdorf
The Dallas Morning News (MCT)
It's widely believed that a Democratic victory in next month's elections would launch renewed pressure on President Bush to change course in Iraq. But significant pressure is starting even before the balloting — and it's coming from some key Republican allies.
Posted by courier at 07:03 AM. Filed under: News
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Logan's Sikh Forum organized a lunch time celebration of Diwali, an important Indian religious festival, Friday afternoon in Colt Court.
Members on the Sikh Forum prepare the Colt Court stage for the lunch time celebration.
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By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer
Every Friday, The Gay-Straight Alliance club provides a place for students to comfortably discuss issues on sexuality.
"[The purpose of GSA is] to provide a place for gay and lesbian students and their friends to hang out, discuss, see films, and hear speakers on topic related to the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community." said Michael Roman, one of the advisors of the club.
Members of the GSA staffed a table at the recent Club Recruitment day
Posted by courier at 09:27 AM. Filed under: News
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By Steven Dudley
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
PEREIRA, Colombia — In Colombia, they like to tell a joke about the promiscuity of women in this southwestern city near Colombia's lush coffee fields: If you ask a Pereira woman to sit down, she lies down.
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By Tim Johnson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
BEIJING — It's been called an "evil state," a "psycho state" and even a "Soprano state" that survives on crime, like the fictional television mob family.
Its leader, Kim Jong Il, once a movie director, has come up with an extraordinary plot line: Steer a totalitarian, bankrupt regime to develop nuclear weapons, then use cunning to ride out international sanctions and keep a firm grip on the nukes.
20 Oct. 1998, A North Korean observation post in the Demilitarized Zone. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jeffrey Allen) (Released) (Released to Public)
Posted by courier at 08:23 AM. Filed under: News
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Unified School District Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received information on proposed changes to the boundaries that determine where students attend school. With the closing of Cabello Elementary School at the end of the 2006-07 school year and Barnard-White Middle School at the end of 2007-08, the goal is to redraw to balance enrollments as evenly as possible throughout the District.
Posted by courier at 11:55 AM. Filed under: News
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By Jasmeen Banwait and Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writers
Hundreds of students from around the Bay Area have been and will be coming to James Logan this month to take tests of their aptitude for college.
Students took the SAT Subject Area tests in a classroom in the 500 building Saturday.
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By Roberta Maas, Courier Staff Writer
The hobby of knitting perhaps may not be the first thing that comes to mind when one thinks of the favorite activities of teens, but the James Logan Knitting Club is proving that students like making things out of yarn.
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By Eric Benderoff
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
CHICAGO — Can home movies, personal photos and pithy commentaries — known as user-generated content at Internet social sites — successfully co-exist with advertising?
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By Lisa M. Krieger
San Jose Mercury News(MCT)
The best of college is now available, for free, without unpleasantries such as 8 a.m. classes, pop quizzes or term papers.
In a new deal with Google Video, the University of California-Berkeley is sharing with the public, via the Internet, dozens of videotaped seminars, speeches, special events and even entire courses taught by some of the campus' leading professors.
Screenshot of U.C. Berkeley's page on Google Video
Posted by courier at 05:20 AM. Filed under: News
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By Yanira Romero and Sadaf Khan
Donations made to James Logan High School in late September by owners of an office supply company in San Leandro that retired last summer "went fast," according to Jerry Ortega, who runs Logan's supply room.
Posted by courier at 09:33 AM. Filed under: News
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor
Tied in first place for the homecoming floats were the seniors and sophomores. Second place went to the juniors and lastly, the freshmen received third place.
The Senior Class Float (Carmen Shiu/Courier Photo)
Posted by courier at 06:42 AM. Filed under: News
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By Jonathan S. Landay
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
MOQOR, Afghanistan — Raz Mohammad, the newly installed police chief in this town of adobe compounds, ramshackle shops and rickety stalls, needed help, and he needed it quickly.
U.S. Army Soldiers play a game of Duck, Duck, Goose with a group of children in Charkh, Afghanistan, Oct. 6, 2006, during a medical and veterinarian civic action program. DoD photo by Sgt. Joey L. Suggs, U.S. Army. (Released)
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By Kim Barker
Chicago Tribune (MCT)
KABUL, Afghanistan— The Pace Picante sauce expired two years ago, and the spider-web witch hat has seen better days. None of the Afghans here is quite sure how to use the Hot Body Tanning Oil, the Magic Smooth Razorless Hair-Removing Cream for Black Men, or the Shimmer Me Sexy lotion. Or why.
U.S. Army Spc. Enver Medrano, left, with 2nd Platoon, 554th Military Police Company, shows an Afghan National Police officer the proper way to hold a 9mm handgun during weapons training in the Paktika province of Afghanistan.
DoD photo by Cpl. Thomas Childs, U.S. Army. (Released)
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By Dunstan Prial
The Record (Hackensack, N.J.) (MCT)
HACKENSACK, N.J. _ A federal public health advisory panel recommends that girls ages 11 and 12 be routinely vaccinated against a common sexually transmitted disease that can lead to cervical cancer.
Gardasil is recommended for the prevention of cervical cancer
Posted by courier at 07:18 AM. Filed under: News
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By Maria Orozco, Courier Staff Writer
There is extra ventilation in librarian Carla Colburn's office in the Media Center for the next few days, as she awaits repairs on the smashed window next to her desk.
Someone threw a padlock through this window in a Media Center office.
Posted by courier at 04:56 AM. Filed under: News
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By Armaghan Nabil and Sahar Naweed, Courier Staff Writers
New R.O.P. Culinary Arts teacher Mari Moschetti soon will open a restaurant/cafe for staff members in the Staff Lunch Room.
The staff cafe could open as early as mid-October, and will be run by Logan students.
ROP Teacher Mari Moschetti
Posted by courier at 09:39 AM. Filed under: News
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Dr. Asa HilliardIII, a professor, author and expert on African-American education issues, will speak on the subject Saturday night in the Little Theater.
The event, sponsored by the James Logan Forensics program, will begin at 7 p.m. and is expected to end around 8 p.m.
Admission is free.
Hilliard, left, co-wrote Young, Gifted and Black.
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By Carmen Shiu, Courier Staff Writer
The homecoming game is coming up this Friday, which means that the classes will be showing off the floats they have been working on for the past two or three weeks.
Senior Stephanie Africa working on the "007" senior float.
Posted by courier at 07:28 AM. Filed under: News
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By Naheed Dastagir and Priya Jagannathan, Courier Staff Writers
This month, many of Logan's Muslim students are fasting in observance of Ramadan, a holy month in the Islamic lunar calendar.
Posted by courier at 05:16 AM. Filed under: News
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By Sarah Jane Tribble
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. —± As a deep bass thumps in the background of a TV commercial, a rich voice describes a sleek device that seemingly offers everything, from simple calling to a mobile music player.
It's a seductive image: One device that can be used as a phone, navigator, computer, camera, video player and mobile music library.
Posted by courier at 07:05 AM. Filed under: News
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By Adam Sichko
St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)
WASHINGTON — On Facebook.com, Sen. Jim Talent reveals that his favorite actress is Reese Witherspoon and that the name of his Great Dane is Dudley. And in a video on his Web site, the Missouri Republican spends several minutes discussing the issues mentioned in his first TV ad in his campaign for re-election.
Screenshot from Sen. Jim Talent's Facebook page.
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By Dana Llarena, Courier Staff Writer
For freshman who have joined the Marching Band this year, the step up to Logan's standards is proving to be a large one.
The James Logan Marching Band performs
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By Veronica Brown, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan’s first dance of the 2006-2007 school year will be Homecoming. Homecoming is the only dance of the year that James Logan alumni may attend.
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By John Chau, Courier Staff Writer
For some Logan students with learning disabilities or emotional problems, Logan's two school psychologists are here to help.
As part of The IDEA law(and now No child left behind), the district is required to have school psychologists to overview compliance issues and to assist with disabilities.
Logan has two psychologists,Barbara Baker and Richard Bromberg, each residing respectively in House 1 and House 3.
School Psychologist Richard Bromberg (Jenna Garard - Courier Photo)
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By Jessica Rosales, Courier Staff Writer
On Thursday and Friday, Logan held Club Days to help inform and encourage students to join the many different clubs offered.During the fourth and fifth lunches, different clubs set up tables in Colt Court.
Though there weren't too many students at the Club Day set up on Friday, most of the clubs felt they accomplished the task of informing students about their club and recruiting new members.
"We got a lot of new members. But I think they just signed up for the candy," said Sana Younus of the Leo Club.
Hip Hop Club Jowey Natividad, a junior attempts one of his moves and shows off his skills.
Posted by courier at 09:06 AM. Filed under: News
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By Jasmeen Banwait and Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writers
Logan Live, the daily school news show produced by students in the Electronic Media Production Academy (EMP) is back on the air and going strong.
"It's been going great," said Lukas Grippa, one of the rotating on-air hosts of the program. "We have had hardly any issues come up. We're having a lot of fun."
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By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer
Elected student representatives from each second period class met with school administrators at the first student senate meeting of the school year Thursday, discussing parking and lunch issues, among other things.
Posted by courier at 07:30 AM. Filed under: News
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By Abdul Nawabi, Courier Staff Writer
With little assistance from anyone or anything other than her own resourcefulness, Logan teacher Erin Cross each month makes sure that dozens, even hundreds, of students receive recognition as Student-of-the-Month.
Logan teacher Erin Cross volunteers to make sure hundreds of students receive recognition for their excellence.
Posted by courier at 07:20 PM. Filed under: News
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Courier Staff Report
An over-zapped bag of microwave popcorn set off the school's fire alarm system Thursday afternoon, emptying classrooms and offices of students and staff for about 10 minutes near the end of the school day.
Language Arts teacher Anne Dizon managed her English class, which evacuated to the "Big Green" during the impromptu fire drill.
Posted by courier at 07:04 PM. Filed under: News
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By Martin Merzer
McClatchy Newspapers(MCT)
MIAMI — Hurricane Florence — wide right. Hurricane Gordon — wide right. Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Isaac — wide right and wide right.
What is going on here? What is consistently making these storms hook through the distant Atlantic and remain far from land?
And speaking of hooks, are we off the hook for the rest of the hurricane season?
The number of hurricanes expected to occur during a 100-year period based on historical data—light blue area, 20 to 40; dark blue area, 40 to 60; red area, more than 60. Map not to scale. Source: the National Atlas and the USGS
Posted by courier at 07:46 AM. Filed under: News
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By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Unified School District Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received information on how the District is redirecting resources to improve teaching and learning by offering additional training for all classroom teachers, hiring teacher specialists to assist classroom teachers in targeted subject areas and reintroducing curriculum leaders, among other initiatives.
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By Drew Brown
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
WASHINGTON — The war in Iraq has become such a drain on the Army and the Marines that it's seriously damaged the U.S. military's ability to respond if other crises arise, two Democratic congressmen said Thursday.
Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.
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By Bridget Carey
McClatchy Newspapers(MCT)
MIAMI — Weina Scott answers about 100 tech support e-mails a day. The Web site must be perfect — one glitch, and 6,000 irate customers will bombard her inbox.
But first, she has to study her physics.
Weina Naissa Scott, 17, works on programming for the ipodcasting host website she created, September 10, 2006, in North Miami Beach, Florida. (Ronna Gradus/Miami Herald /MCT
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By Elise Ackerman
San Jose Mercury News
(MCT)
An effort by San Jose State University to ban the Skype phone service has been put on hold in the face of fierce objections from students and staff.
Posted by courier at 11:37 AM. Filed under: News
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By Yanira Romero and Sadaf Khan, Courier Staff Writers
The New Haven Unified School District's independent study program now is based in Logan's room 80 after a year Conley-Carabello High School and stints at various other district sites over the years.
Independent study program instructor Louise Schultz works with an independent study student in room 80.
Posted by courier at 11:20 AM. Filed under: News
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By Ericka Montes, Courier Staff Writer
James Logan High School about 150 students than expected this year, swelling class sizes and forcing the school to hire more teachers to open more classrooms for the overflow.
Posted by courier at 07:27 AM. Filed under: News
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By Kibret Markos
The Record (Hackensack N.J.) (KRT)
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Jennifer Santangelo of Lyndhurst, N.J., was walking home from school one day, wearing her blue and white uniform, when a 31-year-old man said hello and began chatting with her.
He was nice, she said. He gave her a box of pens and offered to let her into his nightclub for free, she said, if she handed out fliers for him.
Posted by courier at 06:51 AM. Filed under: News
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