The James Logan Courier

ACTIVITIES:
Anyone interested in joining the wrestling team, there will be a mandatory meeting 9/27 after school in the Pavilion Wrestling Room. If you are not in a fall sport, it is important that you attend the meeting.

By Rick LaPlante, New Haven Unified School District Public Information Officer

The Board of Education, consistent with its decision last May to close an elementary school in 2007-08 and a middle school in 2008-09, voted Tuesday night to close Cabello Elementary next fall and Barnard-White Middle the following year. The goal is to provide the financial resources needed to improve student achievement at the same time we are addressing the financial realities of declining enrollment.

By Carmen Shiu, Courier Staff Writer

The top ten contestants from FOX's hit summer reality TV show, So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD), kicked off their national their tour on September 13, 2006 in Seattle, Washington. Although this is the second season of the show, this is the first time the dancers on the show have toured.

Last Friday, the touring show stopped by Oakland, California — the only northern California show of the tour.


Travis Wall and Donyelle Jones dance to "Georgia on My Mind" by Ray Charles; a contemporary jazz routine choreographed by Mia Michaels. Carmen Shiu - Courier Photo

By Christina La, Courier Staff Writer

It was Tuesday after school that the freshmen candidates were taking down their campaign posters and fliers because the elections were over.

After having the students in the class of 2010 vote in their third period class, the leadership election's committee were able to get the results in and announced by the end of seventh period.

The winners for the freshmen class elections are as follows:

• President: Julie “Little” Nguyen
• Vice President: Candace Yisfu
• Secretary: Patricia Rodriguez
• Treasurer: Trisha Rivera
• Class Representative: Joelle Rivera

Review by Jessica Stewart, Courier Staff Writer

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon (221 pages)

"My name is Christopher John Francis Boone. I know all the countries of the world and their capital cities and every prime number up to 7,057."

Describing himself, Christopher Boone reveals his vast intelligence, but he fails to descibe his shortcomings. These include screaming or groaning when he is confused or angry, throwing tantrums when there are too many people around, and refusing to touch anything that is brown or yellow. Also, he is unable to understand human emotions, but he can understand animals, causing his preference for animal companionship. This is why, upon finding a neighbor's dog dead with a garden fork sticking out of its side, he decides to find out who murdered it and why.


The word "father" occurs 288 times in The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

Reviewed by Jacqueline Truong, Courier Staff Writer

Amy Tan's The Opposite of Fate is exceedingly intriguing; not only is this a readable book, but it also keeps the reader on the edge of their seat.


The word mother is used 487 times in Amy Tan's The Opposite of Fate

By Julia Keller
Chicago Tribune (MCT)

"The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation" by Sid Jacobson and Ernie Colon; Hill and Wang ($30)

It was, from the start, a comic book catastrophe.

Not to make light of the disaster that smote the nation Sept. 11, 2001, but at first it really did seem too huge to be real, didn't it? Too monumental. Too terrible. Too much like the work of some fictional criminal mastermind with a catchy nickname. Just too much, by every measure.

By Rochelle Olson
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

MINNEAPOLIS _ A groggy, hoarse and victorious state Rep. Keith Ellison nestled into a chair Wednesday in his campaign office as media requests streamed in from across the country for the man who could become the nation's first Muslim in Congress.


Minnesota fifth district congressional candidate Keith Ellison greets residents of the Cedar-Riverside high-rise in Minneapolis, Minnesota, after visiting the Masjid Dar Al-Hijrah Mosque, Tuesday, September 12, 2006. Keith Ellison, who leads in his race for an open House seat, would be the first Muslim in Congress, if elected. (David Joles/Minneapolis Star Tribune/MCT)

Alexander III, 356–323 B.C., king of Macedon, conqueror of much of Asia. 1

Youth and Kingship
The son of Philip II of Macedon and Olympias, he had Aristotle as his tutor and was given a classical education. Alexander had no part in the murder of his father, although he may have resented him because he neglected Olympias for another wife. He succeeded to the throne in 336 B.C. and immediately showed his talent for leadership by quieting the restive cities of Greece, then putting down uprisings in Thrace and Illyria. Thebes revolted on a false rumor that Alexander was dead. The young king rushed south and sacked the city, sparing only the temples and Pindar’s house.

Read Plutarch's Life of Alexander, part of The Parallel Lives by Plutarch published in the Loeb Classical Library, 1919, presented by LacusCurtius and the University of Chicago


Alexander Attacking Darius, from a mosaic in Pompeii.