The James Logan Courier

LUNCH:
Southwestern Baked Chicken with Potato Wedges,
Milk, Baby Carrots, Fresh Fruit, Cookie, and Fun Chips

ACTIVITIES:
Eat lunch today at the taco truck at the Cinco de Mayo Car Show sponsored by MEChA in the Teachers’ Parking Lot. Admission is $0.25.

Hey Juniors! Vote for your Prom King and Queen in Colt Court today at lunch!

Logan students' efforts on the recently concluded spate of STAR testing have won them the privilege of wearing non-Logan hats of Fridays until the end of the school year, and maybe next year, too, Principal Don Montoya announced Thursday.

After the usual Logan Live presentation on the school's video network at the start of second period, Montoya took to the public address system to announce that his reading of teachers' assessments of student attendance and effort during the five days of testing convinced him to allow the students to don caps and other appropriate headwear.

By Deuce P. Clayton, Courier Staff Writer

Local independent coffee shop Paddy's Coffee House will be keeping its doors open late nights to accommodate students during the final exam season.

Until June 15th, Paddy's will be open around the clock from Saturday to Thursday. On Fridays and on Memorial Day (May 28th), the coffee shop will close at 10 PM.

"We decided to keep the shop open for 24 hours to enable the student community to have a conducive environment to study for their finals" said Paddy Iyer, owner of the coffee shop.

Apple Computer Inc. (MCT)

Top 10 albums on iTunes Music Store for May 2:
1. "It Won't Be Soon Before Long," Maroon 5
2. "Because of You," Ne-Yo
3. "Call Me Irresponsible," Michael Buble
4. "The Reminder," Feist
5. "Indiana," Jon McLaughlin
6. "Snakes & Arrows," Rush
7. "Back to Black," Amy Winehouse
8. "Favourite Worst Nightmare," Arctic Monkeys
9. "Lost Highway," Bon Jovi
10. "Idol Gives Back Charity Album," various artists

For more information, please visit the iTunes Web site at www.apple.com/itunes/.
Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

By Carmen Shiu, Courier Entertainment Editor

After a year of great songs from Ne-Yo, some of his own and some of his own writing material for other artists, he is back with a brand new album. “Because of You” (which undergone four title changes) hit stores Tuesday. Ne-Yo’s has yet changed since the style from his debut album, “So Sick,” shares a minimal difference with this new one. Like “So Sick,” Ne-Yo illustrates relationship troubles and romantic nights with his musical talents. Guest appearances include Jay-Z and Jennifer Hudson in this 12-tracked album.

By Jasmeen Banwait, Courier Staff Writer

Hundreds of athletes from around Northern California and elsewhere came to James Logan last weekend to participate in the Sikh Sports Mega Event.

This event was hosted by the Sikh Sports Association, a non-profit organization established in 2006 and managed by a board of directors, one of them being Harpaul Singh Rana who teaches the Punjabi language at Logan. Dozens of sponsors, mostly local individuals, families and businesses, but also others from around the U.S. and India, helped fund the games.

ALFRED AUSTIN (1835-1913), English poet-laureate, was born at Headingley, near Leeds, on the 30th of May 1835. His father, Joseph Austin, was a merchant of the city of Leeds; his mother, a sister of Member of Parliment Joseph Locke. Alfred Austin was educated at Stonyhurst, Oscott, and London University, where he graduated in 1853.

He practiced law for a short time; but, in 1861, after two comparatively false starts in poetry and fiction, he made his first noteworthy appearance as a writer with a satire called The Season, which contained incisive lines, and was marked by some promise both in wit and observation.

Read six of Alfred Austin's sonnets, free from sonnets.org.