The James Logan Courier

By John Boudreau
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)

BANGALORE, India — When 15-year-old Tara Kola talks about life in her new home, she sounds like an exile.

Two years after the pull of global economic opportunities lured her family from Saratoga, Calif., the teen feels trapped in a foreign land. To take one example, her school requires students to address instructors as "Sir" or "Miss," wear uniforms with ties (even the girls) — and a name tag.

"How many California schools make you wear a dog tag?" she asks.

By Carol Rosenberg
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

Civil liberties lawyers launch a feet-to-the-fire campaign in Monday's editions of The New York Times, a powerful ad urging President-elect Barack Obama to close the Guantanamo prison camps and war court on inauguration day.

"On Day One, with the stroke of a pen, you can restore America's moral leadership in the World," says the full-page six-figure ad purchased by the American Civil Liberties Union. The Miami Herald got an exclusive sneak peek on Sunday.

By Andrew Alcazar, Courier Staff Writer

James Logan's varsity football team (4-5, 4-1), coming off a heartbreaking loss against Washington last week, did not want to let up against Kennedy's team (4-5, 4-2), which has not put up the toughest games against Logan in the past.

From wikipedia:
Clarence M. Pendleton, Jr. (1930-1988) grew up in Washington, D.C., where his father worked as a swimming coach at Howard University. After graduating from Dunbar High School, he followed in the steps of his father and grandfather by enrolling in Howard, where he earned a bachelor of science degree in 1954. After a short term with the Army, Pendleton returned to Howard as a physical education instructor and student, and received his master's degree in education in 1961.

Read Clarence Pendleton's obituary, free from the New York Times.