The James Logan Courier

LUNCH
Potato Bar and Pasta Bar at the Creations booth! Pizza, Chinese, grill items such as burgers & chicken strips, deli sandwiches and, of course, burritos!

MISCELLANEOUS

Come watch the Varsity and JV wrestling teams as they dual the Mission San Jose Warriors in the Al Roderigues Gym on Wednesday. JV starts at 5:00 p.m. and Varsity at 6:30 p.m.

Don’t forget, PSAT scores are waiting to be picked up in the Career Center.

By Cary Darling
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

Even the Golden Globes run to the mandatory three-hour awards-show mark but they always feel breezier than their stodgier statue-giving counterparts.

Here's a rundown of some memorable moments:

Shhhh!: That the Globes aren't the Oscars was evident right at the start. The crowd just kept yakkin' so much that Jennifer Lopez had to scold, "Hello! Momma talkin'."

Later, Ricky Gervais quipped, "How rude are you lot? Just because you're film stars."

By Renee Schoof
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

WASHINGTON — As Congress gets to work this week on an economic stimulus plan, environmentalists are arguing that installing more wind and solar energy, making homes and government buildings less dependent on fossil fuels and expanding mass transit would be the best way to add jobs quickly and jolt the economy.

Environmental groups cheered last week when President-elect Barack Obama said the U.S. should use the stimulus package to double its production of renewable energy in three years and cut its use of fossil fuels by modernizing more than 75 percent of federal buildings and improving the energy efficiency of 2 million homes.

By Idrees Najibi, Courier Staff Writer

Happy New Year!

When the New Year comes, people start making New Year’s Resolutions. What is a New Year’s Resolution? It is a goal that a person sets for themselves in order to change or accomplish something to make themselves feel better.

For example, twelfth grader Marisol Enos, has a couple of things on her list for her New Year’s Resolution. These include cutting back on soda and winning the NVAL tournament, “to go down in history as Logan’s first female soccer team to be NVAL winners.”

Her tenth grade friend, Gloria Gutierrez, wants to get a 4.0 GPA for her New Year’s Resolution, because she “[wants] to get into Stanford. It’s always been [her] dream.”

By Idrees Najibi, Courier Staff Writer
Note: Eastern and Russian Orthodox Christians celebrated Christmas last week.

When there are lights and presents, it probably means it is Christmas.

But, why is it that this well known holiday is not celebrated by Muslims?

According to Dr. Muzammil H. Siddiqi, former President of the Islamic Society of North America, “Christians celebrate at Christmas what they believe to be the ‘day of the birth of God's Son’ or what they call ‘God Incarnate’. Thus, it is not only a celebration of another religion; it is also a celebration that is based on a belief that is totally against the teachings of Islam. From the Islamic point of view, the belief in the ‘Son of God’ or ‘God in the flesh’ is a blasphemy and kufr (denial of God's Oneness).”

By Jamey Padojino, Courier Staff Writer

The beginning of the new year for college-bound seniors means applying for financial aid.

The main one that all colleges and counselors are reminding their seniors is the FAFSA, which stands for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. The application is available online and paper.

Filing became available on January 1st and ends on Tuesday, March 2nd.

Some colleges around the area require that students file their FAFSA by February 1st to be considered for financial aid on time.