The James Logan Courier

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

MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations to the Varsity Wrestling Team for placing 2nd at the NCS Team Dual Championships. The Colts defeated San Leandro 77-0 and Castro Valley 55-9, before losing in the finals to DeLaSalle, 39-31. Good luck at league on Saturday!

Concerned about how the State budget crisis is affecting our school and you? Come share your concerns and questions with District administrators at a student forum on Thursday, February 19th, after school in the Media Center Reference Room.

By Tawab Fakhri, Courier Staff Writer

On of the longest debates in the tech world is between which computer platform is superior: Windows or Mac? Mac fans usually attack Windows fans with the virtually zero danger of virus infections in Macs. PC lovers retaliate with claims of system personalization and wider array of programs available.

By Jericho Faustino, Courier Daily Editor

Action gamers are sure in for a treat with the upcoming game, Prototype, set to come in June of 2009.

Prototype is a sandbox style of game in development by Radical Entertainment. One of the main themes in Prototype is the ¡disguise and destroy¢ concept which is tied in the protagonist¢s enemy-consuming and shapeshifting powers. The player is able to consume the bodies of those he has beaten and killed, giving access to their memories, their shape and their abilities. The player not only can shape himself into his enemies, but he can shape himself into forms that are specialized for attack, defense or sensory enhancement.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)


The Nintendo DS has its share of real classic game compilations, and now it can lay claim to hosting perhaps the best fake classic game compilation as well.

"Retro Game Challenge's" premise is ingenious: A grown man, frustrated by the complexity of today's games, has sent your more skilled self back in time to complete a series of challenges from his favorite childhood games.

By Steve Wiegand and Dan Smith
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California legislators trudged toward the end of a second day of trying to close a $40-billion hole in the state's budget Sunday, still one vote Republican vote short of approving a package that contains $14.3 billion in tax increases.

State Sen. Abel Maldonado, a moderate Republican from Santa Maria, indicated in an interview with The Sacramento Bee that he was willing to consider casting the decisive vote if he was satisfied with the final version of the tax proposal.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer

The Board of Education of the New Haven Unified School District, forced to deal with the local impact of California’s financial crisis, will be asked tonight to accept a recommendation for $5.9 million in reductions in the proposed budgets for 2009-10 and 2010-11 – on top of $4 million in cuts and internal borrowing for the current budget recommended earlier this month, and on top of $7 million in cuts made last year.

“When you consider the compound effect that the reductions we’re recommending now will have in future years, the cumulative impact of these cuts will be $17.6 million,” Superintendent Kari McVeigh said, “and that’s not including the $7 million from last year.”