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
Leisure Services is looking for volunteers to help with 2 upcoming events. Their 5k Fun Run & Walk and the annual Easter Egg Hunt. Pick up a lavender flyer in the Career Center.

Were you signed up for CogAT testing and missed the verbal or math sessions? Make-ups for these exams will be held 2nd period on Wednesday, February 25th, in the Spot. Passes will be provided for students in their 2nd period classes.

By Cait Baca, Courier Staff Writer

Former four Logan students, Michael Hefferman, Ray Casarez, and Daniel Song, have collaborated together since 2002 to create Dennis is Dead, a heavy-metal band.

Inspired by bands such as Green Day, and Blink 182, Hefferman and Song taught themselves how to play their instruments. The two, plus other friends that share the same love for music, came together in seventh grade and created Dennis is Dead. Casarez later brought his guitar skills to the band .

By Jenelle Gallardo, Courier Daily Editor

One of the most successful bands emerging from last year is New York's very own, Vampire Weekend. Forming in 2006, Vampire Weekend is made up of Ezra Koenig, Rostam Batmanglij, Chris Baio, and Christopher Tomson. Headlining indie rock festivals, concerts, and shows of their own they have made their way to to the top. Scoring MTV music spots and movie soundtracks, this ivy league band is not only the favorites of east coast college students but for many different age groups all around the world.

By Colin Covert
Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)

Could this be the year that predicting the Oscars went from sheer guesswork to statistical science?

Nate Silver, the prodigy of prognostication whose FiveThirtyEight Web site called the 2008 elections with uncanny precision, has turned his algorithms on tonight's Academy Awards broadcast.

By Rafer Guzman
Newsday (MCT)

Hate it or love it, the underdog is on top.

Not long ago, the movie to beat at this year's Oscars seemed to be "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," a big-budget, sentimental saga with marquee names like Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett. Its closest competition came from somber historical dramas like "Milk," "Frost/Nixon" and "The Reader." And many observers wondered whether "The Dark Knight," a blockbuster anchored by Heath Ledger's final, bravura performance as The Joker, might nab some major awards.

By Jessica Stewart, Courier Editor-in-Chief

Last Tuesday Pastor Carl Wilkens visited Logan to speak to students about his experiences in Rwanda during the genocide. He was the only American who chose to remain when the American Embassy was evacuating everybody.

Carl has been visiting schools, colleges, churches and civic groups over the past five years. He wants to tell his story to people and get them passionate about the topic. He especially wants to tell his story to high school and college students, who he says are the most passionate people in the world when it comes to bringing about change.

By Angel Cardenas, Courier Staff Writer

Renowned artist Simon Silva gave a presentation to students in the Upward Bound Trio Program Feb. 7 at the Veterans Memorial Building in Fremont. As a student in the Upward Bound Program, I was lucky enough to attend this event. Upward Bound, in general, takes low income families and helps students grades in high school and get into college.

Going into the presentation I thought it was going to be boring and my clothes were going to get dirty, but I was way wrong. When I arrived to the room I saw my fellow students watching old America's Funniest Home Videos programs, and I thought to myself this is going to be interesting.