The James Logan Courier

By Philip Bocog, Courier Staff Writer

As the James Logan wrestling team prepares for their season in December, junior Diego Facundo has set many goals for himself and the team this season.

In his freshman year, Facundo made the junior varsity team but was soon called up to wrestle at the varsity level. While wrestling, he broke his thumb and was out for the remaining two months of the season. However, Diego fought through the pain and defeated the top seed wrestler in the MVAL. After that match, he was out for the rest of the season.

MISCELLANEOUS
Need help in Math? Lost in Science? Come to tutoring in the Library after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Math and Science teachers are there to help you! Math and Science tutoring on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school in the Media Center Reference Room. What? You can’t make it there after school? On 2 or 3 Saturdays each month, we also have math and science tutoring from 9 a.m. to 12 noon in Room 77. Enter on H Street through the carpeted hallways. Look for fliers that say which Saturdays we’re there!

Job Alert! Pizza Hut, 39010 Argonaut Way, Fremont. Need team members!
Marshall’s, 39277 Fremont Hub, Fremont. Need merchandise associates!
Boston Market, 3962 Mowry Avenue. Need crew members.

Need Driver’s Education? Your place is the Adult School. Cost is $125. For more information call 489-2185.

World Teachers' Day is held on October 5th since 1994 to celebrate teachers and their organizations worldwide. Its aim is to garner support for teachers in their continuing effort to meet needs of future generations.

By Andrea Higares, Courier Staff Writer

Last year at James Logan High School there was a calling system that the office could use to send messages out to the whole school, but this year the system has experienced a few adjustments.

Beginning this school year, teachers can also use that same calling system just for their classes. For instance, the teacher of a class with a big test coming up can choose to call just the parents of those students and leave a voicemail.

Principal Amy McNamara said about the adjustments, “It is a great way for teachers to remind their students of what is coming up."

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

At no point does this review know whether "The Cages: Pro Style Batting Practice" is a smart option for would-be baseball stars who, for all baseball science can tell us, might screw up their swing technique by swinging a Wii remote at a television instead of a real baseball bat at a real baseball. Considering the discrepancies in bat weight, among other obvious factors, it's entirely likely this is more harmful than helpful for serious baseball players.

But taken simply as a video game simulation of a trip to the batting cages — and taking into account the limitations of the Wii even with the MotionPlus attachment in tow — "Cages" does a surprisingly good job at recreating this particular aspect of baseball practice.

By Billy O'Keefe
McClatchy-Tribune (MCT)

There's something a little bittersweet about the moment "Singularity" transforms, very early on, from a scary fight between your humble pistol and some fierce monsters to a solid but considerably less tense first-person shooter with typical weapons and typical human enemies.

Fortunately, the bland latter scenario doesn't last. And even the former scenario doesn't hold a candle to what happens once "Singularity" lifts the veil and shows what it can really do.

Set both in the 1950s as well as 2010, "Singularity" tells the story of how technology in the wrong hands in the past led to a dramatically different global climate in the present. We've all heard that one before, but what "Singularity" lacks in originality, it redeems in thoroughness, combining environmental designs, supporting characters, audio recordings, journal entries and even filmstrips to tell one engrossing story.

Adapted from wikipedia:
Yvonne Brathwaite Burke (born October 5, 1932) is a politician from Los Angeles.
She became the first African-American woman elected to the U.S. Congress, in 1972, representing California’s 37th District. She was selected to serve as vice chair of the 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami and later on the House Select Committee on Assassinations. In 1973, she became the first member of Congress to give birth while in office. She did not seek re-election to Congress in 1978, instead she ran for Attorney General of California, winning the Democratic nomination over Los Angeles City Attorney Burt Pines, before being defeated in the general election by Republican George Deukmejian.

Visit Yvonne Burke's Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors website.