The James Logan Courier

By Eric Brown, Courier Music Editor

I am a native son of Union City, California. This means that as a senior at James Logan High School I am nearing the completion of my thirteenth school year in the New Haven Unified School District system. The time I have spent undergoing my primary public education has been undeniably formative, but it has also been filled with chaos and vast shortcomings. New Haven Unified has done its job as a center of public education, giving me a satisfactory education using taxpayer dollars. However, when I begin to question the vast potential of the educational opportunities the district has squandered, both for myself and my fellow classmates, I am awestruck; the whims of a handful of irresponsible board members and superintendents have negatively affected and damaged the educations of thousands of Union City students for more than a decade.

By Alexys Cran, Courier Staff Writer

Before entering the Papillon, you may be apprehensive about the restaurant's possibly pompous or extravagant environment. The restaurant is altogether the opposite. Stepping inside, you will be greeted by obliging, friendly waiters and your uneasiness will most likely disappear as mine had. This was Friday night when my boyfriend took me out to dinner here, and the wait to be seated was only about 5 minutes. Looking around the restaurant I noticed the customers at the bar and tables were laughing and talking comfortably. No one was dressed overly fancy, so in general I felt no sense of arrogance in the environment. Their choice of paintings, intricate wallpaper, ornate ceiling fans, and the overall color themes within the separate rooms were all tastefully put together and created a pleasant atmosphere for dining with friends, family, or a date.

By Shamal Asnani, Courier Film Critic

Anyone who is looking to watch a movie that will take them through a rollercoaster of action and violence should definitely check out From Paris with Love, starring John Travolta, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers. The movie was released February 5, 2010, and follows James Reece (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), who is a personal assistant to the U.S. ambassador of France. Although that is his primary job, he takes great pride in his side job as a low level operative for the CIA. Because he is a low level operative, he strives to receive a higher position in the CIA, and immediately jumps at the opportunity when he is offered his first high leveled assignment, however, he is caught off guard when he learns his partner is Charlie Wax (John Travolta), a rebellious, loudmouth, unorthodox, and extremely violent operative. To make matters even worse for Reece, he discovers that Wax and he are working to prevent a terrorist attack from occurring, and that he himself is also a target of the crime.

By Alexa Rocero, Courier Staff Writer

This past weekend, I went to watch the movie Legion. Now, going into the theater, I had very high hopes. After watching the Red Band trailer online and looking up the movie's basic plot, I was highly anticipating a film of epic proportions. Perhaps I was hyping it up too much.

Personally, I find movies that deal with some kind of apocalypse fascinating, and Legion's story line of a "war against God" promised 2 hours of action and thought-provoking dialogue. Unfortunately, what the audience got more of were plot holes, covered up by overly dramatic, so-profound-it-will-go-in-the-trailer line after line.

From wikipedia:
Tommy Tucker (born Robert Higginbotham, 5 March 1933 - 22 January 1982) was an American blues singer-songwriter and pianist. He was born in Springfield, Ohio. He is best known for the 1964 hit song, "Hi-Heel Sneakers", that went to number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Tucker's follow-up release, "Long Tall Shorty", was less successful. Nevertheless, famous musicians that have played on his albums include Louisiana Red, Willie Dixon and Donny Hathaway.

Listen to Tommy Tucker perform "High Heel Sneakers, free from last.fm.