The James Logan Courier

By Thao (Michelle) Hoang, Courier Staff Writer

Magic failed to keep their hopes alive at Friday night’s game against the Boston Celtics. As a matter of fact, Game 6 was very important for the Magic to force a Game 7, and would be the first team in the NBA history to come back from a 0-3 deficit.

The Celtics finished off the Orlando Magic Friday, 96-84 to advance to the NBA Finals for the second time in three years.

MISCELLANEOUS
Yearbooks will be distributed after school on Monday behind the Book Room. Students must have their I.D. cards to pick up their books.

Drop-In homework/tutoring in Room 77 daily before school 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., Tuesday-Friday 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., and Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

By Allen Chan, Courier Staff Writer

Ten years ago a school lunch cost $1.50. It was very affordable for the youth and guaranteed a substantial amount of nutrition. Four years later it increased to $2.50 due to the California’s shortage of revenue. The price was still affordable and students were willing to pay the extra amount because the lunches satisfied the stomach. However, six years later everything changed.

The current price for a school lunch cost $3.75. Within ten years the price has more than doubled. A student who purchases lunch everyday would have to spend $18.75 a week, $75.00 a month, and $787.5 in a school year. If one were to multiply the cost by thirteen, for every year a student attends school, the amount would come out to $10,211.50 by the time a student crosses the stage.

By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Public Information Officer
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received an update on how Gov. Schwarzenegger’s proposed revisions to the state budget will affect New Haven schools in 2010-11.

The budget presented in January forced the District to make $3.6 million in new reductions for 2010-11, on top of $1.6 million in reductions previously approved for next year. Chief Business Officer Akur Varadarajan told the Board that the May revise could cost the District an additional $550,000 in lost revenue.

By Brandie Moore, Courier Books Editor

It was funny. At a time like this, wasn't I supposed to be thinking serious thoughts of eternity, and the afterlife, and all that? As I glanced around me at all the small groups of people huddled around the room, it seemed that's what they were all thinking about. Each somber face reflected their pious thoughts, but all I could think about was the hair-drying incident. It was funny. I guess I should have been thinking about all the things I wanted to say. All the things I couldn't say. And all the things I'd never get a chance to say. But I didn't. It wasn't like any of this was really happening anyway. She's only been missing since June 9. Sixty-eight days. That's not long enough for her to be "dead."

Here is a new series for you all to get into. This one is a trilogy by Jessica Verday. Unfortunately The Hollow is the only book out in the series as of right now. It's also only out in hardcover as well. The paperback version of this novel comes out in August along with the second book.

From wikipedia:
John Hope (June 2, 1868 – February 20, 1936), born in Augusta, Georgia, was an African-American educator and political activist. He was the son of James Hope, a white Scottish of his mother's family's status of having been free before the Civil War. Hope could have passed for white, but he was proud of his black heritage and identified with the black community.

Hope graduated from Worcester Academy in 1890 and then from Brown University in 1894. He went on to teach at Roger Williams University (Nashville, Tennessee). On December 29, 1897 he married the former Lugenia D. Burns, who would become a well-known social reformer. In 1898, he became professor of Classics at Atlanta Baptist College, (now Morehouse College), a historically black college. In 1906 he was appointed the institution's first black president.