The James Logan Courier

MISCELLANEOUS
Students who want their portfolios from African American History, periods 1 and 2, and Ethnic Women’s Studies, can pick them up in Room 529 until February 17th.

S.D.E.S. de Alvarado is holding a crab feed on February 5th and is looking for student volunteers to help with set-up, serving and clean-up. For more info on volunteering, check the Career Center link on Logan’s website, or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.

Attention TAs! If you are scheduled as a second semester TA, you must report to Ms. Quintal in the front office for your assignment. This applies to all TAs – even if you were a TA first semester and you are remaining in your previous assignment. If you have any questions, see Ms. Quintal during your scheduled TA period. Those TAs that fail to report to Ms. Quintal will continue to be marked absent.

By Lauren Mascarenhas, Courier Managing Editor

Another semester has come and gone at James Logan High School, but as some celebrate the payoff of the effort they have put into their schoolwork, others are reaping the benefits of work that is not their own. Students at Logan are advised that cheating will not be tolerated, but is the warning working?

The Logan handbook defines cheating as, “taking the work, words, ideas, and/or efforts of another and presenting them as one’s own or providing one’s own work to be presented as another's.” There are also consequences in place to discourage cheating.

However, whether it is through electronic assistance, answers on a hand, or good old fashioned peripheral vision, there is no doubt that it is easier than ever for students to display academic dishonesty. In grade school, children are usually taught that cheating is wrong, so what is the reasoning behind cheating at a high school level?

By Jack Bragg, Courier Editor-in-Chief

The sixth studio album from alternative metal band Chevelle, is a step in a new direction for the band. The Follow up to 2009’s Si-Fi Crimes strikes an entirely different chord from their previous works. Rather than the hard rough sound of previous albums, Hats Off to the Bull is an album with a more ethereal and somewhat mysterious sound. The album is definitely a departure from their previous works with a few notable exceptions.

Guitarist and vocalist Pete Loeffler said of the album,“We really worked hard on it. A lot of people don’t really think its as heavy as some of our other ones though, but I think it’s a little more vibe-y and I think its just plain good and so hopefully they will think the same too.”

From wikipedia:
Annette Strauss (January 26, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was a philanthropist and a former mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is named in honor of her. She was the second female mayor and the second Jewish mayor of Dallas (Adlene Harrison was first; Laura Miller was the third).

Born in Houston, Texas, Annette Strauss graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944. She moved to New York City where she received master's degrees in sociology and psychology from Columbia University. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She worked as a Red Cross social worker in Houston for a year until she married Ted Strauss, Sr. Managing Director of Bear Stearns, in 1946 and moved to Dallas in 1947.

Read more about Annette Strauss, free from the Dallas Morning News.