The James Logan Courier

By Beatrice Esteban, Courier Staff Writer

In the third bullet of the James Logan High School student handbook’s dress code section, it reads:

“Students should not dress inappropriately for school activities as it detracts from the learning environment. Inappropriate clothing such as: Strapless or short blouses/shirts showing the stomach and mid-riff; see- through clothing; any low-cut tops that show cleavage: back on tops must cover the back shoulder blades: pajamas; and sagging pants/trousers/shorts. Undergarments must not be worn over outer clothing and undergarments are not to be visible. The buttocks must be covered completely.”

As many of the students and staff may realize, it is this particular rule that finds itself both under-enforced and disobeyed. It seems students disobey this rule for many reasons.

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

In my second period Psychology 1 class, Principal Amy McNamara comes onto the loudspeaker and asks us to please stand- which no one ever does. Not a single person in our over-full class ever stands during, or says, the pledge of allegiance to the United States of America. Why?

By Jericho Faustino, Courier Staff Writer

Kanye West’s recent scandal, in which he embarrassed not only himself but also Taylor Swift and Beyonce, has gotten countless responses from everyone from rapper Pitbull to our own President Barack Obama.

I personally found it amusing that Barack Obama watched the VMA’s. He should try to fix the recession, instead of seeing who wins best “Pop Video”. But, it also shows that the President is just an average guy like any of us.

By Alyssa Pimentel, Courier Staff Writer

Since the school year started, traffic going to and leaving school has been one of the most discussed topics among the student body. It seemed that this year’s traffic iss worse than all my three years attending Logan.

On the first day of school, my mother insisted that we leave our house at 7:45 a.m. because of traffic. I tried to reason with her saying that it wouldn’t take thirty minutes to get to Logan, since last year we made it to school in fifteen minutes. Once we passed the Shell gas station by Burger King, however, it was clear that leaving at 7:45 that morning was a good choice. None of the cars ahead showed signs of advancing and when I looked back, other cars had already begun to form a line behind us. I remember worrying about making it to school on time because the cars were at a stalemate. That morning, it would have been considered lucky to have moved a block in five minutes.

By Wajahat Ali
Common Ground News Service (MCT)

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