The Oarsman Venice High School Los Angeles, CA
Issue Date: Thursday, October 25, 2007 Issue: Volume 94/Issue II Last Update: Monday, November 19, 2007
  • Teen Vegetarians on the Rise

    Monday, October 22, 2007 By: Kiana Laing

    About 8 million Americans consider themselves vegetarians, and an increasing number of them are teenagers. Vegetarianism is the practice of not consuming the flesh of any animal. Many people think veg

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  • Mr. Bruno Returns After Experiencing Near Death Situation

    Monday, October 22, 2007 By: Mariana Villafana

    On Thursday, Sept. 13, Mr. John Bruno, a Venice High School math and yearbook teacher, woke up feeling very dizzy and collapsed on the floor of his home. “Everything spun and it knocked me down,” stat

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  • Mystery Movie Revealed

    Monday, October 22, 2007 By: Corey Martinez

    Those who saw the Transformers live action movie this summer, which was released on July 2007, also saw the mysterious and mind-blowing preview of a monster film that simply gave the release date 1-18

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  • Girls Tennis Back On Track After Rough Start To Year

    Monday, October 22, 2007 By: Kengi Shishido and Jerome Nolasco

    The girl’s tennis team is in regular form after starting off with a shaky season, defeating University 7-0 on Sept. 17th, LACES 4-3 on Sept. 20th, Hamilton 4-3 on Oct. 1st, and Fairfax 7-0 on Oct. 3rd

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  • Classroom Changes Affect Teachers and Students

    Monday, October 22, 2007 By: Crisalys Vasquez

    On Monday Oct. 1, students came to school to find out their schedules affected due to the fact that Venice’s population is down and classes had to be cut. These class changes drastically affec

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  • The Perilous Paycheck

    Monday, October 29, 2007 By: Alison Hahm

    Receiving a paycheck for hard work should be a given. However LAUSD teachers are going unpaid for their labor. The paycheck problem has directly affected teachers everywhere. One teacher in particular

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  • Homecoming Dance Sells Out

    Monday, October 29, 2007 By: Marina Awed and Monica Mansour

    On Oct. 20th, 500 students gathered in the West Gym to celebrate Homecoming. Some students dressed according to The Greased Lightening theme by wearing poodle skirts, Pink Ladies jackets, leather jack

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  • Seniors Crack Under Pressure

    Monday, October 29, 2007 By: Deborah Kim

    Three years of hard work have finally come to an end as seniors enter their last year of high school. Soon enough graduation will be here and they will be one last glorious step closer to what they ha

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  • Human Rights Club Calls Washington

    Monday, October 29, 2007 By: Jeanette Ban

    On Wednesday October 24th, a Venice High School club dedicated to the bettering of human lives did the unthinkable and called President Bush during the school day. In February of 2003, rebel

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  • Ms. Dietrick10 Years Of Teaching At Venice

    Monday, October 29, 2007 By: Paulino Cervantes

    Beginning of the period, Keely Dietrick opens up her Darwin Awards and recites one to her class. Nine years working at Venice High School and Keely Dietrick is still one of the best teachers here. She

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With three games left in the regular season, the Gondos look poised to make a deep playoff run in 2007. They finished their non-league schedule 4-1, their best start since the reached the city champi
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Although golf is often recognized as the past time of businessmen and people of wealth, the sport has taken hold at Venice, attracting many a faithful follower to the girl's golf team.
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The boy’s sophomore basketball team is in second place in the Western League with wins over Hamilton 57-44 Oct. 3rd, University 53-43 on Oct. 8th, and another defeat of the Westchester Comets 47-36 on
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The Halo video game series ends with the final installment to the Halo trilogy. Halo 3 brings back Master Chief against the covenant in this highly addicting first-person shooter game.
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"Anatomy of a Boyfriend" by Daria Snadowsky is a teen novel that has been getting rave reviews from all over. This won't be added to the list as one of them. It can be read in an hour and no intellig
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“30 Days of Night” (released Oct. 19) is a horror movie based on a comic strip about vampires. This movie puts a new twist on the classic views of vampires. Instead of cape-wearing, fanged, and subtle
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Beginning of the period, Keely Dietrick opens up her Darwin Awards and recites one to her class. Nine years working at Venice High School and Keely Dietrick is still one of the best teachers here. She
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Many of Venice High’s students and faculty joined the local walk to fight AIDS. On the official AIDS Walk website, www.aidswalk.net, a number of participants etched their name with the Venice High mar
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On Wednesday October 24th, a Venice High School club dedicated to the bettering of human lives did the unthinkable and called President Bush during the school day. In February of 2003, rebel
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Three years of hard work have finally come to an end as seniors enter their last year of high school. Soon enough graduation will be here and they will be one last glorious step closer to what they ha
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