The Oarsman Venice High School Los Angeles, CA
Issue Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008 Issue: Volume 94/ Issue VIII Last Update: Thursday, May 29, 2008
  • Pool is Closed By City of Los Angeles: Swim team scrambles to find new practice location

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Isaac Rosenthal

    Due to an investigation by the Los Angeles City Department of Parks and Recreation, Venice High has become the fifth school to have its pool shut down. It will be closed until the city completes repa

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  • Wheelchair Ramp Comes Fall 2009

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Paulino Cervantes

    Recently a disabled Venice High student, Tania Escobar, received a reply from the California Department of Transportation, saying that in the fall of 2009 handicap ramps will be built in the front of

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  • Music Production Arrives at Venice

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Paulino Cervantes and Marilyn Ramirez

    For the first time ever starting this semester, a stage technology class is being offered on campus as an ROP class. Students focus on learning how to record and write music, as well as how to deal wi

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  • Music Production Arrives at Venice

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Paulino Cervantes and Marilyn Ramirez

    For the first time ever starting this semester, a stage technology class is being offered on campus as an ROP class. Students focus on learning how to record and write music, as well as how to deal wi

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  • Venice Students Participate in Zombie Walk on Sunset Boulevard

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Kenji Ono

    On March 29, a hundred or so brain-craving, blood-thirsty zombies, including several Venice students walked in a crowd on the streets outside Hollywood’s Key Club on Sunset Boulevard. This phenomenon

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  • Xinachtli Helps Out Venice High Students

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Joceline Hernandez

    Xinachtli is an after school program held by UCLA students at Venice High.In November of 2008 it will be their 10th year at Venice High. Xinachtli has many activities, they have peer advisory, worksho

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  • Store Pick of the MonthAnonymous on Venice Boulevard

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Samantha Krieger

    A hip and trendy shop, Anonymous is only a couple blocks away from school. The store was established in 1998. Starting out selling punk, goth, and rave clothing, now they sell the “cool” trendy cloth

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  • Thrift Stores Offer Both Affordable and Fashionable Clothing for Teenagers

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Grace Kim and Nilska Guerrero

    Thrift stores have a variety of used clothes, shoes, furniture, and books/cds. They sell unique and vintage items you can’t find at the shopping mall, and all at an affordable, cheap price.

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  • Forever 21 in 21

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Olivia Gauthier

    Money makes the man in the recently released film, “21,” loosely based on the novel, “Bringing Down the House,” by Ben Mezrich. When Ben Campbell (Jim Sturgess from “Across the Universe”), an MIT stud

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  • Run Fat Boy! Run Into Theaters!

    Wednesday, April 30, 2008 By: Mariana Villafaña

    Ever famous for his role as paleontologist Dr. Ross Geller in the television sitcom “Friends,” David Schwimmer makes a very comical directorial debut with “Run, Fatboy, Run.” Schwimmer’s sitcom expert

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“From My Soapbox”: A Boycott of the Olympics Would be A Huge Mistake
When the International Olympic Committee (IOC) awarded Beijing the 2008 Summer Olympics, the games were heralded as an opportunity for China to show the world all the great strides it has made to cle
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After struggling through their non- league games and posting a 3-12 record to start the year, the Gondo baseball team hoped to improve as they began Western League play.
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After skating to their third championship game in the last four years, Venice’s hockey team is looking for more success this year. The team, which is made up of members of the Venice High hockey club
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Venice High’s softball team shows promise this year. According to the varsity softball coach Michael Finegold, the team has won six out of seven league games they have played thus far.
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The boys golf team is staying strong throughout their season. Undefeated in their league, they plan to stay that way. Taking a recent victory from Hamilton, they scored a very impressive score of 196.
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Grass growing in cracks, dirt on the ground, slippery floors, lights not working and floors looking like an earthquake went through the place. Recognize the place? All these facts describe Venice High
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What an awesome article (“Whose House?” in the March 13th issue)! It’s the absolute truth - we (leadership) provide all the “tools” for a fun experience, but if students don’t try - then they complain
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In reference to the article, “Venice High Loses its Spirit.”I have been a teacher and coach at Venice High since 1976. In that time, I have seen more than a few cheerleader advisors come and go. Each
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It’s Time to Wake Up and Smell the Warming!
It’s funny how some people don’t believe in global warming. Maybe the clear fact that the polar ice caps are melting isn’t really a sign, or maybe they just refuse to believe the obvious. Recently a t
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GMOs have been an ingredient in many of our foods for the past several years. Genetically Modified Organisms are organisms that have been genetically altered using techniques commonly referred to as r
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