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  • Junior braves deployment of father to Iraq, prepares to face trying six months

    Thursday, May 01, 2008 By: Amey Owen

    Junior Hannah Coll was leaving a concert with her friends when she first heard the news: her father, Dr. Colonel Edward Coll, was being deployed to Iraq and it seemed her world had turned upside down.

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  • Dance Postponed Due to Several Robberies

    Thursday, May 01, 2008 By: MEGAN RAHAMAN

    An armed robbery took place in the school parking lot at approximately 4:30 p.m. on April 24, a half hour before Open House, prompting school officials to put the campus on lockdown. Nobody is sure w

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  • ‘Water for Elephants’ shows circus in a new light

    Friday, May 02, 2008 By: Kayli Rideout, Class of 2011

    This is a side of the circus we don't hear about.

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  • Students Say Racism Still Prevalent Today

    Friday, May 02, 2008 By: Katie Malin '08

    Tar baby, chee-chee, gringo, tinker, ginzo, shyster, and Yank. Each of these words has something in common: they can all be used in a derogatory sense to make fun of someone because of his or her race

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  • Concerned Students Turn to Veggie Lifestyles

    Friday, May 02, 2008 By: Julia DuBois '08

    A ten minute production by PETA officials, enough to bring your breakfast into your throat, to speckle your skin with goose bumps, and make you regret having pressed play. Cages too small to turn arou

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  • Online gamers ‘escape the real world’

    Friday, May 02, 2008 By: Gilberto Mercado and Silvia Martinez

    Online gaming is becoming a very popular form of entertaining and interacting with people all around the world.

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  • Earth Day brings environmentalism to the masses

    Friday, May 02, 2008 By: Taylor

    As you may know, Earth Day was celebrated on Tuesday, April 22. Earth Day is a day dedicated to the environmental health of our planet. It is usually celebrated on April 22; however, some people obs

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  • Who needs plastic? The new wooden Guitar Hero guitars are even better than plastic ones like this one.: Guitar Hero rocks even more with wooden guitars

    Friday, May 02, 2008 By: Brittany

    Most everyone loves Guitar Hero. And with three versions out, it’s obvious that teens today just can’t get enough of it. The one thing that’s kind of lame about Guitar Hero is the actual guitars them

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  • Advanced automotive class builds ‘em up just to tear ‘em down

    Friday, May 02, 2008 By: Griselda Delgado

    Anyone who has ever attended the demolition derby event at the Date Festival knows how exciting it is to watch, so imagine the excitement students in Mr. Albert Rodriguez’ advanced automotive class fe

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Issue Date: Saturday, May 03, 2008 Issue: Week of May 4, 2008
 
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News
Western Association of Schools and Colleges praise Fairfax Schools following fact-finding review.
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Robberies postpone Fairfax dance.
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Colfax financial outlook in doubt as enrollment goes down.
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After being in charge, state returns some administration back into local hands.
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Desert Mirage High School bus involved in a car accident.
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He was 18 when he was caught driving without a license, arrested and deported back to the country his family had left when he was 3.
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Features
But they do get a glimpse of many kinds of people, some good and some not so good.
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Still alive, still dangerous.
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Failure in the classroom bring failure in the field.
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April death of cheerleader is a tragic example of a growing trend.
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