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  • Micro aggressions

    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By: Grant Cabebe

    How do our words affect others? Many words in the English language are associated with more than one meaning. Many legitimate double meanings can occur. For example, the word “green” can be in re

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  • Alumna's Documentary Earns Award

    Friday, January 16, 2009 By: Alessandra Catanese

    WHS alumna Sarah Miller ‘08 was one of five to win the annual Goldman-Sach’s and Asia Society’s International Youth Scholarship Award for her documentary film on life in Nepal. This contest challenged

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  • Visit to Alaska opens his eyes

    Friday, January 16, 2009 By: Pat Fleming • Staff Reporter

    My experience in Alaska with the Visions program is extremely difficult to describe in a single article. In all honesty, my experience in Alaska would be hard to describe in any conversation, with any

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  • Early Graduation: Students Decide to Finish Up Sooner than Most

    Thursday, January 15, 2009 By: Lorne Fultonberg

                While the majority of Monarch’s student body scrambles to study for finals in May and attempts to fight the urges of “senioritis”,

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  • Let it Rock with MTV

    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By: Alex Yoo

    IRVINE- On December 31, 2008, MTV presented Beckman High School with “A Miley-Sized Surprise.” Beckman senior, Alison Kaprielian, won a day and a surprise concert in her honor with the pop star Miley

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  • Slumdog Making Millions

    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By: Jaynie Loeb

    Since its limited release on November 12, 2008, Slumdog Millionaire has captivated audiences across the nation, winning numerous awards including the 2008 Golden Globe for Best Director, Best Screenpl

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  • Alum's novel imagines effect of JFK's assassination on those in 'background'

    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By: Calvin Fernandez, Page Editor

    In his new book about the JFK assassination, “November 22, 1963,” Adam Braver, '81, avoids conspiracy theories. Instead, Braver explores the people in the background, the people devastated by the effe

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  • Virtual Education Does Not Exclude Hands-on Art Instruction

    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By: Mariya W.

    Virtual art courses at California Virtual Academies (CAVA) are painted with their own unique set of “colors.”    Rather than paint brushes and sketch pencils, students pull out their scanners and t

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  • School sees increase in fighting, violence among students

    Wednesday, January 14, 2009 By: Colin Roughton

    When walking through the halls between classes, listen to fellow peers talking about anything and everything on their minds. As of lately, the majority of gossip heard in the hallway is about fighting

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  • Students and seniors gather to play Wii

    Tuesday, January 13, 2009 By: Amber Miller and Amylynn Doffont

    On Tuesday, December 9, Central hosted a “Wii Day” in which seniors of our community were invited to our school library to learn how to play the Nintendo Wii with and against several students.

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Issue Date: Sunday, January 18, 2009 Issue: Week of Jan. 18, 2009
 
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Loudoun County schools's superintendent has proposed budget cuts of $17 million to address funding shortages. A secondary reduction plan will be in place if the first plan isn't enough.
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North Carolina is exploring ways to improve driver education requirements in an attempt to reduce teen car crashes and related deaths.
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Students, teachers and officials of Manteo High worry about increased violence at the school. They're seeing more fights among girls and underclassmen, and they wonder what will reverse the trend.
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New rules have brought a dynamic difference to attendance in the Sioux Falls School District. High school attendance has improved 35 percent following the first semester.
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Administration stands in the way of a student boycott against supporters of California's gay marriage ban proposal, and tension mounts over issue of political expression.
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Sacramento Country Day senior Chase Lemos says he was misled by Dartmouth University’s crew coach misled him into believing he was being recruited into the Ivy League school's program. Now, enthusiasm
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Features
A Westlake High grad brought distinction to her alma mater and herself with a documentary on life in Nepal. The film won a major scholarship for Sarah Miller, and her film is headed on a festival tour
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Cheating is rampant, say students and surveyors who track it. It's not confined to good students or bad students, and the reasons vary widely. Meanwhile, teachers and administrators search for ways to
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John F. Kennedy's assassination shocked America, and it traumatized millions of citizens for a long time. Sacramento Country Day alum Adam Braver, setting aside conspiracy theories, wonders in his his
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Some might have wondered how art students could possibly learn in the virtual world of the California Virtual Academies. They'll tell you the technology works quite well for them, thanks.
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