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Issue Date: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 Issue: Dec 2010 Last Update: Tuesday, December 21, 2010
  • Can your test scores be bought?

    Monday, December 20, 2010 By: Raquel Livson Monte Vista High School

    Unfortunately for seniors and juniors, it’s test season. Advertisements for the best tutors and the best books offering the best guidance for the best scores on one of the most important standardized

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  • Time to reconsider our meat diet

    Monday, December 20, 2010 By: Emily Carroll Las Lomas High School

    Most Americans blindly consume meat asking no questions of industry methods or regulatory agency oversights. They may think briefly of the cruelty and inhumane conditions facing farmed animals. They m

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  • Sidewalks exuberance comes through on new album

    Monday, December 20, 2010 By: Ben Kirsebom Los Lomas High School

    With the third full-length album release from alternative music's sweethearts Matt and Kim comes an entirely new sound that still captures the band's unmistakable exuberance.

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  • Scott Carpenter: Marine

    Monday, December 20, 2010 By: Lucas Tran Monte Vista High School

    For many people, to even consider joining the armed forces brings the thought of fear and bloodshed. However, to Monte Vista Senior Scott Carpenter, becoming a Marine of the United States is an honor.

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  • Take an inside look at MTV's 'MADE'

    Monday, December 20, 2010 By: Caitlin Kawaguchi California High School

    I will never again envy a reality television star. Or be a viewer who believes that what I'm watching is based in truth. Being a part of the making of an episode of the MTV reality show "MADE" last

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  • Giants fever sweeps Bay Area schools

    Monday, December 20, 2010 By: By Lloyd McClelland, Acalanes High School and Davidson Chia, Hercules High School

    “It’s a fever, it’s an infection, it’s viral,” said Digital Design teacher Susan Lane as she described the latest epidemic to sweep the campus at Acalanes High School.

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Unfortunately for seniors and juniors, it’s test season. Advertisements for the best tutors and the best books offering the best guidance for the best scores on one of the most important standardized
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People are supposed to go see a musician to hear the music. That is why they are called musicians. So why should we care what the musicians wear, or how visually stunning their performance is? Lately,
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Throughout the many phases we go through as children, teenagers, and adults, there is one thing that remains constant in many of our lives: music! .
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My draping clothing lightly covers what should not be seen as my hair ever so perfectly curls behind my ear.
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Red, yellow, green, and black block my vision.
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FIFA 11, one of the most anticipated videogames in the world, hit the shelves Sept. 28. About 2.6 million copies of the soccer videogame were sold and $150 million was made in less than a week.
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On Oct. 12, U.S. District Judge Virginia A. Phillips in Riverside, called the don't ask, don't tell policy unconstitutional and said it goes against our First Amendment Rights.
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A cupcake craze has hit Danville -- no one can resist these tasty treats. Not only are they delicious, but they are easy to carry around and the perfect travel size. Cupcake shops have become increasi
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Tassels and sashes and seals, oh my! An estimated 65 to 75 students have joined the academic elite at Hercules High School by gaining membership in the California Scholastic Federation.
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As a kid, sliding into those big cushioned seats and putting those plastic 3-D glasses seemed surreal when looking up at the humongous black screen in front of you. Fantasia 2000 in 3-D was an amazing
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