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Issue Date: Friday, June 04, 2010 Issue: May 2010 Last Update: Wednesday, June 09, 2010
  • California High student heads to Germany for sophomore year abroad

    Wednesday, June 09, 2010 By: Alex Kinnee California High School

    While most students will be spending their time soaking up the last rays of summer sunshine this upcoming August, freshman Courtney Carlson will be on her way to Germany to study abroad for her sophom

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  • 'Pill parties' reflect prescription drug abuse

    Wednesday, June 09, 2010 By: Caitlin Kawaguchi California High School

    “They put all the pills together in a big pile and mix them all together,” she pauses for a moment, remembering. “No colored pills, all white so you can’t tell them apart. Then everybody takes them

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  • Acalanes student lives by the sword

    Tuesday, June 08, 2010 By: Ian Kersten Acalanes High School

    Fencing was first brought to America in the mid-nineteenth century from across the Atlantic Ocean by French and Italian immigrants. It was also brought to senior Laurel Hutchison by men from the sea,

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  • COLD TURKEY: Student gives up technology for a month

    Tuesday, June 08, 2010 By: Richa Kamboj Heritage High School

    The second semester of school had begun, and the tensions of homework and extracurricular activities had started to mount. In the midst of it all, however, I finally decided to overcome my greatest fe

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  • Pareek's 'stress mess' a huge success

    Tuesday, June 08, 2010 By:

    Karishma Pareek’s mission in life is to positively affect as many people as she can and, although she’s only a California High School freshman, she’s already embarked on that journey.

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  • The adventures of an average student

    Tuesday, June 08, 2010 By: Patrice Mardo and Stefan Chapman, California High School

    William Shao, who prefers to be called Chubbz, is a student who could support the center arc of a normal bell curve all by himself. Chubbz plays video games in his spare time, can eat almost anything,

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  • School rallies to assist grad who needs transplant

    Tuesday, June 08, 2010 By: Victoria Kwan San Ramon Valley High School

    San Ramon Valley High School is coming to the aid of Kaitlin Fleming, a 2008 graduate, in need of a life-saving double lung transplant.

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  • Pineda a force in Richmond community

    Monday, June 07, 2010 By: Clarissa Martinez Richmond High School

    At 17, Abel Pineda is well known at Richmond High School. A senior, he has dedicated his high school years as a school and community leader. His passions include poetry, dancing, playing instruments a

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Parcel tax crucial to saving school programs
You have to think about what is important: saving $112 or giving kids the education we so sorely need.
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Schools spying on students using webcam an illegal invasion of privacy Schools spying on students using webcam an illegal invasion of privacy
Last fall, Blake J. Robbins learned that his Pennsylvania school had seen inside his bedroom through the remote activation of a webcam after the school used images of the student in his bedroom taken
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Private versus Public colleges
Californians are facing rising unemployment and rising competition to get into college. Many high school students have been, or may find themselves, disappointed by the California public college syste
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What the *#$(%@: Exploring virtual profanity
Editor-in-Chief Jessie Welcomer stared, a little distressed, a little stunned, as she was asked to make a quick decision about the possible use of profanity in The Acalanes High Blueprint. She hesitat
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Time to end 'don't ask, don't tell'
By staying silent for a single day, we can say it all with silence, and every other day of the year, voice your opinion and end the silence.
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Teens need to protect themselves from unplanned pregnancy
Although the number of teen pregnancies has decreased in California over the past decade, nationwide it is becoming an epidemic. It takes place everywhere, even in Brentwood. So, the girl who sits nex
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'Cap and trade' wrong solution to environmental threats
The environment is something that concerns everyone, and there are problems that certainly need to be addressed. But there is growing skepticism about whether or not global warming is a real environme
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Hooked on technology
When most people think of addiction, the words that come to mind include alcohol, drugs or gambling. But a different vice is deeply affecting teenagers everywhere: technology. Anywhere you step on cam
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Monte Vista needs to close the 'laptop gap'
This year, Monte Vista High School purchased two laptop carts, known as Computers on Wheels or COWs, and is currently planning on buying a third. Additionally, the school already has a W-iFi network i
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Study hall electronics policy hypocritical
For 50 minutes of their day, students enrolled in Study Hall are victims of hypocritical policies regarding electronics.
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