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Issue Date: Saturday, March 19, 2011 Issue: April 2011 Last Update: Tuesday, March 22, 2011
  • Bike clubs grows in popularity

    Saturday, March 19, 2011 By: Kendall Wagner Monte Vista High School

    There are many clubs at Monte Vista, though few of them are ever recognized for their accomplishments. One that has been under the radar is the Mountain Biking Club. In its second year, the Monte Vis

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  • 3D movies--overpriced, overrated, and overdone?

    Saturday, March 19, 2011 By: Tess Kaufman Monte Vista High School

    After tearing the plastic off the wrapping, millions of Americans place their 3D glasses on their heads, ready to watch their movie. But what if these movies aren’t as great as they’re made out to be?

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  • Black Swan creepy but compelling

    Saturday, March 19, 2011 By: Camille Debreczeny

    Black Swan deserved to be a contender for the best film of 2010, but it’s not exactly fun to watch. It lives up to the reputation of its director, Darren Aronofsky, who is known for creating haunting

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  • Permission to text? Granted!

    Saturday, March 19, 2011 By: Jacqueline Uranga California High School

    California High School has a strict policy against texting in class, with one exception. For the first time, texting is being used as an educational tool in the classroom.

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  • Huck Finn once again becomes “slave” to censorship

    Saturday, March 19, 2011 By: Michelle Robertson Acalanes High School

    Censoring and rewording Mark Twain’s timeless classic would be far from “sivilized”

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  • Acalanes pool renovation finally comes to an end

    Saturday, March 19, 2011 By: Lindsey Lohman Acalanes High School

    After months of construction, students and swimmers can return to their home pool. It started as a leak in the drainage system. Now, $2.3 million later, Acalenes High School’s new Heaston Aquatic Cent

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  • Huge numbers of abused children go unreported and at risk

    Saturday, March 19, 2011 By: By Breanne Johnson Las Lomas High School

    Out of the nearly 10 million children in California, 132,181 of them are reported victims of abuse. This represents just 1.41 percent of children in the state and therefore the abuse often goes unnoti

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  • Eating disorders damage young bodies

    Tuesday, March 15, 2011 By: Katie Lanfranki Las Lomas High School

    Eating disorders such as anorexia are common at Las Lomas High School, according to a school nurse. “There are a larger number of kids who have eating disorders here,” said school nurse Kathy Mooney

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The red door is the foyer for those Whose hands are entangled Such as those soft-leaved trees Occupied of doe-eyed ease   Light footsteps keep pace This so awful pace! A present prospect fear In
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I gave up for a heartbeat and opened my eyes with you in the way. Lend me a hand, or maybe a pulse. I can’t promise I’ll return the favor. I can’t promise I’ll remember to thank you. You can let go no
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We first showed him; He wouldn’t listen   (then we would scold him) He wouldn’t listen   We served as examples (Apparently invisible) and he wouldn’t listen   Even His parents (believe
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Pro and con on a 3-D online game .
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For students, it is a blessing or a nightmare. For teachers, it is exactly what they have been asking for. For parents, it is a wake-up call.
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We need gun regulation
If you’ve watched television, read a newspaper or been online, you know what happened on the Saturday morning of Jan. 8, when a supposedly insane person shot his congresswoman and fellow neighbors in
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A “Westerner’s” response to the Tiger Mother
I usually do not think too much of Twitter trend topics, but Amy Chua caught my eye. I clicked the link that came with the thousands of tweets about her - who was she and why was everyone tweeting abo
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Huck Finn once again becomes “slave” to censorship
Censoring and rewording Mark Twain’s timeless classic would be far from “sivilized”
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The latest technological innovations are now being integrated into student learning.
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A short boy with beautiful hair, a nice voice, and stereotypical pop love songs
“Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” is a documentary about the journey of a young man from a small town, and how he sold out Madison Square Garden, cementing his place as a superstar. Well, that’s what i
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