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  • McLeran takes job with EA

    Wednesday, January 17, 2007 By: Nick Abramson, Page Editor

    Over the summer, teacher Aaron McLeran, whom the school employed two years ago, e-mailed a team of Electronic Arts Games video game designers asking for their advice on a piece of electronic music sof

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  • Senior Wheelis's dream catches fire

    Wednesday, January 17, 2007 By: Shira Bogin, Reporter

    The flashing red lights, the loud siren, the friendly Dalmatian—these characteristics appeal to children so much that many of them proudly proclaim that they’ll be firemen when they grow up.But as chi

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  • New fish restaurant is 'Fintastic'

    Wednesday, January 17, 2007 By: Mike Needham, Page editor

    Have you ever had fish where it was so covered in sauce you couldn’t taste the fish? Well, Fins Market and Grill (2610 Fair Oaks Blvd.), does not do this. Fins lets the fish speak for itself.

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  • PreviewYoung team in an uncharted league

    Thursday, January 18, 2007 By: Michael Lewis, Page Editor

    The varsity boys’ basketball league record stands at 1-3, including a 61-44 loss Jan. 11 to Sacramento Adventist. Although they have lost three games by over 15 points, they beat non-league Freedom Ch

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  • Teachers learn life lessons through sports

    Thursday, January 18, 2007 By: Calvin Fernandez, Reporter

    Three Country Day teachers--Tory Nicholson, Brooke Wells, and Chris Millsback--were avid athletes in college.

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  • Teacher Bell recalls youthful taxidermy career

    Thursday, January 18, 2007 By: Lana Preszler, Reporter

    Most nine-year-olds spend their time playing ball and skipping rope, but not English teacher Ron Bell. He sat with his mother at the kitchen table skinning small animals and mounting them on artifici

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  • Volume XXX: An Octagon Anniversary: From X-Acto knives and typewriters to an Internet site, we've come a long way

    Thursday, January 18, 2007 By: Nicky Mehtani, Editor in Chief

    If you’ve seen the red-and-black shirts that Octagon staffers have been proudly wearing around campus lately, you know that “we do it in the Cave.” But, what exactly is it that we do in the Cave—that

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  • Kutcher's 'girlfriend' develops, pitches scripts

    Thursday, January 18, 2007 By: Michel Wigney, Reporter

    “Who’s Ashton Kutcher’s new girlfriend?”We’ve all seen these types of magazine titles: reporters trying to link a celebrity to another celebrity or the celebrities’ coworker.But what you never hear is

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The Octagon Sacramento Country Day School Sacramento, CA
Issue Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 Issue: Vol. XXX, No. 4 Last Update: Monday, January 22, 2007
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Learning the rules of the mat
Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Anna Ellison, Business Manager
Wrestling is based on a simple concept: one guy has to get the other guy pinned on his back. But when I started learning about it, I found that it is, in fact, infinitely more complicated than the obj
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PreviewYoung team in an uncharted league
Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Michael Lewis, Page Editor
The varsity boys’ basketball league record stands at 1-3, including a 61-44 loss Jan. 11 to Sacramento Adventist. Although they have lost three games by over 15 points, they beat non-league Freedom Ch
full story 
The LockerUnderArmour clothing
Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Miles Bennett-Smith, Reporter
Never in his dreams did founder Kevin Plank imagine that his simple shirt design would go on to become a cultural icon and be worn by millions of athletes, professional and amateur.
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Teachers learn life lessons through sports
Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Calvin Fernandez, Reporter
Three Country Day teachers--Tory Nicholson, Brooke Wells, and Chris Millsback--were avid athletes in college.
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Strengthened ski team starts training early with 14 new members
Thursday, January 18, 2007 By Vionna Wong, Reporter
Clear skies, chilly weather, light winds and heavy snow mean the beginning of ski season once again. The ski and snowboard team kicked off practice in mid-November to guarantee a better season.
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