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Long-time college counselor leaves position after almost two decades

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Yanni Dahmani

After 18 years of advising students, college counselor Patricia Fels will step down from her duties next year, and English teacher Jane Bauman will become the new college counselor.
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Hey, men DO drink diet soda!

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Mollie Berg

If you’re a girl who has thought about trying Dr. Pepper Ten, forget about it—the drink is “not for women” the new face of the diet soda says.
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Portraits of the artists as high-school students

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Mary-Clare Bosco and Jeffrey Caves

Featured on the spread are student artists who represent various media and backgrounds. Scroll down to see their art and discover how they created it.
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Mock Trial’s role changes frustrate team members

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Ryan Ho

Drama is common in a courtroom. But the Mock Trial team’s drama started well before they walked into court.
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EDITORIAL: Advantages of new school laptop program far outweigh the costs

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When the Board of Trustees announced its decision to provide next year’s freshmen with laptops, courtesy of the school, we were less than thrilled. But we've changed our minds.
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Country Day Conundrum: Exploring the Catch-22 of high extracurricular involvement

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Margaret Whitney

To keep over 30 extracurricular activities going in a high school of 135 requires many students to do multiple activities. But does this high involvement weaken those very activities?
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MacBooks for all—kind of: Ninth graders will get laptops next year

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Mollie Berg

In September, among pencils, pens, notebooks and paper, a shiny new MacBook will be in each freshman’s backpack, as SCDS becomes the first school in Sacramento to implement a 1:1 laptop program.
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Closing the point spread, basketball teams rebound

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Ian Cardle

The headlines for the games look bad. But both the boys' and girls' varsity basketball teams improved remarkably over the season.
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Freshman tables other sports for pingpong

Monday, February 13, 2012 By: Shaun Shah

Meet freshman Michael Wong, the pingpong prodigy. The week before Winter Break Wong was in Virginia, competing in a national table-tennis event.
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Issue Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 Issue: Vol. XXXV, No. 5 Last Update: Thursday, February 16, 2012

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Succulent organ meats: why not give them a try?

Monday, February 13, 2012 By Jeffrey Caves

Last issue I wrote that Catalán cuisine was rich in organ meats, and the copy editor remarked that this sounded disgusting. Why do so many Americans treat these cuts with such disdain?

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Unwrapping the passion: Chocolates satisfy any romantic craving

Monday, February 13, 2012 By Connor Martin

The ever-coveted kiss. The Hershey’s chocolate, I mean. It’s the most thrilling of the two kisses anyway.

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Long-time college counselor leaves position after almost two decades

Hey, men DO drink diet soda!

Portraits of the artists as high-school students

Mock Trial’s role changes frustrate team members

EDITORIAL: Advantages of new school laptop program far outweigh the costs

Country Day Conundrum: Exploring the Catch-22 of high extracurricular involvement

MacBooks for all—kind of: Ninth graders will get laptops next year

Closing the point spread, basketball teams rebound

Freshman tables other sports for pingpong

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Jeffrey Caves

Yanni Dahmani

Connor Martin

Kamira Patel

Kelsi Thomas

Will Wright

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Anthony Valdez

Micaela Bennett-Smith

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