South Americans visit Media: Foreigners talk about gangs, bad presidents Thursday, October 25, 2007 By Jesus Mendoza and Salvador Sainz Gangs are a major issue in South American countries, not just in Oakland.Gangs were just one of the issues discussed when South American visitors came to the Media Academy on Sept. 4 to talk to studen full story

Uprep scandal forces students to Fremont: Charter school closed down after allegations of academic fraud [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, October 14, 2007 By Michelle Narvaez More than a dozen students were forced to enroll at Fremont Federation of High Schools after their charter school, Uprep, got closed down this summer. University Preparatory Charter Academy, or Uprep full story

Black-on-black violence must stop [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, October 14, 2007 By Jamari Caldwell Black on black violence continues to rise in Oakland. Just recently members of the Your Black Muslim Bakery allegedly murdered Chauncey Bailey, African American editor of the Oakland Post.Being black full story

Fremont Federation devastated by Post editor's murder: "The devil is taking over Oakland," one student says. [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, October 14, 2007 By Jamari Caldwell Two months after the murder of Oakland Post editor Chauncey Bailey, Fremont Federation staff and students are still outraged about his death.Bailey was murdered on Aug. 2 across the street from the Al full story

Media Advisory Turns Serious: Pass-fail class now graded with curriculum [ArticleImageHyperLink] Saturday, October 13, 2007 By Ryan Kong & Sergio Toscano No longer pass/fail with varied rigor, Advisory class has a new schoolwide curriculum to get students on track for graduation and college. full story

Learning and Earning at Sea: Cal Maritime prepares students for college Saturday, October 13, 2007 By Jessica Tabares Over the summer, 30 students from around California had fun, learned, socialized– and were paid for it. Cal Maritime’s Summer Academic Enrichment Program made this possible.The program is free. In fac full story