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  • Campaign craze captivates campus: ASB and class elections supply campus with new leadership

    Thursday, May 08, 2008 By: Emily Gerdin

    As Clinton, Obama, and McCain campaign in the “real world,” battling it out in raucous debates, leaving no lawn signless, Franklin students plastered the campus with posters and flyers, leaving no stu

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  • Health offenders or hunger defenders?: Lunch time blackmarket of unhealthy snacks is common among students

    Thursday, May 08, 2008 By: Lauren Udarbe

    The infamous ban on junk food sales on school campuses statewide has hit Franklin hard. But some students have taken action to stick it to the man, fight the system, and bite the hand that feeds them

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  • A World of Seuss: FTC brings the world of Dr. Seuss to

    Thursday, May 08, 2008 By: Marika Hirsch

    At first it may seem unusual stepping into a room complete with a sour kangaroo, the Cat in the Hat, truffula trees, and a mayor in a yellow tuxedo, but that is exactly what the Franklin Theatre Compa

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  • One run enough to give Lady Wildcats the edge: Franklin wins a real cat fight, faces Elk Grove again May 8

    Friday, May 09, 2008 By: Maddy Fish

    A controversial victory over Elk Grove has put Franklin’s varsity softball team in the running for Delta Valley Conference champions. Last year Franklin had to share the title of champions with Elk G

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  • The perfect score : Junior Brandon Thai earned 2400 on the SAT

    Friday, May 09, 2008 By: Melinda Zhang

    “I work out at the gym a lot in my free time. I waste eight hours on the computer and then I don’t do my homework afterwards. So then I have to do it during first period.” This sounds like your normal

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  • Piercings mistaken for acts of rebellion: Students choose piercings to express their personalities

    Friday, May 09, 2008 By: Alyssa Benjamin

    Every year, some students return to Franklin with new additions to the way they look—piercings. Many people may misinterpret these students based on stereotypes that are most likely wrong.High school

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  • The sibling legacy: inheriting teachers: Students are plagued by their older brother or sister’s performance in class

    Friday, May 09, 2008 By: Alyssa Namba

    High school is challenging enough without inheriting an older sibling’s teachers, but many students at Franklin are faced with this dilemma.The difference in treatment directed towards the younger sib

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  • World language class variety limited: Franklin students are forced to choose between only three world languages

    Friday, May 09, 2008 By: Emily Gerdin

    With hundreds of languages to learn in the world, it is difficult for a school to settle on just a few to be taught. Franklin, as well as most of the Elk Grove Unified School District, chose French, S

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  • Olympians get the bronze: Franklin’s Science Olympiad team goes down in Elk Grove history

    Friday, May 09, 2008 By: Michelle Davis

    All is quiet in the empty science classroom until a murmur of voices is heard behind the door to the back room. The door is opened to find several students surrounded by small, thin pieces of wood an

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  • AP exams induce stress: Students do all they can in preparation

    Friday, May 09, 2008 By: Justin Cook

    As the dates for the Advanced Placement, or AP tests draw near, many students are thrown into a scramble of handwritten notes, and frantic studying. Many Franklin students take the AP tests each year,

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Franklin students showing school spirit on crazy dress day!
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Franklin should consider having class sets of books, meaning books in every class in addition to those taken home by a student for homework use. It is unfair when students happen to get their books st
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On November 4, 2008 America will elect its next president. With the date looming, it’s hard not to acknowledge campaign news.Some students at Franklin take an interest in the election through news an
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Walking onto campus the day of a powder puff game might be a little intimidating seeing girls of all grades wearing jerseys and war paint filling up the quad.Every year girls of Franklin High are left
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Hijab brings out virtue: The scarf may cover up hair, but enourages inner beauty
Have you ever seen a woman wearing a head scarf? Do you wonder why she would cover herself up like that, especially on those hot summer days? Is she only representing her religion, or is there a deepe
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As the dates for the Advanced Placement, or AP tests draw near, many students are thrown into a scramble of handwritten notes, and frantic studying. Many Franklin students take the AP tests each year,
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Walking onto campus the day of a powder puff game might be a little intimidating seeing girls of all grades wearing jerseys and war paint filling up the quad.Every year girls of Franklin High are left
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For the college bound Franklin student, the Career Center, located in the Student Services building, has proven time and time again to be an invaluable resource. With its abundance of helpful resource
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All is quiet in the empty science classroom until a murmur of voices is heard behind the door to the back room. The door is opened to find several students surrounded by small, thin pieces of wood an
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With hundreds of languages to learn in the world, it is difficult for a school to settle on just a few to be taught. Franklin, as well as most of the Elk Grove Unified School District, chose French, S
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