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  • Golf CartsAn Unnecessary Luxury?

    Thursday, April 17, 2008 By: Suzanne Lopez

    As you walk through the hallways, you always see some administrator in a golf cart riding around or just sitting idly. It’s a well known fact that administrators use this form of transportation to get

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  • Teaching abstinence: Is saying "No" the best choice for teens?

    Sunday, April 20, 2008 By: Alane Presswood

    “By parents pretending that premarital sex doesn’t exist, they’re almost asking students to do it. It’s natural for students to want to touch each other,” says senior health student Lauren Hughes, ada

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  • How they got to the top: Two of one academic mind

    Sunday, April 20, 2008 By: Stephanie DeGennaro

    “Early in elementary school, my teachers didn’t want to put me in enrichment programs because they didn’t think I was smart enough,” says Chelsea Mandel, who is now ranked number one in this year’s se

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  • Working for Obama: Grad a field organizer for presidential candidate

    Sunday, April 20, 2008 By: Julia Davis

    A recent rally at Penn State University drew about 22,000 supporters of presidential hopeful Barack Obama. While the Illinois senator electrified the arena with a dynamic speech, onstage alongside him

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  • “New kid” is common label for world-travelling Vegys

    Monday, April 21, 2008 By: Susan Lowder, Class of 2008

    CHS senior Tomas Vegys began his long journey to Concord in his native Lithuania.

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  • "The country is quite covered by Darkness...: ...so that people outside it cannot see anything in it" -"The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" c.1360

    Tuesday, April 22, 2008 By: Jessica Kincaid

    Less than 10 years ago, the Taliban ruled Afghanistan, instilling fear in its citizens. Now, Afghans are rebuilding their country, and thus a new future.United States Department representative, Alison

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  • From North Canton to Beijing: Poseria to represent India in 2008 Olympic Games

    Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By: John Jackson

    Three years ago, the waters of the North Canton YMCA swimming pool were being torn and ravaged by the strokes of a future Olympian. Hoover alumnus Ankur Poseria, currently a junior at the University o

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  • Secret & Whisper are no longer hushed:: They have officially opened their mouths

    Wednesday, April 23, 2008 By: Brendon

    For a band formed just one short year ago, Secret & Whisper has definitely made a splash in the alternative/rock scene. In their newly released album, Great White Whale the band explodes with an orig

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  • Little boy's immigration tale will pull at heartstrings of all

    Thursday, April 24, 2008 By: Sindy Orozco

    “Under the Same Moon” is a film that will help even the biggest opponents of illegal immigration understand why so many people cross the border – it is not because all of them want to come to America,

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  • Time Should be Up for 'Flavor of Love'

    Thursday, April 24, 2008 By: Branisha Davis

    Your time is up, says Flavor Flav, legendary hype man. A man who used to sing songs like “Fight the Power” and helped in movements to uplift African Americans is now in his third season of Flavor of L

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Issue Date: Sunday, April 27, 2008 Issue: Week of April 27, 2008
 
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News
Time to speak up. Concerned about sex-related problems among teens, three Fremont Federation students testify in support of school health centers.
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Oakland Unifed School District has not given principals the okay to hire a nighttime security officer because of a controversy with two employee union.
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Former Viking Poseria to represent India in 2008 Olympic Games.
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To the rescue. Foundation is born to relieve Chico Unified Schools of money woes.
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Features
The Kat and the horse. Fauquier High student Kat Barkema is at home in the saddle.
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Young people face old killer. Many teens aren't heeding the dangers of cigarettes.
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"The country is quite covered by Darkness...: ...so that people outside it cannot see anything in it" -"The Travels of Sir John Mandeville" c.1360
Rebuilding a nation. After seven years of violence and unrest, Afghanistan aims to rebuild, with America's help.
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Are teens ready to tie the knot?
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Bloomsburg High grad is a field organizer for Democratic presidential candidate.
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Opinion
School Disctricts Should Offer Financial Rewards to Students Who Improve Their Scores on State Graduation Exams: CON
Time to fish. Students don't need to be goaded with money to pass their standardized tests. They need to be challenged.
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