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  • Budget cuts slice deeper

    Friday, April 17, 2009 By: Melissa Caceres/Editor-in-Chief

    At six in the afternoon, the Coral Reef Sr. high campus was buzzing with activity. While a great number of people could be seen mingling and consulting outside of the school’s auditorium, few of those

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  • Summer starts early this year with full schedule of much anticipated May movies

    Friday, April 17, 2009 By: Alexis Camarena/Section Editor

    Aside from the obvious benefits of summer… vacation, it brings along with it a plethora of special effects, big Hollywood names, and popcorn.

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  • The controversial Marlin's ballpark is finally approved

    Friday, April 17, 2009 By: Brian Goins/Guest Writer

    The Florida Marlins won both their biggest votes in franchise history after the City of Miami commission (by a vote of 3-2) and Miami-Dade County commission (by a vote of 9-5) voted yes to have a new

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  • Despite hard times, college is possible

    Friday, April 17, 2009 By: Paola Ozuna

    A sudden silence covered the whole bus. The sobs of the woman made everyone stay quiet while she desperately talked on the phone, tears running down her face. “I can’t deal with this anymore,” she yel

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  • Tips and tricks to turn AP into A plus: Three areas in which to improve AP scores according to HF teachers

    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 By: MONIKA BOCHERT

    May is a time of graduation, award ceremonies and the dreaded Advanced Placement exams. As the month draws nearer, AP students all find themselves asking one question: “How do I pass?” Well, look no f

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  • Who needs bullets when you have pie? Bugsy Malone showcases students’ hard work

    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 By: MONIKA BOCHERT

    What musical production takes full advantage of flour bombs, custard pies and splurge guns? Bugsy Malone of course!

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  • Art students show off their moo-ving pieces in contest

    Wednesday, April 15, 2009 By: Leah Polak, News Writer

    In Jackie Wargo’s seventh period art class, two students who are “udderly” fantastic at painting are finalists in an art contest where the “steaks” are high...

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  • Making Dough: Students get jobs through program

    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 By: Carina Gonzalez

    Vanessa Pineda, senior, spends her afternoons building castles with blocks and molding Play-Dough turtles with 4-year-olds. And she’s getting paid for it.

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  • Oakland teens shocked by police killings

    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 By: Gabrielle Cabarloc, Karina Gonzalez, Brisa Padilla and Dolores Quintana / Unity High

    A Unity student witnessed two Oakland police officers stop Lovelle Mixon, 26, as well as what happened next. The student, a freshman, asked that his name not be used. "I was inside, and I heard sir

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  • Principal returns to school after 10-day suspension

    Tuesday, April 14, 2009 By: Isabel Rodriguez-Vega and Eugene Wing Lau / Skyline High

    Skyline High School Principal Albert Sye returned to his job on March 2 after an unpaid 10-day suspension while the district conducted an investigation of alleged misconduct. "I have been accused o

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Budget cuts slice deeper
Miami-Dade's school budget reductions have raised concern, and even anger, among thousands of district citizens. So, the board of education hit to road to address head-on the ire over the status of Fl
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The Florida Marlins won both their biggest votes in franchise history after the City of Miami commission (by a vote of 3-2) and Miami-Dade County commission (by a vote of 9-5) voted yes to have a new
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Oakland teens shocked by police killings
An Oakland, Calif., high school student witnessed the police stop that led to the deaths of two BART police officers and left Oakland teens and their community reeling and angry.
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Principal returns to school after 10-day suspension
Discrimination against female employees and inappropriate use of his school's credit card are among allegations Skyline High Principal Albert Sye faces. Still, he has his supporters inside and outside
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Marijuana legalization is on California's legislative agenda, and debate is focused on the long-term impact on young people.
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Features
Once left behind at home, special needs students have become important to their schools, as helpers to staff and students and inspirations to their school communities.
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It was more than a trip. Louisville teacher Cory Lockhart found her journey to Israel to be a revelation that bolstered her spiritual life and her understanding of life in the Middle East.
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Life was simpler in those days, but the Great Depression complicated the lives of millions. Those who remember it talk about how they coped, and how they survived.
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School budget cuts are more than economic necessities. They impact the personal lives of employees whose jobs are eliminated. Especially affected are young teachers.
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Tech alum and baseball great Rickey Henderson is set to be inducted into baseball’s Hall of Fame in July. Henderson, who played football, basketball and baseball for Tech, was elected to the Hall o
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