Embed This Article Education should come first [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, July 24, 2006 By Herbert Benitez ’07 The system keeps us in, but it’s our education that can get us out. Education is the only option you have if you are looking for a solution to your life and life’s problems. Without education you cann full story >

Embed This Article Freedom overpowers technology [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, July 24, 2006 By Nick Branch ’07 These days people turn their backs on the things that their parents took seriously. Work ethic is now replaced by television. Relationships are now known as hot topics on reality shows. The deprivatio full story >

Embed This Article Protect your Superwoman from Kryptonite of breast cancer [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, July 24, 2006 By Emmanuel Padilla ’06 Breast cancer will affect more than 211,000 this year. Selfishly, I never cared about that, until last month. My first day at Jeff, I wore a black shirt with a picture of my grandma. Over the pict full story >

Embed This Article Forget fiction, focus on reality [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, July 24, 2006 By Shantall Vera ’06 I came across a nun with a picket sign protesting the novel (and now a movie) “The Da Vinci Code” and it said that the book should burn in hell. After reading “The Da Vinci Code” by Dan Brown, I full story >

Embed This Article Get serious about school or suffer consequences [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, July 24, 2006 By Every school year it seems as if the seriousness of school drops. It seems as if people go to class just because their friends are there and that they want to talk to and text people. Students make it full story >

Embed This Article State exit exam: This time it counts: After being struck down, judge orders test reinstated [ArticleImageHyperLink] [ArticleMedia] Monday, July 24, 2006 By Andrea Dominguez ’06 The California High School Exit Exam is back to haunt seniors who have yet to pass. The results from the March 21 test show that only 24 seniors haven’t passed and in turn are not going to gradua full story >

Embed This Article Jefferson District wins Superintendent’s Challenge Award: Statewide contest centered on healthy eating and fitness [ArticleMedia] Monday, July 24, 2006 By Jocelyn Reimonenq ’07 State Senator Tom Torlakson attended a ceremony in the cafeteria to present the 2005-06 Superintendents’ Challenge Awards (SCA), on Monday, June 6th. The SCA is a joint challenge and also an award pro full story >