The Colonial Gazette - Fairfax High School

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Ms. Paikow retires after 25 years. Thursday, June 18, 2009 By BY DYLAN SIMORANGKIR One of Fairfax’s most adored staff members is retiring this year Ms. Anna Paikow. In 1984 she was hired as Fairfax’s Hebrew teacher and in 1988 she became the schools career advisor, and finally in 19 full story >
First Male Prom Queen Breaks Gender Barriers Thursday, June 18, 2009 By By CLAUDIA GALINDO Traditionally, the Prom Queen is a female elected by the senior class, but this year’s prom was different. It was truly a night to remember as Sergio Garcia won as prom queen, making him Fairfax’s fi full story >
California upholds Prop.8 Thursday, June 18, 2009 By By Aaron Sayago The California Supreme Court has upheld its 6-1 ruling in favor of Prop 8. However, same sex marriages that occurred before Prop 8 was passed are still valid. Last November, Proposition 8, which ban full story >
2009-2010 Student Body Officers Announced Thursday, June 18, 2009 By By SAMANTHA The results of the 2009-2010 student body elections were announced Friday, June 5. The voting occurred in English classes on Thursday, after candidates had given their speeches in the Fairfax auditori full story >
An Enjoyable "Hangover" Thursday, June 18, 2009 By DYLAN SIMORHANGKIR From the director of Old School the new Frat boy comedy The Hangover is here. The story follows an engaged man named Doug and his three friends as they take a trip to Las Vegas for a bachelor party tw full story >
Confessions of a Twitter hater Thursday, June 18, 2009 By By Aaron Sayago “Ugh” is the sound that I made after experiencing the networking website twitter.com for the first time. As much speed and information today’s technology provides, Twitter is an example of going overb full story >
"Salvation" or doomsday? Thursday, June 18, 2009 By AARON SAYAGO While machines managed to conquer in TerminatorSalvation , they failed to do the samewith the beginning of the summer movie season. Granted, Salvation is an action-packed movie with good act full story >
GMCLA Performs in the Auditorium after 25 Years' Absence Thursday, June 18, 2009 By AARON SAYAGO The Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles (GMCLA) performed in therefurnished Auditorium on June 11. The event lasted from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Itfirst began with a performance by the Orchestra, which was condu full story >
Fairfax’s Performers Show Off Their Talents Thursday, June 18, 2009 By By DYLAN SIMORANGKIR LACER and Beyond the Bell presented “Fairfax Got Talent,” a competition in which Fairfax students performed in front of a crowd and a panel of experienced judges. The event was held on Friday, May 29 full story >