The James Logan Courier

By John Chau, Courier Staff Writer

When the crystal ball completed its descent in Times Square on 12-31, the year of 2006 was officially over. In this way, we bid farewell to another year of the Dubya’s political blunders, crazed gamers battling each other for their ps3s and odyss-wiis, Hillary Clinton’s bid for presidency, North Korea and Iran’s nuclear advent, and teenagers worldwide killing each other with alien-made motorcycles and chainsaw bayonets.

With the above information, one can reasonable assume that the top news stories of last year would be controversial and certainly deep impacting. However, according to Yahoo! News, the following are the ten most searched News stories of the year:

1.Steve Irwin dies
2. Anna Nicole’s son dies
3. Iraq
4.Israel and Lebanon
5.US elections

ACTIVITIES:
“Chemistry Tutors” needed for Logan’s after school tutoring program. Earn Community Service hours with flexible days and hours, Tues-Wed-Thurs from 3:00-4:30 and Saturday 8:30-12:30. Please come by room 77.

CLUB:
GSA meets this Friday at 3:00 in Room 52. We are having a white elephant gift exchange.

By Patrick Pilapil, Courier Staff Writer

Ghostface Killah - Fishscale

Ghostface Killah s fifth solo album proved to be his best. On Fishscale , Ghost was on top-notch form with his wordplay while he took on a variety of subject matter, something very rare in today's hip-hop scene.

My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

Heroes in the emo subculture, guilty pleasure for the rest of us. My Chemical Romance combined modern pop punk elements with the rock opera format for their 2006 release, The Black Parade, resulting in one of the most compelling albums of the year.

By Aamer Madhani and Tom Hundley
Chicago Tribune
(MCT)

Saddam Hussein's trials and his march to the gallows were intended to be turning points in Iraq's history in which justice was delivered on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people killed by the dictator's brutal regime.

But for many human rights advocates and legal experts who followed the trials, Hussein's rapid conviction and execution instead left them with doubts about the emerging Iraqi government and the fairness of its judicial process.

Max Eastman (January 4, 1883–March 25, 1969) was a socialist American writer and patron of the Harlem Renaissance, later known for being an anti-leftist.

He was born in Canandaigua, New York; both his parents were members of the clergy. Eastman attended Williams College in 1905, two years later moving to Columbia University to work toward a Ph.D. in philosophy. Settling in Greenwich Village with his sister, Crystal Eastman, he became involved in political matters, helping to found the Men's League for Women's Suffrage in 1910. While at Columbia he was an assistant in the philosophy department as well as a lecturer with the psychology department. After completing the requirements for his degree, however, he refused to accept it, leaving in 1911.

Read The Nice People of Trinidad, an article by Eastman published in 1914. Read more of Eastman's writing, free from the Max Eastman Archive.