This is the archive for January 2012
By Larry Gordon
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Claremont McKenna College exaggerated the collective SAT exam scores of incoming freshman classes for the last six years, boosting statistics used for national school rankings, an internal probe has found. A senior official in the school's admission office has taken responsibility and resigned, according to a campus announcement Monday from the school president.
"As an institution of higher education with a deep and consistent commitment to the integrity of all our academic activities, and particularly our reporting of institutional data, we take this situation very seriously," President Pamela B. Gann wrote in a memo distributed at the prestigious liberal arts college, which enrolls about 1,321 students.
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"Amy"
For: Playstation 3 (via Playstation Network)
and Xbox 360 (via Xbox Live Arcade)
From: Vector Cell/Lexis Numerique
ESRB Rating: Mature (use of drugs, blood,
intense violence, language)
Price: $10
In the thin strip of land separating challenge and undying aggravation, the checkpoint is king. As it goes, so often goes a game's fate, especially when it's a horror game crawling with elements seemingly designed to purposefully work against you.
The Amy in "Amy" is a young girl who, for reasons not really clarified, cannot speak and wants zero to do with a place known casually as The Center. When things go awry, she's in the care of Lana (that's you), who shares her sentiments.
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Lunalilo I, born
William Charles Lunalilo (January 31, 1835 - February 3, 1874), was king of the Kingdom of Hawai‘i from January 8, 1873 until February 3, 1874. He was the most liberal king in Hawaiian history, but was the reigning monarch of the monarchy for the shortest period of time.
He was born the son of High Chieftess Miriam Auhea Kekauluohi) and High Chief Charles Kanaina. He was grandnephew of Kamehameha I. Through his mother who was the sister Elizabeth Kinau (Kaahumanu II), he was first cousin to Kamehameha V, Kamehameha IV, and Princess Victoria Kamamalu. His name translates Luna (high) lilo (lost) which means so high up as to be lost to sight. He was also named after King William IV of Great Britain, a great friend of Hawaiian royalty. He was educated at the Royal School and declared eligible to succeed by the royal decree of Kamehameha III.
Read more about Lunalilo I and the history of Hawai'i, free from aloha-hawaii.com
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By Kevin Yamamura
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Now in his third year at Yuba College, a year he once hoped to spend in Chico or Davis, Robert Bond said every student he knows has struggled to get the classes they need.
"My first semester here, no math classes were open, so I couldn't get a math class," Bond, 20, lamented on the Yuba campus quad, decked in a sweatshirt and shorts on an unseasonably warm afternoon. "Basically it took me two years until I could get a math class, college-level Math 52. So I'm like way behind."
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From wikipedia:
Frank Gelett Burgess (January 30, 1866 – September 18, 1951) was an artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. An important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine,
The Lark, he is best known as a writer of nonsense verse. He was the author of the popular
Goops books, and he invented the blurb.
Born in Boston, Burgess was "raised among staid, conservative New England gentry". He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduating with a B.S. in 1887. After graduation, Burgess fled conservative Boston for the livelier bohemia of San Francisco, where he took a job working as a draftsman for the Southern Pacific Railroad. In 1891, he was hired by the University of California at Berkeley as an instructor of topographical drawing.
Read Are You a Bromide? by Frank Gelett Burgess, free from Project Gutenberg.
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It's a Lulu, by Lulu Zhong, Courier Comics Editor
Room Mate by Abraham Gausi and Christine Campos, Courier Artists
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From wikipedia:
Bill Peet (born
William Bartlett Peed; January 29, 1915 – May 11, 2002), was an American children's book illustrator and a story writer for Disney Studios. He joined Disney in 1937 and worked on
The Jungle Book, Song of the South, Cinderella, One Hundred and One Dalmatians, The Sword in the Stone, Goliath II, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, Dumbo, Pinocchio, Fantasia, The Three Caballeros, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and other stories.
Visit BillPeet.net.
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By Tierra Negra, Courier Correspondent
Would you give a gun to someone enraged with society? Was not such enragement the cause of Germany to arouse into a military power that originated Second World War? What perfect nonsense! No one would… or should… but then again the United States allows Israel to have nuclear weapons among all the others that are denied to possess them! Were they supposed to be more responsible with their use?
I see a couple of ironies in regards to Israel. First the fact that even though it has been supported by a hard core capitalist country they had to create little units based in a communal type of organization (kibbutz) to be able to tend and inhabit the new land prone to invasions. Second is, how could people that have been subjected to so much persecution be willing to repeat the same abuses unto others? Would it not make them more understanding and wise? Not according to this movie, where their portrait is abusive and arrogant.
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From wikipedia:
Alice Neel (January 28, 1900 – October 13, 1984) was an American artist known for her oil on canvas portraits of friends, family, lovers, poets, artists and strangers. Her paintings are notable for their expressionistic use of line and color, psychological acumen, and emotional intensity.
Alice Neel was born in Merion Square, Pennsylvania, and moved to the rural town of Colwyn, Pennsylvania, when she was about three months old. She took the Civil Service exam and got a high-paying clerical position after high school in order to help support her parents. After three years of work, taking art classes by night in Philadelphia, Neel finally enrolled full-time in the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Neel often said that she chose to attend an all-girls school so as not to be distracted from her art by the temptations of the opposite sex.
Read more about Alice Neel at thepaintingimperative.com.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Students who want their portfolios from African American History, periods 1 and 2, and Ethnic Women’s Studies, can pick them up in Room 529 until February 17th.
S.D.E.S. de Alvarado is holding a crab feed on February 5th and is looking for student volunteers to help with set-up, serving and clean-up. For more info on volunteering, check the Career Center link on Logan’s website, or pick up a flyer in the Career Center.
Attention TAs! If you are scheduled as a second semester TA, you must report to Ms. Quintal in the front office for your assignment. This applies to all TAs – even if you were a TA first semester and you are remaining in your previous assignment. If you have any questions, see Ms. Quintal during your scheduled TA period. Those TAs that fail to report to Ms. Quintal will continue to be marked absent.
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By Lauren Mascarenhas,
Courier Managing Editor
Another semester has come and gone at James Logan High School, but as some celebrate the payoff of the effort they have put into their schoolwork, others are reaping the benefits of work that is not their own. Students at Logan are advised that cheating will not be tolerated, but is the warning working?
The Logan handbook defines cheating as, “taking the work, words, ideas, and/or efforts of another and presenting them as one’s own or providing one’s own work to be presented as another's.” There are also consequences in place to discourage cheating.
However, whether it is through electronic assistance, answers on a hand, or good old fashioned peripheral vision, there is no doubt that it is easier than ever for students to display academic dishonesty. In grade school, children are usually taught that cheating is wrong, so what is the reasoning behind cheating at a high school level?
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By Jack Bragg,
Courier Editor-in-Chief
The sixth studio album from alternative metal band Chevelle, is a step in a new direction for the band. The Follow up to 2009’s
Si-Fi Crimes strikes an entirely different chord from their previous works. Rather than the hard rough sound of previous albums,
Hats Off to the Bull is an album with a more ethereal and somewhat mysterious sound. The album is definitely a departure from their previous works with a few notable exceptions.
Guitarist and vocalist Pete Loeffler said of the album,“We really worked hard on it. A lot of people don’t really think its as heavy as some of our other ones though, but I think it’s a little more vibe-y and I think its just plain good and so hopefully they will think the same too.”
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From wikipedia:
Annette Strauss (January 26, 1924 – December 14, 1998) was a philanthropist and a former mayor of Dallas. The Annette Strauss Artist Square in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas is named in honor of her. She was the second female mayor and the second Jewish mayor of Dallas (Adlene Harrison was first; Laura Miller was the third).
Born in Houston, Texas, Annette Strauss graduated from the University of Texas at Austin in 1944. She moved to New York City where she received master's degrees in sociology and psychology from Columbia University. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. She worked as a Red Cross social worker in Houston for a year until she married Ted Strauss, Sr. Managing Director of Bear Stearns, in 1946 and moved to Dallas in 1947.
Read more about Annette Strauss, free from the Dallas Morning News.
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From wikipedia:
Pablo S. Antonio (January 25, 1901 – June 14, 1975) was a Filipino architect. A pioneer of modern Philippine architecture, he was recognized in some quarters as the foremost Filipino modernist architect of his time. He was conferred the rank and title of National Artist of the Philippines by President Ferdinand Marcos in 1976.
Antonio was born in Binondo, Manila in 1901. He was orphaned by the age of 12, and had to work in the daytime in order to finish his high school education at night. He studied architecture at the University of Santo Tomas but dropped out of school in order to assist in the design and construction of the Legislative Building (now, the National Museum of the Philippines).
Read more about Pablo Antonia, free from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines.
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By Candace Laxamana,
Courier News Editor
You may have noticed that on January 18, 2012, Google had a black box over it's logo. This is because many major websites have "censored" or "blocked" their websites for 12 to 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA bills.
These bills were put out with good intentions in mind, but many internet users, and sites think this is the American version of "The Great Firewall of China."
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MISCELLANEOUS
Attention TAs! If you are scheduled as a second semester TA, you must report to Ms. Quintal in the front office for your assignment. This applies to all TAs – even if you were a TA first semester and you are remaining in your previous assignment. If you have any questions, see Ms. Quintal during your scheduled TA period.
BOYS VOLLEYBALL: There will be an important meeting for everyone interested in trying out for the Boys Volleyball team TODAY, Wednesday, 1/25/12 in the Staff Lounge at 2:00 p.m. See you there!
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"Rayman Origins"
Reviewed for: Playstation 3 and Xbox 360
Also available for: Wii
From: Ubisoft
ESRB Rating: Everyone 10+ (comic mischief,
mild cartoon violence, suggestive themes)
Price: Varies
Every post-holiday afterglow, when the gaming industry briefly but emphatically hibernates in advance of livelier spring release schedules, there inevitably emerges a game that demands another look after getting unjustly buried in the sea of sequels and blockbusters that released all around it in November.
In a year as stacked as 2011, there is no shortage of candidates. But even on those grounds, "Rayman Origins" belongs at the top of the list, and it really isn't even close.
Though not framed as an origins story — or concerned with storytelling in general, really — "Origins" earns its name by taking Rayman back to his two-dimensional roots. Like the 1995 original, "Origins" eschews three dimensions in favor of 2D platforming in the classic "Super Mario Bros." vein.
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From wikipedia:
Doris Haddock (January 24, 1910 – March 9, 2010[2]) was an American political activist from New Hampshire. Haddock achieved national fame when, between the ages of 88 and 90, starting on January 1, 1999 and culminating on February 29, 2000, she walked over 3,200 miles across the continental United States to advocate for campaign finance reform. In 2004, she ran unsuccessfully as a Democratic challenger to incumbent Republican Judd Gregg for the U.S. Senate.
Haddock's walk across the country followed a southern route and took more than a year to complete, starting on January 1, 1999, in southern California and ending in Washington D.C. on February 29, 2000.
Read more about Ethel Doris Haddock, free from the International Museum of Women.
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By Rick La Plante, New Haven Schools Director of Parent and Community Relations
The Board of Education on Tuesday night received the results of a survey asking voter opinion regarding a possible ballot measure that would raise approximately $3 million through a parcel tax.
Among 300 registered voters polled Jan. 3-8 by the EMC Research Group, 65 percent say they would vote to approve or would lean toward voting to approve a $180 per year tax for four years, compared to 30 percent would say they would vote to oppose or would lean toward voting to oppose the tax. The remaining 5 percent said they were undecided.
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From wikipedia:
Wallace Gordon ("Wally") Parks (January 23, 1913 – September 28, 2007) was instrumental in establishing drag racing as a legitimate amateur and professional motorsport. He was the Founder, President, and the Chairman of the Board of the National Hot Rod Association, known by the acronym NHRA.
Parks was also an accomplished automobile writer and hobbyist, and co-founder and first editor of the magazine
Hot Rod in the late 1940s. He was also instrumental in the founding of Motor Trend magazine in 1948. As editor of
Hot Rod, he began to promote safety in the organization of drag racing, both in the magazine and by organizing "Safety Safaris," the first of which toured the U.S.A. in 1954, teaching drag race organization and safety at tracks around the country. This was the first concerted effort in getting racers off the streets and into controlled race tracks.
Read an interview with Wally Parks, free from Rod & Custom magazine.
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From wikipedia:
Helen Lyman commonly known as
Helen Hoyt or
Helen Hoyt Lyman (January 22, 1887–August 2, 1972)[ was an American poet.
She was born as Helen Hoyt in Norwalk, Connecticut on January 22, 1887. Her father was Henry M. Hoyt, Governor of Pennsylvania from 1879 to 1893. Her niece was the 1920s poet Elinor Wylie,
Helen Hoyt was educated at Barnard College.
At some point she married William Whittingham Lyman Jr, and so also became known either as Mrs. W.W. Lyman or Helen Hoyt Lyman.
Read Rain at Night by Helen Hoyt, free from Bartleby.com.
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By Tierra Negra,
Courier Special Correspondent
John Locke’s social contract, back in the XVII century, was born from the need to counteract monarchs’ abuses through taxation. The idea that each of us is born free and with some inalienable rights such as “Life, health, Liberty, or Possessions" was the main source of inspiration for the Founder Fathers of this country when designing the American Declaration of Independence and its Constitution:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”
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From wikipedia:
Eliza Roxcy Snow Young (January 21, 1804 – December 5, 1887) was one of the most celebrated Latter-day Saint women of the nineteenth century. A renowned poet, she chronicled history, celebrated nature and relationships, and expounded scripture and doctrine. She was an alleged plural wife of Joseph Smith, Jr., married openly for many years to polygamist Brigham Young, and was the second general president of the Relief Society of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) from 1866 until her death.
Listen to "Truth Relects Upon our Senses," with lyrics by Eliza Roxcy Snow, free from LDSmusicworld.com.
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From wikipedia:
Ruth St. Denis (January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an early modern dance pioneer.
St. Denis founded Adelphi University's dance program in 1938 which was one of the first dance departments in an American university. It has since become a cornerstone of Adelphi's Department of Performing Arts.
Read more about Ruth St. Denis, free from the University of Pittsburgh.
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From wikipedia:
Lysander Spooner (January 19, 1808 – May 14, 1887) was an American individualist anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, abolitionist, supporter of labor reform movement, and legal theorist of the 19th century. He is also known for competing with the U.S. Post Office with his American Letter Mail Company, which was forced out of business by the United States government.
Spooner was born on a farm in Athol, Massachusetts, on January 19, 1808, and died "at one o'clock in the afternoon of Saturday, May 14, 1887, in his little room at 109 Myrtle Street, surrounded by trunks and chests bursting with the books, manuscripts, and pamphlets which he had gathered about him in his active pamphleteer's warfare over half a century long."
Read
To the Non-Slaveholders of the South: A Plan for the Abolition of Slavery (1858) by Lysander Spooner, free from
the Molinari Institute.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Both Emanuele and Kitayama Elementary are in need of student volunteers for their upcoming Math & Science Nights. For more information, see postings on Logan’s website under the College/Career Center link, or pick up fliers in the Career Center.
This week ROP buses will be running on their regular schedule. However, on Monday, January 23rd there will be NO bus service to MVROP and students will have to find their own transportation. While Logan will not be in session on January 23rd, MVROP will be, and students enrolled in Fremont classes are expected to attend.
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Paperback: 384 pages
Publisher: Scholastic Press
ISBN-10: 0439023521
ISBN-13: 978-0439023528,
Courier Staff Reporter
The Hunger Games, written by Suzanne Collins, is a far more gripping novel than the title may suggest. The first in the
Hunger Games trilogy, this book is bound to keep you entertained and hooked.
From the moment I started reading, I just couldn't put it back down. It leaves you hanging on every sentence and every word. What's most shocking is the realization once you finish reading the series; this could be the future, and its really possible for it to all happen.
In the country of Panem (a post-apocalyptic version of North America), there are thirteen districts, and the Capitol. After a global Nuclear War destroyed most of the Earth, Panem was created. Seventy five years before the novel began, a rebellion sparked up against the Capitol and District Thirteen was completely obliterated, an example to those who attempted to rebel against their leaders. Because of the Dark Days, as the rebellion is called in the book, the Hunger Games were created as a reminder that rebellions are futile.
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The Orphan Master's Son
by Adam Johnson;
Random House ($26)
Read any good North Korean fiction lately?
I didn't think so.
In Adam Johnson's "The Orphan Master's Son," a terrific new novel about life under North Korea's recently deceased Kim Jong Il, we're told why:
"Real stories," "human ones," "could get you sent to prison, and it didn't matter what they were about." If a story "diverted emotion from the Dear Leader, it was dangerous."
Pak Jun Do, titular hero of Johnson's novel, therefore spends his formative years sticking to the script written for him. As an early mentor instructs him, "if a man and his story are in conflict" in North Korea, "it is the man who must change."
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From wikipedia:
Thomas Augustus Watson (January 18, 1854 – December 13, 1934) was an assistant to Alexander Graham Bell, notably in the invention of the telephone in 1876. He is best known because his name was one of the first words spoken over the telephone. "Mr. Watson - Come here - I want to see you." were the first words Bell said using the new invention, according to Bell's laboratory notebook. There is some dispute about the actual words used, as Thomas Watson, in his own voice, remembered it as "Mr. Watson - Come here - I want you," in a film made for Bell Labs in 1931 which is referenced below in "The Engines of our Ingenuity."
Born in Salem, Massachusetts, United States Watson was a bookkeeper and a carpenter before he found a job more to his liking in the Charles Williams machine shop in Boston. He was then hired by Alexander Graham Bell, who was then a professor at Boston University.
Listen to Thomas A. Watson describe the development of the first telephone, free from Project Gutenberg.
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"Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012"
For: Xbox 360 (Kinect required)
From: Ubisoft
ESRB Rating: Everyone (mild
suggestive themes, violent references)
Price: $50
That hissing sound you hear? That's your resolution to get in shape slowly seeping out of the room as the new year starts feeling familiar and the excitement of 2012's first week gets pushed out of the way by life as usual. Gym memberships are expensive, finding time to go to the gym is a hassle, making a plan is hard, sticking to it harder. Seeing progress requires saintly patience, and on top of all that, exercise for exercise's sake is often really boring.
Thank goodness for, of all things, video games — and particularly this one. After a year of good-but-not-great fitness games releasing for Microsoft's Kinect, "Your Shape: Fitness Evolved 2012" gets pretty much everything right en route to knocking every aforementioned excuse off the table.
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From wikipedia:
Robert Maynard Hutchins (also Maynard Hutchins) (January 17, 1899 – May 17, 1977), was an educational philosopher, dean of Yale Law School (1927–1929), and president (1929–1945) and chancellor (1945–1951) of the University of Chicago. He was the husband of novelist Maude Hutchins. Although his father and grandfather were both Presbyterian ministers, Hutchins became one of the most influential members of the school of secular perennialism.
Read "The Educational Theory of Robert Maynard Hutchins (Version II)" by Susan Pinto, free from NewFoundations.com.
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From VOA News:
Americans are honoring the memory of civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., 44 years after he was assassinated.
Martin Luther King Day, on Monday, is an annual federal holiday marking the birthday of King, who fought discrimination and racism in the 1950s and 1960s. King would have been 83 years old this year.
Watch Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, free from YouTube.
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From wikipedia:
Carl Nicholas Karcher, SMOM (January 16, 1917 – January 11, 2008) was an American businessman, founder of the Carl's Jr. hamburger chain, now owned by parent company CKE Restaurants, Inc.
Born on a farm near Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Karcher was the son of Ohio natives Leo and Anna Maria (Kuntz) Karcher. Leo Karcher's grandparents immigrated from Belgium; Anna Maria Kuntz was of German ancestry. Carl N. Karcher moved to Anaheim, California, where his uncle ran a small business. He was hired by his uncle and worked for him for three years, and later dropped that job to work at a bakery as a delivery boy which increased his weekly salary by $6. He married Margaret Magdalen Heinz Karcher in 1939.
Learn more about Carl Karcher and Carl's Jr. at the Carl's Jr. website.
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It's a Lulu, by Lulu Zhong, Courier Comics Editor
Cat vs. World by Jeanna Keegan, Courier Correspondent
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From wikipedia:
Marjorie Fleming (15 January 1803 – 19 December 1811) was a child writer and poet, born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. She died of meningitis at the age of 8. Her complete written work is held by the National Library of Scotland. After spending some time in Edinburgh under the tutelage of her beloved cousin Isa Keith, Fleming returned to Kirkcaldy, where she contracted measles which later developed into the meningitis that killed her.
Read Marjorie Fleming's journals and poems, free from the Internet Archive.
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By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent
History shows us how the wars for occupying land (and the resources that come with it) have been going on for a long time. The discovery of America provided most of it during at least three hundred years until independent movements from many colonies started to take place. Although no more “physical territory” remains visible for grabs, we continue to fight an ongoing battle for a more subtle “space”.
Each human being is born with a personal record composed of inherited DNA which is also part of a larger collection of data where evolution leaps have been “engraved”. Even though we have not had a mutation deep enough to differentiate our specie beyond those changes necessary to adapt to a specific climate, the immense bundle of information that we handle now days could never be compared to that of five decades ago. Therefore, we have been developing efficient ways to store and handle enormous packets of it.
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From wikipedia:
Harold Eugene "Hal" Roach, Sr. (January 14, 1892 – November 2, 1992) was an American film and television producer and director, and actor from the 1910s to the 1990s.
Hal Roach was born in Elmira, New York. A presentation by the great American humorist Mark Twain impressed Roach as a young grade school student.
After an adventurous youth that took him to Alaska, Hal Roach arrived in Hollywood in 1912 and began working as an extra in silent film. Upon coming into an inheritance, he began producing short comedies in 1915 with his friend Harold Lloyd, who portrayed a character known as "Lonesome Luke." In 1915 Roach married actress Marguerite Nichols. They had two children, Hal, Jr. (1918–1972) and Margaret (1921–1964).
Watch Hal Roach's 1920 silent comedy,
Get Out and Get Under, one of
several of his films available free from the Internet Archive.
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By Justyna Torres,
Courier Supervising Editor
James Logan teacher Peter Kolesnikov is in Santa Rita Jail in Dublin, CA facing charges stemming from an alleged sexual act with a minor.
Kolesnikov, who is on leave from his teaching duties this year, is facing three charges - sex with a minor (PC 261.5(C) F V), contacting a minor with intent to have sex( PC 288.3(A) F ), and oral copulation with a person under 18 (PC 288A(B)(1) F).
He was arrested yesterday at 11:11 a.m. in Hayward. Bail has been set at $1 million.
He's set to be arraigned at 2 p.m. on January 17th in Department 606 of the Fremont Hall of Justice.
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By Joseph Agharanya,
Courier Staff Writer
The former head coach of the track and field team for both boys and girls, Lee Webb, stepped down this year due to health reasons. He found out that he had skin cancer, and because he is recovering now he plans to take it easy.
He stated that he is not resigning but is just not head coach anymore. He will continue coaching for Logan Colts track team's distance division and cross country and also continue to be a teacher for adaptive physical education at James Logan.
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From wikipedia:
Clark Ashton Smith (January 13, 1893-August 14, 1961) was a poet, sculptor, painter and author of fantasy, horror and science fiction short stories. It is for these stories, and his literary friendship with H. P. Lovecraft from 1922 until Lovecraft's death in 1937, that he is mainly remembered today. With Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard, also a friend and correspondent, Smith remains one of the most famous contributors to the pulp magazine
Weird Tales.
Visit The Eldritch Dark, a website dedicated to Clark Ashton Smith and his work.
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By Jack Bragg, Courier Editor-in-Chief
5. The Hundred Days- Really?
With their fresh San Francisco sound infused with dance-like beats, local band The Hundred Days struck gold with their debut. Songs like Tattoo Girl and Sex-U get the album going in a very strong direction. With an approachable, yet entirely unique sound, The Hundred Days easily secure the number 5 spot.
4. Young the Giant- Young the Giant
Another California native band, Young the Giant made huge strides in 2011. Their debut self-titled record was such a critically acclaimed piece, that the bad shot to stardom, and for good reason. Songs like “My Body” and “Cough Syrup” are excellently written songs with lyrics that are both catchy and meaningful. The album as a whole feels like an indie rock journey and each song holds its own significance in the context of the album. At number 4, Young the Giant easily solidifies a spot on the list.
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By Todd Martens
Los Angeles Times (MCT)
LOS ANGELES — Rapper Dr. Dre will close the 2012 edition of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival, to be held for the first time over two consecutive weeks in mid-April. Headliners for the multi-weekend, six-day affair include rock acts the Black Keys, Radiohead and the Shins, as well hip-hop and dance acts Snoop Dogg, the Swedish House Mafia and Kaskade, among others.
The festival will host a number of artists on the reunion circuit. Brit-pop band Pulp, hard-core Swedish punk band Refused, Mike Watt's post-Minutemen band fIREHOSE and experimental Texas rockers At the Drive-In are among those on the comeback trail.
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Mary Louise Cecilia "Texas" Guinan (January 12, 1884 – November 5, 1933) was a saloon keeper, actress, and entrepreneur.
Early life
Guinan was born in Waco, Texas to Irish-Canadian Catholic immigrants Michael and Bessie Duffy Guinan. At 16, her family moved to Denver, Colorado where she was active in amateur stage productions and played the organ in church. Guinan married John Moynahan, a cartoonist for the Rocky Mountain News, on December 2, 1904.
Moynahan's career took them to Chicago, Illinois, where Guinan studied music before divorcing him and starting her career as a professional singer. She toured regional vaudeville with some success, but became known less for her singing than for her entertaining "wild west"-related patter.
Read more about Texas Guinan at Jazzbabies.com.
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Note: The Courier regularly spotlights books and other materials newly arrived, or expected to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center.
The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie:
A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us
by Tanya Lee Stone
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN 978-0-670-01187-2
From librarianbyday.blogspot.com
She's been a heroine, a role model, and perennial career-hopper. She's also been a villian, a target, and a symbol of all that's wrong with society's treatment of females. Funny how a 11 3/4 inch tall doll can be all that. Yet in the fifty years since the introduction of the Barbie doll, that's what this toy has been. For decades, little girls have wanted to play with Barbie. But is playing with Barbies harmful? The history and impact of the Barbie doll is full of depth and contrary opinions.
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"Qingming Shang He Tu or Scenes along
the River during the Qingming Festival"
by Zhang Zeduan;
Better Link Press, Shanghai/T
uttle Publishing, VT
52 pages, $55
A Chinese treasure, the "Qingming Shan He Tu" or "Scenes along the River during the Qingming Festival" scroll, can now be seen by all.
The Better Link Press' book reproduction gives those with an interest in Chinese history a chance to enjoy this work of art now kept safely in the Palace Museum in Beijing.
The scroll looks back almost a thousand years ago to the then-capital of China, the sophisticated city of Bianjing (now Kaifeng in central China). The occasion is the Qingming Festival, a spring holiday when the Chinese visit to tend their ancestors' graves.
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From wikipedia:
Ezra Cornell (January 11, 1807 – December 9, 1874) was an American businessman and, with Andrew Dickson White, was the founder of Cornell University.
He was born in Westchester County, New York, the son of a potter, Elijah Cornell, and was raised near DeRuyter, New York[1]. He was a first cousin, five times removed of Benjamin Franklin on his maternal grandmother's side. He was also a cousin of Paul Cornell, the founder of Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. Having traveled extensively as a carpenter in New York State, Ezra, upon first setting eyes on Cayuga Lake and Ithaca, decided Ithaca would be his future home.
Read "True and Firm": Biography of Ezra Cornell, Founder of the Cornell University, free from Cornell University.
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By Bryan Nelson
Mother Nature Network (mnn.com) (MCT)
If you thought that hydrogen power was a technology reserved for cars, think again. Apple has recently submitted documents to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for hydrogen fuel cells that may soon provide fuel for all Macbooks and iPhones, reports the Telegraph.
In the patent documents, Apple claims that its hydrogen fuel cells will be significantly smaller and weigh less than batteries. The new technology also could power devices for much longer — possibly for weeks.
"Such fuel cells and associated fuels can potentially achieve high volumetric and gravimetric energy densities, which can potentially enable continued operation of portable electronic devices for days or even weeks without refueling," Apple said.
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PlayStation 3D display
From: Sony
Price: $500
Your appreciation of Sony's PlayStation 3D display will be at least partially dependent on how far on board you are with the entertainment industry's umpteenth attempt to make 3D technology stick past the fad stage.
But while the display's embrace of 3D, and Sony's subsequent positioning of it as the rare 3D television with a three-figure asking price, are significant factors, they aren't the only ones in play.
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From wikipedia:
John Wellborn Root (January 10, 1850 – January 15, 1891) was an American architect who worked out of Chicago with Daniel Burnham. He was one of the founders of the Chicago School style. One of his buildings was designated a National Historic Landmark; others have been designated Chicago landmarks and listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Learn more about John Wellborn Root, free from GreatBuildings.com.
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The BP Deepwater Horizon oil rig ablaze.
Photo: U.S. Coast Guard
Bad news for the Gulf of Mexico: a study released in late December sheds new light on the toxicity of oil in aquatic environments, and shows that environmental impact studies currently in use may be inadequate. The report was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
The study, spearheaded by the UC Davis Bodega Marine Laboratory in collaboration with NOAA, looked into the aftermath of the 2007 Cusco Busan spill, when that tanker hit the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge and spilled 54,000 gallons of bunker fuel into the bay.
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A young girl hangs the South Sudan flag.
Photo:Timothy McKulka, USAIDl
McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)
NAIROBI, Kenya — Threats of genocide and ethnically charged rhetoric are roiling South Sudan's Jonglei state one week after a days-long rampage by a tribal militia forced 50,000 people from their homes and may have left thousands dead.
The commissioner of Pibor County, where most of the bloodshed took place, said that 3,141 people were killed, according to an initial assessment of the attack. But officials from the United Nations and the South Sudanese government cautioned that the number was unconfirmed and may be inflated.
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MISCELLANEOUS
Congratulations to the Marketing & Management Academy for being awarded a first place, fourth place and two honorable mentions at the virtual enterprise business student competition in Bakersfield. The Marketing & Management Academy was among 100+ schools from throughout California and New York competing.
The popcorn cart is now open again Monday through Friday during both 4th and 5th period lunches in front of the Career Center. See you there!
Chilly in the morning, chilly at night, here is a suggestion: Warm up with an authentic Logan hoodie. Get one at Colt Necessities in the Career Center. Open Monday, Wednesdary and Friday during 4th & 5th period lunches. Stop by and check out the selection.
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New Student Yari Nieves-Rivera
Photo Credit: Candace Laxamana
By Candace Laxamana, Courier News Editor
It is a common occurrence when James Logan receives new students. Logan High School consist of about 4,053 students and 172 faculty members.
Making new friends here could be frightening, even intimidating, considering the amount of students that go here. These numbers may seem daunting, along with the fact that Logan is known for its huge campus and huge classes.
How do these new students go about making new friends?
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From wikipedia:
Carrie Chapman Catt (January 9, 1859 – March 9, 1947) was a women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920. Catt served as president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association and was the founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women.
Visit Carrie Chapman's Girlhood Home and Museum online.
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Are you looking for information on college visits, SATs, college fairs, community service, military or scholarship opportunities? This and more is just a click away on Logan’s website under the College & Career Info bar. Visit if often as updates are made daily.
PSAT and PACT scores are back and available for pick-up before or after school, or during student’s lunch period in the Career Center.
Any library books you checked out before January are overdue. Please return them anytime during school hours. Check your school e-mail for overdue notices.
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By Mike Rosenberg
San Jose Mercury News (MCT)
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Warning of an "immense financial risk" to the state, a renowned group of transportation and financial experts advised lawmakers Tuesday to pull the emergency brake on funding California's $99 billion high-speed train.
The Legislature created the high-speed rail peer review group to weigh the project's chances for success, and their sobering conclusions are the most striking — and perhaps most influential — analysis yet of the pivotal plan lawmakers will evaluate in coming months.
Former Caltrans chief Will Kempton, the group's chair, said most troubling was the state's plan to spend all available funding — $6 billion — on a small stretch of track in the Central Valley and hope for the rest of the money later.
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From wikipedia:
John Bigler (January 8, 1805 – November 29, 1871) was an American lawyer, politician and diplomat. A Democrat, he served as the third Governor of California from 1852 to 1856 and was the first California governor to complete an entire term in office successfully, as well as the first to win re-election. His younger brother, William Bigler, was elected Governor of Pennsylvania during the same period. Bigler was also appointed by President James Buchanan as the U.S. Minister to Chile from 1857 to 1861.
Learn more about the governors of California, free from the California State Library.
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By Tierra Negra, Courier Special Correspondent
“Small is beautiful” by E. F. Schumacher came very late in my life otherwise it would have been one of those books that makes the deepest impression. Albeit a short story I read once, from a science fiction book, arrived earlier to provide such insight about human nature problems.
Sadly, I cannot remember the author or the title of the Spanish version and, about three years ago, the possibility of never finding it again prompted me to write my own utopia: “La Nueva Era”, more out of sheer desperation in an attempt to leave a vestige of the original ideas eagerly absorbed as a teenager.
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January 7, 1891 – January 28, 1960) was an American folklorist and author during the time of the Harlem Renaissance, best known for the novel
Their Eyes Were Watching God.
Childhood
Hurston was "purposefully inconsistent in the birth dates she dispensed during her lifetime, most of which were fictitious." For a long time, scholars believed that Hurston was born and raised in Eatonville, Florida, with a birthdate in 1901. In the 1990s, it came to light that she was actually born in Notasulga, Alabama in 1891 (see for example Lowe
, Jump at the Sun, 1994); she moved to Eatonville at a young age, and spent her childhood there.
Hurston also lived in Fort Pierce, Florida and attended Lincoln Park Academy. Hurston would discuss her Eatonville childhood in the 1928 essay, "How It Feels To Be Colored Me". At age 13, her mother died and later that year, her father sent her to a private school in Jacksonville.
Read Poker! by Zora Neale Hurston, one of
three of her works available free from Project Gutenberg.
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By Joseph Agharanya,
Courier Staff Writer
Tyler, a twelfth-grade student at Logan, grew up doing martial arts since he was two years old. He now runs and does his own business teaching others how to workout and be more fit in their lives. He trains other students at Logan, as well as adults in the community and his love for physical fitness is expressed when he trains others.
Since he is experienced in working the body, his workouts are pretty tough because he expects the most out his trainees. He works as a personal fitness trainer, and can train others at the Union City sports center. Anyone who is looking to have a healthier body, or who wants to get more muscle will get a great workout from him.
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From wikipedia:
Melchora Aquino de Ramos (January 6, 1812 – March 2, 1919) was a Filipino revolutionary who became known as "Tandang Sora" ("Tandang" is derived from the Tagalog word matanda, which means old) in the history of the Philippines because of her age when the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896 (she was already 84 at the time). She gained the title Grand Woman of the revolution and the Mother of Balintawak for her heroic contributions to Philippine history.
Read more about Melchora Aquino de Ramos, and other prominent filipinas, at firstfilipina.blogspot.com.
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By Jonatan Garibay,
Courier Correspondent
Well overall the album , in my opinion, is the worst of Coldplay’s 5 full length albums. I’m not necessarily saying that it’s bad, but it definitely didn’t live up to it’s predecessors nor to the hype it generated.
For further explanation into my reasoning for this opinion, the songs need to be broken down into their individual components.
1.
“Mylo Xyloto”
What can I say about this song? It’s just a cute little introduction to the album and to the next song.
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MISCELLANEOUS
PSAT and PACT scores are back and available for pick-up before or after school, or during student’s lunch period in the Career Center.
Looking for a place to do school work? Need help? There’s a place from 9 to noon this Saturday, January 7th – Room 77. Please enter by the carpeted hall near the library.
Interested in playing girls softball? You must attend the meeting today after school in the girls locker room.
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Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (January 5, 1895 - June 29, 1987) was an American musician. Her style was traditional blues and folk, but was original since she was self-taught, and had no knowledge of traditional guitar tunings (eg. standard 'EADGBE' tuning or any standard, established open tunings).
Cotten was born in Carrboro, North Carolina to a musical family; her parents were George Nevills and Louise Price Nevills. Elizabeth was the youngest of five children. She began writing music while toying around with her older siblings instruments, sometimes having to sneak into her older brother's room to lay the hidden guitar across her lap and play. After more tinkering with these instruments she began playing the guitar upside down, since she was left-handed. This position required her to play the bass lines with her fingers, and the melody with her thumb. Her signature, alternating bass style is known as "cotton picking".
Watch Elizabeth Cotton perform in streaming RealVideo, free from guitarvideos.com
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Congratulations to the Varsity Girls Soccer Team for taking 2nd place in the Tri-Valley Tournament Invitational Bracket, beating Bishop O’Dowd, Carondelet, and tying Monte Vista. Congratulations Girls Soccer!
PSAT and PACT scores are back and available for pick-up before or after school, or during student’s lunch period in the Career Center.
Looking for a place to do school work? Need help? There’s a place from 9 to noon this Saturday, January 7th – Room 77. Please enter by the carpeted hall near the library.
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Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
ISBN-10: 0446563072
ISBN-13: 978-0446563079
,
Courier Staff Writer
Historical fiction has never seen a book like
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith. It is about the life of our sixteenth president,with a view of the history that we don't know. Mostly, it says one of two things: the United States was not torn between ending slavery, but to end the vampire's trying to turn humans into slaves and that Abraham Lincoln sets out to get them out of the country, with his axe.
The book revolves around the life of the famous man, from when he was young to when he was good and gone. Every point in the book is fixed so that it fits perfectly into the events we know of, and the events that we find out about in the book.
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From wikipedia:
Sir Isaac Pitman (4 January 1813 – 12 January 1897), knighted in 1894, developed the most widely used system of shorthand, known now as Pitman shorthand. He first proposed this in
Stenographic Soundhand in 1837. Pitman was a qualified teacher and taught at a private school he founded in Wotton-under-Edge. He was also the vice president of the Vegetarian Society.
Read Sir Isaac Pitman: his life and labors, by Sir Isaac Pitman, free from Google Books.
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For: Nintendo 3DS (via Nintendo eShop)
From: Intelligent Systems/Nintendo
ESRB Rating: Everyone
Price: $7T)
"Pushmo"
Though it took its sweet time, a stream of exciting original games is trickling onto Nintendo's new handheld. Elsewhere, and following an even longer wait, Nintendo's downloadable portable games channel is finally finding a groove.
No game embodies the light at the end of both tunnels quite so perfectly as "Pushmo," a $7 gem that also ranks among the best puzzle games to appear on any platform this past year.
In "Pushmo," the goal of each level is to rescue a kid who's stuck atop a structure and has no safe way to get down. You play as Mallo, and you have complete control of his running and jumping prowess.
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By Paul Tran,
Courier Staff Writer
When reaching adolescence, it’s natural for teenagers to start feeling lonely. When you begin to develop your own ideas, you can begin to think that nobody understands you, or that you don’t belong. Students find different methods to deal with this feeling, ranging from subtle to aggressive, and unhealthy to harmful.
When asked about their experiences with loneliness, Ariy Castro, a Junior, said, “When I first moved here, I had no friends, so I would spend my days stuffing my face with Cheez-its and watching re-runs of Degrassi,” and Katelin Kasilag, also a Junior, said, “I listen to sad music and eat lots of ice cream. Pretty much what I do on my period.”
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From wikipedia:
ZaSu Pitts (January 3, 1894– June 7, 1963) was an American actress who starred in many silent dramas and comedies, transitioning to comedy sound films.
ZaSu Pitts was born in Parsons, Kansas to Rulandus and Nellie (Shay) Pitts; she was the third of four children. Her father, who had lost a leg while serving in the 76th New York Infantry Regiment in the Civil War, had settled the family in Kansas by the time ZaSu was born.
Learn how pronounce Zasu Pitts' name, free from YouTube.com.
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By Tovin Lapan
Santa Cruz Sentinel (MCT)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — In 2009, Ashley Sorci graduated from her suburban Sacramento high school with a 4.25 grade-point average and was about to become the first person in her family to go to college.
She got into Humboldt State, the University of California, Davis, and UC Santa Cruz. She chose UC Santa Cruz because she loved the city and campus, and was considering a major in the one-of-a-kind community studies program.
The only problem was that her family, which owned a small business and was heavily invested in real estate, was on the brink of insolvency and could not help her.
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From wikipedia:
Martha Carey Thomas (January 2, 1857-December 2, 1935) was an American educator, suffragist, and second President of Bryn Mawr College.
Early life
Carey Thomas, as she preferred to be called, was born in Baltimore, Maryland. She was the daughter of James Carey Thomas and Mary Whitall Thomas. Her family included many prominent Quakers, including her uncle and aunt Robert Pearsall Smith and Hannah Whitall Smith, and her cousins Alys Pearsall Smith (first wife of Bertrand Russell) and Mary Smith Berenson Costelloe (who married Bernard Berenson).
Learn more about Martha Carey Thomas, free from Bryn Mawr College.
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By Jondi Gumz
Santa Cruz Sentinel (MCT)
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — The numbers are mind-boggling.
The price tag for a year at San Francisco State University is rising to $25,000. At the University of California, Santa Cruz, it's $32,000, and private colleges cost more than $50,000.
In 1985, students paid for 25 percent of the cost of their education at state colleges and universities; the state picked up 75 percent of the tab, according to the American Association of State Colleges and Universities. Today, it's about 50-50.
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
William Franklin "Frank" Knox (January 1, 1874 – April 28, 1944) was an American newspaper editor and publisher. He was also the Republican vice presidential candidate in 1936, and Secretary of the Navy under Franklin D. Roosevelt during most of World War II.
William Franklin Knox was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His parents were both Canadian: his father was from New Brunswick and his mother Sarah Barnard, was from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. When he was nine, his family moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, where his father ran a grocery store. He attended Alma College in Michigan, where he was a member of the Zeta Sigma Fraternity.
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