The James Logan Courier

By Laurel Brodzinsky, Courier Staff Writer

Justin Chen, senior at James Logan, recently won second place in the black and white category in the UC photo competition.

He first got interested in photography when his family got their first camera, and he started playing around with the camera and settings, and finding out “photography is actually an art form”. He is in the Photography class, as well as Photo Club. Though partly due to scheduling issues, Chen took Photography to learn more about and develop his interest in photography, at higher levels than point and shoot snapshots with a cheap digital camera.


Bulb by Justin Chen

Note: Today's "Saturday Showcase" is the ssecond of what The Courier hopes will become a weekly feature spotlighting students' creative writing and art. Today's work is by sophomore Paulina Ramos, who wrote it for her Honors English Two class. The accompanying art was done by Jeremy Lam for his Digital Art class.
By Paulina Ramos

A bear and his wife lived inside a cavernous den deep in the woods.

One day, the wife told the bear, "Let us take a stroll in the woods," and the bear replied, "My stride is not majestic. I will appear weak and feeble to the other bears."

Then the wife suggested, "Let us go fishing by the river."

Note: Today's "Saturday Showcase" is the start of what The Courier hopes will be a weekly feature spotlighting exemplary student writing and art. Today's work is by sophomore Laurel Brodzinsky, who wrote it for her Honors English Two class.

By Laurel Brodzinsky
Pale white orchids with blushes of pink sat delicately on the table. Small vine flowers crept up the outdoor walls and in arches across the garden walkways. Murmurs of pleasure and excitement rose off the herds of friends and family standing on the open lawn by the rows of chairs. The last remains of morning dew still sparkled in the rays of sun.

I, honestly, was quite bored. In my family there are not very many cousins my age, and none I knew were coming here. Samantha and David’s wedding was wonderful for them, and I was happy for them, but I wanted to crawl back into bed and enjoy my weekend.