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Science for Tomorrow
Big changes await GHS's science curriculum
By Georgia Ray
The three sophomore exploratory science classes have been a mainstay at Garfield for as long as students can remember. However, new district-wide policies may completely reorganize the traditional GHS science curriculum, for better or for worse.
Published May 21, 2010 - News
Sea Bees
Sophmores improve the world with baked goods
By Georgia Ray
Today, in rural areas around the world, thousands of children have been sold into marriage. Dragged off as young as six, kicking and screaming, and wedded to men thirty years their senior. Many will bear children at the age of 12, and most will die young.
Unless sophomore Mahie Solomon has anything to say about it. This year, she founded the club SEA BEEs, which stands for Saving Every Adolescent Bride, Educating, and Empowering. The club meets every Thursday and raises money to give to charities which will improve the lives of child brides.
Published April 30, 2010 - Features
On Moral Grounds
It's not intolerance if they're wrong
By Georgia Ray
In Uganda, a bill is about to pass. It will probably make homosexuality punishable by life in prison, or death. HIV prevention programs will be outlawed entirely, on the grounds of “encouraging homosexuality”. Supporters say that homosexuality is “evil,” “wrong,” and “unnatural,” and also that it is a choice.
Published April 30, 2010 - Opinion
College Protests
Tuition goes up, morale doesn't
By Georgia Ray
On Thursday, at least a hundred people marched into California’s capital at Sacramento, carrying a petition. Some of them had been marching for more then a month throughout the state. The crowd consists of students, teachers, and workers from various colleges, a veritable juggernaut of academia. And all they want to do is stay in school.
Published April 16, 2010 - Features
White Knights
The internet strikes back
By Georgia Ray
Internet vigilantism is what happens when a group of anonymous internet users work together to punish evil in the world and work towards the greater good. It’s a rare occurrence, because normally when an internet community decides to get together and support a cause, it’s a malicious or bizarre one — like in 2008, when the National Epilepsy Foundation website was hacked and replaced with flashing black and white lights. Or declaring war on the Church of Scientology. Or hacking into and ripping apart Myspace pages for no clear reason.
Published March 26, 2010 - News
Making Waves
With Philippe Cousteau
By Georgia Ray
Philippe himself refuses to be outdone: he works for Discovery, was good friends with Steve Irwin, and is at the head of (literally) a dozen oceanic education and environmental organizations. If that’s not enough, he has a blog and a Twitter page (twitter.com/pcousteau, ladies). He insists he has never been a model, but the fact that somebody had to ask says a lot already. We tell it like we see it, Philippe.
Published March 12, 2010 - News
Wikitize Me
The Open Source Revolution can't possibly be a bad thing
By Georgia Ray
h, you know Wikipedia. Don’t try and deny it. And you love it. If you need to write an essay on something you don’t understand, or learn the plot of the latest movie fast, or are struck with the sudden and all-too-common desire to know what the cultural capitol of Australia is, where’s the first place you look? Wikipedia. It’s a fantastic resource to be sure: easily the biggest collection of knowledge of our time. It’s phenomenal. And there’s a simple reason for that.
