Archive for January, 2010

The Lick-Wilmerding community has raised almost $15,000 to aid Haitian earthquake victims. With donations pouring in from organizations and individuals all over the world, the issue becomes how best to apply the funds to reconstruction.

Congressman George Miller represents the 7th District of California in the East Bay and chairs the House Committee on Education and Labor. Since taking office, Congressmen Miller has had a role in a lot of the major legislation that has passed through the House of Representatives, from authoring the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act...

Head of School Dr. Al Adams announced his intent to retire to the school on Wednesday, January 13. After informing the faculty during their morning meeting, Dr. Adams announced his plans to the student body during a special assembly before lunch. The announcement was met with several gasps from the students, as Dr. Adams has been...

The McCullough Library was filled with warm hugs and familiar faces at a lunch event on Friday, January 8. Home for the holidays, recent alumni (back to Class of 2003) were invited back on campus by the Alumni Office to share their collegiate experiences with the current seniors. The Class of 2009 appeared in nearly...

Varsity boys basketball suffered a devastating 69-50 blow-out at University. The Tigers started off strongly, controlling the pace of the game and playing strong defense, especially on University guard Noah Springwater. Springwater, University’s star player, was pretty much a non-factor during this game, but has hurt the Tigers in previous match-ups. The fast-paced Red...

Wild Card Weekend, often considered the best week in football, consisted of blowouts and upsets. However, the most interesting story may be that three of the four games were rematches of week 17. Baltimore, the wild card out of the AFC North, ran over the Patriots, the division winner from the AFC East, while...

Over the last decade, some pretty historic events have occurred. Having just passed into the the “teens” of the 21st century, it seems appropriate that we look back at the last ten years and examine a few key moments, reminisce, wince and perhaps even bemoan these unforgettable (well, some are quite forgettable actually) occurrences. The...

Get ready to forget you’re on planet Earth. Avatar, James Cameron’s epic new $500 million motion picture, is bound to completely absorb you. The film takes place a few centuries in the future, on the distant (fictional) planet of Pandora. On Pandora, an indigenous humanoid population, the Na’vi, live atop a mine of priceless metal....

Monday (1/11) Pasta marinara, salad, roll Nick I swear if I have to review this dish one more time… Ian Pasta! Normally, I would bring up the fact that we eat and review pasta almost every Monday, but, I’ve been watching a lot of “Sopranos” lately and I’ve been devouring Italian food. Tuesday (1/12) Grilled chicken or...