Summer reading changes aim to increase student participation
Kailey Tracy, Copy Editor
December 16, 2011
On Tuesday, Dec. 13, three students and two faculty members sat in the library classroom with one goal in mind: to formulate a summer reading program that would appeal to the majority of students and increase school-wide involvement. Although the meeting was advertised in the Daily Bulletin, three students,... Read more »
Summer reading fails to involve students
Chioma Iheoma, A&E Editor
September 26, 2011
Did you actually read “Into Thin Air”? The honest response to this popular first week of school question was typically a negative one, excluding freshmen who hadn’t experienced a summer reading assignment and took it seriously, unlike many upperclassmen. Disinterest in summer reading novels is... Read more »
Summer reading guest speaker, Opening Mass 2011
September 9, 2011
On Sept 9, guest speaker Paul Deegan came to speak to JC about his experiences climbing Mt. Everest. This year’s summer reading novel was “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer, which detailed the author’s ascent up Everest. Students turned in their summer reading assignments to... Read more »
Foreign language department reveals summer reading novel
Grace Kim, Managing Editor
June 3, 2011
On Wednesday, June 1, it was revealed that the JC summer reading will be “Into Thin Air” by Jon Krakauer. “We actually spent the year discussing lots of books and options and someone not in the [foreign language] department suggested this book because they knew the speaker,” foreign language... Read more »
‘Hate List’ surpasses summer reading expectations
Caroline Spath, Online Post Editor
September 10, 2010
“What if you wished someone would die and then it happened? What if the killer was someone you loved?” These are just two of the questions that Valerie Leftman reflected on after a shooting takes place at her school, Garvin High. Her boyfriend, Nick Levil, was the killer. He targeted people on a... Read more »
Summer reading made right
Jonathan Galarraga, Reporter
June 1, 2010
Life sucks in the Middle East. In an attempt to reveal the truth about Iranians, Marjane Satrapi only revealed the obvious to students in her novel “Persepolis.” Although it had good morals and themes, I found this comic book to be a complete waste of my valuable time. Since when are comic... Read more »
Cultural differences move ‘Persepolis’ speaker to tears
Kate Froehlich, Executive Editor
October 5, 2009
With tears in his eyes, Dr. Ahamd Karimi-Hakkak told a silent gymnasium that, “I might have been your next terrorist.” The founding director and professor of the University of Maryland’s Center for Persian Studies gave a look into the history of Iran, his own life experiences, and the dire need... Read more »