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November 17, 2011 • Shweta Sugnani and Trina Lazzara
The house of two Washington students went up in flames on the morning of Oct. 29. After a long week of school and an exhausting homecoming game, cheerleaders sophomore Alexia Isom and freshman Tatianna Isom were probably hoping for a relaxing Saturday morning. What they got was something entirely different....
November 13, 2011 • Anmol Mathur
On Sunday, Nov. 6, Muslims around the world began their celebration of Eid-ul-Adha, the Islamic “Festival of Sacrifice”, in which they remember the sacrifice that Abraham was willing to make to show his loyalty to God. The day begins with morning prayers either at the mosque or at home and continues...
November 11, 2011 • Meilin Liang
At 2 a.m. local time on Nov. 6, the clocks fell backwards an hour due to Daylight Savings Time (DST). Etomologist and Astronomer George Vernon Hudson first proposed DST in 1895, and many countries have used it since. The federal government does not require U.S. states to obey DST, so some states such...
November 9, 2011 • Meilin Liang
On Monday, Oct. 21, President Barack Obama announced that Iraq troops would be withdrawn by the end of the year, allowing soldiers to be home for the blissful holidays. Obama has agreed to work with the Iraqi government in the upcoming years under full agreement. As of now, the relationship between the...
November 4, 2011 • Richard Nguyen
The annual Halloween Rally was held on Oct. 31 during lunch at the amphitheater. The rally was held by Leadership and included a barbecue for the hungry students. The items that were sold included hot dogs, cheeseburgers, hamburgers, and veggie burgers with the accompanying condiments of relish, onions,...
November 4, 2011 • Anmol Mathur
Spirit Week 2011 brought class chants, noise-makers, spirit skits and lots of unity to Washington High School last week. Perhaps the most memorable part of Spirit Week, however, was the variety of costumes. From Freshman Pajama Day to Sophomore Ninja Day to Senior Nerd Day and of course Orange and Black...
November 2, 2011 • Trina Lazzara
“Stop the Machine! Create a New World!” This is the main sentiment of the October protests that have been happening across America. While they may have seemed distant at first when everything began in Washington D.C., this “Occupy Movement” has recently reached closer to home and has become...
October 31, 2011 • Meilin Liang and Shweta Sugnani
On Thursday Oct. 20, all schools in California undertook an annual earthquake preparedness drill by “dropping, covering, and holding” under desks. In the state of California 8.5 million people participated, including businesses, offices, and government run corporations, such as BART. Many businesses...
October 21, 2011 • Anmol Mathur and Trina Lazzara
Steve Jobs’ death on Oct. 5 came very soon after his resignation as CEO of Apple in August. It left many students devastated because Jobs’s innovations heavily impacted their lives. ”Without my iPod I would not be able to survive when I went out of my house. I love music so it’d be...
October 18, 2011 • Shweta Sugnani
In 2011, according to cancer.org, in 2011 230,480 women and 2,140 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer; 39,520 women and 450 will die from breast cancer; and thousands more will develop the earliest stage of breast cancer. Our school recognized breast cancer as one of the major causes of death and...
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