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November 10, 2010 • Pamela Tapia, McClymonds High
Mack is back. McClymonds High School in West Oakland began a new phase this fall as the school reclaimed its name, got a new football field, incorporated students from two small schools, and tried to unify into one school under the leadership of a new principal, Kevin Taylor. From the start, Taylor,...
November 9, 2010 • Kim & Gloria "Jack" Mejia-Cuellar & Jazmin Garcia, Media Academy
The city of Oakland has named the second gang it wants to target for an injunction—the Norteños. On Oct. 13, City Attorney John Russo and Police Chief Anthony Batts announced they had filed a petition for an injunction against 42 alleged Norteño gang members. An injunction against members of the...
November 4, 2010 • Jazmin Garcia, Media Academy
School gardens do not cultivate failure. Instead they provide a nice environment, organic food and a place to teach students valuable skills. But social critic Caitlin Flanagan doesn’t think so. She wrote an article in the Atlantic Monthly magazine this year saying school gardens are racist because...
November 1, 2010
Toddlers gasp for air. Diesel trucks spew fumes. These are some of the images that students at McClymonds are using in two You Tube videos to publicize their opposition to Proposition 23, which would suspend California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, also known as AB 32. If passed by voters on the...
November 1, 2010 • Fuey Saechao & Carolyn Saephan, Media Academy
Slappin’ your iPod could lead to deafness, according to a study released in August by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Researchers found that 19.5 percent of the people they studied who were ages 12 to 19 had lost hearing in 2005-2006 compared to data tracked from 1988-1994...
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