Entries Tagged as 'January 2008'

February 20, 2008

Internet research: how hard can it be?

by Tyler Christensen
Fifteen years ago, high school students used libraries and books to gather sources and information for school, but students have now turned to using a much harder-to-use source: the Internet. With its huge wealth of information on every topic imaginable, students can easily find documents to quote and refer to in their schoolwork; [...]

February 16, 2008

Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

by Melissa Ramirez
James Patterson is a well known author of mystery novels, but his books are usually geared towards adults. What happens when he decides to take on the young adult genre? You get six children whom are 98% human and 2% bird and a book on the New York Times Children’s Best Sellers list.
I [...]

January 18, 2008

Teacher Secrets: Loveland

by Sairah Gold
One wouldn’t think that a nerdy science teacher could be a convicted felon with a criminal record. Well, he doesn’t, but Dave Loveland should have some sort of record on file for something, right? I interviewed him to find out exactly what this “something” could be. While he didn’t divulge any actual crimes [...]