Orchids and Onions Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Tyler Trussell Orchids to...Student Council and Dance Committee for the beautifully set-up, Monte Carlo-themed Homecoming dance. Students came at 7 for poker, and danced from 8 until 11. Amazing first dance!Onions t full story

Try it; you might like it! Why not give classical a chance?: My Angle [ArticleImageHyperLink] Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Parul Guliani Last year, I thought classical music was lame—as do the majority of my classmates.From my point of view anything not played regularly on popular radio stations 107.9 and 102.5 was not quality music.Bu full story

Tired Students: Ten years of drop days--why change a good thing?: Editorial Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Staff When the schedule changed from five academic periods to six last year, eliminating built-in drop days, many students were unhappy. full story

Points of Interest [ArticleImageHyperLink] Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Mike Needham On Friday, Oct. 26, the first quarter ends.•••Twenty-five Octagon and Medallion staffers will participate in the 2007 Journalism Education Association of Northern California State Journalism Conventio full story

Surgery goes slightly off track Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Jillian DePoy Sophomore Lynsey Chediak waited 15 years for the surgery of her life. She got it, but now she’s realizing recovery is going to be a lot harder than she had anticipated. full story

Senior rolls in someone else's chair Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Omar Eltorai The sun was hot on my shoulders as I rolled through the top level of the parking structure at Arden Fair Mall. My sticky shirt was pinned between my back and the back of the chair. A bead of sweat rol full story

Chinese student likes pizza, soccer, and Shake 'n' Bake [ArticleImageHyperLink] Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Whitney Hillis Taking three APs, two other classes, and playing varsity soccer your junior year is difficult. But imagine doing this in a foreign country where you know little of the culture and less of the language full story

Zaleses' new life means smaller digs, more subjects, sharing their classes Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Shira Bogin For the three Zales brothers—senior Jon, junior Daniel, and first-grader Joe—who had grown up with SCDS as a home, the announcement that the family was moving to Switzerland was a life changer. full story

Art teacher's a Croc hunter Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Calvin Fernandez Sitting in a room covered in paintings, drawings, and a hodgepodge of art supplies is a pair of green Crocs attached to the little feet of art teacher Kay Schweizer. full story

Former star assists boys' varsity soccer: BRAZILIAN BOMBSHELL! Tuesday, October 23, 2007 By Omar Eltorai His face contorts as he looks into the sun. The wrinkles on his dark skin show years of this sort of expression. Surveying the field with his squinted eyes, he paces up and down the sideline. full story

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