The Oarsman Venice High School Los Angeles, CA
Issue Date: Tuesday, May 06, 2008 Issue: Volume 94/ Issue IX Last Update: Friday, May 30, 2008
  • Students Protest for Immigrant Rights

    Monday, May 19, 2008 By: Nilska Guerrero

    On May 1, Venice students gathered in front of the school to protest the lack of immigrant rights. Students skipped class, but stayed on campus while school police and administrators remained on the s

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  • LAUSD To Serve Gourmet Food To Students

    Monday, May 19, 2008 By: Crisalys Vasquez

    After the drastic change that took place in LAUSD schools with the banning of junk food in 2004, the district is proposing a new order on food that officials hope will yield positive results. The pio

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  • Venice Students Show Their Talents

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Kenji Ono

    On Apr. 25th, Naeem Forrester, Kris Johnson and Marcus Hill, The Shameawakkee’s, a silver-masked afro-wigged dance group, performed a rap show across the stage to impress, and won first place in the

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  • Venice Welcomes New Photography Long Term Substitute

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Jennifer Guerrero

    Professional photographer Danica Cleveland is the new photography long term substitue. She graduated from Otis College of Art and Design, and received a BFA in painting. Not only is she a full time su

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  • Fashion Industry Partly to Blame in the Rise of Anorexia and Bulimia

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Mariana Villafaña

    Thin is not in. This miniscule word has such great potential to cause devastating repercussions. In 2006, the fashion industry saw the deaths of two excruciatingly thin models as a result of their pur

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  • Fashion Knock-offs Hard to Spot

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Marina Awed

    Let me just start off by saying that if you think you can buy authentic designer items in an alley, on a corner, in a barbershop, or sometimes even online you are highly mistaken. Don’t let the seller

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  • New Land in “Texas”

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Isabella Gabrovsky

    Feelings in music lyrics are far too overdone. Some painful examples are, “I gave you my heart and you took it apart,” “It’s not right, but I’m okay, I’m going to make it anyway,” “Why does this viole

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  • Jimmy All Grown Up

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Marimar Leyva

    Jimmy Eat World’s new CD, “Chase This Light,” is nothing like their last five albums. This CD shows a much more mature Jimmy Eat World. Their sound is darker and less like that one hit single that eve

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  • Lovin’ Ludo-- Lovin’ “Love Me Dead”

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Joceline Hernandez

    Ludo and their album “You’re Awful, I Love You” has recently been released this February with their hit song “Love Me Dead.” The first time I heard them I was with a friend and thought the song “Love

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  • Beautiful, Beautiful Tempura and Sushi

    Thursday, May 22, 2008 By: Isabella Gabrovsky

    A little note for readers: All the restaurants I review are grade A unless I say specifically any other grade. I try to keep locations near Venice, but I can’t help it if the best is elsewhere. All th

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“From My Soapbox” : High Profile Horse Racing Injury Poses Questions....Again
I don’t describe myself as a fan of horse racing--it seems like it takes up a two-hour TV slot for a two-minute race and that really doesn’t fly with me. Still though, in the past few years, I have st
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After starting the season off slowly, the Gondo baseball team has more or less turned things around in Western League play. After dropping three of their first four league games, the Gondos have hover
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Lakers in Conference Semis Once Again
Recently the NBA playoffs began to see who is the best of the best. The top eight teams from the Eastern and Western conference play each other in a best-of-seven game series.
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The boys volleyball team saw its season end May 8 in the City quarterfinals for the second year in a row.
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The City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks has re-opened Venice’s swimming pool which had been previously closed because of safety issues regarding loose ceiling panels. The pool was r
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With one game left in the regular season, the Gondo hockey team is in first place in the Toyota Sports Center’s high school hockey league. The Gondos hold a 7-1-1 record, and started the season with f
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The School Newspaper Has Old News! I have been reading the school’s paper every once in a while since I have been attending Venice High, and I have not been as disappointed as I am now.
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Open restrooms are becoming more and more difficult to find at Venice High. They might be closed for cleaning during school hours, or at times for no apparent reason, but when they are, it is always a
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Immigration is a complicated topic. There’s so many twists and turns in the laws. So I decided to look at a simpler topic but still as big and as important like high school students dropping out becau
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On April 7th, in Eldorado, Texas, authorities removed 219 women and 437 children from a polygamist compound.
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