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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Students Protest for Immigrant Rights
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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Advanced Placement exams began Monday May 5th with Government and will end today. Students taking the morning exam entered the library at eight in the morning prepared to take their test“What the tea
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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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Several teachers that Venice High students have come to know and love are leaving. Teachers such as Ms. Keely Dietrick, Ms. Bonnie Kahn, Mr. Jonathan Cook, Mr. Joe Luesse, Mr. Scott Burstein, Dr. Simo
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The National High School Journalism Convention is an annual event where students from all over the country gather to learn more about the journalism and yearbook businesses. On Thursday April 17th, 12
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Several Venice teens who said they are Catholic downplayed the pope’s recent visit to the U.S. Eight students said they didn’t believe the pope is important. “He is just the pope, not God,” stated Eli
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New Law Banning Cell Phone Use While Driving to Be Introduced in July: Multiple Violations of Law Will Result in Fail Sentence
On July 1st 2008 a new law will go into affect banning the use of cell phones while driving a vehicle. On September 2006 Governor Arnold Scharzenegger signed legislation that prohibits everyone under
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