Irvington Volleyball Ladies Triumph!
October 19, 2010 • Jinny Yan
Filed under Fall, Sports
The girls on the volleyball team at Irvington High School are doing well, very well. Currently ranked number nine out of East Bay, this team is seriously making some noises. Not only have they beat Washington High School, their long-time rival is three games, but they have also beaten other contenders... Read more »
Are Silly Bandz Too Silly?
October 19, 2010 • Francesca Mirabile
Filed under Student Life
Silly Bandz are small, rubber, colorful, elasticized silicon wristbands, hoping to conquer the world. They come in a variety of shapes in themed packs, like zoo animals or the alphabet and a pack of 12 costs about $1.99. Invented by American Robert Croak, Silly Bandz took the U.S. by storm after being... Read more »
Pirates in Pleasanton
October 19, 2010 • Rohan Chakravorty
Filed under Local News
After eighteen years of thrills and chills, the acclaimed Halloween-themed event “Pirates of Emerson” has relocated. This year’s haunted house is now in Pleasanton. “BART started construction on Warm Springs,” said employee Karl Fields. “We could not find another suitable location in... Read more »
Chilean Miners Rescued
October 22, 2010 • Irving Hsu
Filed under World News
Miners in Chile Successfully Rescued After Being Trapped for Sixty-Nine Days On August 5th, a rockfall in a mine in San Jose, Chile, left thirty-three miners underground. For sixty-nine days, the miners have managed to survive at a depth of 622 meters below the ground of the Atacama... Read more »
College Goes Gaga
October 22, 2010 • Maryam Khademi
Filed under Uncategorized
College just keeps getting better Yes, Lady Gaga has recently become a college course in the University of Virginia. Graduate student Christa Romanosky teaches the writing course ENWR 1510 “GaGa for Gaga: Sex, Gender, and Identity.” The course focuses on how people’s reputations are affected... Read more »
Like The Social Network
October 22, 2010 • Eswar Dhinakaran
Filed under Movies
The Social Network gets Four Thumbs Up Columbia Picture’s The Social Network is a cleverly articulated movie behind the founding of the Internet social network giant, Facebook. The movie tests the themes of friendship and loyalty between the two founders of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg (played by Jesse... Read more »
iHate
October 22, 2010 • Maryam Khademi
Filed under Humor
And Things You Should Hate Too Admit it, there are things that grind everyone’s gears, whether it is when someone rejects your Facebook friend request or someone flat-tires you in the hallways. Here are some compilations: When I hold a door open for someone and he or she does not say “thank you”. When... Read more »
Guess Again
October 22, 2010 • Katherine Wang
Filed under Features, News, Other, Student Life
AP Change Not as Beneficial as it Seems Anyone who has taken an AP test knows about its guessing penalty. Created to prevent students from gaining points for blatant guessing, the guessing penalty is simple: for every wrong answer, ¼ of a point is subtracted from your score. That, however, is all about... Read more »
It’s Monumental, Yo
October 22, 2010 • Anooj Desai
Filed under Features, Irvington News
IBA Monument Festival 2010 The Irvington Business Association, or IBA, held their annual Monument Festival on September 25, 2010. The day-long festival involved local businesses and schools coming together in order to publicize, raise money, and bring the community together. Irvington High... Read more »
Francesca Mirable- Staff Writer
October 22, 2010
Filed under Uncategorized
