Poets on Shirts red v-necks have finally arrived

By Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer All Poets on Shirts T-shirts are now in! After a two-week wait the red American Apparel v-necks (If I shall stop one heart from breaking… I shall not live in vain –Emily Dickenson) have finally arrived. The beige and black T-shirts have been on campus at all lunches since the week before spring break for sale and for pick-up. Students and faculty that have purchased the red shirt (or any of the three shirts) can pick up their size at any lunch today until at least the end of the week. The T-shirts were designed in collaboration of various students in JWAC to create the Poets of Shirts campaign. All…

Shirts for Haiti

As if JWAC wasn’t busy enough, there’s more club activity coming their way. While most members are preparing and getting ready for tonight’s Heritage Day event,  it seems as though club participants can’t seem to catch a break- in a good way, that is. Not only are senior members taking part in and planning the festivities of Heritage Day, but they are also competing in WorldQuest, a prestigious competition based on academics. Did I mention that WorldQuest takes place the morning after Heritage Day?  Yes, that’s right, the day after. So not only are our JWAC peers and classmates completely booked for the weekend, but the next couple of weeks as well. Members of the club will be selling three different shirts featuring a variety of poems…

Click here for good karma

 by Ashley Attanucci Staff Writer People around the world face suffering each day. Sometimes it takes a natural disaster to put the harsh realities of the lives of some into perspective for us. While the earthquake that devastated Haiti on Jan. 12 dispersed Haitian families, the disaster united foreign peoples under a common effort for relief aid. Do your part to help relieve Haitian families in need, whether it be through prayer, a tax-deductible monetary donation or enjoying the delicious home-baked desserts the Red Cross club was selling after school this week. While on-line: Donate any amount of money to World Vision, a foundation with 30 years of experience in Haiti, to help provide food, medicine…

“Teens for Jeans” fundraiser starts next week

By: Renee Rohani Business Manager On Monday, Coppell High School will begin a fundraiser called “Teens for Jeans” that will continue until February 12. The fundraiser is through a charity run by Aeropostale, a teen clothing store that collects old pairs of jeans each year and donates them to a local shelter. This year, Aeropostale will be donating all jeans from the fundraiser to the people of Haiti. The store will also be matching the total number of jeans Coppell High School collects. Sabrina Khan, ’09 CHS graduate and Aeropostale employee, is the promoter for the fundraiser at the high school. “It’s actually cool because for every pair of jeans you donate, it’s like you’re sending…

Red Cross Club to sell baked goods for earthquake victims

By Loren Hughes Staff Writer From Jan. 25 to Jan. 29, the CHS Red Cross Club will be selling baked goods after school in order to raise money for Haiti, to go towards the aid of their earthquake victims. The Red Cross Club will be taking the money earned to the Dallas chapter of the Red Cross, where the money will be directly sent to Haiti. In addition to selling baked goods, donations are also welcomed and encouraged. “There are cookies, cupcakes, brownies and everything is under a dollar,” Red Cross Club sponsor Beth Dorn said. “We already earned $70 yesterday alone, so everyone should keep bringing their dollars for a good cause.” So CHS,…

GlobalPulse: Weekly Update

By Angela Almeida Opinions Editor United States: President Barack Obama will make his State of the Union address tonight. He plans to tackle health care worries and appease Americans concerns about the recession. According to a number of POLITICO analysts, however, this speech could actually hurt the president’s approval rating, given what the addresses have done to president’s in the past. It will air at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. Central. Middle East: Pakistan is being profiled full force by VICE for its booming gun black market. In the tribal areas of Pakistan, deemed “the most dangerous place in the world”, millions of guns and ammunition are allegedly being stowed away and bought by the Pakistani army. Asia:…

Health Kits for Haiti

by Divya Kumar News Editor With the recent devastating series of earthquakes in Haiti, it seems that almost every organization is coming together to do all they can to help the situation. CHS has now become a part of this, asking for the creation of ‘Health Kits for Haiti’. These Health Kits are designed to provide a series of the basic necessities for those in Haiti who have recently found themselves homeless. The kits include: one hand towel, one washcloth, one comb, one fingernail clippers, one bath-size bar of soap, one toothbrush, one large tube of toothpaste and six adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages. These basic necessities should be placed in a sealed one gallon plastic bag…

Clooney to host Haiti telethon

Staff Writer Paige Wilson The earthquake in Haiti shocked the world causing people from all over to join the relief. Actor George Clooney is hosting a telethon to help with the relief effort. “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief” will air tonight, Friday January 22nd on ABC, CBS, NBC, MTV and many others. The program will be from 8 pm – 10pm. Clooney will host the Los Angeles portion of the show which will include preformances by Alicia Keys, Dave Mathews, Taylor Swift, John Legend, Stevie wonder and many more. Haitian Native jean Wycliff will host the New York portion with Bruce Springstien, Jennifer Hudson, and many others. There will also…

How to help Haiti; organizations provide relief to damaged country

By Mary Whitfill Staff Writer On Jan. 12 at 4:53 pm an earthquake devastated Haiti, hitting with a magnitude of 7.0 at the epicenter, the USGS called it the strongest earthquake in the area since 1770. The earthquake hit 10 miles west of Porte-au-Prince and its 2 million inhabitants, leaving 3 million in need of emergency care. Since as early as hours after the earthquake, charity organizations have been pulling together new projects and creating new funds to help those devastated by the disaster. The following include some of the most popular groups that have begun to establish ways to provide relief to the Haitians. UNICEF is currently operating in over 150 countries, providing children…

“Hope for Haiti Now” telethon tonight

By: Renee Rohani Business Manager Be sure to catch MTV’s  telethon for Haiti earthquake relief tonight, Friday, January 22nd at 8 p.m. ET ( 7 p.m. CT), called “Hope for Haiti Now: A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief”. The two-hour, commercial-free event will be hosted by George Clooney in Los Angeles, Wyclef Jean in New York and CNN’s Anderson Cooper in Haiti. Performances include Rihanna, Taylor Swift, Jay-Z, Coldplay, Sting, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson, and many more. The following channels will be airing the telethon: ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CNN, BET, The CW, HBO, MTV, VH1, CMT, PBS, TNT, Showtime, Comedy Central, Bravo, E! Entertainment, National Geographic Channel, Oxygen, G4, CENTRIC, Current TV, Fuse, MLB Network, EPIX,…