Zac Estrada Rosales
News Editor
The online network of students celebrated its one-year anniversary with a big change. Let’s Cram, the social networking site created by SBHS senior Mike Lewis last year was relaunched this month to steer users into more one-on-one interaction.
“The site is a lot more personal,” said Karl Sandrich, a member of the Let’s Cram team. “We really emphasize people-to-people communication and we think the additions (to the site) will do that.”
In order to participate in the discussions on the site, Let’s Cram requires new users to create a profile similar to that of social networking sites like MySpace or Facebook.
Each user can find their friends or “study buddies” to quickly ask questions to homework problems.
“We had a lot of people sign up and a lot of people use the site,” said Sandrich. “Now the new site adds on top of what we already had and I feel that kids will enjoy using the site even more.”
When letscram.com was launched at the start of last school year it was heavily promoted as a way for students at SBHS and at other schools to more easily connect to other students with similar homework problems. So far the site has more than 800 registered members from SBHS and other schools.
At SBHS the site gets help from Sandrich, Jimmy Sexton, Brett Silverman, Billy Grokenberger, Camille Fenton and RJ Rotman, among others. Creator Mike Lewis continues to head the site.
Sandrich hopes more Dons use Let’s Cram this year. “I want people from all over SBHS to utilize this site,” he said. “Who knows how much farther it can go.”
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Tuesday, October 16, 2007
APPLe academy’s second season brings in sophomores
Danny Langhorne
Editor-in-Chief
The newest academy at SBHS called APPLe (Academy of Public Policy and Leadership) is gearing up for its second year. APPLe is an academy on campus that helps students develop their talents in public speaking and debate, a unique environment to develop them.
It also encourages students to get actively involved in local politics and community service. Students hear guest speakers who are in local and state governments and other organizations including Congresswoman Lois Capps, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and David Krieger or the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Around thirty members of APPLe spent a week last June in the Summer Institute at UCSB. While sleeping in the dorms and living on campus they debated the hot topic issues of immigration, torture, and global warming.
“The debates in the institute were very intense and we learned a lot about what it’s like being in a real court,” said junior Maria Vallejo who attended the summer institute.
They researched with the help of Professor John Park of Asian Studies just as if they were actual college students. “If the officials helping us at UCSB hadn’t been doing all they were, APPle wouldn’t be very good,” said Gamble.
In between research sessions for the debates, activities were held that helped bring the APPLe students closer, including a ropes course, ultimate frisbee, and karaoke. “It was also a chance for the students to get to know each other better. Some who had never really been friends before were really close after the experience,” said Mr. Gamble.
APPLe students returning as juniors will be attending a fall retreat at El Capitan Campground where the bonds they formed at the Summer Institute will be able to continue to grow.
Gamble’s goal for the juniors is that they play a leadership role in helping initiate this year’s sophomores. At the orientation held last Thursday juniors spoke of the experience at UCSB and the process of researching for the debates. Juniors Margo Slaff, Maria Vallejo and Ty Vestal talked about the week at UCSB and their roles in the debates and activities.
Gamble hopes to raise enough money to be able to take the students to Sacramento and Washington D.C. to meet with politicians and observe how government really works.
Every other week students will be sitting in on lectures with different speakers in the theater, including State Assemblyman Pedro Nava and Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams. David Krieger and Lois Capps will also be returning to talk with the students.
The first lecture of the year will be when Santa Barbara mayor Marty Blum comes to speak to the students in the SBHS theater on October 17 at 7:30 p.m.
All of the students meet every other Thursday in Mr, Gamble’s classroom, room 212 in the main hall, to plan events and discuss opinions and lessons from recent lectures.
Editor-in-Chief
The newest academy at SBHS called APPLe (Academy of Public Policy and Leadership) is gearing up for its second year. APPLe is an academy on campus that helps students develop their talents in public speaking and debate, a unique environment to develop them.
It also encourages students to get actively involved in local politics and community service. Students hear guest speakers who are in local and state governments and other organizations including Congresswoman Lois Capps, former Secretary of State Madeline Albright, and David Krieger or the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Around thirty members of APPLe spent a week last June in the Summer Institute at UCSB. While sleeping in the dorms and living on campus they debated the hot topic issues of immigration, torture, and global warming.
“The debates in the institute were very intense and we learned a lot about what it’s like being in a real court,” said junior Maria Vallejo who attended the summer institute.
They researched with the help of Professor John Park of Asian Studies just as if they were actual college students. “If the officials helping us at UCSB hadn’t been doing all they were, APPle wouldn’t be very good,” said Gamble.
In between research sessions for the debates, activities were held that helped bring the APPLe students closer, including a ropes course, ultimate frisbee, and karaoke. “It was also a chance for the students to get to know each other better. Some who had never really been friends before were really close after the experience,” said Mr. Gamble.
APPLe students returning as juniors will be attending a fall retreat at El Capitan Campground where the bonds they formed at the Summer Institute will be able to continue to grow.
Gamble’s goal for the juniors is that they play a leadership role in helping initiate this year’s sophomores. At the orientation held last Thursday juniors spoke of the experience at UCSB and the process of researching for the debates. Juniors Margo Slaff, Maria Vallejo and Ty Vestal talked about the week at UCSB and their roles in the debates and activities.
Gamble hopes to raise enough money to be able to take the students to Sacramento and Washington D.C. to meet with politicians and observe how government really works.
Every other week students will be sitting in on lectures with different speakers in the theater, including State Assemblyman Pedro Nava and Santa Barbara City Councilman Das Williams. David Krieger and Lois Capps will also be returning to talk with the students.
The first lecture of the year will be when Santa Barbara mayor Marty Blum comes to speak to the students in the SBHS theater on October 17 at 7:30 p.m.
All of the students meet every other Thursday in Mr, Gamble’s classroom, room 212 in the main hall, to plan events and discuss opinions and lessons from recent lectures.
Friday, October 13, 2006
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