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	<title>Denebola</title>
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	<description>The Award-Winning, Official School Newspaper of Newton South High School, Newton, MA</description>
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		<title>Cafeteria workers face potential layoffs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cafeteria worker Franchesca Ratta, Newton resident and grandmother of four, has worked in South’s cafeteria for 30 years. She has seen 30 generations of students pass through its halls and has fed 30 generations of mouths. Come September, Ratta may find herself out of a job.
In an attempt to conserve budget funds, the School Committee [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/cafeteria-workers-face-potential-layoffs/</link>
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		<title>Students de-pants for charity drive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to raise awareness about the Turnaround Teens for Jeans program, senior Ben Chesler organized and planned the No-Pants Monday event that took place on February 8. Over 40 students assembled at the Turnaround office at the beginning of homeroom, dropped their pants, and donated nearly 70 pairs of jeans by the end [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/students-de-pants-for-charity-drive/</link>
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		<title>Rebuilding Haiti: an engineer’s story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What Newton resident Marvin Davidson remembers most about his 11-day stay in Haiti are the orphans.
“It was visiting the orphanage and seeing the beautiful children and the longing looks in their eyes,” Davidson said of his experience.
Nearly a month after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit the island nation of Haiti, Davidson, a structural engineer, still remembers [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/rebuilding-haiti-an-engineer%e2%80%99s-story/</link>
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		<title>Senate re-passes Sophomore Lecture Hall Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Much to the discontent of many second semester sophomores, the Lecture Hall Release Act of 2009 was revoked for 2010.
According to Principal Joel Stembridge, the act, which was signed and passed by former Principal Brian Salzer last year, was never presented to the Faculty Council, which would have first needed to approve it.
Attempting to reinstate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/senate-re-passes-sophomore-lecture-hall-bill/</link>
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		<title>Senate considers Student Evaluation of Teachers Bill</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The South Senate has begun working on a proposal that would make mandatory teacher evaluations by students.
The measure would provide students with the opportunity to give input on their class’ policies through unanimous surveys at the end of the school year. The Senate is also considering midterm evaluations.
Senator and junior Rachel Leshin, who included student [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/senate-considers-student-evaluation-of-teachers-bill/</link>
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		<title>Responding to Haiti</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The South response to Haiti is nothing if not generous and compassionate; from door-to-door cash collection to concerted student efforts, the entire South community has shown extraordinary empathy towards the Haitians in the aftermath of the disastrous earthquakes.
President Barack Obama has pledged help Haiti “to the very end,” and this is exactly what should be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/responding-to-haiti/</link>
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		<title>Ban on texting passes House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On February 4, Massachusetts House lawmakers approved an amendment that proposes to ban drivers from using any kind of cell phones, with the exception of hands-free models with voice-activated dialing. The amendment was attached to a bill meant to crack down on distracted drivers.
If the amendment passes, it will ban drivers from sending, receiving, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/ban-on-texting-passes-house/</link>
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		<title>No-Pants Monday, no problem</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to publicize the Turnaround program’s used jeans donation drive, senior Ben Chesler organized “No-Pants Monday,” which took place on February 8.Chesler broadcasted a mass appeal via Facebook, asking for students to take off the jeans they wore to school and donate them.
Appropriately, boys were required to wear two pairs of boxers underneath [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/no-pants-monday-no-problem/</link>
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		<title>Volume 49: That’s What She Said</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hey Ladiezzzz, we know, it’s hard to believe, but the illustrious Volume 49 has come to a close. Because every good “farewell” article needs at least one cliché, we’ll say it’s been a wild ride. We wouldn’t have it any other way, though.
The volume began with that semi-awkward Article Ideas meeting at Amrita’s house where [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/volume-49-that%e2%80%99s-what-she-said/</link>
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		<title>Senior Slump is a well-deserved respite</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The very concept of Senior Slump inspires, and it isn’t just the appeal of an attractive alliteration that is so compelling; rather, Senior Slump’s most scintillating qualities lie in the hope it gives to generations of South students.
I first heard of Senior Slump at the end of eighth grade, and throughout my high school career, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.denebolaonline.net/2010/02/senior-slump-is-a-well-deserved-respite/</link>
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