Freshmen see their futures at East at Orientation

August 28, 2008 • Jacklyn Mahgerefteh ('09)/ Eastside Online News Editor  

Incoming freshmen got a taste of the future as they walked into the auditorium, watching this past year’s graduation on the projector. At Freshmen Orientation on August 29, the second of two orientations, Principal Dr. John O Breza talked about what he expected from the incoming students. “There... Read more »

News reports publish illegal ages of chinese gymnasts

August 22, 2008 • Naveen Yarlagadda ('11)/ Eastside staff  

The camera zooms in on a pale young girl’s face drenched in make-up. The crowd roars and flashes go off everywhere as Yang Yilin of China’s women’s gymnastics team takes her position to compete. Her eyes move in every direction as if wishing that so many people would not be watching her. She throws... Read more »

Rosa teacher and students form connection with Uganda

August 8, 2008 • Naveen Yarlagadda ('11)/ Eastside Staff  

 Gretchen Seibert, a seventh grade English teacher at Rosa International Middle School, wants to team up with her students to change Uganda. The name of the organization she and her students are helping is the “Outside the Dream” foundation. The organization was started by Ugandan citizens and... Read more »

Bird’s Nest main venue for 2008 Summer Olympics

August 5, 2008 • Jolie Krooks ('09)/ Eastside Online Editor  

A country may exhibit her culture in many ways: she may forsake the lives of thousands of young men in a gluttonous war, she may sacrifice valuable crops and livestock to the gods or she may establish a rigid code for every man to follow.  Otherwise, she may opt to build a Bird’s Nest.   In... Read more »