Californians Excel at Intel Science Talent Search
By: Maya Ramachandran The Intel Science Talent Search, an elite high school research competition, announced its top 10 winners out of 40 finalists on March…
Articles by Jessica Yu
Beastly: Review
By: Mary Lan Beastly, a modernized version of the classic Beauty and the Beast, is a must-see movie if you’re a fan of something like…
How you can help Japan
By: Vishal Bajpai On Friday, March 11th, a terrible earthquake hit Japan. At 9.0 on the Richter scale the earthquake produced over 50 aftershocks,…
Vandalism Break-In
By: Alekya Rajanala and Matt Farberov Late on Friday, March 18, MSJ was vandalized by an unknown number of suspects. The suspects broke a window…
Lockdown: Tornado Warning
By: Megan McLaughlin Around 11:30 AM today (Friday, March 18), Principal Sandra Prairie announced a weather lockdown for MSJ. It was later learned that the lockdown was…
Smoke Signal Picks For College Basketball Playoffs
Friend of MLK Jr. Speaks During Black History Month
By: Alice Zalan On February 24, Ethnic Studies teacher Risha Krishna’s students spent their fourth period in the A-Wing cafeteria, listening to Dr. Clayborne Carson….
MSJ earns laurels in Science Olympiad
By: Alekya Rajanala Congratulations are due to MSJ students for placing second at the Bay Area Regional Science Olympiad (BARSO) on Feb. 19, 2011 and…
EDITORIAL: Closure of bookstores huge loss to community
By: The Editorial Board Following up on the closure of local Barnes and Noble at the end of last year, the Borders in the Fremont…
Smokie Playlist: Duets
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