November 2012 Issue

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THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 6560 Braddock Rd., Alexandria, VA 22312

Football team extends season P6

NOV. 14, 2012

VOLUME 28, ISSUE 3

Obama

wins the vote

Sienna Lotenberg, se-

in the mock debate Obama won the mock election. See

by Jenny Chen News Editor The Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology announced the regional

stimulates global conversation

members. and aspects of the project together by presenting in front of family, friends, teachers and even our pets,” Singh said. under the mentorship of Xuan Luo at the

by Tahmina Achekzai News Editor Over a dozen seniors piled in to the answers to the questions they’d listed on their phones. Soon, they would not only be asking these questions, but giving their

studied nickel’s packing structure in the On Oct. 25, a videoconference was held included sophomore Christina Zhao, juniors

“What makes our project stand out is that of juniors and sophomores representing subjects such as chemistry, geology, physics Glazer organized the meeting with

“Science competitions provide national benchmarks for excellence in

it all together in a cohesive way.” continued on p. 2

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lab director Paul Cammer were with the Chinese students. “My gut feeling was that they would be

students’ participation, it illustrates that the quality of our research is well-represented in a competitive environment so students aren’t just doing great work locally, but they also stand up quite well against their peers in the whole country.”

a humanistic element to how they view their society,” Glazer said. “They feel so isolated because it’s such a homogeneous population. They want to burst out and explore the world.” founded on four pillars: diligence, rigor, democracy and pioneering. The students participating in the videoconference were part of a program that prepares

to their respective area’s regional competition to present a poster

in the U.S.

Singh, Banerjee and Bhandarkar

that it would prepare them for colleges in

scholarship and will compete at

“We all chose to come to this program

scholarship, and one team will win

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Alumni athletes focus on Olympics

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K-pop craze spreads

performance. They require leadership and creativity – for Chinese colleges, they only require academic ability,” one

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changed my mind,” another student said. “China is more promising.” that in China, a college degree can land graduates a high-level job, whereas in the debt.

to judges. Presentations conclude with question and answer sessions.

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student said. While the students were enthusiastic about receiving their education in the U.S., many were skeptical about staying there to continue their careers. “My original dream was to work for

Syslab students pursue research

followed the presidential debates, were puzzled with the candidates’ notion of taking jobs away from China. They clearly that China was cheating and taking jobs away from the U.S. Romney’s stance with China. continued on p. 2

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TJ service club members give back


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