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		<title>Judging Books by Their Covers</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was sitting in Seat 19B on a plane from Minneapolis to San Francisco.  There was a man in his late thirties.  Mocha-colored sweater, worn-out straight leg jeans, and black slip-on leather shoes. As the man stared wide-eyed, smiling at everything from the flight attendant to the roughly seven peanuts he received as his snack, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miramonte Students Overcome Cancer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cancer is the number one fatal disease among children, and seniors Becky Bauer and Adam Bacon are survivors; both diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a blood cancer, at a young age. In an exclusive interview with the Mirador, Bauer and Bacon share their experiences. Mirador: How old were you when you first found out you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mhsmirador.com/feature/2012/02/03/miramonte-students-overcome-cancer/</link>
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		<title>New Rules to Rectify the Mistakes of Last Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Another year, another list of annoyances to be rectified. Mirador takes on politics, popular culture, hair, and unsanitary bathrooms with a list of new rules for the new year. Define Santorum. NBC cannot cancel Community. Have we learned nothing from the Great Arrested Development Tragedy of 2006? If you are planning to vote for Mitt [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mhsmirador.com/opinion/2012/02/03/new-rules-to-rectify-the-mistakes-of-last-year/</link>
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		<title>Is Drug Education to Blame for SWAT?: Con</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over winter break, the media reported about teenage drug use at SWAT, an annual ski trip offered to Bay Area students. The story was quickly used to make grand assumptions and generalizations about our community’s drug culture and the drug education that has taught our students. However, a lack of drug education isn’t at fault [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Drug Education to Blame for Swat? Pro</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When several pounds of drugs were confiscated from buses taking local students to the SWAT ski trip in Elko, Nevada, the community reacted with an “it was bound to happen sometime” attitude. If anything was surprising about the incident, it was that the trip’s drug stash had finally been discovered, not that it existed in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mhsmirador.com/opinion/2012/02/03/is-drug-education-to-blame-for-swat-pro/</link>
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		<title>Oscars: Who Will Win, Who Should Win</title>
		<description><![CDATA[BEST PICTURE: Who Will Win: The Artist 2011 was admittedly an off-kilter year in Oscar movies. There isn’t a juggernaut or a unanimous favorite, nor is there a close neck-and-neck race between two strong contenders. Half the nominees for best picture received mixed reviews, and a few weren’t even considered worthy of a best picture [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mhsmirador.com/arts-entertainment/2012/02/03/oscars-who-will-win-who-should-win/</link>
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		<title>Board Discussions Prompt Response From Union</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The district began preliminary discussions of next year’s budget at a board meeting on Monday, Jan. 23, and then continued those discussions at the following board meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 1. Budget Services Associate Superintendent Chris Learned and Superintendent John Nickerson said they believe the best case scenario for next year would involve over $2 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mhsmirador.com/news/2012/02/03/board-discussions-prompt-response-from-union/</link>
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		<title>Ivy Acceptance Rates Decline</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Of the thousands of colleges across the globe students have to choose from when applying to colleges, eight stand out as the most distinguished, but also the toughest to get into. These colleges make up the Ivies, which stand out as some of the oldest and most academically focused in the nation. Especially at Miramonte, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mhsmirador.com/news/2012/02/03/ivy-acceptance-rates-decline/</link>
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		<title>Governer&#8217;s Budget to Impact AUHSD</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In early January, Governor Jerry Brown announced his 2012-2013 Budget Plan.  If passed this plan would raise taxes on high−income earners and would increase the sales tax by half a percent. Although scheduled to end within five years, this plan would generate an extra $7 billion for California.  It will be added to the November [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mhsmirador.com/news/2012/02/03/governers-budget-to-impact-auhsd/</link>
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		<title>SAT Cheating Scandal Highlights Changing Culture</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In early January, a shocking news story titled “The Perfect Score” ran on CBS News’ 60 Minutes. The story featured Sam Eshaghoff, a 19 year old college student who cheated on the SAT more than 16 times and until recently got away with it. Police arrested the teen for fraud and criminal impersonation in late [...]]]></description>
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