Hello every1,

It's been a great Memorial Day weekend here in SC. Late nights and allot of fun to be had.

And it's definitely been a very interesting past few months as well.

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First off, the YG Open House was a complete success!!!










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In my recent Latin Four Honors classes, we made pasta from scratch! It was so much fun making it in one day and eating it the second.

It was definitely a major highlight of my senior year at Mann.





















Monica and Crysta enjoyed the food.



Andreina talked with Nicole (to her left and the head chef and ring leader of the project) about the recipe, while Ron and Grace look on.



Spence had an awesome time at the Pasta Party!



Although Jennifer and Jimella had the best time of all!

Kudos again to Nicole and Spence and the Latin Four Honors Class for putting it all together!

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Miss Talimann pageant came and the ladies strut their stuff! Yes it was finally held after a long delay.

The winners were:

Freshmann Attendant: Rilee Williams
Miss Freshmann: Kennedy Coulter

Sophomore Attendant: Chelsea Hedrick
Miss Sophomore: Marion Reeves

Junior Attendant: Madison Evans
Miss Junior: Annie Hickerson

Senior Attendant: Abbie Holliday
Miss Senior: Madison Mcclain

AND YOUR 2008 MISS TALISMANN IS..........................................................................................................................
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LOGAN GREENE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Congrats again to all our winners!!!



Abbie Holliday (Senior Attendant) , Madison Mcclain (Miss Senior) , Logan Greene (Miss Talismann)



Take Two!

Congrats again!
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My final dance recital was held this past Friday night at Furman and thank you to everyone who was able to come. We had a special performance by upcoming pop boy band V Factory before intermission pictures of the show and after show are on the MySpace and Facebook.
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Check out JL Mann Student's success story over the timeline stone debate below:

J.L. Mann walkway stays with three revised stones

Students' 'quiet protest' leads to compromise after some parents objected to use of religious symbols

By Ron Barnett • STAFF WRITER • May 20, 2008

After nearly a month of "quiet protest," negotiations and artistic redesign, J.L. Mann High School has decided not to tear up its "Walk through History" but only remove three stones that contained religious symbols, school officials said Monday.

The three stones -- two containing the Islamic name of God in Arabic and one depicting a Bible -- will be replaced with ones illustrating the same historical events but without the images some called inappropriate for a walkway, Mann art teacher Steve Garner said.

"There was never any intent to offend anybody in the first place," he said. "It was all just history."

Last month, principal Susan Hughes told The Greenville News said she planned to remove the walkway, which contained 136 stones depicting historical events, and display the stones elsewhere.

Some parents said they were offended that people could walk on words and symbols that were sacred to them.

But after students protested, school officials, students and the offended parents worked out a plan to remove only three stones. One depicted a mosque and the Islamic name of God, Allah, in Arabic; another included the Arabic name of God on an Iraqi flag; and another showed an image of a Bible to illustrate Gutenberg's printing press.

The mosque stone was created by an Islamic student from Jordan, said Garner, one of three teachers who oversaw the three-year-long project.

"I thought she understood what the project was for," he said. "We didn't think there was a problem at the time and were very surprised to find out that there was a problem."

After consulting with members of the local Jewish community, a Star of David used on one of the stones was found not to be problematic, Garner said.

Julie Perry, president of the school's Parent-Teacher-Student Association, said students acted in "a mature manner" in pressing their case to save the walkway.

"They did a quiet protest, very respectful," she said.

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As you all know this was by no means a "Quiet Protest." We had blogs, protests, and local and national media covering our efforts and we did not go "quietly" without "Stand On Your Art" badges and a Facebook group along with it. So kudos to our students and the local community for making the right decision to keep the stones in.

In a recent story in The Greenville Journal, the writer stated that the stones were viewable "on the school website and at the Old JL Mann Library." Hm..... I wonder where they got that from. I Googled to make sure and the only way they could have known that is through this blog. I wrote the fact in my first editorial about the timeline stones. It was never on the school website nor in the local papers, or the school paper for that matter. So yes, students of JL Mann High School. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! :)
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Enjoy the rest of the weekend every1

and yes "I am still boogying my way all across America and I will hopefully be releasing a new video soon."*

Have a good one,

Christian L.

*Thanks for the heads up Mannuscript.