The Grantonian Online http://www.grantonian.comhttp://www.grantonian.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.grantonian.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGrantonianOnline/~3/aEl3wckE3v4/Saturday night, Nov. 15, 2008, the Grant Men’s Varsity soccer team powered their way to claim the title, best in state. A combination of willpower, redemption and skill propelled the team to comeback from a one-zero deficit at the end of the first half. Scoring three goals in the second half, the team proved that they are truly the best high school men’s soccer team in Oregon. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 14:01:51 +0100 http://www.grantonian.com/content/view/429/7/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGrantonianOnline/~3/xFq14pKLfZQ/Many people work all their lives to accomplish their dreams, but Grant student Tony Taylor has already experienced three of his. From receiving a kidney transplant to designing his own Nike shoes to helping coach a Denver Nuggets basketball game, Taylor has been through more as a sophomore than many have in a lifetime. Taylor got a shot at his dream to be a professional shoe designer after being selected by the Doernbecher Childrens’ hospital where he was receiving treatment for Nephrotic syndrome. “Two years ago I saw a fl ier on the wall in the hospital, every year, the hospital let one person design a shoe for Nike. I asked about it,... Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:44:34 +0100 http://www.grantonian.com/content/view/423/6/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGrantonianOnline/~3/4BjLNZYHDmM/Vice Principal Brian Chatard packed up his coffee maker and the photos of his children in cardboard boxes. He gave away his Chatard-look-alike bobble head, and even his large wooden desk. However, Chatard isn’t leaving Grant, he’s just reinventing the way he looks at his job. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 13:38:26 +0100 http://www.grantonian.com/content/view/421/6/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGrantonianOnline/~3/H-e_-W1F2Zs/“I’m like, where’s my bike?” junior Lena Sernoff reenacts enthusiastically. While students enjoy the bike racks and handrails provided outside for them by the school, the recent spike in bike theft at Grant High School has certainly been less enjoyable. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:27:38 +0100 http://www.grantonian.com/content/view/418/6/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGrantonianOnline/~3/UAEIjbRSNx4/“They had the most radiant smiles I have ever seen,” says Grant High School junior Tra’ Ford, “smiles that came from the heart.” Ford recently returned home from a humanitarian trip to Portland’s sister city of Mutare, Zimbabwe, where he, Grant theater teacher Trisha Todd, and students Maddie Hanlon-Austin and André Walker experienced the unrelenting joy of the Mutare people while working with the Africa AIDS Response program. Based in Portland, Africa AIDS Response (AAR) is a program that, according to their website, africaaidsresponse.org, focuses on ways to prevent HIV infection, care for the sick, increased economic development efforts, especially among those living with AIDS, and ensuring that students continue to have access to education. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:22:39 +0100 http://www.grantonian.com/content/view/417/6/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGrantonianOnline/~3/TV5ouxJm5Jc/“So my parents took my phone. Again!” “Oh my god, that is so unfair! You didn’t even do anything this time.” “I know right? Plus they said I couldn’t go to that party this weekend. They wouldn’t even tell me why. They just said ‘No.’” “They’re so crazy.” “Tell me about it.” Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:18:38 +0100 http://www.grantonian.com/content/view/416/6/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGrantonianOnline/~3/5rMzWx6bo7I/Each time secretary Sue Davis answers the phone in the Grant High School vice principal’s offi ce, her eyes stray to the rally trophy adorned with blue and gray pom-poms that she proudly displays near her desk. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:13:35 +0100 http://www.grantonian.com/content/view/415/7/