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Girl assaulted near Blair
By Elizabeth Green | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Spirit Week pictures: Pajama Day
By KC Costanzo, Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The league of extraordinary athletes
By Katherine Epstein | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Photo: Chicken Kebabs
By Claire Sleigh | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
The chicken kebabs are excessively spicy.
Photo: Smith
By Lorena Kowalewski | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Smith surges ahead of two Magruder players.
Photo: Front of Wheaton
By Andrew Kirwan | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
The front of Wheaton High School.
Photo: mega mart1
By Andrew Kirwan | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Customers check out on a busy day at Mega Mart.
Photo: Chicken Tikka Masala
By Claire Sleigh | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the many tasty options at Planet Bollywood.
No end in sight
By Rocky Hadadi | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
"Iraq is steeped in history. It is the site of the Garden of Eden, of the Great Flood and the birthplace of Abraham. Tread lightly there.” On March 20, 2003, Lieutenant Tim Collins gave this advice to his battle group, the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish at Fort Blair Mayne desert camp, 20 miles from the Iraqi border. Collins' words of advice to his troops could not be more correct—our involvement in Iraq should have been done with care, finesse and expertise. Instead, we refused to "tread lightly” and have tried to force our democratic ideals on a nation that continues to staunchly refuse them. In fact, the use of guerrilla warfare now by insurgents threatens to turn Iraq into another Vietnam.
Photo: Chicken Tikka Masala
By Claire Sleigh | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the many tasty options at Planet Bollywood.
Photo: Eli Manning Giants
By espn.go.com | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo: Forte
By ESPN | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo: Redskins v Cowboys
By Getty Images | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo: Frost/Nixon
By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
David Frost (Michael Sheen) and President Richard M. Nixon (Frank Langella) lock horns during the last of four interviews. Photo courtesy of Universal.
Photo: Michael Sam
By Chicagophoenix.com | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo: Big Ben
By AP | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Diversity at Blair after 50 years of Brown v. Board
By Karima Tawfik | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Combs in hand, two black girls work diligently and delicately to finish cornrowing their friends' hair amidst the bustle of 5A lunch. Next to them, three Latino boys are sprawled out among the benches talking, and a few feet away, two white students finish their lunches before the whole group rises and joins the student body of the most diverse school in Montgomery County—a school that 50 years ago accepted only white students.
Thespians prepare to make fans fall in Love
By Sally Colwell | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
No strings attached
By Elizabeth Packer | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Samantha Baker sits across from her longtime crush Jake Ryan, their faces lit by the candles glowing on the birthday cake in-between them. This scene from the classic 1980s movie Sixteen Candles ends with Jake asking Samantha out after the two share a kiss. Oh, the simple days, when romance ruled, and friends were just friends. At Blair, where "going out,” "hooking-up” and "friends with benefits” are common, the dating lines have been blurred and romance is no longer required for physical intimacy. While many Blazers still choose committed relationships, friendships that include sexual hook-ups are becoming increasingly common.
Spirit at a standstill
By Sally Colwell | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
"Do we have to go?” one of my classmates asked a few weeks ago. I begrudgingly got my books together and left class to attend yet another mandatory assembly dreamed up by Blair's administration, an event otherwise known as a pep rally.
Blazers can't heat up against WJ
By Luke Bostian, Zach Mellman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
With the clock winding down in the girls' basketball team's game against the Walter Johnson (WJ) Wildcats, the Blazers were forced to foul in order to stop the clock. This is a common technique, but Blair failed to grasp one key aspect of the strategy: Foul the other team's worst free-throw shooter. Blair, instead, fouled Wildcat star Alex Porter four times late in the game. She hit all her shots to keep the lead for the Wildcats. So despite a valiant effort from the Blazers, WJ proved to be too strong, and Blair lost, 47-38.
Minority Report: the best movie everyone will see this summer
By Griff Rees | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Most summer movies are designed for one thing, money making. Mile high hype equals even higher profits, especially when coupled with expensive eye-candy (Triple X being the most recent and stereotypical offender). Minority Report, however, like many Spielberg films, encompasses not only the cash-cow ethics of summer salivation but also the legitimate respectability associated with the director of Schindler's List and The Color Purple. Minority Report joins the accessibility of Jurassic Park, the dystopian sci-fi future of A. I., and an as of yet untouched (by Spielberg) element: film noir.
Former nun inspires student success
By Sreela Namboodiri | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Dressed modestly in black, Sister Phillip Mary arranges her 68 students into two separate lines as they enter class for their first day of second grade at St. Margaret's Grade School in Bel-Air, Maryland. Once they are settled, the nun leads her students in prayer as their little voices chime together, heads bowed and palms crossed.
Pep Rally Approaching
By Shewit Woldu | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Pep rally will be on Wednesday, March 31 and will be a combination of winter and spring sports.
Barrow, Pete
By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Teacher Feature »
Mr. Pete Barrow is now a math teacher at Montgomery Blair High School. However, he originally did not want to teach.
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