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James Baldwin
By Jeremy Goodman | Feb. 10, 2005, midnight | In Print »
James Baldwin was born in 1924, the oldest of nine children, and grew up in poverty in Harlem. Early in his life, Baldwin followed in his father's footsteps and became a preacher. Baldwin's spiritual work gave him an awareness of the suffering within the black community and instilled in him a passion for writing.
Photo: Sky Captain still
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Formerly scheduled pep rally has been cancelled
By Danny Scheer | Feb. 10, 2005, midnight | In Print »
The winter pep rally scheduled for seventh period today, Feb. 10 was cancelled by Principal Phillip Gainous after a fight erupted on Blair Boulevard during 5B lunch.
Floor Hockey Results & Schedules Week Six
By Pratik Bhandari | Feb. 10, 2005, midnight | In Print »
The playoffs are here. It's do or die time now, either win or go home.
Photo: Racing Stripes Still
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Liberals shouldn't fear four more years
By Kiran Bhat | Feb. 10, 2005, midnight | In Op/Ed »
These visionary words bring to mind the one politician from the past 20 years that Democrats can be proud of, President Bill Clinton. They are grandiose and confident, and hopeful in every sense. However Clintonesque they may sound though, they came from the mouth of one man liberals in America despise most, President George W. Bush.
Blazers line up to face Simon on "American Idol"
By Kristina Hamilton | Feb. 10, 2005, midnight | In Print »
At the Washington Convention Center this past summer, thousands of people lined up along the sidewalk for as long as a block. Young dreamers from all over the U.S. turned out: hailing from Alaska, Ohio, California and Maryland. A few Blazers were even eager to get in on the action on Aug. 18 to see if their dreams to be pop stars could actually come true.
Photo: Michael Braun
By | Feb. 10, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Blake student Michael Braun, winner of "Jeopardy! Teen Tournament," standing with host Alex Trebek.
Photo: New Year Dance
By June Hu | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Performers enact a scene from the Kunqu play "A Stroll in the Garden" from "The Peony Pavilion" (Mu Dan Ting) on Feb. 4. Kunqu is an ancient form of Chinese Opera with 500 years of history behind it.
Photo: Chinese Lion Dance
By June Hu | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
The Lion Dance, a traditional performance to usher in each Chinese New Year, is
performed by a Chinese Youth Club not affiliated with Blair in Washington, D.C.'s Chinatown. The
dance is usually performed to bring luck and courage to life in the
new year.
Photo: Maya Angelou
By | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Maya Angelou, author, historian, songwriter, director, performer and civil rights activist.
Photo: Flowers and Butterflies
By June Hu | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Flowers and Butterflies is a dance designed to imitate a game played by young children in ancient times. The children, dressed in traditional colors of yellow and red for fortune and luck, chase each other with small round fans with colorful silk streamers.
Photo: Chinese New Year
By Jessica Yen | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Photo: Celtics Team_Print
By | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Auerbach poses with his team. Moments from Auebach's coaching days with the Celtics.
Photos courtesy of ESPN and the NBA.
Photo: Drum Dance
By June Hu | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Dancers performing the Korean Drum Harmony dance, directed by Dance One Institute and College and Prep Head Lisa Me Hee Seo, celebrate the Chinese New Year with brilliant swishes of cloths and colorfully-painted drums.
Photo: A. Philip Randolph
By | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Asa Philip Randolph, labor and civil rights leader.
In depth into Barack Obama
By Jonah Gold | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Barack Obama, the recently elected senator from Illinois, is one of the most politically powerful blacks today. Obama was born in 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii to a Kenyan father and a white American mother, Ann Dunham. Dunham is a descendant of Jefferson Davis, the president of the Confederate States of America in the 1860s. After graduating from high school, Obama moved to New York City and attended Columbia University.
Save yourself from swimming in spam
By Emma Norvell | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Taking up space in millions of mailboxes around the country, stealing money from unsuspecting web users and advertising at an impossibly high rate, the presence of spam on the world wide web has dramatically increased globally in recent years.
Photo: Old Celtics Team_Print
By | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Celtics play opponents. Moments from Auebach's coaching days with the Celtics.
Photos courtesy of ESPN and the NBA.
Photo: Fan Dance
By June Hu | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
The Korean Fan Dance is a festive and colorful dance often performed to commemorate special occasions. The performers, who are from Dance One Institute, are dancing with embroidered fans with traditional garbs and headdress to celebrate the Chinese New Years.
Photo: American Idol Graphic
By Elena Pinsky | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Oprah Winfrey
By Feza Kikaya | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Television talk-show host, actress and producer Oprah Winfrey defied the odds when she became the first black female billionaire in the U.S., despite enduring a troubled adolescence.
Photo: Brookland-CUA Station
By Diana Frey | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Electrical overload causes fifth brief power outage
By Seema Kacker | Feb. 9, 2005, midnight | In Print »
An electrical overload caused a brief power outage to occur during at approximately 12:25 p.m. today, Feb. 9, causing many computers in the 60s hallways to shut down. The outage is the second in 10 days and the fifth this school year.
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