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Student wins Hispanic Heritage Award
By Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Interview with a Peruvian teacher
By Zach Mellman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Sandra Gutierrez is in her third year at Blair and teaches ESOL 4 and bilingual science, moved from Peru's capital of Lima to the United States when she was 15.
Advanced Placement exam registration begins
By Sanjay Bhat | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Bomb threats empty school
By Julia Kay | 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: Front of Wheaton
By Andrew Kirwan | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
The front of Wheaton High School.
Photo: Smith
By Lorena Kowalewski | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Smith surges ahead of two Magruder players.
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: Michael Sam
By Chicagophoenix.com | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo: Eli Manning Giants
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Photo: Big Ben
By AP | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo: Frost/Nixon
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David Frost (Michael Sheen) and President Richard M. Nixon (Frank Langella) lock horns during the last of four interviews. Photo courtesy of Universal.
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: Forte
By ESPN | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo: Redskins v Cowboys
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Who will the winners be in 2003?
By Abigail Graber | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
When Meryl Streep makes the nightly news and the Mighty Miramax Publicity Machine is once again a-churnin', the Academy Awards must be just around the corner. So sit back, relax and read on to find out which bright stars should win Oscars and which thieving upstarts will take them away.
Amazing Blazers
By Luke Bostian | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Blair may have seen years of bad luck in the sports department, but if history teaches anything, it is that Blair is capable, every now and again, of producing a truly stellar athlete. These ten are the greatest Blazers in the sports history of Silver Spring and Takoma Park.
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.
Renovations Spring into action
By Tina Peng, Eliot Stein | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The Discovery Communications building's warmly lit main lobby smells of plastic, Windex and fresh paint. A cheerfully dinging mechanical contraption pushes and shakes rainbow-colored balls down a series of tracks. Outside, as a family passes by on the sidewalk, its wide-eyed toddler glances back five times at "Stan,” a Tyrannosaurus Rex fossil replica that glares malevolently through the glass wall.
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.
snoWatch
By KC Costanzo | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
No one saw it coming but there it was. When Blazers got up on Tuesday they found snow on the ground and ice on their car windows. However, with the exception of a burst pipe, the school day went as planned. Now there's a prediction of more to come. Are the weather people on target this time? Stay tuned to find out . . .
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.
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.
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