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Ice Hockey season still alive

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The Blair Community Ice Hockey team was given a second life as Broadneck forfeited their first round victory over Blair. Thus Blair will play at least one more game this season as they advance to the second round of the state playoffs.

MCPS named as "Gold Medal" school system for 10th time in national survey

By Alexander Gold | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

MCPS received a gold medal from Expansion Management magazine for the 10th consecutive year for its attractiveness to the business community, according to the MCPS Bulletin.

UMCP sponsors Sadat Essay for Peace contest

By Feza Kikaya | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The University of Maryland, College Park's Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development invites Maryland high school students to discuss their thoughts concerning peace in the Middle East and throughout the world in essay form. Entries should be postmarked by March 18.

Photo: MaryPIRG - Press Conference

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SGA president Sebastian Johnson speaks at a press conference about vehicle emissions regulation.

Photo courtesy of Sebastian Johnson

Photo: PLayerplayoff

By Diana Frey | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Senior Nathan Barrymore skates with the puck against Broadneck.

Without a "Hitch"

By Nick Falgout | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

It's official: Will Smith can do anything. Quick addendum: Will Smith can do anything,assuming "anything” refers to playing cocky characters in highly entertaining films. Smith has always been good for a snarky line here, a goofy grin there. He doesn't disappoint in his romantic comedy debut, the light and witty "Hitch."

Photo: Subscribe Graphic

By Daniel Aisen | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

OxyContin: a prescription for addiction

By Katherine Duncan | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Joe, a junior, sits silently amongst a boisterous group of friends along Blair Boulevard during 5B lunch on Dec. 22. After shooting paranoid glances up and down the hall, he is confident that the coast is clear and opens his hand, revealing a 10-mg OxyContin prescription pill. His back turned against the passing crowds in the hallway, Joe works quickly, crushing the pill with his driver's license and pushing the powder into a thin line on the cover of his student planner. In a matter of seconds, he snorts the drug through a pen cap and up his nose, brushes any residue onto the floor and leans back into the wall.

Photo: Halle Berry

By | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Halle Berry, actress and model.

Photo: "Hitch" still 2

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Love patient Albert Brennaman (Kevin James) shows off some dance moves to date doctor Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith).

Sir William Arthur Lewis

By Grace Harter | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Sir William Arthur Lewis was a pioneer for his race as well as a pioneer in the study of economics. He was the first black individual to receive the Nobel Prize for a field other than in peace. In 1979, he was awarded the prize for his study of the economic structures of developing countries and for his books on achieving a governmental structure and stable economy. Lewis worked throughout his lifetime to develop models for business between countries of varying economic stability.

Photo: National News

By Daniel Aisen | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Sir William Arthur Lewis

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Sir William Arthur Lewis, a pioneer in economics and the first black to receive the Nobel Prize for a field other than peace.

Phillis Wheatley

By Erik Li | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Phillis Wheatley was the first noteworthy black female poet of the U.S. In the fight for black freedom, abolitionists often cited her works in order to refute the claim of black intellectual inferiority. Thought to be born near present-day Senegal in about 1753, Wheatley was kidnapped and enslaved in 1761. She was sold in Boston to the Wheatley family, who treated her as kindly as their own two daughters.

Halle Berry

By Fidan Karimova | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Halle Berry, who was named after the department store Halle Brothers, was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on Aug. 14, 1968. Her father left her family when Berry was just four years old, so she and her sister, Heidi, were raised by their mother, Judith, in a one-parent household. Later, the family moved into a suburban area dominated by Caucasians. In the new neighborhood, children started teasing Berry and her sister because of their skin color. Determined to overcome the racial issue, Berry became more involved in school as a cheerleader, Prom Queen and member of the National Honors Society.