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Reflecting on years in the 'Red' zone with Auerbach

By Monica Huang | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

No pancakes on game days. No water during practice. No cheerleaders at Celtics games. Former Boston Celtics coach Arnold "Red" Auerbach knows what he wants.

Photo: Whitney Houston

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Whitney Houston, the first female artist to have an album debut at number one on the charts.

Photo: Duke Ellington

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Duke Ellington, famous black pianist and jazz composer.

Photo: Morgan Freeman

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Morgan Freeman, actor, winner of one Golden Globe award and nominee for four Oscars.

Photo: Leontyne Price

By | Feb. 25, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Leontyne Price, winner of 15 Grammy Awards and the first black opera singer to perform on television.

A South African nationalist and politician, Nelson Mandela became the first freely-elected president of South Africa in 1994. He implemented several social reforms and was a key player in the development of a democratic South Africa.

Photo: Nelson Mandela

By | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Nelson Mandela, South African nationalist and politician and the first freely-elected president of South Africa in 1994.

Photo: "Cursed" movie poster

By | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Text-a-friend: the high-tech approach to cheating

By Ravi Umarji | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

During his Modern World History final exam last year, Mike, a senior, came to a difficult question. After mulling it over and failing to come up with the right answer, he decided to turn to text-messaging. Quietly, Mike put his head down on his desk and pretended to sleep while texting his friend the question under his desk. The friend texted the answer back to Mike, who quickly bubbled it in " all without the teacher noticing.

Maryland fans are over the top

By Grace Harter | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

In the world of college basketball, March Madness is almost here, which means a month of exciting games, intense rivalries and rowdy fan behavior.

Shirley Chisholm

By Zahra Gordon | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Legendary politician Shirley Chisholm died on Jan. 1, 2005 at the age of 80, but her spirit lives on. She was the first black woman elected to Congress and worked endlessly for the rights of women and minorities.

Ken Griffey, Jr.

By Adith Sekaran | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Ken Griffey, Jr. is the starting center fielder for the Cincinnati Reds. Griffey, whose father was also a legendary baseball player, recently entered the 500 Homerun Club and has been playing baseball throughout his life.

Photo: Ken Griffey, Jr.

By | Feb. 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Ken Griffey, Jr., black baseball player who won every American League Gold Glove award as an outfielder in the 1990s and won the Most Valuable Plater during the 1997 season after hitting 56 homeruns, 147 RBIs and averaging .304.

Photo: Metro - Dusit

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: 250 keanu reeves in "constantine"

By | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The brooding Keanu Reeves as John Constantine in "Constantine."

Photo: Thurgood Marshall

By | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Thurgood Marshall, the first black judge to be on the Supreme Court.

Photo: Metro - Lucias

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Lucia's in Silver Spring.

Photo: Metro - Champion

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Champion Billiards in Silver Spring.

Photo: Ben's Chili Bowl

By Elena Pinsky | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Metro - Eat First

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Metro - Urban Outfitters

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

snoWatch: bigger, better than ever

By Vivek Chellappa, Ely Portillo | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

With the threat of snow approaching, we here at the Silver Chips snoWatch team would like to propose a system we feel would benefit MCPS snow team (since we are the ones with real experience).