Pop singer Britney Spears announced Tuesday that she and husband Kevin Federline have conceived their first child. Spears announced the news on her official web site, ending months of tabloid speculation.
Senior Abby Fraeman was a little annoyed when she saw the unfamiliar phone number appear on her cell phone — she was rushing from dinner to fencing practice and assumed it was a wrong number. She answered anyway and listened in disbelief to the person on the other line. When she hung up, she turned to her father and screamed out the news. "I'm an Intel finalist!"
The Gay-Straight Alliance sponsored the Day of Silence on April 13 during which students voluntarily refrained from speaking for an entire day. After school, students participated in a "Break the Silence" where they hung posters and discussed reactions received from peers and teachers throughout the day.
In the action movie department, "Sahara" is pretty mediocre, though it has all the prerequisites - a fast-paced storyline, exotic locales and ridiculous amounts of explosions and gunfire. "Sahara" even includes the stock protagonists: Matthew McConaughey as the hunky boy scout/alpha male, Penelope Cruz as the gorgeous babe and Steven Zahn as the flunky sidekick.
Blair's Outdoor Track team lost to Quince Orchard by a combined score of 73-195 today. Blair, which only ran a few of its fastest runners, won very few events in today's developmental meet. Although Blair lost by a wide margin, the team made progress in several events and key problems were recognized.
APRIL 13, BLAZER STADIUM - In their 11-8 loss to the Richard Montgomery Rockets, the Blazers held on until the very last minute, coming back from a three-run deficit in the bottom of the seventh to go into an eighth inning which lasted until well after ten p.m. on a chilly night. Yet it was not what the Blazers did in the final innings of this three and a half hour game that defined its tone and led to its result, but rather it was what they did not do in the early innings – find crucial holes in the outfield, communicate on routine fly balls and keep their pitching consistent – that cost them the game.
Junior Michael Tsai competes in the Blair Boys Tennis versus Wootton on April 13.
The Blair girls' varsity lacrosse team was up 4-1 midway through the first half against the Sherwood Warriors, but things would fall apart for the Blazers as they remained scoreless for the rest of the game while Sherwood went on to score seven unanswered goals.
Junior MIchael Tsai competes during the Blair versus Wootton Tennis match.
Immediately after Sept. 11, 2001, as the nation desperately sought answers for the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, one news story ran on almost every major television network. Scrolling along the bottom of the screen, right behind headlines about the reactions of President George W. Bush, ran the story, "Madonna urges restraint [in government retaliation]."
Junior Jody Pollock and senior Kristina Yang were named Sweepstakes Winners in the 2005 Quill and Scroll competition, co-sponsored by the University of Iowa and the American Society of Newspaper Editors. The students were judged on their stories "Politics get personal" (in-depth reporting) and "Athletes sobered by dose of reality" (sports story), respectively.
Like the last home game, Blair was without its star setter. Like the last away game, Blair started slow. This time, though, the team didn't revive itself after the first set. The Blazers (3-2) lost to the Seneca Valley Eagles 1-3.
APRIL 12, NELSON H. KOBREN MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM-- Blair's boys' volleyball team has long been one of its strongest spring teams, and this year is no exception. Since the season started in March, the Blazers have gone 4-0 and won all of its games in three straight sets. Seneca Valley Screaming Eagles 25-22, 25-15 and 25-17, adding a fifth win to their season.
Sophomore Marty Stewart takes a shot during the Blair vs. Northwood exhibition game on April 11.
The 10-minute clock has winded down, and NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue steps up to the podium. "With the first overall pick of the 2005 NFL draft, the San Francisco 49ers select…" Well, we can't give you their pick now, not yet, not for another couple weeks, but we can make a guess by writing up a mock draft. Here are Izzy and Pratik's mock drafts for the first round of this year's NFL rookie draft. Click on the names to learn the reasoning behind the picks.
The Blair girls' varsity lacrosse team to a dominant 12-3 victory over the Watkins Mill Wolverines to improve their record to 2-1 on the season.
Silver Chips Online won the 2005 National Student Press Association (NSPA) Online Pacemaker Award at the NSPA National Spring High School Journalism Convention in Seattle on April 9.
While Ashlyn Sinclair took first in the steeplechase at the annual Woodward Relays Invitational Meet hosted by Walter Johnson Saturday, April 9, she didn't earn any points for the Blazers. This is because the steeplechase, the most anticipated race of the meet, is actually run for fun and not for points. The unique thing concerning this meet is that every event is a relay; there are no individual events. In the field events, individuals representing the same school have their scores added up together, and the sum is the "relay" score. Angela Hayes and Momo Reine, competing for Blair in the shot put and discus events, placed in the top six for shot put and second place for discus, with a total of approximately 174 ft. for the former.
American University held the first event of its second annual REEL Journalism Film Festival on Friday night. The university will continue to show a series of journalism films and conduct discussions throughout the weekend.
The senior class and SGA sponsored Spirit Night to raise money for the class on Thursday. The event was co-hosted by HOT 99.5 and gave students the opportunity to show off their entertainment skills.
For a game that was nearly cancelled, Blair ace Annie Denenberg made sure that the fans that stuck through the rain got to see a memorable performance Friday night. Denenberg threw the first no-hitter since 2003 and the Blazers rolled to a 6-0 victory over the Walter Johnson Wildcats, just another chapter in what has been a remarkable stretch out of the gate for Blair, which is now 5-0 on the season.
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