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Blair band and orchestra patrons are making music
By Alexander Gold | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Wherever the band goes, they're there. If the Marching Band goes to perform on "It's Academic," they drive along. If the Honors Jazz Band, Orchestra and Marching Band recruit students at middle schools for next year, they come. If the instrumental music program has a concert, they sponsor a bake sale in the lobby. "They" are the Blair Band and Orchestra Patrons (BBOPs), and they're not superheroes, just committed parents.
Toni Morrison
By Adedeji Ogunfolu | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Toni Morrison was born Chloe Anthony Wofford on Feb. 18, 1931 in Lorain, Ohio. She was a precocious, young child, and in the first grade, she was the only student that could read. Her love for literature grew, and she also developed a taste for Tolstoy, Dostoyevski, Gustave Flaubert and Jane Austen.
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"Hitch" has all the right moves
By Sayoh Mansaray | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Remember back in the day when Will Smith used to make us bust a gut laughing at the jokes he made on "The Fresh Prince of Bel Air?” Well, he's still got it.
Photo: Albert John Luthuli
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Albert John Luthuli, a nonviolent civil rights activist for peace and education.
Photo: Historian Alfred Goldberg
By Emma Norvell | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Ninth grade CAP students listen intently as Historian Alfred Goldberg talks about World War II.
Photo: Hockey Playoffs
By Diana Frey | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
The Blair Community Ice Hockey team is not affiliated or sponsored by the Montgomery Blair High School athletic program or Montgomery County Public Schools. The team is an independent group of Blair students. Blazers struggle during their first Hockey playoff game.
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: confessions of a shopaholic
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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).
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By Diana Frey | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
Senior Nathan Barrymore skates with the puck against Broadneck.
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.
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By Daniel Aisen | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
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By Daniel Aisen | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Latest »
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
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.
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: 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.
Silver Chips Online named Pacemaker finalist
By Seema Kacker | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »
Silver Chips Online was selected as one of seven finalists in the National Scholastic Press Association's (NSPA) annual online Pacemaker competition. Winners will be announced at a journalism convention in April.
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.
An old leader dies, a new day dawns
By Rocky Hadadi | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »
He was in the headlines for 55 years, glorified in the fight against Israel and known for violent tactics and hard-line ideology. To some he was a romantic revolutionary, the Middle Eastern counterpart to Communist poster-boy Ché Guevara and a hero to the Palestinian people. Now, Yasser Arafat's death has left a question mark in the middle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
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.
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