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Photo: Rosslyn - Olsson's Books

By Emma Norvell | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Kotor

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Darth Malak stands no chance against the fury of my force lightning in KOTOR.

While great computer games come out each year, like Half-Life 2, Doom 3, Far Cry, and Sims 2 this past year, I don't really like shelling out $45 to 50 apiece for these games. All too often, we gamers get caught up in the thrill of the moment and don't remember to buy those games we were excited about three years ago but never got around to playing. Even games from several years ago can be fun, exciting, wildly entertaining and greatest of all, dirt cheap.

Photo: Farragut North - thai Kingdom

By Emma Norvell | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

A Thai restaurant near the Farragut North station.

Photo: Metro - Starbucks

By Emma Norvell | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Old Blair Auditorium 2

By Christopher Consolino | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

After renovation, the Old Blair Auditorium will seat 1,200 people and feature a rising pit orchestra area.

Photo: Print_TuShoe

By Nathaniel Lichten | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Dang admires the $293 shoes she dreams of wearing to prom.

Blazers let another slip by

By Ellie Blalock | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Print »

FEB. 15, NELSON H. KOBREN MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM- The Blazers seemed to finally be turning their season around after defeating Sherwood and then Richard Montgomery, both strong squads, by margins of 28 and ten, respectively. However, after losing to powerhouse Gaithersburg Feb. 10, the girls seem to have returned to their old ways: remaining neck-and-neck with their opponents, pulling ahead for what looks like an easy win and finally watching it all fall apart in disastrous fourth quarters.

Leftist teacher meets right-wing club

By Kristi Chakrabarti | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Features »

Members of the Young Republicans Club have finally found a place to voice their political views. At after-school meetings, students discuss tax reform, Social Security, immigration laws and the war in Iraq. They support flat tax policies and believe that the media has a heavy liberal bias. But social studies teacher Kevin Shindel challenges their opinions. "How do you know what you think you know?” he asks at almost every meeting.

Playoffs loss marks the end of the season

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The Blair Community Ice Hockey team's successful season came to a disappointing end as they lost to Broadneck 8-5 in the first round of the state playoffs. This was Blair's first appearance in the playoffs in team history.

Photo: Print_TuCheck

By Nathaniel Lichten | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Dang discusses her purchase with a salesman at a local mall.

John F. Kennedy

By Anthony Glynn | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Former President John F. Kennedy played a vital role in the civil rights movement, but his life was ended by an assassin's bullet before some of his greatest goals were realized.

Maya Angelou

By Feza Kikaya | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Maya Angelou is an accomplished author, poet, historian, songwriter, playwright, dancer, stage and screen producer, director, performer, singer and civil rights activist that is best known for her autobiographical novels. She was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis, Missouri on April 4, 1928 and since then, has been recognized as a notable literary figure.

Photo: Ballston MU - Hunan Gate

By Emma Norvell | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

A cheap Chinese food restaurant located across the street from the Ballston MU station.

Ask Chips 11: as juiced as MLB

By Vivek Chellappa, Allison Elvove, Katherine Zhang | Feb. 15, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Several issues ago, we asked our readers for nominations to make our list for the best teachers at Blair. We received over 30 nominations for teachers, and excited at our newfound power, we set off to root out the unworthy to find out who would crack our list. We decided upon three tough questions to test our teachers' mettle: Why do you think you deserve to be on the Ask Chips list of best teachers, why do you think you are better than all other teachers, and what are your best two qualities? We started with Mr. Honigsberg, of the foreign language department. Mr. Honigsberg jumped right into the top spot on our list with an unabashed proclamation.