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Photo: Joe the Plumber
By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7:33 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo Courtesy of New England Cable News
Photo: Daniel Radcliffe
By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7:33 p.m. | In Latest »
Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment
Exam weight should not change
By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
On Mar 24, Montgomery County will be making a huge mistake if it attempts to increase the weight of the semester exam from 25 to 30 percent.
Getting a splash out of water sports
By Olivia Bevacqua | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Sophomore Jocelyn Dowling has one thing on her mind as she fights her way through the Potomac River's raging rapids in July 2003: staying afloat. Capsizing could mean the loss of three days' worth of food and supplies tied loosely to the seat behind her. Water sprays across her face as she maneuvers through the whitewater, edging past jagged rocks that dwarf her red canoe.
Teenage diabetes on the rise
By Colby Chapman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Seniors Rule!
By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Local »
Student wins Hispanic Heritage Award
By Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Crazy for cocoa
By Jennie Breads | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Major League Lacrosse, help or detriment to the growth of the game?
By Lincoln Fischer | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Chips hits the SAC for a slice of life
By Margaret Cassedy-Blum | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
It's no secret that at Blair the lunch bell signals the start of hundreds of off-the-wall conversations. On the week of Feb 24, Chips reporter Meg Cassedy-Blum overheard some unusual and hilarious dialogue.
Is it cool to be dumb?
By Amina Baird | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
There are five minutes left in sophomore Rocky Hadadi's Algebra II class, just enough time for the students to look over their grades on the last test. "Oh my God,” one of the students says, "I bombed that test so hard!” "Yeah?” one of the others challenges, "Well I got an E; how do you like that?” Two freshmen standing in the circle look sheepishly down at their A's and, in a split-second decision, cast the truth aside to join in on the bragging.
Fall play replaced by two smaller plays
By Griff Rees | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Breaking with longtime tradition, Kelly Newman, Blair's theater director, has decided to perform two small plays, "Charlie's Aunt" and "The Rivals," in the fall and winter respectively, instead of the customary single fall play.
Photo: Chicken Tikka Masala
By Claire Sleigh | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Latest »
Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the many tasty options at Planet Bollywood.
Hispanic Heritage Month special feature
By Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Silver Chips Online special on Hispanic Heritage Month.
When teachers (verbally) attack
By Samantha Henig | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Montgomery County Council primary elections
By Alexa Scott | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
WUSA folds
By Ellie Blalock | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA) announced its closure on Monday, September 15, due to low attendance and poor sponsorship, according to CNN.com. WUSA's announcement came days before the Women's World Cup began on September 20.
snoWatch
By KC Costanzo | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
We've come across yet another week of school that just might have a snow day in store for us. As was the case in the last edition of snoWatch, the chances of cancelled school are slim, but then again, we're talking about meteorology, not an exact science. . .
Interview with a Peruvian teacher
By Zach Mellman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Sandra Gutierrez is in her third year at Blair and teaches ESOL 4 and bilingual science, moved from Peru's capital of Lima to the United States when she was 15.
This ol' Blair just ain't what it used to be
By Elana Eisen-Markowitz | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Spirit Week pictures: Vogue Day
By Kevin Fang, Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The piercing truth
By Alexa Scott | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The adventure I've been through since the day I went under the needle has made my life a lot more complicated than I was betting on.
Colleges selling out
By Annie Peirce | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
With students across America spending hundreds of dollars on admissions and preparation classes for SAT tests and writing favorable college essays, it is comforting to know that colleges are spending even more than the students are in selling themselves.
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