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A spectacular "Downfall"

By Grace Harter | April 4, 2005, midnight | In Print »

In the German movie 'Downfall,' just released in the states, veteran actor Bruno Ganz takes on a particularly difficult role: Adolf Hitler. The film covers the last moments of Hitler's life as he furiously tries to keep his army and his empire together.

Parent group calls Magnet program biased

By Grace Harter | April 4, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The African American Parents of Magnet School Applicants (AAPMSA) sent a memorandum to the Montgomery County Board of Education on March 2 asking that the board suspend Magnet school applications at Eastern and Takoma Park Middle Schools because of bias against African American and Hispanic students.

Five Blair students receive writing awards

By Caitlin Garlow | April 4, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Five Blair students received writing honors from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) and the Alliance for Young Artists and Writers for their original poetry, features, opinions and reviews.

Pope dies after illness

By Anthony Glynn | April 3, 2005, midnight | In Print »

John Paul II, 84 years old, died last night when complications from Parkinson's disease and influenza took their toll.

Healthy Kids Day held at Blair

By Caitlin Garlow | April 3, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The 14th annual YMCA Healthy Kids Day was held at Blair on April 2 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the SAC. The free event featured different organizations promoting different aspects of health to the community, including the importance of exercise, diet, safety and hygiene.

Photo: Fantasy Baseball Side Banner

By Eric Hysen | April 3, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Fantasy Baseball banner

By Eric Hysen | April 3, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: YMCA Healthy Kids Day Held at Blair

By Elena Pinsky | April 3, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Over spring break, the YMCA held "Healthy Kids Day" in the SAC.

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By Elena Pinsky | April 3, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Over spring break, the YMCA held "healthy kids day" in teh SAC.

Photo: Spring Break Lacrosse

By Diana Frey | April 2, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Junior Julie-Anne Spatz and sophomore Devon Madison practice lacrosse defense during spring break.

Photo: YMCA Healthy Kids Day

By Caitlin Garlow | April 2, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Lindsey Palmer, a child life intern at Holy Cross hospital shows her display board

"Guess Who"'s making an awkward, insipid race comedy

By Nick Falgout | April 2, 2005, midnight | In Print »

No really, guess. Go on. Oh all right: Does the name Kevin Rodney Sullivan mean anything to you? It shouldn't, really; his film credits are unsurprisingly thin. Sullivan's directorial genius has produced such timeless classics as "Barbershop 2: Back in Business" and "How Stella Got Her Groove Back." "Guess Who," Sullivan's remake of a 1967 movie clunkily titled "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," improves little more than the name on its way to poking fun at the same tired differences between black people and white people and, ultimately, embarrassing both factions.

Photo: Blazers celebrate spring break

By Diana Frey | April 2, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Juniors Adam MacLeod, Mac Kpadeh and Julie Spatz fire up the grill for a spring break barbeque.

Photo: Spring Break Baseball

By Diana Frey | April 2, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Senior Chris Madert is alert in the field during one of Varsity Baseball's spring break games on Friday April 1.

Schiavo dies 13 days after removal of feeding tube

By Christopher Consolino | March 31, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The brain-damaged Terri Schiavo died at the age of 41 today, Thursday, March 31 at a Florida hospice, 13 days after the court ordered the removal of her feeding tube. Schiavo's death ends the legal battle amid her husband, Michael Schiavo, and her parents, Bob and Mary Schindler.

"Miss Congeniality 2": armed and very, very fabulous

By Katherine Zhang | March 30, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Rare is the sequel that lives up to the original. "Miss Congeniality 2: Armed and Fabulous" had every right to fail horribly. It could have been two hours of overused humor spewed out by a bunch of overexcited characters – could have been, but wasn't. Instead, "Miss Congeniality 2" is every bit as hilarious and enjoyable as its predecessor. After all, failure is not a word in Special Agent Gracie Hart's vocabulary.

Photo: Miss Congeniality 2 poster

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Congressional hearings shed little light on MLB steroid scandal

By Jonah Gold | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Just a few years ago, Mark McGwire was the uniting force in baseball. His large smile and even larger biceps were powering a movement to revitalize a sport ravaged by strikes. Each homerun had fans screaming with joy as they saw McGwire march closer and closer to Maris's sacred record of 61 home runs in a season. That race to beat the Maris's record in 1998 has been credited with saving baseball from itself and the strike during the 1994 season. And while Sammy Sosa, who also raced McGwire, has already had his reputation thrown away because of a corked bat, McGwire has stood alone as a hero to the game since he retired.

Blair committees to allow students, parents and support staff to join

By Jonah Gold | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) recently approved an idea proposed by librarians Andria Lamphier and Lisa Hack to allow students, parents and janitorial staff access to Blair committees, which previously only included administration and certain select staff members. According to Lamphier, committees will be meeting under the new structure starting in April.

"columbinus” shines with tragic intensity

By Jonah Gold | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

"columbinus," showing at the Round House Theatre in Silver Spring, is a play hoping to show a more objective point of view of the tragic shootings of Columbine High School. The play does not blame the media or the music or the video games, which have all been pointed to as vehicles for the tragic violence but instead the isolation that a person can feel in the complicated social hierarchy of high school.

India-Pakistan cricket match

By Fidan Karimova | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Well before an India-Pakistan cricket series begins, newspapers start splashing headlines, such as `A War on the Pitch' or `The Kargil of Cricket.' However, everybody fails to notice the friendship among the spectators of the two nations.

Blair's power outages caused by faulty electrical equipment

By Erik Li | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Although school officials initially attributed Blair's recent string of power outages to increased power demands this year, MCPS electricians recently determined that the primary problem is in Blair's electrical equipment.

Blair hosts band festival

By Tiffany Yee | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The annual District Two Band Festival was held in Blair's auditorium yesterday, March 24. Eleven high school bands from around the county, including Blair's Symphonic Band, played in the festival. Blair received the highest possible rating in both stage performance and sight-reading.

Senior wins "Advancing Science for Better Health" award

By Diana Frey | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Senior Daniel Aisen received the first ever "Advancing Science for Better Health" award at Montgomery County's 49th Annual Area Science Fair on March 13 in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

An evening of Russian and English culture

By Fidan Karimova | March 25, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The first annual concert involving the Russian School of the Russian Embassy and the British School of Washington was hosted at the Russian Embassy in Washington, DC on Thursday, March 17. The concert was dedicated to educating students of both schools about the Russian and the British culture.