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

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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.

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

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

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

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

"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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ten people killed during a school shooting spree

By Kelly Ferguson | March 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

A teenage gunman killed 10 people and left several others wounded after he opened fire at a Minnesota high school and a home on an Indian reservation on March 21, reported the Washington Post. According to the FBI, the gunman participated in a gunfight with police before he killed himself.

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By Fidan Karimova | March 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

A display of the art-work created by Russian school students, dedicated to the anniversary of WWII.

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Two women, one from India and one from Pakistan, cheer together in the audience.

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By Fidan Karimova | March 24, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

A dance by the YMCA Ayrlawn Ballet.

Silver Chips Online editor-in-chief wins Knight Ridder scholarship

By Seema Kacker | March 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Senior Ely Portillo, editor-in-chief of Silver Chips Online (SCO), has been named a recipient of the annual Knight Ridder minority scholarship, one of the most prestigious awards for high school journalists. Portillo is one of five awardees this year and is the fourth to win from Blair.

Terri Schiavo is not a legislative issue

By Alexander Gold | March 24, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Terri Schiavo slipped into a "persistent vegetative state" approximately 15 years ago in February of 1990 after a heart attack caused by a potassium imbalance from bulimia. After two earlier attempts by her husband, Michael Schiavo, to have the feeding tube keeping her alive removed, the tube was taken out Friday, March 18. In the days since, conservatives have slipped into high gear, first asking Florida courts to step in and then, when Florida courts refused to intervene, having Congress pass a bill giving control of the case to federal courts.