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Drug abuse more common in females
By Colby Chapman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
When teachers (verbally) attack
By Samantha Henig | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Seniors Rule!
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snoWatch
By KC Costanzo, Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Check out the Silver Chips Online snoWatch for all school-related snow information!
Student wins Hispanic Heritage Award
By Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
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.
AFI comes to Silver Theater
By Griff Rees | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center will open in downtown Silver Spring next to City Place in April of next year. In addition to its commitment to showing quality films, the theater is intended to provide a cultural and educational resource for the whole Silver Spring community.
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.
Crazy for cocoa
By Jennie Breads | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Student wins Hispanic Heritage Award
By Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
SCO reaches 1000th story ID
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Academic future uncertain for undocumented Blazer
By Elena Chung | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
A phone in one hand and a clicking mouse in the other, senior Denise Sylla taps her foot and scans FastWeb, a scholarship search web site, as she waits on hold with admissions officers from Wellesley College at the computer in the Student Government Association (SGA) office during lunch on April 30.
Mr. Gainous caught without ID
By Shewit Woldu | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Mr. Gainous was caught without wearing his ID by a student, who then received a five-dollar credit towards her obligations for observing that he was not following the school policy.
Spirit Week pictures: Pajama Day
By KC Costanzo, Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
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.
Out of State Field Trips Under Consideration
By Annie Peirce | 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.
Safety committee enforces new lunchtime hallway restrictions
By Edward Chan | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The Safety Committee has begun patrolling hallways and stairwells during lunch, keeping out students without passes. Blair's administration is also more aggressively enforcing school policy in the hallways and might restrict students to the SAC during lunch.
Spirit Week pictures: Vogue Day
By Kevin Fang, Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Ice Hockey drops debut to B-CC
By Julia Gabriel | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
The Ice Hockey team suffered an unexpected 6-3 loss in its debut against B-CC at the Wheaton Inline on Dec 3. Extensive penalty time and a shortage of players contributed to Blair's loss.
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.
The league of extraordinary athletes
By Katherine Epstein | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
Girl assaulted near Blair
By Elizabeth Green | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »
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