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Paul Laurence Dunbar

By Seema Kacker | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Paul Laurence Dunbar was one of the first black poets to be nationally recognized by both blacks and white readers. He was born in Ohio in June 1872 to two freed slaves and died at the young age of 33 in February of 1906.


2004-2005 PTSA mini grants awarded

By Zahra Gordon | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The Blair PTSA Mini Grant Committee received 23 requests for funding and was able to meet the needs of all applications, according to the PTSA newsletter. The committee awarded nearly $7,000 in grants in the areas of arts, communications, counseling and mentoring, tutoring, academic support and enrichment.


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Toni Morrison, author of various acclaimed novels.


Blazer offense sputters on Senior Night

By Dan Greene | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »

FEB. 18, NELSON H. KOBREN MEMORIAL GYMNASIUM- After a resounding victory over Gaithersburg and a near win on the road at Wootton, Blair fell into their old habits on Senior Night tonight against Whitman, falling 59-45 to the Vikings. The Blazers' (2-17) ineffectual offense, including three points total in the second quarter, and frequent turnovers led to a blowout loss against a team that was far from Blair's toughest competition this season.


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Paul Laurence Dunbar, one of the first black poets to be nationally recognized.


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NHL must use this travesty to revamp its product

By Michael Bushnell | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »

What the NHL Players Association needed during the last couple of months was some Dr. Phil. They needed to get real. This season went dark for five months because both sides were lazy in meeting and starting a real dialogue. But it ended because the union is blind to all the red ink this league has been hemorrhaging the last 10 years. And now, as a result, the league will need to dramatically overhaul their whole product, or risk oblivion.


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Spike Lee, producer and director.


The changing face of gangs

By Sherri Geng | Feb. 18, 2005, midnight | In Print »

A gun blow to the back of the head late last September. A wrecking at Wheaton Plaza in November that nearly ended in death. A brutal beating in June from those she now calls her closest family. A knife fight after a skipping party early last July.


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Albert John Luthuli, a nonviolent civil rights activist for peace and education.


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By Diana Frey | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The Blair Community Ice Hockey team is not affiliated or sponsored by the Montgomery Blair High School athletic program or Montgomery County Public Schools. The team is an independent group of Blair students. Blazers struggle during their first Hockey playoff game.


Photo: Historian Alfred Goldberg

By Emma Norvell | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Ninth grade CAP students listen intently as Historian Alfred Goldberg talks about World War II.


An old leader dies, a new day dawns

By Rocky Hadadi | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

He was in the headlines for 55 years, glorified in the fight against Israel and known for violent tactics and hard-line ideology. To some he was a romantic revolutionary, the Middle Eastern counterpart to Communist poster-boy Ché Guevara and a hero to the Palestinian people. Now, Yasser Arafat's death has left a question mark in the middle of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.


Silver Chips Online named Pacemaker finalist

By Seema Kacker | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Silver Chips Online was selected as one of seven finalists in the National Scholastic Press Association's (NSPA) annual online Pacemaker competition. Winners will be announced at a journalism convention in April.


UMCP sponsors Sadat Essay for Peace contest

By Feza Kikaya | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The University of Maryland, College Park's Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace and Development invites Maryland high school students to discuss their thoughts concerning peace in the Middle East and throughout the world in essay form. Entries should be postmarked by March 18.


MCPS named as "Gold Medal" school system for 10th time in national survey

By Alexander Gold | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

MCPS received a gold medal from Expansion Management magazine for the 10th consecutive year for its attractiveness to the business community, according to the MCPS Bulletin.


Ice Hockey season still alive

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The Blair Community Ice Hockey team was given a second life as Broadneck forfeited their first round victory over Blair. Thus Blair will play at least one more game this season as they advance to the second round of the state playoffs.


Without a "Hitch"

By Nick Falgout | Feb. 17, 2005, midnight | In Print »

It's official: Will Smith can do anything. Quick addendum: Will Smith can do anything,assuming "anything” refers to playing cocky characters in highly entertaining films. Smith has always been good for a snarky line here, a goofy grin there. He doesn't disappoint in his romantic comedy debut, the light and witty "Hitch."


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Love patient Albert Brennaman (Kevin James) shows off some dance moves to date doctor Alex "Hitch" Hitchens (Will Smith).

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