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Thurgood Marshall

By Adith Sekaran | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Despite facing racism, Thurgood Marshall rose through the ranks to become the first black judge to be on the Supreme Court. Before becoming a justice, Marshall's most important case as a lawyer was the landmark civil rights case Brown v. the Board of Education.

snoWatch: bigger, better than ever

By Vivek Chellappa, Ely Portillo | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

With the threat of snow approaching, we here at the Silver Chips snoWatch team would like to propose a system we feel would benefit MCPS snow team (since we are the ones with real experience).

Photo: Whaton Metro Station

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Metro - Legends

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Photo: African American Civil War Memorial

By Elena Pinsky | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The African American Civil War Memorial near the U Street Metro station.

Photo: Gangs

By Sheila Rajagopal | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Metro - Lucias

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Lucia's in Silver Spring.

Photo: Fort Totten Station

By Erik Kojola | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Metro - Tony Cheng

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Photo: Metro - Urban Outfitters

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Photo: McLibel Leaflet

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The front page of the London Greenpeace leaflets.

Isaac Hayes

By Danny Scheer | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about (Shaft!) Right on You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother - (Shut your mouth) Anybody who has heard these lyrics before knows that the deep, sultry voice who sings the funky beat is talking about "Shaft." But most people do not know much about the man behind the infamous Shaft theme, Isaac Hayes.

Photo: Thurgood Marshall

By | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Thurgood Marshall, the first black judge to be on the Supreme Court.

Photo: Ben's Chili Bowl

By Elena Pinsky | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

Photo: Booker T. Washington

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Booker T. Washington, founder of the Tuskegee Institute and intellectual.

A holy enjoyable "Constantine"

By Nick Falgout | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

The main reason director Francis Lawrence's "Constantine," an adaptation of the comic book series "Hellblazer," gets away with casting Hollywood's Most Overrated, Keanu Reeves, as its leading man, is the simple fact that Reeves plays a character that would be completely believable as his real-life persona. Could we see Reeves…chain smoking? Making dry yet knife-edged remarks about mental patients? Acting mildly misogynistic? I think so.

Shielding our right to know

By Christopher Consolino | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Reporters Judith Miller of the New York Times and Matthew Cooper of Time magazine are currently being held in contempt of court after refusing to testify in a federal investigation on the leaking of CIA agent Valerine Plame's identity to the press. The recent high-profile U.S. District of Columbia Court of Appeals decision forcing the two reporters to reveal their confidential sources in this case marks a continuing trend of the government to use newspapers as intelligence agencies, while giving the courts and/or Congress a chance to set a precedent for protecting news sources in the courtroom.

Floor Hockey Results & Schedule

By Pratik Bhandari | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

With the second round of the playoffs over, so too are the hopes of many upper tier teams. Upsets ran amok through the second round and the underdogs lived to fight another day.

All-star jazz group shines

By Jeremy Goodman | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

On Friday, Feb. 18, Herbie Hancock, Michael Brecker and Roy Hargrove performed at the Warner Theatre in Washington, D.C., on their "Directions in Music" tour. Their nearly three-hour performance was as powerful, complex and inexplicable as any music being played today.

Breaking and entering: the new way to party

By Jody Pollock | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Features »

The front door of a white house in the middle of the block is slightly ajar. Inside, the house looks empty, except for a lonely Christmas tree in the corner. It is 6:30 p.m. on Dec. 23, and the homeowners have gone on vacation with their teenage son. Little do they know that upstairs in their supposedly empty home, smoke swirls in thick clouds and eight friends of their son are lounging on their furniture, snorting OxyContin off of their CD collection.

A big McWin for free speech

By Alex Mazerov | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

On Feb. 14, the same day that a federal appeals court ruled that reporters at The New York Times and Time magazine may face jail time if they refuse to testify before a grand jury about their confidential conversations with government sources, free-speech advocates across the pond in England earned a huge victory.

Photo: snoWatcher

By Ely Portillo | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In ‎Latest »

The snoWatcher's blueprint.

Heaven, Hell and "Constantine"

By Christopher Consolino | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

John Constantine (Keanu Reeves) is a self-righteous exorcist attempting to buy his way into heaven in director Francis Lawrence's "Matrix" meets Sunday school horror flick "Constantine." Though from the previews "Constantine" may look like a demonologists' cup of tea, the film, based on the DC/Vertigo comic book "Hellblazer," would satisfy anybody looking for a remedial plot along with a satanic dose of blood, violence and gore.

Booker T. Washington

By Adith Sekaran | Feb. 23, 2005, midnight | In Print »

Booker T. Washington was born into slavery in 1856 but strived to become the well-known, educated man people see him as today. Recognized for founding Tuskegee Institute, Washington ensured that the school emphasized academics and practical areas for the advancement of uneducated blacks.

Governor pushes highway plan

By Jeremy Goodman | Feb. 22, 2005, midnight | In Print »

On Tuesday, Feb. 15, the period of public comment ended on Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich, Jr.'s (R) proposed intercounty connector (ICC), a highway that would link Interstate 270 near Rockville with Interstate 95 near Laurel. Ehrlich has labeled the ICC "his top transportation priority,” and the Maryland General Assembly is expected to vote on the project before the legislative session ends on April 11.