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Photo: Fractured Prune

By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7:33 p.m. | In ‎Latest »

Photo Courtesy of Fractured Prune Donut Shoppe

Photo: Daniel Radcliffe

By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7:33 p.m. | In ‎Latest »

Photo Courtesy of Warner Bros. Entertainment

Hispanic Heritage Month special feature

By Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »

Silver Chips Online special on Hispanic Heritage Month.

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.

Do you think that SGA represents the student body effectively?

By | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In ‎Latest »

"I, being part of the SGA, do believe that we are trying our best to represent Blair students. However, I do not think we are really listening to what the student body has to say. It is taking too long for the SGA to do something about the student-teacher issues that occur everyday. Some students may really have problems with a teacher, or a student may just be unruly. Though it is taking a long time to address these types of issues, I do believe we are doing our best.”

This ol' Blair just ain't what it used to be

By Elana Eisen-Markowitz | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »

snoWatch

By KC Costanzo | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »

Check out the Silver Chips Online snoWatch for all school-related snow information!

Fetal mercury concentration estimates increase

By Seema Kacker | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »

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.

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.

When teachers (verbally) attack

By Samantha Henig | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »

Photo: Chicken Tikka Masala

By Claire Sleigh | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In ‎Latest »

Chicken Tikka Masala is one of the many tasty options at Planet Bollywood.

Spirit Week pictures: Vogue Day

By Kevin Fang, Jeremy Hoffman | Dec. 31, 1969, 7 p.m. | In Print »

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.

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.