As elections approach in the U.S., it is worth looking around and seeing how other countries' democracies are faring. Egypt: bad. Mexico: depends on who you support. Iraq: awful, just awful. Unfortunately, "My Country, My Country" does not offer any unique explanation as to why Iraq's democratic outlook must be so dismal.
America's youth has looked past online gaming websites and the novelty of having e-mail addresses to the new and ever growing social network of MySpace. MySpace is a web site that enables users to create free personal profiles about themselves, post pictures of themselves and friends and provide personal information such as dating status and favorite pastimes. Users can choose background music, colors, animated patterns and any other creative touches they wish to add that include an HTML code. The result is a website featuring fountains of personal information about individuals who divulge the details of their lives for the world to see and abuse. A web site made with the purpose of helping people keep in touch with old friends and making new ones is causing teens to lose touch with social reality. MySpace lets teens forget how to act with their peers in person, face to face, and instead conditions them to socialize screen to screen.
When senior Crystal Avalos was rushed to the hospital for downing almost three bottles of cough syrup, she wasn't trying to get high. She just wanted to get some sleep.
Given that Varun and Pratik are about to be rollin' up out of this joint in a couple of days, they figured that it would be hard for "The Man" (that's you, Philly G) to expel them...so for all you suckahs left in the building, they have left you one, final article, detailing an adventure on Blair property. This is the one adventure that will sweep your days when these two mavens of mischief, dashing young fellows, strapping lads and objects of your desires graduate from old Monty B.
Coming into today's game with a 15-1 record and a regular season win over Magruder, Blair seemed poised to win an easy game against an obviously overmatched Colonel squad. However, since Louis Hoelman became head coach eight years ago, the Blazers have lost in the first round of the playoffs every year. The Blazers' solid defense and stellar pitching tonight ensured that this losing streak came to a satisfying end. Blair won 5-2, advancing to the second round of the playoffs, while simultaneously improving their county-best record to 16-1.
The Rock for El Salvador concert at the Washington Ethical Society on May 11 raised over $600, according to organizer Mairi Rothman. The money will go towards paying for Rothman's trip to El Salvador, where she will train midwifes in emergency procedures and deliver birthing kits. The money will also go towards sending Rothman's daughter, sophomore Sarah Rothman, to El Salvador to help with a variety of community service projects for communities in need.
It was somewhat ironic that halfway through Jesse Mueller's at-bat, the loudspeakers from the adjacent lacrosse field began to blare Nelly's "Heart of a Champion." Ironic because, during the course of the five minute long song, Blair's Jesse Mueller flew out to end the first inning with the bases loaded, Richard Montgomery's Mason Dunham ran into his own bunt, and Mueller missed a tough grounder at third base.
"When we get behind in the score the whole team falls down. We need someone to come pick us up," said senior co-captain Sarah Rumbaugh after tonight's game against the Poolesville Falcons. With Blair down 6-3 in the fourth inning, that someone became apparent, as senior co-captain Sara Pierce hit a double to make it 6-4, a triple in the sixth to make it 6-6 and a sacrifice fly in the top of the seventh to drive in the winning run and make the score 7-6.
Four bands featuring Blair students and parents will perform during the "Rock for El Salvador" concert at the Washington Ethical Society at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow, May 12. All proceeds from the fundraising event will go to the International Partners delegation.
MAY 8, BLAZER FIELD— Blair's only loss of the season seemed a distant memory after tonight's 12-0 victory over a struggling Kennedy team. Blair won again by a mercy rule decision, leading by more than 10 runs after the first five innings. This game was seen as mostly a tune-up for the team's final game against Poolesville, a team with a matching 14-1 record.
By all logic, Blair should have suffered another crushing loss well before the 10th inning of a marathon game. After all, the night had followed a familiar pattern; bad infield defense equals many runs and a blown lead. The Blazers had blown two separate leads of two and four respectively. But logic forgot that the Blazers could hit in the clutch, and get a gutsy relief pitching performance.
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Blair students taking dual Advanced Placement (AP) Economics, Government or Physics exams will have to pay an additional $70 fee for each pair of exams by tomorrow, according to letters issued today by the Blair Counseling Department.
Somehow Blair had let the game slip out of its hands. After building up a 5-0 lead against the Watkins Mill Wolverines in the first two innings, it had seemed that Blair was in control. Now it was the bottom of the 7th and Blair was down 8-6. The tides had turned and it seemed that Blair would be left out to dry.
Junior Sarah Horvitz of Springbrook High School was elected as the 29th Student Member of the Board (SMOB). The results were certified yesterday at 6:31 p.m.
So as the weather outside climbs into the seventies, we here at Silver Chips Online have realized that trench coats and earmuffs are no longer very wearable. Unfortunately, resident Silver Chips fashion expert Alex Hyder is bogged down with AP tests and actual work in his classes, so the editors pushed - I mean gave - the assignment to the second snazziest Silver Chips staffer: me.
All season long, manager John MacDonald has harped that his Blair Blazers can't afford to make defensive mistakes. But if there was ever a time to make a cacophony of errors in the field, today was it.
A recent string of violent activity, including two fights between girls, heated behavior between groups of boys and a drawn weapon, has caused a stir within the Blair administration, which believes that none of the incidents are gang related.
It's been over a month since principal Phillip Gainous dismissed boys' basketball Orlando Larracuente, and the school is mum on who his replacement will be. That's fine, because Blair's program needs a coach who, as crazy at it might seem, can do more than just coach. After years of turmoil, there is no better time for the school to hire a coach who loves the community and who wants to be here to stay.
APRIL 3, BLAZER FIELD— Blair was in no position to breathe a sigh of relief. It was the bottom of the 7th inning and Gaithersburg was playing their most inspired offense of the game. Down 6-0 after five innings the Trojans had chipped the Blazer lead to almost nothing, scoring three runs in the 6th and two more already in the 7th.
Each time the news came on that week in early February, junior Jordan Turner either changed the channel or left his kitchen. As newsreel after newsreel focused on the violent protests in the Middle East, Turner, a recent convert to Islam, found it difficult to watch the news with his Christian parents.
There's been little peace in regards to the Bethesda-Chevy Chase Peace Studies class lately. Two B-CC students, seniors Andrew Saraf and Avishek Panth, recently concluded that the class and its teacher, Colman McCarthy, were overtly biased, unleashing a wave of criticism directed at both themselves and Peace Studies. These allegations have provoked a passionate debate over teacher bias in classrooms.
Senior Sebastian Johnson, Student Member of the Board of Education, is helping to organize students in Montgomery and neighboring counties to participate in the "National Day of Action and Mass Rally" on April 10 at the Washington Monument.
On Dec. 16, Juan, a freshman, awoke at 5:30 a.m. to a gun pointed at his face. Three police officers in full SWAT gear stood staring back at him. As Juan and his family were forced bodily from their beds and handcuffed, the rest of the 12-member team ransacked the house for evidence of gang activity — it had received a tip from Blair security that Juan had allegedly attacked another student with a gun.
It's 5 p.m. on March 1, 30 minutes into Marie Davis's Night School Physical Science class, and students are still filing in. The newest arrival barges in with his headphones blaring. Davis beckons him to the front of the room, hands him the worksheet that the students have been working on since the beginning of class and directs him to his seat. She doesn't mark him late.
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