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  • Student Artist Shine at Briar Woods

    Tuesday, February 10, 2009 By: Caitlin Ronan

    Within Briar Woods, there is an excellent world of art. Briar Woods art students are very good at what they do and may be going somewhere for it. Two outstanding students-artists are seniors Jordan Ne

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  • Gran Torino Review

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Ryan Rather

    Over the past 54 years, actor, director, and producer Clint Eastwood has established himself as the icon of macho movie stars.

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  • Brazil's Slavery Problem

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Thomas Borkowski

    The horrific act of slavery, abolished over a hundred year ago in the United States, continues to ravage thousands of people around the world. Countries in Asia, Africa and Europe have slavery. The ge

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  • Coaches vs. Cancer

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Brandon Weight

    Freedom, Cancer beaten "black and blue" in inagural Coaches vs. Cancer game.

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  • Txting is #1 Form of Communica8n w/ Teens

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: JJ Elliott

    Todays Teenagers are constantly texting and it is affecting them not only interpersonally, but also in the classroom. This article will talk about why teens and texting is so modern day.

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  • Winter Cheerleaders: Unenthusiastic?

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Desiree Ochs

    Many enjoy going to the Briar Woods basketball games to support their team, spend time with friends, and watch the cheerleaders. However, the winter varsity cheerleaders seem to have lost their spunk.

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  • New Media Fees attract New Grievances

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Clarke Williams

    Allowing foreign journalists to report breaking news stories around the world comes at a high price. In most cases, the accreditation fee is annually regulated at 4,000 US dollars. However, the sout

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  • Why Are Kids Reading Again

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Kierra Chinn

    Many students go to school, participate in some sort of school sponsored activity like clubs and sports, do homework and begin the routine again. With too much to do in too little time, many are too b

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  • America's Eyes on the Gridiron

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Abbe Ramanan

    February 1st, 2009 will be witness to one of America’s largest celebrations of itself. The Super Bowl, the final show down between the winning teams of the American Football Confederation (AFC) and th

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  • Open Your Wallet, You Made the Team

    Wednesday, January 21, 2009 By: Casey Fabris

    There are many factors that make a traditional high school experience, one of the most important being participation in high school sports. Thus far, Loudoun County Public Schools have made high schoo

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Within Briar Woods, there is an excellent world of art. Briar Woods art students are very good at what they do and may be going somewhere for it. Two outstanding students-artists are seniors Jordan Ne
full story 
The horrific act of slavery, abolished over a hundred year ago in the United States, continues to ravage thousands of people around the world. Countries in Asia, Africa and Europe have slavery. The ge
full story 
Todays Teenagers are constantly texting and it is affecting them not only interpersonally, but also in the classroom. This article will talk about why teens and texting is so modern day.
full story 
Many students go to school, participate in some sort of school sponsored activity like clubs and sports, do homework and begin the routine again. With too much to do in too little time, many are too b
full story 
February 1st, 2009 will be witness to one of America’s largest celebrations of itself. The Super Bowl, the final show down between the winning teams of the American Football Confederation (AFC) and th
full story 
There are many factors that make a traditional high school experience, one of the most important being participation in high school sports. Thus far, Loudoun County Public Schools have made high schoo
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Medical technology has advanced to a level in which parents are now able to choose the gender of their unborn babies. The process is called Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis, and requires in vitro fe
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On the night of January 13, the JV and Varsity boys wrestling team beat out one of their many rivals, Heritage High School 53-18. The team has a dual record of 26-9. Not only was it a huge district wi
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If you were to look up stress in a thesaurus, it would probably be synonymous with exam week. The origin of the stress that surfaces during exam week is a debatable subject, seeing as there are two si
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Freedom, Cancer beaten "black and blue" in inagural Coaches vs. Cancer game.
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