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  • 2 Down, 4 to go for Boys Soccer State Title

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Julia Shedlin

    Senior midfielder George Marchant scored two goals in a second-round playoff rout of the Northwest Jaguars on Oct. 31. The Wildcats led 1-0 at halftime before freshman striker Nicolas Castro added a

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  • Girls Soccer Suffers Early Playoff Exit

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Julia Shedlin

    In an intense first round playoff match against Churchill on October 26, the girls varsity soccer team lost 0-1 in overtime. Despite the fact that Churchill was a six-seed in the Maryland state tourna

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  • Quince Orchard Hands Football Yet Another Homecoming Loss

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Heather Parmelee

    A victorious homecoming football game has been a rare occasion at WJ, as they have won only one of their last six homecoming games. Friday night, WJ fell to Quince Orchard 26-0, making their record 0-

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  • Moen County Champion

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Ethan Clark

    At the recent Montgomery County championships on Oct. 21, the cross country team performed as expected, with both the boys and girls teams finishing fifth in the standings. The overall performance was

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  • Field Hockey Exits Early

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Joe Kim

    Under first-year coach Erika Benke, the WJ varsity field hockey team failed to finish over .500 for the third time in four seasons.

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  • Community Mourns Loss of Veteran Teacher Richard Baxter

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Eric Hoffman

    On Oct. 16, 2006, former WJ teacher Richard Baxter died at his home after a long battle with cancer. He was 60.

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  • Homecoming Parade Takes a Different Direction

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Willie Phillips

    The homecoming float parade is one of the annual events involved with the homecoming celebration, but this year the parade had a very different look from what the WJ community has seen in past years.

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  • Unknown Vandals Break Cafeteria Doors

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: James Kruger

    Ten of WJ’s cafeteria windows were damaged last week after unknown vandals threw bricks and other objects through one of their two-panel panes.

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  • WJ Remembers Teacher Rich Baxter: We will miss you, Imperial One

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Jennifer Perlmutter and Claire Murphy

    One thing many people might not know about Baxter is that almost everyone called him simply “Baxter” all the time, including his wife. People started calling him Baxter in elementary school when his

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  • Curveball: Montgomery County's Unsung Heroes

    Thursday, November 02, 2006 By: Claire Murphy

    As we seniors are getting ready to send in our college applications (or start them, in some cases), graduation is pretty much all we can think about.

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Little Miss Sunshine. Sideways. An Inconvenient Truth. What do these three films have in common? They were all produced with limited budget and technology, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, and
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Old school movie references? Check.

“Deep Throat” sexual innuendo? Check.

At least one “Is that yo chain?” allusion?: Check.
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It’s often very difficult for the general population to find new, up-and-coming musicians among the thousands that already populate today’s music scene.
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As the lights in the 9:30 Club went down, a gigantic curtain with Ben Kweller’s name blazed across the front went up, sending his anxious fans wild.
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Children Face Undue Pressure at Younger Age
Whatever happened to the good old days when kids actually had a childhood without a care in the world? Nowadays it seems like young kids are practicing for the SATs right after they learn their ABCs.
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These days it seems like high school seniors will do anything to help their chances of getting into their top school choice.
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Whitman Grad- Cum-Author Alexandra Robbins Advises Against the 'Overachiever' Lifestyle
Every high-schooler knows what it’s like to be stressed. There’s stress with school and college applications. There’s stress with social lives and friends. Stress with sports and clubs. The list goes
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As we seniors are getting ready to send in our college applications (or start them, in some cases), graduation is pretty much all we can think about.
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The sun is shining, birds are singing and students are once again being made safer by newly-enforced school policies.
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For my first three years at WJ, I have made it somewhat of a habit to skip out on the homecoming float parade festivities.
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