Mainstream Paint Branch High School Burtonsville, MD

Issue Date: Friday, November 16, 2007 Issue: Volume 38 Issue 2 & Online Updates Last Update: Friday, December 07, 2007

Global News Update

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Sehar Sabir

In an effort to ensure fair elections, Pervez Musharraf, Pakistan’s military ruler and president, suspended Pakistan’s constitution on November 3rd due to the fact that there is a chance nuclear arms
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An Inconvenient Hour: : Global Warming Hits it Big on the Big Screen

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Reshma Muppala

With the coastline of California quickly shrinking and temperatures rising well above the yearly average, there was no way Hollywood wouldn’t be thrown into the mix. Documentaries about fierce storms
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Fight Club:: Debate Team Brings the Heat

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Riley Vogel

Who says we can’t learn from fighting? Not Mrs. Judith Rothstein, PBHS Super-Sub and debate team coach. So far this year, the team has had several wins at their first two debates, both at Walter Johns
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Best Buddies: Kids Helping Kids Grow in Their Relationships

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Adrienne Chlumsky

Each year at Paint Branch a student with disabilities and a student without disabilities form a friendship through the Best Buddies Club. This club encourages students to not only make a new friendsh
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Healthy Eating Takes Shape as Schools Battle Against the Bulge

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Sabah Naqvi

If you have seen Super Size Me you are clearly aware of the dangers of fast foods. However, if people know about the health issues associated with these foods, why do they continue to make McDonalds a
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Pulling Back the Curtain:: Behind and Under the Stage

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Laura Butler

Lying beneath the school is a room with walls covered in graffiti, shelves and boxes full of scrap wood, power tools, paint, and other tools. Also in this room are some of the most spirited, dedicated
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County Cheer Competition: Unexpected Result Leaves Panthers Feeling Down

Wednesday, December 05, 2007 By: Alex Chlebowski

On Saturday, November 17, the varsity squad from Paint Branch joined six other Division II squads from Montgomery County high schools at Blair High School for the annual county competition.
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PowderPuff Game

Friday, December 07, 2007 By: Alex Chlebowski

Paint Branch’s somewhat-annual Powder Puff game took place on Thursday, November 29 at 2:45 pm. The game was postponed from its original date of Tuesday, November 20, due to the wet field and further
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Making Money, But at What Cost?

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Julia Grinberg

as $30, lunch at McDonalds $6, movie ticket $9, new season shopping $ 50, finding the perfect job, priceless. The enviable time has come when we students must stop relying on our parents for everythin
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The Curious Savage

Tuesday, December 04, 2007 By: Michelle Tabisz

The lights were dimmed, the audience hushed, and the actors…insane. On November 9, 10, 16, and 17, the Paint Branch Perspectives Club presented The Curious Savage, a comical play that takes place in
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