The Blake Beat James Hubert Blake High School Silver Spring, MD
Issue Date: Friday, March 18, 2005 Issue: 2005 March Last Update: Friday, March 18, 2005

  • Write stuffMrs. Krebs wins county award

    Wednesday, March 16, 2005 By: Gilad Barlev

    English composition assistant Mary Lynne Krebs will be awarded the Montgomery County Supporting Services Employee of the Year Award at the Champions for Children gala April 20.

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  • Fashion X prepares for runway with largest show in school history

    Wednesday, March 16, 2005 By: Wintana Berhane

    Models prepare their poses and practice their struts as they gear up to walk the runway in tonight’s third annual Fashion X show at 7:30pm in the cafeteria.  

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  • Ebony Awareness presents Traces of Africa in dance, song, step, poetry

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: Chantal Kai-Lewis

    Dancing, singing, stepping and poetry readings all played a key role as the Ebony Awareness Club put on its long anticipated annual production of the Black History presentation, this year titled Trace

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  • Mock Trial team forced to forfeit match after judge fails to show: Post-season finishes after schedule conflict with basektball game

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: Brittany Dail

    Amid controversy, the Mock Trial team forfeited its second game of the playoffs on March 9 against Charles E. Smith Jewish Day School at the Montgomery County Circuit Courthouse in Rockville, after wi

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  • Smithfield Colored School renovated, reopened after 53 years: New center is place to learn about history, segregation

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: Lana Boone

    The Smithville Colored School on East Randolph Road reopened its doors February 19 after 53 years of closure to become a museum, meeting place and technology center.

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  • MICROSOFT WORKS?: Windows does not excel for users shattered by poor record of operating system

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: David Park

    Most computer users don’t know the truth behind Microsoft’s Windows operating system. This isn’t totally surprising, considering the Evil Empire has made sure that most computers in the world have it.

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  • Lady Bengals prove too much for Trojans, lose to Vikings in Semifinals

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: Talana Lattimer

    After ending the regular season 7-13, the Lady Bengals basketball team pulled together to beat the undefeated Gaithersburg Lady Trojans, 59-50, in the Maryland 4A Regional Quarterfinals, but lost to

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  • College Park provides many outlets for individuality if first semester is survived

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: Sasha Gallant

    MARYLAND we’re all behind youRaise high the black and gold!For there is nothing quite so gloriousAs when we see our team victoriousWe’ve got the team nowWe’ve got the steam nowKeep on fighting don’t g

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  • Former student copes with tragedy: Family deaths force alumnus Lisane into early adulthood

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: Jillian Lipton & Priska Neely

    Adulthood.It may start on your 18th birthday, when you go off to college or when you are 25 and finally get your own apartment.For class of 2004 graduate Evan Lisane, the death of his mother, Danita L

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  • One-lunch policy in jeopardy of being chewed up, spit out: Crowded cafeteria, rule violations may end loved tradition

    Thursday, March 17, 2005 By: Arushi Moudgil

    DING!! DING!! DING!! As the lunch bell rings, about 1,950 students head their separate ways—to different club meetings, to extra help sessions and to the cafeteria. But now, the very thing that makes

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Amputee soldiers find solace, strength in senior’s acts of kindness: Through foam, patience, Alexander teaches veterans to kayak without limbs
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Erin Staples
For most students, returned heroes and amputee soldiers may seem like images on the news, or nowadays, even a Budweiser commercial.However, for senior Kim Alexander, these images are a reality she com
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Amputee soldiers find solace, strength in senior’s acts of kindness: Through foam, patience, Alexander teaches veterans to kayak without limbs
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Erin Staples
For most students, returned heroes and amputee soldiers may seem like images on the news, or nowadays, even a Budweiser commercial.However, for senior Kim Alexander, these images are a reality she com
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Amputee soldiers find solace, strength in senior’s acts of kindness: Through foam, patience, Alexander teaches veterans to kayak without limbs
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Erin Staples
For most students, returned heroes and amputee soldiers may seem like images on the news, or nowadays, even a Budweiser commercial.However, for senior Kim Alexander, these images are a reality she com
full story 
Amputee soldiers find solace, strength in senior’s acts of kindness: Through foam, patience, Alexander teaches veterans to kayak without limbs
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Erin Staples
For most students, returned heroes and amputee soldiers may seem like images on the news, or nowadays, even a Budweiser commercial.However, for senior Kim Alexander, these images are a reality she com
full story 
Former student copes with tragedy: Family deaths force alumnus Lisane into early adulthood
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Jillian Lipton & Priska Neely
Adulthood.It may start on your 18th birthday, when you go off to college or when you are 25 and finally get your own apartment.For class of 2004 graduate Evan Lisane, the death of his mother, Danita L
full story 
Amputee soldiers find solace, strength in senior’s acts of kindness: Through foam, patience, Alexander teaches veterans to kayak without limbs
Amputee soldiers find solace, strength in senior’s acts of kindness: Through foam, patience, Alexander teaches veterans to kayak without limbs
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Erin Staples
For most students, returned heroes and amputee soldiers may seem like images on the news, or nowadays, even a Budweiser commercial.However, for senior Kim Alexander, these images are a reality she com
full story 
Sexually active teens turn toward hormonal contraceptives
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Marissa Friedman
Mary and Michael, sitting in a tree. K-I-S-S-I-N-G. First comes love, then comes sex, then comes… well, thanks to the many birth control options available to teens, there doesn’t have to be a baby in
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College Park provides many outlets for individuality if first semester is survived
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Sasha Gallant
MARYLAND we’re all behind youRaise high the black and gold!For there is nothing quite so gloriousAs when we see our team victoriousWe’ve got the team nowWe’ve got the steam nowKeep on fighting don’t g
full story 
Use of ‘n-word’ provokes debate among African-Americans : Some offended by derogatory term, others embrace controversial expression
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Filipe Tanaka
Gone are the days of Jim Crow laws when the “n-word” was used to demean African-Americans, but this derogatory term still lingers among the people it once oppressed.
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One-lunch policy in jeopardy of being chewed up, spit out: Crowded cafeteria, rule violations may end loved tradition
One-lunch policy in jeopardy of being chewed up, spit out: Crowded cafeteria, rule violations may end loved tradition
Thursday, March 17, 2005 By Arushi Moudgil
DING!! DING!! DING!! As the lunch bell rings, about 1,950 students head their separate ways—to different club meetings, to extra help sessions and to the cafeteria. But now, the very thing that makes
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