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Soccer in the New School: new school first game in soccer Wednesday, November 29, 2006 By Omar The new school soccer team has succeeded for the first time in the first game since the beginning of the year. In the first game the location was in Maryland Thursday Oct 12th 2006. The school we full story >
One in Five: The Statistics of Rape Victims Tuesday, October 24, 2006 By Lauren P. Statistics say that teens between the ages of 16 and 19 are 3 1/2 times as likely to undergo rape or other forms of sexual assault than the rest of the general population. It's funny, on TV today we full story >
Ultimate Frisbee Tuesday, October 24, 2006 By Aaron M Below are the basic rules of Frisbee as played at The New School. Games are usually played at Sligo Middle School in Maryland and are played until one team scores 14 to 15 points, or until an agreed t full story >
Hairy Lobsters and Walking Sharks?!: Underwater Discoveries Tuesday, October 24, 2006 By Lauren P. Hairy lobsters and walking sharks?! As humans venture deeper and deeper into the sea, the creatures seem to get odder and odder. Flying pigs do not seem so far out anymore. Yesterday, a new creature full story >
The New Building Monday, October 23, 2006 By Nora Daly On Earth Day, 2005, a ground breaking ceremony was held here at the New School and construction on the building began. Now, over year later, the school has begun to move in. There is a black box whe full story >
Talledega NightsThe Ballad of Ricky Bobby Monday, October 16, 2006 By This past week a sensational movie was released. Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby is a phenomenally funny film that exhibits Will Ferell in his finest state of comedy. If you thought NASCAR full story >
A New School Interview with Billy Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Kate H. Billy was born in Fairfax and he is single. He enjoys composing and performing music, playing frisbee, golf, and soccer in his free time. Billy’s favorite place in the whole wide world is The Chelsea full story >
A New School Interview with Shannon Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Kate H. Shannon was born in Fairfax. She is single. Her hobbies are playing the piano and doing arts and crafts. Her favorite place in the whole wide world is Panama City, Panama because she went to school th full story >
A New School Interview with Robert Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Kate H. Robert, the New School's new geometry teacher, was born in Massachusetts and is engaged. His hobbies are playing the trumpet, and handyman work. His favorite place in the whole wide world is Jerusalem full story >
A New School Interview with Autumn Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Kate H. Autumn was born in Kealakekua, Hawaii and is single. Her hobbies are snowboarding, rollerblading, and playing tennis which explains why she would like New School to have more organized sports! Her fav full story >
The Amish Girls Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Kate H. On Monday, October 2, 2006, a local milkman by the name of Charles Carl Roberts IV barged into a schoolhouse filled with Amish children in Pennsylvania. He took 10 Amish girls hostage after forcing th full story >
A weekend with the Coast Guard Friday, October 13, 2006 By Lizzie W Water, fire, helicopters, more water, ice, boats, more water, food, music, more water, lots of teenagers, handcuffs, machine guns, very dedicated Coast Guard personnel, ships, and last but not least, full story >
Run(a)way Hit: Reality T.V. for the Pop Culture Challenged Friday, October 13, 2006 By Nora Daly I think we can all agree that reality T.V. is bad, worse than bad actually; it is quite possible that reality T.V. shows could unleash a chain of events that will ultimately be responsible for the des full story >
The Pros and Cons of Orientation Friday, October 13, 2006 By Kate H. It was pouring rain on September 5th, the day of orientation; as a result students could not go outside, an alteration from the original plan. Still it allowed students a chance to feel comfortable an full story >
The Pros and Cons of Orientation: It was pouring rain on September 5th, the day of orientation; as a result students could not go outside, an alteration from the original plan. Friday, October 13, 2006 By Kate H. It was pouring rain on September 5th, the day of orientation; as a result students could not go outside, an alteration from the original plan. Still it allowed students a chance to feel comfortable an full story >
HELPFUL COLLEGE INFORMATION Friday, October 13, 2006 By Lauren P. In the next few months The New School Newspaper will be reviewing colleges, posting facts about getting into college, and statistics and facts about different schools. We will also take requests on u full story >
[Legal] Free Music: Pandora: The Personal Online Radio Station With “…the very best music from the last 100 years” Thursday, October 12, 2006 By Aaron M The website pandora.com is a free site offered by the Music Genome Project. In it’s most basic form, Pandora finds and plays music for you after you have entered the name of an artist, album, or song full story >
Advice Column Thursday, October 12, 2006 By Lizzie W I’m having some trouble talking to some of my teachers; can you give me some advice? My advice would be, just tell them. Walk up to your teacher and explain that you find it hard to talk to them and full story >
Common Ground: The new wall divides the common room and the student body. Thursday, October 12, 2006 By Nora Daly The common room is gone. Worse than gone actually, it is divided in half by a removable gray wall. Algebra is on one side and Geometry is on the other. Far be it from me to deny new teachers their cla full story >