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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Lady Panthers Dominate Sherwood: Team Opens with Big Win
Originally scheduled to open the season on Wednesday night, the Lady Panthers instead had to wait one more day before taking on, and taking care of, Sherwood.
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Common Cents: Gossip Girl
You know you love the books written by Cecily von Ziegesar and now that we’ve seen how juicy the drama gets in the show that airs on the CW on, Wednesdays at 9, we’re all hooked more than ever before!
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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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Have you had an uncontrollable desire to tag people in pictures? Are you currently involved in multiple poking wars? Is your relationship status the talk of the town? If so, you might be a Facebook
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Hell Week. It’s the (sometimes) mythological week that freshman fear before entering high school; the week in which the upperclassman more or less psychologically torture the newcomers. Unfortunatel
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So it is that time of year yet again with people rushing to the grocery stores, standing in long queues with their hundreds of dollars worth of food for an exotic dinner filled with family fun and foo
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Is My Guess Right?
Are students excited for snow days? Well, why shouldn’t anyone be? During this time of year, every day seems to drag on and on. Basically, what happens is that you get up early in the morning when it'
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The Washington Wizards started off the season playing against the Indiana Pacers in Indiana. There are no Washington Wizard players who are out because of injuries, but Gilbert Arenas hasn’t fully rec
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On November 5, 2007 the Writers Guild of America (WGA) decided to stand up for its rights and began a protest. The Writers Guild of America is a labor union that consists of the writers for television
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Sport: Varsity Field Hockey Grade: 12“Kim has worked very hard to become a standout field hockey player. She led the team this season with 10 goals and 7 assists and was one of the strongest and most
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