Mainstream Paint Branch High School Burtonsville, MD
Issue Date: Thursday, November 12, 2009 Issue: Volume 40 Issue 2 & Online Updates Last Update: Wednesday, January 06, 2010
  • The Next "Cool" Thing

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Amanda Kind

    Ever done something you don’t want to but do it anyway because it’s the "cool" thing to do at the time? Maybe you bought new clothes because the ones you had were no longer in style. Or perhaps you sa

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  • Watch, Eat, and Listen

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Christine Corkran

    The Inside scoop on Ranazul Restaurant, Miley Cyrus, Owl City, and the new Michael Jackson movie

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  • Is Twitter Really Necessary

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Christina Sayre

    Social networking has become one of the main ways people communicate with each other in today’s society of advanced technology. Beyond simple letter writing, phone calls and even texting, online conta

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  • BackTalk

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Laura Butler

    I can’t catch a break. The Yankees won the World Series, the Terps lost to DUKE, and the Redskins couldn’t even beat the Paint Branch team that brought the skills they showed Springbrook during the ug

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  • Explicit TV: Is there anything else?

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Zoe Owrutsky

    You plop down on the couch after school and turn on the TV; what do you see? Reality shows starring out-of-control alcoholics or drug addicts, women revealing themselves as much as legally possible, a

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  • SmackTalk

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Kamau Kangacha

    Rather then start this issue off on a sour note like the dilemma we like to call the Washington Redskins, I want to talk about a football program is more disarray, the Maryland Terrapins.

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  • The JQuad: Athletes, Teammates, Regional Champs... Sisters

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Laura Butler

    As each field hockey game passed this season, the morning announcements seemed to be consistently filled with stories of Paint Branch’s dominant field hockey team, which became Division and Regional C

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  • Perception: The Breaking Away From the Ideals of Society

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Nighisti Dawit

    Language. Education level. Clothing. Appearance. What do all these have in common? Each serves as a major contributor on how we perceive a person to be. But the nagging question is how do we steer awa

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  • The "Elite" of Paint Branch

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Ashlynn Denny

    You’re quickly walking to class trying not to catch the late bell, and then you get shoved by an arrogant and rude student in the Paint Branch hallways. The whole incident gets blamed on you by the st

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  • Watch, Eat and Listen

    Tuesday, November 24, 2009 By: Amina Aden

    The inside scoop on Taylor Swift, Lil Wayne, Paranormal Activity, and Maiwond Kabob

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Student Sleep Deprivation: How can we deal with it?
Student sleep deprivation is a big issue because many teenagers have a problem with it. Because of sleep deprivation, many teenagers sleep in class and they don’t get to learn anything. According to s
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I Want More Sleep!
Waking up in the morning, around 6 a.m. is the time to get ready for school. I am not the typical morning person, so I and slowly get out of bed and get in the shower. I’m not even fully awake until
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Sleep Deprivation: Do students get too much work?
Students complain about class work, homework, and projects being due when they also have other classes to worry about. There are many excuses for not doing the work or complaints about having to stay
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Name Brand v. Generic Brand: Which is better?
Many people ask this question time and time again. Is it better to buy name a brand or a generic brand? These days fashion is a large part of culture and what we view as popular. This is largely due t
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What Happened to Good Music?
If you are like just about everybody in America, you probably listen to music. But is it just me, or has music gotten much worse as of late? It seems to me that not only have the people writing musi
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Modern Music: A Lack of Talent
As the world changes, so does its music, but in my opinion, certain genres of music lack talent while others seem like their artists are trying to keep up the standard, if not exceed, that of the arti
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Looking Beyond the Cover
We all do it. Whether we would like to admit it or not, we all try to put the people we see and meet into categories, or give them labels in hopes of getting some kind of insight on how we should appr
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Sleep Deprivation
Is it a hassle trying to balance homework, projects, sports and sleep? It can be since you have a tight schedule, and you’re always exhausted at the end of the day. Trying to find time for school a
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5 More Minutes
Remember elementary school, when school started at 9:10 am and you could wake up at 8:00, take a shower and sit down to eat your breakfast while watching TV? Then by middle school, eating breakfast w
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Name Brand Clothing: is it really worth what you pay for it?
If you went to the mall, you would probably see designer clothing with fancy labels and big price tags all around. You would probably also see people trying to decide on whether they should buy that n
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