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  • All Access with Andy Carlstrom

    Monday, September 26, 2005 By: Danny Sullivan

    The stoic figure that stands on the WJ sideline each and every Friday night is more than a football coach. Coach Andy Carlstrom is a man who prides himself on his commitment to his sport, his team, an

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  • WJ Community Raises Over $17,000 For Hurricane Relief

    Monday, September 26, 2005 By: Max Lom

    On the morning of Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast as a Category 4 storm, causing what has become one of the biggest natural disasters in the history of the United Stat

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  • There's an Ultimate Phenomenon at WJ

    Monday, September 26, 2005 By: Luc Brown

    Ultimate Frisbee is a sport where sportsmanship and teamwork are not just recommended, but are the only ways to win. Played in WJ’s physical education classes, students have started an Ultimate C

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  • Field Hockey 2005: Finding a Way to Win

    Monday, September 26, 2005 By: Danny Fersh

    First year head coach Sarah Wright plans to lead an improved Walter Johnson varsity field hockey team back to the powerhouse status that the program once enjoyed before sustaining three consecutive lo

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  • Grading Policy Amended Again

    Monday, September 26, 2005 By: Sam Kider

    One year after a new county grading policy was introduced at Walter Johnson High School, the Montgomery County Board of Education has revised critical elements of the policy in response to both studen

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  • New Hazing Rules End WJ Tradition

    Monday, September 26, 2005 By: Steven Ellis

    On the first Friday of the school year, Sept. 12, 2005, known to high school students near and far as “Freshman Friday,” Walter Johnson was conspicuously Sharpie-less. Instead of having ‘F’s emblazone

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  • WJ Soccer Keeps on Rolling

    Monday, September 26, 2005 By: Federico Jellinek

    WJ’s best kept secret, its soccer program, is loaded with talent and ready for another state championship run. These days, few athletic programs can claim consistency over a long period of time, and W

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  • Class Of '06 Begins Ride Of A Lifetime

    Tuesday, September 27, 2005 By: Alex Gorelik

    Being a senior at Walter Johnson is an exciting experience. After all, the school year ends early; by second semester the workload gets easier and throughout the year, students attend such memorable e

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  • Hey Freshmen, Wanna get “Lei'd”?

    Tuesday, September 27, 2005 By: Lauren Kaplan

    I remember my first Freshman Friday like it was yesterday. When I saw those enormous seniors lurking in the hallways looking for their next prey, pinning down a freshman and writing that “F” with a bi

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  • The High Price of Freeedom

    Tuesday, September 27, 2005 By: Lindsay Deutsch

    “Dude, gas went up like 50 cents in K-town last night!” This was the first thing I half-heard through my exhausted daze Monday morning at school. It is known far and wide that Kensington has the lowe

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Several Walter Johnson students have been frustrated about not being able to find the security guards in their office. “I’ve had problems before when I want to go talk to Lisa or Corey and they’r
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Walter Johnson’s staff is working daily to protect students in light of two gang-related crimes that occurred this summer. Both were stabbings at Spingbrook High School and Wheaton Plaza involving Mon
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Punk and Emo music are becoming more and more popular as of late, according to the manager at Georgetown’s CD Warehouse, Lou Dibenedtto. And why wouldn’t they be? What can anyone find against songs
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My Super Sweet Addiction
Ten p.m., Monday night. A half-written English paper is glaring at me from the computer screen. My math textbook sits open on the desk. I know I should do my work, but there is something else pulling
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Over summer, many upstanding students will, like myself, make the mistake of getting employed. It’s an honest mistake, like shooting your hunting buddy because you thought he was a deer, but a mistake
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Summer is the time when the big blockbusters we've all been waiting for come out. This summer was a big summer for movies, including the greatly anticipated final installment of Star Wars: Revenge of
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The boy who is barely a man sits in the backseat of a Ford Explorer, laughing with his girlfriend, dressed in baggy street clothes. His name is Chris,* he is 20 years old, and he works for a major con
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The grading policy: the school’s proverbial punching bag. Maybe you’re saying “Not another article on the grading policy!” I hate to beat a dead horse, but this horse just won’t die. The grading polic
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On October 26th, the United States Congress will vote on the Budget Reconciliation Bill. The bill lays out what the Federal Government expenditures are, and since we are in a deficit right now ($7,928
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“Dude, gas went up like 50 cents in K-town last night!” This was the first thing I half-heard through my exhausted daze Monday morning at school. It is known far and wide that Kensington has the lowe
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