The Blake Beat James Hubert Blake High School Silver Spring, MD
Issue Date: Friday, December 15, 2006 Issue: 2006 December Last Update: Monday, December 18, 2006
  • TALKIN’ TRASH AND BACKIN’ IT UP: Percussion class moves to beat of its own drums

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Aili Weeks

    When you think of the typical drummer, you picture him playing on a drum set. But the new percussion ensemble class has managed to break this stereotypical image by skillfully using trashcans as instr

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  • Working hard or hardly working?: Junior balances seven periods of AP classes with normal life

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Megan Eng

    Pressured to challenge themselves academically, students have become natural overachievers, like junior James Page, who takes all AP classes to prepare for the course load he can expect in college. I

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  • Mulrain, Lanning help spread holiday cheer with toys, canned food

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Amanda Paunil

    Juniors Stephan Mulrain and James Lanning are holding their second annual toy drive and first canned food drive in honor of the holiday season, until next Friday.Mulrain and Lanning started the toy dr

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  • Junior finds cleaner way to “walk the dog” with childhood pastime

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Megan Eng

    While we may not be conscious of it, most of us like reminiscing about our childhood at sometime or another—whether it involved terrorizing our younger siblings or showing off the new toy we got.Inste

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  • THIS WAS NO MICKEY MOUSE PRODUCTION: Thousands flock to see Disney's High School Musical

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Cara Hedgepeth & Ellen Park

    Never before has the Blake Drama Department seen the amount of anticipation or success that surrounded this year’s fall musical. Then again, there has never been a production quite like Disney’s High

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  • Hijabs help make different kind of fashion statement: Less is more for Muslim women who wear traditional scarves for modesty

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Michelle Kim

    Many girls turn heads by wearing next to nothing and dressing scandalously. But instead of dressing down to make a statement, some girls choose to cover up as a symbol of their faith.The Qur’an direct

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  • Lady runners remain optimistic after first scrimmage: Despite coaching change, girls’ team getting ready for new challenges

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Mike McIntyre

    After a season in which the team had strong success from several of its younger athletes, the girls’ indoor track team entered this season optimistically. The Lady Bengals competed in their first mee

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  • Clean up your act

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By:

    WE FIRMLY BELIEVE that it is the duty of the students to clean up after themselves. Students need to realize that this school is not their home, and that they cannot leave trash wherever they want.The

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  • TI-83 fits equation for fun, entertainment in math class

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Casey Lyons

    Your math block is boring you to death. Drool from a few short-lived naps covers your notes and, since you already completely understand logarithms, there is no reason to continue paying attention. Wh

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  • Indoor track runs circles around school, hopes for same result in meets: Squad looks to improve, develop young talent over season

    Thursday, December 14, 2006 By: Stephen Stathem

    Coming off of a mediocre season last year, the boys’ indoor track team seems to be in the midst of a rebuilding season in which it will groom young, raw talent into top runners. The Bengals had their

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After a surprising season, the Maryland Terrapins will be making their fourth bowl game appearance in six years at the Champs Sports Bowl in Orlando, Florida, December 29 against the Purdue Boilermake
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After captivating the country’s attention in the World Cup, soccer is once again turning heads, but this time in the virtual world with FIFA ‘07. EA Sports has been creating the game for many years, b
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Hockey is usually portrayed as a bone-crushing, tooth-losing, body-smashing sport. Not a place for fragile little girls, right? WRONG! Sophomore Kerry Irion and junior Alexandra Plante broke the ice
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“Ow! My pony tail just hit me in the eye!” That quote actually came out of someone’s mouth during a poms practice. (I won’t mention names...cough, senior Natalie McGugan, cough.) This may seem quite c
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JV girls’ basketball lost an extremely close game December 8 to the Richard Montgomery Lady Rockets, 57-56, dropping their record to 1-1.The Lady Bengals held their own for a majority of the game but
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After a disappointing 8-11 season last year, the JV boys’ basketball team is off to a great 2-0 start with decisive victories over the Clarksburg Coyotes and the Richard Montgomery Rockets.This season
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Dear Chi-Chi: Last Monday, I was walking down D-Hall and saw my boyfriend attached to another girl, my best friend. They were apparently working on their oral reports. How do you think I should handle
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Love, marriage, adultery, incest, death...No, not Cruel Intentions; it’s the story of Isis and Osiris, one of the many myths taught in the new mythology class.The class is taught by English teacher El
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Although the JV wrestling team has not yet participated in a match, its members have shown a lot of potential and drive in scrimmaging against one another.When winter sports began November 15, over 50
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