The Wingspan
Centennial High School
Ellicott City, MD
Issue Date: 4/14/2008
Issue: Volume XXII Online Issue 8
Last Update: 5/08/2008
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Today's Date:
May 9, 2008
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Centennial Students Shine in Howard County Film Festival
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Testing Piaget’s theories: Children Day
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Prom Night Thriller hits movie theaters
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Fashion for a Cause
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Feinstein’s Forum: Leave politics out of the Olympics
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Sports  

CHS JV Athlete of the Month
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A Closer look at Centennial tennis
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The Return of "The Office"
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APPLY TO BE SENIOR OF THE MONTH!
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Vanguard writers Megan Leiberman, Clara Heck, Gautier Lemyze-Young, and editor Karen Turner encourage you to apply for Senior of the Month!Photo courtesy: Robyn Bosica
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APPLY TO BE SENIOR OF THE MONTH!


By Vanguard Writers

If you're interested in being featured in the Vanguard's "Seniors of the Month," visit the "A&E/Vanguard" Section to find the form, print it out, fill it out & drop it off in Mrs. Bartkus' mailbox! Turn these forms in ASAP to be considered for next issue!...
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Jahan Zaman with Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell after the fashion show. Photo courtesy: Jahan Zaman.
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Fashion for a Cause


By Christina Czabaranek, Staff Writer

Fashion Meets Philanthropy, a fashion show that has been traditionally performed and organized at Centennial for the past four years has chosen to give its proceeds to The Kristin Mitchell Foundation this year. On March 29, the show was performed by vario...
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Photo courtesy: www.stephiles.blogspot.com
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The Return of "The Office"


By Lenore Wilson, Staff Writer

Now that the 2007-2008 writer’s strike is finally over, when will our favorite T.V. shows be back on the air? All of the writers are back in the office hard at work to get fresh episodes back on the air. And, speaking of the office, what has happened to t...
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CHS JV Athlete of the Month
Freshman Taylor Bourg, Girls Lacrosse


By Alice Crowe, Staff Writer

Entering the spring season, the JV girls lacrosse team found itself with two returning players and a multitude of freshmen. Varsity had taken several sophomores and two experienced freshmen, leaving the JV team with no central leadership and many rookies...
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Above, Brittany Snow as Donna Keppel. Photo courtesy: www.latimes.com
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Prom Night Thriller hits movie theaters


By Caroline Thoreson, Staff Writer

On Friday, April 11, 2008, horror film Prom Night hit movie theaters across the United States. The remake of the horror classic film, whose original production premiered in 1980, reached 22.7 million dollars in sales opening weekend. The movie chronicle...
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Seniors Nigel Becknell and Chris Chen in their match against Long Reach. Photo courtesy: Shimljash Braha
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A Closer look at Centennial tennis


By Lauren Tessier, Staff Writer

Three weeks ago, tennis started for Centennial students. So far, there have been five matches against Reservoir, Atholton, River Hill, Long Reach, and Wilde Lake. Although Atholton and River Hill were close matches, the boys’ tennis team has won all five ...
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Feinstein’s Forum: Leave politics out of the Olympics


By Eric Feinstein, Staff Writer

The torch relay has become the toughest event in the Beijing Summer Olympics. There’s one problem: the Games don’t start until August. Amidst criticism of China’s human rights violations and military suppression of protests in Tibet, the torch relay has...
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Centennial Students Shine in Howard County Film Festival


By Naomi Wossen, Staff Writer

Two Centennial students' films were shown at the Fourth Annual Howard County Film festival on April 24, 2008 at the John Hopkins Applied Physics Lab in Laurel. Senior Karen Turner tied for third place in the Howard County Film Festival for her shor...
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Testing Piaget’s theories: Children Day


By Rahel Boghossian, Staff Writer

A big room stretches before your eyes. You’re three, paralyzed, and escorted by a group of high schoolers. Your mother stands in the corner, urging you to play with your “high school friends”. These friends lead you to a barrage of tables, to games where
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