The Blake Beat
James Hubert Blake High School
Silver Spring, MD
Issue Date: 5/02/2008
Issue: 2008 May
Last Update: 5/02/2008
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Today's Date:
July 3, 2008
Headlines:

Three seniors boldly face fathers’ battles with cancer
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Einstein gun incident prompts reevaluation of safety procedures
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Senior shares ideas for putting “rad” in graduation party
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Manly labor of love: pregnant male cause for confusion or celebration?
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Neither The OC nor Degrassi can prepare these juniors for next year
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18-5 win over RM gets team to 10-2 mark
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Softball squad optimistic, looks to finish season on positive note
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Shannon offered potential full ride from University of Maryland
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Dancing kings are singular sensations in tap, jazz classes
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Star students to be honored for theatre, arts at Superintendent’s Gala
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Soulful students aim to make lost music form new “main course”
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Clockwise from top left: Senior Alejandro Otero sits with his father Fernando Otero, who has recently recovered from melanoma; senior Ilan Oresky and his father Saul Oresky, who battled kidney cancer this past year; senior Farrah Skeiky and her father Yasir Skeiky, who is still in a struggle against colon cancer. -- photos by Jackie Ibrahim
Three seniors boldly face fathers’ battles with cancer


By Maya Barlev

[5/02/08]--Within the last year, three friends were faced with a crisis when each of their fathers began their battle with cancer. Through the diagnosis, the treatments, and the recoveries, they learned what family meant and how fragile life can be.
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Einstein gun incident prompts reevaluation of safety procedures
Student, staff communication vital to ensure secure school environment


By James Lanning

[5/02/08]-- Concerns regarding student safety within school facilities have resurfaced after the 90-minute delayed response time following the April 9 gunshot in an Albert Einstein High School boys’ bathroom.
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Senior shares ideas for putting “rad” in graduation party
From barbeque to formal venue, Citrenbaum tells all


By Sarah Citrenbaum

Graduation is just around the corner, bringing friends and families together to celebrate the last hurrah of high school. However, receiving a diploma does not mean that you are done. Graduation parties are a perfect way to celebrate your accomplishments
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Manly labor of love: pregnant male cause for confusion or celebration?


By Tomiko Mason and Molly Wallace

One million BCE: the discovery of fire; 1752: the invention of electricity; 1969: the first man on the moon; 2008: the first pregnant man?! That’s right. All the glorified advanced technology of our modern world has led to a pregnant man. A seahorse of t...
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Neither The OC nor Degrassi can prepare these juniors for next year
Despite three years here, these students not ready to become seniors


By Tomiko Mason and Ian Nyanin

Senior year: the year classic teen dramas like Degrassi and The OC led us to believe would be the culmination of the seemingly endless awkward period of our lives and the beginning of adulthood.
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Junior captain centerfielder Michael Schmidt (above) went 1-4 with an RBI single against the rival Paint Branch Panthers April 24. Blake went on to win the game 9-5, improving their record to 9-2. The Bengals will play the Churchill Bulldogs tomorrow at 2pm. --photo by Steven Sites
18-5 win over RM gets team to 10-2 mark


By Bernard Critton

Coming into this season with high expectations, the varsity baseball team hopes to relive the success of the memorable 2001 season when they reached the state finals.
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Softball squad optimistic, looks to finish season on positive note


By Alex Kim

With errors on the field and the loss of one of its captains, the varsity softball team looks for a change in attitude to have a winning season.
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Shannon offered potential full ride from University of Maryland
Next year, senior will be cheering on Terrapin teams in College Park


By Danny Joiner

For someone who recoils with fear at the sight of a bee or a snake, the idea of being thrown high into the air and caught by a group of girls should be just as frightening.
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Junior David Tuttle leaps into the music in his intermediate Jazz dance class. Tuttle among a few other guys take dance to prepare for a future in musical theater and broadway. --photo by Jackie Ibrahim
Dancing kings are singular sensations in tap, jazz classes
Boys leap through gender stereotypes


By Kelly Murphy

Aiming to someday perform on Broadway and in theater shows in New York, the boys are steppin’ it up in the streets, in school and on the stage. Some talented young men are choosing dance over gym, even if they are the only males in their classes.
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Star students to be honored for theatre, arts at Superintendent’s Gala


By Kara Rose and Amey Owen

Lights, camera, action: the Superintendent’s Gala, taking place Monday at Montgomery College, will honor a few of Blake’s finest performers.
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Soulful students aim to make lost music form new “main course”
Jazzosaurus Rex’s tantalizing tunes leave dinner audiences wanting more


By by Julia Kraut and Anjalee Martin

Although they call themselves Jazzosaurus Rex, this band’s sound is anything but pre-historic.
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