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  • Banned Books - What's the Story?: Restricted reading brought to light

    Monday, November 20, 2006 By: Adam Baker, Editor-in-Chief

    Harry Potter; Huckleberry Finn; A Light in the Attic—what do they all have in common? Not only are they all immensely popular literary works, but each of them have been banned or challeneged at one t

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  • In the eyes of the blind: Like most teens who have to make adjustments to ‘high school life,’ Veeck treats her blindness like any ordinary adolescent problem

    Monday, November 20, 2006 By: Mattie Dodds

    Freshman Rebecca Veeck clutches a white sheet of paper.“My monologue,” she said, “I’m trying out for Beauty and the Beast.”She seems like your average girl, trying to be a part of something, trying to

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  • 'Life is a Highway'

    Monday, November 20, 2006 By: Leandria Hall, Student Life Editor

    Country super-group Rascal Flatts continues to release hit after hit, with their current radio release being “My Wish.” The song has been an inspiration to an assortment of people in many different w

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  • Wall Street comes to Summit Avenue and 355

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Emma Schwartz and Charlene Thomas

    Gaithersburg High School is the only high school in the country to have a NASDAQ trading room. The NASDAQ room is a classroom located in J207 that contains a ticker board and a plasma screen televisi

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  • Junior paints mural at elementary school

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Eric Haigh, Jezelle Ryan and Whitney Weber

    Anne Sullivan, a school looking for peace and prosperity, recently asked a gifted WHS artist to create a piece of art so future Warriors can learn how to live life without conflicts.Junior Chelsea Pra

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  • Former student hailed one of ‘Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25’

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Rebecca Irby

    Having interviewed Arnold Schwarzenegger by the age of 17, now 21-year-old Joel Holland has made it big. The 2003 McLean High School graduate has been named by Business Week as one of the Top 25 Entr

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  • Over zealotry on the dance floor

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Ben Donovan

    Many students had their evening at the Homecoming dance interrupted by parent chaperones. They were not disciplinary problems. They were not bothering anyone. Most of them were not intoxicated. Instea

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  • School to fight theft with cameras

    Tuesday, November 21, 2006 By: Nicky Mehtani, Editor in Chief

    Of 123 high schoolers surveyed, 32 percent report that they have had items stolen from them during school hours over the last two months.

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  • Environmental students provide paper recycling boxes for rooms

    Wednesday, November 22, 2006 By: Katie Alto

    Students have been noticing new re-cycling boxes in classrooms lately. According to resourcefulschools.org, Americans use more than 67 million tons of paper per year, or about 580 pounds per person,

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The National Edition - Teen Generated News From Around The Nation my.hsj.org
Issue Date: Monday, November 27, 2006 Issue: Week of Nov. 27, 2006
 
The National Edition is a collection of great journalism posted on my.hsj.org.

At-a-glance

News
Recent thefts on campus have prompted new security measures. Students are also urged to lock up cash and expensive belongings or keep them with them.
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McFest has been cancelled due to lack of volunteers to organize the event.
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Gaithersburg High School is the only high school in the country to have a NASDAQ trading room. The new facility was opened with a press conference on November 20.
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Features
Two former students' essays are included in the new book "Real College Essays that Work."
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Former student hailed one of ‘Top 25 Entrepreneurs Under 25’
Joel Holland started his first company while still in high school. He is currently studying at Babson College while maintaining involvement in his various ventures.
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Anne Sullivan, a school looking for peace and prosperity, recently asked a gifted WHS artist to create a piece of art so future Warriors can learn how to live life without conflicts.
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A student who has lost most of her eyesight speaks about how she copes with school.
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Wirefly X Prize Reels In The Crowd
The X Prize competition offers insight into engineering and is a great place to learn something new. It shows how far our top researchers have gotten, but it also shows how much we're still missing.
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Opinion
Bumpin’ `n grindin’; wrong place at the wrong time
'Freak dancing" doesn't seem to be dancing at all. The SGA should hire a DJ who will play a different music, so that those of us who choose not to freak dance can have a chance on the dance floor.
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Over zealotry on the dance floor
Although members of the older generation might see “freak dancing” as a little risqué, they should understand that this is a new era, just as rock and roll was new for their generation.
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