One Shining Brand of Basketball
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 By: Colin Calder and Jonathan T. Mapp
As Dick Vitale would say college basketball is here baby. This winter, your TV should be tuned into college games instead of the NBA. When you attend a college basketball game and an NBA game there
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Swim and Dive Gets a Push from Young Talent
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 By: Steven Ellis
Looking for a repeat of their success in previous years, the WJ Swim and Dive team presents a well-rounded front in every grade, with leaders in both genders in several events.Last year, WJ won both t
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MCPS Bans School Use of R-Rated Movies
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 By: Max Lom
In a decision which took many teachers and students by surprise, MCPS Superintendent Jerry Weast banned the use of R-rated films from high schools. Prior to the Sept. 20 decision, teachers were abl
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Construction Begins on Controversial Montrose Parkway
Wednesday, December 21, 2005 By: Sam Kider
After nearly 15 years of planning, on Nov. 14, 2005, Montgomery County officials officially broke ground to mark the beginning of the construction of the controversial Montrose Parkway. The project
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Students Embrace Spirit of Giving this Holiday Season
Thursday, December 22, 2005 By: Luc Brown
The guys want X-Box 360s, the gals want ponies, and both want over-the-top, expensive shoes. Both want to go to popular holiday events their friends are going to. In this holiday rush to buy games or
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Shorter Morning Announcements Are Met With Approval
Thursday, December 22, 2005 By: Julia Shedlin
Recently shortened morning announcements have made many teachers happier and many students more apt to listen. The morning announcements were initially five to eight minutes long and some say that the
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Academic Eligibility Policy May Undergo Changes
Thursday, December 22, 2005 By: Eric Hoffman
Academic ineligibility, which can hurt sports teams and decrease membership in extracurricular activities, might be getting a face lift in the coming months. The MCPS Board of Education is considering
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'Tis the Season of Misplaced Priorities
Thursday, December 22, 2005 By: Zoe Bambery
Between hording piles of presents and making sure the holidays are politically correct it a lot is being left out of this season. In the hallways of WJ girls are talking about the new essential wardr
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R-Rated Movie Ban Gets Two Thumbs Down
Thursday, December 22, 2005 By: Jared Schneider
Librarian outrage. Teacher rebellion. No more gratuitous sex scenes! And that’s just the start of the repercussions produced by MCPS superintendent Jerry Weast’s county wide ban on R-rated movies.
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Quit Biting the Hand That Feeds You
Thursday, December 22, 2005 By: Lauren Kaplan
On game nights, Booster Club volunteers spend hours, sometimes in the freezing cold, tolerating hungry and disappointed fans (not a good combination) in order to raise funds for extracurricular activi
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The Pitch
Walter Johnson High School
Bethesda, MD
Issue Date: Thursday, December 22, 2005
Issue: December Pitch 2
Last Update: Wednesday, January 11, 2006
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Carl Woock
I won’t hold it against children for the fact that they believe in Santa Claus. After all, it is in their nature to be dumb and naïve and gullible, so the impossible existence of a bearded fat man who
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Federico Jellinek
For the first time in Bill Morris’ second tenure as head coach, the Wildcats will head into the holiday break with a winning record. Walter Johnson has started the year 3-0, with wins over Quince
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Alex Gorelik
Despite their numerous achievements over the years, hundreds of record-setting performances in the last ten years, two new state records just in the span of last year’s season and many wins, the Walte
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Daniel Sullivan
Wrestling is a sport whose origins can be traced back 15,000 years to cave drawings in France. In ancient Greece, wrestling occupied a prominent place in legend and literature and was even the supreme
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Jennifer Perlmutter
He’s 24-feet-tall, very hairy, and has a soft spot for blondes. While Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, and Jack Black, the stars of the epic King Kong, have all perfected their frightened looks and tearful
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Jenny Schulz
Ang Lee’s controversial movie, Brokeback Mountain, opened in theaters on December 16 amongst much adversity and turmoil. With a graphic homosexual love scene between stars Heath Ledger and Jake Gyllen
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Lindsay Deutsch
Being a Jewish teen, it is natural that my favorite movie of all time is The Santa Clause. I can’t help it, I just love Christmas movies. The more cliché, the better. Everyone says that my affinity f
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Danny Fersh
The annual Mr. and Ms. WJ competition started off like any other, with seven talented boys and seven beautiful girls showing off their abilities to a big crowd in the Reddick auditorium. But after al
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Jillian Meliker
We usually hear stories of hot young trophy wives coupling with older men in the likes of Hugh Hefner with his Bunny twins or J. Howard Marshall and Anna Nicole Smith. But recently, a new trend has e
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Thursday, December 22, 2005 By Julia Shedlin
Walking down the hallway, you see students wearing their sweatshirts, down jackets, North Faces, bundled up against the frigid hallways. The chilly temperatures in the school building have recently sp
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