Archive: November 4, 2007 - November 10, 2007
Mayor Fenty and Chancellor Rhee Dedicate Field
By Ashley McBride Council Member, Mayor, Chancellor, Principal and Football Team pose on the newly renovated football field. McKinley's football team has had three home games on the newly renovated football field, but Mayor Adrian Fenty and Chancellor Michelle Rhee felt it was still important to officially dedicate the stadium....
By Anna Kinsman | November 8, 2007; 9:38 AM ET | Comments (0)
Boys' Cross Country Wins Surprise Division Victory
By Talishia Sears and Ashley McBride McKinley's boys' cross country team left the East/West Division Championships believing they came in second place and had lost to Anacostia by only two points. However, four days later at the DCIAA Championship, they were told the officials made a mistake and McKinley had...
By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 10:01 AM ET | Comments (1)
Separate Teams for Boys and Girls Soccer
By Faith Ajayi Last year, unlike most high schools in the District of Columbia, McKinley had a co-ed soccer team. This year, however, it is quite a different story. For the first time since our reopening, McKinley has a separate boys and girls soccer teams. Dr. P Mages coaches the...
By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 9:54 AM ET | Comments (1)
Star Cheerleader Team Now Just a Fond Memory
By Adam Williams McKinley Tech has a huge athletic department that consists of 19 teams and organizations. In the past the cheerleaders stood above the rest. They won several competitions on the local, state and even national arena of competition. But this year the presence of our dominate body in...
By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 9:49 AM ET | Comments (1)
Baggy Pants Against the Law
By Allen Eldridge and Leah Smith Ok...this is ridiculous. Apparently, a law has been passed in Delcambre, Louisiana, saying that if you wear pants that show your underwear, you get six months in jail AND a $500 fine. Are you serious? Come on! You'll be fined because you couldn't find...
By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 9:20 AM ET | Comments (1)
Jena 6: Symptom of the Disease
By Adam Williams In my relatively short lifetime, I've seen some things that I know in my heart of hearts just aren't right. 9/11, Iraq, Katrina, Rita, and that's just to name a few, but things changed this year in September. Things changed radically in a small town called Jena....
By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 9:13 AM ET | Comments (0)
Darfur: Why We Should Care
By Veronica Jones Darfur is home to over 30 ethnic groups, all African and all Muslim. Since early 2003, Sudanese government soldiers and their proxy ethnic militia, known as the Janjaweed, have fought rebel groups in the western region of Darfur. The government and Janjaweed strategy has been to carry...
By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 9:11 AM ET | Comments (0)
Easy Grades Hurt
By Karen Vanegas In the article "What Ever Happened To The Class Of 2005?" in The Washington Post, reporters surveyed Cardozo's one hundred and twenty seven students who began school there in 2001. The former Cardozo students said they weren't ready for college. The valedictorian of the graduating class is...
By Anna Kinsman | November 6, 2007; 9:10 AM ET | Comments (0)
