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Butler strives for next level in water polo

Sam Butler, junior, has been swimming competitively since he was five years old; however, he had always strived for something more. When he was young, he was introduced to water polo, a sport which he really enjoyed- it used the talent he had in swimming and made it into a competitive team sport.

In sixth grade, Butler joined the DC Water Polo club. Each year, he became increasingly more involved, and thus more competitive. During the summer leading into his eighth grade year, the Navy Aquatics C...

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Read the book first!

A childhood favorite of many Americans, "Alice in Wonderland" was written by the British author Charles Dodgson under the pseudonym Lewis Carroll. This book was recently made into an imaginative and powerful movie.

This version of Alice in Wonderland takes place when Alice (Mia Wasikowska) returns to Wonderland a second time. She is at a party where it is hoped that she will accept a marriage proposal from the son of one of her deceased father's business partners. When she is proposed to, she ...

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Chinese exchange program 2010-2011 being planned

Students in Chinese I enjoy learning about Chinese culture. Photo Credit: Danielle Agress

Participants are needed for the second George Mason Chinese exchange program with High School #3 in Nanning, China. Families interested in hosting a Chinese student in the fall of 2010 and students interested in travelling to China in the spring of 2011 should attend the Chinese exchange program information night run by Ms. Kao on Tuesday, Mar. 16 at 5 p.m. in D127.

Host families simply need to have a desire ...

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Mmmm…donuts

The Journalism Department, run by Mrs. Joy Wagener, will be hosting a small fundraising event on Friday, March 12 to raise money for Lasso Online. Friday is a two-hour delay due to mini-conferences, and Wagener decided to pounce at the opportunity in to try and raise extra money for the class.

Donuts, coffee and other breakfast foods and beverages will be sold near the auxiliary gym (in between the cafeteria and the rear entrance of GM) before school starts, including catering from senior Becca W...

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Leno provides nothing special in Tonight Show comeback

It's been almost two months since the NBC Late Night fiasco began, where Conan O'Brien was essentially forced out of his slot on The Tonight Show to make room for Jay Leno, after Leno proved to be unsuccessful at his new self titled primetime television show. The resulting switch proved to be the same exact thing NBC had hoped to avoid when it granted Tonight to O'Brien over five years ago: A gigantic controversy over hosting duties and public backlash against the network and their host of choic... Read more...