Photo by Haley Johnson.
Country music is more popular than ever before, and no artist has capitalized on the trend more than Taylor Swift. Girls and boys alike flocked to venues like the Verizon Center and Jiffy Lube Live to hear Taylor Swift and to attend the 98.7 WMZQ Fest. (continue reading…)
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Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Bublé is putting a new fire behind smooth jazz. His album Crazy Love features 13 passionate love songs that speak to listeners with messages of hurt and unfulfilled love. (continue reading…)
Season one of the hit television series Glee ended last night, answering questions, securing romances and hyping viewers for next season. Spoiler alert: contents from the season finale are revealed in this article. (continue reading…)
Once a year, boys soccer teams from around the world travel to D.C. to compete in the U17 International Amateur Soccer Tournament – the Challenge for the Tiffany Cup. The prize? A crystal trophy cup from Tiffany & Co. This year, D.C. United Academy fell to the undefeated West Ham United FC Academy of England in the finals. The Spectator spoke with sophomore Sebastian Cahe, a member of D.C. United Academy, about the tournament. (continue reading…)
Whitman athletes proved themselves to be some of the best in the county as they earned a number of positions in the All-Gazette and All-Met teams for the 2010 winter season. (continue reading…)
The lacrosse team lost to Wootton in the regional semifinals last year. Photo by Keegan Barber
Every day from three to five, the boys on the lacrosse team do the same thing. No, they don’t pick up chicks or hold dank bro seshes. They go to Burning Tree Elementary School to get ready to dominate their competition during the upcoming season.
The guys carpool to the school and throw the ball around until the team is ready to start practice. To warm up, they stretch, jog and do various throwing and catching drills like practicing full-field passing.
Senior Pat Slawta says that the team works hard when it needs to but also knows how to have fun. (continue reading…)
Wetzel took over as the athletic director in 2007. Photo by Haley Johnson
You’ve all seen him driving his golf cart at football games, but you haven’t seen what athletic director Andy Wetzel does when no one is watching.
5:15 a.m.- Wetzel wakes up and thinks about what he will have to do at work that day.
5:25 a.m.- He begins to take care of his cats, Joy and Granby.
“I have to get out of bed and feed my cats before they drive me nuts,” he says. “If I don’t get up they wake me up by doing laps across my bed.” (continue reading…)
