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	<title>The Merionite</title>
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	<description>The Official Student Run Newspaper of Lower Merion High School Since 1929.</description>
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		<title>New school expected to please</title>
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		As the new school enters the final stages of construction, many students are growing increasingly interested in the new features it will have to offer. Fortunately, the school’s advanced equipment and state of the art design will satisfy and even exceed LM’s high expectations.

The quality of classrooms will improve drastically in the new school. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A letter from your 2010- 2011 school president</title>
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		Hello LM Students,

Things are going to be a lot different next year. Yeah, well, we keep hearing that. Truth is: things have been changing for a while. The LM that I experienced as a freshman is worlds different than the LM that I have experienced this year. The student body was vibrant and dynamic; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Retiring teachers offer reflections and advice as school year concludes</title>
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		There comes a time in every school year when students must say goodbye to their retiring teachers. This year, two teachers are leaving the LM family: ceramics expert Kay Moon and Spanish teacher Maryflor Betegh.

However, while the process may be sad for the LM community, it can also be laborious for the teachers.
“[The process is] [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3136</link>
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		<title>Our Administration: The Biggest Adversary to Advisory</title>
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		In 2007, Philadelphia Magazine named Lower Merion School District the top overall district. Remarkably, LMSD students spent less time in school than did most other public school students across the commonwealth while achieving this feat.
Apparently our state government resisted this efficiency, so it instructed the LMSD to add ten minutes to the school day in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Tips for Staying Healthy in the Heat</title>
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		Summer is the time to enjoy being outside and feeling revitalized after a whole year of school. Many people find that they feel healthier and more vibrant during this season. It’s important to stay healthy over the summer in order to feel energized and to make the most of the precious 10 weeks of vacation. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Technological progression leading to moral regression</title>
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		The progression of technology through the past two centuries has been undeniably remarkable. Over the last 150 years, with the inventions from the Industrial Revolution, and modern technological cornerstones like the computer, television, and cell phone, society has undergone significant transformation. Amidst all of this growth, however, technology’s original and most fundamental purpose, to promote [...]]]></description>
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		<title>JV softball gone in the wind</title>
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		It all seems like a part of a dramatic soap opera. A team split in so many ways that it ultimately shattered. The girls’ JV softball team, once destined for a potentially great season, is now merely a memory of the past.
It all started when many juniors, who compose most of the team, promptly quit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philly Summer Concerts Lineup</title>
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		One of the best perks of living in a town nestled right outside one of the world’s major cities is that touring musicians are certain to want to come to our city to take part in the music scene here. The Philly 2010 summer concert lineup is especially dynamic and extraordinary. Some of the highlights [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SIZZLING SUMMER FASHION</title>
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		With summer right around the corner, now is the time for a warm weather fashion update. No longer are you confined to following the dress code or wearing shoes that can handle LM’s endless staircases. However, just because you will no longer see all your classmates everyday does not give you an excuse to look [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LMSD receives government grant to expand “green” bus fleet</title>
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		In an effort to “go green,” LMSD’s bus fleet will become more environmentally friendly, upon the announcement that the District will receive $315,000 to purchase new alternatively fueled buses. The money will come from the Alternative Fuel Incentive Grant, which will provide a total of $8 million to similar projects in Pennsylvania. LMSD will receive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Entertain Yourself on the Internet without Reading Top 100 Lists on Facebook! (Oh the 21st Century!)</title>
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		1.Find your House on Google Earth - Extensive aerial photography conducted by Google teams allows you to get a detailed bird’s eye view of your city, and then to zoom in on your neighborhood, your street, and your house. You yourself may have even been caught by Google cams!
2. Go on Pandora – type in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers phoning home from work</title>
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		During PSSA testing this past April, my thoughts were interrupted by the tiny anthem of a cell phone’s ring. Every proctor had been stressing ad nauseam how important it was that our cell phones be turned off and stored out of sight, so I expected nothing short of an execution as I looked up and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3116</link>
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		<title>Doe vs. LMSD- News in Brief</title>
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		After a long and grueling trial, Judge Michael Baylson decided that race did in fact play a role in the redistricting process. However, it has not yet been decided whether it was illegal for the District to consider race when making the plan.
“The process of redistricting repeatedly embraced the goal of achieving racial parity between [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3128</link>
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		<title>LM Music Department Accomplishments</title>
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		Congratulations to Junior Claire Cochrane, Sophomore Eric Cohn, Senior Talia Gottesman, Junior Elizabeth Phillipson- Weiner, Sophomore Will Tobias, Senior Kate Werder, and Senior Yueyi Zhou for making PMEADistrict Band!
Congratulations to Senior Sarah Badin, Senior Matt Ciarrochi, Senior Rachel Deery, Junior Sarah Kozak, Sophomore Danielle Muse, and Sophomore Mara Pliskin for making PMEADistrict Chorus!
Congratulations to junior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Free speech: if not here, where?</title>
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		Dear Merionite,
A while back, a classmate and I had an idea for a Merionite article: we would spend the day at Harriton and compare the two schools. As we were planning, I implied that the schools are not exactly equal. And therein lies my mistake.I was called out of class and told that I had [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3141</link>
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		<title>LM body art</title>
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		Tattooing and piercing have been practiced by countless cultures worldwide for centuries. Despite some prevailing stigmas surrounding these practices, the art continues to be prevalent in, and even highly important to many cultures, including our own. I’ve always found body art to be a highly intimate and unique art form.

If art is considered self-expression, then [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3119</link>
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		<title>Taylor Swift: A feminist heroine or nightmare?</title>
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		Taylor Swift. For millions of girls across the country, she’s an idol. With her perfect curls, creamy porcelain skin, and her dreamy blue eyes, she embodies the ideal of Anglo-Saxon beauty. Parents too, adore her. Unlike other teenage stars, Swift has managed to avoid making scandalous tabloid headlines. While her friend Miley Cyrus gets news [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3179</link>
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		<title>Whatchu Doin’ This Summer?</title>
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Ahhh… smell that freshly mown grass? Hear that sizzle from your neighbor’s grill? Feel that sunlight on your bare legs? All the signs point to only one conclusion: finally, summer is here. Now the only question is, how are you going to be spending it? While the rest of us are at home, struggling to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Several LM Artistic Accomplishments</title>
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		The following LM students had their artwork selected for exhibition at the Pennsylvania State Education Association Touch The Future Art Exhibition 
Ceramics: senior Jennifer Jovinelly, sophomore Cameron King, freshman Dan Clark, junior Caroline Kocent, and sophomore Yebin Lee.
Color and Charcoal Drawings: senior Hanna Williams, senior Jenny Ma, senior Matina Granieri, and senior Amanda Lewis.
Printmaking: sophomore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It’s Tea Time</title>
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		As Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress continue to push their agenda before the November mid-term elections, the Tea Party is simultaneously gaining both momentum and criticism. Many people have labeled members of the Tea Party movement as racists who can’t stand the idea of a black president. Liberals have derided Tea Partiers as “teabaggers.” [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3147</link>
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		<title>LM’s Top 10 Sports Achievements of ’09-’10</title>
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		To mark the completion of the athletic year, The Merionite has once again compiled a list of the top ten sporting achievements for 2009-2010. These ac-complishments are a testament to the exemplary athletics reputation LM has established, and we take pride in con-gratulating this year’s individuals and teams for all of their successes. These feats [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changes to grading policy spark debate</title>
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		Despite much controversy, changes regarding grading policy in LMSD will go into effect next year. Under the new system, final grades will be calculated by percent, as opposed to the current Quality Point Average (QPA) system. The new system will follow the same ranges for grades, and grades will continue to show up as only [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3104</link>
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		<title>District hit with discrimination suit</title>
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		In May, LMSD was hit with yet another lawsuit. Court papers were filed on behalf of Besslindora Goree, a 47-year old African American woman who claimed that the District refused to hire her based on her race and age. According to her lawyers, a Caucasian woman, aged 26-27, was hired instead of Goree, and had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers pack up, prepare to relocate</title>
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		With the school year coming to a close, teachers must prepare for migration into a new building, and therefore into new classrooms. To ease the process, many teachers are trying to take as little as they can to the new school; many old items are being thrown or given away. Teachers will begin moving this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Boys’ soccer scores a goal with new coach</title>
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		After eight very successful seasons, Boys’ Soccer coach Jon Fadely announced his resignation this offseason in order to take over as LM’s Assistant Athletic Director next year. This left LM looking for a new soccer coach, and after several months, LM selected Nicholas Severini, an LM Spanish teacher and head boys’ soccer coach at Plymouth-Whitemarsh [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3184</link>
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		<title>Editorial: MAP: pointing in different directions</title>
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		The United States is nearly two years removed from the election of its first African- American president, a moment in time as important for politics as it was for race relations. Some posited that Barack Obama’s victory would stand as the seminal moment in a newly post-racial society. Reality writes a different story, however, a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3139</link>
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		<title>Students bid farewell to school laptops</title>
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		As usual, another school year is quickly coming to a close. Something entirely new at LM is also about to end, although only for the summer. Students of all grades will be required to hand in their District-owned laptops to the technology department i n J u n e , t h e r e [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3122</link>
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		<title>YOUR ULTIMATE SUMMER BURGER</title>
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		Burgers, beach, bikinis; those three words represent summer for me. But with the many barbeques that I am bound to attend, it’s all too easy to get bored of burgers. Even if you only attend a few barbeques, burgers can be boring. It’s important to get the most out of each burger, which is why [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3155</link>
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		<title>The best thrift shops in Philly</title>
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		Tired of seeing girls and boy alike dressed in monotonously similar, formulaic outfits &#8211; doubtlessly purchased at Urban Outfitters, and designed to look authentically vintage while costing an exorbitant sum of money, I decided to find and expose the best thrift and vintage shops of our lovely city. Philadelphia is brimming with them. I enlisted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3173</link>
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		<title>A Lemony Indulgence</title>
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		Summer Fruit Lemonade:
As the sizzling summer heat crashes down upon us, LMers are desperately trying to cling to any source of refreshment they can find. Search no more, lovely students: The Merionite has a solution for your sweltering problems:
Drinks!
Ingredients and Materials:
Clear glass
Blender
Ice cubes
Fresh lemons (if these aren’t available, you can use frozen concentrate or lemon [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3157</link>
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		<title>June Faces of the Aces</title>
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		<title>The fragile state of ceramics</title>
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		Dear Merionite,
I have always been a firm believer in LM’s art programs. The wide spectrum of classes we are offered is unique to this school, and that is all possible thanks to the especially talented array of art teachers. Ms. Moon, the Ceramics teacher extraordinaire, announced her retirement earlier this year. Recently, however, I learned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=2957</link>
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		<title>The poetic expression of myself</title>
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		I often used to feel like I had something to say, but I didn’t know how to say it. This year, I turned to the one thing I have always been good at &#8211; writing.
Since my single digit years I have loved to write little songs or poems about whatever was on my mind, so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3016</link>
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		<title>To sleep or not to sleep? LM after hours</title>
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		Ever since we can remember we’ve been told “You need to make sure you get eight hours of sleep!” And for the most part, we tried our best to adhere to this golden rule of rest. Then we got to high school, and we began experimenting with some new toys&#8211;like coffee, Redbull, and sugar. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The few, the proud, the military-bound</title>
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		Senior Mark Fitzmyer never filled out a college application and never waited anxiously for his college acceptance. This is because Fitzmyer chose a different route, a route far less taken. Fitzmyer decided to enlist in the Marine Corps.
The fact that Fitzmyer chose to enlist in the military makes him among a select few. But what [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3008</link>
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		<title>How to bake Nick Normile’s favorite cake</title>
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		I’m often a bad brother or a bad son. When a sorry won’t suffice, I comfort my family with food. Nothing says sorry like a sweet cake with confectioner’s sugar butter cream. Cake also doubles as my birthday present to others — who doesn’t like cake on their birthday? It costs little, yet is always [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Matthew Hollin: Swimming to Special Olympic success</title>
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		This April, Matthew Hollin, a sophomore at LM, won three medals at the Montgomery County Special Olympics in swimming events. Hollin won a gold medal in the 25M Freestyle, a silver medal in the 50M freestyle and another gold medal in the 25M backstroke. Already an accomplished swimmer, Hollin will also be competing in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet your new Officers</title>
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		President Shira Barlas: 
“As president, I’m the liaison between the administration and the students, and I’m also there to create the best environment for the whole student body, and make sure that everything is going smoothly. Next year, I want student government meetings to be a big deal. For example, I think the biggest problem [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In midst of laptop fiasco, Doe v. LM persists</title>
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		On April 8, the trial began for Student Doe v. LMSD, a lawsuit against the district. The case, which was filed by several Ardmore parents on behalf of their children, claims that the District unlaw­fully considered race when planning redistricting over a year ago.
Among the first to take the stand after both sides made their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama welcomes Merionite editors</title>
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		Washington DC: a city of policy makers, presidents and, from March 24-25, Merionite editors. The editorial staff of the paper tapped the journalistic offerings of the capitol, visit­ing a variety of media-related organizations ranging from the Center for Public Integrity to the Newseum. But the highlight of the trip was by far the Merionite’s visit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cream and sugar?</title>
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		The Tea Party Movement bases its protest on two emotions: anger and nostalgia. And these emotions make sense—we are just slowly climbing out of a great recession and economic pain can be heard echoing across the country. Wars rage overseas and there seems to be no end to international conflicts. The Movement claims that somehow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MAP Advisories</title>
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		The Minority Achievement Program (MAP), which supports and encourages minority students to enroll in honors and other advanced classes, hopes to create MAP exclusive advisories in the Freshmen, Sophomore, and Junior classes next year. These advisories would be comprised solely of MAP students who volunteer to be ‘clustered’ into academic classes and receive extra support. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TSA once again victorious at state competition</title>
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		Once again, LM TSA has returned from its states competition victorious, finishing first place in four events and ranking highly in many others. The competition occurred from April 14 to April 17, in which students competed in a myriad of events.
“There are over 30 competitive TSA events, covering a wide range of topics,” said junior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LM’s favorite themed event: Welcome to the “Pity Party”</title>
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		It’s no secret that LM kids are competitive. With our obsessive Powerschool checking and our compulsive tendencies to “one up” each other, it’s easy to see how competition runs rampant in our high school, even in our conversations.
It is safe to say that the number one conversation starter at LM is “I’m so tired.” The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LMSD develops new math curriculum for entire district</title>
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		For the past few months, the Lower Merion School District has been developing plans to change the math curriculum across the district. Finally, the administration has decided to introduce the changes discussed in the plan.
The new mathematics sequence was suggested in order to “continue to provide a meaningful and challenging math experience for all students, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Editorial: Field trips: Are we there yet?</title>
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		I think it’s fair to say that we almost passed out.
President Barack Obama was standing mere feet from us, smiling, waving—and then he shook each of our hands. As he looked each of us in the eyes and offered us a warm welcome to the White House, The Merionite staff realized how relevant our presidential [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hope springs eternal for LM track and field</title>
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		Like the cicada emerging from its cocoon to enjoy the warm weather after the nasty chill of winter, LM’s very own Spring Track and Field team has arrived ready and willing to run all over the competition. Coming off of a very successful winter season, LM is hungry for a strong spring season to finish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Delia Votsch wins international award with FIRST</title>
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		FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), an organization that develops student interest in the engineering and technology fields, named LM senior Delia Votsch as a “Dean’s List” Award recipient after reaching the finals of the FIRST Robotics Competition on April 16.
Votsch is one of ten award winners out of 96 international candidates. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A taste of Delhi just around the corner</title>
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		Just a year ago, I would’ve been surprised to find one decent Indian restaurant within a few mile radius, let alone three. I’ve always loved Indian food, but after spending the summer after my sophomore year in India, eating my way through the regional specialties and dhabas of Delhi, I found myself with a hunger [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our spirit daze</title>
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		Cops and robbers. Color wars. Halloween costumes. Horn-rimmed glasses and suspenders.
We’ve all seen people in our school don these crazy outfits. Strange as it may seem, spirit days are some of the most exhilarating events for these students. Not only do they get the opportunity to wear something they rarely take out of the closet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lacrosse fights back</title>
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		With a month under their belts, the boys’ lacrosse team has already met its fair share of disappointment, triumph, saddled expectation and cautious opti­mism. Soaring aspirations gave way to a team taken aback after a seasoning-open defeat to perennial Pioneer Athletic Con­ference (PAC) power Springford, a team with talent but a team the Aces expected [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UPenn film examines LM redistricting</title>
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		As scandal du jour “webcamgate” is slowly fading, we must turn our attention back to the age-old issue of redistricting. The current bone of contention has been a problem since 1997, when both Lower Merion High School and Harriton High School decided to revamp their facilities and balance their student variety. Redistricting in LMSD, however, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SUAVE hosts annual gala</title>
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		On April 16, students from the LM organization known as SUAVE, gathered at the Merion Tribute House for a night of entertainment, food, and most importantly, combating violence.
SUAVE, or Students United Against Violence Everywhere, is sponsored by Spanish teacher Sara Nemoy. It strives to spread awareness of violent crimes against women. In addition, SUAVE members [...]]]></description>
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		<title>¡Hola Señora Nemoy!</title>
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		Señora Nemoy, raised in Uruguay, didn’t always want to be a teacher. When she finished high school, she wanted to study art, but “the dictators of Uruguay had closed the art schools because they did not like the creative side of their culture at the time,” so she chose to become an educator.
Nemoy’s first teaching [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3005</link>
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		<title>Boys’ tennis serves up pleasant surprises</title>
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		At Lower Merion, the beginning of spring always seems to mean the beginning of another successful boys’ tennis season. Despite the lost of last year’s top three singles players – Coby Kramer-Golinkoff, Matt Savran and Robby Kay (all of whom have gone on to play Division 1 in college) – this year appears to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3049</link>
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		<title>Despite losses, LM softball team remains optimistic</title>
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		Though their record might not be the strongest in the Central League, the girls’ softball team here at LM is losing in style. The disappointing 0 – 9 start to the season will most likely not bring home a championship, but the winless mark is deftly deceiving. Not all of the team’s losses have been [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3031</link>
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		<title>You are “sooo” Jewish: The hateful LM attitude</title>
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		It’s Tuesday, September 8, 2009, and it’s my first day as a freshman in a new school. While all freshmen also had to negotiate the labyrinthine hallways and sadistic glares from upperclassmen, I had just graduated from a private Jewish Day School and was coming into a place where I knew absolutely no one.
In my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3001</link>
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		<title>Spirit and sisterhood unite g. lax</title>
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		The girls’ lacrosse team is in great spirits and the season is full of hope. The girls have formed a fantastic team dynamic this year, one that is only growing stronger and stronger as the season progresses. “The team has great camaraderie and togetherness this year,” says senior Julia Buckman. Energized by spirit days and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3028</link>
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		<title>Crew rows to success on the Schuylkill</title>
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		The water glistens in the sunlight, undisturbed as the powerful men and women fasten themselves into their respective boats. Once they’re off, they power themselves through the water towards the finish line of the 1500m track with tremendous force and uncanny determination. The women’s 4-boats consistently place in the top 10, and the men’s boats [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=3036</link>
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		<title>In Loving Memory of Jeremy Libon 1991-2010</title>
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		On Sunday, April 25 2010, LM’s senior class lost one of its dearest members, Jeremy Libon. Jeremy, who was going to turn 19 in May and graduate in June, left a huge mark on the school he left behind.
Ask anyone who knew him and one of the first things they will mention is his positivity, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.themerionite.org/?p=2978</link>
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