Author: Writing Staff
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Is Adrien Brody Really Worth Two Oscars? by Avery Vilela ’26
“And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to Adrien Brody.” If you had caught the 2025 Oscars that aired on March 2nd, you might be familiar with these words. If you almost lost it when you heard that someone who was not Timothée Chalamet won the category for Best Actor for his role in A…
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Opinion: My Endless Love for Bookends by Simon & Garfunkel by Emilia Sawicka ’25
There are many types of bookends available for purchase: from the head and behind of a cat, to dinosaur heads, and even perfectly split crystals. They serve a simple, practical purpose: to hold chapters of knowledge between them, keeping books in place, untouched by the outside world. Yet, through the brilliant minds of Simon &…
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Celebrating Women’s History Month at BHSECQ by Rassa Kia-Young ’27
The month of March is always an important one, as it is the annual celebration of women’s history and the contributions women have made to STEM, activism, politics, literature, art, and more. These contributions are invaluable to our history and culture, and all throughout March they are acknowledged, remembered, and celebrated. It is a month…
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Opinion: The “Literary” Man is Going Extinct by Sally Mendelsohn ’25
There was a recently published Opinion piece in The New York Times by Professor David J. Morris called “The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone,” in which Morris discusses the steep decline of male writers and readers. Indeed, eighty percent of fiction sales consist of female readers. The same can be said for female…
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Elon Musk Officially Declares Himself a Living Meme, Finalizing his Online Citizenship and Putting X Æ A-Xii Up For Adoption by Steve Gonzalez ’26
During an interview with Newsmax host Rob Schmitt, Elon Musk announced to the crowd “I am Become Meme” with an underwhelming reaction from the audience. After this interview was over, he went on public record to say that he officially declared himself a “meme” after scrolling through TikTok and 𝕏. He requested to be taken…
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Opinion: Leave our Orange Trains Alone by Beatrix Worthington ’25
There is a catastrophe occurring beneath our feet. In the past few weeks, the MTA has rolled out its new “R211” trains on the G line, a massive shift from the subway cars that inhabited these tunnels in the past. They feature wider doors, fewer seats, video advertisements and, most notably, open gangways (there are…
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Nico Harrison Reveals Future Trade Deals After Recent Luka Trade by Lazarus Castillo-Lopez ’26 and Steve Gonzalez ’26
After his recent decision to trade Luka Dončić for Anthony Davis Harrison received major negative backlash, Nico Harrison called a press conference to clear up any misconceptions about the trade and reveal future trade decisions to the public. Before initiating the conversation, Harrison offered his $1,200 Golden 24 Karat American Wagyu Tomahawk Steak to a…
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TikTok Was Banned… Here’s What You Should Know by Julia Robinson ’26
On January 19, 2025, the short-form video app known as TikTok was banned in the United States. Anyone in the country who tried opening the app would be met with a pop-up that read: “A law banning TikTok has been enacted in the U.S. Unfortunately, that means you can’t use TikTok for now. We are…