BQ Broadside

Tag: March 2025

  • Climate Justice in the Capitol by Valentina Tang ’26

    On Wednesday, March 5th, high school students from all over New York gathered together in the State Capitol to advocate for climate justice. Approximately 600 teens from different high schools such as Townsend Harris, Brooklyn Tech, and NEST+M rallied together to discuss the importance of climate action. Students sent direct letters to Kathy Hochul, the…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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 &…

  • The Magnificent Mills by George Bath ’27

    The wonderful reality of being a student is that you are surrounded by teachers who each have endless knowledge and experience to share. Yet, it feels easy to miss this opportunity, especially when we don’t often hear about the lives of our teachers.  Sean Mills is a literature and creative writing professor here at Bard…

  • How to Successfully Navigate Through the Difficulties of Buying Concert Tickets by Giana Nevarez Tevere ’26

    These past few years have been groundbreaking for the music industry in many ways. For one, on-demand streaming of music provides listening access to all within reach of technology. Equally as significant, the massive surge of young women gaining quick recognition in the music industry. Historically, the music industry has been male dominated, but lately,…

  • Keeping up with the Track Team by Holly Hook and Lily Seibert ’28

    As we are entering spring, many of Bard Queens’ very own students have taken up spring sports! While some of us struggle to get out of bed, thanks to daylight savings, some students at Bard have been up and ready early in the morning, lacing their shoes for practice, and at the track nearly every…

  • Egg Prices Hit an All-Time High… by Julia Robinson ’26

    If you’re an egg-lover like me, you may have noticed an increase in egg prices lately. Egg prices have increased by 60% since last year, that’s right, you read that correctly. Last year, a dozen of eggs were $2.95 however today the average price stands at $4.95, some stores even going as high as $10.…

  • 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…

  • 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…