BQ Broadside

Tag: October 2025

  • 🎃Spooky Fashion Showdown🎃! by Jack Li ’29

    Spooky Szn is upon us at BHSECQ, and what better way to celebrate than with a costume contest? That’s right! The Broadside will be having an online contest on our Instagram page (@bardbroadside) on Halloween (October 31st)! So many of us will travel across the five boroughs, decked out in our Halloween regalia, and we…

  • A New Age of US Politics by Jonathan Mansell ’26

    The average age of U.S. senators in 2024 was 65.3 –just two years below retirement age (Pew). Baby Boomers made up 66% of the Senate and 65% of the House, despite representing only 20% of the U.S. population (Pew, Statista). In contrast, Millennials and Gen Z make up a combined 42% of the U.S. population…

  • Bard Baking – Red Velvet Cake! by Mae O’Reilly ’26

    As I’ve brought various different desserts to my friends at Bard Queens over the years, one of my most popular has been red velvet cake, becoming one of my staple cakes for various birthdays and events. Although it’s not my personal favorite flavor, I love any excuse to make a cake, and always end up…

  • Nepal’s Anti-Corruption Protests: What led to these youth-led Protests? by Kayley Roca ’28

    A bunch of protests led by gen z Nepalese people against their government? What could have happened that had upset tons of Nepalese young adults, children, even adults? The answer to that would be a social media ban. Although it might sound like regular, peaceful protests are going on, there is a lot more to…

  • The Normalization of Misogyny by Lily Seibert and Fiona Costakis ’28

    It’s depressing to think of the things that have become normalized in our society – we’ve learned to look past things that we shouldn’t look past simply because everyone seems to be doing them. Take misogyny, for example. It’s impossible to count the number of times girls in middle and high schools are yelled at…