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Lacrosse Teams “Play for Pink” Tomorrow @ Aamoth

May 10, 2012

Held just two days before Mother’s Day on Friday, May 11, Play for P.I.N.K. combines two high-caliber MSHSL sanctioned lacrosse... READ MORE »»

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Off to the Races: Blake’s biennial Classic poised for another year of fundraising

Laine Higgins '13, Editor-in-Chief
April 29, 2012

The Bi-Annual Blake Classic is coming up on May 5. This year’s Derby Classic will be Blake’s 13th all-school fundraiser, a tradition... READ MORE »»

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Former Gov. Tim Pawlenty visits Blake

Connor Slocum, Staff Writer
April 27, 2012

On the fourteenth of March, the former two-term governor of Minnesota, Tim Pawlenty visited our school for a speech about the role... READ MORE »»

Caption: Former Governor Pawlenty during a question and answer session led by Spectrum writers Connor Slocum ‘15 and Christopher Hofstadter ‘14

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Environmentalism: not just for nerds and squares

Jonah Sandy '14, Page Editor
April 27, 2012

Spectrum sits down with members of the Environmental Club to talk about legislature, Lights Out Day, and combatting the clichés that... READ MORE »»

Caption: Blake students reduce their carbon footprint by biking to school.

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Larger Than Life: Exploring perspective in new Walker exhibit “Lifelike”

Sanjana Srivastava '14, Staff Writer
April 27, 2012

If you go to the Walker, careful—don’t sit on the chairs, throw anything away, or use the elevator. The Walker Art Museum currently... READ MORE »»

Caption: Jame's Casebere's Landscape with Houses (Dutchess County, NY), was constructed entirely from cardboard and lit artificially to mimic dusk.

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Blake meets Cedar House in South Africa

Blake meets Cedar House in South Africa

Kelsey Hayes, Contributing Writer

Over Spring Break, 17 sophomores and juniors and 4 chaperones flew over 10,000 miles to Cape Town, South Africa to participate in an exchange program. For two weeks, Blake... read story

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The spring 2011 issue is available only online. Adviser Eric Hansen says, "This issue features some powerful writing and lots of art by freshmen...The next generation of FLASH editors led this second effort, in particular Kate Abram, Natcher Pruett, Grace Jasper -- and especially Babs Laco, who put in many late hours doing page layout and the initial Web design."

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Chipotle Virgin

Beatrice Lim '13, Staff Writer

Early December last year, I entered Chipotle for the first time in my life. To be honest, I was curious because for years, I’ve endured countless of reprimands by various... read story

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Cedar House students from South Africa get an American experience at Blake

Cedar House students from South Africa get an American experience at Blake

Anna Erlich '14, Staff Writer

From Cape Town to Johannesburg to Istanbul to Chicago to Minneapolis, the exchange students from Cedar House, a small private school in, Cape Town, South Africa have certainly... read story

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Our Responsibility: Earth Day 2012

Jonah Sandy, Page Editor

In last month’s 21 Jump Street, two immature police officers return to high school to find the source of a new drug that seems to be all the rage amongst the youngins. They... read story

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From Carnegie Hall back to Blake, Michael Noaker sings

Emily Moore '13, Managing Editor

It’s certain that you’ve seen him amid other vocalists, lined across the risers in the Juliet Nelson Auditorium, while singing in perfect harmony, wowing their audience,... read story

April 27, 2012 • 0 comments

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Lacrosse Teams “Play for Pink” Tomorrow @ Aamoth

Lacrosse Teams “Play for Pink” Tomorrow @ Aamoth

Held just two days before Mother’s Day on Friday, May 11, Play for P.I.N.K. combines two high-caliber MSHSL sanctioned lacrosse games with raising awareness and funds... read story

May 10, 2012 • 0 comments