Maggie Bowman is hardly a new face to the Blake community, but this year she is taking on a new position as the Class of 2022's Grade Dean. Bowman has been a part of the Social Studies Department for the...
According to an article from JSTOR, Daily, Americans dispose of about 12.8 million tons of textiles annually, 80 pounds per person, primarily due to the emergence of the cheap, disposable clothing called...
Fashion is dangerous to the environment because of the time it takes for textiles to break down and the resources used, but as the interest for clothing rises rapidly, it's starting to be produced twice...
Flashback to the year 1966: down the block and by the harbor, women confidently parade their colorful, paper-made shift dresses and mini skirts. Inspired by a campaign, the trend of garments made of paper...
The point of traditions is to bring people of different backgrounds together over a shared love of an activity. A focal point of being a senior at Blake is less about the title and more about the traditions...
Each year, the senior project signals the end of the Upper School journey for all twelfth graders. The Project isn't a code word for getting out two weeks earlier to bypass finals; rather, it is a time...
A bench, a window, and even a wooden bear are examples of the long-standing tradition of a graduating class gift. Some of these, like the gothic pew from the Class of 1924 that resides in the senior lounge,...
Assassins is a springtime tradition at Blake and a number of other schools in Minnesota and across the country. The Nerf-war type game consists of a number of teams, generally ranging from three to five...
Sage Marmet, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• February 24, 2021
Sophocles' "Antigone": "I have longer to please the dead than please the living here: in the kingdom down below I'll lie forever."
Elie Wiesel’s “Night": "To no longer exist. To no longer feel the...
From "Things Fall Apart" by Chinua Achebe to "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald and Macbeth by William Shakespeare, it sometimes seems like any great classic ends with death. Although students talk...
Noor Naseer, Co-Editor-in-Chief
• February 24, 2021
What happens after you die? It's an age old question to which people have a wide range of responses. World Religions teacher, Maggie Bowman, explains the connection between afterlife and religion saying,...
“[U.S. Capitol Security] promised us that ‘it is the US Capitol, it is secure and safe, and it is the hardest building in the world to get into,’” Minnesota’s Third Congressional District Representative...
