Trump, Sinclair Broadcasting, and the dangerous power of media conglomerates
Drew Rosenblum, News Editor
April 16, 2018
Filed under OPINIONS, TOP STORIES
Now I’m sure many readers are wondering what the quote from above is. Many have probably heard of the Sinclair Broadcasting Group’s supposedly controversial message, which some pundits are calling dangerous to our democracy. The quote above is the entire message that Sinclair Broadcasting Group pla...
Should College Athletes Be Paid?
Jai Kademani, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018
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In recent years, the conversation surrounding college players has been expanding, and amid the current NCAA FBI investigation, this debate has only grown larger. College athletes have been playing without pay for years, but is it time for change? Not only would paying players paint the NCAA in a mor...
Zach’s Guide to March Madness
Zach Marmet, Staff Writer
March 16, 2018
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Just like every other year, this year I started off March without having watched a single game of college basketball. I don’t plan or do any sort of serious research for March Madness. If you asked me, I probably couldn’t tell you a single player on most of the teams in the tournament. But that’s...
Isaac’s Input: The Power of a Sports Fan
Isaac Gittleman, Online Editor
March 16, 2018
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When Chloe Kim, a 17 year old American snowboarder, dominated competition in the halfpipe at the recent Pyeongchang olympics, I sat on my couch proud and inspired. I have very little in common other than age and home country, but felt connected through a sense of patriotism nonetheless. Nationalism has a ...
Journalism contributes to idolization of school shooters
Drew Rosenblum, News Editor
March 14, 2018
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There’s a serious issue with school shootings in America, and part of that stems from an ancillary subject no one is talking about. Aside from the gun control debate, there is a serious problem with the journalism covering it. Every shooting sets off a clickstorm of searches of the shooters’ name and...
Rap’s lack of lyrical significance
Gavin McDonough, Contributing Writer
December 7, 2017
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Mumble rap has grown on me as a over the years with artists such as 21 Savage and Desiigner stumbling their way both into relative coherence and into my heart. These artists may not be deep or insightful, but the men can make songs, and damn catchy ones at that. But you see, there’s a slight flaw i...
Kodak Black, defining a generation
Noah Ragan, Contributing Writer
December 7, 2017
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Mumble rap is a new genre of music that has surfaced in recent years and has been defined as “incoherent, absolute garbage for an entire album/track, destroying rap as a genre” (via Urban Dictionary). The notion of “mumble rap” as a genre that lacks lyrical originality is flawed. The harsh cr...
Religion: An Opportunity For Learning
December 7, 2017
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As a college preparatory school that is not affiliated with any religion, Blake prides itself on pluralism and academic excellence. Although Blake is indeed not a religious institution, many students, teachers, and faculty members alike practice a wide variety of religions. Dialogue tends to be evaded mor...
Swearing culture, in hallways, in classrooms
November 3, 2017
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Swearing has the ability to unify teens due it being something we all, more or less, have gotten in trouble for, be it from parents, teachers, or friends. At school specifically, the comments from students who choose to swear can be dismissed due to others perceiving their ideas as undeveloped. Swearing ...
“Senior Chant”- Should it be Permitted?
Amanda Ward, Contributing Writer
October 16, 2017
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Senior Senior (clap clap, clap clap clap!)... is this really a chant or just an arrhythmic shout lacking in originality? The “Senior Chant” is a long held tradition since the mid-90’s in the Blake community. However, it has come to question whether the chant should be permitted in terms of inclus...