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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

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Justice League tackles Trump at recent discussion

Zoe Wellik, Arts and Culture editor • May 25, 2016

On Thursday, May 19, Justice League met to discuss Donald Trump. Do experiences influence Trump supporters over facts? Are Donald Trump supporters anti-government? Does Trump really “tell it like it...

Cynics often criticize one parties rather than strongly supporting another, compounding a two party system. Politics, then, turns into a dodgeball-like game where people are simply attacking the party they dont approve of.

Politics fuel cynicism

Zoe Wellik, Arts & Culture Editor • April 28, 2016

For such a polarized system like politics, it is easy when supporting a candidate to  reduce other candidate’s views to being trivial or unqualified, purely to shield your own views from being debated....

The joke’s on you: The reality of Donald Trump

Jack Barker, Staff Writer • March 18, 2016

Jeb Bush. Rand Paul. Chris Christie. And now, Marco Rubio. All flattened by Donald Trump. Although his campaign was, at one point, considered to be a joke by most Blake students, Donald Trump’s...

A drawing of a U.S. dollar bill with 0 as the amount.

The cost of charging for public college

Sean Ericson, Managing Copy Editor • October 29, 2015
The U.S. government can afford to make public colleges and universities tuition-free, so why doesn't it?
Obama has recently given the thumbs down to the Keystone pipeline bill.

Proposal for Keystone pipeline gets cut off

Chapel Puckett, Opinions Editor • March 19, 2015

President Obama has recently vetoed a bill that would have established the Keystone XL pipeline. The 1,179-mile-long oil pipeline would pump 800,000 barrels of petroleum per day from Alberta, Canada to...

Reporting from the capitol: Same-sex marriage bill passes

Reporting from the capitol: Same-sex marriage bill passes

Laine Higgins, Senior Consulting Editor • May 13, 2013

Senior Consulting Editor Laine Higgins '13 was one of many Blake students, parents, and faculty members in attendance at the state capitol in St. Paul yesterday when the state Senate passed the Freedom...

Students speak to MN legislators on importance of anti-bullying bill

Students speak to MN legislators on importance of anti-bullying bill

Raine Robichaud, Contributing Writer • February 28, 2013

Blake students demonstrated their commitment to the anti-bullying cause at a recent Youth Summit at the Minnesota state capital on Presidents' Day. The event was sponsored by the Minnesota Safe Schools...

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