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Book Festival Unites Berkeley Residents

Features

The Bay Area Book Festival is a weekend-long event that takes place every year here in Berkeley, CA. Thousands of avid readers and hundreds of authors gather together to showcase the latest, strongest storytellers and their new projects.

Frisbee Considers Being School Sport

Sports

Ultimate frisbee is one of the biggest club sports at Berkeley High School, with multiple teams consisting of both co-ed and single gender groups. The frisbee teams practice nightly, with schedules as rigorous as many of the official school sports.

Harden Manipulates 3-Point Foul Rule to Obtain Free Throws

Sports

James Harden, a talented National Basketball Association basketball player who was awarded the NBA Most Valuable Player Award and currently plays for the Houston Rockets, is well-known for both his beard and exceptional skills, and increasingly, his ability to draw fouls.

Ted Bundy Movie Romanticizes Tragedy

Entertainment

One of Netflix’s most recent releases, titled Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile, has sparked attention for its eerie and fascinating recount of the famous serial killer Ted Bundy.

Singleton’s Legacy Revolutionizes Film

Entertainment

Influential film director John Daniel Singleton recently died on April 28, 2019. He was 51 years old. Boyz n the Hood was Singleton’s magnum opus. Singleton wrote and directed the film right out of college when he was just 23 years old and the film even got him nominated for the Academy Award for Best

Scouts BSA Promotes Gender Inclusivity

Features

Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts both operate under the same motto, “Be prepared,” but the activities these two groups must prepare for are drastically different.

Steep BART Fares Fail BHS Commuters

Opinion

Many Berkeley High School students ride Bay Area Rapid Transit to travel to school every day. Coming from far away places, the round trip between their houses and BHS can cost up to around ten dollars.

BHS Stop Harassing Holds Presentations in Freshman Classes

News

Berkeley High School Stop Harassing presented on a variety of topics to every Universal 9th Grade Social Living class from April 22 to May 3. BHSSH is a student-led grassroots organization dedicated to raising awareness of sexual harassment, changing the culture around sexual harassment, and educating students at Berkeley High School, Berkeley

BHS Teachers to March in CA Capitol For Higher Salaries

News

Berkeley Unified School District teachers plan to travel to Sacramento on Wednesday, May 22, for the Day of Action, a demonstration in the capitol organized by the California Federation of Teachers, the California Teachers Association, and California Educators Rising to demand funding above the state minimum for California’s public schools.

Baseball Triumphs on the Road to NCS

Features

It comes as no surprise that the Berkeley High School boys’ baseball team is finding success this season on and off the field yet again. Already, they have won the WACC Foothill league title, with a 12-3 record, and entered the North Coast Section championships as the ninth seed with an overall record

Braelyn Wekwerth

Arts-Based Research Projects Express Thematic Variety

Features

The Berkeley International High School Arts-Based Research Showcase, also known as the IB Art Show, is a student-based gallery that first opened for class visits on April 19 in the Berkeley Community Theater Gallery.

New Football Coach to Improve Program

Sports

Recently, the Berkeley High School football team has had difficulties maintaining positive records in both league and overall standings. For the past two years they have finished at the bottom of their league, and with a particularly negative season last year with zero wins, it was clear that a change in the program was

Track and Field Turns Up the Jets for NCS

Sports

The Berkeley High School track team has been working hard since the beginning of February, and as their season comes to a close, they hope to participate in the North Coast Section championships.

Tiger Woods Gets Medal of Freedom

Sports

President Donald Trump announced in a tweet on April 15 that he is going to present Tiger Woods with the Presidential Medal of Freedom for the athlete’s “incredible Success & Comeback in Sports and, more importantly, LIFE.” The news came one day after Woods won the Masters Golf Tournament, a major championship in professional

Recent BHS Athlete Alumni Inspire Students With Successes

Sports

Berkeley High School has a rich and extensive history, and with that history comes numerous storied alumni. From hugely important political activists such as co-founder of the Black Panther party, Bobby Seale, to comedians such as Andy Samberg, we’ve had quite a few famous people come out of our school.

Mia Turner

Ventura Demonstrates .Paak’s Mastery

Entertainment

Anderson .Paak’s new album, Ventura, once again proves his control of rhythmic soul and heartfelt, provocative lyrics. The album provides a welcome return to .Paak’s classic, smooth, and bubbly style which he drastically veered away from in his previous album, Oxnard.

Political Transparency: Should Our Politicians Have Privacy?

Opinion

How much privacy should politicians actually have? As one attempts to answer this question, a common initial response is that politicians should have the same amount of privacy as anyone else in the world.

Prom Perpetuates Sexist and Heteronormative Stereotypes

Opinion

Prom is not only the culmination of the “classic” high school experience, but the intersection between the elitist, gender stereotyping, and heteronormative systems in our society.