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The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum
The News of The Blake School Since 1916

The Spectrum

2022 Start of School Rants & Raves

Zoey Ueland, Sofia Perlman, and Ali Hecker • August 30, 2022

   Rave: Seeing people you haven't seen in a while   After a long summer break, there is nothing better than seeing people that you lost connection with over the summer. Maintaining friendships...

The Bachelor is the Worst of Reality TV

The Bachelor is the Worst of Reality TV

Lucy Wolfe, Contributing Writer • April 27, 2020

My mom has been watching "The Bachelor" since I was a newborn and I can’t get her to turn it off. With every ounce of my soul, I cannot stand this show. The show is pathetic and it stereotypes and degrades...

The Art of Creativity

The Art of Creativity

C.C. Lucas, Managing Editor • March 10, 2016
Students are losing touch with their imagination
Student voices: We have a race problem.

Student voices: We have a race problem.

Alexis Reaves, Staff Writer • December 3, 2015

I recently read an article in the New Yorker about the hotbeds that are Mizzou and Yale. If you happened to miss those screaming headlines, they tell the story of college campuses consumed by debates...

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?

You can help alleviate the lunch crunch

Isabel Graham '15, Contributing Writer • December 3, 2013

Chicken tenders. Santa Fe rice bowl.  Pasta bar. These might be your favorite dishes served in the lunch room, but they are also three of the several lunches that force us students to stand in seemingly...

This layout by Karl Lovaas '14 was named a Best of Editorials 2012 by the National Scholastic Press.

I Hate My Teacher

Anna Ehrlich, Staff Writer • October 8, 2013

When walking in the halls, I hear a number of conversations taking place. However, there is one conversation which I hear more frequently than any other. It always goes something like this: “Student...

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