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Gerrymandering in 2022

Isaiah Glick, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

October 22, 2022

This fall, all 435 seats in the House of Representatives are up for election. Economic uncertainty from inflation and a possible recession, the Supreme Court’s controversial Dobbs decision, and the presence...

Recent News Stories

Senate Primary Preview

May 3, 2022

This fall, voters will respond to the successes and failures of President Biden’s administration...

Berkeley Carroll Streets Torn Up by City Construction Project

February 3, 2022

A walk to Berkeley Carroll, formerly pleasant and leafy, surrounded by trees and brownstones, has become...

Bored Apes and CrypToads: The Official Blotter Guide to NFTs

November 16, 2021

How much would you pay for a JPEG of a pixelated frog known as a CrypToad? Or a chain-smoking chimp called...

Student Life

Cheating 101: How Chat-GPT is Revolutionizing the Academic Dishonesty Game

Isaiah Glick, Assistant Editor-in-Chief

January 24, 2023

The world of education is rapidly changing and with it, an ever-increasing reliance on artificial intelligence (AI) to help students complete their school work. While AI can be an invaluable tool in helping...

Recent Student Life Stories

Behind The Scenes: What Really Goes On In A Yearbook Meeting?

January 12, 2023

Upon entering Room 15, the Yearbook Club’s meeting room, I was greeted with hearty smiles and salted...

Homework Throughout High School

May 24, 2022

As students, homework is a huge part of school, sometimes the reasons children dread going...

(Mental) Spring Cleaning: The Woes of Seasonal Depression

May 10, 2022

“Spring is the time of plans and projects.” - Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina. The sun is out, the...

Opinion

Why I Write

Molly Stein, Staff Writer

May 31, 2022 • No Comments

Taking a page from Joan Didion, who took a page from George Orwell, why I write is to dig at and probe my truths. I agree with them that writing is an inherently selfish act, like when I was younger and...

Recent Opinion Stories

$1-$20 Lunch Recommendations!

April 23, 2022

Absolutely everyone is guilty of falling into lunch ruts. We circle between the same two to...

SRD Reality Show Poised to Make Waves

April 8, 2022

On the first day of 11th-grade SRD, Dr. Gentile told us that he would be grading our results objectively....

The After Hours of After Hours: The Weeknd’s Dawn FM Review

January 18, 2022

In November 2019, Abel Makkonen Tesfaye, known to the world as the Weeknd, released what would become...

Arts and Entertainment

5 Books to Help You Get Out of a Reading Slump

Molly Stein, Opinion and Humor Editor

November 4, 2022

I know I’m not the first person who has had a falling out with reading. Things happen: homework piles up, priorities change. Maybe your favorite show is airing, or a global pandemic is draining you of...

Recent Arts and Entertainment Stories

Jump Ropes, Wigs, and Omicron: Legally Blonde (The Musical)

February 18, 2022

Getting back into the groove has been challenging this last year. Although the Berkeley Carroll theater...

How Has Remote Learning Impacted the Berkeley Carroll Theater Program? A Recap of the 2020 – 2021 Season

May 9, 2021

The fall season shared two fully remote productions; the Middle School musical and the Upper School play...

The 2021 Junior Variety Show: The First of Its Kind

May 5, 2021

As many of our readers may know, the Junior Variety Show is an annual event (and a prom-funding rite-of-passage)...

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Photos From Home

Ryan Issa, Photo Editor

June 7, 2020

It is June which means that it has been a little less than three months since we’ve seen each other in the flesh. Much like yourself, the Blotter staff has been finding...