THE TERRAPIN TIMES

This is the first article in our Mini-Interviews series where we speak to different BKI students and staff members about various topics that interest them. This interview is with Gus (8th Grade) and talks about his involvement in the BKI Ping Pong Team. Terrapin Times: Today we’re here with Gus from 8th grade to see…

By Clyde Brittelle and Archer D’Angelo Hello! Here are the results to our second election poll! We didn’t include analysis this time but we hope you still enjoy our results. He already lost this one!

Written By Clyde (Retrospective) & Archer (Futurespective) Retrospective This has been a journey, there is no doubt about it. From the day I started Newspaper in 2021 when I was a sixth grader,  I’ve tried to make it an integral part of this community, and I hope I’ve succeeded in that endeavor. I was part…

By Clyde Brittelle (Screenshots) and Archer D’Angelo (Commentary)

By Clyde Brittelle and Archer D’Angelo Much of the media has been talking about Joe Biden’s age and how it impairs his memory. With instances like him falling on airplane stairs having broken the internet, the American public is very much aware of Biden being 20 years older than the youngest senior citizen. But while…

By Clyde Brittelle and Archer D’Angelo In our modern political landscape, there is such a spectrum of differing ideologies, so Archer and I thought we could detail multiple political typology groups to display who they might side with in this year’s coming election. Please enjoy, NOTE: This is in order of left to right politically,…

By Clyde Brittelle Something that has been on the news a lot is the highschool application process. The main focus has been on how it should be altered, and the racial, societal, and economical aspects of the process. If you’re reading this article, I’ll assume you know at least the bare minimum about highschool applications…

By Nina Fry-Meromi Ask anyone to name a few riot grrrl bands, and they’ll (most likely) say something along the lines of ‘Bikini Kill, Bratmobile, L7, Heavens To Betsy,’ et cetera. Some may add in, ‘Sleater-Kinney’. However, this is, somehow, disputed. Some claim Sleater-Kinney (an American rock/punk duo formed in the nineties) isn’t a riot…

By Archer D’Angelo In the Second Elective semester of the 2023-24 school year there are three new electives : Set Design, Sewing/Costume Design, Step Team (Step existed last year but not last semester). In this article I summarize all 3 electives and interview the teachers leading them. So let’s get started with the least new…