Let’s Exchange Thoughts: The Column that Answers your Deepest Questions [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Sarah Marlow ’08 and Melanie Steinhardt ’09 To rescue the BHSEC student body from the post-midwinter-break blues, Smarlow and Msteinhardt bring you their fourth fabulous installment of the wildly popular column, L.E.T.!Listen up, because this m full story

Doctor, Engineer or Lawyer? A Look into the Turkish Education System [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Zoe Chaves ’09 Burcak, my Turkish exchange student, would like to be a musician. She plays piano and electric guitar and likes Metallica and Jimi Hendrix. She studies with a celebrated Turkish pianist who emphasiz full story

Student Compiles BHSEC "Teacherisms" [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Nathan Miller ’11 Ninth grader Dominique Veconi has only been at BHSEC for a semester, but that has been more than enough time for him to realize that teachers here say some pretty wacky things. Whether they are cleve full story

Community Council to Students"Yes We Do Care!" [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Melanie Steinhardt ’09 The BHSEC student body and its Community Council often seem like a stormy couple, with each party accusing the other of indifference, lack of commitment, and failure to put in the necessary effort. A full story

The Story Behind "Falling Slowly" [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Sarah Marlow ’08 It’s safe to say that neither Glen Hansard nor Marketa Irglova had any notion that they would be Oscar winners when they began production on Once in 2006. “What are we doing here?” Hansard asked in hi full story

Adjuncts Add Breadth to Curriculum [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Michele Lee ’08 Harold Snedcof was initially attracted to BHSEC by its diverse student body and emphasis on writing and thinking. Dr. Snedcof’s interest was further piqued when he discovered the variety of classes i full story

Second Ever Symposium Day Successful [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Naomi Boyce After June 2007’s successful student symposium, Jennifer Cordi, Rene Marion, and Jane Budimir organized a second symposium. This symposium’s goal was to present BHSEC students with a scholarly symposi full story

The Grass is Always Greener? [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Zina Huxley-Reicher As springtime draws near, the field abutting BHSEC will yet again become littered with students eating lunches, throwing a Frisbee, reading Plato, or just soaking up some sun. Most people do not think full story

The Maverick Mr. Weinsein: Book room manager tells of his adventures at BHSEC and beyond [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Noa Bendit-Shtull With its free Associate’s degree, collegial faculty, and diverse student body, most would grant that BHSEC is a singular public school that serves many sections of New York’s demographics, from the af full story

BHSEC Grapples with Budget Cuts: 1.75% decrease, larger losses expected next year; lectures a possibility [ArticleImageHyperLink] Sunday, September 21, 2008 By Will Glovinsky New York principals awoke on January 31st to startling news: The Department of Education had shaved off 1.75% from every public school’s budget.“There was an email at dinner time, and the next morning full story