The Bardvark <![CDATA[The Bardvark]]> http://my.hsj.org/Portals/2/logos/__TFMF_hqlrghrvfkcmfjvboe5431ne_3ce4a4eb-c7a9-4703-bed8-5b0bbad439c4_0___Selected.jpg en-us Copyright 2008 - All Rights Reserved. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:05:34 GMT 15 <![CDATA[Ken Ken]]> By Maverick Cummings '13



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Naomi Boyce, Layout Editor

A few words (and one haiku) from the 2009-2010 Bardvark Editorial Board full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:39:05 GMT <![CDATA[Sports Arena of the Month: Minute Maid Park, Home of the Astros]]> By Maverick Cummings ’13



This is for all of you sports fans who are fascinated by sports parks, fields, domes, you name it! This month, I am going to review one of my favorite parks : Minute Maid Park, home of the Houston Ast full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:35:32 GMT <![CDATA[Passion for Physics Propels Five Students to the Olympiad]]> By Sam Levine ’10
Force, mass, and inertia are all factors that athletes consider during the winter and summer Olympics, but these and other physics concepts will become the center of attention at the International Phy full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:34:16 GMT <![CDATA[Jay-Z and the New Sound]]> By Lila Ramani ’12 and Sophie Donlon ’12
What ever happened to Jay-Z? The rapper has just turned 40 and although he’s been laying low, he’s thriving. Over the past few years Jay-Z has unintentionally started a new trend: mixing rap with othe full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:32:37 GMT <![CDATA[Robert Frank at the Met]]> By Sierra Pittman ’12
The Metropolitan Museum of Art celebrates Robert Frank’s The Americans, a book of photography that was published 50 years ago. The exhibit displays all 83 photographs from the publication, as well as full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:31:41 GMT <![CDATA[Botstein Accepts Carnegie Leadership Award]]> By Hayley Barnett ’12



Leon Botstein, winner of the Carnegie Corporation Academic Leadership Award of 2009, conducts the American Symphony Orchestra.

This year, monetary recognition is coming the way of Leon Botstein, BHSEC’s founder. Botstein, who was the youngest president of a college, conducts two orchestras, and was nominated for a Grammy awar full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:11:32 GMT <![CDATA[BHSEC: A School for the Parents?]]> By Sofia Johnson ’12 and Amelia Holcomb ’12
“Welcome to Bard. Just go straight up to the auditorium.” These were the words we repeated hundreds of times to hundreds of eager parents at the Bard Open House on Thursday, September 24th. As we gr full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:10:19 GMT <![CDATA[Georgia O’Keeffe, Un-interpreted]]> By Lauren Crawford ’12
Georgia O’Keeffe is probably most famous for her luscious flowers and their symbolism. However, her most recent show at The Whitney Museum of American Art highlights her abstract work in charcoal and full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:07:15 GMT <![CDATA[Radio City: Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!]]> By Juliet Glazer ’12
It’s Blitz, the most recent album by the indie-rockers the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, opens with pulsingsynths, followed by powerful high-pitched voice of lead singer Karen O, nearly cracking with emotion.The a full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:05:55 GMT <![CDATA[Old Railway Transports NY Back to Nature]]> By Jack Jenkins ’12
Public Parks are blotches of green on New York’s subway maps, jungles compared to their urban backdrop, and a breath of fresh air for those who need to get away from the busy streets of the city. Howe full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 03:03:25 GMT <![CDATA[Adinah’s and Maria’s Empanada Face-Off]]> By Gideon Salzman-Gubbay ’10, Corey Switzer ’10, and Sam Levine ’10


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Michelle Ning displays a tray of Adinah's empanadas.

Chicken Empanadas from Adinah’s Farm and Maria’s Empanada Stand: Chicken wrapped in fried dough, and sometimes topped off with vegetables and peppers. Adinah’s: $1.50 Maria’s: $1.25 full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:58:05 GMT <![CDATA[Securing Sunlight in 20th Century America]]> By Nika Sabasteanski ’13


Noa Bendit-Shtull
Dr. Freund’s book on the Social History of Sunlight will be published in 2011.

Did you ever wonder why our schools are shaped in I’s, H’s and C’s, or why the Empire State Building and other art deco skyscrapers of the 1920’s and 30’s were designed with multiple geometric layers full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:55:50 GMT <![CDATA[BHSEC Through a New Set of Eyes]]> By Nina Chausow ’13


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A group of 9th graders eat lunch with their new friends in the cafeteria.

The moment the letter is sent to the DOE carrying our decision to go to Bard High School Early College for the upcoming four years of our immediate futures, the world changes. Even with an entire half full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:52:20 GMT <![CDATA[Year IIs Name Their Top Three]]> By Noa Bendit-Shtull ’10


Steven Mazie
Year IIs Miraflore Joseph, Kristal Pacific, and Abigail Savitch-Lew research colleges in the CTO.

U. Chicago, Brandeis, and George Washington. Union, Columbia, and Northeastern. Stony Brook, Syracuse, and Binghamton. Trends start to appear as 68 Year IIs list their top three college choices. Eleve full story > ]]> Thu, 05 Nov 2009 02:48:20 GMT