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Berkeley High Ensemble Jazz Concert a Huge Success

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By Giulia Chiappetta

It’s crowded in the Berkeley High School Little Theater, with all of the seats in the audience occupied by eager listeners and the small stage brimming with stands, instruments, and young musicians. A hush falls over the crowd as a woman walks up onto the stage. The house lights slowly dim, and the woman picks up a microphone and says “Hello, my name is Sarah Cline, and this is the Berkeley High School Jazz Ensemble.” Suddenly, music fills every inch of the space; a yellow light falls upon the trumpet players’ heads and the dark blue backdrop resonates with sound.

Tech World: 11/16/12

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By Danny Hernandez

Hello fellow Jacket patriots! Interesting news from the internet this week — Gmail has now surpassed Hotmail as the most used email service used in the world! With 287.9 million users using Gmail, as opposed to Hotmail’s 286.2 million, it easily takes the number one spot. Moving on, Windows 8 was recently released. I, only having tried the release preview of the operating system, can’t give a full review on it. However, from what I have tried, it’s more geared towards tablets and other handheld devices.

Chasing Mavericks Doesn’t Fulfill Expectations

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By Alissa Guther

Set in Santa Cruz, California, Chasing Mavericks is a movie that will be close to home for many, and not just because of its setting’s proximity to the Bay Area. The movie integrates amazing surfing with a powerful and sometimes corny message about life, loss, and pursuing your dreams.

Paley Collection Displays a Taste for Modernism

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By Adrienne Sontag-Murphy

This fall, The William S. Paley Collection: A Taste for Modernism is on display at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Paley, the founder of Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS), created a display of mainly French post–impressionism and modernism artwork from what he has collected himself over the years. A key figure of New York’s Museum of Modern Art since its foundation in 1929, Paley was very active on the artistic social scene, and developed a keen taste in modern art.

E-Squared: 11/16/12

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By Elinor Holland and Emma Watry

We’ve been talking a lot about new popular music albums, but let’s change it up. In this era, most teenagers don’t listen to classical music, except for those who play classical instruments. This is unfortunate, because classical can be just as interesting as any other genre you listen to now ­— it just gets a bad rep because your grandparents force you to listen to the boring kind.

Cloud Atlas’s Foggy Plotline Rains Confusion

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By Sophie Craypo

Based off the novel by David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas is like a workout for your brain. For the initial fifteen minutes the audience is left partly in the dark, trying to figure out why it keeps switching from a robotic–like future to men on sailing ships dressed in frilly blouses. There is no explanation and you are left to realize on your own that the movie consists of six separate plots dispersed throughout time. After you become aware of this, the entire movie becomes one convoluted jigsaw.

Macklemore Advocates for LGBTQ Community

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By Lucas Fanning-Haag

Ben Haggerty, known by his stage name, Macklemore, is a 29–year–old MC who was raised in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, the heart of the city’s gay and counterculture world. He has been fairly well known on the Seattle music scene since around 2000, and has been steadily gaining attention more broadly ever since.

On October 9, Macklemore and his best friend and producer Ryan Lewis released their much–anticipated full–length collaborative album, titled The Heist. The album remained the top seller on iTunes for four days, unusual for a record released on an independent label.

Artist Spotlight: Franny Kamio

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By Maura Lynch

Francesca Kamio, a BIHS eleventh grader and an IB art student, is an inspiration to her friends and teachers. From doodles on her class notes to her awe–inspiring sketchbook, there is no question that she is an amazing artist.

No one story or event led Kamio into the art world; it was something she had never had to think about pursuing and had always done for herself.

Taylor Swift’s Red Displays Her Ability to Transcend Genres

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By Ivy Oleson

When did it become socially acceptable to like Taylor Swift once more? By sixth period on my first day of school this year, I had heard the melody of “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together” hummed in every single class. Clearly, this was part of the collective unconscious of Berkeley High School. The thing that surprised me was not how ubiquitous the chart topping single is, but rather how freely people admit their love for Taylor Swift.

Artist Spotlight: Eli Burch and Luka Lubroth–Valadez

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By Farah Otero-Ahmad

Seniors Eli Burch and Luka Lubroth–Valadez have been creating beats in Lubroth–Valadez’s backyard studio since middle school. In addition, Burch has played drums since he before he could count and Lubroth–Valadez claims talent in clothes design. When Djing sparked an interest for Burch, he ambitiously pursued a dream of becoming one, saving up money earned from summer jobs to purchase equipment such as turn tables and speakers. According to Burch although they were talented, “it was hard to get jobs because we were freshman without any experience.”

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