March 9

The E-Tree Has Deep Roots Within Berkeley High Community

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The Berkeley High E-Tree was founded in 1999 by two Berkeley High School parents, Teresa Wong and Janet Huseby. The idea of the E-Tree was to bring information about student activities to the students and families in the BHS community. The E-Tree originally had 300 subscribers, but today that number has risen to over 3,000. The E-Tree is financially backed by the Parent Teacher Student Association (PTSA) and is hosted by LMI, which is a local eco–friendly Internet provider. In the thirteen years of its existence, only nine parent volunteers have worked on the E–Tree.

Athlete Profile: Hunter Irvin

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By Mateo Garcia

“It was the first time I’d ever hit the wall, first time I’d ever held a lacrosse stick in my hand,” said senior Hunter Irvin, referring back to his initial experiences with lacrosse in third grade. Ever since, lacrosse has been one of Irvin’s passions. A four–year Varsity player on both the BHS Lacrosse and Water Polo teams, his innate skill and leadership ability has earned him the respect of teammates, and landed him positions as captain of both teams. In addition, he received the Tom Bates Award, given to students who exemplify leadership in some aspect of their school careers.

Berkeley Boy’s Tennis Motivated to Continue Past Successes

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By Lily Gold

At their first friendly scrimmage against Albany, the Berkeley High Yellowjackets Varsity Boy’s Tennis team kicked off their season with a 5–2 victory. Shortly after, they won their first league match. Tennis tryouts started February 7, and around 36 prospective players showed up. With the athletes split into varsity and junior varsity, the teams this year are bigger than ever before. This is a very important season for the boys who, despite losing a few talented seniors to graduation, are working hard to stay at the top of the league.The first goal of this season is to win their division.

Berkeley High Baseball Looks to Defend League and Rebuild

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By Tal Litwin

For the past two years, the Berkeley High School baseball team has been successful in the regular season. Last season, they finished in third place in the Alameda–Contra Costa Athletic League (ACCAL), and won the league in 2010. However, each season the team has fallen short in the North Coast Section (NCS) playoffs, losing in the first round both times. This time around, third–year coach Matt Bremer wants to “make a statement” and bring the Yellowjackets closer to winning their first NCS title.

Playtime: 3/9/12

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By Jesse Barber

Ryan Braun, an extremely respected and admired player, tested positive for performance enhancing drugs last October. But on February 23, he won his appeal and was cleared of all consequences. What overwhelming evidence could have led to the overturn of the positive test?

Despite Assumptions, Badminton No Joke

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By Bowen Johnson

Badminton is one of the unknown but very serious sports at Berkeley High School. Most people think badminton is one of those sports that just anyone can play, but that is not the case. You have to have massive amounts of stamina and you also have to be very athletic. The 2012 BHS Yellowjackets badminton team has a huge range of skill; they have some kids that have never played badminton in their life but they also have some kids who have played for the last four years at Berkeley High and hope to play in college.

Track, Field Sprint Towards Upcoming Season

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By Meg McCabe

With a relatively young group of athletes, the Berkeley High School Yellowjackets Track and Field team is looking forward to a fast season. This year the team is a manageable size, with about sixty members. The team is divided into training groups, which are generally divided based on training requirements for particular events. In high school the track element of track and field is comprised of three sprint races, three long distance races, and three hurtle races. The field element is comprised of two horizontal jumps, two vertical jumps, and two throws.

Large Radio Corporations Stifle New Original Talent in Music

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By Esther Robinson–Abrams

Lately I have become increasingly disappointed in the music industry, specifically the dominating corporations and the mainstream music that they continue to generate. Underground artists who put in as much, if not more, effort get a pittance compared to the recognition that artists who are played twice an hour on a top–40 radio station receive. In today’s world, much of the passion that used to go into making music has been lost and almost all record companies and radio stations have been bought by monopolizing mega–corporations.

The Best Affordable Chinese Food Restuarants in Berkeley

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By Sera Busse

Berkeley is known for many things: diversity, Cal, Telegraph Avenue to list a few, but one of the greatest features that the somewhat small city has to offer, is food. Because of the broad and eclectic amount of culture, it’s possible to find the best quality of just about any kind of food the stomach happens to be craving.

Berkeley Spring Musical Hairspray Preview

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By Alborz Yazdi

The ‘60s were a very different time: there were the injustices of racial oppression, Woodstock, what most people believe is the best rock ‘n’ roll ever, and also a lot of hairspray. Berkeley High School will soon get a peek into the world of Baltimore in the ‘60s with the help of BHS’s 2012 spring musical, Hairspray.

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