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City’s Janitorial Staff

When people think of our school's essential staff, they immediately recognize the faculty and administration. The janitorial staff are often ...
/ / School, Uncategorized

Lunches With Lia: Ajumma

Welcome back to another Lunches With Lia. This food review is on Ajumma Cuisine located five minutes away from City, ...

Wes Moore: Maryland’s first Black governor takes the stage

Governor Wes Moore makes a speech alongside his son at the inaugural ball. (above) photo credit: Annabel Fogleman On Wednesday, ...
/ / Current Events

The Track Season at Baltimore City College

Halfway through City’s winter sports season, it’s clear the athletes are putting in the work. Specifically, the varsity wrestling team ...
/ / School, Sports

Lunches With Lia:  Punjab Groceries & Halal Meats

Welcome to my new column, Lunches with Lia, where I will be sharing food reviews from grocery stores, my favorite ...
/ / Lunches With Lia

BCC Debate Ventures to Harvard

In February, members of the Baltimore City College Debate Team traveled to Boston to participate in the annual Harvard Debate ...
/ / Club Spotlight, School

The Road to City Champs

Lilah Lee and Alisa Fixler of Baltimore City College’s Varsity Swim team pictured above. City College’s Varsity swim team brought ...
/ / School, Sports

Club Spotlight: One Love

City College One Love Club is a chapter of the national, non-profit One Love Foundation, which strives to educate people ...
/ / Club Spotlight, School

Baltimore City College’s Annual Hanukkah Party

On the fourth night of Hanukkah, the JSU held their annual Hanukkah party! Organized by members of the JSU and ...
/ / Club Spotlight, School

Cozy Book Recommendations

Fall and winter is an amazing time to pick up a book. Somehow the cool, rainy weather, auburn leaves, and ...
/ / Other

Lights, Camera, Action: City’s New Film Club

At the beginning of the 2022-23 school, Fatima Privitt, Sarai Sax, and Clementine Quaerna founded the Baltimore City College Film ...
/ / Club Spotlight

The Fifa World Cup at Baltimore City College

With the world cup being held in winter due to the extreme heat in Qatari summers, students at Baltimore City ...
/ / Sports

Club Spotlight: The Asian Student Union

ASU's Lunar New Year Celebration Being a student at City College brings many opportunities for students to express themselves and ...
/ / Club Spotlight

New Athletic Requirements for Athletes

Many athletes were concerned about the updated athletic/academic requirements announced at the sports meeting on Thursday, January 1st, 2023. Numerous ...
/ / School, Sports

City v Poly – Why do Collegians pick The Castle On the Hill over The Other School?

Every fall, incoming high school students from across Baltimore City make the difficult decision: Baltimore City College or Baltimore Polytechnic ...
/ / Uncategorized

Baltimore City College’s 2022 School Spirit Week

It's finally that time of year: spirit week has arrived at Baltimore City College. City Knights had the opportunity to ...
/ / School

Recycling at Baltimore City College

In the United States, only 5% of recyclable plastic waste has been sent to recycling plants. From plastic to cardboard, ...
/ / School

Baltimore City College Inducts Hall of Fame Members for 2022

For forty consecutive years, the Baltimore City College Alumni Association has been inducting past students and faculty into the Baltimore ...
/ / Current Events, School

Baltimore City College Touches Down on Their Decade Win

Fans from all across Baltimore packed into the Johns Hopkins’ Homewood Fields on Friday night, October 28th , to show ...
/ / School, Sports

The New Baltimore City College Chess Team

The Baltimore City College Chess Club was a prevalent extracurricular in the early 2000s, attending many tournaments and being successful ...
/ / School

Baltimore Becomes Abortion Oasis in Desert of Bordering States

June 24, 2022 was a day that has forever tangled itself in American history. On that Friday, the U.S. Supreme ...
/ / Current Events

Book Banning’s Impact on Local Students

Books that contain controversial themes have been causing more disputes over the last few decades. Over the last few centuries, ...
/ / Current Events

Teachers Mourns Death of Baltimore City College Student

Baltimore City College mourns the loss of a fellow Black Knight, Anthony Smith Jr., class of 2021. Anthony Alexander Smith ...
/ / School

Gender in the Gym

Every student has a different experience throughout their four years of high school. This is especially the case when it ...
/ / School, Sports

The Missing 23 Million

A new report revealed that nearly $24 million was misallocated in the local and state school systems in Maryland. This ...

What Do Baltimore City College Students Think of Masks Being Optional?

After nearly two years of wearing masks daily, Baltimore City College, like many other schools, has made masks optional. From ...
/ / covid, mask, masks, School

What Is Next for the Class of ’22?

As spring is approaching, so is an exciting new chapter in the lives of City College seniors. With City’s 97% ...
/ / 2022, college, School, senior

Justice for Lauren Smith-Fields

On December 12th, 2021, Lauren Smith-Fields was found unconscious in her Connecticut apartment after a Bumble date with a man ...

Baltimore City College 2021-22 Boys Basketball Season

Baltimore City College is well-known throughout Maryland for its IB curriculum and notable alumni. However, City’s sports also add to ...
/ / basketball, boys, city, School, Sports

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson Nominated to Replace Justice Stephen Breyer

Justice Stephen Breyer is set to retire at the end of the 2021-22 Supreme Court term. He is the oldest ...

Everything Is on the Internet

In this day and age of technology, social media has completely taken the world by storm and become a part ...
/ / internet, Other

The Russia-Ukraine Crisis: History, Lead-Up and Current Status

Over the past month the news has been dominated by one thing: the Ukraine Crisis. Located in eastern Europe, Ukraine, ...

Promoting Change at BCC Through Social Media

On Nov, 1, the @/survivors.at.bpi Instagram page posted its first account of sexual harassment, submitted by an anonymous student at ...

The Impact of Covid-19 on BCC Students

Coming out of a pandemic has been challenging adjustment-wise for all, and especially for students. There has evidently been a ...

Marvel Phase 4: What’s New and What To Expect

Both Marvel comics and the Marvel cinematic universe are significant aspects of pop culture now and historically. From the famous ...

COP 26 Climate Summit

The 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP) recently took place between October 31st, ending on November 12th. The conference ...

Clubs at Baltimore City College

Considering the impacts that the pandemic has had on the educational opportunities of many, it’s remarkable what City is offering ...

What Is Causing the Chesapeake Bay to Be Unhealthy?

The Chesapeake Bay is an imperative waterway to ecosystems which spread across the East Coast. Not only is it the ...

Pad/Tampon Dispenser in the Girl’s Bathroom

At the end of last school year, Lorenzo Funk (‘22) began his campaign for President of our Student Government Association ...
/ / dispenser, menstrual, School

Spirit Week at Baltimore City College

With the 133rd annual homecoming game of City vs. Poly right around the corner, our proud City Knights had the ...
/ / School, spirit, spirit week

Senior Inaugural: A Beginning and an End

A procession of young adults walks in droves, dressed in all black, each adorned with a single gold rose. At ...
/ / School, senior inaugural

Fall Sports

After nearly 18 months of Covid disrupting the high school experience for many athletes, fall sports are in full swing ...
/ / Sports

Women in Sports

Many would say equality in sports has progressed since the Paris Olympics, nearly 125 years ago, when women were first ...
/ / Sports

OP-ED: Positive COVID-19 Tests at City

Numbers of positive COVID-19 tests at City could lead to virtual learning once again. In the first month and a ...
/ / covid, covid test, School, test, testing

Learning in the Pandemic

In March of 2020, Baltimore City Public Schools shut down for a week among rising concerns over the Covid-19 virus ...

Class Dues

Upon entering the halls of the prestigious Baltimore City College, many students set themselves up for a lack of sleep, ...
/ / Class Dues, School

The Walkout for Sexual Assault

Wednesday, September 15th, at 10:00 AM, the bell of protest rang. Not a physical bell, but the bell that rang ...

City Model UN Excels at Baltimore Area Model UN Conference

A gavel raps a sound block. Twenty people raise placards each with a country name written across it. No, this ...
/ / Uncategorized

Spring Sports at City

You hear birds chirping. You hear the ping of a metal bat striking a baseball. You hear the swish of ...
/ / Uncategorized

Schoology vs. Google Classroom: Which One is Best for City?

Every student, parent, and teacher at Baltimore City College is familiar with Schoology, and its difficulties. Many City affiliates have ...
/ / School

Behind The Song: Drivers License

A defining moment in so many musicians' careers is creating that one song or one piece of music that speaks ...
/ / Uncategorized

IB Choses To Cancel May 2021 Exams

With such an unconventional and challenging school year coming to a close, the possibility of International Baccalaureate (IB) testing in ...

How You Can Help: A Look Into the Lives of Those Suffering From Deadly Eating Disorders

Anorexia Nervosa is an eating disorder that causes a person to see their body image in a way where they ...
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An Evaluation of the New Johnson and Johnson Vaccine

It's been a year since Covid-19 took control of the whole world, and now Johnson and Johnson's single-shot vaccine is ...
/ / Uncategorized

Minorities and the Vaccine Experience

SARS-CoV-2 is the strain of coronavirus that causes COVID-19 that first started in Wuhan, China in Late 2019 (Center for ...
/ / Current Events

Testing Chaos: IB v. AP Testing 2021

As if this school year hasn’t been stressful enough, these last few months of the year, students are now beginning ...
/ / Uncategorized

Countering Police Brutality

In 2020, America experienced a momentous time where the number one topic of conversations was race relations. As we reflect ...
/ / Current Events

Trump’s Second Impeachment

“The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, ...
/ / Current Events

Why Honoring Holocaust Remembrance Day is So Important

On January 27, 1945, the Auschwitz Nazi death camp in Poland was liberated by the Soviet Union. Sixty years later, ...

Ways To Reduce Your Carbon Footprint

Reducing your carbon footprint is an important and integral part of making our world a better place. There are many ...
/ / Current Events, Other

The Best Netflix Movies and Shows for 2021

With more and more free time on our hands, thanks to being at home all day, what better way to ...
/ / Uncategorized

The light of City’s Freshman’s First Semester

It is quite obvious that this past year was unlike no other, with COVID-19 causing a nationwide disruption in learning ...
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The Bad Experiences First Semester Freshman Year

The first semester is always the hardest because it is a tremendous transition. It can be very overwhelming. Since this ...
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Running Up That Hill

The alarm clock rings again. Oh no, class starts in two minutes! You rush out of bed, put on your ...
/ / Uncategorized

Activist Burnout

Below is a piece written by Janiya Brown (class of 2022) for BCC Speech. It was intended for original oratory ...
/ / Uncategorized

Initiative to Hire More Students of Color

Race is something which has defined us for centuries. There have been major issues surrounding race which go back hundreds ...
/ / Current Events

Biden’s First Week in Office

Once the public is aware of the goals and promises candidates have set in their campaign platforms, it can be ...
/ / Current Events

Does Baltimore need privatized, protected bike lanes?

Now, why does Baltimore need more bike infrastructure? Well, Baltimore, like any other American city, has a grand infrastructure for ...
/ / Current Events, Uncategorized

Broadway History

Have you ever wondered about the history of broadway? Broadway was made known by Thomas Kean in 1750. This novel ...
/ / Other

Baking with Clara!- French Macaroons (Macarons)

Bake with Me French Macaroons (Macarons) A sweet crunchy shell with a soft, chewy inside, macarons are a dessert you ...
/ / Baking with Clara!

Spring Sports

Many activities are in question with the pandemic and have left many students and teachers wondering what’s going on with ...
/ / School

A Covid Q&A with Dr. Miriam Laufer: All about the vaccine, Covid precautions, and viruses

After months of whipped coffee, Tiger King, and TikTok in quarantine, the Covid19 vaccine has been perfected and released to ...
/ / Current Events

Changes to the Collegian

My name is Hope Sacco, and I am this year’s lead editor of our school newspaper, The Collegian. Although I’ve ...
/ / School

Diversity Within the Cabinet: A Look at Biden’s Nominations

The Cabinet has been made up of the trusted advisors of the President of the United States since our nation’s ...
/ / Current Events

Student versus Teacher Stress

During the pandemic, there has been a lot of stress in life. But school has also been a large factor ...
/ / School

Too Many Formatives? Dealing with a High Workload

Meeting with teachers twice a week only allows for so much instruction time, but how much formative work is too ...
/ / School

Harmful Physical Education Curriculum on Body Types

Body positivity, overall health, confidence, and love towards one's own body, has become a much more prevalent idea in society ...
/ / School

One Pan Chocolate Snack Cake

This column is going to introduce you to some delicious baking recipes, whether sweet and simple or salty and complex ...
/ / Baking with Clara!

Capital Punishment and The Bigger Picture of Abolition

Too often in America, people are sentenced to death by the state as punishment for the conviction of a crime ...
/ / Current Events

Keeping Up With Your Mental Health

During this time of quarantine and isolation because of the coronavirus, it can be hard for teens to feel normal ...
/ / Other

From Baltimore to D.C.: Will BCPSS CEO Dr. Sonja Santelises be Biden and Harris’s Pick for Secretary of Education?

On November 7, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris were announced President and Vice-President Elect. Since their victory, they have started ...
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Digital Divide In Baltimore

I open my laptop and there goes the black screen of my first period class. A seemingly endless connecting circle ...
/ / Current Events

For the Next Two Years, the Senate Lies on Georgia

Since the Associated Press called the 2020 Presidential Election on November 7, Democratic Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have become ...
/ / Current Events

Sustainable Fashion

Today, fashion is an extremely important aspect. What brands you wear, what shoes you wear, where you shop and much ...
/ / Other

10 Great Netflix Movies to Watch While Stuck at Home

Many of us are still stuck at home during these times, so what better way to keep entertained than to ...
/ / Other

Presidential Debate 2020

On September 29th, we had this year's first Presidential debate. The democratic representative is Vice President Joe Biden. The republican ...
/ / Current Events

Peru’s President ousted

Martin Vizcarra has been recently ousted because of being alleged of taking in thousands of dollars of bribes and of ...
/ / Current Events

Environmental Club

With less than 11 years left before the damage done to the Earth is irreversible, it is of the utmost ...
/ / Sports

Students for a Democratic Society

There are countless issues in the United States today, whether that be reckless and unwarranted killings, the absence of aid ...
/ / School

Ruth Bader Ginsburg Dies at 87

Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG) was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1993. She went to Harvard Law School where she was ...
/ / Current Events