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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cozy Book Recommendations
Fall and winter is an amazing time to pick up a book. Somehow the cool, rainy weather, auburn leaves, and ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
Gender in the Gym
Every student has a different experience throughout their four years of high school. This is especially the case when it ...
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 ...
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% ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Fall Sports
After nearly 18 months of Covid disrupting the high school experience for many athletes, fall sports are in full swing ...
Women in Sports
Many would say equality in sports has progressed since the Paris Olympics, nearly 125 years ago, when women were first ...
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 ...

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, ...
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 ...
Spring Sports at City
You hear birds chirping. You hear the ping of a metal bat striking a baseball. You hear the swish of ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Countering Police Brutality
In 2020, America experienced a momentous time where the number one topic of conversations was race relations. As we reflect ...
Trump’s Second Impeachment
“The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Running Up That Hill
The alarm clock rings again. Oh no, class starts in two minutes! You rush out of bed, put on your ...
Activist Burnout
Below is a piece written by Janiya Brown (class of 2022) for BCC Speech. It was intended for original oratory ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Broadway History
Have you ever wondered about the history of broadway? Broadway was made known by Thomas Kean in 1750. This novel ...
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 ...
Spring Sports
Many activities are in question with the pandemic and have left many students and teachers wondering what’s going on with ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Student versus Teacher Stress
During the pandemic, there has been a lot of stress in life. But school has also been a large factor ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...

Digital Divide In Baltimore
I open my laptop and there goes the black screen of my first period class. A seemingly endless connecting circle ...
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 ...
Sustainable Fashion
Today, fashion is an extremely important aspect. What brands you wear, what shoes you wear, where you shop and much ...
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 ...
Presidential Debate 2020
On September 29th, we had this year's first Presidential debate. The democratic representative is Vice President Joe Biden. The republican ...
Peru’s President ousted
Martin Vizcarra has been recently ousted because of being alleged of taking in thousands of dollars of bribes and of ...
Environmental Club
With less than 11 years left before the damage done to the Earth is irreversible, it is of the utmost ...
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 ...
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 ...