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The Baldwin High School girls lacrosse team lost to Mt. Lebanon.

Videos

Video story: Girls lacrosse falls to Lebo

Eliza Swanson, News Editor

May 3, 2024

The Baldwin boys volleyball team won the senior rec game.

Videos

Video story: Boys volleyball wins senior rec match

Tumi Ojo and Asmita Pokharel

May 3, 2024

Mini-THONs Run 4 The Kids raises money for childhood cancer awareness and treatment.

Videos

Video story: Run 4 the Kids raises funds, awareness

Amanda Booth and Connor Boros

May 3, 2024

Baldwins girls tennis team competes in the fall, and boys compete in the spring.

Sports

Bethel defeats boys tennis

Brendan Harris and Kenzie Hirt

May 2, 2024

Formula 1 is the highest-level tournament of international Formula Racing. Photo courtesy of Formula 1

Sports

Formula 1 is coming into Miami with some major changes

Asmita Pokharel, Entertainment Editor

May 2, 2024

News

Baldwin High School serves the Baldwin, Whitehall, and Baldwin Township communities.

Baldwin prepares to pilot block scheduling next year

Asmita Pokharel, Tumi Ojo, Connor Boros, and Amanda Booth • April 9, 2024

Next year, Baldwin High School will take the first step in transitioning to a block-scheduling system....

Baldwin’s Green Club was established at the start of the 2023-2024 school year. Photo courtesy of BW Geen Club.

BHS’s new Green Club plans ‘Tree-Plenish’ event

April 2, 2024

In a video on his TikTok account, Keith Runk argues that Helen Keller’s handwriting appears to be too neat to belong to a deaf and blind person. Screenshot from Runk’s TikTok video.

Yes, Helen Keller was real, and she did all those things

March 20, 2024

Lily Baumgardner is hosting a Women’s Empowerment event for female students.

Women’s Empowerment event to emphasize career options for girls

March 15, 2024

Prime Stage Theatre presented the play And Then They Came for Me.

Baldwin students lead Holocaust education discussion at Prime Stage Theatre

March 13, 2024

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Meet the Staff

Jacob Staley

Sports Editor

Sports Editor Jacob Staley is a fourth-year writer and a senior. He can be found playing or watching basketball or football with his friends, or listening to music.

Kelcy Bhandari

Club Member

Kelcy Bhandari is a freshmen and first-year Club Member. She can be found listening to music or hanging out with friends.

Helaine White

Club Member

Sophomore Helaine White is a first-year Club Member. She can be found hanging out with her friends, watching college football, and listening to music in her free time.

Opinion

Though AI can write words, it cannot make meaningful stories.
Photo by Tara Winstead via Pexels.com

AI might try to steal my work, but I’ll still be a writer

Raven Spano, Staff Writer • April 24, 2024

At the beginning of this school year, I had to research my chosen career field, creative writing, to...

Purbalite seniors evaluate their fours years of high school at Baldwin .

Senior Farewell: Sometimes too much really is too much

April 22, 2024

The President will be voted for on Election Day but many have conflicted thoughts. Photo courtesy of Pexels.

To vote or not to vote: A presidential question

April 15, 2024

It’s too early to buy an electric truck

April 15, 2024

Artists should stop trying to rebrand

April 10, 2024

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Entertainment

New album from Fedd the God won’t convert anyone

Ben Majcher, Staff Writer • May 1, 2024

Pittsburgh native Fedd The God’s new album Soul Searching is unfortunately disappointing. The first...

Spanish musician Carlo Sadness puts the little-known genre of Spanish alternative music on the map with his new album, Realismo Magico. Photo via Wikimedia Commons courtesy of Santamarcanda.

‘Realismo Magico’ introduces Spanish alternative music to wider audience

April 30, 2024

Grace, a rising pop-funk star from Nashville, has taken inspiration from artists like Reneé Rapp and Chappell Roan to join the category of growing lesbian pop stars. Photo via DUETTI.

Essential Listening: Grace mixes funk, pop on ‘Lovesick’

April 30, 2024

The film starts like an average heist movie, and if viewers hadn’t previously seen any of the trailers, they probably wouldn’t even know they were watching a horror movie. Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures.

In ‘Abigail,’ a kidnapping leads into a fine vampire movie

April 30, 2024

In a more serious light, it could be interpreted as a warning for our divided America – but that warning is tongue-in-cheek. Courtesy of A24

‘Civil War’ blends satire, disconcerting premise

April 29, 2024

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Sports

Bethel defeats boys tennis

Brendan Harris and Kenzie Hirt • May 2, 2024

The boys tennis team lost to Bethel Park 5-0 yesterday. Sophomore Carter Smeal said Bethel played...

Formula 1 is coming into Miami with some major changes

May 2, 2024

DiCesaro helps lay foundation for the future of Baldwin Boys lax.

DiCesaro helps lacrosse team build for the future

May 2, 2024

Math teacher Bryan Black caught this 34-inch steelhead in Elk Creek in Erie, Pa., in 2023. Black always practices catch-and-release fishing. Photo courtesy Bryan Black.

Time to reel in a new hobby

May 2, 2024

The Baldwin boys lacrosse team plays in the 3A division.

Central Catholic shuts out boys lacrosse

May 1, 2024

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Videos

Video story: Girls lacrosse falls to Lebo

Eliza Swanson, News Editor • May 3, 2024

Video story: Boys volleyball wins senior rec match

May 3, 2024

Video story: Run 4 the Kids raises funds, awareness

May 3, 2024

Post-Gazette sports columnist Jason Mackey joined a Purb Take podcast on Wednesday to discuss the state of Pittsburghs pro sports teams.

Sports columnist discusses challenges facing Steelers, Penguins, Pirates

May 2, 2024

The Ben & Boros Talk Bucs podcast discusses news about the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Ben & Boros podcast discusses the struggling Pirates

April 30, 2024

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Magazine

This dress is an example of the new style of easter prom dresses. Image via Jovani.

Easter looks, bright colors lead prom dress trends

Brielle Fisher, Staff Writer • April 15, 2024

Senior Olivia Garofalo performs as Cinderella for a preview performance.

Garofalo ready for one final turn in musical spotlights

Aria Majcher, Ben Majcher • April 10, 2024

Mizell, partner pursue fashion brand dream

Kenzie Hirt and Jules Ott • April 3, 2024

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