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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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The student news site of Bellaire High School

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Senior Truman Callaghan explains the difference between empiricism and rationalism, which is using prior experience to acquire knowledge versus using reason and logic to arrive at knowledge. Callaghan's interest in philosophy began when he started to think more deeply about different things that he read.
The search for true knowledge
Dawson Sotiriades, Reporter • Feb 13, 2025
Many students are stressed for the upcoming SAT. Preparing for the exam is a daunting task and takes hours upon hours of work.
SAT shenanigans
Luca Cheng, Reporter • Feb 12, 2025
Congressional debaters Alia Hassan, Andy Shen, Samantha Tran, Simone Goffney and Catherine Xue smile in front of the yellow Emory sign in the Northern Emory Student Center. They spectated the final round of Congressional Debate after Shen, Tran and Xue were eliminated in semi-finals.
Debaters clash at the Barkley Forum
Joy Xia, Print Editor • Feb 11, 2025
MSA members gather together as they learn and celebrate the importance of the hijab. They follow a presentation presented by four University of Houston students, Najiha Zaman, Wajeeha Irfan, Marium Mira and Hafsa Nadeem.
Faith, choice, and identity
Ayana Khan, HOB Editor • Feb 7, 2025
Parent Judy Cheng asks Principal Michael Niggli about false detections during the Q&A portion of the weapons detection system community meeting. The majority of the audience was made up of parents.
‘Another layer of protection’
Zara Bukhari, Reporter • Feb 6, 2025
The wildfire spread through Northern California on Jan. 13, burning down trees. Since Jan. 7, it has scorched approximately 40,500 acres—an area about the size of Washington, D.C.
Rising from the ashes
Emily Brams, Reporter • Feb 5, 2025
Sophomore and Co-Presidents Shiraz Alapat, standing on the left, and Rishabh Thosani, on the right, introduce themselves at their first meeting of the school year. The Career Club’s next meeting is on Feb. 20.
Building futures
Zara Bukhari, Reporter • Feb 5, 2025
The majority of students who applied Early Action recieved this message in MyStatus, UT's portal. After a day, the wording changed from "delayed" to "deferred."
UT Austin delays early action results
Tanvi Dubey, News Editor • Feb 3, 2025
The graphic depicts the 2024 percentage of the residential population compared to the percentage of the incarcerated population by race in Harris County. While African Americans make up 19% of the residential population, they occupy 51% of the jail population.
Breaking the chains
Ishani Kaushik, News Editor • Jan 29, 2025
Junior Leonid Kolonin prepares to "snowboard" down the hill at the Miller Outdoor Theatre with his skimboards. He did more snowboarding in Houston on Jan. 21 than he did over his week in Utah during winter break, and his time at the hill "really made his year so far."
Blanket over Bayou City
Claire Bradford, Editor-in-Chief • Jan 29, 2025
Club sponsor Cydney Tinsley gives a rough agenda of the topics the club covers. "I tried to pick the things that I thought would be most interesting for students to learn," Tinsley said.
Forensic Science Club members plan labs, lectures for future meetings
Andrew Chen, Reporter • Jan 27, 2025
Junior and club member Micah Joseph shares his experience as a multiracial person. Social media manager Maximilian Strebel encouraged him to speak.
Multi-Racial organization opens January meeting with club mission on celebrating diversity
Sara Tilney, Sports Editor • Jan 27, 2025
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