The Next Generation of Video Game Designers Correct, and Ana Is a Hater

Volume 6 Issue 2 December 2011 SHORT STORIES Inside Schools Review Inside schools, an independent organization that writes reviews about New York City schools, updated its review about BSGE recently based on a school visit by one of its staff members in November. You can find the review at http://insideschools.org/high/browse/school/1267 Read more on page 10! BSGE Gets Two “B’s” BSGE received a “B” on both the Middle and High School grades from the NYC DOE’s annual school grades for 2010-11. The middle school has consistently received B’s the past few years whereas the HS grade is down from an “A” last year. The scores are made up of a combination of student performance, student performance, and school environment. Schools’ results are compared to the other similar schools. The DOE has made an effort to make it more difficult to receive A’s this year compared to last year. You can read the detailed report on the DOE website. Girls Basketball Team The Girls Basketball team defeated Newcomers HS in their first win of the season. Freshman Kara Fallon scored 36 of the team’s 42 points. The young team looks promising after having its entire starting lineup graduate last year. The girls have nine more games after the break with a game at Frank Sinatra HS on 1/17. Cake Sale brings in $$$ BSGE raised over $1100 for student activities from its 3rd Happy Holidays! A picture of the Senior Council’s festive banner hanging above. annual cake sale. Students sold a total 151 items with 7th Photo credit: Isabel Castro ‘14 grader Rummana Amrin selling the most: $656 worth of cakes. “The Other Guys” Football Podcast The Next Generation of BSGE alumnus, Shamar Walters ’09 has a weekly football podcast you can stream or download at, http://other- guysfootball.podomatic.com/ Walters currently attends Video Game Designers American University. CHRISTOPHER BIRSAN ‘15 replica of the classic game Pong after engaged in the material. Teaching is BSGE has a new elective course called, going over the basics of video game a lot of work, but it is very reward- Indoor Soccer Tournament Video Game Design. The new course design. ing.” He also feels very welcome by In mid-November, BSGE had an indoor 3 versus 3 soccer for one stream of 7th graders is de- Students have described the the school. He added, “The students tournament. It was held in the school cafeteria and had signed and taught by Thatcher Clay, a class as both enjoyable and challeng- and school are both great. The stu- a great turnout. Quite a lot of people came to watch the senior architect and technical director ing. Sarah Nasr explains, “It is not dents are very receptive and willing soccer players who ranged from grades 7 to 12. There at a video gaming studio called Vostu difficult as long as you listen to what’s to dive into the material, even when were even a few non-BSGE students that came to par- where he and his team primarily de- being said and know where things it gets a little tricky. And the school ticipate. The great turnout will probably lead to another sign video arcade style mobile games are, otherwise then for the most part (in particular Mr. Lakhaney) is great indoor tournament in the near future. for phones like the iPhone, and the it’s easy,” but added, “The worst part for encouraging me to come teach the Android phones. He volunteers his is when you get lost and don’t know class.” time at BSGE once a week and hopes what to do.” Yassmin El- to teach students in his class the prac- banna agrees and puts the tical use of subjects that they learn in challenges into perspec- school for example physics and geom- tive, “Well at some times etry through designing video games. it gets difficult, but if ev- He hopes the students will have a good erything was easy what time in his class and maybe even help would be the fun of that?” the students spur their interests in Mr. Clay loves video game design. his class and loves teach- In class, the students use the ing students. He explains, program Unity to create simple games, “The experience with the and after getting the hang of it, they class has been great, the Correction: The November Issue of the BACC Rag stated the Virge progressively build to more complex students have been by and Ramos was bad at fantasy football. This is not true. games. Right now, they are creating a large very receptive and Photo Credit: Samantha Calpo ‘14 Happy Holi- days! Entertainment Pages with IN 4 & 5 Megan & Ana THIS Occupy Page 12 ISSUE: What Street?Page 3 December 2011 BSGE’s OfficialBuzz Page 2 Table of Contents LETTERS TO Page One Megan and Ana Inside Schools Review BSGE Gets Two “B’s’ Girls Basketball Team First Cake Sale of the Year THE DITOR “The Other Guys” Football Podcast An article I disagreed with is “TheE Problem According to the article, “The Problem with Indoor Soccer Tournament with LMFAO.” I thought that this article was plain in- LMFAO,” LMFAO consists of two idiots that have afros The Next Generation of Video Game Designers correct, and Ana is a hater. I actually listen to their mu- and are not supposed to be in the music business. I sic while doing homework and it’s better than whatever disagree with this, because I like how LMFAO are these Page Two you probably listen to. two idiotic-looking men that make these catchy party- Letters to Megan and Ana WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE WIGGLE YEAH! I’M ing songs. And seriously, they are not so bad that they Places to Go For Lunch SEXY AND I KNOW IT! shouldn’t be in the music industry. It’s not like they are -Ryan Zhuo going to affect the everyday lives of a human being, as Page Three I think Megan and Ana are being very critical they are only people that sing for parties. Occupy What Street? in their Entertainment Section, but if you look at it in I don’t think LMFAO is that bad at all. I think BSGE’s Boys Basketball Team: Sting’s First a different point of view, they are correct. I personally that the two rappers of the group are very good at what Win watch all of these shows.During the week I work on my they do and should continue without changing any- studies and homework. During the weekend I’m not thing. And afterall, their famous partying songs have Pages Four and Five as tense so I’m more calm. That is when I watch these made them popular and they are known by almst every Happy Holidays! shows. I find them very entertaining but inappropriate. American who listens to the radio. They have been It simply shows people acting like animals for money nominated for many music awards and even have won a Page Six and maybe fun. couple, which proves why they are completely motivated Teacher of the Month: Mr. Heine I watch all these shows listed; I watch but only to continue. to entertain myself or just make fun of people that Ask yourselves, if you were awarded for some- Page Seven would do anything to have or receive money. The reason thing that you have done well on, would you continue The Buzz I think this is because back in Europe my aunt is a model to work on it? The same goes for LMFAO, as they were Erik Verlinde: Challenging Gravity since 1962 and singer. I know those jobs are hard but in Europe awarded for their famous party singing, so why stop? Word from the Read World many of the shows are much more realistic. While here This is the reason why I disagree with the article, al- BSGE’s New Chess Club in America it’s just people dressed up and put in a house though it is just a matter of opinion. to act like idiots or total losers. For example, Jersey Shore -Anonymous Page Eight is like that. So I conclude I both disagree and agree with I enjoyed the piece about LMFAO. I must say BSGE’s College Readiness Megan and Ana. that I also do not like that band and the very few songs I Six Years of the French Language -Anonymous have heard them sing are not even meaningful. So they Juniors Visit the Emily Fisher Landau Art may have toe-tapping songs but what does that matter Center I don’t think there’s a problem with LMFAO’s if all their songs are about the same things. They are all songs. These songs aren’t meant to be meaningful; they about worthless dancing. Who cares if you have a “pas- Page Nine are meant to be fun party songs that shouldn’t be taken sion in your pants?” Ana was able to deliver the simple December in Pictures so seriously and judged so critically. I don’t think it’s message and show how, if you are truly willing to listen fair to make fun of the band members’ hair and outfits to their music and you actually enjoy them, then you Page Ten because they are just having fun and being themselves, need to go to therapy. Sudoku unlike other stars who are boring and unrecognizable in “Every day I’m shuffling.” Yes, they do shuffle.

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