Staff Profile
Evan Bakker –– Commentary Editor
Spawned from the eternal flames beneath Yellowstone National Park, Evan Bakker, the fiery redhead was destined for greatness. His eyes burn with an unending passion for his his chosen calling: the bright lights of the rodeo. he first made a name for himself on the Montana-Wyoming circuit when he managed to ride Voodoo Child, one of the meanest bulls in the country. Bakker’s star continued to rise as moved into the big leagues of professional bull riding, competing with the likes of Pistol Robinson and Cord McCoy. Bakker is forced to mail in most of his writing because of his busy training schedule, but he finds the writing soothes him before a big ride, although most attribute his skill to his glowing eyes and burning red hair.
Growing need raises financial aid budget
Evan Bakker
May 19, 2009
Filed under News
Benilde-St. Margaret’s, which has offered financial aid to 14 percent of its student body and has had a healthy endowment, is prepared to have its hands full next year due to the weakened economy. Many high schools and colleges across the country have seen their endowments shrink in the midst of... Read more »
Don’t flaunt your views against religion
Evan Bakker
May 19, 2009
Filed under Opinions
The student body at Benilde-St. Margaret’s is a vast pallet of different religious beliefs and cultural influences. However, some students, whether they be atheists or students who consider themselves staunchly against organized religion, have put on an aura of arrogance and degraded religion in general. Throughout... Read more »
Fox News turns against itself amidst anti-tax protests
Evan Bakker
April 24, 2009
Filed under Opinions
Many of the most well-known news networks went berserk last week as protesters came out in significant numbers against taxes. Some, like the staunchly libearl network MSNBC, mocked the anti-taxer’s teabags with double entendres and scoffed at the small numbers of protesters. However, Fox News made... Read more »
Collapse of the old American way
evan bakker
March 5, 2009
Filed under Opinions
As people across America shake with fear over the security of their jobs, as traders sell off stocks like mad, and as the President tries to say in a steady voice that things will get better, the country faces a very broad problem: the collapse of the old American system. For obvious reasons, America... Read more »
Excellent healthcare saves teacher
Evan Bakker
March 3, 2009
Filed under News, Top Stories
Mr. Loecken, a BSM religion teacher notorious for his engaging social justice classes, plummeted 17 feet from the roof of his house last Tuesday. Although his head and back were unharmed, he suffered a long list of injuries, including a concussion, a broken nose, a fractured arm, a sprained wrist, and... Read more »
Obama a cold politician by nominating Hillary Clinton
evan bakker
December 12, 2008
Filed under Opinions
There’s a small sliver of us out there who tend to view Hillary Clinton under an immutablely negative light. Sure, she’s smart, cunning, and determined, but most of her actions are politically motivated, making her a classical cold politician. And as she was given consolation as the next Secretary... Read more »
Snow Patrol warms their experimental sound
Evan Bakker
November 21, 2008
Filed under A&E, Music Reviews
While most narrow-minded fans draw close comparisons between Snow Patrol and Coldplay because of their experimental qualities, an indie rock virtuoso would understand that they are completely different. For instance, Snow Patrol plants its Irish roots (Coldplay is British) into every song and moves... Read more »
No country for old ideas
evan bakker
November 19, 2008
Filed under Opinions
If there was any kind of a Bradley Effect in the 2008 Presidential election, it only prevented Barack Obama from capturing all 538 electoral votes. Sure, solidly Republican states in the deep south and the plains sided with John McCain, but in all toss-up and Democratic-leaning states, Obama proved that... Read more »
McCain tears his party apart
evan bakker
November 3, 2008
Filed under Opinions
The hackneyed issues of Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright haven’t stuck, and the power surge of Sarah Palin has receded into a spark of little energy. What can the McCain campaign do? Fellow Republican advisers have traded shots back and forth at each other, and the monolith of the campaign has been broken... Read more »
Why Obama could still lose in these financial times
evan bakker
October 8, 2008
Filed under Opinions
Even while Wall Street plummets to an all-time low and Americans watch their once-stable jobs disappear in front of their eyes, Obama is stuck with only a slight edge over John McCain. While the Hillary Clinton voters line-up behind the other Democrat and while some skeptical Republicans become Obamacans,... Read more »
John McCain: Maverick?
Evan Bakker
September 24, 2008
Filed under Opinions
Eight years ago, John McCain sparred with George W. Bush in the Republican primaries, dropping out of the race after below-the-belt campaigning from the other side as well as a decisive defeat on Super Tuesday. McCain had been kicked off the band-wagon of sleazy politicians and unhonorable opportunists,... Read more »
Shwayze releases nothing more than a party album
Evan Bakker
August 25, 2008
Filed under Music Reviews
With their first two singles bearing the titles "Buzzin" and "Corona and Lime," it comes as no surprise that the Southern California hip-hop group Shwayze’s debut album, in its totality, represents the duo’s unparalleled infatuation with the party lifestyle. The group is comprised of long-haired,... Read more »
Bush Administration hints at another Cold War
Evan Bakker
August 21, 2008
Filed under Opinions
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has taken a tough line of attack, demanding that Russia quickly exit the democracy of Georgia, whose territory is in danger as Russia refuses to shake loose its hold on the neighboring country. On August 7, Russia moved its troops into the province of South Ossetia... Read more »
Clinton’s Campaign Plagued by Wishful Thinking
Evan Bakker
May 27, 2008
Filed under Opinions
As the primary season tapers off and Obama and McCain roll up their sleeves for the general election, Hillary Clinton remains oblivious to the cries of the people and the media to gracefully exit the stage. And, as expected, she's not. She's banking on the hopes that people will believe her baffling... Read more »
The Iraq War 5 years later: What are we doing?
Evan Bakker
May 2, 2008
Filed under Opinions
Over the last five years, one issue has become the root of all misfortune in our country. Operation Iraqi Freedom –– as our government likes to call it –– has affected Iraqis, factory workers, the health care system, American soldiers, and will possibly leave the darkest mark on our generation. Over... Read more »
Sophomore explores alternate interests
Evan Bakker
April 18, 2008
Filed under News, Student Life
Rather than playing soccer year-round, obsessing about debate team, or just sitting around, ever-curious sophomore Abby Christensen searches for extraordinary hobbies. Welding metals, becoming a certified scuba diver, dreaming of embarking on a rock climbing adventure to the top of mount Everest,... Read more »
Obama Elitist? No Way!
Evan Bakker
April 17, 2008
Filed under Opinions
Of all the people in America––I mean all of the people––who would be the last person you’d expect to see downing a shot of whiskey and talking about her last trip to the shooting range? If you’re thinking Hillary Clinton, you thought right. Surprisingly, she’s shifted her focus of experience... Read more »
Clinton causing Democrats to lose
Evan Bakker
April 2, 2008
Filed under Opinions
This just in! Hillary Clinton has announced on Fox News that she will be staying in the presidential race until the convention, where the entire Democratic Party will certainly kill itself as a result. Now let’s allow our viewers to send in questions via e-mail. Why would she do this? asks Frank... Read more »
