the
Spectrum
The Blake School v 511 Kenwood Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55403 v Issue 2 v October 27, 2011 v blakespectrum.org v your voice in print
student life........pg 2-3 Club Profile:
Occupy Wall Street goes national
Citizens and students speak out on the issues news......................pg 4 What the #%*@!#$& Study correlates
SWEARING and
Stress
opinions.............pg 5-7 The Importance of Banned Book Week
in-depth.............pg 8-9
An In Depth look at Fears and Phobias
a&e.................pg 10-11 Behind the Crew of The Government Inspector
sci/tech...........pg 12-13 Facebook is less private than you think
sports.............pg 14-15
Origin of the Bear
features...............pg 16
Artists at Blake
the first place, and we wouldn’t want to follow in their footsteps. We also understand that taxes in s every US History student the highest tax bracket are actulearns, the founders of this ally lower now than they have nation prefaced the Declaration been at ANY POINT SINCE 1916 of Independence (other than from with the thought 1988-1992). We that a government’s are grateful for role is to protect our assets and the citizen’s right to are willing to give life, liberty, and the back. We are the 1 pursuit of happipercent.” In terms ness (see graphic). of likes, Meyers’s They went on to comment had state that citizens far more than have the right to the original post. overthrow unfair However, there government that is a sense of tafails to uphold boo around the these rights, and it subject of monis under this ratioey. There has nal that the “Occupy been talk around Wall Street” (OWS) school that it is movement has garawkward to disnered its support. cuss or support photo credit: blogs.citypages.com This pro- “Occupy Minneapolis” Protestors in front of Wells Fargo Bank certain viewtest is against the points for fear tion, as evidenced by opposing Max Meyers ‘12 posted unfair distribution of financial cheers at sports games involving a comment in disagreement say- of offending others or getting wealth and social power among “Daddy’s Money,” the Blake stu- ing, “We are the 1 percent. We un- harassed for feeling a certain American citizens and a pro- dent population is much more derstand that giving 35% of our way. Max Frenkel said, “A lot of test of the strong political sway diverse than this assumption. income is reasonable because people came up to me the next that big business has over the On facebook there have of the opportunities we have day saying that they supported government. They call for gov- been posts on both my feelings, but did not feel ernment intervention and re- sides of the debate comfortable liking my status.” form in regulating the power from people associat This issue has escaof big banks. What started as a ing themselves with lated a national level; OWC We hold these truths to be selflocal New York protest has es- either the 1% or 99% is building momentum, evident, that all men are creatcalated into a national debate. and their justificagaining support from busied equal, that they are endowed G. William Domhoff, tion of their feelings. nesses such as Ben & Jerrys. by their Creator with certain professor of sociology and psy- Protests have broken out Others have unalienable Rights, that among chology at UC Santa Cruz, states posted in more than just Wall Street and on what these are Life, Liberty and the that in 2007, the top 1% of the they think the viewour Minneapolis now plays host pursuit of Happiness.--That to population controlled 42.7% point of the 1% to its own “Occupy” movement. secure these rights, Governments of financial wealth in America, and 99% should be. This issue may prove to are instituted among Men, dewhile the bottom 80% of the be a turning point in American One such deriving their just powers from the population controlled only 7% bate that got a lot of politics come the 2012 election. consent of the governed, --That of the financial wealth. Recent attention was in reSenior Michael McGrath said, whenever any Form of Governtrends suggests that this dis- sponse to Max Fren“The Occupy Wallstreet movement becomes destructive of parity has not changed much. kel’s ‘12 facebook ments are living proof of the these ends, it is the Right of the This gives the top status. It said, “We are democratic system. The people’s People to alter or to abolish it. 1% much more political pow- the 1 percent. We are voices are being represented. If -Declaration of Independence er because the government getting taxed heavily you disagree with these movis motivated by money and on our homes. We are ments, there is an incredible opthose with more money can forced to give 35% of portunity for failure if you were lobby harder for their own in- our well-deserved into conclude that you should terests than those without. come to others. We are ridiculed had and the lifestyle we lead. ignore what all the commotion This is why OWS by society, yet we lead it. We are We understand that the greedy, is about. Gain some knoledge calls for raised awareness the executive force in charge of money crazed people who ran about the situation so that you and government intervention combating environmental pollu- wall street are the reason we have the ability to have public or about the 1% and what they tion. We are working long hours are in this mess of a recession in private discussions on the topic.”
Bennett Winton Editor-in-Chief
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call themselves, the “99%.” Many debates have arisen within the halls of Blake itself. Though those outside of our community might try to label Blake as a “1%” institu-
and must financially compensate for others’ lack of work ethic and mistakes. We are responsible for the construction and operation of charities. We are accused for everything. We are the 1 percent.”