Category Archives: BBIS Newspaper Club

2018, A Year Worth Remembering

By Yahli and Meila For many, the year 2018 has been a great success and a great year to achieve new goals, and though some of these successes and goals were more individual, others had a more global impact on … Continue reading

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How to Solve the Antibiotics Issue

By Liza Rogova Bacteria have existed on Earth for a long time and thus developed into many different species. Some became pathogenic (disease-causing) to human beings, and some (the vast majority) became beneficial to us. In the 1940s the first … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Is it really worth it to go see Bohemian Rhapsody?

By Jessica Yun I have to admit, I didn’t really know Queen until last week. I know some of you who are reading this may go, “WHAT?!? How is that possible?” Well, to be exact, I didn’t know that ‘We … Continue reading

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OPED Statue of Unity – a Boom or a Bane?

By Arnav Singh India now has the tallest statue in the world: The statue of Unity.  It is a tribute to Sardar Vallabhai Patel, who played a key role in the country’s struggle for independence and successfully integrated British colonial … Continue reading

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Results of the US Elections 2018

By Isabelle White In early November of this year, Americans took to the polls to make change. It has been two years since Republican president Donald Trump took office, and the majority of Americans are not pleased with his term … Continue reading

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The Genetics Craftsman: Who is He?

By Luca Pistor On November 26th of this year, the scientific community received word that He Jiankui, a geneticist at Shenzhen University, claimed to have just performed the world’s first instance of genetic modification on human embryos that were later … Continue reading

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BTEC takes Edinburgh!

By Yahli Bibi IBCP is a program for those who enjoy and benefit from practical learning, real-life experiences and engagement in their subjects. In order to further incorporate these wonderful aspects of IBCP learning, Travel & Tourism and Art & … Continue reading

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Festival of Lights

By Isabel White The Festival of Lights in Berlin is one of the biggest events of its kind in the world. Each year in the first few weeks of October, the most famous landmarks of Berlin are illuminated with photographs, … Continue reading

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Life Behind Supermarkets: Review of Berliner Tafel

By Meila Heidt   Imagine a swathe of land as large as China, an area of 9.597 million km². Now imagine that entire area being used to grow crops, to grow our food. Except, what if all of the food … Continue reading

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Never Too Late to Learn Ballroom Dancing

By Chantal Materne From the annual Summer ball in your hometown (Photo 1), across a relative’s wedding, and all the way to a night out in an exotic country, you might stumble across a ballroom dance floor or two during … Continue reading

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