The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview
The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview
The student news site of Convent of the Sacred Heart High School

The Broadview

Social media reinforces gender stereotypes

Julia-Rose Kibben, Managing Editor • September 23, 2016

During a double date at Super Duper Burger in my freshman year of high school, the boy I was with asked me what I wanted. I hesitated — girls were “supposed” to order salads on dates. I settled on...

Expensive materials encourage students to seek cheaper alternatives

Expensive materials encourage students to seek cheaper alternatives

Julia-Rose Kibben, Managing Editor • August 19, 2016

Purchasing required texts on top of school supplies and uniforms can result in a pricy back-to-school receipt, which has students finding other ways to go about acquiring textbooks. “My first move...

Bill introduced to end ‘tampon tax’

Bill introduced to end ‘tampon tax’

Asha Khanna, Senior Reporter • May 24, 2016

Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration classifies tampons and pads as medical devices, they are taxed in California, unlike bandages which are exempt from sales tax, despite also being considered...

Getting blunt about marijuana

Getting blunt about marijuana

March 20, 2016

Straight to the point

February 5, 2016

Comedian Amy Schumer and Sarah Silverman create comedy sketches to advocate for female empowerment (clockwise from top). Writer Mary Wollstonecraft wrote “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman,” considered one of the earliest writings on feminist philosophy. Activist Betty Friedan co-founded the National Organization for Women. Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony were leading figures of the women’s rights movement. Photographers: Amy Schumer: Mario Santor | with permission Sarah Silverman: Gage Skidmore | with permission Mary Wollstonecraft: National Portrait Gallery | Public Domain Betty Friedan: New York World-Telegram and Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection, Library of Congress | Public Domain Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony: Library of Congress | Public Domain

That’s what she said

January 22, 2016

When the going gets tough

When the going gets tough

January 22, 2016

Conference attendees brainstorm ways to reach out to young alumnae and alumni through social media. Facebook was a means of contact that garnered the most support.

Conference to convene alumni/ae

Grace Ainslie, Senior Reporter • November 5, 2015

Graduates of the four schools congregated in the Gallery last Thursday to discuss volunteer opportunities for the upcoming Associated Alumnae and Alumni of the Sacred Heart conference. San Francisco...

Getting a leg up

Getting a leg up

Fiona Mittelstaedt & Grace Ainslie, Senior Reporters • October 1, 2015

Following the lead of other teams in Bay Counties League West and Central leagues, Convent has hired an athletic trainer who will assess injuries and work to help girls get off the bench. “You...

Tracy Sena

Tracy Sena, Adviser • August 24, 2015

Asha Khanna

August 24, 2015

‘Hislish’ class searches for solutions to selected oppressions

Charlotte Cobb, Reporter • May 1, 2015

The Sophomore Class will use Finals Week to present capstone projects as a culminating activity in the Responses to Oppression course, the combined English and history “Hislish” class. Each project...

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