In July of 2023, a TikTok creator with the username @karmapilled posted a 19-second video of herself and her “girl dinner” - a single bite on the stick of a chocolate-covered vanilla ice cream bar,...
At 11:59 on October 12th, 2025, thousands of Swifties, including myself, waited with bated breath for the drop of “The Life of a Showgirl”. Taylor Swift’s 12th album features, fittingly, 12 songs,...
Warning, spoilers ahead for those who haven’t watched “Scream”!
Amelia
When my colleague, Nora, suggested we review “Scream”, I was skeptical. As a fan of classic horror movies such as...
“Spread kindness. Through our actions and helping people, I believe that we can make a better world,” says Valeria Wolters, the new Spanish teacher. Wolters grew up in Venezuela and went to the same...
This year, Gina Yanni joined the Berkeley Math Department as a teacher for Geometry and Honors Algebra 2. She attended Marist University as an undergraduate, and then completed her master’s in education...
“To me, it's not a job, because I enjoy coming here and teaching and being in the classroom,” says Mrs. Serrano, Berkeley’s new Upper Division Spanish language teacher. Serrano grew up in Puerto...
“I did not want to teach,” says Denise Diaz, the new 9th and 10th academic dean and World Language teacher. Diaz grew up in Buffalo, New York, and attended college at SUNY Oswego, just north of Syracuse. ...
Yasmin Virani, Assistant Social Media Editor
• October 6, 2025
This summer, Berkeley welcomed Augustine “Gus” Whyte ’99 as the new Upper Division Director, and for him, the role feels like a homecoming. A Berkeley graduate himself, Whyte describes his years...
Kiran Dhaliwal, Assistant Head Photographer
• September 17, 2025
“Learn to fish” is the mantra Upper Division Assistant Debate Coach Stefan Bauschard follows and he encourages others to do the same!
With over 40 years of experience in debate, Bauschard joins...
Emma Colitz, Co-Head-Editor-in-Chief
• September 11, 2025
This year, Rachael Dugo joined the Upper Division faculty as a college counselor and an academic dean for grades 11 and 12. She earned both her B.S. in Elementary Education and her M.A. in Professional...
Tampa native William Russell joined Berkeley this year as the new ceramics teacher. He is a multi-talented individual hoping to add a lot to the school art program. It is rare that schools have a dedicated...
I never thought about how much The Fanfare meant to me until I no longer had our weekly Wednesday meetings. For a while, I never thought much of them; I would share my ideas, listen to my peers’ thoughts...
