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The Purbalite
The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite
The student news site of Baldwin High School

The Purbalite
Joey Shields

Joey Shields, Staff Writer

Joey is a senior and a first-year staff writer. He enjoys playing sports, watching television, and crushing his brothers in Super Smash Bros. He loves Pittsburgh’s sports teams, and hates the New England Patriots with a burning passion.

U.S. News and World Report’s willingness to lean into the high rankings of rich school districts emphasizes the problems that they have also had with their highly publicized college rankings.

Column: U.S. News ranking system flawed and unfair

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
May 31, 2019
Gotham’s extended run on FOX has laid a blueprint for the introduction of movie characters to the small screen

‘Gotham’ the perfect model for small screen character development

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
May 28, 2019
The Pirates should make important moves this offseason. Image Via Pinterest

Pirates fans need to look at big picture with recent trades

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
May 23, 2019
From its creative gameplay to its ambient music and nostalgic feel, Minecraft is still one of the best games ever, even 10 years after its release, and will likely continue thriving for years to come.

Minecraft’s 10th anniversary shows effect on gaming

Joey Shields and Pratiksha Timsina
May 17, 2019
Joey Shields, MacKenzie Sendro, Eli Achtzehn, and Evan Haggerty give their opinions on various taco spots around town.

These tacos aren’t just for Tuesdays

Joey Shields, MacKenzie Sendro, Eli Achtzehn, and Evan Haggerty
April 26, 2019
The Steel Cactus at Cool Springs provides solid service and food, though it does not stand out from the crowd of Mexican restaurants in the area.

The Steel Cactus isn’t quite perfect

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
April 26, 2019
The Highlanders lost largely due to a slow start, as they slipped behind the Rebels by a score of 15-3 by halftime.

Girls lacrosse falls to Seton

Joey Shields and Pratiksha Timsina
April 25, 2019
The proposed law attacks popular gaming franchises, such as Call of Duty, Grand Theft Auto, and Assassin’s Creed

Bill would boost tax on mature games

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
April 25, 2019
This is a podcast produced by the staff of The Purbalite at Baldwin High School.

Podcast: Purbalite writers run a mock NFL draft

Austin Bechtold and Joey Shields
April 24, 2019
Teachers Mr. Foote, Ms. Foote, and Ms. Streets set up a pop-up classroom in the library to discuss the recent fire at Notre Dame.

Teachers have innovative “pop-up” class informing students about Notre Dame

Joey Shields, Fiona Selden, and Elizabeth Solenday
April 16, 2019
"LSD" brings together a collaboration of Labyrinth, Sia, and DJ Diplo to create a unique album.

New album “LSD” changes collaboration in pop music

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
April 16, 2019
Baldwin hosted the South Hills Classic Invitational this Saturday, hosting 32 teams.

Brendan O’Malley breaks school record at South Hills Classic track invite

Allison Schroeder, Guerin Balkovec, and Joey Shields
April 8, 2019
"Tom Clancy's the Division 2" exceeds the standards of most sequels.

“Tom Clancy’s The Division 2” meets expectations set by its predecessor

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
This is a podcast produced by the staff of The Purbalite at Baldwin High School.

New podcast takes a look at the state of the Marvel Cinematic Universe

Joey Shields and Paul Briones
March 28, 2019
The library has been revamped with a new Scrabble decoration on the wall.

Scrabble decoration brings wordplay to library

Joey Shields and Evan Haggerty
March 25, 2019
The defeat works as a fitting metaphor for the season as a whole, as the team ended non-conference play with a solid 10-3 record, losing two of those games by only a point.

Pitt Panthers’ Season Ends on Low Note

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
March 18, 2019
Super Bowl commercials are among the best ways that a company can advertise its brand and its product, and while fans were disappointed by this year’s matchup between the Patriots and Rams, over 100 million people worldwide still saw the wide variety of ads.

Some Super Bowl commercials lived up to the hype

Joey Shields, Staff Writer
February 4, 2019
It’s official: Creativity in Hollywood is at an all-time low, and it doesn’t look like it will recover anytime soon.

Creativity in Hollywood reaches all-time low

Joey Shields, Club Member
November 12, 2018
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