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Top 12 Snoball Candidates Narrowed to 3

Top 12 Snoball Candidates Narrowed to 3

January 14, 2014

The top three have now been narrowed to Julian Caputo, Gordon Hong and Julio Stevens. You can vote for the king on Friday the 17th. Pictured at last week's assembly are all of the Top 12 candidates...

Q&A With New Drama Director Pierre Brault

Q&A With New Drama Director Pierre Brault

John Li, Staff Writer December 18, 2013

Where are you from? I am from Beachwood, actually. I grew up in Beachwood.   What did you do before this? I went to college for musical theatre at Baldwin-Wallace University. And then I moved to New...

The drama club presented The Great Gatsby in 2013. The production was in the community room. Photo from Beachcomber archives by Chad Tindel.

Drama Club Exceeds Expectations With “Gatsby”

Lynn Jiao, Staff Writer December 12, 2013

Expectations were high for the Dec. 6-8 production of The Great Gatsby, and the BHS drama club did not disappoint. The club welcomes a new director this year: Pierre Brault. His creativity was clear...

12 Years a Slave Portrays the True Horror of Plantation Life

“12 Years a Slave” Portrays the True Horror of Plantation Life

Alexander Robinson, Staff Writer December 9, 2013

Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave (adapted from the autobiography of the film’s protagonist)  is a brutal, unrelenting view into slavery. It’s not a film for the fair-hearted, and at times it becomes...

Beachwood Gamers Enjoy Enhanced Graphics and Storytelling with Grand Theft Auto 5

Beachwood Gamers Enjoy Enhanced Graphics and Storytelling with Grand Theft Auto 5

Harsajan Gill, Staff Writer December 5, 2013

Freshman Shai Yulish recently raced on a motorcycle through a desert landscape. When his friend, chasing in a car, took out a gun and shot his tire flat, Yulish began to yell. He eventually calmed down,...

Tuning-up for Life

Tuning-up for Life

Jenny Shand, Staff Writer December 5, 2013

Shaina Wolinsky, a senior in the BHS band, started on the trumpet in fifth grade, switched to the double french horn and mellophone in ninth grade, then picked up the saxophone just for fun. She studies...

New Game Consoles to be Released in Time for Holiday Shopping

New Game Consoles to be Released in Time for Holiday Shopping

Aden Stern, Staff Writer November 7, 2013

Microsoft and Sony are set to change the world of electronic gaming at some point in November. Both companies are introducing new gaming consoles. Sony plans to release the Playstation 4 (PS4) and Microsoft...

BHS Does Halloween

BHS Does Halloween

November 1, 2013

Photos by Jonah Rubenstein      

Gravitys Mystery and Precision is Out of This World

“Gravity”‘s Mystery and Precision is Out of This World

Alexander Robinson, Staff Writer October 28, 2013

Alfonso Cuaron’s "Gravity" is a superb film combining a well-written story with great acting, sound design and cinematography. The film stars Sandra Bullock (Ryan Stone) and George Clooney (Matt Kowalski):...

Orchestra Tunes Up For an Outstanding Year

Orchestra Tunes Up For an Outstanding Year

Jenny Shand, Staff Writer October 28, 2013

The high school orchestra is fairly large this year, with one of the classes containing over 70 students. Director Lisa Goldman finds the students hardworking and dedicated. “It's interesting to...

Reflecting on Walter Whites Journey

Reflecting on Walter White’s Journey

Max Bleich, Opinion Editor October 14, 2013

For the past six years, many of us have been deeply engaged in a television series that shows a character transform, in creator Vince Gilligan’s words, “from Mr. Chips to Scarface,” as Walter White...

Homecoming Queen Candidates Narrowed to Three

Homecoming Queen Candidates Narrowed to Three

September 22, 2013

This year's top three are Jessica Angel, Brittany Penn and Haley Bogomolny.      Photos by Kate Opre

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