Educators Consider the Pros and Cons of Cell Phones in the Classroom
Roberto DeMarchi, Staff Writer
November 3, 2019
As cell phones have become increasingly omnipresent and powerful, schools, including BHS, must try to strike a balance between what is useful and what is disruptive as far as electronics are concerned. “The district is very concerned about students using electronic devices to take pictures, videotape or...
An Open Letter to Student Council
Peter Soprunov, Staff Writer
October 23, 2019
It's time to stop segregating graduates by gender
A Marxist Reading of TikTok
Peter Soprunov, Staff Writer
October 15, 2019
In 2016, Beijing ByteDance Technology Co Ltd. released musical.ly, a lip sync video-sharing platform today most remembered for giving the world Jacob Sartorius and other faux riche preteen garbage celebrities. In 2018, however, a triumph of rebranding transformed the app into a central pillar of mod...
Same School, Different Levels
Carrington Peavy, Features Editor
September 28, 2019
Beachwood City Schools is a thriving and diverse school district home to a population of over 1,500 students. The district is ranked #6 in Ohio, according to the most recent school report card data. BHS earned four A’s and two B’s on the state’s indicators. 72% of BHS students took one or more AP cl...
Hate Crime on the Rise
Prerna Mukherjee, Managing Editor
September 20, 2019
David Johnson went back-to-school shopping with his wife and granddaughter on Aug. 3 at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Arturo Benavides, a war veteran, was checking out at the cash register. Jordan Anchondo was shopping with her husband with their two-month-old son. These innocent people were amo...
Protecting Lives or Protecting Guns?
Amy Chen, Staff Writer
September 18, 2019
Only 13 hours after the Aug. 3 shooting in El Paso, Texas, a 24-year old opened fire on a crowded street in Dayton, Ohio. Within 32 seconds, 27 were wounded, including 10 now reported dead. This is one more tragic episode in a long string of mass shootings in recent years. In spite of these many ...