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The student news site of Beachwood High School.

The Beachcomber

The student news site of Beachwood High School.

The Beachcomber

Dont Let Technology Control Your Life

Don’t Let Technology Control Your Life

Naomi Grant, Staff Writer October 15, 2013

Texting is a common occurrence in the halls of BHS, and I’ll readily admit that I also do it from time to time. However, many teens today have blurred the line between using technology for good and for...

Mayor Merle Gorden, Come Back From Lunch

Mayor Merle Gorden, Come Back From Lunch

The Beachcomber Staff August 23, 2013

It seems like you have caused a bit of controversy in recent months, Mayor Gorden. Some information has slipped into the hands of the media that we suspect your administration would have preferred to not...

Students Should Comply With New Cell Phone Crackdown

Students Should Comply With New Cell Phone Crackdown

Beachcomber Staff June 10, 2013

School has many functions in the lives of teenagers. Theoretically, high school is a place where teens learn and grow-both academically, personally and yes, socially. However, there is a time and a place...

With school buildings empty, the College Board has adapted exams for an at-home format.

Regarding the Controversy in Medina City Schools

Lin-ye Kaye, Staff Writer May 2, 2013

The situation in Medina, Ohio concerning its superintendent’s compensation raises a series of ethical questions. Specifically, is it ever acceptable for an elected body to make decisions not in the direct...

BHS Students Square off On Israel, the Palestinians and Human Rights

BHS Students Square off On Israel, the Palestinians and Human Rights

Cathy Perloff, Opinion Editor April 30, 2013

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has engulfed the region since before Israel's founding in 1948. Conflict intensified when Israel gained control of the Palestinian occupied regions of the West Bank,...

Good Government Must Come First

Good Government Must Come First

Jon Shapiro, Staff Writer April 30, 2013

The “two state solution” is often discussed as the best potential result of the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. However, this is an oversimplification of the real issues. It should be...

Palestinians Deserve Human Rights

Palestinians Deserve Human Rights

Anshika Niraj, Staff Writer April 30, 2013

Some things just don’t seem to go away: the Cleveland sports championship drought, Justin Bieber, homework and of course the Palestine-Israel conflict. Living in Beachwood, it is impossible not to hear...

New State Tests Will Do More Harm Than Good

New State Tests Will Do More Harm Than Good

Beachcomber Staff April 25, 2013

By mandating new state tests that are projected to have lower passing rates than the current OGTs, Ohio politicians certainly make it seem as if they are cracking the whip on our education system....

Think Were the Worst Generation Ever?  Think Again

Think We’re the Worst Generation Ever? Think Again

Cathy Perloff, Opinion Editor March 13, 2013

This generation and their all-consuming use of technology is surely going to destroy the world. Closed into little personalized bubbles, they are destroying everything near and dear to American values:...

Letter to the Editor Regarding Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program

Letter to the Editor March 5, 2013

To the editors: As families connected to the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH) consortium program, we applaud the Beachcomber’s coverage of the administration’s recent re-evaluation of this program.  ...

BHS Students Reflect on the Significance of Black History Month

BHS Students Reflect on the Significance of Black History Month

Christina Phelps, Editor in Chief (Print) February 25, 2013

In articulating the purpose of black history week, which he founded in 1926, Dr. Carter G. Woodson said, “We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in History. What we need is not a history...

One Month of Black History is Not Enough

One Month of Black History is Not Enough

Julio Stevens, Staff Writer February 25, 2013

February is a time where we acknowledge blacks for their achievements and celebrate African American culture. But why? As Morgan Freeman once said, "I don't want a Black History Month. Black history...

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