You shouldn’t have your phone out in class. It’s a known rule. While not exactly strictly enforced by many teachers, it shouldn’t have to be. It’s an issue of respect, and many BHS students fail...
Max Bleich, Online Editor in Chief
• December 21, 2012
The word “gun” is short, but it is loaded.
To Americans, guns represent danger, safety, fear, destruction, death, freedom and so much more. We live in a culture dominated by guns. The United States...
There is a three-letter epidemic spreading through the halls of BHS. It is flowing out the windows of the school, zipping around the internet and flying through texts. It is "KYS", an acronym for "kill...
On Election Day 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington state voted to legalize recreational marijuana use. Recently, lawmakers in Rhode Island, Indiana,Vermont, Illinois, Montana, and Pennsylvania have...
The public opinion on Marijuana seems to be changing. Some people would say it’s evolving, that people are realizing it isn’t particularly bad, and that it’s no worse than alcohol or cigarettes....
I’m just going to come right out and say it: marijuana should be legalized for recreational use. Now, before you write me off as crazy, take three minutes out of your life to read what I have to say.
So...
It’s soon to be winter in Cleveland, and that means we’ll all be very cold. When we’re cold, many of us would really like to wear hats or hoodies, but the school does not allow it.
The policy of...
Scott Arkin, President of young Democrats club
• November 29, 2012
On the morning of Friday, Dec. 7, the young Democrats club will be holding a fundraiser to promote LGBT rights. We will be selling Starbucks mocha Frappuccinos, Arizona Iced Teas and lemonades in the front...
On the weekend of Nov. 9, 80 students attended this year’s leadership conference. Many were affected in a positive way: we learned important life lessons, formed new relationships, conquered our biggest...
In early September, teachers in one of the nation’s largest school districts “walked-out,” leaving around 400,000 Chicago kids either out of school or in very costly temporary programs.
The primary...
The philosopher Elbert Hubbard once said, “The object of teaching a child is to enable him to get along without a teacher.” Hubbard was absolutely right. A teacher’s goals should be to teach students...
“We must be willing to let go of the life we have planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.”
-E.M. Forster
One quality that has been instilled in our society is to systematically...