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The student news site of Beachwood High School.

The Beachcomber

The student news site of Beachwood High School.

The Beachcomber

Lack of gun control, racial prejudice and police brutality have created a toxic emotional brew. Image by Elizabeth Metz

Coming Together: When Kids Become Victims of Mass Violence

Elizabeth Metz, Staff Writer December 21, 2018

School shootings and racial violence. The acidic anxiety that trails behind these two invisible, bitter subjects is hiding between the concrete walls of my American high school. Since the Columbine...

Unfortunately, those individuals who are a minority are going to encounter situations like this in life, and the way they handled it on the field is not how I want them to handle it in life, Coach Damion Creel said. Photo by Matthew Keyerleber

Racism on the Field

Orly Einhorn, Opinion Editor November 14, 2018

Beachwood football players came off the field at the Sept. 21 game against Perry and reported that Perry players were using slurs on the field, particularly the n-word. They later also reported that the...

Beachwood Students Respond to Shaker Heights Incident

Beachwood Students Respond to Shaker Heights Incident

JInle Zhu and Additional reporting by Alex Cala December 5, 2016

“No, because they don’t work for it and as a culture they are scary, violent, rude and needy. They expect to be catered to.” These were the words used in a text message sent by a Shaker Heights...

A Two-Sided Societal Bias

A Two-Sided Societal Bias

Susan Eiben, Layout Editor (print) December 18, 2014
Blaming only one party for a complex issue, one that has been ingrained in society for generations, does not solve the problem.
Deprived of Due Process

Deprived of Due Process

Maya Gaines-Smith, Staff Writer December 18, 2014

Tamir Rice, 12; Kimani Gray, 16; Trayvon Martin, 17; Kendrec McDade, 19; Oscar Grant, 22 Sean Bell, 23; . These names represent just a few of the many unarmed African American boys and men shot to death...

Addressing the Tension Between Police and Minority Communities

Addressing the Tension Between Police and Minority Communities

Alex Machtay, Opinion Editor December 18, 2014

On Aug. 9th, 18-year-old Michael Brown was killed by Officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. Accounts of what happened differ. Several eye witnesses claiming that Brown was surrendering with his hands...

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