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Foley Fumbles: His sexual misconduct is just another on a long list of Republican errors

Tuesday, October 10, 2006 By: Tara Thomas

The news of Congressman Mark Foley’s (R-FL) sexual misconduct, which broke late last September, is already being used as political fodder by the Democrats to help win back the House during next month’
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Get Lost In Sting's World: Warning: Sting's new release,

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 By: Caitlin McGuire

Listening to the October 10 Deutsche Grammophon release of "Songs From the Labyrinth" will not earn you street credit, unless your goal is to impress classical lute players. Sting teamed up with legen
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Advice Column: Do you need advice? Ask the Beckman Chronicle!

Thursday, October 12, 2006 By: Tatiana Palomino and Richard Lau

Q. “What should I do if I hate my body and what I look like? I always think I am fat and try to diet, but then I always overeat and then feel super depressed about it. What do I do to get in shape wit
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A.S.B. Behind the Scenes: Part II: Forthcoming 2006

Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Tatiana Palomino, A.S.B. Representative

Are you ready to get your groove on? This Saturday, October 21st, the A.S.B. will host Beckman's 2006 Forthcoming Dance! Based on the sequel to the Hollywood classic "Dirty Dancing," this year's For
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Mr. Dalin “Sings An American Tune”: The English teacher muses on his iPod’s catalog.

Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Caitlin McGuire

Anyone who has ever met Mr. Dalin could tell you: the man loves music. Whether he is doing the "Tequila" dance on his desk, or playing the Goo Goo Dolls, his fifth favorite band, his passion is eviden
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How do you show your spirit?

Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Thomas Huynh

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Andy's "Wrap-Up": What's happening?

Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Andy Pagani

This is a weekly "wrap-up" about events that took place last week, on and off of campus:
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Tower, Falls: Tower Records finally goes under after a long and arduous battle to preserve the integrity of the music industry.

Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Clare McInerney

On February 9th, 2004, Tower Records Inc. and its parent company MTS Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The subsequent closing of the iconic chain stores around the country have marked yet another
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A Case of Musical Nostalgia: The Goo Goo Dolls and their influence

Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Basha Jamil

The 90's brought us endless musical phases from grunge to boy bands. However, no band delivered more timeless songs than the Goo Goo Dolls.
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Gridiron Gang is a Touchdown: An inspiring story

Friday, October 13, 2006 By: Celene Silva

"The Gridiron Gang" was released on September, 15, 2006, starring Dwayne ("The Rock") Johnson and has never looked back. Johnson, in the role of Sean Porter, plays a guard at a detention center where
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At-a-glance

Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Viveca Taylor [ArticleImageHyperLink] A Busy Week for Beckman: The Patriots gear up for Forthcoming 2006. Is your wallet getting heavy? Is loose change weighing you down? Donate! You will find small black jars and boxes in your English classes labeled “Donate” where you can drop all of your pesky coinage full story	Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Cynthia Perales Eye-Opener For J.V.: J.V. team takes their first loss of the season on Friday afternoon hosting Corona Del Mar High School. Irvine- After winning the first five games of the season, the Beckman J.V. Football team drops a game to Corona Del Mar (C.D.M.). They went into the game with an undefeated record and “a little over-c full story
Sunday, October 15, 2006 By Lauren Taylor Stringing the Pieces Together: Festival Orchestra gets ready to perform at Carnegie Hall. The Beckman High School Festival Orchestra has been invited to play at Carnegie Hall in New York on April 7, 2006, one of the biggest honors in the music world. Their application and C.D. recording ea full story	Saturday, October 14, 2006 By Sasha Gonzalez Patriots Go Down Fighting: Another loss for the Patriots, but not with out a fight Last Thursday, October 12, the varsity football team played against Corona Del Mar (C.D.M.) for their first official league game. Although they had lost again the Patriot pride never seems to fail. Th full story
Saturday, October 14, 2006 By Catherine Hwang North Korea Condemned for its Nuclear Test: North Korea faces problems after their alleged nuclear test UNITED NATIONS- North Korea shocked the world on Monday, October 9th as they declared that they successfully conducted their first nuclear test. According to the state television North Korea used on t full story	Saturday, October 14, 2006 By Dienna Jadallah A Golden Apple for Gonzalez: Ms. Gonzalez exhibits true dedication to teaching Whether she’s spreading her love of her Chicano culture or receiving commend for her heart-felt dedication to students, Ms. Janet Gonzalez is the 2006 Hispanic Endowment Education Fund (H.E.E.F) award full story
Saturday, October 14, 2006 By Megan Mahinfar The New "Kid": Mr. Bowman describes his journey to Beckman Mr. Randy Bowman is a new addition to our wonderful Patriot staff! “He rocks!” exclaims Chris Rodriguez, one of his current students. Mr. Bowman taught English and social studies at Pioneer Middle Sch full story	Saturday, October 14, 2006 By Charlyn Arellano A Tennis Warrior: Megan Heneghan’s Journey to Becoming a Tennis Great Most high school students have a schedule consistent of attending school, doing homework, and trying to maintain a social life. Freshman, Megan Heneghan does all of these activities—as well as working full story
Saturday, October 14, 2006 By Tiffany Yu Water Polo: The Home Crowd Cheers the Boys to a Close Victory Posters for each of the varsity players, fans in the stands and the presence of fellow girls water polo players helped create an exciting environment for the boys’ first league game at home. In the fi full story	Saturday, October 14, 2006 By Jewison Biscocho The World of Wikipedia: A virtual encyclopedia that is always up to date Ex vivo, Top of the Pops, and Syd Barrett: What do these three things have in common? They have all been featured on the open-source internet encyclopedia, Wikipedia.org full story