Are You Talented?: Featured this week: Andre Santibanez

Incubus Releases Light Grenades: Incubus’s newest release plays more like drizzle than Grenades.

Oh Incubus, where did you go? It seems your taste of mega-fame, starting with “Drive” and continuing to essentially anything from A Crow Left Out Of The Murder, released in 2004, has embittered your s

Principal Says Kids Free to Dance: The moratorium on dances has been lifted at Aliso Niguel High School

After much controversy and a debate that made national headlines, Principal Charles Salter has decided to allow dances back at Aliso Niguel High School once again. Salter had cancelled all dances earl

Are You Talented?: This week featuring: Andre Santibanez

Every individual shines in their own way, whether it be through art, music, sports or even academics. In order to showcase some of the awesome talents here at Beckman, this column features students wh

An Other Cup of Cat: Cat Stevens, now Yusuf Islam, releases his first album in 30 years.

In 1979, Cat Stevens forsook his successful music career to devote his life to the study of Islam, changing his name to Yusuf Islam and leaving behind millions of devoted fans who would not hear from

Vote Not Guaranteed to Count: In the recent election, votes cast and congressional representation vary wildly.

Now that the dust has settled from the 2006 Midterm Election Spectacular and a new legislature is preparing to settle in, it's time to begin asking questions about the future.

Discipline, Character, Consistency, and Success: Head coach Steve Fischel tells about the importance of basketball in the lives of his athletes.

Steve Fischel has been running the Boys’ Basketball Program at Beckman High School for three years now, and his love for the game and coaching grows every day. Having heard of the position through a f

Advice Column: Do you need advice? Ask the Beckman Chronicle!

Q. “I have an old best friend of six years. She started hanging out with a new crowd, and I think she’s been drinking and doing drugs. Even though we aren’t really friends anymore, I don’t want anythi

Dog Food for Thought: A firefighter seems to use his ethnicity to his advantage in a discrimination lawsuit.

When Tennie Pierce was awarded $2.7 million in a discrimination lawsuit by an 11-1 vote by city council, taxpayers were outraged. Pierce, an African American firefighter who allegedly called himself t

A Pontiff for Peace: The Pope's visit to Turkey marked a milestone for religious peace.

Pope Benedict XVI visited the country of Turkey on November 28 2006, a nation that is 99.8% Muslim. His visit was marked with opposition and a sincere attempt at peace.