Ed. Fund Aids AP History Students: Beckman's Ed. Fund presented Mr. McGill with a donation to help support his AP History students.

A wave of applause swept through the classroom, as President Devon Dougherty, of the Education Fund (Ed. Fund), presented Mr. McGill, Beckman’s Teacher of the Year, with donation funding.

Food From Around the World: Friday's food fair attracted dozens of hungry students waiting to try something new.

IRVINE- A little rain didn’t stop the large crowd of students and staff that came to the commons ready to try the different varieties of food being offered at Fridays Multi-Cultural Food Fair.

Tolkien or Tupac?: Death did not stop the legendary author J.R.R. Tolkien from releasing a new novel, The Children of Húrin thirty-four years after the fact.

TUSTIN-While many other fantasy fans have been pre-occupied with the excitement over the Harry Potter book and movie, The Children of Húrin was released quietly and without much press attention Apri

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Featured Playlist: Karaoke: Break out the mic and pretzels, it's time to flex those vocals.

Can you read? Then you can karaoke. In honor of National Karaoke Week, break out those Sonys and Karaoke Revolutions, and sing the songs so many have massacred before you.

Poem of the Week

"My clumsiest dear, whose hands shipwreck vases,At whose quick touch all glasses chip and ring,Whose palms are bulls in china, burs in linen,And have no cunning with any soft thingExcept all ill-at-ea

This Day in History: April 27th: The newest of the prestigious Ivy League Universities, Cornell turns 142.

For those looking for the reputation of an Ivy League college, yet with the comfort of a close-knit, Cornell University is the school for you. On April 27, 1865, Cornell was founded in Ithaca, New Yor

Dead for 24 Hours: What the 25 particpants experienced during their time away.

25 Beckman Patriots including one teacher were killed in an alcohol related crash on April 18th. The good news is that they were acting; unfortunately for about 96 other people that day it was. As a s

Beckman FilmFest Unveils Promising Talent: Visual Arts students compete for various awards in Beckman’s First Annual Student FilmFest.

IRVINE- As the video screen slowly descended over the stage, student film makers anxiously awaited the premiere of their sixteen original films. Students and parents trickled into the audience, and fa

The Start of Rihanna: Rihanna is the newest lady out of the Caribbean islands.

Who is this new Caribbean princess? With artists like Sean Paul, Elephant Man and more commonly known, Bob Marley, coming out of the famous Caribbean islands, a young singer joins them. Only 19 years