Prom causes stress for CHS boys
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
May 10, 2012
Prom, short for promenade, is a high school dance held at the end of the school year. But for some, the event is much more than just a dance. The dance holds a prominent spot in American history and has grown into a societal norm. The dance, for many young men, brings many challenges. From... (more...)
Spotify supports music industry
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
April 12, 2012
Usually one would look to the extensive library of the critically acclaimed media player, iTunes, to find music, but lately students have been resorting to other websites and applications to fulfill their jamming needs. Spotify, a new company and music distributor, has made a break onto the... (more...)
Consumers succumb to Apple addiction
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
March 29, 2012
The revolutionary iPad released March 16 aims to be the perfect handheld tablet device. Fixing various problems and including additional features, the iPad 3 has proven to be everything an Apple fanatic could ever hope for. The all new Retina display on the third generation iPad makes the experience... (more...)
Lancer Dancers win national competition
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
February 16, 2012
The weekend of Feb. 4-5, the Carlsbad dance teams, the Lancers Dancers and Xcalibur, traveled to Florida to compete in the Universal Dance Association’s National Dance Team Championships. Training up to thirty-five hours a week, the dancers perfected choreography in order to bring home... (more...)
Restrictions of SOPA and PIPA unjust for internet users
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
January 30, 2012
Introduced to the house of representatives on Oct. 26, 2011, The SOPA and PIPA acts were proposed to congress in order to protect and help defend the illegal reproduction of copyrighted material on the internet. The bills provide vague intentions, causing large amounts of reorganization across... (more...)
Ribbon cutting ceremony: a welcoming of new classrooms
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
January 18, 2012
After millions of dollars and countless hours of hard work, Carlsbad High School now welcomes new classrooms to the campus. Teachers, administrators, school board members and Carlsbad residents attended a ribbon cutting ceremony on Jan. 12 to properly welcome in these new classrooms. Teachers,... (more...)
Holiday food drive achieves goals
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
December 21, 2011
In a community like ours, privileged and well supported as it is, we still face challenges in the society which provides so much. The annual food drive aims to help the ongoing struggles of the less privileged by providing non-perishable foods for those in need. “The food drive run by ASB... (more...)
Children of the Media: How a commercialized society affects the average teen.
Jack Beetham
December 10, 2011
At Carlsbad High School, students come from many different ethnic backgrounds, but no one can escape the media’s constant effect on society. Throughout decades of constant commercial advertising and corrupt celebrity endorsements many children are subject to the negative influences they... (more...)
Students form If You Truly Knew Me club to combat discrimmination and bullying
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
October 6, 2011
The If You Truly Knew Me club, new this year at Carlsbad High School, explores the inner feelings of students across the campus through communication. Meeting in room 211 every Friday starting October 7, the club will help students express their personal struggles with their peers. Stevie Adler,... (more...)
A boy in a man’s world: reflecting on the effects of 9/11
Jack Beetham, Staff Writer
September 20, 2011
On Sept. 11, 2001, the terrorist group Al-Quaeda, attacked the United Sates with various hi-jacked commercial airplanes. Now 10 years later, a teenager’s foggy memory is all a student can look back on while facing the challenges of foreign affairs today. For many teenagers, all that remains... (more...)
