Counting down to Senior Play [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By Natalia Albacete On Feb. 3-4 at 7 PM, seniors will be putting on the musical comedy, Lil’ Abner, at Austin Middle School in order to raise money for project graduation. full story

Overprotected Kids [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By Abhayah Indupalli It is a natural instinct for a parent to feel the need to protect their offspring, but can too much protection be damaging to the child’s future? According to Anna Nickson, Colony Service Scouter, “ch full story

What is a Liberal [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By Jessica Her In a day in age when poisonous name-calling and vicious glares are commonplace in American politics, people’s views of their political opponents have become increasingly foul. Liberals like to sketch full story

How well does studying benefit students in the long run? [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By STAFF EDITORIAL Billions of students travel through high school hallways each day. They sit in classes, taking notes, reviewing for tests, and listening to lectures. These same teens then go home and cram for whateve full story

Academic Decathlon offers challenging, yet rewarding program for students [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By Patricia Rodriguez, Managing Editor An academic decathlon is ten exams that test the endurance, thinking skills, and knowledge of topics. West Brook’s ACADEC team, a group of students trained to function in these conditions, will be com full story

West Brook students and other community residents lend helping hand to those affected by Asian tsunami [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By Rick A. Rojas, News & Online Editor After the devastating tsunami struck 12 countries bordering the Indian Ocean claiming the lives of approximately 157,000 people, others across the world are working to pitch in and help the relief eff full story

Calendars made, hearings to be held [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By Mary Pharris, Editor in Chief The Texas Education Agency (TEA) passed a law in September of 2001, mandating that school should begin no earlier than Aug. 21, starting with the 2002-2003 school year. However, since this date falls full story

New Coaches named for three BISD schools: Former Kelly Coach and All American high school player Stump named West Brook coach [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, February 03, 2005 By Nicholas Cooke, Sports Editor After a long wait, the decision was passed last Saturday at 8 a.m. by the BISD administration to replace two coaches that were released and one that resigned at all three Beaumont high schools for the full story