BISD, City of Beaumont, and Lamar University offer jobs to high school students through summer work program [ArticleImageHyperLink] Wednesday, May 18, 2005 By Abhayah Indupalli Green Team, a job opportunity, sponsored by ExxonMobil, is a program for students who want a chance to earn money and acquire a sense of work ethic. full story

Students celebrate Hispanic heritage and history with Cinco de Mayo program [ArticleImageHyperLink] Wednesday, May 18, 2005 By Ian Quinn As the school year draws to an end, there is a lot for students to celebrate. Seniors graduation and summer vacation is right around the corner for some. However, one holiday that is celebrated throug full story

Junior prepare for Senior Year with tests, college prep [ArticleImageHyperLink] Wednesday, May 18, 2005 By Rick Rojas, Managing Editor As the 2004-2005 school years begins to come to a close, the time for juniors to prepare for their senior year, and plan ahead for college has arrived with students picking courses, taking tests such full story

Terri Schiavo DebateTerri made the choice that she didn't want to live life that way and her husbands wishes should be upheld [ArticleImageHyperLink] Wednesday, May 18, 2005 By Jessica Her Terri Schiavo Column If a person turned on the news during March, the top headline story would have something to do with Terri Schiavo. At age 41, Terri died from starvation when her feeding tube full story

Terri Schiavo DebateTerri had the right to life and to make her own decision [ArticleImageHyperLink] Wednesday, May 18, 2005 By Alie Wood, Opinions Editor If a person turned on the news during March, the top headline story would have something to do with Terri Schiavo. At age 41, Terri died from starvation when her feeding tube was taken out of her body full story

Senior, Editor-in-Chief looks back at the last year of school [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, May 12, 2005 By Mary Pharris, Editor-in-Chief I remember this time last year; I was getting ready for my senior year, getting ready to be Editor-in-Chief. I was busy getting everything in order for the next school year – designing and planning e full story

With continued failures, Ford Park closure may be near [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, May 12, 2005 By Dinaaz Vadva, News Editor With the introduction of Ford Park for the purpose of entertainment, the massive structure has received both positive and negative feedback from the community. Within the last few months, Ford Park ha full story

Project GraduationA fun night with games and prizes that serves as a safe alternative [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, May 12, 2005 By Rick A. Rojas, Managing Editor On the night of May 21, following graduation, West Brook seniors are able to attend Project Graduation, a safe alternative that is an all-night, drug free, alcohol free event with food, games, and pri full story

Cultural Diversity and Understanding at West Brook [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, May 12, 2005 By Mary Pharris, Editor-in-Chief Prejudices have existed throughout history. However, racism on campus was brought to light after allegations deemed that a student council election poster contained a racial slur. With the recent co full story

Student Tranfers to West Brook from under-performing schools [ArticleImageHyperLink] Thursday, May 12, 2005 By Hayley Mitchell, Editior-in-Chief Following rumors that as many as 500 students could transfer to West Brook in the 2005-2006 school year due to low performance levels at Ozen and Central, officials within BISD said that this is not f full story