Recently, I attended Maret School’s spring musical, "Once On This Island." After the show, I was left with an uncomfortable pit in my stomach due to the racial boundaries that are drawn in the score...

There are eight sections of The Beacon, including visuals, that the average reader diligently scans through as they peruse the paper—and never throw on the atrium floor. For those who ask "ok... but...

“There’s change coming, once and for all,” announces the defiant cast of “Newsies” at Arena Stage. “Newsies,” a Disney musical, is a hearty, riotous, and spectacular show about poor New York...

Last month, disputes broke out regarding the right of college journalists at Northwestern University to publish images of public protesters. Student protestors argued that the newspaper fed off of arrested...

How long is too long for information to remain online? Should past mistakes made by ordinary people be forever immortalized on the internet? This is the question the “Right To Be Forgotten” attempts...

Putt-putt-sputter. Your car gives one last cough of the exhaust then sinks into its tires, dead. You have someplace to be with no ride. Perhaps a jitney is in order?  “Jitney,” by August Wilson,...

My project is an examination of the stereotypes and aspects of womanhood through the exaggeration of said aspects and their flaws. Although these pieces are part of a bigger project, they can stand...

As I walk down the halls, I can hear the loud hollers and yells from kids making their way to their classrooms. While passing a group of white kids I can’t help but listen to their conversation, their...

A series of DCPS investigations have found an alarming rate of residency fraud across the District. In Duke Ellington, pictured left, nearly a third of the student body is attending without paying legally-mandated...

“I have a dream.” Estas palabras inmortales fueron pronunciadas nada menos que por el Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., activista de los derechos civiles en 1950-60. El discurso de Dr. King sigue siendo...

CAFETEROS BILINGÜES- Café Bilingüe se reúne cada miércoles durante STEP, donde estudiantes pueden comer, hablar, y descansar. El club se enfoca en crear un ambiente positivo en donde se puede crear...

Many people are familiar with the genre of jazz. Deep soulful saxophone, blaring trumpets, and the kind of music that will give you the blues. But not everyone is as familiar with Wilson’s Jazz Band....