Show BioHide BioFrancesca McCarthy, who prefers to be called Cheka, is a senior who is currently in her fourth year at AISG and has been a writer and editor for The Beacon for three years. Cheka is this year's Editor-in-Chief and she enjoys writing, reading, and sometimes participating in sports.
As a result of the newest variant of COVID-19, Omicron, Asian economies are likely to become stagnant in their growth during the upcoming year. As of right now, an increasing amount of cases caused by the Omicron variant are being identified around the contine... More »
Contact-tracing apps were made during the ongoing pandemic to help keep track of individuals who may have been in contact with others who could be infected with the coronavirus. When properly integrated into the public-health system of the designated area of t... More »
Hurricane Ida, one of the strongest hurricanes to hit the United States’ strike on Louisiana has been the most impactful natural disaster in the nation after a long while, beginning on August 26 and finally calming down on September 4. The aftermath of the sto... More »
On September 17, AISG high school students stayed after school from 3:30-7:30 pm to watch the volleyball matches for both girls and boys varsity volleyball teams and then partake in any gym activity of their choice. This was the first Friday Night Lights, a ne... More »
As of August 31, 2021, China has banned online gamers under the age of 18 from playing any video games on weekdays and restricted them to only three hours of gaming on the weekend. China possesses an expansive gaming industry, and this ban is the most prominen... More »
The new variant of COVID-19, omicron, is considered to be potentially concerning, according to the World Health Organization and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. However, scientists say that it may manifest itself in cases of the virus that... More »
The recent outbreak of tornadoes in the United States, specifically and prominently in Kentucky, Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, and Tennessee, is said to be one of the largest tornado outbreaks the nation has ever had. The tornadoes have caused entire warehouse... More »
Traditionally “macho” men are in, and effeminate men are out, according to the Chinese government’s latest crackdown on the entertainment industry in China. The Chinese government has now officially banned effeminate men from being displayed on Chinese televi... More »
225 fires in 47 provinces in Turkey have been raging across the nation from July 28, 2021, up until today. The large-scale fires have destroyed over 55,000 hectares (135,000 acres) of land, resulting in the demolishment of people’s homes, land, forests, livest... More »
President Joe Biden of the United States has issued a deadline of 90 days for intelligence agencies to come “closer to a definitive conclusion” on the origins of the coronavirus. The World Health Organization (WHO) is under the renewed demand of finding out th... More »
After years of quiet, a little-noticed police incident in Jerusalem last month became the first of many that sparked the explosion of the current crisis. Twenty-seven days before the first rocket was fired by Gaza last week, Israeli police officers entered the... More »
Across the United States, mask mandates are being erased and restrictions due to COVID are being lifted. States are making their way back to business before the pandemic, which did not directly impact the United States on a large scale until March of 2020. It... More »