“Wouldn’t you love to see these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a ***** off the field right now, out. He’s fired. He’s fired.” These words came from an infuriated Donald Trump, during a rally in Alabama. But why would a p... More »
HA, I got you there. This article IS about clickbait. Clickbait is the process by which content-creators use sensationalized titles or tempting thumbnails to grab the attention of their audience, enticing them to click on an article, video or post. In this new... More »
Tired of gaming on your 13.3 or 15.4 inch MacBook? Do you want to be truly immersed in the game? If this is your case, you should consider adding the Samsung CHG90 QLED Gaming Monitor to your shopping list. On Thursday, September 21, Samsung released a CHG90 Q... More »
My Rating: 5/5 stars Milk and Honey is a collection of poetry and prose by Canadian author Rupi Kaur. The approximately 200-page book is composed of 4 sections: The Hurting, The Loving, The Breaking and The Healing. In her work, Kaur deals with topics like fir... More »
You are walking around the streets of Seoul, South Korea. You spot a convenience store and enter, expecting drinks or a bags of crisps. However, you’re amazed at the shelves packed with various cup noodles and packed meals. Unlike convenience stores in many ot... More »
Winter on Fire is an amateur-filmed documentary that focuses on the events in Kiev, Ukraine in 2013-14. Both gruesome and extremely personal, the documentary focuses on the 93 days during which a peaceful protest for human rights turned into chaotic sequence o... More »
你好! 我不会说中文. I can’t speak Chinese. But having lived here in Guangzhou for three years, there have been times where I couldn’t stand the language gap. Being able to speak both English and Spanish, I take for granted the ease to communicate interchangeably with ... More »
The new seasons of Modern Family, How to Get Away With Murder, This is Us, (the list continues) are finally out, and spirits are high. However, let’s be honest, not all of us have a subscription to Netflix or Hulu, and we aren’t exactly watching these shows on... More »
The show we’ve been waiting so long for is back! And so is our favorite number (fake fan if you didn’t get the reference). The show got a 96% rating for the first season, but the new season has a 94%. The shows are around the same length as they were in the fi... More »
We at the Beacon write about school spirit regularly, and often ask ourselves and our readers questions: how can we improve student and faculty attendance at school events? How can we increase pride in and loyalty to AISG? How can we make our school more of a ... More »
Community events suck. That’s about as blunt as I can be. Speaking for myself, I really don’t get the point of community events. I know that there are sometimes some great ideas for the 45 minutes that we have no class, such as, pep rallies, field days, the ic... More »
In the modern world, democracy is the prevailing form of government. Each country has its own history of combatting monarchy, colonialism, or other brands of authoritarianism to achieve democracy and has created its own constitution to guarantee the rights of ... More »