Screamo. Probably the most underrated, misjudged genre in the expanding world of music. Also known as metalcore, screamo is a subgenre combination of metal and emo that has been on the rise since the early 1990s. Since it first began, the infamous controversy is and...
Veronica Pahomova
Hey! I'm a proud staff writer and cartoonist for Beverly Hills High School's publication Highlights. Outside of the pitch meetings and official interviews I'm an intense metal-head, Harry Potter fan and a co-drum captain for my school's drumline.
Top three bookstores in Los Angeles
Ever since the rise of online shopping, book stores nationwide have vanished. However, there a still a few bookstores that managed to survive. Here are three independent bookstores that are not only surviving, but thriving in an era of online endeavors. The Last...
Beverly Hills Unified has been experiencing a relative decline of substitute teachers
When a hardworking teacher can not seem to attend to his or her classes, the teacher and his or her students rely on substitute teachers to keep the period under control. For the current school year, the number of substitute teachers available has been experiencing a...
Beverly students coach in Beverly Hills Basketball League
With the varsity basketball team dribbling their way to the CIF playoffs, basketball has been an even bigger topic in this school than usual. But besides the team players and school coaches, there are some students who find themselves integrated into the sport...
Opinion: Drumline deserves more appreciation
Beverly’s drumline - and all drumlines - are underappreciated.* Go ahead and ask any non-band member what drumline is. Some might pull out the textbook definition, “a group of percussion instruments in a marching band.” Others might just refer you to a Nick Cannon...
Opinion: Disney’s downhill drop
Remember the good ol’ days? Miley’s scandalous double-life drama, Zack and Cody’s hotel dilemmas and Raven’s future vision powers? Of course, how could one forget what then seemed to be the everlasting epitome of the Disney Channel. Great acting, great humor, great...
Robotics team MorTorq 1515 is also a community service
Robotics is known to be an extracurricular activity that incorporates many subjects such as math, science and mechanics. However, in addition to building a mobile robot, this after school program at Beverly Hills High School also aids the city with multiple actions of...
Spongebob Squarepants deserves 200th episode streak
Are you ready kids? The French know him as Bob l’eponge. Germany rattles with excitement for Spongebob Schwammkopf. Even Israel’s citizens tune in to watch Bobsfog Michnasmeruba. In America, however, we know this international invertebrate as Spongebob...
Opinion: Plethora of false cultural appropriation and racism
Over the past years, it seems that Americans have no shame in flaunting their freedom of speech and letting people know exactly what’s on their mind--and celebrities are certainly not excluded. Just like the pitiful trends of sagging and Crocs, the abolishment of...