Stories by Eric Beeson
1. AP Cheating
It has been brought to the attention of the AHS Science Department that students have been cheating in Lois Peterson’s AP Biology classes. Peterson has yet to catch the students in question, but the point is, she knows they’re there. This isn’t the first incident of cheating that ...
2. Everything you don’t need to know about college
“Eric, have you considered your college life and career?” I’ve gotten enough e-mails with that in the subject line to last me a lifetime. In the last month, four or five of these have been coming daily, many from colleges I’ve never even heard of.
Thanks to putting my e-mail address on my PSAT, Champlain, ...
3. Cougar Holiday Gift Guide
With Christmas just ahead, (or behind you, depending on when you read this) my halls are decked, stockings hung, and I think I had a dream about sugarplums last night-not that I have any idea what sugarplums are. One evening, over eggnog, gingerbread men, and the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, ...
4. Memo to Cartoon Network
Over the summer, I was sick for a couple of days, which gave me a great excuse to catch up on my daytime TV. It was the usual mélange of crisis-ridden housewives on talk shows; muscular, long-haired men on the Spanish soap operas; and whatever crappy movie was on Comedy Central.
Looking ...
5. Face Off: Amoeba and Rasputin
I’m sitting next to a bum at the corner of Creepy and What’s-That-Smell? I’m sure you’ve all been there. It’s that wrought-iron fence that surrounds the empty lot/trash can across the street from Amoeba Records on Telegraph Ave. That’s where I found myself once upon a Saturday.
My original intent was to ...