Bearing News

Computer hack worsened by lack of composition

Blake Becker • May 23, 2013

With my eyelids sagging, I was exhausted when I neared the end of finishing my Advanced Placement: Literature and Composition final, two nights before the due date. While typing out a sentence, my laptop...

Boys tennis team dominates in Park Hill meet

Blake Becker • April 25, 2013

During the Bruin Invite against Park Hill in Bethel Park yesterday, April 24, the boys tennis team defeated Park Hill 9-0 just two days before the varsity team will go on to the Tournament of Champions...

The Blue Note hosts Fitz and the Tantrums for a stellar performance

Blake Becker • April 25, 2013

This generation’s era of music encompasses many varieties of genres and styles, but among the multitude of bands

Whimsical wonderland may not be so wonderful after all

Blake Becker • April 23, 2013

Children’s stories are classic works that are always a pleasure to look back on and read through or watch. Many provide robust and original stories that leave them a respectable permanence in the world...

‘Which Way is the Front Line From Here? The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington’ documents photojournalist, need for survival training

Blake Becker • April 19, 2013

A film from the True/False Film Festival is showing on HBO. [tabgroup][tab title="Film Overview"] [heading style="1"]"Which Way is the Front Line From Here?" The Life and Time of Tim Hetherington[/heading] Which...

Day of Silence quiets hallways

Maddie Magruder • April 19, 2013

Junior Jazzmine Matthews talks just as much as she breathes. But today, not a single word left her mouth. She is participating in the Day of Silence, a “day of action in which students across the country...

Medication creates new meanings

Blake Becker • April 11, 2013

The sun rises, and I crawl out of bed, stumbling into the bathroom; I follow the typical morning routine of showering, dressing, breakfast. Then the time comes to take my medicine for the day, and my...

Booches preserves local identity

Blake Becker • March 11, 2013

Nestled in the middle of 9th Street Columbia lies a burger joint-pool hall acclaimed by locals and magazines as one of the best restaurants in the United States. Booches’ first owner, Paul Blucher Venable,...

‘Dirty Wars’ presents chilling perspective to U.S. war on terror

Blake Becker • March 3, 2013

Dirty Wars, directed by Richard Rowley, follows the intricate story of war journalist Jeremy Scahill through his investigation into an unnecessary U.S. military raid on an innocent civilian household...

Missouri Theatre Jubilee starts True/False Film Festival off with a bang

Blake Becker • March 1, 2013

In a frosty downtown Columbia, snowflakes casually drift down upon the cold gray evening only to be dashed aside by crowds of bustling pedestrians adorned in swaths of elaborate costumes and masqueraders'...

Oscar Insight: Predictions for 2013’s Academy Awards

Lauren Puckett • February 20, 2013

It's that time of year again - Oscar season. This Sunday, Feb. 24, the acclaimed academy will decide which of this year's films truly take the cake. We'll see celebrities dressed in their best, parading across the red carpet. We'll hear numerous thank-you speeches, accompanied by the occasional shed tear. We'll see directors and cinematographers holding their little golden men, beaming with pride. But, most of all, we'll get to see what is truly great in the film industry, and we'll get to honor it with the year's most prestigious television event. Several Bearing News staff members have pulled their heads together, and compiled this list of predictions for 2013's Oscar winners. We're by no means experts, but we hope readers will appreciate and enjoy our analysis of this year's cinematic experiences.

Athletes train during off-season to better performance

Blake Becker • February 14, 2013

It was a frigid winter morning as senior David Plain walked onto the RBHS baseball field with the rest of the baseball team. For the players, the chill and fewer hours of sleep are an essential...