Bearing News

on the government shutdown

Multiple Authors • January 22, 2018

Yesterday, Jan. 21, the government officially shut down five years after the last shutdown that lasted 16 days in Oct. 2013. Students at RBHS give their opinions on the matter.

FCC to vote on net neutrality

Elad Gov-Ari • December 15, 2017

The Federal Communications Committee will vote on whether to keep net neutrality. Update: The FCC voted 3:2 in favor of ending net neutrality.

Sequester threatens Title I, special ed

Nomin-Erdene Jagdagdorj • April 18, 2013

For months, automatic across-the-board cuts were a looming threat, but now they are reality. Congress must come up with a new budget to reduce the impact of sequestration, which started March 1, 2013. This...

Student View: Gun Control Background Checks

Raj Satpathy • April 11, 2013

April 10, U.S. senators Pat Toomey (R-PA) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) reached a deal on the controversial background check bill regarding gun control. Though not quite as restrictive as President Obama's...

CISPA will trade security for privacy

John Gillis • May 5, 2012

Earlier this year the knowledge and hatred of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) went viral because it would give the government too much power over what could be done on the Internet. Then came along CISPA...