First musician, Bob Dylan, awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Sarah Tawfeek, Staff Writer
November 13, 2016
The famous music artist Bob Dylan has been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize for Literature. Bob Dylan remains one of the world’s best music artists for his mystifying songs, which have continued to sell millions of copies throughout the decades. Ultimately, his success in the music industry has...
First community theater set to perform this October
Sabryna Almeida, Staff Writer
October 7, 2016
The Spotlight Playhouse, an East Rutherford and Carlstadt community theater that was created this past spring, will be performing The Addams Family on Friday, October 21 and Saturday, October 22 in the Becton Performing Arts Center (B-PAC). The show will include performances from Becton juniors Victoria...
Becton senior walks the runway at New York Fashion Week
Victoria Cruz, Staff Writer
October 5, 2016
This past September, Senior Meyra Ventura Liriano was given the rare opportunity to walk the runway in three fashion shows at New York Fashion Week. Meyra’s aunt, who is a fashion designer, is the one who contacted the Becton senior when a model backed out before a main event. “I found out I...
Fifth studio album, Death of a Bachelor (DOAB), from Panic! at the Disco scores band their first #1 album
Savannah Jones, Editor
February 8, 2016
American rock band Panic! at the Disco (P!ATD) recently released their fifth studio album. The track list includes singles “Hallelujah,” “Victorious,” and “Emperor’s New Clothes.” Brendon Urie, lead vocalist of P!ATD wrote and recorded the entirety of the album. DOAB is not only the band's...
Hip-Hop legends announce upcoming album to be released Jan. 2016
Nicholas Lenoy, Staff Writer
November 16, 2015
Drake and J Cole will be breaking records on their upcoming album ‘Views From the Six’ in 2016. During the month of October at the Austin City Limits Music Festival in Texas a huge surprise happened for the fans that attended to see Drake perform. Towards the end of Drake’s act he stopped his...
Korean pop is newly recognized music genre
Nina Garcia, Staff Writer
November 16, 2015
Teenage fangirls and boys around the globe are beginning to swoon over Korean pop groups. The genre of Korean pop, also known as ‘K-Pop’, is taking off globally. With the help of social media of course, web sites such as Twitter, Instagram, Billboard, and iTunes all go hand-in-hand in helping...
Musical talent from near and far debuts at Becton assembly
March 27, 2015
This morning, the BRHS student body got the opportunity to listen to the White Station Band, which is made up of traveling high school musicians from Memphis, Tennessee. This band, led by Mr. Charles Wright, is the largest in size in all of Memphis City schools, and in 2014, one of their senior flutists...
CEV staff members meet new pop group Fifth Harmony
Brittany Welsch, Staff Writer
February 15, 2015
Starting off as five solo artists from all over the nation on X Factor USA, to being put together into a girl group, the third place takers, Fifth Harmony, are beginning to take the world by storm. At the young age of 17, Camila Cabello makes up one out of the five members of the newly popular girl...
One Direction’s ‘Four’ is on sale now
Brittany Welsch, Staff Writer
December 5, 2014
As most One Direction fans already know, the band released their fourth album, cleverly named Four, on November 17. The album was released soon after the hit singles “Fireproof,” “Steal My Girl,” and “Night Changes” were debuted. With a total of 12 new songs on the popular boy band’s...
Taylor Swift’s 1989 is a must-have album
Brittany Welsch, Staff Writer
November 3, 2014
Taylor Swift released her fifth album titled 1989 on Oct. 27, and with a total of 13 new songs, the girl has outdone herself again. Although her common guitar acoustics are not as prevalent, her claim to fame of writing songs about boys has continued. When listening to the first song on the album, ...
Lovato takes New Jersey by storm
John Rotella, Staff Writer
October 28, 2014
"Fierce" is the best word to use when describing the performance Demi Lovato delivered to a sold out Prudential Center on Saturday night. With more than 10,000 screaming fans in attendance for the show, the 22 year old, former Disney Channel star, undoubtedly connected with every single member of the...