![Slam. While she performed in front of an audience at the All Writes Reserved Festival in April of last year, junior Mila Hormann displayed emotion to draw her listeners in. She performed her poem titled, ‘Cloudy Days’. “Slam poetry is important to me because [it] helps me process emotions and makes me be able to connect with other poets,” Hormann said. “I get to connect with poets I see at competitions or become a lot closer with other poets within our school’s poetry club.”](https://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/mila-cmyk-website-1200x774.png)
This year, Bellevue East marching band has been working hard and participating in an abundance of competitions. Students and teachers alike work...
![Speak up. During her Introduction to Competitive Speech class, freshman Abigail Hollingshead practices her poetry event. Hollingshead said she is looking forward to performing at upcoming competitions. “I’m pretty excited,” she said. “I have to miss the first [competition] because of the play, but I’m going to be at the second one, hopefully.”](https://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/competitive-speech-website-this-1200x1030.png)
![Ka-ching. (Left) Senior Ty Yoon carefully counts the amount of cash he needs to give back to a customer at the Beast Brew located in the Bellevue East library on October 16. Money that is earned by the Beast Brew goes towards buying more supplies for the store and to the FBLA organization. “I’d say that at times it [working at the Beast Brew] can be stressful,” said Yoon. “But it helps grow that experience, like in the real world.”](https://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/image-1200x900.png)
Expertly mixing and pouring at the counter of the Beast Brew, senior Ty Yoon works to craft the iced matcha latte ordered by a customer. Once he’s finished, Yoon tops...
![Trick or treat. Robney Barnett, dressed as a zombie, steps into his at the House of Horror on Logan Drive. After starting the haunted house, Halloween has never been the same for the Mulkey and Barrett families. “It was such a quiet neighborhood, maybe some people across the street occasionally. [Now], we have people from up the street, down the street, everywhere they come.” Kelly Mulkey said.](https://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/zombie-website-this-one-1200x800.png)
College. After struggling through thirteen years of public school, taking (and sometimes retaking) the ACT, and applying to a dozen universities, that acceptance letter comes...
![Ace. At the Bellevue East tennis courts, snior Jace Taggart prepares to hit the ball during practice. The team works on their technical skills through a scrimmage where they also work on game play. Taggart swings his tennis racket back and keeps his eye on the ball. “I’m definitely going to miss this team, so I try to win as much as possible, but also just having the relationships [with the team] and keeping them connected,” Taggart said.](https://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/unnamed-1-1200x800.jpg)
The Bellevue East boys tennis team is coming to a close on their 2024-2025 fall season. The team had players compete and place in the Metro Tournament, with seniors Jace Taggart...
![Just keep running. It takes a lot of dedication and effort to succeed in cross country, and for the team’s last meet, the athletes ran 5,000 meters (3.11 miles). Placing 30 out of 88 is freshman Hannah Kinsey. “In high school you run like a ton more, more seriously. We train in the summer, we have a lot of meets, we travel farther, and the distance [we run] is longer,” Kinsey said.](https://beaststudentmedia.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/IMG_2630-1200x800.jpg)
I was scrolling through Netflix, trying to find something that looked interesting to add to my ever growing list of “films to expand my pop culture library”, when a green...
Five ballot initiatives and one referendum will allow Nebraska voters to directly decide on laws during the 2024 election. The ballot initiatives...
