Restricting gun access hurts more than helps; focus on mental health as root
Morgan Chung, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
The Second Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America explains that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. If there is one thing that the legislators and citizens of America must keep in mind is that the gun does not kill: the person who is pulling the t...
Comprehensive legislation only way for general sense of helplessness to end
Ian Graham, A&E Editor
March 6, 2018
Filed under Features, Opinions
In the days following the Marjory Stoneman Douglas high school shooting, debates over the sale of assault rifles have erupted. These debates, with arguments coming from all levels on the conservative-republican spectrum, are forcing lawmakers to revisit the conversation surrounding gun control and its...
It’s time to fund equal opportunities, not guns
India Buckner, Staff Reporter
March 6, 2018
Filed under Double Truck, Opinions
Students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School woke up on Valentine’s Day expecting a day full of love and heart-shaped candies; instead they got fearing for their lives and bullets. During the last class of the day, a former student pulled the fire alarm and began his rampage of hate and terror...
Unsigned: What will it take for change in gun-related violence?
March 6, 2018
Filed under Opinions
18 times this year a gun has been discharged on a school campus. 18 times, lives were put at risk whether the gun’s presence was an accident or intentional. But 18 does not include the amount of times guns made headlines this year. 30 is the amount of times that a gun has been used as a device to en...
A Minute with Mia: Gen. Z has begin reckoning on lawmakers, NRA
Mia Irvin, Editor in Chief
March 6, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
Our generation has lived through the 2012 Aurora movie theater shooting. 12 people were shot and killed while waiting to see a midnight premiere of The Dark Knight Rises. We heard about the men who died protecting their girlfriends and the man who died saving his daughter and her friend. Our genera...
Day focused on human connection adds appreciation to any relationship
Mia Irvin, Editor-in-Chief
February 16, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
The time of the year when heart-shaped candy takes to the shelves is upon us yet again and we are faced with a crucial decision: do we embrace the season of love and buy all the big teddy bears we can carry, or do we cross our arms and scowl at the cupids and the sweetheart candies? It is easy to be b...
Every day should be time to celebrate the special relationships we share
Ian Graham, A&E Editor
February 16, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
It is one thing to be obliterated by love, but it is another thing to dismantle its beauty for the preservation of American candy brands and floralists one day of the year. Nearly every gesture of love I have made has come with no substantial monetary price tag. Whether they took the form of a han...
Unsigned: An open letter to all who have shared their stories throughout the #MeToo movement
February 16, 2018
Filed under Opinions, Showcase
To the women of 2017. To TIME’s “Silence Breakers.” To the Olympic gymnasts. To the actresses, politicians, and human beings who said #MeToo. To the teachers, doctors, lawyers, mothers, and daughters who shared their stories. Thank you. You were little girls left without childhoods. You were actres...
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