Over the past few weeks, students and teachers have experienced lockin and lockout drills in every class, just in case a school shooting happens. However, we cannot only rely on drills, we must take action and increase gun control to stop the shootings before they even happen. On the surface these new drills are extremely helpful: “They may help in the event of a school shooting”, said Hunter Gottlieb.<...

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 New safety policies implemented this year by administration that require fire, lockdown and lockout drills to be practiced in every class were met with complaints by members of the community, yet an overall positive attitude from students and teachers alike.  The safety policies, prompted by the new Claire Davis Safety Act passed this summer, requires teachers to practice the drills in each of their classes, as well as coll...

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Senior Andrea Lin has recently concluded a fourteen month project to program the PhET projectile motion simulation. PhET is based in the University of Colorado at Boulder and “provides fun, free, interactive, research-based science and mathematics simulations”, according to PhET Interactive Simulations. Lin’s interest in computer science began in middle school. ...

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I am utterly disgusted by the recent mass shooting at a country music concert in Las Vegas. The devastation of this blatant act of terrorism cannot be understated and our hearts and minds are with the victims of the attack. However, praying for the victims is not enough, and as American citizens we have a duty to take action. We have a serious problem in America with mass shootings and gun violenc...

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Throughout the past month, hurricanes have pummeled the coasts of the Caribbean islands, Eastern U.S., and Mexico. People among the community have arisen to support hurricane victims through fundraising. When given the question “when you first heard of them [ the hurricanes] what was your first impression?”, ‘Scary and sad’ some of the many words students thought of to describe the hurricane...

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For my first rant… update, I would like to complain about Trump. But unlike any other week, I will be covering Trump criticizing someone lawfully using their rights. Oh, wait, that’s every week… Anyway, to the point. Quarterback Colin Kaepernick (and many other football players) began protesting racial inequality and injustice for African-Americans in the justice system by kneeling during the na...

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