By Victoria Mezera Gun violence in America has recently become a huge debate nationwide. After the Parkland shooting, where 17 people were killed, people from the school and around the country have gathered attention by organizing marches, participating in walkouts, and more. On March 14th, there were walkouts across the […]

Marching For Our Lives

By Jordan Jenkins On February 14th, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida became just the latest victim of a phenomenon that is uniquely common within American society. A former student, 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz, entered the school armed with an AR-15 and opened fire, killing 17 students and […]

This March, We March

By Jeffery Laux When are we willing to change for the betterment of our own nation? We have remodeled ideals and rules based on other countries laws and beliefs but why can’t we take after Japan, Norway, Australia, and The United Kingdom who have all limited the number of deaths […]

Follow the Footsteps of Change

Photo credit: Florida Political Review, Orlando Sentinel, The Hill, SaintPetersBlog By Thalya Samuels Due to the recent tragedy at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, I have been encouraged to write a story regarding gun laws in relation to school shootings. My assignment involved contacting state representatives and senators and asking for their […]

To Our Senators and Representatives

By Arianna Bekas On Wednesday, February 14, a gunman armed with an AR-15 opened fire upon Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, killing 17 and injuring 14. This event has yet again sparked a heated debate about what’s to blame in this massacre. Both sides of the political spectrum can surely […]

When Mental Health and Guns Collide

By Victoria Mezera Representation is often lacking in media, with television and movies not showing anything outside of what’s considered normal. However, in today’s day and age people are starting to realize that they can’t make every character a stereotypical, heterosexual, white football player, and that representation matters. Within the […]

How To Get Away From White-Washing

By Thalya Samuels Photo credit: Chicago Tribune When viewing black history month, we tend to meditate strictly on the achievements of the past, however, it is time to focus on the tremendous rise of black power that is occurring in the present. People of color from all different trades– science, […]

African-American Contemporary

By Thalya Samuels Social media is a major aspect of the daily lives of this generation’s teenagers. As of 2015, 92% of teenagers report going online daily according to the Pew Research Center. This vast population of networking teenagers means that there is a lot of social paraphernalia that parents […]

‘Finstas’ aren’t a Secret

By Cassidy Johnson It’s a well-known fact that teachers are vastly underappreciated and undervalued by our national government, the students they teach, and local district employers. This is the plight of public-sector work; although it may get worse. Last week, the Florida House of Representatives passed a bill, HB25, targeting […]

Your Teacher Isn’t Here Today

By Arianna Bekas On December 20, 2017, a major triumph for the Republican legislator occurred. With a vote of 51 to 48, the Republicans were able to pass their historic tax bill. The passing of this tax bill was necessary to not only fulfill campaign promises of new tax reforms, […]

Tax Plan or Wack Plan?