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#Neveragain Recent events have sparked conversation across all ages, occupations, and politcal parties on one of the most controversial topics of the decade: gun control. Read more on pages 19-31.

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4 Features The Cultural Fair 4 / Youtube and the influence it has 6 / GeoScience Kids Rock 8 / All creatures 9 A&E Mk Ultra 10 / Oh Snap! 12 Sports National Champions 14 / Hard Work pays off 16 Opinions Dress code attacks girls 18 News Our School, Our safety 19 / ON and safety 21 Enough is Enough 23 / stray bullets 24 / A sit down with security 26 / asking the admins 27 / generation frustration 28 / taking steps after the march 30 / protect people not guns 31 / heard it in the hall 32

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Staff Editors-In-Chief Ana Schulte Magda Werkmeister Lauren Yoksh

Copy Editor Isabella Bray

Business Manager Amara Lindsey

News Editor

Letter from the editors Spring break has come and gone, which means it's fourth quarter Eagles! In the final stretch of the year, we urge you to keep up with your work and find your enthusiam and passion for learning. If you are losing the will to do homework, study for AP tests, make up work during Eagle Halftime, and get good grades, though, you're not alone. Senoritis is setting in here in for the Editor-in-Chiefs.

In this issue, you'll find a photo story documenting the Distinguished Scholar's Cultural Fair, program spotlights, and a look into the life of an aspiring photographer at Olathe North.You'll also find a special 12 page long news feature on the national debate over gun control.

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Miles Arambula Jena Bright Rachel Delehanty Molly Duke David Genis Ashley Honey Kalley Jurgielski Andrea Martin Audrey McWhorter Juliana McWilliams Autumn Mesmer Paiton Stith

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By Ana Schulte Editor in Chief

Fair 2018 1. Freshman Ben Schulte uses freshman Keegan Allen’s back to fold his pamphlets.

2. Freshman Alex Helmer presents his project on Germany.

3. Junior Mady Edmonds left) and freshman Kloe Wagner (second right) participate in contemporary Greek dance.

4. Kailey Schlink presents.

5. Freshman Carter Brown and Trinity Umana share a dance with each other before the fair.

6. Michelle Chen presents her project on the Netherland to Distinguished Scholars Language Arts teacher, Ms. Zongker.

7. Sophomore Attisen McCorkle performs a solo Irish

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youtube &THE INFLUENCE IT HAS WRITING BY ASHLEY HONEY, MOLLY DUKE, AND AUTUMN MESMER Staff Writers YouTube has been around since 2005, and in that time, countless communities of video bloggers like gamers, beauty gurus, comedians, and even more have sprung up. Those videos are targeted towards teens and young adults, and now what younger children watch has come under increasing scrutiny. “[My siblings] watch Logan Paul, Clout Gang, toy reviews, [and] Drew Monsoon. It’s honestly trash because it’s a bad influence on them,” says sophomore Sobia Ansari.

According to Google, 70 percent of teenage YouTube subscribers claim that they find YouTube creators relatable, and four in ten admitted that their favorite YouTubers understand them better than their friends do. Many YouTubers show off products in their videos, and six in ten subscribers would purchase something their favorite creator reviews rather than something endorsed by a celebrity.

Challenge videos have been circulating YouTube for years now, and children often go out of their way to do these challenges or do-it-yourself activities at home because they saw their favorite YouTuber doing it as well.

In March 2017, Kathleen Quinn, eleven years old, received third-degree burns all over her hands due to using borax to create slime. Tutorials on how to make slime have been increasingly common in YouTube feeds over the past few years.

Glue, water, and food coloring are added to slime, as well as the ingredient Quinn’s doctor believed caused the burns to appear--Borax.

A meme that has recently been circulating the internet pokes fun at the strange, enticing allure of eating Tide Pods, which people refer to as “Forbidden Fruit”, is a form of laundry detergent, and post videos about it online. This has led to people actually eating the Tide Pods and suffering injuries and even death from it. So why do people mimic dangerous things people see online?

“Mirroring happens all the time and has been shown to involve mirror neurons, which are the cells in the brain that activate when we watch someone else perform a particular action that we also perform ourselves,” claims Remy Melina of LiveScience.

So when a YouTuber does something, like swearing or a challenge, their viewers who look up to them will likely try to imitate that same behavior.

“The youngest [sibling in my family], my brother, watches PewDiePie, DanTDM, etc. I think these are time wasters and that he is too young to watch them. The amount of cuss words in [the videos] are deplorable,” says sophomore Janhvi Parsai.

A challenge circulated in 2012 where creators would film themselves passing out on purpose. David Nuno was 15 when he passed out and hit a glass table, slicing through his arteries. The week before, a 12-year-old in Wisconsin died by doing this same challenge.

“YouTube is a great resource. But we should make sure people use it properly,” Parsai says.

COST OF CONTROVERSY Whether it be through ads or sponsorships, many videos on YouTube are monetized, meaning they earn money from the views the video gains. Although YouTube has set a boundaries a video must follow to be monetized, including the content being “advertiser-friendly” and being original content, the question has been raised as to how strict Youtube really is on these rules.

YouTube uses an advertising system called “Google Preferred”, which will assign any ad in the system to a video that is marked fit for monetization.

However the company has no control in what video their advertisement is placed in, proving to be an issue when videos unfit for monetization are given the go

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DESIGN BY KALLEY JURGIELSKI Staff Designer

ahead anyway. This harms not only the company, but chances of other creators being sponsored as well.

As ideas such as Logans Pauls infamous “We found a dead body in the Japanese Suicide Forest…” became popular conversational topics, Youtube began to become aware of the growing issue with its lack rules for monetization.

Beginning February 20th, YouTube put in place a new rule stating that videos could only be monetized if the creator had a total of 4,000 watch hours within in the past year, and have at least 1,000 subscribers. Google’s Paul Muret writes “Of course, size alone is not enough to determine whether a channel is suitable for advertising.” However, this may solve

Writing By Molly Duke Staff Writer

issues with smaller channels that pop up and steal content or produce videos meant to shock or disgust.

“These higher standards will also help us prevent potentially inappropriate videos from monetizing which can hurt revenue for everyone.” YouTube said.

YouTube has also been pushing to punish those who disobey the rules or post content on the media platform that they deem unsuitable. Late last year, the platform dealt with a disturbing series of videos targeted towards children. These videos had titles and thumbnails unrelated to the video, causing children to click on the videos and view unsuitable material.

Dislikes Logan Paul and Jake Paul

Felix Kjellberg (Pewdiepie)

SUBSCRIBE 17M/14M

SUBSCRIBE 61M

Logan Paul is one of the most popular vloggers on YouTube right now, but whether or not that’s a good thing is a lingering question. He posts daily vlogs on his YouTube channel and has made headlines in the news multiple times for some very controversial decisions. Whether it’s his clothing line “Maverick by Logan Paul,” the suicide forest video, or the animal abuse video, all have been mistakes of his YouTube career.

His brother Jake Paul rose to dame on Disney Channel and Vine. He began his YouTube channel almost two years before Logan did, but Jake has made his fair share of mistakes. He was kicked off of the Disney Channel show Bizaardvark, recieved complaints from neighbors of noise and late night parties, and posted a video explaining how he lost his virginity: mistakes that young kids probably shouldn’t see. Although their fans still support and defend them, the question still stands on whether or not the Paul brothers should be people kids look up to.

Youtube star Felix Kjellberg has been making videos on the media site since 2010. First gaining recognition for his gaming videos, such as Let’s Plays of the PC games Happy Wheels and Amnesia, he became the most subscribed to creator on the site with over 11,915,435 subscribers in the span of a couple years.

However, things took a turn when in a video posted on January 11 2017, two men were featured, one holding a “Death to all Jews” sign. News sites reported the anti-Semitic act, causing the creator to apologize. Things escalated from there when during a live gaming video he said a racial slur, causing uproar from the YouTube community.

Likes Dodie Clark SUBSCRIBE 1.4M

Dodie is a twenty-two-year-old vlogger from London, known for both her song covers and original music, honest talks and her unique artistic simplicity. With a young audience of mainly preteen and teen girls, her positivity and calm demeanor has made her fairly popular on YouTube. Her videos range from how-to’s and gentle song covers to deep talks about real life topics such as mental illness, sexuality, advice for relationships and much more. Dodie published a book, which is a memoir featuring personal stories, original lyrics, advice, and life lessons. She has also released two EP’s with six tracks each. While she’s only at 1,408,926 subscribers on her main channel, she’s continuing to become more admired.

Kendall Rae SUBSCRIBE 758K

Kendall Rae is a 24-year-old vlogger from Colorado. Her channel initially focused on beauty and hauls, but has evolved to cover conspiracy theories, true crime, astrology, and story times. She covers controversial and startling topics YouTube considers to be “non-advertiser friendly,” even though they do not contain any inappropriate content. Each of her missing persons videos have a dedicated t-shirt designed by a subscriber that can be purchased on her website, and all of the funds help raise money for an organization called Thorn, which according to her website, “leverages technology to combat the sexual exploitation of children.” She has raised over $10,000 so far.

Nathan Zed SUBSCRIBE 489K

Nathan Zed is a 20-year-old vlogger from Virginia. His videos contain satire to challenge popular trends as well as societal issues such as the Logan Paul scandal and the tendency for YouTubers to be “worshipped” by their oh-so-loyal subscribers. His “Good Enough” t-shirt campaign helps promote positive self-talk and self-acceptance. Nathan has discussed his battle with mental illness in many of his videos. He frequently combats controversial issues and speaks out for what he believes in. He currently has over 470,000 subscribers.

Rowena Tsai SUBSCRIBE 131K

Rowena Tsai often creates videos advising on matters such as how to increase your motivation or how to focus on the things you love in life. After beginning her channel in June 2016, she has gained popularity by spreading positivity through her videos. She often talks about her childhood spent it in Taiwan. Many of her subscribers find that her videos have a calming atmosphere, helping viewers relax after a long day.

Rowena posts about once a week, giving enough content to keep viewers entertained.

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Megan Merritt (Senior)

Geoscience Kids Rock

BY isabella bray Staff writer Design by Jena bright Staff writer

Olathe North students learn science in a hands-on environment

Q: Being nearly finished with the program, did you get what you thought you would out of geo, are you prepared, are you still interested in what you were when you came in?

A: Geo was more of an experience for me, I wasn’t in it just for the type of classes I could be taking like marine biology, and oceanography and stuff like that. It was more of an experience to try to meet new people that are some what interested in the same things that I am.

Sadly no I won’t be going into any of the oceanography- type classes in college but I will be doing something with science, so I hope that relates a little bit.

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The Geoscience Academy at Olathe North is home to thousands of gallons of aquaria that house a multitude of fish and dinosaur bones that are millions of years old.

With such unique resources for hands on learning, the Geoscience Academy offers high school students opportunities to learn about geology, meteorology, paleontology, marine biology, and oceanography.

As freshmen, geoscience students get a brief look into the academy by learning about the different earth sciences Geoscience has to offer in Geoscience Investigations. Sophomores learn the proper techniques to clean and care for the aquaria and the inhabiting marine life in the Aquatic Methods class. Geoscience juniors get to choose which path they would like to follow and can take either the lithosphere class that focuses on geology and paleontology or the hydrosphere which emphasizes oceanography and meteorology. When Geoscience students reach their senior year, they choose between con-

duct a year-long research project and completing an internship.

“We have a skeleton of a hadrosaur that’s still in a cast” describes Geoscience junior Nathan Laughlin.

Juniors taking the lithosphere class get the unique opportunity to work on genuine dinosaur bones by removing small pieces of the cast that preserves the bones and then mapping out their structure for further research.

The Geoscience Academy strives to teach its students about the earth and the influence humans have on it as well as the impact the environment has on humans. Once Geoscience students have graduated from high school, they are encouraged to use what they have learned to help make a difference in preserving the environment.

All Creatures big and small

by rachel delehanty Staff Writer design by jena bright Anna Flucke (Junior) Staff Writer

A look inside Olathe North’s Anminal Health Acadamy The Animal Health Academy by competing at FFA veterinary housed at Olathe North is a four-year medicine competitions.

program for students in the Olathe School District. The classes are separated by grade with Freshman taking Animal Health Investigations, Sophomores taking Environmental Conservation, Juniors taking Animal Science and Wildlife Biology, and Seniors taking Zoology. Students get exposed to all different career paths surrounding conservation, veterinary medicine, and research, get hands on experience through different camps and field trips, and get the opportunity to work with others with similar passions.

Animal Health classes consist of labs, projects, lectures, and occasional guest speakers. Outside of school hours can look different for each student. Being endorsed by the program requires time outside of school spent doing activities surrounding the animal field, called extension hours or ehours. It can range from volunteering at local parks and zoos, to working at a veterinary clinic. Juniors, Julia Sketers, Sydney Schier, Halle Jones, and Anna Flucke, have earned ehours

“We had to identify different species and tools,” said Flucke. “It was fun to work with my teammates.”

The team began competing at the end of last year and have placed 6th overall in competitions. The competition not only prepares students the knowledge needed for the veterinary field, it also exposes them to college scouts looking to give scholarships to the top performing teams and individuals.

Animal Health Academy endorses students who have met the right amount of ehours and credits.

With this endorsement, students have moved onto many different careers in the animal field including veterinary medicine, animal science, and wildlife biology.

Q: Why did you join animal health?

A: I joined Animal Health because I was interested in career possibilities that relate to animals and the environment.

Q: What is your favorite thing about Animal Health?

A: My favorite thing is the numerous opportunities it provides; such as zoo camps and FFA competitions.

Q: Do you think the program is preparing you for your future career in the animal field?

A: Yes, because I came into the program wanting to be a Veterinarian and through my animal health classes I have discovered new career opportunities

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local band spotlight:

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By Molly Duke Staff Writer Design By Lauren Yoksh Editor-in-Chief Almost every group of friends have sat down together and had dreams of forming a band that would later play for hundreds. However, this group of friends made their dreams a reality. MK Ultra, a Lawrence band consisting of four students, originally came to life at Girls Rock Lawrence, a camp designed to be a safe space for trans and LGBT youth that just want to rock out. There, the four were randomly grouped together to perform and although they all attended different schools, they quickly found that they had much in common.

With drummer Aoife Conway, keyboardist and vocalist August Hyde, guitarist and vocalist Inez Robinson, and bassist and lead vocalist Lily Pryor, the group was all set to perform at the camp for the first time. The group practiced for a while, adjusting to the sound of their voices together and getting used to each other.

Even after conversing for awhile as well as practicing, the band found themselves without a name shortly before the the concert. Having found that they all share love for the hit Netflix show Stranger Things, they decided to name their band off of Project MKUltra from the show. Once they had their name, they happily went on stage and performed for the entire camp. The band was born.

ultra ultra The group realized that they enjoyed the way their voices sounded together, and that they wanted to remain as a group and keep performing. They soon performed at Frank’s North Star Tavern for a friend’s birthday party, and their popularity slowly began to rise as they gained attention. Their next show gained them even more recognition. The group performed at Love Garden for a benefit show, bringing them a decent amount of popularity. Soon the name MK Ultra was being heard by many.

The group took the biggest jump of their lives when a friend of theirs, who worked at Love Garden and owned the local booking called Petri Productions, helped them get an opening spot for the band Diet Cig, who was touring around the nation. The band had planned on attending the concert regardless, so they were ecstatic to be able to open for a band they loved.

The show inevitably sold out, and alongside Diet Cig, The Spook School, and Great Grandpa, the band rocked the house.

Dust literally rained from the ceiling as they jammed to their heart’s content for hours on end. The band commented, “All the stars aligned because essentially Petri Productions provided a safe, inclusive, dance party - and who would miss that?”

“All the stars aligned because essentially Petri Productions provided a safe, inclusive, dance party - and who would miss that?”

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Photo credits: Mia Robinson Instagram: @superradcooldad

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‘Oh’ Snap!

by audrey mcwhorter Staff Writer Design by emma reuter Editor

Check out ON Senior Kayla Szymanski`s pictures as she takes over the local photography scene.

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n 2018 with smartphone cameras having the capabilities of some of the best digital cameras and with the bounty of editing apps available, it’s easy for someone to call themselves a photographer. However, with multiple photoshoots under her belt and a burgeoning professional career, Olathe North Senior Kayla Szymanski has turned her skills into something more than a hobby.

“When I was really young I was always carrying around my parents’ point shoot camera, until I got a Nikon point shoot camera for Christmas when I was eleven.”

Szymanski states.

Since then, her interest has evolved into an impressive hobby, that has led her to shoot local fashion shows, real models, and a job at the Selfie Boutique where she gets to connect with local photographers.

Her style consists of portrait photography in outdoor modern areas.

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The utilization of natural lighting and her natural talent for photography is what makes her photos unique.

One of the most impressive things about Szymanski’s photography is the reason she does it.

“I like making people feel good about themselves. It’s cool to have a good picture and get recognized for how unique the picture is, but my favorite part would be making people love photography too, or just love themselves.”

Her future plans include studying photojournalism at the University of Missouri. Szymanski wants to get into more editorial fashion photography and hopes that someday her photography will open up travel opportunities.

Szymanski’s advice to aspiring photographers is to stick with it and believe in yourself even when it gets hard, you’ll find your style.

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Stick with it and believe in yourself even when it gets hard, you’ll find your style.

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Kayla Szymanski

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National

Story and design by Kylee Weber Editor

Champrions

The Eagelettes line up after receiving a national title, and flashing their new National Champions jackets Photo Courtesy of Christy Cain

Two-time Olathe North national champions, the Olathe North Eaglettes, returned to Florida to compete at the dance team union nationals competition. The ladies competed in previous years, last year winning national championship in large varsity pom. This year the eaglettes competed in several different categories and finished again as national champions in Varsity Pom. Senior Ellie Miller is a four-year Varsity dancer, and has competed at both national competitions that the team

placed in.

Miller says “when they called our name it was a feel of utter joy and resolution.”

Many girls became emotional as their high school was announced for national champions.

“Every hour and every bit of work throughout the year was completely worth it,” Miller comments on all their hard work and dedication the girls have put in. The ladies practice every day during school and they add extra practices after and before school.

The Eaglettes have been cleaning and fixing their routines since the beginning of the year.

The ladies attend camps through summer as a team to prepare themselves for the upcoming year. The ladies perform at basketball games, football games, and most athletic events to entertain the crowed.

The dancers attend classes outside of school to work on their individual dance skills as well.

After working hard as a team the girls have become very close friends and even kid of a family.

Junior Kaitlyn Rupe says, “We are like a family; they are all my best friends and are always there for me.” The team spends countless The 3 Senior Eagelettes, Ellie Miller, Linsey Rogers, and Morgan Salazar smile before preforming their national title pom routine.

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Mrs. Heptig has coached at Olathe North for 14 years and this year was her final year. As the ladies finish the year, Mrs. Heptig shares her favorite memories as a coach.

hours together, not only practicing but also bonding. Each support each other and push each other to be the best that they can be.

With three seniors on Varsity, the underclassmen have plenty of leaders to look up to throughout the year. The seniors hope to help prepare the team for upcoming years. Seniors Ellie Miller, Morgan Salazar, and Linsey Rodgers all three are plan to go to college next year, with the hope of continuing their dance careers. Although the seniors will be going to different schools next year they will cherish the memories that the dance team has given them over the past four years. Years following high school, the seniors will remember the Olathe north class moto.

“You’re In High School Once But You’re An Eagle Forever” The Eaglettes finish the year at the spring show they host on April 13 and 14, when they will perform their national title large varsity pom routine, along with other performances they have done throughout the year. The Eaglettes family hopes to continue their national streak in upcoming years and return from Florida and with more trophies.

The ladies and Mrs.Heptig gather around their trouphy that they later bring home to Olathe North.

Photo Courtesy of Morgan Salazar

“Taking Varisty to National and going into the battle rounds is such a rememboral experience . It was incredible to see the top dancers and schools compete against eachother.

The new judges for the battle chose the winning team n the spot which was so exciting for us!

“When the Junior Varisty at Lee Summit when the won 1st place in Hip Hop and Contemporary.

It was our very first competition and the girls did so amazing and

“We have received so many opportunities with our O.N.E. Love Moment. We preformed at the kiondess assembly, we worked with Project Access. We were given a chance to meet some amazing students and touch peoples hearts.

Also, we the girls volonteer at West view, and all of them preformed at our O.N.E Love Moment .”

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HARD WORK PAYS OFF Olathe North Wrestling Finally gets their state championship.

Design by Kylee Weber Editor

WRITTEN BY Juliana Mcwilliams

Staff Writer

On Friday, February 23, and Saturday, February 24, at Wichita State University, Olathe North’s wrestling team found themselves 2.5 points away from winning the State team title. On the final day, After Terrel Garraway won the class 6A 170-pound weight class final, he was able to raise Olathe North’s team points to a score of 151, thus ranking

Garraway a two-time State champion. Parrish is also a two-time State champion as well as a three-time Sunflower League champion.

Head coach of the wrestling team is physical education teacher, Josh Carroll and the assistants are Jeremy Pride, Clint Slyter, and history teacher, Dylan Hitchcock. Fourteen

them ahead of Topeka Washburn Rural’s 149.5. Allowing Olathe North to then become the 2018 wrestling class 6A Kansas State High School Activities Association State Champions.

Championships are appointed by divisions of weight, height, gender, wrestling style, and other qualifications.

Individuals can win a state championship by being the top wrestler in their division or weight class. Two Olathe North students, Terrel Garraway and Jevon Parrish were State champions this year, Garraway for the 170-pound weight class and Parrish for the 138-pound weight class. This makes

The boys and coaches gather around after winning multiple individual state titles, and a team state title.

Photo Courtesy of Josh Price

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wrestlers went to State to represent Olathe North. Seniors who went were Javier Contreras, Terrel Garraway, Ryan Huck, and Jevon Parrish. Juniors who went were Jordan Baker, Caleb Delp, Math Martin, David Martinez, and Devon Stoker. Sophomores who went were Jose Cervantes, Gunner Murphy, Brandon Pena, and Keegan Slyter. Fresh-

man Joseph Triscornia went as well.

“What I enjoy most is being able to compete with good wrestlers and just the time I spend with my friends and my team,” Parrish shares. “It feels good. It’s pretty good but I want to keep building off of that and get better every day,” Parrish adds when asked how it felt to be a three-time Sunflower League champion and a two-time State champion.

The season started in December 2017 and ended in February 2018, from their success, their season was extended.

“We’ve been close a couple times and the expectation is always to be ready at the end of the year and compete for trophies and this group of young men took advantage of it and brought home the first State title in Olathe history,” Carroll says.

“I was extremely proud and happy of them and honored to be their coach so it’s pretty cool seeing those guys get to celebrate all their hard work,” Carroll remarks.

Out of the fourteen wrestlers that represented Olathe North, Joseph Triscornia was the only freshman. He says, “It was exciting to know I was the only freshman there.”

When asked if there was pressure going into the match knowing how close North was from winning the title, Garraway says, “No. There was not, I wasn’t worried about it at all.”

When asked what he enjoyed most about this past season, Martinez shares, “The bond with the team. The

The Team gathers around the Regional Champion Trophy.

Photo Courtasy of Josh Prices Twitter humor is amazing.”

From this past season, the wrestling team was able to bring the first wrestling State title back to Olathe. When asked how it felt knowing that the seniors would be leaving, Josh Carroll says, “It’s sad to see them leave but also exciting to go watch them with their next chapter in their life.”

Team smiled for the camera after winning regionals and Lawrence high school Photo Courtesy of Josh Price

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By Isabella Bray Copy Editor Design By Ana Schulte Editor-in-Chief “Dress or appearance that is likely to cause a disruption of the educational process or to invade the right of others or to create a health or safety concern will be considered inappropriate.” Sound familiar? This is the opening line of the Olathe School District’s dress code.

For years, girls were told not to expose their shoulders, not to wear their skirts and shorts above their knees, and while all the commotion about female students’ attire was occurring, hardly anyone questioned what male students wore. So why are girls and their clothing being targeted? Is it because it is considered a distraction to other students and their learning experience? The rules of the dress code make it seem as if just one more inch of skin will cause a hiatus: eyes will wander, attention will be misdirected, and learning will cease. But this just is not true. These “wandering eyes” should be held accountable for where they chose to roam.

The problem is not the clothing, but those who allow themselves to be distracted. If a girl feels empowered to wear a top with straps that break the two-finger rule, she should not have to cover up her shoulders for fear of catcalls and referrals. Not fear but confidence, passion, and independence should dictate a wardrobe. In addition, recent events are turning the tide, and the age of “boys will be boys” is coming to a close.

Yet, while the dress code preaches modesty for girls, it is disregarded by a very important part of Olathe North culture: cheerleaders. As a symbol of the school, shouldn’t the cheerleading uniform match up with school dress code? On the contrary, the cheerleaders’ skirts do not obey the finger-to-the-thigh rule, and the girls often have to tug down their skirts and readjust to properly cover themselves. If a dress code is going to restrict girls, it should treat all girls equally.

The dress code has many flaws, including stricter rules for girls than boys and poor enforcement of said rules. There needs to be a balance within the dress code between modesty and self-confidence, enforcements and role models.

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OUR SCHOOl, our sAFETY Design and Story by Haley McGriff Editor

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An Introduction into how Olathe North’s Administration, teaching Staff and Students feel about their safety at their school.

Ryan hARRA- sENIOR Q: Do you think our school district is accurately addressing our safety following NAME AND grade Florida?

A: “I feel like as best they can they are. For instance before Florida, we got new security measures this year, and most schools, including our school district, are taking as much precaution as they can.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Q: Are teachers trained enough to keep students calm and safe during this if this event were to occur?

A: “I personally feel very confident that my teachers would be able to handle a situation adequately while keeping their students calm aas can be saved.”

RICK BRANSON- SENIOR Q: Do you feel students are adequately trained on what to do if there was a school shooting?

A: “We have the Alice protocol but outside of that I don’t think people know what to do, besides run and go crazy.”

MR. HERMAN- PRINCIPAL

Q: Do you feel students are adequately trained on what to do if there was a school shooting?

A: “To be honest with you, I don’t. We did an A.L.I.C.E training one time, but haven’t we done anything virtual, or during a different time of the day, or in class rooms no. I think we could do a better job. I do feel confident that if something were to come down, that our students would know within the idea of our training that the staff members would be able to lead them.”

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Q: Are teachers trained enough to keep students calm and safe during this if this event were to occur?

A: “On the Monday, that you guys had off for spring break, we actually brought the faculty in, and we did a safety security run-through with the help of Mr. Carmody and Officer Reed. We addressed a couple different scenarios with the faculty regarding a situation like A.L.I.C.E.”

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mr. mccartney- coach Q: How can our school district help prevent this from occurring at our high school?

A: “Just by not taking it lightly, making sure that everybody’s informed.”

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Q: Do you feel students are adequately trained on what to do if there was a school shooting?

A: “We probably need to practice that a little more, maybe review it a little more frequently. I don’t know if that’s going to stop it. We could maybe make people a little more alert.”

ms. pittman- SOCIAL STUDIES Q: Do you think teachers are adequately trained on what to do if something of this magnitude appeared?

A: I think teachers are trained to a certain extent, but teachers need to be trained more. And have more of those open and very frank discussion with students about what it would look like in any classroom.

mr. stern- social studies Q. How can our school district prevent what has happened in Florida?

A. “The high school platform is so much more different due to the fact that there is so many doors and exits. On a grade school level, the only way to enter and exit is through secretaries.”

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Q: Do you think your students are adequately trained on what do to if there was an event to occur?

A. “Yes.”

Q. How can our school district prevent what has happened in Florida?

A. “There are certain safety precautions that we can put in place, we lock down our doors, that are supposed to be locked down all day. We do have places where you may enter and exit the building, involving cameras and a student’s ID. We do have an armed SRO (School Resource Office) and two security personnel, one inside the school and one outside. More eyes around to see things or notice things. We have some safety precautions put in place.”

Message from ON Administration: Our biggest priority is the safety of Olathe North’s Students and Staff.

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MRS. SMITH- ASSISANT PRINCIPAL

O.n. and safety On February 14, 2018, a former student shot and killed 17 at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The survivors, as well as the general public, have taken measures to fight for stronger gun control laws by speaking at rallies and planning protests.

The shooting took place near the end of the school day, perpetrator Nikolas Jacob Cruz arriving to the campus via Uber. He used a AR-15 semi-automatic rifle was used to kill 14 students and three staff members as well as injure at least 14 additional people.

EveryTown, a gun control advocacy group, claims that there have been 17 school shootings in 2018 and 290 since the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary shooting that resulted in 20 dead.

“I don’t feel unsafe, but my mom is certainly worried,” says Olathe North sophomore Janhvi Parsai. “She said that she wants to homeschool me because she is worried that I won’t come home one day.”

On February 17, three days after the shooting, Marjory Stoneman Douglas student Emma Gonzalez gave a speech at a gun control rally that went viral.

“We are going to be the kids you read about in textbooks. Not because we’re going to be another statistic about mass shooting in America, but because, just as David [Hogg] said, we are going to be the last mass shooting,” Gonzalez says. “That’s going to be Marjory Stoneman Douglas in that textbook and it’s going to be due to

the tireless effort of the school board, the faculty members, the family members and most of all the students.”

“That’s going to be Marjory Stoneman Douglas in that textbook and it’s going to be due to the tireless effort of the school board, the faculty members, the family members and most of all the students.”

Her twitter account, @Emma4Change, now has over 1.1 million followers. Many news outlets, such as the Washington Post, went as far as to call her the “face of this movement,” despite being only eighteen years old.

She helped organize the March for Our Lives rally with her classmates, a group of youth stepping up to make a change and fight for safety in schools.

“I feel scared on certain days to come to school,” says Olathe North sophomore Emily Fannin. “[Shootings] could [happen] any day, any time, any where. It could be April Fool’s Day, and everyone is joking and laughing, but then there’s a school shooting.”

Fannin spoke on stage at the

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March for Our Lives rally in Kansas City on March 24 to fight for stronger gun control laws.

“North should be doing more drills and be more vocal with how they will handle a shooter and what to do in different parts of the building,” she adds.

Posts about school walkouts from all over the country have been circulating social media for weeks. A group of students from Olathe North are also planning a school walkout on April 20th, the 19th anniversary of the Columbine shooting.

“Being on social media, seeing screenshots of text messages where kids were telling their parents goodbye, that they loved them, that they didn’t know if they would ever see them again; watching the videos kids took while locked in their classrooms; hearing the survivors voices as they called for something to change--that really brought all of the anger and outrage back to the surface, and I knew that I had to get involved, had to do something in the hope that us kids could change things and prevent these events from continuing to happen,” says Olathe North junior Lauren Ellenz. “I’ve been in contact with a lot of students from around the KC area to coordinate our actions to make as large of a statement as possible. I’ve also been in touch with representative Cindy Holscher, planning a student visit to Topeka with students from multiple schools to talk with legislators about gun control.”

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The Needville Independent School District in Fort Bend County, Texas, as well as other district around the country, have threatened to suspend and/or punish students who participate in walkouts, protests, and demonstrations.

“I’m not worried about the punishment because the most the school can legally do is give us unexcused absences, and a detention is a small price to pay for making your voice heard about an issue as important as this,” says Ellenz.

Act,” which will dedicate fifty million dollars each year to create tip hotlines, train staff to handle violence, and improve overall security. However, Trump has yet to take action to restrict the purchasing of guns.

“Personally, I don’t think it’s more of a gun thing, I think it’s more of a “person control”. I think it’s more, really, more checks--better background checks. Say, if someone grew up in a troubled family and has been abused his whole childhood, and he has homicidal or suicidal tendencies, then he or she Several should not be universiallowed to have ties have a gun unless reassured it’s absolutely students that necessary,” says the disciOlathe North pline they Junior Thomas face due Sewell. to making North’s stupolitical dent-led walkout statements will be on April in high 20th from 9:00 school will am to 9:17 am not harm to honor the 17 their chance killed at Marto be acceptjory Stoneman ed to those Douglas.. Ellenz Survivor Emma Gonzales tweets universities. assures the about her speech on March 24th, Washington Chronicle that 2018 at the March for Our Lives.

University, excused absencSt. Louis es will be given University, and more schools made for attending the protest, so students statements that standing up for what will not be punished for using their one believes in could actually help voices. However, code of conduct them get into college. Some univerrules will still apply, and breaking sities do not even look at high school those could result in punishment. disciplinary records when they con“The opposition is trying to paint sider students for admission. this movement as a bunch of rowdy, School shootings have reintrouneducated kids that just want to get duced the hotly-debated topic of gun out of class. Don’t prove them right,” control. President Donald Trump has says Ellenz. promoted the “Stop School Violence

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“I knew that I had to get involved, had to do something in the hope that us kids could change things and prevent these events from continuing to happen,” says Olathe North Junior Lauren Ellenz

Junior Thomas Sewell says, “Personally, I don’t think it’s more of a gun thing, I think it’s more of a “person control”. I think it’s more, really, more checksbetter background checks.”

Enough is Enough Design and Writing by Kalley Jurgielski Staff Designer

Providing a look into the most severe mass shootings in American history.

Location: San Ysidro, California at McDonalds Year:1984 Stats: 22 Dead Unknown injured

Location: UT Austin, Austin Texas Year: 1996 Stats: 17 Dead 31 Injured

Location: Killeen, Texas at Lubys Cafeteria Year: 1991 Stats: 24 Dead Unknown Injured

Location: Virginia Tech Year: 2007 Stats: 33 Dead 25 Injured

Location: Columbine High School Year: 1999 Stats: 15 Dead 21 Injured

Location: Sandy Hook Elementary School Year: 2012 Stats: 28 Dead 2 Injured

= mass shootings in locations other than schools

sources: cnn.com and ranker.com

Location: Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, Florida Year: 2016 Stats: 49 Dead 50+ Injured

Location: Sutherland Springs, Texas Church Year: 2017 Stats: 26 Dead 20 Injured

Location: Las Vegas Strip Year: 2017 Stats: 58 Dead 500+ Injured

Location: Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Year: 2018 Stats: 17 Dead 14 Injured

= mass shootings in schools K-12 and colleges

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Stray Bullets Facts and figures about the gun industry and its effects.

More than

135,000 students in the

The AR-15-style rifles can be legally modified to fire upwards of

850

rounds per minute.

US have lived through school shootings since

Columbine.

Handgun In the 18th century, the rifle of choice was the Brown Bess.

It shot only

4 bullets per min-

ute and had to be manually reloaded after each shot.

homicide is

9x more

likely to be justified when

white and the victim is a black man.

the killer is

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Hospital costs for firearm injuries total

Law Guns shoot

$622 million per year.

200x

1.8 million

faster than guns

guns have been reported stolen in the past decade.

used when the 2nd amendment was written.

Every week, 3 million Americans carry loaded handguns every day.

136 children

Only 12

12 of the 50 states require

and teenagers

purchase permits

are shot.

for handguns.

a Sit down with security

Safety in schools is a hot topic right now, read below for how the SRO’s at North are handling it.

written by Paiton stith, staff writer Olathe North’s Student Resource Officer was lost to retirement this year.

This left a void to be occupied and Officer David Reed stepped in to fill it after being a Kansas City police officer for five years. This is his first time working as SRO but in college, he worked in a sports camp with inner-city kids. He got to know them well.

“That’s probably the biggest reason why I wanted to be an SRO because I really enjoyed doing that,” he said.

As SRO, he works with the school as a law enforcement liaison, answering to his sergeant from the police department. Mr. Reed meets with his sergeant regularly to talk over ways to make Olathe North safer. His primary job is to keep the building safe and he works with Mr. Herman and the principal staff to do so, but he also teaches an occasional class when teachers ask him to come in and speak on things like law.

There are two security personnel that monitor the inside and outside of the building.

Every member of security staff works to keep the building safe during this time of increased gun violence and school shootings.

After an incident staff has a heightened sense of awareness. Mr. Reed said, “As far as security-wise we’re just

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being more diligent and more vigilant, making contact with folks who are making comments and making sure that no one’s in the building that shouldn’t be.”

A new security measure has been implemented this year, meaning that ID is now required to be allowed into the building. This is just one of the safety procedures contributing to the protection of this school. The two security personnel monitoring the school are also important to this goal as well as the teachers out in the hallway during passing periods.

“I think there’s always things that could be improved or tweaked just from learning of some other things that have happened around the country, but I think for the most part we do a good job with our security here.”

As a staff Mr. Reed said that issues surrounding gun violence are discussed in order to brainstorm ways to make students feel safer and be safer, and it seems that this preparation pays off.

“No one has come to me directly and said that they feel unsafe as far as our school is concerned,” Mr. Reed said.

He’s visible in the hallways when he can be to make sure that students know they can come to him if they have issues.

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Read below for a Q&A with security guard, De’Markcus

do you think about the Q: What security of this school?

I think there’s definitely some...

A: “I like that they have two securi-

ty guards, me on the inside and someone on the outside, and the SRO. Maybe from there if there’s more issues that arise maybe, I don’t know what they would do from there, but, you know, I think it’s okay. *Laughs* I mean, I’m awesome, so, you know.”

gun incidents affect security?

Q: Do How? believe they do, but I think...

A: “Ithat’s a good thought. I believe

that they do, but I know if that was to happen the first thing would be to make sure that kids are in safety, to make sure they’re safe, but I feel like that would fall mostly on Officer Reed, SRO, and I think maybe there would be an area where we could potentially have a little bit more training on how to handle the situation.”

do you think about Q: What teachers being armed? “don’t think it should happen, A: honestly, unless they’re gonna pay for everyone to be properly trained. Honestly I feel like someone was just saying something, they were just like ‘Ah... guns, everybody yeah give ‘em... yeah’ and no I don’t think that’s a real viable option. I think it’s kinda ridiculous.

And that’s what I think.”

Asking the Admins

Written by Miles Arambula, Staff Writer

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Since the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School- and many more before ityou may start to question what is being done to prevent these incidences from happening in the future. The Olathe North Chronicle talked to the Olathe Schools Superintendent, John Allison.

Q: A: Q: A: Q: A:

If someone suspects there is a person on campus with a firearm, what actions are taken?

Well the first thing we tell people is “if you see something, say something.” That is our best line of defense so to speak, for schools. So, if- let’s do a scenario- you go to a teacher and say “I think soand-so has a weapon”, the teacher will immediately report that to the office. Depending on whether you saw it or think they had it. There are different scenarios where the school resource officer would be involved, administration, you know, trying to make

sure we get to that student as quickly as possible.

They have to assess the situation and they may, at that point and time, say “you know what, we’ll go into lockdown mode until we can get this taken care of.” So it’s really going to kind of depend on everything that’s there. Sometimes you’ll get “Oh, I heard there was-” and those are still taken very seriously but they will be handled a little differently than if you said “I saw someone with a pistol in their waistband.”

If there is a social media post threatening the school or student body in some way, what action is taken then?

Part of it is going to depend on where it is posted, what we know about the posting, they are all taken seriously. Let me give you a perfect example: Somebody posted something on twitter of a picture of themselves with a gun and didn’t make a threat to the school as much as “I wish this group of students blah blah blah” but had a picture. Once this was brought to our attention it was a Saturday night when someone noticed it, called the tip hotline- which goes to Mr. Castillo who is in charge

of our safety and security- it’ll go to the building principal and there are a number of us who get notified, police were informed immediately, they were able to identify the student and in probably twenty minutes police were at the house- at that point and time they were going to interview to find out if the student is a potential threat- if they have the means and so- it’s taken very seriously.

It doesn’t matter when, what day or what time, things roll pretty quick.

Given the latest shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas, is there any plan to change the procedures for our district?

At this point and time, sadly it seems like we get to do this almost on a yearly basis. We meet yearly and sit down with the first responders, the national school board association puts out material and we sit and review our safety procedures. After any type of incident we’ve had, we debrief and say “could this look differently?” I don’t know what will

come of some of those conversations we’ll have here later this spring. I think its interesting to point out though, that you’ll get the police department, sheriff’s department, FBI, homeland security won’t all necessarily agree on what we should do. So, we kind of work through all of their suggestions and what seems to be best for us.

Newspaper staff member, Miles Arambula interviewing Olathe’s Superintendent, John Allison.

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generation frustration Story by David Genis Staff Writer Design by Lauren Yoksh Editor-in-Chief

Following on the curtails of the Stoneman Douglas shooting, and with the growing #NeverAgainMSD (Marjory Stoneman Douglas) movement led by the survivors, the voices of high school students across America are being heard more loudly than ever. The frustration that many feel towards the government has been given national attention as the many survivors of school shootings speak out against President Trump, Congress, and all the political figures that are not implementing stricter gun laws in the aftermath of the event.

The anger that many students feel spread all across America, even to Olathe North, inspiring certain groups to organize a walk out, a peacefully exit in an expression of disapproval. The movements that have been inspired across the country have been largely student-led. The voices of students have been raised, all in opposition to the current state of affairs, with attention being paid to the victims of many of the tragedies that have been happening in the US. The students of North and other class-

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rooms have finally spoken out in the form of a walkout set to take place April 20, which is the 19th anniversary of the now infamous Columbine High School massacre.

Lauren Ellenz, a junior at Olathe North and Vice President of ON Student Democrats, has cooperated with many other students to organize the walkout, an action that she feels carries some merit, “I think it’s a good thing that we’re getting out there and becoming active and showing we care about these issues, but I also think its kind of a tragedy that we have to be.”, Ellenz states.

This sentiment has not been shared by Olathe North junior Emily Martin, a student participating in the walkout, who states, “I don’t feel students have been forced to take a stand against this issue. It’s something that we took into our own hands and feel responsible standing up for because it’s an issue that effects us.”

The opinion that the government has been not doing enough has become popular among groups who are

calling for more gun control, “We don’t have a choice or not whether we want to be politically active in this and care about this because it’s our lives that are at stake,” Ellenz states.

Many of the students who are leaders of the walkout are very politically involved, keeping tabs on the Trump administration and current events across the rest of the country, while many of the people who plan to participate yet were not involved in the planning of the protest, are not so politically knowledgeable.

This, Ellenz says, is not a problem however, stating that, “Politics in general I believe you don’t have to know everything about what’s going on for your opinion to be valid…

A lot of these are just common sense things that you don’t need to be a policy expert to have an opinion about.”

Martin disagrees however, she says, “I think its really important for people to be politically knowledgeable, especially when it comes to serious topics like this, so that they can take a more educated stance on the topic.”

The surge of activism that has occurred due to the rise of violence has had many students standing up in protest, and it is a unifying movement for many people in the

Olathe community.

“I think it’s a big moment for people in the North community, to come together and realize, ‘Hey, we’re just high school students, but we can still work together and try to change something’,” Ellenz says.

This idea has been shared by Martin, who says, “I definitely think because its getting more attention there’s a lot more getting done, especially by the student body.”

This movement has been made stronger by other schools and their students, such as the students at Blue Valley High School, who have organized their own walkout scheduled for the same day.

These movements have been brought together in order to protest the government, all student led and organized, something which is seen as a positive by many, such as Martin and Ellenz. “I think it’s important to give students a voice, and to see students advocating for what they believe in.” Martin says.

Ultimately, the movements to end gun violence through stricter gun laws which many have joined to become a voice for the many victims of school shootings and gun violence across the country, is an impressive act of leadership, unity, and forward acceleration for not only high school student, but for all the citizens of the United States.

“We don’t have a choice or not whether we want to be politically active in this and care about this because it’s our lives that are at stake,”

taking steps after the march

Students are walking out all over the nation, but where will they go once they leave school grounds? story and design by magda werkmeister Editor-in-Chief In the wake of the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, students around the country have organized marches and walkouts in order to protest Congress’ inaction on gun control. There’s the March 14 “Enough” walkout, led by the Woman’s March organizers, the March 24 “March for Our Lives” that will occur in Washington, D.C., as well as cities throughout the nation, and the April 20 national high school walkout, which many Olathe North students plan on participating in.

While the millennial generation has often been characterized as politically apathetic (and the numbers do show something—according to the Pew Research Center, the voter turnout rate was only 49.4 percent among millennials in the 2016 election, the lowest of all generations), the coordination of these protests has demonstrated the intense desire for change felt by many young Americans.

Marches work wonderfully as symbols that send messages to our leaders in Congress. They indicate the temperament of groups that are not always listened to. They’re also pretty fun—there’s something very cathartic about chanting rhymes about politics, holding an angry and/or humorous sign, and marching with hundreds, thousands, even more people who feel as strongly as you do about an issue.

Plenty of catchy slogans have come from the movement as well—for example, the phrase “Thoughts and Prayers” crossed out and replaced by “Policy and Change” looks great on a t-shirt. But for this movement to be successful, it has to be more than a fashion statement. Students have to be willing to do more than miss a day of class. They need to be willing to give time and money to gun control advocacy organizations like Everytown, contact their representatives in Congress and state legislatures, and, at the very least, show up to vote. It’s clear that students want change—but it’s clear that they won’t get it if they don’t commit.

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“Register to vote.

Contact your local congresspeople.

Give them a piece of your — Marjory Stoneman mind.”

Douglas Senior Emma Gonzalez

protect people not guns We the people deserve to be safe.

It’s only March and in 2018 there have already been fifty mass shootings in the US. Fifty in the last three months alone; that’s 3,263 deaths within 2018 by guns, and 5,698 injuries. The numbers are only continuing to climb. When this happened in other countries, they took immediate action for the safety of the public. But yet...here America’s legislators sit, twiddling their thumbs, sending “thoughts and prayers” to the victims and their families. The truth is thoughts and prayers simply aren’t enough. Thoughts and prayers aren’t going to change the fact that the US is number one in the world in mass shootings and mass incarceration. Thoughts and prayers aren’t going to keep more incidents from occurring. Thoughts and prayers won’t take the guns and weapons out of the wrong hands. The only way to fix this, the only thing that can be done--that must be done--for public safety, is for gun control to be put in place.

To quote Emma Gonzalez, survivor of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School massacre, “Australia had one mass shooting in 1999 in Port Arthur [and after the] massacre introduced gun safety, and it hasn’t had one since.

Japan has never had a mass shooting. Canada has had three and the UK had one and they both introduced gun control.”

And yet here americans are, offering to arm teachers, ban backpacks from schools, and even going as far as blaming their own students for incidents. Gun control needs to be an automatic response after any mass shooting, in order to keep the public safe. Public safety should be the number one goal.

Safety precautions need to be taken because without them, tragedies like Marjory Stoneman will continue to happen routinely.

By enforcing gun control, America will be much safer.

Any gun created specifically for the purpose of being a war weapon should be banned, because what’s the use in having a war weapon unless you’re going to war? An AR-15 can shoot over ten rounds in a second. What would that be good for? Protecting the public from harm is not a bad idea.

Gun control is an urgent, mandatory need. Americans must come together and take preventative action to keep tragedies like these from happening on the daily. People shouldn’t be numb to these incidents. Shootings should not be the norm in this country.

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“If you do not stand with us by saying we need to pass common sense gun legislation, you have chosen — Marjory Stoneman death.” Douglas Junior Alex Wind Issue 5 | The Chronicle | 31

By Josie Sloan, David Genis and Audrey Mcwhorter Staff Writers

“Who was that one kid who put Ketchup in his milk?”

“If I had a medical condition I would totally exploit it!”

“Why did you eat 47 peaches???”

“A receding hairline on a baby!!?”

My eyebrows are going to melt off!!!

“Do you know who else isn’t here for this love triangle?

“He looks like the thumb guy from spy kids.”

His Girlfriend.”

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“I like to eat Cheez-its with the salt side down.”

“Its Friday, you’re not going to go be depressed in the Library.”

“What does acrylic paint taste like on a pancake?”