A new wave of social media has made police brutality far more evident than it has even been to the public before, from civilians with cellphones to cops with cameras. The topic is nothing but highly debated through all terms of social media, according to Wihbey , and has a following large enough to crowd…
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America’s Police Force Leaps into the 21st Century – Guest Editorial by Josh Nosal
“The occupant was said to be violent, so officer Carlos Ramirez approached the apartment warily. A dank smell wafted from inside. Ramirez bristled with body armour, radio, gun and Taser, but before knocking on the door he adjusted just one piece of equipment: a tiny camera on his collar” Carlos Ramirez is a member of…
Where and Who does your tax money go to? – Guest Editorial by Logan Brink
Welfare recipients should have to take drug tests before getting a welfare check. The problem lies where citizens that have to pay taxes are paying for some welfare recipients that are using their money to buy drugs. Officers that make drug arrests say that two out of five people are using welfare. Drug testing isn’t…
Invest in High Speed Railways – Guest Editorial by Griffin Geppert
Sitting in traffic, waiting for the person in front of you to move up a little, so you can inch up toward the traffic light…only to have to stop again because the light turned red on you. This is a common problem for anyone trying to move through traffic. Would you want to wait five…
Terminally Ill People Must Have the Right To Die – Guest Editorial by Thomas Donovan
Humans should have autonomy over their decisions about their life. The value of life is very high, although that is in certain situations. Life is a beautiful entity for the most part that is until something comes along to make it a little bit of a bumpy ride. A life threatening illness is of course…
Keep Troops in Iraq – Guest Editorial by Justin Gross
With Obama’s State of the Union address including the decision to start the process of pulling the soldiers out of Iraq started, major debates remain about what to do with the remaining soldiers stationed in Iraq. “Obama hails end of combat operations in Afghanistan” wrote Journalist David Jackson. The article stated that 13,500 service men…
Crazy-D’s #CleanShavenAndFeelingSexy
The best and worst of Crazy-D’s social media experiences. Everywhere from vine to twitter, together we will relive the most notable moments for Crazy-D. If you can sit through enough tweets about the Steelers and other big time sporting events you stumble across a gold mine of laughs. #ImBoutaShaveThisIJustShavedThis is one of the more popular…
students, Speakers, and Sharpeners. The Perfect Distractions 3
Hello everyone and welcome to the Perfect Distractions, where I find out what is distracting the people of Avon Worth while in their classes. Today we are looking at sophomore Alex Domencic, or his preferred name, Skippy, and his classroom distractions. Skippy’s biggest distraction he said was “Students who are off task.” which I find…
Why are you in the hallway? Electric Boogaloo Part 2
Why are you in the hallway again? I forgot last time. I know how this probably seems if I ask you this question. I’ll admit, it looks kind of shady. In fact, I feel kind of shady. Here I am with my laptop and notebook at the crossroads of the halls, sitting at my table,…
Badminton, Hats, and apples. The Perfect Distractions 2
Hello and welcome to the Perfect Distractions, where I see what is distracting the people of Avonworth while in their classes. Today I am looking at sophomore Christian Guzzo and he distraction in his IM2 class. Christian was sitting in his math class thinking about a game called Stick Badminton, an online flash game he…