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CHS students, SRO address school safety procedures

Maggie Meyer • April 28, 2023

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, the increase in school shootings in America from 2009 to 2021 has increased by 88%. With the number of school shootings on the rise in America...

In light of 5th Anniversary of March for Our Lives, citizens, governments, should treat gun control with urgency

Grace Guo • March 24, 2023

March 12 marked the 71st day of the year. In those days 3,511 individuals have died from gun violence outside of suicide (Gun Violence Archive). According to EducationWeek, nine school shootings have occurred...

Students, staff, contemplate merits of arming teachers, other school staff

Pranav Jothirajah • May 23, 2019

On March 32, the Florida House committee passed Bill 1253 which would allow teachers to arm themselves on campus if the local school boards approve it. The passing of this bill follows states like Texas...

One Year Safer: after the Parkland shooting, students, staff reflect on how school safety has changed within the district

Hannah Gretz • February 14, 2019

On Feb. 14, 2018 in Parkland, Fla., gunman Nikolas Cruz stormed the halls of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (MSDH) opening fire with an AR-15 rifle. Cruz, a former student at MSDH, proceeded to go...

Graphic Perspective: Too Many Shots

Brian Zhang, Reporter • December 14, 2017

Tighter Leash: CHS students should consider stricter gun control laws

Misha Rekhter, Perspectives Editor • December 14, 2017

As an American citizen, I recognize the inherent freedom to protect oneself that all Americans possess. It is this freedom which has prompted the stockpile of weaponry in American homes; gun owners endlessly...

Guns are created for violence

feature • April 24, 2014

Junior Felicia Adkins woke up on Dec. 8, 2013 to tragic news from her mother. Aubrey Peters, a 16-year-old girl from Noblesville who was one of Adkins’s close childhood friends, was shot. “Honestly,...

The Gun Issue

feature • April 24, 2014

Gun legislation spurs controversy. As the NRA convention occurs in Indiana tomorrow, HiLite examines the stories behind both sides of the argument. Guns are the tools, not the problem. Guns are created...

Here We Are Again. Americans should seek solutions for gun control.

perspectives • January 24, 2013

Forty-one days ago, the loved ones of 20 children and six adults in Newtown, CT were plunged into a nightmare. But we all know that story. Tragically, deep down we probably all knew it was coming - the...

A Beautiful Mind. Erase the stigma about mental health to stop shooting tragedies.

perspectives • January 24, 2013

Only a couple of hours had passed after gunman Adam Lanza claimed 26 lives at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School and became national news when the topic of gun control became a central focus...

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