Trump’s Big, Beautiful Wall Won’t Fix America’s Problems
Kierra Young, Assistant Editor
April 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion
President Trump’s wall has been a hot topic from the moment it was conceived. A key talking point from his campaign, Trump’s plans for the southern border are ineffective, expensive, and pointless considering how little the wall would actually accomplish. The first problem of the wall is that it won...
Banning Guns Won’t Solve Our Problem — Here’s Why
Shak Saidjanov, Editor
April 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Many voices in the political theater and the media have been telling us for weeks that further gun control is the logical answer to our mass shooting problem. However, the facts don't support their argument. According to the Cato Institute, there were roughly 38,000 gun deaths in 2016. Two thirds of them were suicides. Currently, it's estimated that ther...
Guest Column: “As Sovereign as the Federal Government Will Let Us Be”
April 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The following is a guest column by junior Emma Sheets, who participated in the Arizona border immersion just before Spring Break. The border: just the word itself is intimidating. Originally signing up for this immersion I didn’t know what I was getting myself into. I heard the words “border...
Guest Column: “Standing Beside the Infamous Barrier”
April 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The following is a guest column by Mr. Krantz, who helped lead the Arizona border immersion just before Spring Break. For the past two years President Donald Trump has told the world that he intends to build a wall on the Mexico/US border. Someone might tell him—one already exists. At the moment,...
Guest Column: “To Hear Your Stories, and to Learn”
April 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion
The following is a guest column by junior Brigid Hanley, who participated in the Arizona border immersion just before Spring Break. The Comedor in Nogales, Sonora, a town just south of the border between the United States and Mexico, is small for a soup kitchen, but feels cozy instead of cramp...
Snapchat: The Addiction at Your Fingertips That’s Worth Quitting
Maggie Rasch, Staff Reporter
April 11, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Just about every high school student who has a phone probably has Snapchat to check in with their friends and communicate with photos that only last for a few seconds. Although users claim to hate the app’s features and new updates, teens are still constantly using the app. Speaking from personal exp...
Why Gun Control Is Needed Now
Liam Rinehart, Staff Reporter
March 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
December 14, 2012 — this was the day twenty 6 to 7 year olds were torn to shreds by a semi-automatic rifle. Apparently, this was also the day that conservative lawmakers decided that the approval of the NRA and gun-fanatics was worth more than the lives of our country's children. After Sandy Hook,...
Video Feature: The Argument For Project-Based Finals
Shak Saidjanov, Editor
March 7, 2018
When the week before finals is referred to by students and staff alike as “dead week,” we have a problem. Dead week is notoriously one of the most stressful times of the year both on campuses nationwide and at La Salle, and considering La Salle is already packed year round with college preparatory curriculum, it makes dead ...
The Disappointing Snapchat Update That Everyone Hates
Samantha Kar, Assistant Editor
March 7, 2018
Filed under Opinion
As pretty much every La Salle student probably already knows, in January of this year, Snapchat rolled out a new update, including one major tweak to stories, where the company now uses a secret algorithm to calculate and display what they think you want to see. Despite having received extensive backl...
Bipartisan Hypocrisy and How It’s Halting Our Fight Against Sexual Assault
Alexis Han, Staff Reporter
February 28, 2018
Filed under Opinion
From the silence breakers of the #metoo movement to La Salle’s recent Green Dot initiative, groups from all over the horizon are working in different ways for the same result: a future where sexual assault is prevented and victims are validated. But another barrier—an especially common one—stand...
One Woman’s Pride, Another Woman’s Oppression
Shak Saidjanov, Editor
February 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
On January 21, 2018 (a day after the anniversary of President Trump's inauguration), women across the country took part in what is commonly referred to as the Women’s March, a demonstration that claims to advocate for pro-women and pro-human rights legislation including (but not limited to) women...
Giving La Salle Students More Responsibility at Lunch Will Prepare Us for College
Katie Moreland, Editor
February 14, 2018
Filed under Opinion
Long lunch lines, boring food, expensive prices—what are students getting out of this? Having to wait half of their lunch period to get food? At a college preparatory school, how is this preparing us for life after La Salle? I feel that La Salle's current lunch system is not preparing its students f...
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