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Just four short years ago while finishing my senior year of high school, the thought of being involved in national politics not only never crossed my mind, but there were few high school seniors at Pottsgrove High in Pottstown, Pennsylvania, that would make such an admission.
After recently attending the Pennsylvania Republican gubernatorial debate, the most sensitive dialogue of the night — gun control — got me thinking. There, candidates Laura Ellsworth, Pennsylvania Sen. Scott Wagner and Paul Mango offered solutions to the problem of gun violence.
College breaks are meant to temporarily detox your mind, body and soul from your student life, allowing you time to focus on your mental health.
Gun control has been a hot topic of discussion lately with the mass shootings leaving families, loved ones and friends angry, heartbroken and fed up. No one is talking about gun culture, so let’s talk about it. In America, the gun culture today reflects how divided this world is when it comes to its cultural differences. What society must understand is the difference in cultural gun use. For example, the use of guns is justified from the rural standpoint that guns are used for target practice and hunting.
On Jan. 22, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court deemed the congressional map for 2011 unconstitutional because it believed the map prioritized partisan advantage. The court said the congressional districts needed to be more compact and contiguous, while containing roughly the same number of people. Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and the GOP-led legislature were tasked with negotiating a compromise and seeing that no compromise could be made the courts took matters into their own hands.
When the late President Richard Nixon declared in his 1971 national address that there was a war on drugs, he focused on marijuana and heroin.
The late Eric Garner’s last words before he died were “I can’t breathe.”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has been negligent toward those in dire need of food, medicine, housing, improved infrastructure and electricity in disaster areas.
Super Bowl Sundays are known for families gathering around the television anxious to see their favorite team win.
If you had to estimate how much water you use in a day, what would be your guess?
Black history is American history that should not be limited to the shortest month of the year.
The Cleveland Indians came to a decision to renounce their popular Chief Wahoo uniform logo beginning in 2019.
Some of the highest law enforcement offices under the Obama administration were weaponized to secure the Obama legacy.
Though I consider myself a feminist, I wouldn’t say that the views I hold align with the views of the modern feminist.
When the H&M ad controversy surfaced on social media, there was extreme media backlash of both the clothing company and the mother of the young model.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled the state’s legislative district map unconstitutional on Jan. 22, raising questions on gerrymandering and the methods used by states to draw district lines.
Students received an email with the subject “Shipsgiving” from SU President Laurie Carter on Nov. 16.
The last year has been full of many changes.