OPINION

4/10/2012, 1:37am

Can buying back guns eliminate city violence?

By Samantha Noviello

In a world as populated and violent as ours, it is hard to organize and try to make a change. Although many people in big cities own weapons in their homes for protection, how many of those weapons are really legally owned? We could never get a real number of exactly how many are illegal, but with Harrisburg’s new “gun buyback program,” it is becoming simpler to locate that number. Due to Harrisburg’s violence worsening Mayor, Linda Thompson established a program to get illegal, working guns off of Harrisburg’s streets. Though this program sounds tactful, I do believe there are flaws in the plan that we are not coming to terms with. This “gun buyback program” is offering money to people who turn in guns, turn others in for having illegal guns and if the gun recovery deals with an arrest of the person. Past attempts at this process were not successful according to Chief of Police Pierre Ritter. But now Harrisburg is beginning to actually bribe people with money; what more could the people of Harrisburg want? The amount of money given out will be, $50 for a phone call tip that leads to the weapon, $100 for the gun and an arrest and $200 for multiple guns and arrests. To some people, that amount of money is enough to turn someone in that they know.

4/2/2012, 10:20pm

I am Trayvon Martin

 

As a non-traditional student growing up in the 80s and 90s, there has always been new clothing, new styles and trends.

3/26/2012, 10:48pm

A student faces 'senioritis'

By Winter Trabex

When I first came to Shippensburg University, I did not know what to expect. I attended a few orientation events and then spent the rest of my time in my new room, which I later learned I would have to share with two people.

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3/5/2012, 10:31pm

Controversial ice cream flavor pulled from shelves

By Samantha Noviello

Everywhere we look we are faced with stereotypes. Many think stereotypes are just used for humor, but that is not true; they are used in media production every day. Last week, the ice cream company Ben & Jerry’s released a frozen yogurt flavor dedicated to New York Knicks starting point guard Jeremy Lin titled, “Taste the Lin-Sanity.” This new product was made with lychee honey swirls and fortune cookies.

2/27/2012, 9:36pm

A new sex to face anorexia

By Samantha Noviello

When most people hear about the disease anorexia, young girls and women come to mind. People seem to think that this disease only affects insecure, troubled women, but that is not true in our world today. Past all the magazines, pressure from the media and all types of beauty products, anorexia has been affecting a new group of people, boys and young men. Some may think anorexia affects boys and men at a small rate, but according to the National Eating Disorders Association, at least one million males in the United States are battling anorexia or bulimia. Anorexia is a diesease where food cosumption is haulted for the time being, become dealthy thin and malnutrition.