School violence threats must be taken seriously
By Anna Kronthal, Opinions Editor
November 10, 2019
Last year’s bomb threat left WCHS students evacuated from the building and contained within the football field stadium for hours. This past month’s shooting threat left students in their regular classes as if attending a normal day of school. Threats of school violence are becoming increasingly common. Alt...
Guns in the hands of teachers don’t lead to safety
By Andrew Chan, Assistant Sports Editor
April 1, 2019
Imagine turning in a paper and seeing a gun on your teacher’s desk, or running to your next class and accidentally bumping into a police officer carrying a loaded gun. Due to the many incidents involving gun violence in schools, these frightening scenarios may soon become a reality. Recently, in Balt...
Students have mixed reactions to armed police officer: Officer vital to safety
By Dana Harris, Online Features Editor
October 1, 2013
Within the past few years, reports of school shootings have flooded the national media. Too many innocent lives have been cut short by ill individuals. These incidents may have turned out very differently had there been an armed police officer on the campus at all times. At the beginning of the school year...
Students have mixed reactions to armed police officer: Risk outweighs benefits
By Elizabeth Campbell
October 1, 2013
Where there are guns, violence often follows. Do not bring that potential violence into our school by putting a gun here. CHS was recently issued an armed police officer. It should not have happened. Guns are highly powerful, and while they are fine to use responsibly for recreation, the supposed...