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The Seahawk

Students and community activists marched in Tampa last year after the Feb. 14, 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland. The attack killed 17 people and gave rise to Floridaand#x2019;s school guardian law, which this year was changed to allow classroom teachers to be armed. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the measure into law.

SeaSquawks 10/24/19: How mass shootings affect UNCW students

Katelyn Vargas, Contributing Writer October 24, 2019

As I sit in class, my eyes wander to the small poster on the wall with the big red letters saying, “In case of an active shooter/attacker." The ways I would handle the situation start to run through...

Joaquin Phoenix is the title character in "Joker," in theaters on Oct. 4.

Stop using troubled characters as an excuse to be a bad person

Darius Melton, Opinion Editor October 7, 2019

Be careful around movie theaters this week. According to an Instagram post by high school student Nikolai James Dixon Jr., the teen allegedly had plans to shoot up the AMC CLASSIC Wilmington 16 on Tuesday,...

Protesters at the "March for Our Lives" rally in Washington D.C. on March 24, 2018

Violent video games are not causing mass shootings

Katelyn Vargas, Contributing Writer September 26, 2019

The frequent occurrences of mass shootings in the United States have many citizens wanting answers as to why these horrible events keep occurring. According to the Gun Violence Archive, there have been...

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