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October 18, 2017
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This week’s topic was: Has the recent mass shooting in Las Vegas made you reluctant to go to big events? Why?
Trinnity Clark (’19): Yes, on top of my original anxiety it starts to increase my paranoia.
Megan Hanaway (’20): It happens so often now you never know if it’s gonna happen to you.
Kendall Boyle (’21): I just went to London with no fear.
Nicholas Cherry (’18): Not really…I think it’s unhealthy to completely submit to fear but you should still be cautious.
Sophie Ferruzza (’19): Yes, no, maybe…death is inevitable.
Seda Turkoglu (’19): No, we shouldn’t let fear stop us from living our lives.
THE NOTORIOUS NINETEEN
Dear Editor;
Autumn is deepening, and seniors are seriously thinking about their next step. For many of us, your generation is the hope of the future. The Parkland high school shootings galvanized young people across the nation to passionately advocate for common sense gun laws. Now, as your attention turns to college, we want to turn our admiration into action.
With the help of the Brady Center, the new Gabby Giffords consortium, Everytown for Gun Safety and the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, we’re reaching out to high school journalists across the country with our list of the NOTORIOUS NINETEEN—the states with dangerous, inadequate gun laws. Many of them condone the open carry of weapons on college campuses, but even those who don’t have encouraged or tolerated a state-wide, lawless violent culture. Our mission is to make these states known to high school seniors, whom we encourage NOT to apply to college in:
ALABAMA, ALASKA, ARIZONA, ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, IDAHO, KANSAS, KENTUCKY, MISSISSIPPI, MISSOURI, MONTANA, NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTH DAKOTA, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, UTAH, WEST VIRGINIA, and WYOMING.
We’ll be following up with letters to college presidents, Governors and legislators of the “Notorious Nineteen.” If they’re curious why their state-wide college applications are down this year, we’ll be happy to tell them!
Thank you for considering the publication of this letter in your newspaper. This is how the world changes. Good luck throughout senior year…… and beyond!
Best,
John Jiler,
Coordinator,
Committee for Scholastic Action On Guns