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Senior Julia Campopiano and Senior Garrett Einspahr discuss their views on gun safety, violence and potential solutions.

Q&A: Seniors weigh in on gun safety

November 11, 2019

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Sophomore Jenifer Barnes was in eighth grade when a student brought a gun into her classroom. Today, she isnt scared of guns themselves, but rather how many people can easily get them.

Facing the aftermath

Sophomore experiences gun scare
Madi Olivier October 3, 2019

Hushed whispers filled the agriculture classroom in a small Delaware town as a school administrator entered. He interrupted the teacher’s presentation to tell the class he needed to talk to a student....

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The rise in gun violence and school shootings in the United States has caused a whole generation to have anxiety and nightmares about events that most have never experienced.

Editorial: School needs to inform students about safety

The Marquee Staff October 3, 2019

Editor’s note: this story won first place for editorials in the Press Women of Texas high school contest. It also won second place for print editorials in the ILPC contest.  In the last decade,...

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“I will forever be proud to come from a family that is El Paso strong.”

Column: El Paso strong

Samantha Thornfelt October 3, 2019

Editor's note: this column won second place for print personal opinion columns in the ILPC contest.  I sat up on my bed clicking through Netflix. I had been binge watching all day and decided...

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The recent rise in gun violence has prompted change on the school, state and national levels.

Texas lawmakers combat gun violence

Madi Olivier October 3, 2019

Texas laws changed  On Sept. 1, the day after the Odessa-Midland shooting, a series of laws expanding where firearms are allowed went into place. The laws were signed by Gov. Greg Abbott in June. Their...

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