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Police officers should be armed but not militarized

Police officers should be armed but not militarized

Sam Buckrey, Online Editor February 24, 2015

Police officers are employed to protect the people of the United States. In order to protect the people the police need weapons, mainly firearms, to carry out their job and keep people safe. However,...

Graphic by Kayley Winkelman

Money should go to K-12, not colleges

Sabrina Storms, Video Managing Editor February 13, 2015

During Obama’s latest State of the Union Address he brought up his own “GI Bill” that includes free community college for two year associate degrees. He claimed that it would help middle class families,...

Teachers need tenure for better education

Braden Cousineau, Social Media Reporter February 13, 2015

Teachers are one of the most important parts of a school system. People would think for that reason, teachers should be guaranteed a certain amount of time in their position. The support of having a teacher...

Keystone XL would cause problems

Keystone XL would cause problems

Joe Price, Online Managing Editor January 16, 2015

Many people have heard of the Keystone pipeline, but many people are oblivious to what the pipeline does. They do not know what the effects of the pipeline, what it does for the United States, why...

Ray Rice should not play professional football

Oliver Parker, Online Editor January 16, 2015

The reinstatement of former Baltimore Ravens running back, Ray Rice, into the NFL left a thunderstorm over their fan base due to the ongoing rate of domestic violence in the National Football League. The...

Graphic by Megan Friederichs

Honoring 50th anniversary of Wilderness Act

Kayley Winkelman, Photography Editor December 27, 2014

The Wilderness Act was created in 1964 by the National Wilderness Preservation Society, granting protection to over 9.1 million acres of wilderness coast to coast immediately. This act has had a tremendously...

Graphic by Ryan Ekstrand

Police should use body cameras for safety and complaints

Cory Spawn, Broadcast Managing Editor December 27, 2014

After the Ferguson shooting of Michael Brown, police departments are looking into purchasing body cameras to capture video of what happens away from the dash cam in the car.  There is no reason other...

Ebola quarantines more like prisons

Ebola quarantines more like prisons

Sam Begin, Team Lead Editor December 14, 2014

Ebola has struck, and the world has been in chaos. Along with death, Ebola has created fear. This fear has taken hold in people who may not have even been affected by it. It has taken ahold of our...

Without change, global warming plan fails to heat up

Without change, global warming plan fails to heat up

Alexander Pavlicin, Advertising Editor December 10, 2014

As an estimated 250 million cars rumble across the vast United States highway system, an invisible, dangerous threat to American safety looms in the air: carbon emissions. More of a threat to humanity...

Infographic by Hannah Crawford

Security guards should be armed

Tyler Hagberg, Editor-in-Chief December 1, 2014

Recently more school shootings are occurring and the government is not doing anything to stop it.  Protecting banks and most government buildings with armed guards is a priority to ensure that nothing...

Graphic by Katie Hutton

UNC’s paper class ends, cheating scandal a disgrace

Mathias Hoefferle, Distribution Reporter November 18, 2014

In the past few weeks, a large amount of college athletes attending The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had been caught for taking “fake classes.” This is defined as cheating the system...

Physician assisted suicide should be restricted

Dennis Toenjes, Video Editor November 18, 2014

Recently the debate over physician assisted suicide has swept the nation, involving legislation being pushed by the terminally ill who want to end their lives. One case was that of Brittany Maynard, a...

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