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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

Opinions: First Amendment protections vital to society

Opinions: First Amendment protections vital to society

Adah Koivula March 3, 2017

The First Amendment guarantees citizens certain rights: to religion, to free speech, to freedom of the press, to petition the government and to peacefully protest. However, there are limits on each of...

Opinions: School-required immunizations necessary

Opinions: School-required immunizations necessary

Yonit Krebs February 14, 2017

The recent news of a tuberculosis case at Park highlights why there is a need for schools to require student immunization. Vaccinated students have a lowered risk of catching the disease they’ve...

Opinions: Protests lack clear leadership, direction

Opinions: Protests lack clear leadership, direction

Adah Koivula February 11, 2017

The “Not My President” protests are immature and uninformed. At noon Jan. 20, 2017, Donald Trump became the 45th President of the United States, and no protests or hashtags are going to change...

False news sources create lack of trust

False news sources create lack of trust

Alec Pittman January 23, 2017

Starting off as a simple conversation about the recent political happenings around the country these past three months, a well-intended discussion often leads to an angry argument. Throughout the presidential...

Trump picks EPA director unfit for job

Trump picks EPA director unfit for job

Jayne Stevenson January 10, 2017

Trump’s nomination of Oklahoma attorney general Scott Pruitt to lead the Environmental Protection Agency is a threat to the future of the earth. Pruitt is a critic of the Environmental Protection...

Teachers should create unbiased classroom

Teachers should create unbiased classroom

Yonit Krebs January 10, 2017

Teachers have a role to ensure their classroom is open for discussion and to encourage informed decision-making. Politics are a tough topic, especially after the recent presidential election’s chaos,...

Frigid temperatures provide bonding opportunity

Frigid temperatures provide bonding opportunity

Alec Pittman December 27, 2016

Although temperatures below zero aren’t popular with the majority, the cold front creates alternative positives often overlooked. The wintry conditions offer numerous activities to do that otherwise...

Working over holidays beneficial, rewarding

Working over holidays beneficial, rewarding

Atticus Raasch December 9, 2016

Although widely considered a family day, holiday hours are one of the best opportunities for showing initiative and determination within the workplace. Working for a company is a test of skill and character. Taking...

Gun-Free Zones do not stop crime

Gun-Free Zones do not stop crime

Adah Koivula December 6, 2016

It seems day after day we hear news of more people dying in places that were specifically deemed safe zones. The idea was to protect citizens in malls, movie theaters, any public place, primarily schools....

The Represented Virtues of Hijab (Part 1)

The Represented Virtues of Hijab (Part 1)

Hadeal Rizeq December 6, 2016

I started wearing the hijab full-time in eighth grade. Everything was so beautiful about the new way I dressed. Everyone admired the way my hijab gracefully complimented my outfit. It felt especially wonderful...

President elect shuns equality and worth

President elect shuns equality and worth

Hadeal Rizeq December 6, 2016

As I prepare for school in the mornings following the electoral results, all I worry about is the fate of minorities living in America. Throughout the 512 days President-elect Donald Trump campaigned...

Kaepernick uses platform as athlete to affect necessary change

Kaepernick uses platform as athlete to affect necessary change

Sydney Hall November 17, 2016

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s choice to kneel during the playing of the national anthem as a protest against the brutal police killings of innocent black citizens of our country...

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