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Positive schedule change affects upcoming school year

Positive schedule change affects upcoming school year

Ndunzi Kunsunga June 8, 2016

St. Louis Park will finally catch up to Minneapolis schools with an earlier start date to the school year. Overall, the change that will shift the school year is generally more positive than negative. The...

Display of Confederate flag at school prompts debate

Display of Confederate flag at school prompts debate

June 7, 2016

Crosby-Ironton High School senior Cody Nelson was suspended May 16 for displaying a Confederate flag on school grounds. The school threatened to withhold Nelson’s diploma, but after a protest ensued,...

Incorporate productivity into end of senior year

Jackson Eilers June 7, 2016

At the end of the school year, high school seniors are at a point in their life when they are about to take a course unique to them. Each are going their own direction and are at different stages of planning...

I am not Beyoncé’s audience

Jamie Halper June 6, 2016

“Lemonade,” Beyoncé’s new album, wasn’t written for me. Sure, it speaks of female empowerment, something with which I connect deeply, and of course, the music itself is exceptional, but I am not...

The best of both worlds

‘The best of both worlds’

Malaika Bigirindavyi May 31, 2016

No, I’m not just white. No, I’m not just black. No, I’m not Mexican. I am mixed, biracial, diverse. No, I’m not ending racism. No, I don’t have a better understanding of it either. No,...

Health curriculum must expand sexual education

May 25, 2016

For some Minnesota high schoolers, sexual education received in school is the only sexual education they will get. Park dedicates around three weeks a year to health, where the curriculum includes lessons...

End racial stereotyping

End racial stereotyping

D’aviyan Robinson May 24, 2016

“Oh, you’re half Asian, that’s probably why you have good grades,” I’ve been told. Stereotypes like “the smart Asian” are extremely prevalent in our lives, and sometimes unintentionally,...

Bathroom bills perpetuate prejudice

Isaac Wert May 24, 2016

Recently signed laws targeting the transgender community, such as North Carolina’s HB2, should be protested and repealed. To combat the prejudice these hateful laws perpetuate, allies of transgender...

Unjust racial inequality exists in education

Unjust racial inequality exists in education

Sumaya Mohamed May 19, 2016

Sometimes, teachers do not believe colored students can pass or take advanced classes. Just because one's skin color is slightly darker, doesn’t mean faith should disappear. Without even knowing...

Police must follow ‘innocent until proven guilty’

Anna duSaire May 12, 2016

A couple of weeks ago when I came across this picture, I realized the justice system and the public look at so-called criminals differently based on their race. In the past two years following the...

Connect The Park faces undeserved opposition

Ethan Brown May 10, 2016

Recent controversy surrounding the narrowing of city streets, a byproduct of St. Louis Park’s Connect The Park program, feels like certain citizens’ knee-jerk reaction to a sensible project. The...

Publication must work toward equity

Publication must work toward equity

Makagbe Kuyateh May 10, 2016

When I enter the Echo room fifth hour every day, I see inequality. Because there are 55 whites and five people of color, I instantly feel I must transform into a different person. My perspective changes,...

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