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The Echo

The student news site of St. Louis Park High School

The Echo

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The Echo

How my team won assassins

How my team won assassins

Henry Harper May 10, 2022

Assassins is one of the most frowned upon traditions in high school. A game between students where you’re on a team of six, shooting a designated six people with nerf guns. This game has always been...

PCP: Assassins

PCP: Assassins

May 25, 2021

Photo illustration by Grace Farley

Assassins prompts safety discussion

Marta Hill, Kaia Myers, and Noah Orloff May 1, 2019

As senior assassins leader Grace Lynch reflected on this year’s rule changes, she said the purpose is to try to prevent injury. “This year we're really focusing on safety and so if you get in any...

Staff Editorial: Game of Assassins should consider expense in the future

April 28, 2019

The 2019 Park Assassins game commenced April 21 with leaders anguishing over the details of the game, yet failing to account for the game’s inclusivity as cost could be keeping people from participating. The...

Photo illustration by Grace Farley.

Assassins game appears insensitive

April 14, 2018

Every year, two seniors organize a game of assassins — an activity centered around students hunting other students with Nerf guns. The current educational and political climate brings new layers...

Photo illustration by Grace Farley.

Assassins elicits new concerns

Atticus Raasch April 12, 2018

This story has been modified since the release of the print edition April 11.

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